The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-29
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Coast Line Railway was formally open.
ed Monday night.
Governor Gilchrist has appointed W..
&, Crawford Of the jacksonville police
department TO be probation officer for
DUya county's juvenile court.
President J. h. PARROT of the Flor
ida East Coast Railway has promised
Iit0sylIe Il new passenger station,
Thoroughly up-to.date, according to the
Iilusyille Advocate.
The Florida Railroad commission has
ordered the La N. and the Seaboard
Air Line railways to put ON night
passenger service between Pensacola
and Jacksonville at an early date.
Postmaster J. B. Leningwel recey.
cd an order from the PostoiIice depart.
ment, Wednesday, designating the
Bradentown office as a Postal Savings
Depository, effective Friday, October
18th, 1911.
A special from New York says that
the first car of Florida grapefruit, from I.
Wabasso groves, Of 259 boxes, was .
sold Tuesday by the E. r. Bracket .
Company. The sale Melted 81, 500, As. /.
The car was pronounced the best car
OF Florida grapefruit ever seen in that
city this early.
The Florida State School for the
Deaf and the Blind in st. Augustine
opened for the term of 19ll-12 on
Thursday. Extensive improvements
on the grounds were made during the .
summer and it is very probable that a ,
new trades building and hospital will be y,
erected next spring.
An official census taken by the order -,
of the town council on September |, .,
shows a population of Fort Meade of y
], 1929 whites, and 81 colored. The =
United States census of 1900 and 1910 :,
gave Fort Meade a population of 322 y,
and 100 respectively, a gain for eleven ~
years of 900 per cent and in one wear
of sixty-ive per cent.
News comes from Fort Lauderdale -,
that Mrs. H. +. Howell a bride of
only a few weeks, who came to that ~
town from Athens, Ga, was burned to ~ Nv
death Thursday morning while trying ~
to kindle a fire with coal oil. The hor- W
rlble accident took place at a. m. and 80
Mrs. Howell died about six hours later, :"
suffering intense pain. 70
The date for the celebration of the
completion of the great Oversee rail- =,
way to Key West has finally been set. ~
It will begin on January 20 and con. W
,lnue through FEBRUARY 3. President -
Taft is to visit Key West during that ,o
period, and many representatives of 'o'
oregn powers are expected to attend ~
md contemplate the magnificent en- ~
cheering triumph. '"'
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We believe that the Florida orange On,
growers will get good prices for their Ior
rult the coming season. The dislr. mn
'utlon now is much improved, there oo
vii be no green fruit in the market to hal
un the price, and people will be ask cat
ne for Florida oranges throughout the
eason. 1t is estimated that the pres Sn
mt crop will bring to the growers six o,io
r eight million dollars. -DeLand Re. ,i,,
ord VT.
49,. l20
Miami, the greatest little town on tba
asth, which attracts enthusiastic and tba
progressive workers with hands and ms
rain from all sections Of the world, ,is
III soon be the home Of one more en-. thi.
'rpnse, that viii radiate to all sections moo
the south. namely, the Florida Home lob
anners association, an organization f,o
inch will have for its premier object tbis
le conservation Of the present waste min,
the fruit and garden crops Of Dade bei,
unity. ~"
The Experiment Station wants to T
ii attention in the most emphatic i, Il
amer to the necessity for making acc,
y this year on the part of the farm veo
5 Of the State Ali the markets in . b,
Q country are lacking in this commod- can,
7, and prices will run high. There Mac
e thousands of acres of our farm 70 9
lds producing large grass crops which & 7
g allowed to wither and decay. This tain
ould not be SO when it is so easy to s,es
Ike frst-class hay. Trit
Many growers in st. Lucie county :"
= that the fall crop of pineapples will sent
about 30 per cent of the summer ious
'p. This means between 100, 600 and agai
200 crates to ship between now and ing