The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-08
FLORIDA TOPICS


Of Trade of New Smyrna for a deep
water port at that place.
Orange County has signed up IS, 600
boxes of fruit with the Exchange and
Manager Jones expects 1000 addition
al boxes before the crop begins to
move.
The Florida guava, which is made in
TO jelly and paste and also used to a
considerable extent as table fruit, is
now being gathered and the crop prom
lses TO be large and one that will pay
the producers splendiJly.
The new municipal waterworks plant
in Sarasota will be completed within
lew days. twill most completely sup
ply the needs of the town and furnish
ample fire protection. The enterpris-
ing city and its officials are to be con-
graduated
Ten million dollars is a fair estimate
of the cost of road construction under
way, in Florida, provided for by bond
issues or being pcrsstently advocated
at this time, This expenditure is dis
tributed throughout every county in
the state.
Col. W NJ. Toomer, one of Jackson.
sonvliles ahIest and most prominent at T.
torneys, has formerly announced his I
candidacy for congress from the Sec .
ond Florida congressional district, sub
ject TO the Democratic primaries to be
held next spring.
+. A. Waddel, of Miami. has been
honored with an appointment to the
staff of Governor GiIchrist and will
hereafter be entitled to the title of
"Colonel. " ColoneI WaddelI is one of
Miami's pioneer real estate men, with {
large business interests throughout ,
Dade county and faith in the growing
prosperity of the lower East Coast +
that is good to know about. +
Denying the defendant the right to i
go on the stand in his own defense. |,
and denying his right to introduce "
evidence tending to show his innocence, h
j Justice Of the Peace Mccall, at Miami, -
last Saturday, abruptly brought the at
preliminary examination to a close and ot
held W. n. Parcel to the grand jury Ia
under bail of five thousand dollars on f
the charge Of numbering his daughter. Of
The East Coast Railway has let the
contract for the opening of a canal from u
DANA to the east coast canal a distance Of
of about one and three-fourth miles +,
The canal is to be twenty feet wide n
and two feet deep at low tide. This n,
will give DANA water connection by y,
small boats and is decided advantage in
to the town and surrounding county. ds
1t Is the revival of an old right due
DANA by the railroad and one on which "
The prosperity of the town has much n,
depended. 20
The advent Of the Florida Citrus Elk. tn
'hange into Florida has meant much for
he industry. Since the Exchange ri
anne into existence the packing Of q,
'ItruS 1ruit has advanced with great w
tribes in the right direction. With n,
better packing and handling and their N
acllties Of marketing, the Exchange n
las III the two short years of its exis- III
ence brought the Florida citrus indus K,
ry out Of the slough of despond into Ia
'hich it had fallen and will continue ab
0 lift it to higher basis with the ~
lade all over the county. w
Register Chuhh and Receiver War dic
en- Of the United States Land Office eb
ave within the past few days mailed is
ne clerks Of circuit court and United int
tateS Commissioners in the several ov
ounles Of Florida copies of a recent ha
1Iing from theDepartment of Interior,
eneral Land Office, which, it is said. ro
Ill affect ., 600 or more homestead en- ~,
'ymen in Florida alone. The ruling oo
oes away with what has been termed 60
obstructive residence, and requires of
ali five years actual residence before on,
atent can be granted. no
Governor Gilchrist has written a lar
.rong letter congratulating Sergeant doc
ndrew n. Dow, Company 3D." First Do
lorida Infantry, F. N. g., for winning tw
he first prize for slow fire at two and fec
Y hundred and one thousand yards in car
re National Individual shooting match yes
Camp Perry over seven hundred get
mpetitors, representing the National Tel
lard of the entire United States. tina
lie governor also sent Sergeant Dow rat
watch fob representing the great seal aft,