The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-15
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you need, and to sell something you
don't need, may both be found in the
same column of TRIBUNE want ads.
Customs house in Tampa broke all
records for the month of August with
receipts totaing SlS7, 6OI95. This Is
gain of 200 per cent over August
1910.
Miami citizens are planning to rid
that city of the little English spar
row which within five years have liter
ally overrun the residence section OF
the city.
The commissioners of Washington
county have called an election for De
cember 18th, to allow the taxpayers to
decide upon the issuance Of 5000, 600 in
bonds for good roads,
The pro poets for the coming term
at Stetson University are said to be
very bright The correspondence lndi-
Gates that the attendance will be I'M
usually good,
W. c. Temple, the general manager
of the Florida Citrus Exchange. whose
headquarters are in Tampa, says that
the orange crop in this State will sell
for approximately 100000 this
year.
News comes from Daytona that new
passenger depot for that town is now
an assured fact, and only the final ar
engagements remain to be settled. The
new structure will be of brick and
stone and a new covered train shed,
1000 feet long, will also be constructed.
The county site of Sumpter county
will be moved from Sumptervile either
to Bushnell or Wildwood. At the cleo
ton last week Bushnell received 2S2,
Coleman PCS. Sumptervile SO, Webster
"a and Wildwood 3l3 votes. Under
the county site election law a second a
e lection will be held to determine be- q
tween the two highest places, Bushnell d
and Wildwood being the contestants, !,
with Wildwood holding odds. y
News comes from Jacksonville that d
Frank T. Montgomery, the moving Of
picture man, is in correspondence with s
he officials of the Clyde Steamship h,
Company with view to establishing e.
moving picture outfit on each of the lie
steamers on that line which ply be- ~
ween Jacksonville and New York. 90
This is fine proposition and would
,rove to be of much pleasure to the =
passengers. If established the pictures
will be presented to the patrons of the II
inc free of charge.
William Z. Pabor, who was we'll
,nown in journalistic circles throughout st
7Iorida and Colorado, died in Denver a r,
eW days ago. Mr.. Pabor was for to
lumber of years agricultural editor of of
The Florida Times Union, and was the III
Ounder of the little town in this State
~ the name of Pabor Lake in the re-
ZION Of the border line of DeSOto and
Polk counties. He lived there for -
quite while and edited The Pineapple, \
monthly journal devoted to semi 4
ropical fruit culture. G.
1t will he welcome news to owners of of
arge yachts and others interested in \
navigation on the inland waters of the RI
Cast Coast to learn that the Florida to
Cast Coast railway is progressing with 10
he construction of the new drawbridge
Yer Pablo Greek, where the Mayport
ranch crosses the inland waterway.
he cotferdam for draw is constructed
nd concrete foundations have been -
uiIt up above the watermalk. There
! little work to be done on the abut-
lents and the completion Of the work
oW hinges on the arrival Of steel and
Their material. The placing of this >,
raw VIII dIloN the passage Oh lHucn N,
arger vessels through the canal than 90
re now able to get through. ca
Hon. r. Hudson Burr, chairman of co
he State Railroad Commission, whose ~
esident home is down on the east coast, Fl
as concluded to enter the race for con. -
ress from this the Second District.
nd, when the time comes, he expects
, make a strenuous fight to win. -.
hat he will make splendid race, if ~;
ot winning in the first primary, is a Co
'regone conclusion, for he has thous- En-
1ds of friends throughout the district Ga
lat will be in the field fighting for
m during the entire campaign. The :.
her candidates who have already an v
'unced are Hon. Frank Clark, pres '
It incumbent, Hon. SAM j. Hilburn.