The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-03
FLORIDA TOPICS

The Fort Myers Press of December
49, contained 20 pages.
The Orange county fair opens Feb
ruary 7, and closes five days there
after.
More than 81, 900 a year has been
subscribed by the citizens of Pensa'
cola for the purpose of advertising the
city.
On February H. an election will be
held in Titusvlle to decide a proposed
bond issue of $50, 900, to be expended
for water works and fire protection.
The directors Of the Moncrief race
track will make bold bid to the FIorl-
da legislature this spring, for official
sanction from the state to continue
racing with open betting. The will do
nate $40, 900 year,
Keeping up with the State whose
name it bears the Florida Life lnsur-
ance Company will erect new ten
story home in Jacksonville. This COM
pany, during its short life, has made
record, and continues to grow.
Thomas L. Rice, an old and much re-
spected farmer, dropped dead a few
days ago at his packing house west of
Cocoanut Grove. Mr.. Rice was II years
of age and was one of the most sue
cessful grapefruit growers in that
county.
A spectacular and fierce blaze that
began about clock in the afternoon
of Wednesday OF Mariana, and ragged
furiously until So'clock completely des-
troyed the largest storage barn of the
Florida State Reform school, -Pensa-
cola News.
VIM. Rchman. Bradentswn' pioneer
celery grower, shipped the first solid
car of celery Monday from his fine farm
south of Manatee. As far as we are
informed. this is the first solid car ship
ment in the State for the 1911 season.
Bradentowd Journal.
Palatka has awarded to the Southern
Paving Construction Company of Chat
tanooga a contract for laying 5,67l
square yards of vitrifed brick paving at
Sl.34 per square yard, laid on edge, and
Sl.23 laid fiat. The total cost will be
between six and eight thousand dol
lars.
W. C. Howes died very suddenly
Wednesday in the F. E. C. Railway
hospital at st. Augustine. Mr.. Howes
has resided OF Oak Hill for many years,
until about two years ago, when he
moved to Port Orange. He was one of
Volusia county's most highly respect ed
citizens and his loss will be felt. He
leaves wife and two sons and two
daughters to mourn the loss of a de-
voted husband and father and these
have the deepest sympathy of their
friends and neighbors.
The "Okeechobee, which has been
laid up undergoing repairs for the past
month, is now in commission again, and
will resume throwing muck inside of
ten day. The Everglades" is making
fine showing and if no unforeseen
happenings delay she will reach the
lake inside of eighteen months. Both
dredges have been equipped for burn
ing crude oil, and the result is so salts
factory that no other fuel will be used
in the future Of Everglades develop
ment.
For the purpose of relieving the pas
senger trains of the heavy vegetable
and other express shipments which are
now being handled through from the
lower East Coast and which will steadily
increase in volume as the crops mature,
the Florida East Coast Railway as in
augurated an express special which
picks up express all along the line and
PUSHES it through to the northern con-
nections. The new train not only re-
suits in an improvement in the already
splendid passenger service hut is also
a benefit to the shippers as its facili-
tates the handling Of their shipments.
The Tampa cigar makers strike has
been officially declared at an end. The
joint advisory board representing the
tobacco working trades, issued this
statement Thursday afternoon. 1.-THE
fight is lost and the strike is over. We
will return to work tomorrow morning
and instructions are being issued to this
effect to the men tonight. We hope
there will be Jobs enough for all of
them" The Tampa cigarmakers'
strike has lasted six months to a day.
1t began July 25th For while, thirty