The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-07
LIFE AT BUSY LAKE WEIR

Capt. Robert l.. Fosnot is prepar-
ing to replace the motor IN the Bill
ken with a 14-h. p. Cushman, which
will drive that sturdy launch at rap
i'd pace.
Judge Alexander Wynne is consid-
erably improved in health recently.
Electrical treatments have proved
beneficial.
Geo. E. Snow recently finished up
the orange packing season with some
fine June Bloom oranges.
The United States government will
soon begin the improvement of navi-
cation in the Oklawaha from Silver
Springs run up to the Dead river.
The Appropriation is available, and the
dredge which has been at work re-
deeming about 5000 acres of prairie
land three miles from the town of Ok
lawaha can be used by the govern
ment engineers for the work.
Cupid has been shooting arrows
around the lake this winter The en-
gagement was recently announced of
Miss Agnes Lake of Philadelphia, a
niece of Mr.. and Mrs e. H. Stafford,
to Mr.. Lawrence Freeman, of Indian
apolis, grandson of the Rev. Lawrence
Jones of Weirsdale.
A wild engine. running against a
heavy wind and coming around a
curve without warning whistle, mar
rowly missed running down Mrs. w.
r. Goodwin and Miss Alice Ballou and
Lucy Walker as they were approach
ing the steps of the Oaks on last
Thursday.
The improvements on Mr.. Chazals
Palmetto Cottage are very satisfac-
tory, and add much TO the comfort of
this commodious home The sleeping
porch on the front of the house facing
the lake is an ideal sleeping place. and
the other porch. bath room and gas
machine add great convenience.
Commodore and Mrs. Goodwin and
Miss BallOu were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ClawsOn for dinner at the Lake
side Hotel on Thursday last
Surveyors are laying out the muck
land on the west side of the lake by
the Carney Investment Company, and
it will be presently put on the market
in small tracts. 1t is pronounced I'M
surpassed as celery land.
DR. Camp has sold his house, about
One-quarter of mile back of the lake,
and is preparing to build a new home
on the lake front near the house oc-
cupied by John L. Carney, superin-
tendent of the Carney Investment Co.
DR.. Camp has large launch nearly
ready to go overheard.
A gentleman of means, seeking a
hotel site, looked over WOOdmar last
week, and pronounced the hotel site
there the finest he had ever seen. He
has made an appointment with Com
mOdore Goodwin in Chicago to dis
cuss the building of hotel at Wood
mar.
It was announced recently in these
items that Commodore Goodwin was
looking for someone who would give
a combination pool and billiard table
to the Lake Weir Yacht Club house,
which will be built soon at Eastlake.
A few days later he found such a do
ner in Mr.. E. SnitzIer of Weirsdale,
who has agreed to present a table to
the club when the billiard room is
ready for it, Mr.. J. M Wiley of
Weirsdale has given $50 to finish off
the library in the club house, so that
it will be ready for a book shower, to
fill the shelves with suitable books.
2. c. Chambliss has had his beauti-
full beach lot at Stanton fenced and
set out in orange and grapefruit
trees, leaving room enough for the
cottage which he has planned to build
there
The hard road between Ocala and
Lake Weir is not far off. A liberal
subscription has been made and more
money will be in offer when the route
is decided An effort will be made to
secure enough donations to warrant
the county commissioners in harden
ing the straight road from Ocala to
the lake, which was cut out last year,
and joining on to the hard roads in
Lake county, which have ben brought
north to the Marion county line.
Before leaving for Chicago CommO-
dore Goodwin drafted and put in cir
culation a petition to Congressman
Sparlman, praying for an appropria-
ton to dig a canal between Lake
Weir and the river. The proposal has
met with a most enthusiastic recep-
ton around the lake. The level of the
lake is higher than the river. and it
would require a lock to hold the lake
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