The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-05-05
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THIS SOU, UUU Is lot lhuUlClpdl IllbcbN'N'
ness. 500, 900 for streets and sidewalks,
, so, 900 for sewers, $1,000 for the fire
department and $40, 900 for parks and
. docks.
On May the 10th the voters Of OcaIa
, will vote as to whether or not bonds
amounting to 800, 600 to buy or build a
city water plant shall or shall not be
issued. Naturally the most progressive
citizens of Ocala are in favor Of this
bond issue and hope it can be put
through by popular vote Of the peo-
pie.
Diaz is the pitcher carried once too
often to the well, How the mighty
have fallen. Of all the deSpots the
world has known from King Herod to
Peter 0. knight, Daz will stand out in
history like a black wart on the cheek
of beautiful fair-haired girl. Madero
has, however, performed a surgical
operation and Diaz is losing his wart.
lie may lose his hair and be given
stripes for wearing apparel before this
wicked war is over -Deand News,
The old three cent rate litigation be-
tween the State Railroad Commission
and the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company, came to a successful
conclusion Monday when a telegram
was received from Hon. l.. 5. Massey,
Counsel for the Commission, stating
that an agreement had just been made
and signed by himself on the part Of
the State and Hon, W. A, BIount on
the part of the Louisville Railroad Co.,
and that the three cent rate would 90
into effect on the Sth day of May
If, during the present session Of the
Florida legislature, more judicial cir
cults are added, st. Lucie, Dade and
Palm Beach coudties will become the
tenth circuit, according to the bill now
before the legislature. In the event
the present circuit is abolished. and the
new one created Judge Minor S. Jones,
who is now Judge Of this circuit, will
be transferred to the circuit north, in
which event. a Judge Of the tenth cir.
cult will be appointed by the governor.
Contemplating such action by the legis-
lature, several well known lawyers
have been mentioned for the position Of
judge. Prominent among them is
Mitchell D. Price, H. +. Atkinson and
A. E. Heyser. Miami Herald
r. NJ. and F. NJ. Bryan have the
honor of shipping the first carof water.
melons from the lower East Coast of
Florida, which was started last Thurs.
day to New York, consigned to John
Nix & Co. The melons are of the
Florida Favorite AMI the Tom Watson
and are of a fine size. avcrag- {
ing about twenty pounds each; are
chuck ful' Of the best meat that ever
was devised for the delight of the inner /
nan, Besides the melon crop, the
Messrs. Bryan shipped thirty-hve cars ,
If tomatoes off of the hundred acres
hat they had planted near the melo
,atch north of Fort Lauderdale and i
hey feel like answering any "knock- h
rg' against this land of swift returns, $
n telling way. o
1t has been shown to the satisfaction "A
f almost every one that ten acres of s
and in Florida will support a family, a
nd in many instances insure COM n
etency to the owner. For this reason ="
he country cannot easily be overcroWd- n
d. There are very few foreign colonies a
, Florida, The State is American from II
he bottom up, and as a consequence a u
1ngenial population, without unusual
lstoms is here to stay. Localities that
ave been barren wastes now teen with l.
ne farms, truck patches and groves Ia
own and cities have sprung up as if Z"
y magic, and prosperity seems to II
bound on every hand with bright pros Re-
acts of continuation. Florida has A.
UGH to be thankful for, and lucky is .
who anchors permanently in the Sc
and Of Flowers. al
Fourth Of July, of this year will 90 =
,wn in history as the greatest carnival n
patriotic demonstration ever witness
in Miami, say the official committee pu
no have charge of the big events ia ia
at are being arranged for; gigantic de-
,gregations for amusements and sports erl
at will dwarf all previous efforts into A.,
Imperative insignifcance and bring to I
lam a tremendous amount of adver er