The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-21
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finished setting out on Longboat Kew
5uo budded trees of the late ripenng
Trap avocado.
st. Petersburg will soon open bids
for the construction Of twelve hundred
feet of scawal to be built as part of
the waterfront Improvements for that
city.
The Board of County Commissioners
awarded the Pauliy Jail Building Com
pany the contract for construction of
new jail for Aachua county. the amount
stipulated to be paid being $50,
The Florida watermelon crop is said
20 be M to the usual standard The
movement is averaging about POO cars
daily. The melon district in this State
is mostly south and west of Palatka
and Hawthorn, down to ~ miles north
of Tampa.
Stolen from his parents IS years
ago when he was three years old,
Thomas e. Hale, "A carpenter, and his
mother were reunited IN Jacksonville
recently. TO spite the parents the
child was stolen at Dalark, Ala, by an
uncle who is now living in Florida.
Many improvements are being made
in the gas factory in Miami. which will
increase the capacity of the plant three
times its present output. The very
latest practical gas machinery will be
installed, thus making the Miami Gas
Company one of the best in the State
of Florida
Geo. +. Carroll and his twelve.year-
old son were rowing on Black Water
River, near Milton Friday afternoon,
when thunder storm came up. Row.
ing to the nearest bank, they turned
the boat over two stumps and got UNI
der it for shelter A bolt of lightning
struck the boat and killed father and
son instantly.
The Has,ings potato growers will
hereafter get their product to the New
York market at the rate of 90 cents
per barrel via the Clyde Line The
railroads charge 81 cents, reduction
of ten cents per barrel, as ordered by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The rate few years ago was 81. ~ per
barrel. This reduced rate affects all
growers of potatoes in the state.
Mr.. Barnes, of Wright Brothers, ar
rived in Miami Monday to make prepa-
rations for the great aerial flight
which will take place there during the
fifteenth anniversary celebration today.
Howard Gill, who accomplished so
many daring feats in Quincy, ILL.,, Will
be the aviator on this occasion, and no
doubt will do thrilling work. The inn
mense grandstand, Wit! seating ca
pacity Of 1900 people, is completed and
Is in readiness for this celebration.
Under a new State law, enacted by
the recent Legislature, it il a INSIDE
meanor for any paper to print the
name Of female who has been made
the victim Of a criminal assault or an
attempt a, criminal assault. Since the
law became effective, no occurrences
of the sort have taken place in Florida,
but it is also to he remembered that
the law likewise prohibits the printing
in Florida of the names Of victims of I.
such assault IN any other State.
Florida in general and Gainesville in
particular have a right to be proud of
THEN representative at the conference
Of state supervisors of rural schools for
the South, recently held at Morgan
town. ". Va, in that Prof. Lynch,
who is the state Inspector for Florida,
was honorcd 10y his election as chair
man Of the most important committee
Of that body, the other members of the
committee being among the most wide .
" known educators in the country.
Especially was this compliment to
the Young Floridian, since he was the
most youthful on the list.
Juices of the Florida citrus fruit fam
lily, such as the orange, the grapefruit, I
the taugerine, etc, are being placed on
the market in large quantities and bid
fair soon to rival the long popular grape
juice in the public favor. Expert grow.
erS and those who have long been con-
versant with the possibilities of the
citrus fruit in this patcular, declare
that there is no reason why the juice
should not meet with ready sale. The /
Juice of the fruit is what the consumer
enjoys anyway, and when this is bot
led and handed to him for use directly, /