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

the guest of II. U. BONNET at tn,
Tiele ranch.
Mesdames Saeger and Saylor, of An
kona, were calling on Walton friends
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Lennard, from Walton, Dough
some little chickens some time ago ant
they are doing nicely.
T0masine Waters has been detained
from school for few days suffering
from head ache and other ailments.
Miss Sawyer was warmly welcomed
at "The Cottage" by Mrs. f. r. Hor
ton in Fort Pierce, Tuesday afternoon.
Quite a company of young people at.
tended the entertainment at Jensen or
Tuesday evening, and were glad they
did so. 1t was enjoyable.
Mr.. and Mrs, F. G. McMullen invited
Mrs Lowrie, Mrs. Rushton and Mrs.
&. A. Perry for a delightful treat in
their launch "Jaunt" Monday.
Harold Racey, Jensen, gave his sis
ter, Mrs. K. E. Schuyler, genuine
surprise, Tuesday evening, by walking
in unannounced. Of course feast of
good things was put at his disposal and
later on he continued his Journey to
Mount Elizabeth.
Earl Hopkins, of Mexico, Mo-, who
arrived in Walton Friday morning, is
making arrangements to build hand
some cottage on his recently acquired
tract of land purchased from the Frank
lin Land Company, in the st. Lucie
Gardens, opposite Walton. Mr.. Hop
kns expects his sister to join him here
as soon as the cottage is completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin, of Buffalo,
who are still guests at the Inn, gave a
delightful picnic with Gilberts Bar as
the objective point. The guests for
the day were, Mrs. LINER and Miss
Hamerc, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. l.. l..
Seger, Mrs. j. T. Waters and Miss
England, city; with Captain F. G. Nc
Mullen at the helm. The day was a
most perfect one. A delightful lunch
was served.
]. R. Waters arrived Sunday night
with party from Wagner, Oklahoma,
who were so well pleased with this
country and st. Lucie Gardens that they
purchased of the Franklin Land Co. re-
turning to their homes Wednesday
morning to make preparations to return
in the near future to the land of sun
shine and flowers. Mr.. Waters also
left for Oklahoma and other Western
points at the same time and will resume
his interest in the Franklin Land Co.
Life is quite gay at the Inn these
DAYS. with new arrivals, the full COM
plement of fishing parties and picncs
galore, taking daily rides and walks
with an acceptable cup of tea for sake
of little hilarity. The very latest to
register are: Mrs, E. B. West, Pains
dale, Mich. Joseph l.. Boyer, Joseph
Boyer, Jr., Detroit, Mich, William T.
King, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Copeland, son and maid, Mr.. and Mrs
M. w. Laird, children and nurse, P. d.
Dupont, C. Newbold Trump, Miss Mary
Trump, Miss Helen E. Johnson, Will
mingtOn, Del.
On Sunday morning four strange sea-
men landed from delapidated and un-
sea worthy boat at the wharf of the
Walton Fish Co.. who had quite chap
ter of events to recount. On Saturday
their vessel became disabled just out
side the rocks opposite Osceola beach.
There was no way of communication
open by which they could signal thelr
distress. The vast sea with its limit
less lines of blue and green was all that
greeted their vision. As the night was
drawing near it was proposed that four
should take to the water and attempt
rescue by swimming through the surf
TO the land. After seeming hours,
butfeted about by spray and sanda foot
hold was secured. then strike for the
hummuck. No help. but lights in the
distance across the three mile stretch
of Indian River. So fire was built
and the weary quartette passed the
night in ftful slumber, but the morn
ing found them with clothing dried and
hearts ready for what ever might fol-
low. In searching on the shore for
some means of getting to the main land
a forsaken direlect in the shape of
,or,, forootten boat, one cast away by