The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-18
FLORIDA TOPICS

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The people of De Soto county will
soon vote on the question Of removing
the county seat,
During the past ten years the value
of farm lands and buildings in Florida
have increased lSS per cent.
The Gulf Refining Company will
build a supply depot at Lakeland, in
creasing business making it necessary.
Farmers near Daytona have made
experiments in growing broom corn, a
crop which under favorable conditions
worth 500 per acre.
S. S. Savage has sold the Polk Coun-
ty Record to j. G. Gallemore, an eX-
perenced newspaper man from Mis-
souri,.
New Smyrna wants government ana
toward her deep water to the sea
project and has pctitioned congress to
that effect.
Telephones will be used for dispatch
ing trains over the Seaboard Air Line
between jacksonville and Tampa after
September LIST.
1t is umored that a new hotel will
be erected at Cedar Keys, and the old
town will put on new life and again be-
come a husting city.
Suwannee county has an exception
ally good crop Of timothy hay this sea-
son, and as prices are high the farmers
will realize considerable profit
A new So, 600 orange packing house
is being erected at Manatee by the
Citrus Growers Association. The
house will be 55XlOO feet and equipped
with modern machinery.
HilIsborough County will have a corn
club in operation next season. 1t is
the purpose of the Experiment Station
at Gainesville to interest every county
in Florida in raising corn.
Palmetto recently bonded for $780,
600 for water works and street paving
and in September will vote another Sl5,-
600 bond issue to be spent on the wat
er works, street paving and sewerage.
DeLand is looking forward to the
time when the East Coast system will
build to that city. The wise ones eX-
pect the new road now building towards
Okeechobee to be continued on via De.
Land to an intersection with the Seville
branch road.
A contract has been let for making
over the blg Beleyiew hotel at Bellair,
near Clearwater. The changes to be
be made amount to practically re-
vamping of the big structure, and will
cost tho owner, Morton f. Plant, of
New York, about 100000.
Gus Wilson; the negro escaped from
the officers by cutting the chain which
bound his leg and jumping head first
from the rapidly moving train near Ju'
piter, few days ago, was captured,
after being shot in the back by Deputy
Sheriff John O'Neil, of West Palm
Beach, and died in the Jail hospital the
next day.
Florida importers of Spanish onions
have been warned by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture that all stock ar
irving from now on must be repacked
before shipment from docks, if the
crates contain an excess Of 10 per cent
of rot or waste, The new ruling is
based on provision of the pure food
law which constructs rot or waste to be
an adulteration.
Capt. John Langhotf, aged 70 years,
and residing about six miles from Tam
pa, is constructing fifty-foot launch
in which he says he is going to make a
trip to his native land Denmark.
Capt. Langhoff followed the sea for
twenty,one years and has been in prac-
ically every well-known port in the
world. He believes he will be success.
full in his long journey across the At
]antc.
j. C, Brooks, of near Lakeland, has
sold the fruit from five acres of grape
fruit treesifor IS, 600 cash. The buyer
was S. M. Stephens, Yet they say
there is no money in raising fruit Mr..
Brooks came from Alabama three years
ago, paying SO, 600 for nine acre i'm
proved grove place. The first year he
sold $4,7G0 worth of fruit from the
place.