The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-12-11
RIVER ITEMS
Notes Gathered ON the Banks Of Elor-
ida's Most Picturesque Stream by
the Stars Special Writer

ohiaWana river pilot, John Washing
ton. OF the Hart Line, was in Silver
Springs the past week and informed
the Glen Ira that the Okeehumpkee
would steam from Palatka on her first
trip up the Oklawaha on the first of
January and that the Hiawatha would
steam from the St. Johns river port
on the 18th for Silver Springs. Wash
ington has been with the Hart Line
for the past forty five years, consee-
utively, on the Hiawatha, old and new
Okeehumpkee, Osceola, Metamora and
Astatula.
The Glen Ira Hotel is now under the
management of Mrs ]. w Hurst. The
house has been made much nicer, al
though Mrs Hurst adds more i'm
provements to the hotel each week
She has now party putting in fire
places in several rooms. There is a
great promise for this hotel this VIM
ter as hundreds of tourists will stop
here for week or a month
One Of the incest hotels here a real
new hoteIfronts on the same street
the Glen Ira does, and it is near the
postofice. It's one Of the incest houses
at the Springs. Mine Host J. L. Smoak,
il you please. Mr.. Smoak always
so when he and his family moved
down here from Ocala why the crowd
followed them. Mr.. Smoak has more
tourists and boarders than most any
of the big Ocala hotels. Silver Springs
begins to put on more life The two
hotels accommodate many, and if you
want to get something that is good to
eat come to Silver Springs.
Mr.. Brown with Kyle & Young the
parties who are draining many acres of
rich lands on Heather Island, motored
through to Silver Springs Sunday He
was in his small launch. Over parts
of the route from Electra the river
measures only eighteen inches Mr.
Brown simply had to pack his launch
over them.
Capt. Bonnie burst has installed an
engine. a twelve horsepower, two
cylinder power plant, in his new hull
and geared It to a STERN wheel, SO he
now has boat to transport his lum-
ber from the mill on Sharp's Ferry
Bonnie steamed in from the mill with
load Of lumber Saturday. On the
way up stream Saturday Mr. burst
had the misfortune to break a cylin-
der, putting the engine out of COM
mission, and he commissioned the We
mona to tow the lumber to the Rentz
docks. Mr.. ]. E. burst left for Jack
sonville Saturday to look up a new en-
gine.
On the way down stream Thursday
| the Sharpshooter host her sprocket
wheel on the stern wheel in the wa
| ters around Eureka. Capt Mills sent
his mate. Carl Mason. back to Connor
for another wheel and Carl got all
bailed up out there in the river swamp.
The. moon rose on the wrong side of
the compass, and he was a man lost
completely. The mate messed around
in the swamp and pine woods until he
happened to reach Mr.. Ned William
sons home, where he secured a buggy
and horse and made 1t into Connor
After picking UP the machinery he was
after, he had his brother, Maxey, take
him down stream back TO Eureka in
tha Oregonian, arriving at l o'clock in
Ethe morning
4 Copious rains fell over in the lake
lcountry when Ocala had that little
Ispell Of rain few days ago. The
lakes filled up quite a bit and the lit
tie Oklawaha has risen. Shallow draf
boats can cruise to Leesburg one,
lagain.
The Heather Island folks are ex
Ipecting from the north the family O.
Messrs. Kyle and ]. D. Young.
| Shfpbuilder Frank Mathews of thi
point broke the record in boat build
ing the past week Besides workins
on the finishing touches on the Cit.
OF Ocala, Mr.. Mathews and his assist
} ant. Capt. Henry Mason of connor
cmpletely built and placed TN commits
tS;o no Tn
Juniper Creek, q very handsome cy
press hull to be used for duck skif
on Lake George.
i The SharpshoOter sails Wednesda,
: tdown stream for Norwa1k and Palatka
The liner returns Sunday night int
Conner. There are no cabins on thi
boat and so passengers who wish t
go to Palatka by the river route mus
Itake camping outfit.
Some Of the finest celery land in tn
world lies on the banks of the Sflve
Springs run on the little prairie, Thl
) land Is rich shell and loan, easil
: ldrained, if overfowed> In late year
!. the land has been above water ever
i the wet season, If the high wate
lcovers the prafrfes, bitches can b
made and h can be easily drained of
The land lies within mile of the Ok
lawaha river. 1t is on the banks c
beautiful Silver Springs run. The part
< who owns this land has fortune us
= Idoubtedly.
Y Mate Carl Mason ran into a blu
thick fog on the st. Johns river tn
lothee day. He motored his SHARP
$ shooter out of Norwalk, navigated
1.-THE thick fog for two hours. then 1ant
t ed her back IN the port OF Norwa1k.