The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-20
State Brevities
Would Move County Seat.

Would Move County Seat.
A movement has been started in
Washington county to remove the
county seat from Vernon to Chipley
and the matter win be decided at
special election to be held in March
Studying Sugar Apple.
The botanical division of the United
States department of agriculture is
making a study of the sugar apple at
the Miami field station, in an en-
deavor to develop the fruit as a COM
mercial product.
Sen $780, Bonds.
Jacksonville city Improvement
bonds to the amount of $250,000 will
be sold February 20, to provide funds
for street paving and sewer extern
sions.
Drainage Opens Land.
Completion of the Fellsmere drain
age project has made available 50,-
600 acres of the most productive land
in the world, surrounded by power
full dyke and drained by system of
canals. The work has been in prog
ress five years and dykes 33 miles
long have been built, with 81 miles
of canals and Els miles of union
drainage bitches.
May Suspend Schools.
Suspension of the schools in St
Johns county is threatened be-
cause the school fund is exhausted
An appeal Is being made to taxpay-
ers, asking them to make prompt
payment of taxes so that the schools
may complete at least six months
term and the public will be asked tx
finance the work for two additional
! months.
Recommend Prohibition Vote.
The Florida Baptist convention
adopted resolutions requesting Gov
ernor Cats to recommend submitting
statewide prohibition to a vote o
the people. The governor will b
asked to make the recommendation
in his first message to the legisla
ture
Playground Equipment.
Each of the st. Petersburg school
have been equipped with playgroun
apparatus consisting of gian
stride and long slide for eac
school, together with other device
for the amusement of the childre
during recreation hours.
Use Oil Burners.
Oil burning locomotives are no
used exclusively on the Florida Eas
Coast railroad, the last of the co,
:. burning engines having been n
: placed with the newer type.
S Sell Road Bonds.
s The commissioners of Okaloos
Y county are advertising for bids on tt
: $4,000 road and bridge bonds autl
S orized in the recent election. TT
: sale of the bonds viii be held Febrl
|, airy II.
o Florida Press Banquet.
ol The Tampa Rotary club has invite
: all Florida newspapers to have repr'
1. sentatives at the Press Breakfast
t, be given at Tampa Bay hotel on Il
5, morning of February 6.
e Build Road Near Everglades.
The Boca Ratone board of trade
e circulating a petition for an electi,
: to provide bonds to the amount
y $4,000 for the construction of roa
Ell in the Everglades section.
Z Wanamaker On Cruise.
John Wanamaker has chartered t
u power houseboat Osiris for a Ion
" cruise among the Florida keys, wi
Miami as his base.
Appropriation For Miami.
An item of 100000 for continu
! ton of the Improvement of the hs
y bors at the port of Miami is CARR
\ in the rivers and harbors bin viii
was approved by the house col
mittee and will be reported to I
"a house by Chairman Sparkman Il
week.
BY The appropriation will be used
a. extending the jetties of the COVER
be ment cut so as to make the entrar
y to the harbor easier and more sa
! The cut is now being dredged to
81. depth of 18 feet.
&C. Miami to Issue Bonds.
Plans are being worked out