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Title: The Clewiston news
Physical Description: Newspaper
Language: English
Publisher: Louis A. Morgan
Place of Publication: Clewiston Fla
Creation Date: February 8, 1929
Publication Date: 1928-
Frequency: weekly
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Subjects / Keywords: Newspapers -- Clewiston (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Hendry County (Fla.)   ( lcsh )
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Spatial Coverage: United States -- Florida -- Hendry -- Clewiston
Coordinates: 26.753399 x -80.9336 ( Place of Publication )
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Additional Physical Form: Also available on microfilm from the University of Florida.
Dates or Sequential Designation: Vol. 2, no. 6 (Feb. 3, 1928)-
General Note: Tom Smith, editor.
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VIEVk PRESIDENT ELECT I "C msist ncy Thoij rtoJe,
: i a \ '* A **" ', ANOTHER 1,000 WIDENING RIFTSEEN

Swept forward on a wave of economy that Would male, Scrooge: of

: ON 1rIRHE Will! MA' K E TOUR Scrooge and,,Marley fame look like, a sallo..r-orV',lzore'lca'V, ,the Hendry. county ACRES Will BE I I IN BUSY'
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commissioners led the and commissioner ,
by new watchful" Delaney, peered

NEWS OF: :NORTH GLADES l keenly into county expenditures. at the Tneetfytg' } :of.: t the board last Saturday READY FOR CANE BOARDMEETIOCon.

A bill for disinfectant for the counly'jall: ;; i(:phs brusquely tabled until the 1

sheriff was summoned and explained .thai/ it :represented a supply that t would _

/1 fY TOM SMITH. Arriving Friday Night, be sufficient. to serve the sanitary purposes'J6ra';: year or more. Expenses at-: 'Acreage In B e n bow] >lt y Solons Award

,> Hoover Will>< Stop InClewiston icndant .upon the upJfccp of roads in the CleWislon i district were also studious]y' Tract Being Prepared Tax List : Pro-
Ignoring
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To' Clewiston which sees more ceo examined, and every bill-that is almost e 'bill was very y thoroughly checked .

le'jriffes i in a ,year than{ *-,any other I l turning before official approval tof the august cpunly .sops. 'Thc exception was a bill For Early I Planting>< test 'of Tax Collector;

Hoover Saturday To Miami. submillcd i by L. O. Cravcly for a trip i to(, Lakeland amounting to'$f 100. H. A'' / ---, Saving ,of 16 Cents a

community ,of its Ri submitted 'a bill..of expense for a fr'fijto t Tallahassee/ for $56. Even the Work was 'started' this week on the :

., ** size sees in a life Clewiston is looking forward to 'the most. :economical I must admit, that a ,trip( t totTallahasscc, spending a' few.,days preparation of another 1,000 acres' of Day Is Effected.

( ". ..' f\\ :;[a,$<' Coming visit which is to be. paid this section there and return. including railroad fare 'quid all expenses for ,$56 is '-che/ p. I land ,for sugar ,cane planting In the

', ';\5 .,< time, the arrival next week by President-elect Hoover.: enough.' : k;. I Benbow. ,tract -iu Glades County near Awarding of the publication of the

; J.' + :of President-elect. The information which has reachedus -. '" :.Thus,the/ economy, axe, was''w\eilded\ dfaierously? .t the chips flying :but even Moore Haven. .it was! announced this delinquent ,tax list over the written

', Herbert. Hoover. next' Friday! will be just'before going to press is that I' the most observant failing t to* see where 'iheyjtanded .unlil the astute and,.superefficienlboard week: by P. 'G. Bishop, operating vice protest of Tax Collector James ,L.

I I V: e:'': ;owning of, .our hopes. ,,But; Mr. Governor Doyle E. Carlton will i es- awoke with a start lo,, 'thewealizalion,. of, the financiallpurdenimposed 'presicle, ?it'of the Southern Sugar com- Taylor, approval of a $100 expense

{5 goover would not have.seen: the real cort .Mr.: : Hoover and his ,party on a '' on the county through of the bridge over the Caloosahalchee pany, '*wlio, said that P, O. ,J." No. 36 account of L. O. Gravely, questioningof
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.. Flonda if'he had, confined his visits trip through the lake, region Friday { river enlcring LaBe\e.\[ the'oPefal' *' +* .' is t6 be the variety of, cane planted. a $5 fee of County Attorney H. A. r

t q-%ve s ort cities.., Traveling: through .arid Saturday: the 15th, and.16th., The It was broughl, out that lending the bridge entails an expenditure Steadily
li n1J. M of.--. the-- taco', .; the: Presi- official party in addition' to Presi > monthly of $401. I Of this .amount! .' Hendry county paid$20 and, I I inag'*program has been steadily ex- omy by'or'maintainIng reducing Hendry county's expense -

:'derri'f"d.: iectjrwln-' :' -. :a great .Floridafro dent-elect, Hoover and ,Governor, Car Glad county $20. In :other words commissioners with 'a keen eye to fig..1 I paneled, and the announcement 'of. the LaBelle
ton, will include ,Glenn >,B.. Skipper, showed 'that $ I the additional 1,000 acre.s in the Ben- bridge by snipping. 1C cents a day
) \;:both, f its'vangles. -::that of_ play rures Hendry county is paying q st Bering sum of slxly-slx cenls
,;::..\:. .:and avok."'A ltlilgh i.t.i. i is out. a few Republican National Committeeman, a daylo have a keeper at the, bridge.'''.': 'V: : ; bow /tract, .follows Mr. Bishop's announcement from the tender's salary featured the

: ,- 'hours: *',ftom ftlie o''Magic:; ,'''City b b, ,'the and possibly General :Edgar Jadwin, Here was cause. for immediate ,fClon! :JEcono i=c.for:; : Hendry ..counly. 'I. fo of laSt week of the 10- meeting of the, Hendry County com-
missioners
.. in the 'court house at La
'.' 1S\;!'r t gPthe, northerii'Eveigtnde. $",the Chief of Engineers of. the u: S., ,Slice, pare, cut t and" save! 'K V: O/'y.1.'" .fit.. .. 60'ice II \10 planting I, program launched Belle last Saturday, while

f'," ', ':, trip'y1ti. J>rove to 1\11'- ,Hoover that Army. Thus It came; ,about it1ar the ihrifiyboard in",a ,single sweepreduced, ;ihe., .., t!Jrf';,the south, sugarland drainage district noticeable observers J
)... : t'o ot- The Olceech b e'lake( repion appre- dollars month south of' Clewiston, and in the present: commented on a :
,( ,. ,O")d.i.. i .are than climate I county operating( expenses by five 'a, : or sortie sixteen cents_. a day. rift in the board ( '
i': ', '': 'II.:t.r'r':, ,fer/ .,.I..., L.c 1uf.r he t.Wi1 Ge.J'cer-, _ciates, this 'visit by Mr. Hoover. It i Unappreciative,'public, No wave 'of applause;;,greeted this action.>. *> ;territory east of' here including Bare 'wide breach.which"ihreatens'4tobecome -' :g(,
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j' :( { 4 tain" a'wpreciate t tue> stupendous recalls how at the time, of the Mississippi ; The{ point we male/ is this. Economy in; its{ place, is a fine thing and,every : Beach, 4 Miami. Locks and South T ,Bay.
Earlier
.' t "carreed river flood he .endured discomfort -I board'should be inbred the, But the old Tractors have' been shipped to hopes' of the more optimistic M
.' drainage project which, ,JLias been county : lhoroug\hly\ with spirit. saying'of that the board would functionsmoothly

;t] through, :, to, ,completion in ,the' and danger' to personally investigate ,penny, wise'and. pound polish was never ''more r true. \ .. '. South Bay, and work of clearing and now to scattered

:.. .: V Clewiston\ =-\. district. and ,as former the conditions throughout ''. For after mating this bold stroke"the': commissioners after virtually every vreparing'the land for the' ,expansion by the wind of appear the brewing

,food,,axmiIstrator< of r-.the. .:world he the flooded areas. Knowing' how well one of them admllllng that a slale' 'meeting of' counly! commissioners, to ,be '. of the.'' cane' planting program is storm. Commissioners Selden political Stewart -

cannot 'hdlfttbut 1 fully-appreciate, the the Mississippi river, flood situationhas held in the near future, is hardly 'worth attending',and that llllle good can come steadily progressing. '" I
and Bill
/: ,'!signffi anc'er f 'this' building''of 'a new been .handled as a result, of 'the of it, these same county commissi'oners.pafsed: motion! agreeing lo send L. O. I Southern ,Sugar company, cane -activities the interests Hooker of the, entire appear to have at

; ,' b6wlfor% : work done by Mr. Hoover: and by the the g9ard- with all now extend through, threeS county
Hoover's
I;/ sugar Amrlca.llr : ? Gravely to meeting lo represent ) ,expenses paid. heart{ and ,Chairman W. L. Murraytoo
Clewiston. boon ,General Jadwin there is every reason Let the board economize all lei them bills uth Florida counties. Glades. ,Hen-
li',...., ,, ,coming, lo is the great county ; .by means; question seems inclined 'this 'although
; in tile history of the northern Ever to expect that the investigationwhich submitted; but when they seize the' axe ,of economy lei hem start by,slashing, dry and' ,Palm Beach, keeping the way
he voted in the affirmative the
... ':glades and'thit flic will do everything: Is now' being made by these off,100, trips; the good of which they ,admit/ is. negligible,, and devote their time company's fleet of. 75 ,tractors busy motion following the on of ',
presentation
;:,':';:-' ':. in his power to help us is evident to ,gentlemen will bring about the ,speedy! Ito more profitable pastime than slashing: 'five ,dollars per'month from the, payroll while 'at the 1,500 ton a day' sugar a petition by E. E. Godno which
was
: all who know him. solution of the problems of this 'sec worker who draws the mill im.Clewiston the bags of rich '
of a county now only ;from. Hendry county,.. measly '' based solely on' sectionalism. This mo-
.{.'" 0" I tion. sum of $20. ;' ., 0 brown sugar piled in the warehouse
': ,,," ,}-V' The official itinerary has not been .I or rolling north ,to. Georgia ,refineries, tion ,offered by the new Commissioner -

.,' ':'}'JtfClewiston: merchants will ineetftoto l' innpunced, but, ,Jt t .i is, .understood .that I ,i pflect t 'tJT"J possibilities':.of,.this sectionnhYinctfB Delaney and. seconded by Com js- .

0'_ : nfght4; :.discuss! _.the prganlzation'of" Mr.' Hoover: and .the-other' :,memDeis-: MERtllANTS' 'I P NtorNEW. : !' ,taS&Hnstify'; the'big, expao.;. ioneiv' :; Iaddax, followed,a..,,request! .. by {....
LOCAL r
;" rclewiston ; Merchants d chant's associa- tising be kept in the county seat pa-
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investigation of conditions throughout 1
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Organize tion. There are'I' MEET TO I RMLROAD 'DEPOT per.
.) ,- t m fri -:, the Everglades. This interest on TONIGHT ,
SUGARLAND
ROAD Please turn to S
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.. he part: of Mr. Hoover is another
;. to the move, the greatest of which evideuce of the generosity of his I
1 FORM ASSOCIATION.! DRAWS BIG
:':.> vis cooperation. Uniform closing hours, spirit, as has been so often ,exempli- CROWD IS NO\V\ ASSURED ALS.fON GROCERY ,

; combined effort to keep Clewiston Jed in his work of relief, as he is \ _\ f
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i dollars: 'in Clewiston and cooperativesales taking two days out of a busy _
very
Dinner Watanabe
at Interesting Program I
plans are but a few of the ad- period to make this trip. HO-I s ( Funds for Work Included STORE SOLD TO

ovantages. The progressive merchants "The Lake Okeechobee region will tel to Be Attended Arranged $YWoman's Local '

7 of' the city will welcome the oppor- extend to Mr.. Hoover a most hearty -Progressives- Club In Budget of New 'FORT MYERS MEN .,/

I $unity ,to organize although there will welcome. I Road Department ,

'j. .0 probably be ,one or 'two, who prefer Clewiston: merchants will meet at ,Clewiston officially opened the new

.:'_ the old fashioned method of everyman eight ,o'clock tonight at the. Watanabe passenger station of the Atlantic Funds for the completion of the Transaction Completed

.. ', for himself. History in other HOSPITAL WORK hotel to discuss' the advisability. of Coast Line railroad last Tuesday night Sugarland highway through Hendry r This Week Through -.i-; .if

.. .'cities shows that the organized 'merchants organizing 'a Clewiston Merchants as- with an elaborate program arrangedby county to the Lee county county line j f ,.f

i, *' are always more successful soc ation. J the Clewiston 'Woman's club ''and have been placed in the budget of the Edison C. peer !, '

w "tIlan' the independent ones, so let IS PUSHED HERE ,Every progressive merchant of the the! Ladies Aid society of the Clew- state road department, it was an- "

those In Clewis ton, if there are any, iston Community church.. nounced yesterday in a telegram to Sale of the Alston Grocery storeon
community will be present and it is
" who, plan to ignore the merchants Opening the Mrs. C. A.' 'the Clewiston News from W. P. Bev- Francisco ,street to B. F. Fear and
program
probable that officers will be elected
association, profit by the example of New Building on RidgeTo and ''business immediately discussed.The I Jackson, president of the Woman'sclub is, secretary to Chairman Bentley.The George C. Hurt of Fort Myers was

e pother, cities. Be a Credit To called on Rev. W. T. Bailey for Hendry county commissioners, announced this week by Edison C.

'j}' -- move which has the approvalof an invocation after which short talks Mr. Bevis said, have been advised of Speer local real estate broker
t CommunityWork the majority of the local
peopleis
which is contingent through whom the sale was made.
action
this upon
Indicat.ions that the dove of peace were made by Captain F. Deane Duff,
f aimed at greater efficiency in the
will not hover about the table around on Clewlston's hospital on general manager of the Clewiston the county securing the necessary The transaction included the stock
local 'stores, more business for the P. G. Bishop vice rights of way fromLaBelle to the Lee and fixtures but did not include the .
fify which are ,gather- Del Monte avenue is steadily pro- merchants .and greater service to the company operating I '
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ed president of the Southern Sugar com county line. The right of way from property. The financial consideration
Commissioners, Hendry coun- gressing and wprk of remodelling the the
I people of community.
/fy. Economize- ty's commissioners old administration building on the pany, C. C. Blanc, superintendent of I the Palm Beach county line through I involved was not made public.Mr. .
(Please turn to page 5 Line Clewiston is assured and the speed Fear is owner and, manager of
the Ridge division of the Coast
,12'; e were clearly evi- ridge which is to be used as the hos-
/ with which the state will work on the the Star Grocery in Fort Myers whichis
and C. P. Lamar
traveling
dent at the passenger
meeting, of the commis- pital is now, nearing completion, it ,
road west of LaBelle depends on the admitted to be one of the more
sion in LaBelle last Saturday. Thisis was announced this -\\eek by Dr. F. agent. '
Dr. Knowling To
a deplorable condition and a poor L. Tatom. Please turn to :page 8 county commissioners in getting the progressive groceiies of that city
I Build House For right of as requested.The 0 and Mr. Hunt was formerly connectedwith
". way:
way for a new set of commissionersto The building will be modern in all ,

.enter upon the discharge of their I of' the appointments and'will compare Family In Town Benefit Movie> To right of way requested is on the Manhattan Mercantile corn-
north side of the Seaboard ,railroad which is owned by Barron G.
the pany
A. duty for the good of all qf the 'count)'. favorably with hospital facili- -
': Be, Given Here For tracks whicvh will eliminate sev- Collier. '
We all make mistakes, and it is not ties in cities many times the size of The 'sale of a lot on Ventura -
School Next Week eral sharp turns and a number 'of The local store will be managed '
too late for the
stormy peter faction Clewiston. avenue to Dr. J. C. KnoA\liuc;
'railroad grade crossings. bly Mr. Hurt who has taken control ,
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of the commission to
theirs Considerable
recognize work is entailed in as a homesite was announced this '
;:rjw and strive 'for harmony. Pleas the remodelling of the building for 'week by Edison C. Speer. local real Revision of former plans for the Work is progressing on the con- and he is assisted' by Mr. Ivey who'
series of entertainments to be givento struction of the road; east of Clew- Please turn to page S
submitted to them
which 'are basedon hospital purposes but when completed estate broker through ,whom the sale
sectionalism should be it will get a library for the Clewiston iston from South Bay, and several
summarIly include a small ward for was made, and who said that Dr.
,\ rejected Economy, a fine thing in white persons a prive room, \4a sec- Knowling is now making preparations school to have it put on the accredited I automobiles. have made the trip, although Felda Will Again
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any governing ,body, should not be tion for list were announced this week it [is hard travel. Conditionsare
negro patients, and an oper- for the construction 'of a homeIn i "' Be First To ShipWatermelons
;( Mrs. William G. Ames chairman being improved and it was an- ,
Confined to a bridge tender's salary ating room. A kitchen will also be Clewiston for his family.Dr. by North
')ut extended to of the arrangements committee. nounced this week that the Southern
everything comingder included and plumbing work is now Knowling came to Clewistonfew :, l
their jurisdiction. Trips in the under way in the bathrooms. : 'months ago from Fort Myers and Because. is impossible to get the Please turn to page 5
interest of the moving picture "Lilac Time/' ,for Feb- Felda will again be first In the
county at large are (Please turn to page 5 'has already built up a considerable
'occasionally beneficial, but when all practise here. His family moved over inary 13 and 14, the picture ",Tl1. C. A. JACKSON NAMED state to ship watermelons, it was
I r "FOR SCHOOL BOARD announced this week by L. B. Mc-
five commissioners agree that a certain i from Fort Myers recently and are Please turn 'to page 8
, trip is not worth PLAN TO TRANSCRIBE Ewen who said that melons from his
while,
why put
now occupying the apartment in the
the county, to the expense of sendinga I RECORDS IS REJECTEDA I: Hopkins bloc' formerly used ,by Mr. NEW GARAGE OPENS Charles A. Jackson will be namedas Felda: farm were the first to leave .J
school board to and that the crop
representative to such member of the the state last year
a meeting.
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page
proposition to transcribe, the caused by the moving will, be at least two weeks earlier
,r' The sixteen cents a day saved on the by Clewl ton's latest repair ,garage recently fill vacancy

bridge tender's salary for the period photostatic means early records of completed by G. L. \Espenlaubwill of E. L. Alston, It was announced this year.

'of a year will probably not pay for Hendry county when it was part of < APARTMENT STARTED formally open for busines to- this week by E. L. Stallings, Mr. McEwen' has 20 acres in 'one

' ,one such trip. Is that economy? Lee county books in Fort Myers, morrow. Repair work:_ on all makesof county school superintendent.. Mr. tract and 21 acres in another, makinga

; was rejected by the county' commissioners Work was started this week on the cars will be done, and a welding Stallings asked the board of county i total of 41 acres of melons. In ad-

after Captain F. Deane construction of the apartment build- outfit win also bo part of the equip-' commissioners for their approvalof dition to this he has 12 acres in tomatoes -

> Miami Beach-It is believed 1 by Duff and Commissioner Stewart ex ing On Ventura street by Crow Brothers meat Prompt service and efficient the appointment, but they ex- .. five acres in peppers and

close friends of President Elect HooCjjver plained'the, inadvisability of the local contractors. The building workmanship will be" the slogan of plained that It was beyond their five acres in cucumbers ..,'

' that! he will take advantage off move., The cost would be $15,000and will consist, of eight 3 room apart- the new cslabliaVment: Mr. Espen- duties Mr. Jackson has been In The Felda section of Hendry county .

r F""; % the situation which has; risen up and the two men declared that the ments and \''ill be modern in every laub said. Above the garage 'are six; Clewiston for two years, has a son is. well known as a farming center,

rj-'. '" rill appoint an able southern man money could 1 be used to much 'inspect;It; will Ae finished in' about apartments which have already been in ,school 1 and Is well equipped to and Mr. McEwen said that the crops

i his cabinet and escape patronage. greater. advantage at, this,time. eight' weeks.: rented. serve on the board. this year look exceptionally fine. '

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\ The Clewiston News CABBAGES' AND.KING'S BOOTLEGGERS OF lated by Mr. Brown occurred during m*

Successor to The Clewiston Progress I the boom days of 19241926. Coconut U

8 t and royal palms were much in demand -
8 192S, at the post office
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'- Entered as second class matter February DISEASED PLANTS for ornamental purposes. Coconut '

at Clewiston' Fla.'; under the Act of March 3, 1879. .. After attending a meeting of the county commissioners we. are reminded I trees from the West Indies
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LOUIS I A. MORGAN i .............................".............................. Publisher of Burke phraseology-0- "' / 'Eloquence.. ,may' exiSt. without a .p proportionable degree -. ACTIVE IN STATE were Horticultural under quarantine Board from the and Federal th .v\

wisdom.'*. v -
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TOM SMITH ................................,..........".,;.,...................*......... Editor : '4.. I -- State Plant Board, because of tho
I' ; ,." S Inspectors Cons presence of coconut bud rot besides,
1 tantly
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SubscrlpUon Rates lesser diseases and insects. The bootlegger 1
> "Keep the expenditures In. Hendry county" seemed to be the slogan, so Busy in Checking i
I' i was again' called into conference :

By mail outside of Florida' s By mail in Florida'. < our mus'. have. deceived i < us when we thought we, heard, the august.. board approve Smuggler's moves says Mr. Brown, and while
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$2.00 r .
$2.50 Dne .. I
One year :; '
year I 1.00 f a bill for printi.ng'to a Hilfsborough county concern. Plant Board inspectors did intercept
1.50 Six months
Six months I. ; YCommission' many shipments of contraband nuts
1.25 *. ...76NEWS' Gainesville.-More than one type of
Three months '
Three months < # and trees, no doubt quite a, few were
'; saves 16 cents -a day on, bridge tender's salary: Looks like, bootlegger<; exists in Florida adcordIng -
smuggled insects and all into the
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PLATFORM to A. C. Brown, assistant quarantine -
a wide'uIr between1: that and instant approval on $100 expense account. state.
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1. Definite control of Lake Okeechobee with water transportation inspector for the State Plant *
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2. Early completion of the highways for local transportation; and r 5 / Board. The type in which Sir. Brown\ One 'of the latest reports of the*.
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i concentration: of products. Greyhound racing opens tSt.. Pete without bets.-Newspaper headline, Is ,especially interested Is that groupof activities t of plant. bootleggers tells
of the arrival of a man from Cuba
3. eubstantial downward revision of freight rates on vegetables and dike recently with quite a few grapefruIt
: other products of this region to the northern markets. the state, and in this way jeopardize 11
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I, x/ ........ J He gave a few samples to.a. grower
the whole horticultural of
association for industry
ftril functioning of cooperative marketing
4. The '
a ,.We're told that the Florida power corporation had. a fine. display. at the Florida. living in the extreme southern part'
both buying :and: selling purposes '.' *
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: of the sMe( and proceeded to Sebring.
fair. Sounds rather highpowered.We're .
Tho horticultural development of
Upon examination, it was found that
the state for the past 10 years might
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1929 the fruit was infested with worms'One !',
be traced by reading the files of the
not easily shocked; but being. a rural bucolic soul, we were thoroughly fruit alone had seven maggots.It .
Plant Board inspectors during that '
jolted and not a little hurt when an enterprising local merchant triedto Mr. is assumed that the balance of the
OF VISION time states Brown. In 1919 and
E. E. GOODNO-MAN infested with the West
fruit possibly
sell us some of that male lingerie. Lavender and pink patterns in rayon. 1920 there was a great development
i Indian fruit fly. was carried on to the
In every community there is the ever-katchful publiclspirited high- Dainty is the word. Think of it, future ads reading, "Dainty underthings for of the avocado industry in the south- Ridge section and scattered among
ern part of the state. An organized
minded deciple of right who while he basal. the confidence in the world in the man who cares." '; _.'f! effort was made to smuggle Mexican people In that great citrus producing ,

his commissioners makes it a point to be present at all meetings to see that .v ". .*.: '. 1t. .,-( t>. avo.cado'seeds into the state despite section.
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who armed away :, -. The Tax Assessor of Hendry County "
Of such calibre is E. E.| Goodno of LaBelle and points east J
'. '-' r' to the presence in Mexico of the avo- will meet with the tax payers any )

with a petition last week gave the county, commissioners some pointed facts ..: cado weevil a very destructive pest. property owners of the county fo!:!.l

The Tampa Times says if all the pencils in the world were l laid end to The next plant bootlegging era was the purpose of receiving returns upon
and figures on ,county progress .in a plea to have all county advertising restricted all properties subject to taxation.
end-ours would be at the other end just when we wanted it. .' in 1921.1924 when almost every ,grower These meetings to be as outlined below -

to the county seat paper. t in North and West Florida became : '

interested In satsumas. There Precinct No. 1, Clewiston Feb. 11,.
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t.There be there man who '
is a man of which the town may proud; a .. :
Only 305 days to Christmas. at Post Office.
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sacrifice to his. own business did potter about with' the petition enlisting ... .., Precinct No. 4, Ft. Denaud, Feb. 13,..,.
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s 4 { 'c and. for satsuma buds from.Pensacola at Post Office.Precinct .

.' the support of the good people of the community. It" was a move worthy, The" fellow that :wrote "Pickin' Cotton" ought to "pop out;with one now I I I to Jacksonville that far exceeded the No.6, Felda, Feb.r 14, at

'of rr the most high minded but there was just one thing wrong with it. ;Thepublicspirited I on "Sacki.n' Sugar" and help Cl.ewis o '. -i ''I. : 'supply, accoidiug to Mr. Brown. Reeves', Precinct Residence.No.6, Sears, Feb. 15, aPo'st

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wrong ,*!; ;, r' service and for several years the Precinct No. 2, E. LaBelle, Feb. 16,.

j Now it may be possible although it is very.doubtful that Mr. Goodno It takes two to make a bargain but" only. one gets i the.- bargain.-Wall | efforts of the State Plant Board inspectors at Court 'House. '. ;. "
4- ., I Precinct No.3, W. LaBelle,' Feb.
Street Journal. ; were directed towards keeping "
I, thought that he was addressing a meeting of the town council. Certainly his 18, at Court House. T .
these contraband materials out HURD L., REEVES
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plea for the betterment of LaBelle to the exclusion of ,the rest of the county ,. of the state. Tax Assessor.
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..., be. interested, in'the welfare of the entire, county. A chemist has found how to turn wood into food. :Yes 'of. course, the and the Plant Board as re-I, Subscribe for tho News

board problem is simplified.. Y. American .- <. I'I
His little speech delivered to a, town council would l have been a winner,' ,'". !
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June weather in February with strawberries selling ont he street for

community the clearly, outlined duty of the commissoners. and as a clinching
35 cents a quart. Two more good reasons why you should close up that,housein I

; argument the names on the petition. At a town council meeting, press and i
the north and come to ,Clewis-* ton. AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING

public would have hailed him 'as a deliverer; at 'a meeting of county, com < .' ,
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Remember LaBelle; forget the county. Let them pay '
1 I in a recent Issue of the New' Yorker. Wet next is the only commentwe

their taxes we'll- take them- but as for' officially. acquainting I workmen and our prices are based on the low {I:

them with out activities through advertising-don't be fool care, to make .in, pi int. '
conditions.
est possible working

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Denaud and Clewiston, LaBele is we need to worry i 1 I

advertise else. }; the alcoholic breath from a northern, flivver must be disgusting to a self-re Machine shop, acetelyn welding, all kiriasJof'; i:
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specting law-abiding horat. .
This sentiment from a man who himself once served-or at least had a automobile work.
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solutely, but even more so is the fact that the commissioners-good men and.

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I b'That the policy is pitifully wrong is evident to all who will study the r ,

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the 'suggestion that county advertising should be restricted to any one sec : ( : I II. r FORD LINCOLN FORDSON
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in his "acceptance: speech" why he restricted...his petition to LaBelle, and ;.;,1' i 1 I I. : .
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,i sugar mill at Clewiston indicate the the beginning of the rehabilitation oft 11.atronize .
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pointing the way to great possibilities. I .
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.. Thinking' people will readily appreciate the I importance and significance 1 Acetelyn welding and all kinds of. automobile 1 Tour Home \ /j \iA(1'\ );

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of this industry, on the immediate future of Florida. It will lielp to stabilizeand ok ','
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North, and should be particularly Inspiring to our own citizens' who have :. Laundry ,j
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been affected with the "after the boom blues.*' Once our own confidence is :I 1

I i gained, we will have. shaken off that doubt-which', has been the source of Model A. Fords will be at our shop. A factory 1 1 CLEWISTON STEAM LAUNDRY Ij j.

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trained man will then be able to service all 1 I < ', :

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protection-not only for our but MurrayMotor/ 1 -
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: products, some of which are now being threatened
: by foreign competition, 1 Cleanliness is next to Godliness

and. to such an extent that unless relief is afforded of {; ,
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of Miss Anna Mao Sikes, County West is Ju prospect for several years able, as is that vor beef cattle It

$ Home Demonstration agent of Lee to come, so that Florida 1
III .LaBelle News county. growers may seems that'beef cattle are approachIng -

expect stiffer competition In future. the peak of their price cycle, and

A considerable Increase In acreage of this Is not 'a very good time to start

RURAL COMMON SENSE peanuts would not oversupply the into 'the cattle business on a large !

l I By Spuds Johnson market. Corn prices are lokely to be scale.
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Mr.. A. Ij. Taylor, cashier of the Mountain Lake Friday and returned HOUSEHOLD HINTS .I lower. I While only a very brief summary ,

/lank of LaBelle Is sick with the flu home Saturday after a tour of the FARMERS SHOULD TAKE The outlook for cigar types of to- of the outlook is given here, it should

i and is not able to be at the bank. central portion of the state. BEARINGS FOR NE\V YEAR bacco appears favorable, while the a.sist Florida farmers in planning
Weekly from ,Home Demonstration
t acreage of flue-cured tobacco should their cropping operations for 1920.

Specialists, Tallahassee When the sailor goes' out to sea, be reduced.

to'0 Mr. Martlndale of Fort Myers who Several of the people of LaBeJle. he :always reads all the available M
LaBelle beenemployed The prices for eggs :will probably'
In having
is well known r I
; were guests at the Henrickson' home HOME IMPROVEMENT signs and takes his bearings from be lower for some months, while poultry Blitz Weggman, manager of the La
in the bank Is taking care
Friday afternoon to listen to the KitchensBy ,time to time. Farmers who are at I
of the bank while Mr. Taylor is ,In I Iture" should command higher prices. Belle Motor company motored to Fort
of the dedication of .
radio program the helm of the
Virginia\ good ship "Agricul
P. Moore The hog' outlook frr 1929 is favor
Mr. J. W. Christie is" also Myers Thursday.
disposed.
.' the Bok Tower It is reported that it might do well to emulate the !
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was as plain as example of real sailors and take
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'w Sheriff Wiggins of Glades county ond prize In the State Kitchen Improvement the new year. In farming, most of

: 'had 4Wf* to L'llm.-.-..charge of Mrs. John Mr. and Mrs. Hurd L. Reeves were I ; Contest for 1923, has the I the readings into the future are charted HAULING /

Jackson negro woman in> North La among those from LaBelle at the most attractive kitchen, anywhere.She from the experiences of the re I

,,' I -.;-.Belle. Wednesday evening when she dedication of the Bok Tower In Mountain did so I much to improve it. She cent past and the conditions at pres-I

'"'I.>ec me Insane. She was taken to Lake. already hail water sink: and sewerage ent. Fortunately, the United

Moore Haven to be examined by medical so she changed tha natural lIght- Department of Agriculture, which is I

authorities. } ** Ing, also the artificial: lighting in In position gather a large amountof Daily delivery of Freight from the A. C. L. Depot direct
I Mr. and Mrs. Bert Curtis of Chicago -
hr kitchen. She re cjJe/l the Avails information to aid the farmer in I c
/ who have been staying on their to your door. Short or long distance hauling is of
and ceiling with wall-board, which taking his bearings, has issued an I part our
\ t r r E. E. Edwards, manager of the Everett property near the courthouse for annual .../
outlook
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was enamled a light giey. carried -
hotel motored to Immokalee to several weeks left last week in their here. work. Leave your orders at the Clewiston Motor Company
out a color' scheme of her favorite I
look, over his pretty: home there Sat fine Peerless car for St. Petersburg
: II I colors, the grey of the moss and The ,outlook for citrus indicates a
urday. where they will stay for several We are experts in moving Jour household furniture J
I, the red of the hibiscus. Her old considerable increase in acreage of

weeks. congoleum she painted a dark grey; bearing orangs and grapefruit, with
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consequent increase of production un
her enamel ware (a birthday pres-
home from Tallahassee where he was Mr. and Mrs.,J."W. Christie, Misses .. ,Y .
ent), is red. She made containers for der good weather conditions. If pro- ..
commissioners In L. L. and S. E. Pettee and 1\11'.1 .
sent the county
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coffee, tea, flour, sugar and breadof duction is greatly excessive, lower BILL ALLEN
regard to road No. 25 and through his C. R. Christie motored Tuesday to I I I
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marshmallow boxes and a lard prices may be expected. /
kindness he gave the News a com- Sarasota and Tampa where they will ,
stand, which she enameled a medium Market prospects for strawberriesare
,. t'ete story of the actions of the road spend the first few days' of the
r shade of grey with, nobs and fairly good, hut acreage exces-
department and we are glad to say week. :: : : : :: : : = : : : : : :: : : : : : = = :: :: : : :
, names in red. Her curtains give an sive. The watermelon acreage shouldbe :
t the look encouraging. 1
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added touch of beauty; and the nest reduced from one-tenth to one-
Sheriff Dan McLaughlin and Mr.
of tables, one of which hos a marble fifth, or low prices may result. The
Mr. Martindale who has been tak- Bird Fraser, were visitors at the I
top from an old washstand, serviseas cabbage outlook is bright for the
ing care of the bank during A. L. Glades county courthouse in ,Moore
a great convenience, save maneya present. A moderage increase in
Taylors absence motored back ,to Haven Tuesday.
moment for her family and the public sweet potatoes would not greatly up- '.
Fort Myers Tuesday.The --
Mr. Carl Bekemeyer: ; George Wand I ,. which she serves so graciously in I II set the market. A smaller acreage of IF YOU ARE INTERESTED /

I her club tictivities. early potatoes should supply the de- .
many friends of A. L. Taylor I George Loveland Pettee, Mr. Ed I .
g Mrs. Harris admits in her story mande this year, and bring better
cashier of the Bank of LaBelle are Prescott and Mr. George Howard mo- .
that kitchen "hectic" ; prices. The bean will likelybe .
her rather
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in the and IN SELLING
glad to see that he is back tored to Moore Haven, Tuesday
and above all ugly, but now since it I increased about 10, percent, and I
,bank after ,his illness. 'Wednesday. : .
.I to leave home. She has added to this is probably as much as it shouldbe. .-IN BUYING-, \ '

of LaBelle the is beautiful md convenient she hates ,
Several of the prominent people Among those from on
many other rooms in the house be- Heavy production of grapes in the IN 'FARM LAND
,LaBelle were present at Mayor and grand and petty jury at the Glades t, -

l Mrs.. Dotys Friday afternoon to hear I county courthouse in :Moore Havenare cause she says Improving is "con

tfte dedication of the Bok Tower'' at I :Mr. Carl Bekemeyer; George W. tagious.'* LOST-Pair Horn Rimmed Glassesin .

Mountain Lake. Among those present Pettee, Ed Prescott, Homer Hand and Lee county had twenty-five women leather? case in Clewislon Monday In, or near Clewiston ., -....

were County Attorney H. A. Rider, Edward Curry. carrying a demonstration. in Kitchen Finder leave at Clewiston "

Mrs. Seldon Stewart and. several oth- Improvement in -1928. The work was' News and receive reward of $5.- ': '
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I Mr. and Mrs. rgeV.. Pettee, Mr. Goodno won his case in the been improved. Seventy people visit-

Misses L. L. and S. E. Pettee- and ,Glades county circuit! court againstthe I ed the kitchens of other women. This DR. P. ,H. JONES McCULLY'Clcmiston's
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be n Moore Haven on the Pioneer Real Estate Broker f.

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burning. to and the first item of food to be placed .,,? ) ,

,--:':' power engine.Sugar.plant what coal is to,the steam upon the controlled list was sugar. :::- ; Clewiston is calling.Temperature ,. :

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't'("t.. energy producers. I Certain other not' the danger, at I least the inconvenience .'I :..........,,, .'
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of shorta averaged
!o; foods build and repair tissues. Sugar, a sugar g e. The ." past
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being composed 98% of digestible when conditions during and after: the war, ,.- I and the waters of Lake Okeechobee, a stone's throw from

y was so scarce and ,, ,
\ carbohydrate, almost instantly available sugar expensive ', ," J J"

for.body needs, furnishes 1,750calories may be repeated In a more'. acute '..,_ :;... ,, the Inn lobby,. are shimmering in warm sunshine. ,

.. I In fuel I value I per Poun d. degree unless I we grow more of our' I ,'' : ,;,

foods are essential I,- others required sugar within the continentalUnited I ''',: : "

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to the diet. Sugar, being a ..concenThe South Coast Company and : :.:.'": ... I .

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highly essential. For this reason growing on a large and rapidly in'c,' .' : '.;, ". .

governments are concerned with the creasing scale. This industry is of I .
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great only to M. E. KYNETT Manager
supply for both military and civil I ,
companies and the states where they "" ', '
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.r with, our records. To do this it Is necessary : sibility rests upon me In preparingand
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to have the confidenco and seeing that this list is correctly BV THE WAY NAVE "

-- co-operation between both the Tax published, and ,in the conscientious I
., LaBelle, Fla., Feb. 2, 1929. advertising and selling lands for, unpaid I Collector and the said publisher. As performance of my duty I hereby rec- SOU HEARD THAT-

To the\ Honorable Board of County/ taxes for the year of 192S. I. your Tax Collector I nm confidentthat ommend that your Honorable Body I

Commissioners .. of Hendry County "This request Is respectfully made I can not have this full confidence respect this my recommendation and II ---,-. !w.
Florida: : forthe following reasons, to-wit; and cooperation on the partof designate The 'Clewiston News as George Heinz and Sam Schncld-- I. Mr. Wright on a hunting trip last

"In compliance with Section 75C, "The above said list must be pre- the publisher of the Hendry Coun- the newspaper In which to publishthe mall spent the week end in I Tampa. Sunday morning bagged 34 quail. '

Revised General Statutes! of the State pared in the Tax Colector's office by ty News. The correct publication of delinquent tax list for the year 5 x -- t1r .
of Florida, and the Acts amendatory the Tax. Collector for publication andIt this Hst.involves thousands of dol- 192S. i Mr. and Mrs. W. Dewey Becker I r L. B. McEwen of Felda and James

thereto, I hereby respectfully request I I is necessary In preparing said list lars of tax money which makes it left late last week for Chicago where I L. Taylor county tax collector spent -

that your Honorable Board select the to confer with the publisher who is necessary to protect the 'county's .In- J. L TAYLOR' Mr. Becker who was assistant audi- i a' day In Clewiston on business.Mr. .

Clewiston News, a newspaper which to publish said list, also during the terest. S S. Tax' Collector, tor for! the Clewiston company will I r

has been continuously published in preparation of said list and before it As your Tax Collector the respon. 'Hendry County, Fla/ be connected with the auditing department and Mrs. E. L- ,Stewart entertained -

Ilemlry county for a period of more is ready for publication to call in the { of the Celptex company. Mr.\ and Mrs. L A Morgan, jr.,

than one year prior to this dale, as said publisher for the purpose of .. Mrs. Becker left Thursday and Mr. at a bird dinner Monday evening.

the, paper in which/ to publish the list checking, and correcting said list Becker was to have motored north. -- 7 .
I At the last minute however he agreedto James Buxton suffered a fractured r> ;

1r \ I' I sell his car and left on the Friday rib when his automobile crashed into ;: .

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,HOSPITAL WORK SUCARLAND ROAD of Jacksonville and H. A. Rider, Hen- Rider through F. Deano Duff, mana- Mr. Rider is in, receipt of a letterfrom will secure and turn over' to the 'de-

IS PUSHED HERE IS NOW ASSURED dry county attorney. E ger of the ClewIston Company, Inc., Hon. Robert W. Bentley, chaIr- partment the right! of way not yet

Last month the county'commission, secured J. L. Doggett and Stafford man of the state road department, furnished on the state's location. -
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(Continued from .page 1) (Continued from page i/ w ers authorized their attorney, Hon.H. Caldwell of Jacksonville to assist in dated Janua'ry 30, 1929, stating that The construction of this highwaywill

" "The new hospital" said Dr. ;Ta- Sugar company has put a tractor and A. Rider, to appear before the presenting the matter to the state the members of the department :requested : open up the richest agricultural
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the community and a competent staff Clewiston and Miami Locks to facil- Tallahassee on January 28, In an Messrs. Rider, Doggett and Caldwell they have included in theh tentative value not only to the state _

will be in charge. Improvements are itate travel. effort to have the construction of appeared and argued the matter budget the construction of Road 25 but also to the entire nation.

l being included which would be a The action of the state road de- this road included in the tentative before the members of the state road in Hendry county, and that it is understood '

credit to a hospital many times the partment was.largely due\ to' the combined I budget for Immediately !) department. at its meeting in January of, course, that the county Try us for Job Printing I

of Judge J. L. Doggett upon his appointment Mr. .
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the entire community. Marvelous six-cylinder smoothness throughout -, : : ; .e : ; ; :.j .

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.:' :' \. my family should_ have a comfortable The Roadster. $525: The Phaeton, $525; The Coach $SQ5; The : ) : :: :;} 1 ; '
:'l. ;; home and I believe that"wyrk will be Coupe $595; The Se ian. $675( The Sport Cabriolet. $695; The Convertible ;\ : : ? ;ff? .
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PAGE EIGHT -. CLEWISTON NEWS., CLEWISTON_ FLORIDA PRIDAV.. FEBRUARY___n c.,. _1000_..,_ ,
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WIDENING RIFT President Coolidge, Will Rogers = : : = = :

SEEN IN BUSY* I Dorothy Stone. '" I I t

BOARD MEETING William Cecil Owen, and Fred ," J' '. i I :..: ,

..f Moltz as dusky porters were kept I \ ",
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nouncing the trains, while entertainers i ; : : : : : ; ; ; :'; : ;
Full text of Tax Collector Taylor'srequest. on the /program were :Miss Bon- / ;' V I r : -9 : : : 0 r1; :: : ) ;V'f' ijP : : ; j,

Is published on an inside cite Stone, E. B. Butler, Pete Wilson, II '

page of this paper, that the Hendry and Mrs. Joe Godfrey. Unusual costumes J ,- ..

County public may see the extent to were in evidence among the h "x, .

which the stormy petrel faction of beat being Mrs. Jim Beardsley and \ j ." .. i)
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the commission Ignored the\pIca, for Mrs Fred Moltz representing belles .. '.
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'efficiency. ( of the gay nineties. .: '

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without question was an expense square} dance, was enjoyed after : .':' 1_' ', \ :
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a trip to Lakeland witch wasauthorized nished by ,a radio from the Clewiston ." : : I ,
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the commissioners. Furniture and Department store. An'nouncing' S 10; t .__ : : : : : : :
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ALSTON GROCER'Y'STORE ?

-, Tallahassee at llu; opposite t end of I SOLD TO & NEW SERVICE STATION J I l "'. ....
the state. .
This '" came immediately: after FORT MYERS\ MEN\ j.. I

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there were no questions but shortly carry a complete Parts "J ,
was connected with the, Alston store :
later whenRider submitted a bill fora
$5 fee in connection with a case and who has made, a legion of friends maintaining a comlleteIYIecha\ ical Depart" The ofth _? ; Company
I in Clewiston. owners e fDrug are -;
which ]he' handled for the county, ,, '
protest ; ; &
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was expressed by Commissioner honored to/be tioft15'commi1hity\ visited
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..and I have watched with keen Interest guaranteed-prices reasonable. ,
to read law on the matter showing the rapid development ofthe by you Mr. Hoover. We welcome you. ;. $; ,t ..

the payment of the $5 to be improper /t:
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the matter was not read and the .
extensive expansion program being *
bill was. tabled until the next meeting I MOLTER DRUG COMPANY -;' .
carried out,
the possibilities for Clew-I
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If you in the market for '
Iston become brighter each week." are ; a new ,care give
The fact' that some dates' were Clewiston 4 ida.

missing from bills submitted by Com \ us a chance'to get it for you." We .are 'h ere to I .. ..JfrJ:. -
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protest missioner from Hooker Commissioner drew a storm Delaneybut 'of BE GIVEN HERE FOR.t I t t tI serve the automobile trade of ClewistonrG. \ ''-:'>:.:-:; ;r..',>,,;,, ....r',, ,,1-' 1',,", t .'I' .....";"_,,: ." J' :''t:,, "a'p

SCHOOL NEXT WEEK .'i .., :;
this subsided .when Commissioner I : I };

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neglected to affix some dates on his I Enemy" featuring Lillian Gish will I C / ; < : :, ; : ',

bills, and the bills in question wereal1prored 'ESPENLAUB'S GARAGE , Y.t ?'' t
be shown on that night at the Glatex \ '. 'J l
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two commissioners would mark in !L. Espenlaub, Prop. r't I
will be shown here on March .
the necessary dates. .20 and 21. Tickets are now being : "Clewiston Florida.
Economy, dressed in'attractive = : : : ;
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printed for the movie next Wednesday :
phraseology, was brought forth repeatedly
and Thursday night and may be
and repeatedly was shooed '
procured from Mrs. Ames or any > 'I '.
away without the companion, action. :
members of the ,P.-T. A. or the. Wom /'
Observers noted an interesting exam- an's club ,, 'S '
ple of this when the approaching ,

meeting of the state association of A card party is to. be held a week .. ->:-" :' :;' :" ';" i, ,,, '
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county 1 commissioners was discussed. the Watanabe hotel when card r .,. :: ? r '-r ,u"lr !
Commissioner Stewart who attended h I i. -j ''*. *
| last games will range from bridge "to ca- f" .iif \
:year's meeting expressed the "" 'd '
sino and for those not wishing to '
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I! opinion that little good could come plajr' cards there will be dancing ':'; : I t ti i
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I j was generally admitted by the board next week, but for tha mov- \ :; : : I ,'f : ,t+., ., i
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ing picture show next Wednesday 'i! '.
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While this sentiment appeared' to be
and Thursday Mrs. Ames asked that .
j] unanimous, motion '
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all those, Interested in the progressof ;
{t and approved that L.' O. Gravely be I thelocal school be present. JI

I sent to the meeting to represent Henj : I '.: I

j dry county, with expenses paid. i : : : 00 ' : -' -.- ".-

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Lee ,,', ." .../,,.: '',':;.; .: /- j: ''i. '-,.,> .L''X "':; ':'..-- '/: jr ,, ,j : ; ) : I
ri i part of county for the sum of .::: ," 1i 1-

$15,000 payable in five :years was rejected ; ," ,' ', : '
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j. the en The that expense.meeting the county, however could was not not afford en- : : ::: "j I Ii}: REASONS FOR CLEWISTON :;'; ;?:" 'A'iINDllSTR :;tiy ::\" i



t itrely without its economical 'achieve: gay .. Y'9!' .
S i meats for toward 'the end of the session I.

i discussion of the condition of _' -

the bridge over the Caloosahatcheeriver I _ __ 'l :
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connecting Glades and Hendry '


1 I:, counties the the bridge conversation, brought tender's up had salary the abated,question and, when the of ', :'::gtl ,, :i :>\: 7: tjt; ,{ : .; 1,''', ,::I J''- _



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of 16 cents a day for Hendry' c untr.; ; '" ': : ; :;;: ::1


need It was of repair agreed, and that an the engineer bridge:,is will in fefe: : '' ;!vl( < :' : : :::' ;: V : Y:/f':. ', -c< "N":.i ,, : 'f


be ed.asked As this to bridge recommend connects what the is need-two (k. : ; : : : : :: J' ,, I .

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half of the expense and Glades .. '; 1 '
county Mr., President; ; ; ; \\V,\
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I When this point had been settled < ]
Marking the three- ears of work on a gigantic \
to the completion >:
apparent satisfaction
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proud the interest
1 are to see you are taking -
1I I concerned the problem of the bridge drainage problem, and a 'year of_ construction ,- .:: .

t 'tender's salary was brought up. At in the problem of the Everglades, and we extend activity on the new 1,500 ton a day sugar mill, Clewiston f : ': .
present ho is
receiving $40 per month,
is about to take its place the industrial cities ;
of which Glades county pay $20' and a sincere welcome to you. now among

. Hendry $20. of the South. t

"Too much," said the commissioners. -

"We must economize." The cost Substantial payrolls, activities_ of the Southern Sugar !I'

, i of living was roundly discussed and and the need for homes and
WEST COAST ARMY STORE Company more.. apartments .
I I. it was then agreed that the tender .
j should stand a salary cut. are a few of the basic reasons, for the sound prosperityhere. h' '

i "We'll pay him $30 a month," they Clewiston Florida., I- .:.,

f f' decided, which means that Hendry I ;r s,w


I< county's share will now be $15 per \,,,;;: ,; / .." ': ,:' ,,\ '< ":'.k:: rJ ;' : "- : i : ; ': :' : ;; ,;' .. }r
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