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c.: r.)1'CANfd) POINT WILL ,,7 Two. Admitted New Teams to League Are $20,000 BOLD ISSUE A T BELLE. I j Local American Vets Join Legion. i CONSTRUCTION OF '




: .i : HAVE BIG ACREAGE Baseball teams from Moore Haven GLADE TO PROVIDE TOWN WITH 1 The Clewlston Veterans club will lABORERS HOUSESANNOUNCED

and Okeechobee City were ad- 'become affiliated with the American -

{I IN I CANE FOR FALL mitted to membership In the Ev j Legion, it was decided last

-- erglades baseball league, it was MODERN WATER WORKS SYSTEM ![ Tuesday night at a meeting of the HERE

i announced by officials of the league | local organization at the Mill bar-

Plowing of 10,000 Acre following a meeting at the 'homeof racks. -

I i. Tract In Pahokee Announced Dr. W. J. Buck In Belle Glade I Community Officials, Systematically Rebuilding After the matter has been thor- Contracts Awarded For

.. last Friday night. oughly discussed the local veterans Construdlion of 18 9
j.f' In Addition to Town Provide For Waterworks
I"I' The admission of the two addi- present agreed unanimously to ask

I'.:'; Work North of Canal tional teams now puts six teams in Mains and More Paving I for an American Legion charter for Houses in Five AreasIn
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!: Point. the Glades league. The towns rep- I the Clewiston Post. The charter Clewiston Division

;;. .,' ---:- resented are Clewlston, Moore Haven Determined ,to make Belle Glajle one September, virtually devastated the I will not be received for 00 days but of Sugar Company.Preparing .

x Plowing a tract of 10,000 in the Pa- Okeechobee, Belle Glade, on the most attractive communitiesIn community, "Belle Glade residents I the local post is now officially apart

hokeo district for fall planting of sug Brown Farm and South Bay. the family of lake towns around the with the passing of the storm immediately i:': of, the National American LeI for the large Influx o.t

y announced this week by southern shore of Lake'Okeec.llob. e, laid plans for the construction -I i I gion organization.
arcane was negro field laborers who will be
members of the Belle Glad'town, of a new community and into 1
vice of the ]I
P.E.. Bryant president brought here in connection with the
Southern CELOTEX OFFICIALIMPRESSED council at their meeting last week discussed -i the community ordinances and town
( In charger
Sugar
c company extensive sugar cane operations of
of the cane work In the Canal Point plans and agreed oil the float- 'building code were written clauses !'HENDRY SOLONS the Southern Sugar company, local

.--. .;'. h .division i AFTER ing of a $20,000 bond issue for the con- which were aimed to prevent a recurrence I J officials announced this week that

:' struction ,bf a municipal waterworks, of such great loss of life
There at approximately
: are present ARE WELCOMEDIN contracts have been awarded for the
V laying of mains and an additional town and property damage in the event of
:' 4,000 in in the Immediate
; .. *, acres cane ; construction of almost 200 buildingsto
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,' .,1; vicinity of Canal Point and a tract BRIEF VISIT HERE paving program. The project: will. be another storm. i house the negro laborers In five

''. handled through the issuing of'.bonds\ The town council headed\ by President TALLAHASSEE
\ secured by time warrants drawn Buck had the : of the
; support entire
of the town. j tracts for the construction the
I of
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% In preparation for the heavy volume C. G. Munch Makes An against the abutting property owners community and the entire popu- majority of the houses were awardedto

I '., v of work in the fields with the Inspection of Company for the paving program and againstthe lation of the cpmmunity immediately Governor Cancels Lec Crow Brothers .although Smith,

C :). ":." coming of fall and to care fo'r the ,influx property owners benefittcd. by set about the rebuilding of the townon ture to 'Discss AffairsOf a local builder was awarded contracts

L of field workers mere than 100 Property the construction of the waterworks.; a scale for which the most opti-
for the construction of a number
'... 'J' buildings have !been erected In the The bonds will mature in en'- years mistic had scarcely dared to hope before Hendry Courtly\ of the buildings.

:i. '. : negro, qu .r-iTS of the sugar company Visibly impressed after spending a and as the time warrants arcs paid the storm. Included In the 189 buildings will
few days here on an inspection tour will be into the bond the site of old frame and sheet (Clewiston News Special)}
this put Qn
: -;. adjoining the mill, including 100 money I be small houses for families, barracks -
of the.. properties of the Southern metal the LABELLE, May 16.-A of '
1 A, dwellings, two barracks, a mess hall sinking fund. buildings toppled over by group for the unmarried negro field
'' Sugar company in Florida, C. G. 'of last)ICLEWIST'ON county officials motored to Tallahassee 'I
I ," Since the tropical hurricane (Please turn to Page -
; and a large commissary. laborers and mess halls while bath
.f' 'k kr Munch director of the Celotex company 6)I last week end. Those making the
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and' the Southern Sugar com I II trip were Tax Collector Hurd L.

:j > PAHOKEE TO GET pany left'' Tuesday night to return to BEATS FINAL TOUCHES Reeves, Assessor Jim Taylor, Commissioner I

the north. 'Stewart, oCunty AttorneyH. I
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I Yt ;; .' During his three day visit Mr. BELLE GLADE I IN BEING PUT ON I A. Hider, Commissioner Maddox, CANAL POINT CANE

t t : ':. > NEW CITY HALL Munch made a thorough inspectionof I Judge Ross and Clerk Tom Hull

the, properties of the Southern Reeves STATION !I A Y GETU.
: :', Mr. reports that they were

: ; AND TOWN JAIL Sugar company extending over the 6T03BATTLESchedule r NEW ROAD WORK treated very courteously In Tallahassee -

: fifty mile area from Moore Haven to V especially in the senate where S. AGRONOMIST

;V ..:; -- Canal Point, and he also visited the they remained for some time. Governor .

r... .. tek !f; 'I Resident Awarded Clewis ton sugar mill where the daily Is Completed Crushed Slag and TarB.7e1n Carlton even cancelled a lecture ----
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grinding capacity: is being increased Half Of I I that he was to make in order to discuss
: ,'.':. '. ): $5,000 Contract for from 1,500 to 4,000 tons daily. For First Applied ; Camp with our county officials. Sen-- Expansion: of Work at

f':: t. New Building After visiting the nearby fields by Baseball. Season' Set Up At Goodno I I ator ,Malone is ,doing all that is in I Experimental Station

.; :1 I automobile I and after 'seeing. a general t'Clewiston's 1- his power to block bills which are Believed Probable
.. plan of the ball team meeting! Belle While finishing touches are being r
: ; (: Plans for the immediate construe- sugar company's operations 1 injurious to this county. Many of
Glade last Sunday in the firsts gameof put on th e Clewiston-South Bay
on paper, the Celotex offi \ these
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: bills
have
.. '. tion of a city hall and jail for the been' introduced in Probability that the operations( of
.. cial accompanied(} by P. G. Bishop op the season took all honors with a stretch of the Sugarland highway by the house and ;
:' town of Pahokee were announced passed but through'the the Southern Sugar in the
.' erating vice president of the 6 to 3 score while the battle between the Huffman Construction company company
; : sugarcompany .
..,.- this, ,week by Mayor W. J.. LarrImore I kind efforts of Senator Malone northern Everglades will result in
: had 'a birdseye view of the Brown and Canal Point was disastrous workers another group of the same
: .' of that they were blocked in the
,. : community who said that on senate. )the United States goverments! as-
I': .' entire operation from Mr. Bishop's when the team from the peanut organization have started the construction The officials
completion the building will rank were given passes to
signing an agronomist to the Gov
..,/--. .\ '.' Curtis monoplane. far mwon a sweet victory ovgr of the road from the Hen- sit in the :
't. with the finest municipal buildings I senate chamber and had ernment Sugar Cane Experimental
Mr. Munch the Canal Point Sugars. The score dry line to Clewiston whilea
: was one of the original county the honor of
in this section. hearing one of these
... ; l station at Canal Point .was learned
1!' :: : 'Located associates of Mr.. Dahlberg. when_ the was 6 to 4 In favor of. Drown, Far'lihVIt ; ,-third gi.oup.of Huffman workershave bills pertaining to
; : on the lake front, them Hendry county distilsseI I
VV this week from authoritative
sources
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\ two'mo "Stotrnj llV-: .
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Celotex 'industry 1 eTfeains, established 'Good'nonear
'l\, nicipal building will be a reinforced was started, "camp"at and block in tlie-'senate" -Mr. where it vaa" believed th'at definite
-i-: i. concrete : ven and Okeechobee admitted into I LaBelle and will work west. A. Reeves
( structure 24x-lG feet and reports. will
action along this line probablybe
will include the Everglades league, officials of detour from Clewiston, to the Hendry I
) 'a council chamber. police taken before the end of the sum !
NEGROES TO HAVE
station and latest four that organization were busy early county line has been established so
a type cell
'.' jail. Contract for the work, was this week revising their schedule to that cars now making the trip to BRISK SUMMER IS mer or early fall. i
Tile principal advantages of such :
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. '.- awarded toR.* J. Crews of Pahokee.- NEW SCHOOL HOUSE take: In the two teams and shortly Palm Beach. must detour south. of '
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it would be
: : a move was explained, i
V .:, 'r'f, An interesting angle of the an before ,going to press the completed town and past the old Hooker place. SEEN FOR 1
V P'AHOKEE the keeping of accurate records on 1i
< (: ', nouncement and one which reflects schedule for the first half of the sea- The road from. the Hendry county

J ::.--: the prosperity of the community was Canal Point Building Is son was delivered to the Clewiston line to South Bay is in various stagesof the tonnage of certain new cane va- I
rieties which are bred at the Canal
)0 .' ': : .- : '. the< fact that Mayor Larrimore announced News It will be found on another completion, the section near South
? Started Bank Cashier I
: in QuartersAt 1 Expects Point station although there wouldbe
.. :.:.' .:'., V. that the town will pay cash page of this paper; Bay having been graded for the last

. I ;. r : for the building, there being no bond. Sugar Mill Keen interest is being shown in time. and the crushed slag put on Continanuce o f Pros- many other advantages I
I At present the work at the Canal I
I .' the Glades league and while it is too the tar. This is rolled
\. I V :, : ed indebtedness in the community. over being as Times
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perous Point cane experimental stantion j
-' The assessed valuation Is approximately Work was started this week on the I early in the season to start :picking soon as applied and finishing the con sugar I

< : ." $475,000 and the tax rate is construction of a new school in the winners those who have seen the struction of the road. deals? soley with the breeding of 4 t

.. f, ;\, :.. \ 14 mills. The city also derives a revenue negro quarters adjoining the Southern Clewiston team in action believe thatit After the road has settled follow- Prospects for an unusually brisk cane and the outlined work goes! ..,,--.not f.
business
during the monthsIn
summer call -
for agronomics. -
V(1 ,r .... : : from occupational licenses but Sugar company mill at' Canal will have a fine chance.' > ing the first grading the top is plowed VS" I
..' team'' Pahokee on the eastern shore of Nothing. definite toward the as- -j k
::' .: the cost of these in Pahokee Is far Point. The new building which is of First' games in the six .league again and the larger rocks which I'i" I
.. Lake Okeechobee were seen this Please 6)) '
turn
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'.< ;. : : below the average of other small frame construction will contain four will be played next Sunday, May 19, were lifted from, tho canal are removed ( Page I :
week E. G. of
1 by Kilpatrick cashier
t/-/ .. .... 'communities; I rooms, two of which may be opened when Clewiston will meet the team it is then ,regraded and ]rolled i
the Pahokee bank -whg..sa1 that PURCHASED f I
SCHOOL SITE
::, '.' In connection with the awarding% of : to form an auditorium. from the Brown farm. Canaj i Point before the tar 3mI'crushed slag is ;
:}\ there are more people in the town -
(2 :' "'. \ -.: the contract to the local builder, Cost of construction is being borne will journey to the enemy's camp in applied. n
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of five in section 4'i
Purchase acres
.. *:/': ':,". V Mayor Larrimore said that the community by the oSuthern Sugar company with !I Belle Glade confident of Bringing Work is also .progressing rapidlyon that

:,.;;,"''1 ,, officials strive to encourage the assistance of the Julius Rosen- j.home the bacon, while the two latest the construction of the bridge near a summer of activity in con- 31 township 43 range 37 east on the .' !I
structiojj work will result in a con- site for the
school
Chosen road as a
.: the, local business men whenever wald fund.Through. 'tpImc: ; witted (o the league; Moore '\nnvpj ToHrg wMoh nf nrpspnt. ron- ;
A pos.r
,... '.: :. S:;'( sible. the financial assistanc I -' I ,Please turn to page 6 I pupils of the Belle Glade. Chosen and I

.p '. "'./ I 1dgs Tory Island districts by the Palm i
'L.". t.t:.. : the Rosenwald fund, negro sch .,
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.. ..' .: '..1.;,: '.<:: Grading and rolling of the marl inv at Belle Glade, Pahokee and St .;:', /.5: >" ';" }'. By plans will this be week drawn at immediately Belle Glade and for i;

'.. : r field of the new baseball diamond on Bay, $16,000 of the fund having ;: '. 1
;: ': J -: : .:,.t'I': \ ; ;, .<.. .-.. ... f Guests At Inn the construction of a junior and senior : I
the < ;
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appropriated
: ; Southern Sugar company at Ca- for use in construe : : :";..;, : : : /: : : ,:: :\, : on ,
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: .' 1..I. % ;' j'r' school atthat point. .i
/.iL"I high
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completed this week / '.. : t. ,, j. ; {:,v : ,; state.j
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: .,;, it ...,- .' ':;." .. .:mr"t { : _j'.s... 't.. .\ }:'i.; r.> \ Seventeen Florida cities nine was '
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.,..;. ,:'..,;,.;>.'J ..t, ': .." ... '.ii.f :f;';::: .. ....T, and one foreign country were represented -I Newman tract on the Chosen, road. .;
r \ secretary and l } '' I
& .' reasurer of the Everglades ". !' > 1 : : : '''
) \. J-; ":' Baseball :",'.' ,{ I \f' .' / ; .'. :A,.; < ... \:? ;':: :, \ .:':'1 I1ut by guests at the Clewiston The consideration involved was $250 !
league .
who Is ; ; .
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; ; the work of constructing the 'i" ,{ '. -YI j- "\'':.,,: : ;.o .t';:'.i.t.; ..\ '. ...J !': I .
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Work Started .' .>:". ,, ; :/:,;,,,,,, .. :'};; "." volume of hotel business done A trainload of sand
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: Canal Point diamond. on "t <" '' 'e;: :000&\\. ";(":, ,, \ ', "'. ,
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With the infield work Road Pahok .t ,., Ii/I' ,: ; :
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of baseball diamond to
the state is sead- infield a
hotels of
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./!: : this work will be start- County workers were bus)7.t tl ..: -:) .. ..f.J.. 7 '. .. y.> ; p I. \.,. -u slump. in a few weeks. It Is expected that 1 a.i

.;:;:/ ed earl t11ext week, completion of week filling in the holes on the 1| ". i rj". < ; :) :' j ; j..\ thm
be
:<;:: .:. .1 :. \ : : the Inn the school building will
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which will give that town on the stretch of road from Belle Glade t.L .!, : -- :, Ii..' V. .. '. .' .
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eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee :/ "i L : \-1: / :; :. : :;:;: ,. .
Pahokee the east side of Laf I
on .
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:?S V one of the fastest ball infields in the Okeechobee, and although no wc{ '.. ..-'i'._'I 't ..,>> :i...'_.", : ,. 'f. '".."'""h'\',.t's-.t'' .., I.t. ;'....... ':.iI'I:.. ';'." .''. Indto I

Glades league. Please turn to page 5 ....; :! :: ViP'J' .;.>..: i '. 'l{ j. :t: .:'.jtl-.l'.;.; t,( :::1 .'... TRACTORS THUNDERING OVER MUCK : i
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: NEW FARM PROJECT I IS LAUNCHED : <,. .'1' .. :'. :: !: 24 HOURS A DAY IN FIELD ,
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V : .:.;.,. .' ':.J.j ..... ..,, : Z'I'.X. ...lffif'i..' v \t11, f preparation over 2,000 acres of rich soil. '4-
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: Start of operation ',. 'JJ _L ". ,! .1I! 1. :
of what is belIeved rr.r'i l. 'It 'f extensive tracts for fall plantingof
crops to be of
are planted, and gl -:
'I. will be one of the most intenc' : :: > \ .< '. : : :1'; C:.i : : :'" ::. ::tJl'" toon Sugar company charts as the j 1
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T. -. '. every protection agal 1 ) :s.t '';' .' --t' >" sugarcane Southern Sugar com Clewiston district which is under the
sive truck farming projects in the t 'J :). f ; ": '. > !i" \ : > \.; .
frost :, : \ :
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damage. The work which : ,
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stated there
northern \ ..\ ," .Y.. ;. ., ". '} ,1 I .. : .l. pany officials this week management of W. C. IIanson-
Everglades
. was announced volves an investment of approximl : '.:' :. .. ,'::,> .(r .tJf. ."", i.: .r ) ; l : \ .. I
working preparation
-.1. ; : legs which
: :. : two squads of tractors are are sib tracts, on
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this week .
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by.John R. Mowry, St Louis ly $100,000 has fiuanJMr. t. \ II, .!t.'. ,". .t. '\II .t ..:. f.Jtjjt"f-; :. ...' I 1
,- 1 engineer representing C. J. Gonter- already been !:'J t it ... :-.;',..-;'I: '. : "I' ,;" .. '...;1v. ,,'. ",' ,;\? tI", ';c' '."oC'..';::.' 24 hours a day in the Clewis ton and, of the land for fall planting is either ,I II

.' man in the farming Mowry said, several St. Lc ;. / ,!: : ": I .-:.' : : '::':i'i: !:"/ :P\\;: .; f r;, ; '. \. \:' not !Miami I Locks sections. With the comins I under way or completed. They total I,
project which : .. ....
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residents being interested in the pl]| .. ".,' ..: .1 IJ.lt.T .t. '.. ,' ''' I amounts to ';
r 6 ,'. has been started on the 4 : ( 'i" .: '. ;', : : ?, : r.::' : oC. dllSIthe giant headlights are acreage in these tracts
property ] i'.t ; : ens
According { '7.f ;:
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to tho plan outlln :, : : .:.. ; ...... :. ami<< the tractors continue 11,500 acres, divided, i|
; approximately
tinned ,
: miles east of Clewlston which was Seminole Farms will be run as : ..,..:'.,. \t1". ;' ; .. .. ,.;,: '... "j', .:. r'l" ( ""r, : ....!!::.. r..... ..,. .:t., i1v on V !
]1.! formerly owned by W. A. Dutch fire other "' '., 'f:"; ','. :.";': ik '.I..f.: '" ::;, )'.. : e, their thunderous roaring over the as follows: ] I
business. Every procaut .'; 1{, ; :;. 'k'l' ": th, rich muck lands throughout the night. South Line Sugarland Drainage
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warden.
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The property fronts on the against possible losses stol > / ; t '. ;. ;tt \\l ; : I
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V. Sugarland : : : I Aninh At the south line of the Sugarland District, COO acres;
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tho crops n ..... t", : ( :. .;.: (. f: :';--I six 1,000 acres; .
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;: Bay
The .. ')' .. .,. : ; Drainage district, approximately 000 acres; .1
project to' be known as Seminole keted at | : ,")f, ((; .:.; : '! ',,'7. ; .... ,.f.r -; J'.. "' :" ... '" I '
tho best possible prices i .fiJ, .. ; .: ::.'. 1-:1.- ". .', ; ; 'r'I: :; : 15 1,000 acres; LibertyPoint h ,
Farms covers ,:. ', ; .i 't.I..., .#.... .. I miles south 'of the mill a fleet of Benbow Farm; ;
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: 150 acres on which various truck profits divided among those "" ....:.,.,.\1.. ,; \'i'Io'i; ....: / ''i.. .\ '1 iJ.J/o':! ''c::', "r;<. '(. ::' .to.,.a".;'.>'.:<. not tractors are preparing 6,000 acres for 500 acres and. Bare Beach 1-, j

I i Please turn to page 6 ./ :. : r :' .I:' ( ;#<;;;': : ;)\: .' +'q'..;..\i.: ; : .. i fall planting, while at Miami Locks 000 acres. 1 1c

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PAGE TWO FRIDAY MAY 17, 1029


The Clewiston New saving of human life for several people have been killed on this road recently.If .

Successor to The Clewiston Progress there is not sufficient money in the coffers of Palm Beach county, I
CLEWISTON SANITARY DAIRYOne
officeat surely there is enough .to put a drag line on the road and pile muck along
Entered as second-class matter February 8, 1928, at the post

Clewiston Fla., under the Act of March 3, 1879. the shoulders This wiuld be far from a solution but at least it would help
Quart of Good Milk is Equal to Either

LOUIS A. MORGAN ............................................................ Publisher considerably and lessen the number of serious accidents now caused by the _
-3-4 LBS. OF LEAN ROUND BEEF3 ,
broken shoulders. '

TOM SMITH ..................................:....:.......................... ......... Editor, LBS. OF FRESH COD FISH6
Unless something ,is done before the start of'the rainy season the road

LBS. OF SPINACH8
Subscription Rates will be practically impassable and Pahokee and Canal taint will feel the ef-

EGGS2 ..
By mail outside of Florida By mail in Florida fect of the negligence in a substantially decreased'number of visitors.

Ono ,year 52.50 One year $2.00 LBS. POTATOES r

SiX months 1-50 Six months 1.00 -5 LBS. TURNIP I

Three months 1.26 rhree months ..75NEWS' CABBAGES AND KINGS 'f .

Pure milk is our best food.

PLATFORM
Business around the lake countinues to improve.
1. :Definite! control of Lake Okeechobee with water transportation.

2. Early completion. of the highways for local transportation and '- CLEWISTON DAIRY COMPANYYOUR .
Everything is so quiet in the papers these days that you can hear a' divorce .
concentration of products.. '
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3. A substantial d downward revision of freight ,rates on vegetables and 'suIt when it's dropped.-Detroit News. -'. :...1.,"', .., ,'' .;- : :: ::: =- :=::=:: :: :: ::: :: : ::=::=- ==: :: ::= = : :: ::: ==.=:?::== : ::-=:: :: ==1 : := : :::

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A 'NEW. SLANT ON FLORIDA They don't dip sinuff. _\ =p..H. 'A. in Times-Unnon. APPEARANCE

One of the best articles for Florida was contained in last week's issueof ( I I' 1 1 1
There's always a catch in it. They sell a car or 'a "
you phonograph on. '
the South Florida Developer in which M. F. Wamsley, editor 'wrote an I : : '
credit and then charge you cash for the gas or the dance recordB.--Brook- '" ," .: : :
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I The statements he :
open letter to Marion Talley, Metropolitan opera star. ,
lyn Times. ., :
makes in speaking of Stuart and Martin county are even more true to Cle'wlston ; ,

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'Everglades. This is the letter to Miss Talley: .
and the northern open "
June will probably find a lot more you people ready, for .the altar or as "-'; \. : -

"I see by the papers that you are retiring from opera and going some of the British quaintly pronounce -it "halter'''. Asheville T mes. .
: atronize ; .
back ''to the farm. Fortunately for Florida you have not yet selected : : : <

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your future home and as one Kansan to another,, I thought: I ought : Dog's'bark. sent 11,000 miles over radio.-News. item. What 'does that 1 1 -"'- ,

to tell 'you about Stuart. Not that I know anything 'about Missouri, make us? :., ',,"- r i 1 Your ,Home :
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Ohio or Connecticut which states you 'are reported to be considering I

'. but I do think you will be disappointed if you fail to see Florida firsts It conts nothing to plan vacation.. The expense comes In trying V to ex-1 1 1 1 Laundry' I r .
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ecute the plan. ... )
and if 'you settle here now you wont need to move later.
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r "There Is only one place in the United States where frost is a : :.
They call Washington the seat of the government, meaning the properrplace'to
i stranger and that is in Martin county right 'aiound Stuart. Put that 0' 1 1 :CLEWISTON STEAM LAUNDRY
I register, your kicks. "r.: 1
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Battleships may not make friendships, bait they can help keep a lot of 1
"In Ohio the farmers sell their milk for 8 cents a quart. In Stuart 1 Clewiston Florida. ;
nations from becoming our enemies. ... .
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'. the farmers sell their milk for 25 cents quart. Put' that down if you 't 1 '
Putting a multimillionaire in jail may be a boon to the cause of democ
. plan to milk cows for a living.
; ; racy, but his income that accumulates while he can't get out and spent it
! "In Missouri the farmer who. plants wheat and gets 20 bushels -
!' creates a greater problem than his freedom.
: to the acre will net about $10 an acre on his years' work. In Martin

r county the farmers with tomatoes to sell right now are netting $200
Prospects Bright and 3.00 cents a pound on all other,
. an profit or moie. Put that down. 96
acre foreign test sugar in place of the
For ',Needed Raise
t "In Connecticutt the farmer spends $250 for his :winters supply n present rate of 2.20. 1
In Sugar Tariff <.:
*' of coal and $5 for a snow shovel. In Martin county both these things ',; : Cleanliness is next to Godlinessr

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are unknown. Put that down. With a tariff bill for the protection 1
r Construction.Begun : ,
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of American producers of cane 1
\ "In Ohio the farmer }buys an overcoat, several kinds of galoshes, '
j and beet sugar presented to the I jOn American Legion :

.':" two suits of heavies, a few furs and a heater for his car. In Martin house prospects for adequate protec- Home in Belle Glade -:" I I -. 0) ., '"' :1!

< county the farmer buys another straw hat. Add that to your list. tion of the producers of one of the .,' 1.i
most food commodities min - ---- --- _. .i
important
'.: ,'' "In Missouri it gets so hot that farmers not infrequently suffer the county became brighter.As construction Work was started of a new this home week for on the the :: : : : : : : : : -

from sunstroke. None was ever known in Florida. Ponder over that outlined by leading authoritiesin
Belle Glade of the'
post American Legion
one. both the cane sugar and beet sugar

t.. ?. industries the salvation of the indus it was announced yesterday by .
"There are a lot other things I' migght mention but you might
'- try depends on the federal govern DrW.. J. Buck, post commander who
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not believe me unless you saw for yourself. Like you I left my native ment' raising the tariff on sugar said that on completion the home of ... '. ..

sunflower state for New York, lived there long 'enough to grad- from Cuba and other foreign coun- the Belle Glade Post No. 20, will ....:< .,....',< .....:'::,:",:: :. .'.'c -" I...'" /..':'l: .< ". ';
tries to make it possible to compete / \ '..
uate from my job and then sought greener fields. I picked Florida with the cheap labor of those countries compare with the finest in this sec- ; :' .. '

because It is the prettiest, healthiest and most delightful place to and to preserve the American tion of the state. .; : : ) { "

standard of living. The new building will be of frame f\ : :
Li live in America. And so will you if you come to know: Florida as .I :
A large portion of the sugar con and stucco construction, and so built GENERAL

do." .' sumed'in the United States Is now that It will withstand storms. ,( .

Imported from foreign countries, but Captain Holloway presented the legion '" ,

'\ with a substantial tariff protectionthe with two lots in Holloway's sub-

ANOTHER' NUISANCE TAX domestic production would .be in- division about 200 feet from the cross : : CONTRACTiNG:,
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With so many important problems in Florida-to be solved another. member creased materially since the usfair state highway and the state department ..':. ... ,.
. T': y competition would be eliminated.The of the American Legion pre- ... ,
: ;;. of the Florida legislature has lost his perspective and has introduced a sented the / '. ,'): '' ,J.
\ proposed new tariff is 2.40 Belle Glade Post with ; Mell W k '

'.:;'. bill proposing a ten per cent tax on tobacco and tobacco products. cents a pound on Cuban 96 test sugarin $1,000 toward the construction of the .
: place of the present duty: of 1.76 new; home. rI,;;;; ;: 2 1: '
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proposed would- be penalizing the tobacco industry of wet FlorIda I ,
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a measure providing for a emeption : '
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the legslature encourages manufacturers to come here only to penalize them ",' .1';..".,:,. :' ; :::: : :j-;;) r
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Such form of taxation is unproductive and destructive to business. Agair/ ,> f.t } ;; L : .'. .. < :'!.:;:" \'"
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E it is a call to mall order houses in other states to help themselves generously .. '..:
Save by consulting :
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to Florida business. ; I
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t Had the representative from Columbia county taken the trouble to thoroughly Oureputation is our yecommend.atipn .

C., Investigate his measure before introducing it he would have realized ; > r:,. rf ; : '::; I .>>. -.

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I.. .thai 31 state legislatures have rejected. Such type of taxation. I .'" ." I '" .


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With the new Sugarland highway from Clewiston to Belle Glade Practically L'. ." ., :;,.. ,. .. .. -

finished with a ,smooth well paved road leading north around the .' : : {: .
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lake from :
Moore
Haven and
_ with contracts awarded for the construction of ; : : S.

the road from Clewiston direct to LaBelle, it. is time now that action be ", j I .. .. .. f.

taken on the repairing of the road from Belle Glade to .Pahok e and Canal .. r

Point before the start of the rainy season. I

As the final like in the road around Lake Okeechobee the Belle Glade-
f& .
. Canal Point road Is an important traffic artery and the condition demands

Immediate attention. CROW BROTH'ERSt
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'.. During the storm of last September the road was badly damaged and t .' "The Pcr; "r Builder of CleDJslon" 'I
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dirt washed from under the shoulders which later caved in. The danger of I II "'

travel on the road is recognized by the county authorities who have signs r I I I I II II {

placed at intervals urging the, motorist to caution and warning him of the I I ,

danger. ) .. ., J ... .,.,.)- }." M: .

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I, By The Way Have You Heard ?- far Economical M Transportation vV ,



i I l The annual goal of $1,000 in the f oria and Chicago, where he visitedthe

I treasury of the Ladies Aid society factories < of several companies '
.r church equipment to the Southern
t oC: the Clewiston Community selling

i ., ]Ivis been passed it was announced Sugar company: ., .

this week by Mrs.William. G. Ames t

president. It was also announced that i Mr. and Mrs.W.. S. Harvel and .

.,. tha-j-alsing of a fund for the. pastor's.I daughter Maigie: spent the week end :

a vacation has been a success. I with relatives at Delray. n.ln y
FRIEDCIIICKEN
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H. H. Bryant and \ I '.
J. L. Waugh '
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Among those .who saw Clewiston .
Griffith Inc., of West Palm Beach Iue fir VaItueOIieCOAtCH
from the air Wednesday. in the pas
spent Tuesday in Clewiston on bus .
senger plane which spent: the day in iness. : Prepared >in! the that made the
Mrs. Joe t way
Clewiston were Mrs. Hart, 11) ,
odfrGey, Mrs. Claude Downs, Mrs. -- 1tlCe Pice/ .
for .
111'8.H.. H. Ityrt entertained witha : Watahabe famous ...
Downs and Cecil1 595
Carl Berner, Claude delightful luncheon at the Clewis 0 : .. .
/oJ V. Parkinson. ., '. .
for friends who .
ton Inn last Sunday ,
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If you considering the purchase ..
I her for the day. The $ '
were guests :
525 .
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Godfrey; returned Mr.and Mrs. Roadster of an automobile, you owe it to \
Those present were .
this week from Asheville, N. C. The $525 yourself to learn the true extent J ., : ; f
H. II. Anderson, G. D. Mitchell, Mr. \ Phaeton of Chevrolet's value .: ;
where they spent the past few weeks. and Mrs. E.. G. Bishop of Coral Ga- The leadership. I : .' ':' SUNDAYSEVENTY I
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Coupe .$595 And rli you need to do is check the ,
t bles, Mrs.H.. E. Hutchinson of Tol- Chevrolet Six
stationed at The new against any
Casey Jones who is edo, 0., and the following Clewiston- Sedan .$67'- other car-value for value and
Belle Glade for the Southern Sugar :Mr. nnd Mrs. P. A. Poche, Mr.
ites The Sport, price for price! '
week' end in Cabriolet $695 '.
4 the
spent FIVE CENTS
company;
I and Mrs. W. G. Ames and Mrs. Hart.
Clewiston.L. rllc/Con- S We arc readynow"to help you make .
Landau 7')5 that 1 comparison Come in to ay.Prlcesf.D.l'.factory' .
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.. Poche had as
A. Morgan, Jr., purchased a I You can learn for yourself, in half
dinner guests at the Clewiston Inn Flint Michigan ) There are a few for
hour more rooms
new Hudson landau sedan this week, an why over 500,000 people per
making the third new Hudson sold ilast Thursday P. G' Bishop. ,. i have chosen the Chevrolet Six manent guests now available. '

here recently, the other two purr i '; <'<;", .:. .'- since January 1st! \ ..
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chasers being Dave Alston local BUS DAMAGEDE. (',;, .;:'-': t. ,

druggist who bought a sport roadster R. Haskew driver of the small ;. : : ; -

IfIJ. and M. C. Scarlett of the Huffman sedan used as a oCllier line bus between : em I ': ',I The Watanabe HotelMRS.

Construction company who Clewiston and Fort Myers escaped /

bought a ,coupe.In unhurt Wednesday when the (ifj.-raBS. 'EESWtigEr/
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steering knuckle of his car broke, $\ / .to a.. r v
'it: tf= '1/:' !iJtJ I
a party of Clewistonites who I causing it to swerve dangerously near :" ; i'fi f.f!.::: W' CLAUDE DOWNS, Manager.

motored to Palm Beach for a dip in the canal near Liberty Point. There ..., ::1f '.s ; :. 8.,'; ...i
;"-w.l' .1Jf''fj:
the ocean last Sunday were Herbert were no passengers.It .:, <'.!;.'!i'i\ 'l H. ,
l. ...
.., Elate, John Chenet, M. E. Yenowine was also reported that with the :-: }d"f.'N" .-), II

,aunt Sam Woodham. ," completion of the ClewistonSouthBay
stretch of the Sugarland highwaya

Mr. and Mrs. William G'. Ames f en- large bus will be put on the route I CLEWISTON MOTOR COMPANY

tcrtalned at dinner Monday night ,from Palm Beach to Clewiston 'and

honoring C. G. Munch official of the a large Buick sedan will make the

Celotex company. Those present in trip from Clewiston to Fort Myers.

addition to Mr. and Mrs. Ames' and .

Leonard Ames were P. G. Bishop, I
TILE DELIVEREDA
Mr. Hess, Mr. R. Patterson. Mrs.
truck load of building tile drawn
,.. ? W C. Hanson, Dfr. and Mrs. P. A. by a tractor was delivered Wednesday "IN AMERICA'S NEW- SUGAR BOWL' t
Poche and Mr. and, Mrs F. L. Wil
for J. 'K. Baker's new buildingon
liamson.
Sugarland highway and oCmmer-

cio street. The building has been
4 P. G. Bishop was a business visitor the of .
leased to an Arcadia bakery Announcing opening
company. '
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" ... I in Canal Point on Monday. <'1:;'; THE CLEWISTON INN I


Jules M. Burguieres- and FpE.. 'NEW BELLE GLADE SIGN .>: ; DENTAL OFFICES On Lake Okeechobee ,- ,

.Bryant, Southern Sugar company officials '.'.. '...:",-(

.... ... were In Clewiston Tuesday on To attract motorists to their community rr e... ''.' .

; :business.Mrs. ; .officials of the town of Belle .:"f In The Hopkins Block Of ,. ; '" . .... ;
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Glade have ordered a sign 10x25 feet .
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: : Clewiston ,. :- .:.q" "'. r-. ; ,.-s-/; :; ;t'''''; '; 'FloridaA5L'L'
.. William G., Ames accompanied to be erected on the cross state high- ;" ... :. :-.. .').:.. :
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i by her son Leonard left this morn- way at Twenty Mile Bend. On the ,, ':.. DR. JOHN ANDERSON .
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. Incc for her summer home at Cold board will he shown a map of Lake .- ," -,----; {.....,.. ---." ". '-, DentistClewiston < -J.. ... <. -' -: "," ; .' '.'" .
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I .' Spring! on the Hudson, N Y. Mr. Okeechobee showing the position of "Tt: >: OPEN YEARANOTHER
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t ( Ames accompanied them as far aslZynchburg Belle Glade. : :';.': Florida.Clewiston b

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S/nis daughter Miss CatherIne Ames
TO DEMONSTRATE ENGINEA
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I before she, leaves for Europe to I
practical demonstration in the
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,' operation of the chemical fire fight
: >). the Ames on the trip from Florida -
ing apparatus purchased by: the townof
':
.:. i" was Miss Cora-Gardner of Havana,
Belle Glade months will
" some ago
'., I Cuba, who met the Clewistonites at
.. be given officials of that communityin
: f Palm Beach and drove to New York : : .. : .
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the near by :. ,.'.: .t : ;.:! '.: <: : .
,with future a representative .,. ,
f y;' : : .:.'f).' I. them. of the American La France Fire; J. ..'.. .. .. ;:-. .:- ... . .

,.,.,. engine company from which the machine
'Mrs. B. L. Crossby niece of Bill
was bought. The representative LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME
;: Allen who lives near Benbow's farm
is expected ,to arrive in Belle
underwent an operation for acute ap .
... .. Glade in'' the near future. -
'\ PROSPEROUS SUMMER :
pendicitis Wednesday at the office

'.... ') of Dr. J, C. Nowling; who reported is growing every day and with the ,

yesterday that her! condition is ex COOPER SELLS LOTS

,\ cellent. -'. new mill addition under construction values

'1 Sam Cooper prominent resident of .

Dan Whidden of Lakeport who un. Belle Glade sold seven lots in the will increase. '. :: '," '\.: ... .... .
..: A deAveut -"t:. ,'":':'" \r. :' ':- '. :.' r. .'!: 1'" '
r '. an operation for appendicitis negro subdivision of that community .

,: at the office of Dr. Nowling last early this week. .. J

Saturday has recovered rapidly! and Is assured; for this section through .the. activity '

T will return to his home tomorrow.
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; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Derendorf left 666Is 6 Edison C. Speer of the Southern Sugar Company.

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....., yesterday morning on a motor trip to a Prescription for
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: "' California. After spending a month COLDS, GRIPPE, FLU, DENGUE, I ..

on the trip, the couple will proceed BILIOUS FEVER and MALARIA.It .
to International Falls, Minn. where
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is the most speedy remedy known. Homes ?
stores and needed to
Mr. Deiendoif will work during the apartments are
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. NOWLIN and HA YSII
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Hanson
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Attorneys and Counselors at Law today the greatest field for opportunity in
Clewiston division n of the Southern } I\
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Sugar company returned his week Clewiston Florida YOUR APPEARANCE COUNTSWe in the entire South. .
from1 a business trip to Cleveland, Pe- .

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M RICH BLACK MUCK-WATER CONTROL helped to make Clewiston a thriving: city. .. ..
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: :. $110.00 PER ACRE For Detailed Information, write '

We are pioneers in the Barber. Business.IT !

5 & 10 ACRE FARMS "

UNDER WATER CONTROL < .
CLEWISTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

$150.00 PER ACRE /i .'
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40 ACRES i, Clewiston 4 Florida ,

CUSTARD APPLE LAND WATER CONTROL / To patronize our shop .. .. :. k:

$200.00 PER ACRE i .. i
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much and resulting in the arrest of Long) which f'f'itor
then resulted In the ed
Radio NewsOklahoma three. ,
,
LaBelle NewsA calling him-a liar. q


j -- Tallahassee.-Several cases of bribery Andover, N, J.-One by one ;members

CIty.-Justice Clark of were revealed before the senate of the Lindberg-Morrow family .

the Oklahoma state'supreme court committee Investigation lobbying. are gathering for the
A party of young LaBelle men and famous LaBelle boys and girls were was acquitted Friday by the state wedding.
WEST PALM BEACH
spent the week end at Cres-I the senate -
women on program.Mr. on impeachment charges made AlEpandria.-Tbe Governor o f Des Moines-After
a mob of students
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cent Beach In the double cottage by the houseChicago.Two
Louisiana
and the editor of the paper attacked
there each doing his or her share and Mrs. Roy Springston were 1 PLANMNGTOUR the trustees'' a Baptist -
here almost got into a fight Sun- he're
in Fort Myers Sat- university they, ordered the
work. Among the things enjoyed among those seen
of the bombs were hurledin day when the editor was denouncedfor college closed after
the faculty had
were watermelon and grape urday. different parts of Chicago causing his attack
fruit. OF EVERGLADES against him (Governor been fired.

Those present were Misses Virginia Mrs. Carl Bekemeyer motored to . --- .

Rider, Jane Henderson, Mary Fort Myers aSturday.

Henderson, Signy Henrickson, Hazel Miss Rider motored to Motorcade Planned 0 n
Virginia
Shelton, Emily Lee Shelton. Freida FortI'ers Saturday.Five Completion o f New

Magill, Edith Maglll, Maude Magill. Sugarland HighwayClewiston I: I

Moore Haven.
of
and Miss Driggers new Ford cars for the La .
a Bernard Saunders -
Messrs. Carol Christie,
I Belle Ford company arrived at the ( News Special)
Glenn Magill, Harold Magill,
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depot Tuesday. WEST PALM BEACH, May 16.-
Earlish Sasser, and Wilbur Martin-
Sponsoring a good will automobile
.'. dale of Fort Myers. Mrs M. J. Bush, Mrs. Cornette, tour through the northern Everglades I I! I

Wade and Miss Frieda
Mrs. Hampton .
:-- district at the opening of the new :
Magill motored to Fort Myers Monday .. .'.
Jr. J. P.Little. and wife and Mr. Clewiston road was approved by the ; l' '
to see the show "Sonny Boy"Mesdames board of .governors of the Junior y +

visitors Chamber ,of Commerce at their regular t
A. -L. Taylor, Henderson meeting l Monday afternoon" 3.; As absorbing as the pages of an interesting: book, our new styles and fabrics for? Spring ..' :;:

Ross. sr., Hill motored: to Fort .. ." : :..
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Summer
,Although the exact date of the ; await your inspection. .
Mr. and Mrs. George Nally, of Fort Myers Monday to attend, "Sonny :i!: v a. :::
road opening Is not known at present -
Myers visited Mr. and Mrs. \V. P. ,BO)"." .. '.
Arledge Sunday. Mr. Nally is' the Sea. a committee composed of J .A. ;;: Nothing finer loomed than these Imports and Domestic weaves from /. tl:
.
Arnette, W. T. Reynolds and George .. ".... .
board, 'passenge'r agent in Fort Myers. A group of LaBelle ladies motoredto S i
Albertson was appointed by Presi- ;;; .
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the Methodist church zone meet : ''i.: ,;
ident C. Reese to get in touch '
Captain Fred Menge of. Fort, Myers ing In Fort flyers Wednesday. P. .; .

visited friends in LaBelle Monday Among those going were MesdamesA. with various' organizations of the == f.. ::

afternoon. L. Taylor, Pfluge, Ross, sr., Weaver city and arrange ( for the motorcadeon .:: ., ...,i :
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the opening date. y .
r- Dryer, Pfaff, Cornette, Bush ',' : :
,1 While the committee's plans are -- ..n... '. .. .e. ;>-.c. 1j
: L. O. Gunter was a visitor in La Henderson, Addicks.HIGHWAY .:. \':. .)
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at present tentative it Is thought that .. > ..(
Belle last week from Bradenton. ',. '
+ :,' CHICAGO "' h.'.: \ .
> they will arrange for some sort of '

agent- REPAIR music possibly with gatherings at : ). :t': ::J I
Mr.Brown. Seaboard depot WORK STARTED 0 N :\r'f ; ; ; ,} j4.
various the loute.practically .
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places along
Mrs. W. P. .
o"f Alva visited Mr. and ROAD TO PAHOKEE : : ", ''A ..' ... ,...\Io.. :
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Mrs. John Magill ,left LaBelle Monday was done on the dangerous shoulders subsequent eliminating poor tone resonance quality. and =:= ._'.; .;.'. ,(. : .' ,., > 'c::.,.:::L .:;' .

..for Kentucky where she will vis the filling, in of the rough holesin For some time Celotex has been ::: .. :'., ,:-:Your selection from. this Nationally Known line means absolutely the 'most for' hr-: '",:, j.i'
it relatives. ::: -.._< !.v )r ., ., '. 1
the center of the road will benefit used in the construction of steel railway t5t" > :: ( 1'. ..
}: ;':"' ::" l money In real tailored-to-order clothes ,.
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motorists materially. cars and coaches. In France and : : ..
All of the many friends of Judge .. ; ; :.. :
j 'j Damaged In the storm of last Sep- Egypt it is used on the roofs of the :;: ';' .' : :. .. I:

Carl Bekemeyer will be sorry to hear, tember the condition of the road has coaches to protect the passengers + -\r'.,: ::' ', AT THESE POPULAR PRICES fJ.t ),/ ....
of his departure Monday for Spring ;
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,brought complaints not ony fro inres- from heat of the glaring sun.Trams. ;; ( I
field and Elgin, II!., where .he has accepted # J
idents of Belle Glade and Pahokeebut in Calcutta are insulated against .:: :':
an executive position. .. 30' S
from east coast motorists who noise and )heat by the use of ,Celotexin : $35 40 :

visited this section.A their construction. i '

Mayor Doty and County Attorney movement Is now being plannedto This new plywood panel board, p ;
H. A.Rider. motored to Fort Myerson
business Monday. get definite action on the repair- which may be used in the finest I' ;, s- :I.I .1

ing: of the shoulders of the road be- coach work. will give this insulationand
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Messrs. M. McFucchion. and C. fore the start of the rainy season, at the same time adapt itself, Blat 'BrothersM .

for with heavy rains during the sum because of its lightness, more readily .
W.. Griffen of the Huffman Construction +
I mer washing; out more dirt from under than the old panel to construction
company were in town this x
week. I the asphalt surface the road may purposes. This feature makes the ply t

I become a menace to motorists.The wood panel particularly valuable in ,:..:.:,:..:..:..: N:N:N: :..:N:.:..:..:..:..:N:..:..:_:..:..:..:..:_:..:_:..:.t.:..:NN:.:N:NN:N:.:1,:_:..:_:..:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:-:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:..:_: :_:..:_:.::

fact that it is a.main traffic_ the construction of giant air:, liners,
Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Bauers:I
artery for travel around Okeechobee aiding in the reduction,. of motor noise
were visitors in Fort Myers Monday.i
and the connecting link between the and giving a distinctive interior finish

I Conners highway toll road and the to the cabins.. .
Judge and Mrs. Carl Bekemeyerand ...
1[ free road at Belle Glade are among The new plywood panels thus mule '. -
Mr. E. E, Edwards motored to!:
ithe i r reasons why the people of the tiply their usefulness and at the same "' .
( Fort Myers Monday where Mr.BekeJ! I ;
i i i section want immediate action. With time can be manufactured at a cost : .:=--:=
meyer departed for the north.J. '
!\!'the exception of this stretch the price that is below that of the old

,j roads completely around Okeecnobee wod core type.Jackson ./
W. Christie motored Monday to
I[ are in good condition.
,. Indiana and other northern points!
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for a short visit with relatives.
and Mrs.
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F. M. Snyder and K. L. Wiley, air- Thomas Leading
I New Plywood PanelWith
plan pilots from Sarasota are in.
Bridge Tourney
town this week. Celotex CoreA

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1lrs.VllIiam Blount arrived home Mrs. William Cecil Owen and C.
F new plywood panel board using a lrn
from eSbring to spend the summer A. Jackson held high score for north ,
Celotex, a seml-ilgid cane fibre
in LaBelle after spending the winter and south positions in the nigth game
building material of high insulating
.. teaching in Sebring.. of the local bridge tournament playedat
value, as a core stock in place of
'I. the Watanabe hotel Wednesday
wood, has been developed simultaneously -
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; F. E.Barrett. of Houston Texas night with :Mr. and Mrs. Slocum
in Australia, England and this
was a visitor in LaBelle this week. high in the east and west positions. 1
country and promises to be a great J I
North and South
I innovation for this large industry. .. -
'- A group of Indians among them I C..A. Jackson, 173;. Mrs.W.. C,..I ,
Plywood panels, finished in wal-
.. George Osceola great grandson of nut, oak, mahogany wood desired Beardsley, 111; Mrs. Claude o
Chief Osceola were in LaBelle Tues- or any 93Irs.; R L. Simpson, 83;Downs'l t 1 Giants By
are used extensively for inte- Seaplane
day. J. E. Beardsley, 131. ..- ...JI. .11w1.1. P
rior decoration such as paneled walls
East and West
for executive offices or homes, in
t'' G. :W. Petee and George Loveland ocean-going steamships and private Mrs. G. B. Thomas, 330; Mrs. Albert The'"giant hunt" of 1928 was not berg Industries. Under consent of

Pettee and Judge Carl Bekemeyer yachts, railroad coaches, and airplane 28. Backus, 35; and S. S, Bearman, for human giants,.but for wild sugarcanes the British and Dutch governments

motored to Fort Myers Saturday on cabins. In addition they are extremely J -large, hardy species desired and with perfect functionirg of the

business and pleasure. useful for industrial applications ti for crossing with domestic varieties. personnel and its highly modern

Seldon tSewart will Return such as desk tops, sound proof pan- PAHOKEE PEACEFUL -t' Scientists believed that such canes equipment, the expedition, in three
fjrom eled doors, furniture, radio cabinets Pahokee: residents are a hard working
the Florida univesrity next week grew in the interior fastnesses of New months time, covered 11,000 miles
and a great variet yof similar work.: peace loving lot according to E.
school. Guinea and north Australia. of travel and back -
where he has been attending Papua, brought 176 speci-
Plywood panels finished only on Tucker and T. S. Spooner town po- "
-- But how find them in this wild of wild One of these
eJ. one side are used in making radio liceman who said that minor infractions to mens sugarcane.

Work on the LaBelle bridge is-, be-, cabinets. The unfinished side of the I of traffic regulations are the unexplored territory, and'how to get species, named saccharum robtistum,

ginning as the Gulf oCnstruction panel acts as' a Celotex anti-drum, only laws broken in the community. them out, quickly, was a problem. has stalks that average. 30 feet in

pany have been able to get their pile sound absorbing lining for 'the inte- There have been no robberies for It was solved in the modern way- height, and promises to be of great i

driver _up this week.- lor of the speager compartment and several months. by air. These regions were known to value. The expedition, flying over P

(r excitement, was caus; I -'.. -- be dotted with lakes which could be. mountains 14,000 feet high, fcund

. :. Considerable when one of the pilots of : .," ased for landing seaplanes and establishing people without metal, still living in '

'C''. '_\1, ed Sunday from Sarasota at au el-I r. camps from which the work the stone age, who had never seen a

r- ..-c" the evation airplane of about 2000 feet jumped r I .of exploration could be done. white man before.

, .. :. the plane in a parachute tQ the In charge of Dr. E. W, Brandes of This is but one of the activities !
from
ground and was not hurt. He lit 1 in 1 the U. Department of Agriculture being conducted by the undersien

a palmetto jungle. 1i1te-fee I and Dr. J. J eswiet of the Dutch East companies in their efforts to enlarge

Java Station the expedition and improve the domestic -
Bestor and sons George Experimental sugai producing -,
visitors / off from Port industry. An illustrated
.; JfuiSaid of CleVistou were hopped

in LaBelle Saturday. Ec\\IS TOUGHNESS, I Moresby in Papua on June 17, 1928 booklet telling their story will be. ",

,, motor- durability,long } in a seaplane provided by Dahlsent upon request.DAHLBERG '
B.. McEwen of Felda mileage-safety I th.e : (p .
Mr L end I -c ._, -__-,
,. .' to Fort Myers for the week h :, tIjj This is what J JJ
ed
' 6f you want in tires. CUGAR CA-JIZS INDUSTRIESTE '
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Monday.
returning Summer winter
I I I.'' Firestone or Gum I [J
LaBelle J
Mr Prescott of North Dipped Tires give, .
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broke his arm while working on a 'greatest mileage and ? .
'n
county truck when the truck body \ .h. ,; greatest safety.CLEWISTON n COAST COMPANY J!:!rim 'C'W\ -THE SOUTHERN" : ,SUGAR COMPANYoT.V.7 r I

slipped down on his arm. .. /"r-r' *"*l .
Ff u+) \JL). .(....! .. c' Plantations in Tlda .
Ji \ }:' .lI. ,wd 'P/mlC.J! in Louts.ia .h1? / / al1 rt
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' Monday Night . "
", high school presented a three ai I v

" play entitled "A Fighting Chance I Executive Office;; 645! North :Michigan Avenue.ChicagoI

at the school auditorium Thursdt l\\ Jj
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Page Six CLEWISTON NEWS CLEWISTON. FLORIDA

I l."lUlJAY, MAY 17, 1929

CANAL POINT WILL .
"CHEVROLET SALES PLAY AT .
CANAL POINT
ClEWISTON
p ACREAGEIN BEllE
HAVE BIG GLADE BROWN FARM MOORE HAVEN
OKEECHOBEE
CANE FOR FALL ,

SHOW INCREASE
CANAL POINT READ JULY.4 JULY
n (Continued from page 1) 14 JUNE 7 JUNE 9 JUNE 2

IN EAST INDIES -- ,
JUNE 16 JUNE 23' ,
signing of an agronomist to the Canal _

Point station has yet been done CLEWISTON MAY 26'' THE JUNE 13 '.
MAY
19 '
Natives Trek With Dismantled by the federal government, but is be- JUNE' 30 JUNE 20 JUNE 9'. ,

lieved that negotiations will be started JUNE 27 ,. '
Car ToDestination ,
".... soon with the Southern Sugar .

company for cooperation In the work. BELLE GLADE. MAY 19 JUNE 2 CLEWISTON MAY 26 JUNE 23
.: JULY 4
The probable arrangement will be .JUNE 6 JULY 11 (f5
: JULY 7 .
>It became necessary a few weeks that the government wll appoint an .

.'ago, for the first time in the history agronomist and that a few acres of JUNE 20 JUNE 23 ,
BROWN ARM JUNE 9 I'
NEWS
JULY : : '
of Chevrolet Motor Company, to dis- land will be set aside by the sugar 4 : V .JUNE30,: ,

mantle a car after sale in order to company for his work. Because of JULY 11 '. JUNE 16 ,

deliver it to its purchaser. This in- the precision with which the work of .

teresting incident occurred in Ac- planting and harvesting must be car- MOORE HAVEN jUNE 2? JUNE 6 JUNE 30V JUNE 2'' EVERY, V lAY

liecn northern Sumatra, an outpost lied on In official work for the government ff JUNE 14 19
JUNE 13 ?
typical of numerous forsaken cor it is probable that all plant- .q JULY. ,11

ing and harvesting at the station ,
ners which Chevrolet has been pioneering -
OKEECH BEE' JUNE 13 JUNE 16 JUNE 20 '
for :years would be done under the direct supervision JUNE 6 MAY' 26 FRIDAY >

of the government appointed '. .JUI.AY 7 JUNE 27 JULY .
One of the last provinces of the I 14 I
agronomist while the detail
ordinary
Dutch
Dutch East Indies to submit to.
of the work in the fields mightbe
rule, Acheen has been totally .
never
.
done by Southern Sugar company week as being indicative of the ,thor $20,000 BOND ISSUEA this work is now being attended to
free. from recurring outbursts of trou- .-. land 0., R. H. Gardner of Atlanta,.
labor. oughness with which the officials of T BELLE GLADE TO' by Hendry county officials.
ble. As result has lagged. J. J. Doris of
a progress Albany, Ga., F. A.
There Is the sugar company are following RROVIDE TOWN WITH
Because ,it is rich in oil and endowed no government agronomist ,Paris of New York, W. T. Bowker "
in work In Floridaat their expansion program. WATER WORKS SYSTEM .
with fertile soil, steps have been sugar cane NINE STATES AREREPRESENTED of Milwaukee, Wis., Mr. and Mrs.,
present, the nearest station of this Where a year' ago there was onh'the
taken by the government to pene- BY'GUESTS M. E. Jones of Chicago, Oliver C.
sort being in Louisiana.' townsite negro quarters and a (Continued from page 1)) .
trate it with roads AT INN Shelling of Culver, Ind., Mr. and
few tents at, Benbow farms there are '
Chevrolet dealer (Continued tram page 1) Mrs. T. W. Gilmer of New York and
Not long the
ago now five small negro towns or campsIn storm, new neat stucco buildings
Langsa, received an order from the BRISK SUMMER\ Carl Evans of Atlanta. Cuba was the
IS the Clewiston division, the loca- were built, and according. to the provisions '
Department of Public Works for a SEEN FOR PAHOKEE tion and capacity of each camp plan- \ of the town building code, were M. B. Phillips of' Jacksonville, foreign country represented by J. A.

Chevrolet truck to be delivered to a E. R. Ilaskew of Fort Myers, F. M. Faris of Baiagus..
ned to house the number of laborers with the foundation or foundation

point where the authorities were (Continued from page 1)) required'' for each area. piling extending to rock, which in Roath. West Palm Beach, M. C.

busy with a road Yihich" is to run Tim camp construction nrocram: most sections of the town is nine feet Scarlett, Bare Beach, Jack McCormack .

from Sigli on the north coast 'of Su- tinuance of the prosperity which has was also interpreted to mean the further below the surface. Sidewalks and and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hart FARMER SHIPS 80 CARS

matra to Meulaboh the west coast, lasted of Bare Beach, P. L. Atkinson of
on dining the "vegetable
season. growth of Clewlston's white population curbing were laid and a small amount
Palm Beach Dr. Frank Friend, Pahokee farmer and
Frank E. Alien,
'a distance of about 220 miles. From The condition .
of the Pahokee bank In the Immediate future for of pavingdone..
West Palm Beach, W. Waterman, member of the Pahokee
R. town council
Meulaboh a road already existed' up accurately reflects conditions around number of white employees will be ., The $20,000 bond issue for the wa-

to a point about 50 miles Inland. It the southern end of the lake. The necessary to supervise the work of terworks and additional paving is L. B. Klintworth, E. E.Lane. J. H. reported this week that he has ship-

was from here that the load was lobe deposits, Sir. Kilpatrick said amountto the field laboiers. the next logical step to be taken in Tucker and C. V. Allen of Lakeland; ped a total of moro than SO cars of

cut through the jungle to link up $3 5,000 while the capital and sur the reconstruction of the town, officials J.D.. Henderson, W. H. McLeod andF. vegetables during the past season

with a similarly short road running plus is $17,500. A. Merrill of TampaA.. F. De-
said, and their action has met from his 150 acre farm.
inland from Sigli. Not only docs the bank handle all II with the wholehearted approval of Phamplls of Miami, S. H.Dent. of
NEW FARM PROJECT IS Jacksonville, S. A. Goodman of Fort He had 80 acres of beans and on
Ships do not call at Mculboh so the business in Pahokee but virtually the townspeople. I

that it was impossible to transport: ,I all of the banking business in LAUNCHED NEAR HERE Myers. the first picking he picked( 125 ham-

the Chevrolet truck by this means. Belle Glade and a considerable por- BY C. .J. CONTERMANContinued Out of state visitors were J. E. pers and two and a half acres and

There was only one solution the tion of the South FINAL TOUCHES Summers of Atlanta, Ga. Norman second
: Bay: banking business 100 hampers per acre on the I
truck had to be dismantled and BEING PUT ON Reed of New York, C. G. Munch of
car ( from Page 1)) '_, picking.
NEW ROAD WORK New Orleans, W. W. Slaton of Cleve
ried overland "
by coolies to the sceneof "Business conditions Pahokee, i .
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operation. The* work of dismantling said the Pahokee banker, "are very -
terested in the (Continued from page 1) .
company "
was carried out by the dealer favorable and with the amount of ; "
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and the weary task of transportingthe construction planned for' the' next Work of dealing the rich land was, Make The I
I engineers! of the Huffman company
parts was started. few months it is more than probable started this week with four tractors I
"'" are confident[ that the contract for
Without[ doub it was the strangest that we can look to a summer of con- and a small force of negroes, and' the surfacing will be awarded before POINSETTA HOTELYour

caravan ever to move across this sec.- tinued prosperity. We have'more peo- ,
ordered from the the
3,200 posts were grubbing and grading work is
tion, of jungle land. A coolie, l lugginga ple in Pahokee now thin ever before '
Clewiston Building Material! company. completed, so that the constructingof
wheel marched a little in advance. in local history..'
Home While In West Palm Beach
I the completed road will be uninterrupted -
The cylinder block was in the cus- for the overhead irrigation which is
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tody of a particularly 1 husky; pair. CONSTRUCTION OF to be installed. \ "1 t Pleases Us To Please You .
Completion this will then givea .
And so on. The heavier parts were LABORERS HOUSES Plans are now being drawn by Mr.
well paved road from Fort Myersto EARLE R. CREWELL, l11arrago-
carried .in shifts to divide the work ANNOUNCED HERE Mowry; for the construction of a garage .
: Palm Beach with the exception ofa
.equally. and six or eight houses for the i COR. CLEMATIS. & DIXIIE' HIGHWAY
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stretch on the west side
The route led through almost im (Continued from Page 1)) workmen In addition to a toll -and implement -
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1)enetrable jungle, along narrow. shed. :The plan /also calls lora I ..

mountain paths and over ravines and houses will be erocted in each of thefive house for the manager and a pump -

rivers. On one occasion in the trek, camps. house, and it Is now considered prob- V : : .1 Vi ViV4

a stream, spanned only by a. cable At the Benbow farm on the Clew- able that a club house will be erected ,

line, blocked the route. Nothing Iston-Moore Haven road there will be later. .' .'
daunted the expedition chiefs dispatched 72 said '. .
houses erected and at Bare Beach "Mr. Gonterman's thought, .

the coolies with the parts 62 houses. South Bay" and! Liberty: Mr. Mowry, "is that with the rich :. .::.. : ;,r'''''.,1>,: '' ..J-..'-_: ,,:<, j : .:"?:{'- :< ;;; ; ,. :;:,<< .;:,>'. '.-. ;;," .'< .' ..:> '. ?:,";..: :..';\ .< : :><. :.:_:..

for which they were responsIble Point will\ have 20 houses each and soil of the northern Everglades in

across the stream "on the wire."' at the South Line there will be 15 the Clewiston section, farming con-

Nearly a month was required to houses.At ducted on a scientific basis must be
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complete the jaunt. The day the last Bare Beach a long barracks anda profitable. We are planning to go at; I ,V

of the parts arrived the truck was mess hall will be erected and at the matter thoroughly and with frost

> assembled by the dealer's mechanic. Benbows there will be two barracks. protection assured through our in-

The next day it was doing Trojan buildings and a mess hall. I stalling the Skinner systef of overhead -' -V

duty as Chevrolet trucks have done Announcement of the constructionof irrigation, there is every reason HOT SUMMER DAYS
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