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Board of County Commissioners Citrus County1

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER-OF CITRUS COUNTY

The office nf County Commissioneis one nf rcspoiiibilitics rcimiijug careful iniljudging abilities not only i

small matter lint in matters in-

volving the progress nf publienterprise which should bciieiievery taxpayer nf the county in consistance with the amount nf taxwhich has been paid in It is nfuitoo a thankless ollice fur with thbest of forethought using the mo-

cautinus solicitude anti judgment mis-

takes may creep in or nine ii

count as mistakes which accrue reallto the welfare nf the iiunibeof people Cilrus county pays nvc

1180950 county tiCs annually amthe proper dispeiiing f thesemoneys is nn trilling matter wlieimen honor anti with cmiscieiitinnness regarding n public trust are in thoffice

Hut Citrus county has iutelliKCU

voters who know pretty well just thsort of men they tIn trust tu tuanapitheir municiial affair rightly anthey generally hid the right men

in the rightThe present incumbents of the ffi

ccs of County Commissioners nf Cit-

rus are Capt R H Mat sonJohnS Iedrick I Y Uarne-

Mr R Rooks and K T UMV

manThese men arc alt live widiawaki

men who arc not content totheir salaries simply hut who honest-ly try to earn them Allfrom the pond roads movement

Uking care nf the noii loiupauper have always been ennsidereicarefully lest the mmieys In

squandered or lest they be withhchwhen the judicious and proper inv

provement of the enmity and itspurity tin peiiditurethe same

Of cnurse in counties are some

who fluid fault with the MI hiilithe public funds artS used mostly be-

cause they cannit andcistaud r

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every public matter under considervion lint in Citrus comity the niimbetof the disgruntled ones is owinvto till fact that its County Com-

missioners are people nf the peopleand not men of raft nr rings

ONE ON THE JUDGEBy M M StrainerCrystal River Ma

Written for the Xew

There is a beautiful little nuthericity where there Y iMieral tinMajor Captain and CnlniielThere art i nine Judges Thereone Judge very much in

There isnt one thins wrong aboutthis Judge Inves him furhe is the jolliest bighearted courtlyold gentleman you ever saw

Now this Judge has a family whichis jnst nice just as well beloved ais he himself very nearly as wellanyway The Judge rule his familyby love of course hut time

good 011 rtilti of three Rise early begod all day lights out at ten Re-

garding this latter part of time rule theJudge is emphatic The neighbors artnot quite sure whether till gas hill nrthe Early to bed anti early to risemaxim is the chief incentive hut theyare sure that Lights out at ten is adecree from which those of his house-hold seldom take an appeal to time

higher courtsIn the summer fashion com-

mands the ladies of this city have n

little way of their nun of hieingthemselves ofT to where the coolingseabreezes blow leaving their betterhalf to solitary bachelnrdom andpoker

But not so with this Judges ladyShe had married on the For betterfor worse plan if her husband coulddispense with sea breees s couldshe one days company of theJudge was more to her than all thesea breezes that ever did or ever wouldblow so she was determined to stay

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TIll Judge iclt really sorry inr hisUllows They looked so Imiely Thebest they could do was to bunch them-selves and their loneliness togetherand spend the hours twixt dinner annbedtime their bedtime in tellingstnrics drinking lemonade and lookingnver smile picture

One time laid his judi-cial linger alongside of his very ju-

dicial nose and fell to reasoning thusThe buy havent their good wives to

take carl of them First thing tIlekiinw theyll get into some mischiefIm their friend Its plainly my dutyto be with them more so that mypresence may be a restraining in-

fluence on themWhen tic mentioned the tin tight to

hi wife agreed with him Yesdear it might be for time best Seeat X s house across time way

where they have met for this even-ing F can see them from this windowSee they are in tIme room directly op-

posite have forgotten to lowerthe blind Shall 1 wait up for youdear

Xno I guess not repliedtheJudge absently for he was making a

note about that blindThe Judge was welcomed with open

arm of course and immediately hishealth was drank in lemonade litthe n made his little speech arid theyallowed him to look Dt tbv pictures

limit he forgot all about tIme blindAll went on Kaeh told his

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one was to happen at some futuretime Then they sang songs of Com-

rades when e were boys flavorAfter then1 came the confidentialreminiscences of the lirsi sweethearteach one had had and they drank toeach sweethearts health in

of course Meanwhile they toyec ellcctively with time pictures those

mtcens no doubt remind-ing them of their own absent Queenof Hearts

TIme Judge beginning anew tosympathize with his desolate friendswhen a clock struck the

v vSurely it cannot be and

the Judge compared the timeof his with that of time nrmoht011 the mamlepiecc there was no de-

nying or in anyway obliterating tinfact that it was two nelnck two Inthe morning

With ns much dignity he couldmuster considering all circumstancethe Judge took leave of his fellowsand crossed tIme street musinu nn tiltfact that tulle is fleeting and life is

h rt rriving at his own residencehe opened tIme dour softly he is a veryconsiderate man and did not wish todisturb his family

Why What and the Judge stoppedon hi threshold in astonishment alltime hall lights were in full power

1Atravagance murmured time

Judge as he stepped in and quicklyturned mil all the jets hut one Be-

rn re I putt out that one I had betterhaw a look into the parlor said lieunto himself

Jeelinsophnt Every gis jetablaze here too O those girls Theirswains get them so rattled that theyforget to turn off time gas after theyget through with their courtingFellowsll know a thing or two whenthey grow tip and have gas hills oftheir own tn pay Soon the parlorwas left in darkness

Wonder if time library has got theilluminating fad too and the Judgestepped across time hall and opened adoor Six brilliant lights beamed onhim from the chandelier

The Judge dropped Into the nearestchair and fell to considering timings

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this house anyway Is anybodynewly horn or newly dead Or andnow a sudden chill struck haveI gotten into the wrong house

But no for as he looked about theroom he saw plainly his ownlounging chair his own desk tableand yes there was himself lookingdown from time wall There was nodoubting that picture for he hall oftenthought things about that same pic

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Hire he had said things too abouthat picture when no one elseabout lie saul things about it nowand with an emphasis that had beeiwholly lacking on former occasions

Then he turned the lights outWhen lie got out into the hall

he said to himself Guess Id bettelmake tIme rounds In every roomtime loer story all the gas jets weredoing their best One by one theywent out after Time little twist of thewrist that was now becoming a matterof habit to time Judge As he wentalong the Judge considered whether itwere best to pay that gas bill by fore-

going his next intended fishing trip III

by becoming an aldermanArriving again in time nail he heaved

a sigh amid turned out the remaininglight and thought he would now grsoftly up stairs to his bed

The hall was now in darkness hutno What was that soft light on tinstairway An nil lamp 1y all thefinds of Darkness a common smellyoil lamp When before had theelegant home of the Judge been pro-

faned by an oil lamp plain keroseneoil lamp The Judge was now waxinpwrathy

1pough out belged time massivecheeks of time Judge and out went thatlight

lie then took firm grip on time

banisters and was not quite sowhether his step was light or

notCame a turn in the spiral stairway

and there sat another lamp Ppnnghand out it went Another time

spiral another Tpough another hitof darkness

Nov time Judge sat down on a stepand pondered What in theno I musnt swear There is theremust be a reason for all this Not asoul stirring yet lights everywherelie rubbed his he scratched hishead but no illuminating thoughtcame to him though it was evidentthat some very great illuminatingthought haul come to somebody else

Finally he got up again and steppedto his debroom door The Judgesteadied himself such an innovationof things unusual were enough tomake even a judge a bit shaky on hilegs He stood there awhile wonder-ing whether he would he greeted heretoo by a flood of light Or was per-

haps a curtain lecture awaiting himno his Madatnc was not of that

sort Resolutely he now opened tIlldoor The lights were there of coursen full Idaxe hut only tilt sweetest ofslumber was pictured on the coun-enance on which lit gazed

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ment he made as he turned out theselights as he had time others and thencrept silently into bed

The Judge was up before day butthe lid not run the lawnmower ortrim the roses nr feed time pet rabbitsor examine the auto or hunt caterpil-lars or punch time bees to make themget ofT to work lie just sat on time

thinkingLater at the breakfast table he

looked about at each member of hisfamily for signs but not a sign couldhe see He could not lower his dig-

nity by asking questions so there wanothing for him to do but carry on hispart of the early morning chats asusual

When the meal was over and as hewas leaving the room he heard hisdaughter say Mother why did yougo down stairs last night or thismorning rather for I heard the clockstrike two

limit Mother had made herselfbusy with tIme waitress and appeared

liMe heard the so theJudge went on into the parlor andstood by tIme window looking thought-fully over at time house across thestreet He could see into the veryroom suddenly lie understood therewas the blind still up the blind hehad forgotten to pull down

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THE SOILS-

It has been said that there are a dozendifferent varieties of soil in every sectionof land in Florida While this may notbe true exactly it is a fact that due va-

rieties of soil about Crystal River aremany This is so because nf the near

i ness of the Gulf at time west and souththe high rolling pinelands at the east

with Hal woods hammocks and scrubsat time north Naturally near the water-

courses the soil is rich mucky mill ac-

cording to thi nearness of the Gulf

Thc marshes are so rich in allu-

via and humus that the soil is often dugand used to fertilize time poorer sandysoils which are hut layers upon layers of

decayed oyster shells and for some cer-

tain products are well suited Thesoils of time hammock lands are exceed-

ingly rich in fertility We know of onefarm on time river where the ownerplanted nn orange grove and year aftercar until time trees became too large to-

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allow of cultivation between lrfull crop of corn and ihis vith m inany fertilizers whatever lltnmilands have as good soils lan i

anywhere for cabbage cnnlnnrp-

aragus celery lettuceforage plants The finest la r-

anges mill time largeit r

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they do not stand v v

Lemons figs bananas mid n

best on these river hainnv id

hammock lands arc found uamong the pine lands win r

considerable dip in

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very fertile hilt they lu n

protection from the light

winter which the neanucourses secures

The pine lands are i u

great variety as to saiuN n v idtilt naturally while otlm MV iilt

dition of commercial ci nrder

to secure good crops ln uh hidthought their pine Iio lfs were

made jubilant in gettitii iij imo fur it

because of the great I i phosphate

hidden in it

OutiiiK nnd ResortOvei the hills nnd lliruiiKh tIme val-

leys11st to Natures VIMIUK nil

Seek the tieId the slmre tin wild-

woodSiiniiiior eoinis with j s for all

01 all the rcmarkalile social

of recent days there nonemore marked tlinn the uiitlni andpleasure moment lu varying seasonsof time year motmiiiiiis mid shores nreattracting lucreislns ilmnsamls theentering to whose has resulted

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viiiiuIII many section In l nsiiu s of greatproortlons

To the fdgiilllcance uf this phase ofmodern life we vi i ndil our miteof commendation I lie custom of n

yearly outing Is inmining moro uni-

versal nnd wlilespiTiui Kvcrywherepeople In larger numbers nre resort-Ing to mountain and seashore Titergo earlier ami my later than wasonce time practice

Fiom other i uicreantlle pointof view the gond ilmt accruis In healthnml comfort in nil classes from tincustom Is well iii li liirnleiilablu-Iliange life out if iliiniv nc

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iiitnietinns ol compnreii-wltii tin Icantles nf nature dulliiml unsatisfying The one Is real theother is iirtltlelnl The book 11 na-

ture iis surely written by tilt In-

visible liniil It Is nn iverabldliig-mlrncl Till city Is luillt by man nndIt the Imperfections the stigmaand tli siiine of all things liniimn-

In tin liie of Ilumbulill time greni-

miinralisi we read Man Is a prod-

uct of oil ind Lllmate ami Is brotherto tin rncUc trees and niilinak Ho-

is on these and all thingsseem I imint to the truth that he hasevolved from them Hiiiiiboldt dlseov-

eied ery early In his cnreer that tinlineit dowers grow where there arothe ilncst lfils and nniii separateil

and flowers could not

owing tendency among tliof he city to return to tiniil i Iniieaslng pleasure ami

rural ways of life Is aiii Milne sign of the timesniiKhig School

A Rcit Nookunr lioiue is III time country There

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ed her Iist Nook Sonic rusticbenches constructed a home-

made table fur books magazineswork basket some common wooilea-

ehalrs and n nod aiipply of linen ani-

ldeiilmrovend iiislilons Itesldes thesethere were two hammocks one of tin

wire variety for till children A large-

nwnlij was used to help regulate tin1

shade and i small campers tent warset up for tin1 youngsters

The housework was planned withwisdom ami forethought and nlinpllllel-

MS innih piiwlble The ehlldreusenthusiasm v s boiindless and eachone found some ny to help with thhome duties MI that mother could go

with them to tilt Nook Two after-

noons of week were set apart tom

Sometimes time motherwent with till ihlMren to time woodswhere they studied the birds nnd low-

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and sometimes to meadow or thicketfor berries

When the days work was donethe father Joined tIme family ntNook and the cool twilight hour wasspent together C H

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THE ISLE OSARONDEECapt Geo H Stratners Lovely Home on Crystal River

THE ISLE OSARONDEEThe above heading is the lIam

leu Strainer poetical wifehas dubbed iheir 1cititifnl homewhich is situated hist three miledown the river

Capt Strainer moved lure fromIllinois in iSSi located ii h piv iniplace Immediately upon his airivai-he went to work building a home andclearing land preparatory to plantinnut an nrange grove He tutu a linegmve in bearing when the fretyc eanuill i6 Not to dnunied he went towork again after the freeze and haslived to set and enjoy the fruits of his

years nf hard labor tumid patientwailing for he has brought his grItinto bearing again lUide orangesbe has nianv oilier kitiiis nf fruitssuch as plums figs banana datelemons etc

And nn better land fr truck aiHgeneral fanning c n lie found in tlustate than his

Here lind the IKSI iitiing ill

Florida especially for tarpon Theirhome is large and comtnodimiN huthimself and wife liking the ipiiel olthis retreat and loving home life inpreference tn hotel lift they have notmade room for more than u few specialguests

The home circle tin happy familyconsists of fattier mother three beautifnl and accomplished daughter ami-riiie handsome indii tri it and duti-ful son And we want sav that lur-

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crived the correct hotnetreatnieiil-whili grnwing up

Mrs Strainer is one of the brightestwmeii in tIme state A a writer itwnM he a hard matter tn find Illfinal in Florida The best periodi

tIme country ire ahvays anxinii-to receive her inattiT and pay her wellf r it f

FLORAL CITY

Floral City is situated in them virt of Litru utility n ar time liiu-

if llernandn and i a

nxMiki1 lowtl of abmit fivemliahilints Ma1art located within a radius of a few

milts the which turns IMI

rMral tlinu and dollars evelI hicli the mireliant of the town

ri a11 I lit benefit ofThe lands which surround

are rich and fertile and the inthat section are prosperous and happyThev raise tIme grcatfsi abundance of

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Some i if time live citixen nf FlnralCity art I W Word Jr lion J V

Knight Dr C O Simw J T Uawland S I Mnoii When these live en-

terprising citixens put their slmulder-to the wheel and all iull togethersomething happens

The people of tin town a a ruletinns and

take a deep interest in all school andchurch ihattcrs Floral City can Imast-

nf having one of the largest and pret-

tiest school buildings in time countya piclnre of which appear in this

RED LEVELRed Level is nne may a suburb

of Crystal River It is essentially a

settlement nf farmers It is a line

razing and farming country Themain farmers there are MrJ J Priest Mr J I Winnand MrW It Kdwards These as well a

othersat Red Level have thata Florida farm insure a luxuriousliving to anyone who brings to it time

pluck and good necessary tomake farming pay anywhere in theUnited States

The staple money trolls at Rc-

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The farmers turn their ca-

iiiln sugar and yrup tliinisilvi nutthey have the reputation of makrg I syrup as can be made in Florida

TIll Red Level people art also in-

grissive especially ill reliJmieducational matters as is cviiby tleir HIM id schoil and clnnvii

LECANTO-

Lecantii is simnted in alnm th i

ctlitre of thiscounty Its population is nearIts surface is rolling the hilts amid

ihe being covered with a splen-did growth of yellow Pinttiealthfnlness of thi section is ex-

ceptionable its altitude con-

siderable for this poriinu of the StateMalaria i almost unknown TIll soilvaries from a gray loam I heavyblack both suits having red clay subsuits ranging from eight inches toseveral feel in depth

tnitl till double frece of anticultiin wa time principal

industry this beingstock raising ami general tanning onsmall scale The beiny adaptedto quality and ilavoras was rainedlo orange culture nn fruit ashere any place in the tame Sincethe freee however general farnmg-mi a large uppteiiHiited bylook raising i the principal

Corn peanuts cliufa velvet beansmelon and oats beside the iisunl

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intn iptite an indn try The landgrows line peaches in n few years

prove important industryve mi this grow to

iie and Ire very Onetree we know has a sprci I of morethan V feet Several lield nf corn

age 5 bushel theHay making in oecnpyin tVc aticn-tion of our farmer more cucb yearImproved linrry i intro-duced rapidly a the nuti nf time

fiirmTs wil allow Already ihi ncrtimi hal reaper and hindmmowers nay pta liuli rplanter sulky plow and disk Ma-

rrow ns well a the minorAs to iilucntioit tlii Incality

of a large twntnry bnilinghaving a faculty of three uaMur MM-

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II ijulek oven split butter aruerously-ami pninl between the layers ami

lover i lie top the foTiowliig Hllin-g1raie ibe peel half an orange and

use with Hie pulp nf two oranges rublive ripe Illiniums tiroiih II sieve addhe orange mid one cupful nf sugar

then stir In oiielmlf of thickireain sweetened nnd whipped

of iluildi exnelly the siuin us In thelust reclpe sprea I lie liofnin layervlih cherries that have been stoned

and sweetened iut oil Ib top erust-

nnd more fruit Serve wlih whippedcream amiel ft It may iMiil Ifnecessary Womaiis Home CompitiiIon

A Rcctpn for Succoss

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