Drainage drives Florida lake region changes and costs
The article details dramatic erosion and shoreline loss around Lake Harris and Lake County prairie lands, noting bluff undermining, washed cabbage patches, and 60 foot drops to the sea. It cites 1912 survey elevations, calls for complete drainage, and urges continued dam removal to unlock regional potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Trimue Springs
Yalaha
Lake Apopka
Lake County
Florida
Engineers
Lake Griffin
Eustis
Dora
Yale
Griffin
Midlake
Lake Harris
Identification at Border Hampers US Tourists
Thousands of American motorists face denial at the Canadian border because ownership and operation identification is incomplete. The state registration license card must be presented to border inspectors. if a traveler plans a tour and remains in Canada under 24 hours returning via the same port, the card must be surrendered for entry.
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Canada
United States
Chrysler adds the new 50 now
Detroit reports the Chrysler 50 joins the lineup with a four cylinder engine. Prices range from 760 to 830 f o b Detroit. The car features all steel body construction and promises 25 mpg and top speeds above 50 mph.
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Chrysler
Detroit
Mich
Automobile
Walter P. Chrysler
Ford
Walter Chrysler
F. O. B. Netroit
Florida citrus packing houses must register now
Tallahassee Aug 25 Attention of packers and shippers of citrus fruit is directed to Section 4 of the Citrus Fruit law requiring each packing house to register its location, shipping post and post office with the commissioner of agriculture at least ten days before starting operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. Hinton Pledger
Department of Agriculture
Pledger
Haines City
Advertisers urged for orange and grapefruit crates
Mr Pledger suggests with a shipper majority the coming inspection season should use free advertising by affixing stamps to each crate of fruit as proof of consumer acceptance rather than stamping bills of lading unseen by most officials.
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Pledger
Perfect Seat Grinding Valve Procedure
The article explains grinding valves to create a perfect seat by facing both seat and valve. After several repetitions the seat widens and must be cut down with a specialized tool to a proper width of about two thirty seconds of an inch.
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Lake Dora
Oklawaha
Banner County
Howard Chevrolet Display
Super-Six
F.O. B
L. F. Hodges
Mt. Dora, Fla
Ellison White Weisch
Sanford
L. E. White
Moorhead
Cadillac
General Motors Corporation
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