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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
2
A discussion in Mount Dora weighs three paths for a Community Building on the Donnelly lot or Educational Hall site. Supporters push a permanent unit without tax increase, while alternatives include a temporary structure or delayed action, with caution about the citrus fruit fly and town credit.
The petroleum industry plans a warning campaign for motorists about rising gasoline taxes. It argues motorists could save 150 million dollars yearly if the tax proceeds are used strictly for highway upkeep. Current taxes run two to six cents per gallon and keep increasing, burdening drivers. The trade group backs fair taxation tied to road building and maintenance.
A concise critique urges citizens to treat government like a stockholding body. It argues waste and duplication raise taxes, and compares public efficiency to private industry. The piece urges careful scrutiny of government spending and official conduct to prevent rising tax burdens.
The writer urges Florida legislators in Tallahassee to pass a law requiring at least one weekly act of readable public interest, arguing this would replace costly, sprawling measures with something more straightforward and engaging.
The author notes human nature’s quirks and a reluctance to expose personal foibles to public view. They politely refrain from judging those who wear socks or lack them, who ignore imagined slights, or from criticizing certain senators and representatives of the union.
The column lampoons local life with jokes about spring, the May 15 hat day, fishing season, and a merchant bait line. It jokes about power outages, a Judge’s quip on a joint account, road-show contractors dining out, and Bill Wingler’s morbid witticisms.
Atlantic Coast Line freight depot repaired. Mulberry hosts full Citrus Corp capacity. grapefruit cannery planned for Winter Haven. Wauchula sold to Florida Public Service for 140000. Watermelon plantings rise 25 percent in central Florida per Leesburg report.
In an address to the American Council on Education Secretary Ray Ly man Wilbur of the Interior argues against creating a Department of Education. He warns it would centralize control and threaten local self-government, while noting the need to raise the rural educational system and improve resources and training.
Florida This Week reports a tornadic wind as the storm’s official definition, causing loss of life and property. Meteorologist A. J. Mitchell notes such blows are possible but generally unlikely. The piece also notes Perry hosts a large stave mill reopened under T. F. Williams, employing over 25 workers and producing about 400 barrels daily, and mentions a 14 carload shipment of corn borer eradication equipment from Toledo to Orange County.
Florida total for new building and engineering work reported by F W Dodge at 3,580,800, up 55 percent from February 1929 but down 41 percent from March 1928. Residential work totaled 1,656,000 and commercial buildings 318,500, with other projects making up the remainder.
An inland waterway over twenty six miles long will have at least four feet deep at low water and no less than sixty feet wide. The route runs from Leesburg to Moss Bluff on the Ocklawaha river with dredging to finish between Starke's ferry and Moss Bluff. Width is planned at 65 feet, sometimes 60, mean water level six feet.
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