Gunnison news-champion., 1904-05-27
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nsoF LAKE l. pFssed D. be w.hss si.s
C.ermans call KicselaskF ] sen
specimen o. tBs Michigan Aerseui-
IErsd Cullese and frga kesixIe
stated thai !; vas the Flches; N 81
ia q auythIag he bad ever ..asalyzea
n hau harned thls substance. ~h1ch
heifFs haa the appearance 1t tsssil
uass. becomes white powder es
cscdlng.ly Eae aud smaoth and VII
psilish the fnesf lcwelrv wIth9ui
scratching There H. only one Psacc
IN Che world t,ermauv where thls
has preg i8u-ly been discovered
Several small deposits here have
been l..eaiei a eoulpany f'rmed and
Al the trst mime large sheds. an en-
EIne and other things necessary D.
prepare au1 ship Che kiesel1,shr are
already IN operation.
The past winter has been one ai
the huesi imaginable Roses have
bl8lmed in she gardens. oranges AM
Erameirmt arr uai vet all picked and
-Hme 90 the latter D. nov beinR
shipped a. the New Nork market f.F
eight dallars a baN a. the grove
iais trpit i- hHe thirty slx tilhRg a
HaZ ihare have been samc fraSts
bot uat enough t1 mIure fruit trees,
cXcepfiuE iH tew Instances When
tHe Grange uee- were Iu hloom ID
vas a GLORIOUS sight aud the promise
tar large crop next wear - hne
. The people al Florida vii never de-
vote themselves O. one industry a.
they dId twenty wears ago however
The severe weather n the north
fhe pa-i winter drove many o. seek
This milier region Ouo after an
other came saving a left home with
thG mercury 90 ~ below zero. j
bad O. come. the rall was So in'ensc.
ID seemed hihcglt 60 think a ride Of
two or three DAYS could bring one
into all the delights o. be found
here MANY we're euamored If tins
land, bought residences or lots on
which 10 build aud expect TO live
here permanently 1r in the winter
This H. giving 90 Florida cosmo-
pulltan people which everywhere en-
larpes and curiches life There has
been a fleet Of nine or ten Launches
ON our beautiful Lake Eustis and
they 60 siugly or in company TO the
adjoining lakes, exploring fishing
hunting. resting. There - a plea
SAINT steamer that will carry seventy
OF more and next winter there will
be many more boats ON the principal
lakes This is truly Lake county
but | was astonished to learn that 1t
has over 100 lakes within its boux-
daries. If you only had the facilities
for irrigating that we have here \
lake about two miles from Eustis is
seventy feet higher than the town
and offers a wonderful opportunity
90 furnish water works, electric lights
and power 90 any one who has the
vision 20 see what this region viii
become in a few years.
/ Excursions and picnics have been
the order Of the day, all Of them en-
Joyable and many showing some de-
lightful features Of the country |
took my first trip 10 Seminole
springs, about twelve miles from
Eustis in February The road was
mostly through undulating pine
woods: violcts and other wild flowers
were in bloom, we passed large tracts
Of pines defaced by the turpentlue
gatherers and a wooden railway
where logs are hauled 60 a mill for
saving. The approach TO the springs
recalled some western scenes for we
came quite abruptly 10 a ravine from
whose side and base fine ralmettus
waved their long leathery plumes
and other forest trees twined with
/ wild smilaX lent charm bv their
glossy and variuuslv tinted foliage.
/ The rayine was divided bv a narrow
strip of rocks and earth for few
rods, the strip being only a few feet
wide and al the base on both sides
were large springs from which the
water boiled, rising in volumes sui
ticient when the streams united iu
less than a quarter Of mile 10 make
a creek several rods wide The wa
/ ter was clear as crystal, is always ~
degrees IN temperature, flows over
rocks Of greenish gray and white
( hues and presents a beautiful sight,
chatteriug as 1t goes ou its mission
1t Is said the Seminole Indians I'm
war time used 10 hide their women
and children and it was a lovely and
safe place, always having an abun-
dance of water At some time civil
lied man erected a mill farther down
and the ruins Of the dam and the
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