The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-07-19
FLORIDA IN
SUMMER TIME
Compares l'avOrahly with Some
Boosted Summer Resorts.
WRITER IS DELIGHTED
". u. Hardesty Compares Florida Sum,
mer With that OF The North
to flOrida's Credit

The following article was written b,
W, II Hardesty, OF THE TRIBUNE staff
(who recently came from Ilinois), anC
appeared in late issue of the loca
newspaper in his former home.
Florida, the tourists delight, that
is, such tourists as have the nerve tt
go against foreign opinions of her, /,
one the brightest smiling maidens il
the whole galaxy. True, the East
Coast shows her teeth in June, wher
mosquitoes and sand flies are at THEN
worst, but this, we are assured, is only
for a comparatively short period. OF
one thing we have proven the truth,
and that is, that without these pests,
the East Coast of Florida, or such part
Of 1t as the writer has been privileged
to see, compares quite fayorably with
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and
other states lying in that latitude, as
to temperature. OfOld Illinois, though
We love her as the place Of our birth
and our abiding place for better than
thirty years, we can truly say that
Florida, as seen from Fort Pierce, has
her badly worsted in this respect. Since
coming here We have experienced what
the natives are pleased to call the hot
test season experienced, and the Their
mometer registering only about 80 de-
grees, with a delightful breeze coming
in across the Indian river from the
broad eXpanse Of the Atlantic to allevi-
ate the distress of the accimated resi-
dents, the writer needed no relief, as
such weather seemed very moderate
to Us. Why, bless your heart, in lll-
nois such weather in the month of June
would be welcomed as Il boon, for we
have known the temperature often to
range considerably above 100 degrees
during that time. and that with very
slight abatement throughout the night.
During such periods of oppressive heat
it was not uncommon to experience a
perfect calm, not a breath Of air stir
ring, and verify the nights were sitting,
Not so in Florida, at least in Fort
Pierce. Here, with the thermometer
never above 81, nice breeze after 900
a. M, with cool nights and mornings
and the heat in nDwise oppressive eX-
cept from 900 to 800 Il. H., and ut no
otLcr time during the twenty-four
hours, we NeIlcye that y" may safely
say that tburrng the 'blEa) the East
Coast of Florida IS not only delightful
as a winter resort, bu. al'o a place Of
rest, recreation ana sport during what
in most localities is known as thc heat
I'd term.
Then add to this saluhrious climate
lhe extremely profitable propagation OF
p,neapples, oranges, lemons, lines
grape fruit. gua?as and ban"na' at this
MONT and certainly the prospect is.
Besides, tn, immediate surround
inc country is aJup'ed 10 all varieties
# vegetables aud successful farming
NAV be carried on, not like the states
enumerated, during the summer sea-
SON ou.y, and then roll np Ike the door
mouse and wait tilt next spring, in the
meantime spending all you've made in
.,mmer to keep you through the win
Ter. but some certain varieties may be
grown in CERTAIN seasons throughout
he entire twelve months Of the year