The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-14
SANTA ROSA ISLAND
AS AMUSEMENT PARK

1t was then, according to those
who were there, that the gem got
down TO business, and waving his
hand in the direction of the stumps
and thistles and rocks, which must
have made the landscape a stiff
proposition to consider. even for a
gent, he spoke:
Go, Abdul. Till your lands, ard
give them every attention. Male
the most of the opportunities which
surround you. no matter how tiey
appear-and leave the rest to me-
And the gent was gone-in a ruff
of smoke-and would ,yOu believe it,
when the Unsuccessful Man began to
do things with his ground in earnest,
and stopped looking longingly INTO
his neighbor's affairs, every furro1gh
of earth he turned UP actually Elit-
tered with diamonds He pl0uhed
and ploughed and became riiher
each moment. How the diamoDdsgo
there is neither here nor there-we
aren't stopping for explanations. ny
how-but they were there-acrel OF
them-acres of opportunity rightun-
der his very nose and witch
only needed the turn of a low
and good right arm to bring tim,
sparkling and glitterins, into the
world of reality, And Abdul lived YER
afterward. and kept on blowing iia-
monds and looking after his wn
particular opportunities insteat of
those of his neighbOrs, while the eni
in question is reported to ave
laughed a sneaking sort of hgh
and marvelled at the ways of ere
mortal man,
Acres of Opportunity.
Has it ever occurred TO yen nat
there are acres OF the finest kin OF
diamonds in the opportunity lin'for
Pensacola people who will devope
the possibilities of Santa Rosa Ishd?
True, matters are trending irN~
right direction even now, out not
nearly so rapidly nor so streuuisly
as the occasion demands. One othe
city's prominent clrFbS has alRdy
taken the initiative and has tab
| lished a summer home for its en-
bers on the beach, wheSe thepest
gulf breezes and the finest surf Rth'
| ing NAV be enjoyed Another irort-
ant step toward esta blishing oneen-
eral pleasure ground on Santa .osa
was the building of a dancing ivil-
! ion which was accomplished tMgh
the enterprise of Pensacola pple
and which is paying we'll the
/ present time.
| There can be no cooler pia on
the southern coast OF the nted
States than right here at hoT on
our island-a fact testified TO ] the
soldiers who are stationed thronout
the hottest period of the ye at |
Fort Pickens. You never hear tmb- |
ling TO any great extent, ateaSt. !
among the soldiers quartered the |
island. and they are. perhaps. long |
the best available Judges on thSub- |
iect.
Possibilities Of Santa Ros
While the ball has been stan IN
the right direction, and Peep are
beginning to realize the opponlty
which lies at their gate-acres dia-
monds. as it weTe-there is re-
markable chance for further dhop-
ment on Santa Rosa. by thosw1o
appreciate the pleasure loving Spo-
sition of the neople of the suth
and especially that of Pens2ana-
Mnat parks and "chutes" angen-
eral resorts of pleasure mi be
maintained if capital and enprlse
be allowed TO play an equal IN
the development of the lslai IN
fact, the sun-kissed. breeze own
sands of Santa Rosa should CON
verted into one great plea sure lunu
not alone for Pensacola poop Out
for West Florida as q whole as
sets are there, and the posslues
are all that can be desired.
What Pensacola people N be /;
able to do with the acres Ola
monds" at their very door, ans n
70 be settled in the future. IMP
ter of so much paramount rest.
however, why not allow - nter- j..
prise to prevail against the eigr
concerns which are bound tot in s
their appearance sooner cater.
Let Santa Rosa Island be d up