The National tribune., 1909-10-14
BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
st. Cloud Offers More Attractions Than
Any Other Region in the Nation.

Editor National Tribune: Having so
many inquiries about st. Cloud Colony
from my friends and acquaintances
thruout the Northern and Western
States, thought to ask The National
Tribune to answer them for me, thank
ing you in advance. / have spent two
weeks looking up this part Of the State,
ascertaining as much as possible about
the SOIL climate, water, the chances for
a veteran or anyone else to make liv-
ing or more in and about this colony. /
must say L have found it all it has been
advertised. Nowhere in the United
States that / have ever visited does the
soil respond so quickly to vegetation as
here You can almost grow cucum-
bers while you wait; watermelons like
wise. The finest sugarloaf pineapples l
have ever seen are grown very profit
ably here, exceptionally so. one acre
often producing $1,000 worth in one
year. To say this country is very
profitable place for the growing of
oranges one need only look ut the
orange orchards which are loaded to
the last limit with fruit at the present
time. Eggplant is grown here extreme
ly profitably. Garden truck can be pro-
duced here at as little or less cost than
any place / have ever visited and con-
siderably quicker one acre of lettuce
often producing 1920 worth of the
same in one year. Sweet potatoes and
Irish potatoes are source of great
profit TO the gardener as well as others.
Corn planted here by our excursionists
among the pine openings on the 2Sth
day of September had attained the
hight of four inches on the 7th day of
October in w. G. Casters garden. Any
one can write him about it. We have
all kinds of garden truck growing here,
and invite the readers of The National
Tribune and all their friends young or
old. to visit us here and be convinced.
The writer was much pleased to note
Mr., ,Quinlan and Mr.. Hankey, of Pc
toskey, Mich, among our purchasers.
They have returned to the Frozen North
to bring their friends for the Winter j
say Frozen North, as I lived among
them for nine years. Every day brings
several newcomers. st. Cloud is doing
all it can to get buildings to care for
the people, both public and domestic
The Seminole Land & Investment Co
has made large donation for a public
school building. We now have about S5
of school age here and more
every day. Ground is being
staked out for a Union Church. In a
very few days we will have fine State
bank on Pennsylvania avenue. We have
y u.
that but a few months since the sur
veyor first planted his stake among the.I
pine openings of this town and look at
the place as II is now you cannot help
but exclaim: what change!' We
now have a fine hotel, 100 houses, two
grocery stores, are now building a drug
store, win soon have dry goods and
stores.
When A. III. Wager, of Colorado, |
came, being a friend of mine, l took |
him about the country. After he had |
thoroly he will write for the |
balance of his friends 10 come. We have
railway transportation, the Atlantic |
Coast Line. We are but 165 miles from |
Fla.
To anyone wishing a good investment, |
in the best climate on earth, where a |
very little labor will produce the best |
of living while you enjoy the best of |
health, ! would say: Come to ST. Cloud, |
Fla. Sylvester ]. Rouse, st. Cloud, |
Fla.