The National tribune., 1909-07-29
Progress at st. Cloud.
correspondence.

1 Special correspondence.
Things begin to look very town-Ike.
The work of laying out ana n grapiis i5
! the avenues and streets is well IN
| hand The Agricultural Experiment
| Station ground is in order ana the
| nlantine of seasonable crops viii be a
| school of instruction for new eomers-
| Arrangements are being made py Wnlch
purchasers can have their holdings
cleared. planted and cared for, pre-
naratory to their coming. A packing
house will be built for handling prod
ucts, and shippers will be given the
advantage enjoyed by the regularly or
ganiZed shipping associations. me
| railroad company is putting in side
track, and we hope soon to report the
| house. The saw-mill will soon be
ready for business.
| Veterans and their wives are dally
| visitors and contracts for the build
| ing of houses have been let by q num-
ber of them. Plans have beer COM
pleted for important buildings by the
| Colony Company. The printing mater :
! ial for the new paper, The st. CLOUD
| Tribune, has not yet arrived, but we
/ hope soon to have it here. The Editor,
B. F. Knapp, well known as the editor
of the first paper at the Fitzgerald Col
ony Company, is here ready to take
hold. He says St Cloud starts under
more IdEOTdDle duSpIteS thdll uiI TitS-
gerald, besides ii has a much more de-
sirable location. Fitzgerald has no
water privileges, while st. Cloud is de-
lightfully situated in that respect.
st. Cloud fronts as pretty a lake as
can be found anywhere. The lake has
a sandy bottom and never freezes, sDd
affords as fine boating and fishing all
the year around and bathing facilities
as could be desired. The water is clear
and good for drinking purposes. IL
can be made source of supply for a
town water system for house use and
protection against fire. During the
Winter season, the lakes adjoining the
Colony lands are alive with ducks and
! other migratory acquatic birds from
the North Quail and rabbits abound
/ in the neighboring timber and remote
from the settlements deer and bear are
found.
Il Visitors who have had years of ex-
perience in Florida do not hesitate
in saying that ST. Cloud is one of the
ideal spots in the State. The Kissim-
NEE Valley is perhaps the largest body
of continuously good land to be found
} in the State. 1t is aIternated with
prairie. timber and lakes and singuiarly
exempt from malaria, musketos and
flies. The excursion party here in June
noted with surprise the freedom from
insect pests.
The healthfulness OF this region is
without question. The mortality rec
ords OF Kissimmee prove this There
! has never been an epidemic of any kind
! in this section. New comers during the
Summer season by exercising a little
caution until acclimated need have nc
trouble. There is often a tendency
among new comers to overeat, and they
can hardly be blamed, for there are
many tempting things, particularly ir
the way of fruits. that are not found
in the North. A little discretion in this
, direction is recommended, until one is
accustomed to the new conditions ci
food, water, etc.
We are now in the midst of the
. rainy season. BY this is not nleant z
succession of dreary and cloudy Gays
but alternating showers and clearing
weather each day. Some of the show.
ers have the accompanyments Of thun
; der and lightning. but no one has eve
experienced thunder storms In FIorida