The National tribune., 1909-12-09
Pleased With St. Cloud.


Editor National Tribune: / have re-
ceived the deed for property at St
Cloud, and am pleased with the lots
and farm land. To say / am pleased
with this country is putting it mildly.
1t is as near Paradise here as any place
1 have been on this earth. 1 almost
feel my wings growing. AS improve
ments are made and the homes are
beautified with trees, shrubbery, vines
and flowers, we will have as pretty a
town as any 1 know of. The present
natural surroundings are very attrac-
tive; the lakes are certainly delight.
There Is good fishing, and the lover of
Nature finds plenty of wild flowers and
birds of pretty plumage. The mocking-
bird with its sweet notes can be heard
early and late. The pest of Northern
cities. the English sparrow. has not yet
put in an appearance, and 1 hope it may
never come.
/ have not been hunting but am told
there is plenty of feathered and four
footed game in the country round
about.
The oranges and grapefruit hang
yellow on the trees, and it is a beautiful
sight to men from the North, to whom
the scene is a new one. 1t is surpris-
ing how young these trees bear fruit.
There is enough here to satisfy the
most exacting, and yet / have found a
difficult to please everybody. You will
see, however, that 1 am pleased and
L am going to do my best in helping to
make st. Cloud one of the great towns
of Florida
I hope some day soon to meet the
editor of The National Tribune and 9TH
er members of the Seminole Land &
Investment Co., and give each one a
good, old-fashioned handshake and
thank them for establishing this col
ony.-Geo. w. Wise, st. Cloud, Fla.
Editor National Tribune: My wife
and l have just returned from a short
visit to the ST. Cloud Colony. I write
to say to the comrades who read The
National Tribune that we are more
than pleased with the situation. The
foundation has already been. made for
a bright future. The beautiful lake in
front of the town is feature pleasing
to dwellers from the Northwestern
prairies. cannot help but believe that
not only will an important city grow
up at st. Cloud, but the country around
will be splendid community of small
orchards and trucking gardens, with
people enjoying all of the conveniences
of modern life.
Our lot in town and our five-acre
tract outside suit us to the dot Our
only regret is that we could not stay
and Immediately begin helping to de-
veiop the community, but as soon as
we can get our affairs settled here we
shall return and take up the work we
are anxious to engage in. 1
We went over the colony grounds
and visited generally thruout the neigh
boring districts, and saw groves of
oranges and grapefruit with trees load
ed with fruit. We also saw many fine
trucking places, each with a variety of
hot Ct1r
know that cultivation will go on in the
Winter When the ground is frozen
and covered with snow up here the
truck farmers in the st. Cloud neigh
borhood will be cultivating their crops
out of doors.-John A. Wilson, Co. b,
11th ILL.,, Marissa, Ill.
Comrade ]. E. Oliver, of Cleveland.
Ohio. who recently removed to ST
Cloud. Fla, in a private letter to. a
Washington comrade, Capt. ]. G. May
nard, says: Il am busy building a
house and trying to get a kitchen gar
den started. l am planting 800 straw
berry plants. There seems to be
scarcity of seeds here, and the bows
who are coming down, who have good
seeds for garden use, should bring them
along. improvements are being made
ON all sides. 1 am surprised at the
number of buildings going up; some of
them running from $1,000 to $4,000
up in value. There are more than 200
houses now under construction, and
there is quite a little village of tents.
The town is certain to be a great sue
cess. A two-story brick bank build
ing is going up; waterworks and cleo
trlc light plant, an ice factory and a
$4,000 school house, besides many
other improvements, are in hand"
George V. Capron, of Falls Village.
Conn, writes under date of Dec. q: ii
nave been down to st. Cloud nearly two
months and have just returned to my
old nome. l am well pleased with my
investment there and will return later.
L have my lots cleared and house
erected, but rented for the present. st.
Cloud is growing very fast and cannot
help being a SUCCESS