The National tribune., 1909-04-08
The Beautiful Land of Fruits and Flowers
$4,000 Acres Secured for Colonization Purposes Stu.
Lakes Tohopekalga and East Tohopekaliga.

sands of its readers up forming colony
favored section in South.
The Seminole Land Company organized
this colonization project and has purchased between 10000 $4,000
of land situated in Central Florida
way between Lakes Toopekaga and East Tohopkaga
miles of Kissimme the County Seat of Osceola County
There not month the when large and profitable crop
be produced this land high quality pine cypress
for building purposes purchased here prices
elsewhere of the close proximity of timber the cheapn of
manufacture and absence of freight charges all of which will make
possible to build comfortable homes exceedingly moderate
The climate heahful and COOL the being swept by beezes
and the Gulf Mexico the
and There wells the nghbohood artesn
being found depth of from with large steady
fow Ordinary wells found at depth of from rs IS feet The
from these well the aesian wells and healhfu for
drinking and other purposes.
swamps land, of
being practically surrounded by lakes there sufficient moisture,
during the d produce fine For this
irrigation has been used great although from the flow
of from the wells and the gently unduatng character of
the land possible to rgate successfully and economically he tact
that the lakes have sandy bottoms and oreste being clear and
fresh and the total absence of and stagnant make
of the beautiful localities in the South
partial list of the profitable fruits vegetables that be
grown these lands follows:
Oranges, grapefruit lemons lines, bananas pana peaches
strawberries, pneapps tobacco Indian barley
hops buckheat auguacates ator par
simmons muberries figs and BEANS cabbage squash tomatoes
okra, celery eggplant bee cucbers lettuce caulaower sweet and
white potatoes watermeons canteoupes cns and peanuts In ad
ton the beaing the pimento well
cloves and other spice The fruit and vegetable Florida
employ the entire the production of the enormously
profitable crops that can be grown in this locality.
Only other colony of this character has been attempted large
scale in the South which resulted the City of Fitzgerald
Georgia Founded pine wilderness miles from railroad the
sessed valuation of the colony site has increased few from
few hundred dollars several millions of dollars The population from
few scattered oggers has increased comfortably and
prospous located people the colony lands of whom practically
half within the corporate limits of the city Fitzgerald to-day rated
the fourth largest banking city the State of Georgia Lots that sold
for S25 the the settlement have since sold for $4,000
and held higher figure Many who the colony
poor men now wealthy So much for what has been done in F
gerald.
Considering location, BY charming lakes
(we stocked with many varieties of fish, and the natural richness
and poducven of the SOIL this colony should far exceed prosperity
of Unlike the condition Fitzgerald
built Atlantic
Railroad through property There stations located
the land which provide unsurpassed transportation facilities
An offer made the subscribe and for
city lots with fveac plots of ground outside of the city limits
This offer readily accepted by the veterans and the total amount
subscribed within less than three weeks from the time the project first
The Company additional city and
plots of land outside of the city limits for the of $oo for the
lot md fve-acre of land
Considering of enterprise
by the purchase plots
provides the nucleus for large prosperous
adjacent heotis offer is considered
ceponay good satisfied that will oveubscribed
within very short time
thinking of moving South, this chance. If
looking for investment this offers opportunity of doubling your
money many during the three Remember
that 1900 lots together with fvae of land will be sold
these After this has been od there will not be another
tun property this colony under such favorable
don the larger the project the valuable the property
becomes.
you avail of oer you may soo
city lot feet and fveac plot of land outside the limits
Not than four lots with the accompanying plot of five with
each lot will be sold to any person.
being the fvae plots surveyed
this completed The National Tribune will receipt each
subscriber for the received This will be deposited the
National City Bank of Washington c. and the bank will issue its
cp stating whom the has been received and when the
subscriber will deed
plots of land subscribed for
All selections desirable and the fveace plots of land
will be susceptible of the highest cultivation.
AS proposition taken rapidly you will only have
few decide whether subscribe this
bel taken. Address =
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.