Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-06-10


gined.
st. Cloud is situated on branch
of the Atlantic and Coast railroad,
and is on Lake Tahopekaliga, very
beautiful body of water several miles
in extent. On the first of August,
1909, there was only one house and
a surveyors camp here. There are
now over $50 houses, with a popula-
tion of nearly 1000, There are
some quite substantial brick build
ings in the business part of the town,
a bank with $4,000 capital, a fine
two-story hotel, several smaller
hotels and numerous boarding
houses. There are stores of all
kinds, but no saloons, and no in
toXlcating liquor Is sold in the coun-
ty There are four religious organ
izations, but up to the present time
no church edifices have been erected.
The town company will donate
ground for churches or school houses
and have offered lot for a G. A. R.
hall free. We have one school house
and another large building will be
put in this fall to accommodate the
constantly increasing demand. The
county builds the school houses The
town company is, now engaged In
drilling for artesian water to supply
the city and are preparing to install
an electrical ice plant. There Is
no law office in st. Cloud and no
legal town government, and yet there
is no violation of law The veterans
have organized an association for
the purpose of controlling certain af-
fairs of interest to the community
and give out the information re-
quired by anyone in regard to mat
ters pertaining to ST. Cloud and the
country around It, This association
meets every Saturday afternoon in
large tent and the members are
called together by the beating of a
drum. Men and women come to-
gether by the hundreds to discuss
matters of interest to the community.
This association is really the mum
cipal government of ST. Cloud
Veterans coming here are very
much disgusted as a rule when they
arrive, as the first step after getting
off the cars lands one in sand about
three inches deep and get pretty hot
over having been idiots enough to
come here But like all hot things
they cool off after a time and begin
to investigate surroundings and soon
become interested in the fine orange
groves, banana fields, pineapple
sheds and seeing the delicious grape
fruit growing in the despised sand.
They find that sweet potatoes, as
well as Irish, make good crops here,
and everything seems to grow abund-
bantly.
Scientists tell MS that II took the
Almighty millions Of years to create
an Eden for Adam If so, a finite
being can not expect to make an
eden for himself with one stroke of
the axe or hoe, let conditions be ever
so favorable. do not advise veter-
ans to invest in st. Cloud Their
years have been too long on the
earth. and their days in the future
are too short to fulfill TO their ex-
tent the possibilities and frution of
their hopes and desires Could we
turn back the hands Of the dial Of
time say ten years, We could then
hope to build an earthly para
disc For those who have money to
invest they would do we'll to invest
It here, for that class could afford
to come to this place as a resort for
rest and health. Rheumatism, cat
arrh and asthmatlc sufferers would
do well to visit st. Cloud Now,
comrade, this Is as ! see things here.
I do not intend TO stay on my allot-
ment. even II stay in Florida. !