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The National tribune., 1910-10-06

Snow occasionally falls in the NORTH
ern part of the State. In 1895 and
1899 there was trace as far south as
Tampa. At Jacksonville in February
1895, it was two inches deep. Ihere
has never been a trace in the st. Cloud
region. Hail is practically unknown.
Slight frOStS occur occasionally in the
northern part of the State. and, as al
ready noted, freezes severe enough 10
kill the oranges and vegetables took
place in seven years of the century erd.
ing with 1899. Thunderstorns are most
frequent in July, but they are not Sc
we're as in the Central Mississippi VAL
ley.
The rain hearing winds during Win
ter are northeast and southeast: during
Spring, southeast; during Summer,
south and southwest, and during Au-
tumn, northeast The prevailing winds
during the Spring are from the south
east; during summer, southwest; dur
ing Autumn, northeast; during Winter,
northeast. The State is practically out
side of the hurricane belt. The West
India hurricanes originate south of
Cuba and are diverted by that island
into the Gulf of Mexico; thence to the
coasts of Mississippi. Louisiana and
Texas. The Atlantic wind storms usual
ly strike the coast of the Caroliuas.
Evidence of winds heavy enough to
injure buildings and trees is rare. The
great storms usually originate in south
ern waters, but increase in intensity as
they travel northward inland, and do
greatest damage in the Mississippi VAL
ley States.
The st. Cloud Tribune has printed a
daily temperature table for the last six
months. The record as printed for the
week ending Sent is as follows:
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

Churches are the various streams
flowing from the fountain head of true
civilization. On these streams float to
us the commerce of the ideal, the in
tellectual and the spiritual world The
waters of their influence irrigate the
orchards of the arts and sciences. The
rush of their currents turns the pom
derous machinery of governmental and
social life. In the garden of the Goth
century the eye of even unprejudiced
unbelief sees in every church the tree
of life.
We talk of civilization, but both NOR
ality and civilization are blooms whose
roots are in the church Philosophical
statesmen no longer doubt but that
Christianity is to he the religion OF hu-
manty. The great argument and un
measurable answer to all infdelity is
Christianity itself. Sunshine needs no
stump speech to win for it the right OF
way into the world. and Christian truth
no angel advocate to plead its cause.
The great river of Christianity has
been divided into irrigating streams the
better to accomplish the work of wa
tering the world. Seven churches have
foothold and maintain services in st.
Cloud. Sites have been donated by the
Seminole Land 4 Investment Co for
the erection of BAPTIST, two Methodist.
PRESBYTERIAN, Catholic. Christian and
Episcopal churches. Three lots, excel
lently located, have been given to each
Of the church organ cations mentioned,
which is deemed sufficient for the build
ing of church and parsonage in proX-
unity. We show elsewhere the archi-
tect's sketch of the Methodist Episcopal
Church now nearing completion.
Union Sunday School has been
maintained from the first. but now that
the various societies will soon have
their own places of worship. each
church will soon have its own gather
inEs of little folks for instruction in
Sodly ways. There IS also q Chr stian
Endeavor Society with a large member
ship from all denominations
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ida, but the official figures gathered
thru years of observation will not bear
out this idea When Northern news
papers are filled with stories of hot
waves and heat prastration and suffer-
ing in Northern and Western cities it
is rare to find an instance of surstroke
noted as occurring in the South, and
never in Florida. Extreme heat is as
uncommon as extreme cold. The eli
mate of the South not only permits
the growth of a large variety of prod
ucts of field, pasture and garden, but
encourages health and long life.
The mortality reports of the Census
Bureau of the National Government
give the South standing as favorable
as any part of the Union in the death
rate, and no section of the country
shows as many persons in the longevity
tables as having reached the ages of
so, 80 and 109 years.
The Government maintains weather
stations at Jacksonville, Tampa and
other points in the State; st. Cloud is
midway between the two chief cities
named, and we quote from the U. s.
Weather Bureau reports the average
monthly temperatures at the two sta
tions, which show remarkable uni
formity:
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q constant guest, and each month suit
ed to the growth of some fruit or vege-
table adapted to human use and COM
fort, then is our climate ideal. If deliv-
erance from snow and ice, the biting
blasts of a Northern Winter, are of
value, then indeed is our climate ideal.
This idea was most fittingly set forth
by a son of the Emerald Isle' who re-
marked in my hearing: i don't know
what the soil will produce-Fm not a
farmer-but I do know that this eli
mate is cheap at 5000 an acre The
conditions were suited to full appre-
citation of the force of the sentiment.
1t was in the month of February. A
company of old soldiers had gathered
In my office; doors and windows were
wide open, the glorious sun flooded the
earth with warmth and gladness. On
my desk was a vase of roses, grown in
the open air and without artificial en-
eouragement. A mocking bird was pour
Ing out his souls gladness in song.
Someone had been reading the head
lines of dispatches in late copy of the
Chicago Tribune about as follows:
Railway traffic suspended. Wires all
down. A fearful gale, laden with snow
grasp. Intense cold with its attendant
suffering reported. Much stock per-
ishing on the plains. A shortage of
fuel reported ETC., etc. To us at least
the remark of our Irish friend seemed
appropriate. The climate was cheap
at 5000 per acre. To the aged and
feeble, what a blessing to be delivered
from the strain of such a Winter.
"2. Our soil is productive. Each
section of our highly favored land
seems adapted to the growth of some
special crop. Our Eastern, Middle or
Western States do not attempt the cul-
ture of those products peculiar to this
semi-tropic cline. Now. just as sure
as the North meets with success along
lines suited to that locality, so we in
Florida are successful along lines con-
genial to this latitude / have been
astonished at the moral obtuseness of
some who, in the very presence of
great orange, grapefruit and pineapple
groves and fields, where the trees were
literally bending to the earth under
their enormous yields, or pineapples
growing SO thickly that the leaves in
terlaced, remark: This soil is Of no
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
Kanir Corn Grows at St. Cloud.

Maj. C. C.. Cox, 14th and 18th ILL.,,
brought a. magnificent specimen of
"Kafir" corn to the St. Cloud Tribune
Office on Sept. s, where it is on exhibi-
ton as an evidence that this unsur-
passed fodder for poultry and stock
can be successfully and quickly grown
ON colony soil. Comrade Cox says:
"On June 81 I chopped up plot of
ground on my lot, at Minnesota avenue
and Seventh street. / planted peas and
at the same time sowed broadcast kaffir
corn. The peas grew so rapidly that
they smothered down the kaffir corn,
but in 60 days from the day of sowing
the corn had matured. Kansas knows
what a fighter against adverse condi-
tions this grain yielder is. AS there
may be few 'Misourians' in our midst
who want to be shown, 1 place these
few heads with you for display, SO that
they may convince themselves that fod-
der can be provided at a minimum of
labor and expense for all kinds of stock
and poultry by growing this famous
grain"
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gra phs, the various churches have good
choirs. the GAR. Post has martial
band of five pieces-three drums ana
two fifes-and the town Itself mas
brass band of dozen members, and
altho not having played together very
long. they are beginning to play well,
for they have a good leader the
members of the band are as follows;
J. l. Cummings, leader and director;
C. 4. Barnes, President and baritone;
Ed. Hall, first Cornet; VIM. Esta, sec
ond cornet: Leon Esta. first alto: Ray
Strong, first tenor: J. Barbour, second
tenor: A W. PARCEL. tuba; Sanford
Blazer, snare drum; Lynn Martin, bass
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

all MAJ depend upon the representa-
rs made. In the years 10 come,
when the smoke of battle lifts, 1t will
he seen that wisdom guided in the
choice Of this location for perma-
nept. beautiful, healthful city. We who
stood in the plain when Hooker made
that remarkable fight at Lookout
Mountain could hear the rattle of mus
kerry and deep roar Of artillery, but all
was shrouded in smoke hiding friend
and foe alike. Occasionally the vail
was lifted and then we noted that our
Flag was a little higher up the noun
tain. We are making steady advance
here. Our lines are compact and will
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
Delighted With st. Cloud.

Editor National Tribune: I came to
st. Cloud with my family Nov. 4, 1909;
built me home on the corner of Min
nesota avenue and Seventh street, and
am delighted. This colony has been
the most grossly misrepresented of any
place | ever knew. Selfish interests,
Jealousies. mean, petty grievances,
which were unworthy a place in the
mind of any upright man, We're allowed
to have sway until men and women
have fallen so low that for personal in
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

friends astern, but when the log shows
a change 10 the last half of the voyage,
then the song and heart goes cut to
the friends ahead. We sense the fact
that our life voyage is we'll out on the
last half. the great majority of those
we loved and suffered with, who
shared our joys and sorrows, are
camped or the further shore.
One army of the living God,
AT his command we bow
This thought does not fl. our hearts
with sadness, nor in any sense of the
term paralyZe our powers This condi-
ton is referred to in order to show that
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

The average number of days in each
year when the maximum temperature
was above 80 degrees was 49 at Jack
sonville and AZ at Tampa.
Florida covers a range of six degrees
in latitude, and the climate is more
uniform than in any other of the States,
owing to the proximity of great bodies
of water, the Atlantic on the east and
the Gulf on the west. and breeZes from
their bodies give the State what may
be termed an oceanic climate.
The mean temperature of the whole
State is 40 degrees. The warmest month
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

doubt would yet be living. We have
about dozen graves in our city ceme-
terry, and = majority, chronic invalids,
who really prolonged their lives by
coming. Is this q high death rate for
town which during .'ic past Winter
had vel! on to 1000 people, and hun
dreds Of trcm living in tents, and de-
MED many of the comforts OF homes
they left in the North?
~. Finally, on my honor, and sup
ported by indEsputable facts. these
statements ale made. My judgment is
based on personal knowledge of and
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
What the Camera Shows at St. c:oud.

What the Camera Shows at st. C.oufl1
study of the photographs repro
duced in this issue will show that st,
Cloud has taken on a substantial growth
and development in II months such as
few towns in the country can boast Of
in that many years. Many of these
buildings are of a character that would
adorn any town. They tell stronger
than words that the people of st. Cloud
are building to stay, and show by acts
their faith in the future of the COM
munlty. We wish our space allowed us
to print more pictures. Readers who
desire more complete information are
invited to write to the Tribune, ST.
Cloud, Fla, for copies of the first an
niversary number of the colony news
paper.
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

there were seven severe frosts in the
northern and western parts of the State
those of rdS35 and 1899 showing
zero temperature in the northern coun-
ties.
The annual average rainfall of the
State is 54.5 inches The heaviest fall
is during the Summer months. By
months the mean average rainfall in
inches. at Jacksonville and Tampa, Is
as follows: ~, ma
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
Seven Churches Arranging to Build
Houses of Worship at st. Cloud

Like the people of old jamestown,
the people of st. Cloud believe in the
church. and, like the cavaliers Of thu
Valley of the James, they practically
began worship in the open. At James
town the preacher stood under a sail
for canopy, while at st. Cloud the
good people were fortunate in having
a tent. kindly supplied by the Florida
State Baptist Association. and it well
served its purpose as rallying place
during the first Summer and Winter of
life in the new town.
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a high death rate would not be strange.
But the opposite is the case The death
rate is very low indeed. Not low as
compared with the above statements,
but small as compared with other COM
munities. In other words, conditions
are calculated to prolong the days of
aged and feeble people. 1t is well
known that combat With the severe
cold of our Northern Winters makes
heavy draft on our remaining powers.
Here the balmy air. healing sunshine,
absence of snow, ice and cold. enables
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

any other portion of our fair land To
those peculiar attractions permit me to
invite your attention:
Il The climate is ideal. This is a
strong statement, but facts warrant it.
IL one values full year of glorious
sunshine mingled with refreshing show
srs, most delightful air, the flowers
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
The St. Cloud Hotel.

st. Cloud has a hotel that would be
creditable to place OF 10 times its
population. 1t is a handsome brick
structure of - rooms, three stories
high, with attic, 40 by ~ feet in size,
with double porches or verandas on
three sides. 1t is thoroly modern in
conveniences, piped for water, wired
for electric lights. and in every respect
right up to date. The roof is of iron
and the foundation OF concrete, with
concrete walks on the two street sides.
Visitors comment approvingly of the
large sleeping rooms and the wide
porches- 1t stands on the southwest
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
Opinion of a Western Man.

Editor National Tribune: My wife
and l came to ST. Cloud last February.
Bought from the Seminole Land G In
vestment Co. lot in the business sec
ton of the town. on New York avenue,
upon which I have built a brick build
ing. The front is used for law, real
estate and insurance business. The back
rooms and second floor are our resi-
dence. We are well pleased with the
treatment received from the said Semi
mole Land & Investment Co; also we'll
pleased with our investment. We are
having the best of health, and have full
confidence in the future of-St Cloud.
We have a few knockers here who have
not a dollar invested
Have been a constant reader of Tho
National Tribune since an early day,
and have the greatest respect and con-
fidence in John McElroy and believe
him to be a true friend to the old vet |
erans.-B. f. Rails, st. Cloud, Sept. 80. '
1910.
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
HOME OF REV AVENUE AND 14r STREET

far beyond those of any land company
have ever known. AS for the nea1tn
OF st. Cloud, 1t is as good or better than
any town l know of its size North.
Believing that st. Cloud will in a few
years be the largest and most prosper
Gus inland town of Florida, 1 remain.
yours truly-C. s. Cooper, M. D., st.
Cloud, Fla, Sept 20, 1910.
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
The St. Cloud Brass Band,

st. Cloud has considerable musical
talent, manifested both vocally and in
an instrumental way. Many homes in
the city contain pianos and phono.
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
When to Go to St. Cloud

j. L. Dutton had a letter from q
Northern comrade recently asking hia
opinion as to the best time to visit st.
Cloud. The reply was: You can coms
any time with perfect safety, Spring,
summer, Fall or Winter. People who
nave lived in Florida for many years,
including comrades, all agree that the
summer is even more agreeable than
the Winter. Use your judgment about
coming"
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

one to husband this slender reserve of
vital force, and therefore people not
only live longer, bit more pleasantly.
1t is a singular fact thar the majority
of deaths among the veterans is found
in the deceaSe of t'!oSa Wno, during the
Winter or early Spring, returned
North. The shock was too great. Had
those remained here most oc them no
The National tribune., 1910-10-06
A Kansas Man First. Last and All the
Time for ST. Cloud.

Editor National Tribune: 1 was No,
163 in the first 1000 shares taken, and
am well pleased with what the conn
pany has done for ST Cloud I have
had great faith in st. Cloud; have hYift
fhree-story rooming house and f03S
taurant which contains 20 roonls- III
am first, last and all the time for sal
Cloud. Yours truly-Isaac Huntsingssa;
st. Cloud, Fla, Sept. 80, 1910.
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terests or the love of gossip they re-
peat the most debasing falsehoods
about st. Cloud without a blush They
forget the old adage that chickens
come home to roost,' and in the end,
when the reaction comes. it will be
upon their own heads. The Seminole
Land e Investment Co. have made, and
are making, improvements which are
The National tribune., 1910-10-06

CONTINUED on page eighty
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-29

Instead of passing a large number of
bills-which are unnecessary and are
introduced only because some members
want to make a record the next legisla-
ture will gain the approval of the people
if it will repeal a number of worthless
laws which now cucumber the statutes.
They could simplify others which are
hardly ineligible to the supreme court.
Much of the ambiguity Of the present
laws may be due to the system of max
ing amendments by referring only to
the section to be amended making it
necessary for one warting to look up a
certain law to follow its history through
a half dozen or more sessions of the
legislature. By repeating the old statute
and passing a new one on the same
subject-where amendment is desired
the law could be found in one place
when wanted and the size of the code
would be reduced.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-29
STATE EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.

The bienniel report of the North OAK
ota department of public instruction has
Just completed and printed copies to
be ready for distribution some time in
April, 1911. it treats of the period end
ing June 80, 1910 and covers the year
ending June 80, 1909.
The report shows a steady growth OF
the educational institutions and schools
of the state. In comparing the report
for 1909 and 1910, a substantial gain is
noted in the past year.
The number of boys and girls enumer-
ated in the state has increased over
1900. while there has been a decrease
of 800 in the number of children not at
tending school. AS in former years there
is a gradual decrease in the number of
men teachers.
There has been an increase of l3O in
the number of teachers employed dur
ing the past year. Although the report
shows 1887 teachers employed in the
SGdL6, GQ0To are actually O,IoO Vi O.AOo;
as many teachers have taught in more
than one district during the school year,
hence were enumerated twice. The av-
erage monthly salaries of all teachers
shows a slight decrease.
Financially the schools of the state are
in very good condition. The total in
debtedness of all districts in the state
amounts to So, 1884, 1877 81, while the cash
in the hands of the district and county
t%reasurers amounts to $3,077, 1879 IL and
there is a balance in the sinking fund
Of 1924 ,5l5 .16. In addition the value
of all school property in the state
amounts to sS,353,l34 SO Hence the
schools are in a hourishing condition,
1t is interesting to note also that out OF
1900 school districts in North Dakota
there are 900 districts which haven. any
Indebtedness of any kind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-29

Hager: of the Walsh County Record
observes: North Dakota has a popula-
ton of 577,O56, according to the census
figures made public recently. This
is a gain of 257,91O during the decade or
So per cent. This percentage of in
crease is only exceeded by four or five
states II the Union Unless the basis of
congressional a%pportionment is increased
to more than 100000, North Dakota will
have three members in congress under
the new appointment. A careful analy-
sis of the census by counties, however,
does not give the people of the eastern
part Of the state much opportunity for
jubilation. Pembina county has actually
lost 1920 people during the past ten
years, Walsh county 1877 and Trail 1921
The gain in the other three Red River
counties, Grand Forks, Cass and Rich
land, is not great and will likely be &C.
counted for by the increase in the cities
of Grand Forks, Fargo and Wahpe,on.
The great gains we're made in the ex-
treme western part of the state, which
has grown from a prairie wilderness to
a thriving agricultural section, we'll peo-
pied with thrifty and we'll contented
inhabitants.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-29
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

The coming session of the Legislature
will begin Tuesday, January 3rd. There
promises to be a lively time in the
house of representatives over the selec-
ton of a speaker. There are half a
dozen candidates out in the open at the
present time and as many more who
would be willing to serve their fellow
members in that capacity, Oscar Sorlie
of Trail county is one of the most pro-
minently mentioned. He is an i%nsurgent
of pronounced type and is serving his
third term in the house. His selection
would insure an earnest effort on the
part of the legislature to make the
session one of economy and progressive.
Billy Price OF fargo would like to be
considered the insurgent candidate but
it is claimed that William has wabbled
a little lately. Whether this is true or
not we do not pretend to know. Ployer
of Valley City was one of the hustlersi in
the last legislature and there is no ques-
ton about his insurgency. He and
Oscar Storlie stand on the sane declara-
ton of intentions. Williams of Burleigh
is one of the most experienced legislators
of the body, but he is a stalwart candi-
date and the insurgents claim to have a
good working majority, which if true
puts the general into the discard.
Then there is our naiohhor. Col. Frame
of Grafton who would be willing to
serve as a compromise candidate and is
a member of a considerable independ-
ence in thought and action as we'll as
being a splendid parlimentarian, the
democrats will probably unite on Doyle
of Darlington as their candidate, from
the fact that he was one of the most
able debators of the last legislative
session, a good parlimentarian, fail
minded, and a live wire all the time. II
the republicans can't agree among them
selves, or if they could. for that matter
they could not take a step which woulC
more certainly insure prompt action
general fair treatment of all interests
and good results than by elevating "Joe'
to this position of honor. 1t might no
be bad politics, as there is much feel
ing among republican candidates which
such course would smooth over will
the least 'bad taste left in the mouth.
-Bathgate Pink Paper.