Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-30
IMPORTANT REAL
estate TRANSFER
NEBRASKA CAPITALIST NOW IN.
TEREsTED IN BRADFORD.
Bought Holdings Of Empire Lumber
Co. Consisting Of FIfiy.SGVCn
thousand Acres.

G. L. Peek Of Starke, reports entire
) holdings Of the Empire Lumber Compl,-
ny, 81 900 acres, sold to Mr.. E. A. Ben
son, Of Omaha, Nebraska, for $500, 900.
Most Of this splendid agricultural body
Of land is in the eastern portion of Brad
ford county in townships 4, 5, 6 and z,
ranges 20, 81 and %, convenient to deliv-
er produce to railroad stations at Starke,
Lswtey, Britt, Elarbee, Raiford, New
River, Sampson junction, Clsyno, Ora
ham and BROKER. Other portions lie
convenient to Lake Butler, Dukes, Wor-
Ellington Springs and Hsinesworth and
Lacrosse in Alschua county.
The question Of transportation is al
ready solved By TIE Sesboard Air Line
with its Suwsnnee division, Atlantic
Coast Line, Georgia Southern & Flori-
do and Gainesville & Gulf railroads, the
last named being now owned by the
Tampa & Jacksonville railroad.
For years past this large body Of land,
in the best all-round farming section of
4 Florida, has been held out Of market be-
canse Of valuable timber and turpentine
reservations. II is good news to our
4 people that it will now very soon be
4 placed on the market in small lots from
40 IN 100 and $40 or more acres to suit
purchasers. From what we hear il ap-
pears that Mr. Benson will first have it
all graded as to character Of soil in order
TO place q reasonable price on each part
and parcel, and then sell on easy terms.
He will build good roads on section lines
4 where needed, and encourage the small
. farmer Of 40 acres as well as the large
i farmer Of $40 acres or more, to build mp
thrifty, prosperous andsttrsctive homes.
That the lands are festile and-valuable
IL demonstrated by the farms now in
4 cultivation around and scattered
+. throughout said Sc 900 acres. The en-
tire body would have long since been
largely bought and settled had it been
for sale in small parcels. -
Our soil and climate produces fine
crops Of such staples rs corn, sea-island
cotton, oats, hay, sugar cane and pots-
\ toes as well rs such trucking crops as
cabbage, onions. lettuce, celery, straw
berries, beans, tomatoes. eggplants, etc.
Add pecans, figs, grapes, peaches, pears,
& Japan persimmons, broom corn, chufss,
rye, rape, I eanuts, velvet beans, beggar
81 weed, Japanese cane, native grasses,
melons and csntaloupes, also few or
auge and grape fruit trees, and you have
altogether a combination and succession
of crops attractive, profitable and hard
TO beat, or equal anywhere. Add also a
kitchen garden, eggs, poultry, milk, but
ter, mutton, beef and pork.
Mr.. Benson is happy and fortunate in
securing these lands in this heslthfuI
section of Florida, where long and cold
winters are eliminated and the climate
pleasant, healthful and delightful the
whole year round. Our people welcome
his coming. Mr.. Peek will be Local
manager for sale of these lands just n
soon as ne cesssry steps are taken &c
grade and classify and intelligently
Il place them on the market.
1t all looks good to us and will largely
emphasize Bradford county as the lead
s ing agricultural section of the state.
Those VITO know Mr.. Benson person
ally speak of HIM as a man of fine char
4 scter, with practical, broad and liberal
views, especially on progressive sgricul
fure.