The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-04-14


to their interest.
Fishing in all the lakes, as well as
in the river, is fine. Mr.. Otis Stein
brought caught % bass, or trout, as
they are called here, last Monday,
and says he had fine time. He con-
fesses, however, that his wife and
daughter really caught the majority
of the fish. They made their catch in
Island Lake.
The new ditch which the company
is digging along the south line of
sections 80 and SO is advancing rap
idly and will soon be completed.
This ditch is $500 feet in legnth, and
when completed will drain everything
in this territory. II falls to the east
and empties into creek at the south
east corner of section SO.
The ditch in section 21-13-23. along
the Anthony road, west Of town. has
been completed. and there is enough
clay lying alongside it TO build a lot
Of good streets in Silver City.
Mr.. Thurton. who is located in this
section. certainly has beautiful gar
den. and it would do your heart good
to see it. He has a great variety of
vegetables growing. and the rapidity
of the growth is certainly wonderful.
Mr.. Johnson, who is in section 16,
Just north of Mr.. Thurton, says that
he planted some sweet corn, and it
just took three days to come up.
The Wilson Brothers potatoes are
looking fine, and they are already
digging some of them. They are To-
Gated in section 23-12-23. They have
been branching out, and in addition
to their farm in section % have three
other farms near Bay Lake. and also
have erected the first store at Bay
Lake. When asked how business was
they stated that it was fine, especially
the first night after opening the store,
as someone helped himself to a bale
of hay and did not even ask to have
it charged.
Mr.. Dave Waldron, who lives in
section 16-12-23, together with Messrs.
Magaw and LaRue, have planted 20
acres of watermelons. They are up
and doing fine. They are also plant
ing velvet beans between the rows,
and expect good crops Velvet beans
are selling for So per bushel at pres
ent.
All gardens and truck farms are
looking good after the fine rains, and
If nothing unforeseen occurs there
will be some good shipments of POI
tatoes and melons from here when
they mature.
Mr.. G. c. Carlow of Bryan. Ohio,
has returned from the north. where
he went to consummate the sale of a
portion of his property in that city.
He reported some very disagreeable
weather. with plenty of snow, and
stated that he was glad to get back
to sunny Florida. He has just re-
ceived the wire to fence his 40 acres
in section 19-13-23. and says that he
is going to break up the whole 40,
and is going to make things hum from
this. on. He already has several
acres cleared and plowed
There are quite a number of new
settlers in this section. and they are
all showing great activity.
Owing to the fact that there were
but few new settlers around Fort
Mccoy the first of October there is
not as good showing as there is
around Burbank, but those who have
cleared a portion of their land and
have planted something report fire
progress. There are quite a number
who have cantaloupes and melons, as
well as potatoes. planted, and they
are al doing nicely. The old settlers
state that this will be a banner year
for these crops. and say they should
cring some good prices.
Mr.. c. L. Mildermann, who has been
with the company since it started.
and who has been writing the news
items from Silver City. has been
transferred to the Palatka tract, ow-
ing 10 the bis rush of new arrivals.
Bud" as he is called. made many
| friends here and we will all miss him.
! Mrs. Morton and son and Mr.. and
Mrs. Breakey of Chicago arrived
here the latter part of March and
have located IN section 25-13-23. They
have their house completed and are
going 10 work with a vim. Mr. Nor
ton informs us that he is going to
start a nursery and raise all kinds
of fruit trees. This will be fine thing,
as he viii be able 20 furnish the new
settlers With everything they will
want in this line.
Mr.. Hanna has his house eomplet-
ed in section 23-1S-2S. He has a very