Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-04-27
\ Trip Through the South
[Continued From Last Week. l

, CONTINUED From Last Week. /
The scenery IN some of the parks OF
Palm Beach is very beautiful, the roses
are not of the shades of brilliant rain
bow, but the bushes are themselves
casting out their leaves of van ious
shades and colors presenting to the
visitor thought of everlasting beauty.
Passing from one of these fragrant
resorts near the channel, one may con-
tinue east for a quarter of mile on a
wide cement walk. shaded by a row of
beautiful Australian pines on each side.
This walk leads to the ocean beach,
there we walked out on pier thirty
rods or more over the ocean, where we
spent several hours fishing, that was
fishing in earnest, although our catch
was not as numerous as it usually is at
old Enemy Swim, some of our COM
panion fishermen were much better
fitted for salt water fishing than we
were, they had their poles with reels
attached and large minnows for bait.
Evidently they had been there before
casting for those magnificent fish.
| Many of those caught were three to
five feet in length.
The most of the land in the vicinity
of Palm Beach lies nearly level and it
is covered with small pine timber and a
growth of sand palms, from one to
three feet in height. While there, we
made pleasure trip in the country one
afternoon with an automobile. On
leaving there we visited a few orange
and grape fruit groves near the city,
then continued to the south a few
miles, passing along over nice shell
covered road, and on each side were
forests of small pines except a few
fields OF pine apples. The plants in
some of these fields did not look very
thrifty. The leaves on many of them
were brown and some were dead. This
was caused by the sun shining on them
and the heat from the white sandy soil. |
The leaves were much greener on the
plants that were protected from the
hot sun, these plants are shaded by
setting posts in the fields. The top of |
these are about eight feet above the
ground, frame is made on the top of
these posts and this is covered with
lath-the same as lathing ceiling of
room. We saw twenty and thirty acre
fields of pine apples covered in this
manner.
We. passed one of those proposed
towns In the woods about eight miles
south of the town, the streets in this
little village were straight and level.
and as smooth as is possible to make
them. The lawns were made shady by
many lofty and green pine trees and
the yards were decorated with a mag
nificent growth of bright green sand
palms from one to three feet in height.
This little village is a short distance
from the ocean beach, and it will per-
haps make pleasant winter homes for
hundreds of tourists going there from
the north. If any of our citizens are
anticipating going south to spend the
winter, they can secure q free lot in
this new town-this can be done by
q tract of fruit and truck
land from a company there in Florida.
They told US this land would produce
good fruit or, garden truck and it was /
easy to work. But it would be necces-
sary to put ton of fertilizer to the
acre under the fruit trees each year.
The expense is nothing compared with
the profit; when it comes, this fertilizer
Is only thirty-seven dollars and fifty
cents q ton, more is used on the land
for truck gardens about three tons to
the acre. As soon as this company can
dispose of their lands, then this little
village may start to boom.
We were unable to find any one that
knew what kind Of material they were
going to use in the residences. We I
were much pleased with the location Of
the new village and believe that anv
one in search Of nice quiet little
home can find it there.
In passing few miles to the south
we visited . truck garden. this was on
. low swampy like patch Of land near .