The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-12-01
THE BEAUTY:OF
FAIR FLORIDA
"Her Charms Seem to Hold One
Entrance as Tho by a Spell"
DEVELOPMENT EVIDENT
Writer in Cosmopolitan Says Florida Is
"The Poor Mans Paradise" as Wei!
As "Thc Rich Mans Playground"

| have been all over the great state
of Florida have been up one coast
and down the other. | have seen
all the famous show places Of the state.
have seen the mighty results of Flori-
da's wonderful and comparable soil
Last year saw the human trend of
travel to Florida like a great army of
invasion. have seen land values rise
several hundred per cent in only few
months because OF this tremendous de
mand for florida land | know the
beauty of her exquisite climate, her
growing verdure, her draped trees fes-
TONED with the dreamy moss, her
pines, palms, palmettoes. her wonder.
fuI streams, unlike those of any other
region of the world, and | have felt
the gripping charm her "out of doors"
that seems to hold one entranced as tho
by spell.
All the wonders of Florida 1t has
been my peculiar pleasure to have Wis.,
tied AID viewed during the past two
years. | am wholly and completely
subdued and infected with the index
! finger on the right hand of the world.
Here are soon to come the tireless
greyhounds of the sea, carrying full
cargoes to all parts of the universe on
their way to and from the Atlantic and
al. The entire state is one gigantic
field of activity. Development is in
the air everywhere. The madness of
money and opportunity has grasped
hands. The government has appropri
ated many millions for the improve
ment of Florida waterways. This
points to the nearby future, when Flor
ida shall stand forth to the world with
the most important ports of call for the
thousands of ocean vessels which will
have directed their course toward the
Panama canal and Florida. There are
more stnpendous undertakings in this
state than in any other section Of our
nation.
Florida has been known heretofore
as the ''rich mans playground. but
it has now become the poor mans
paradise"
We people of the north and east and
west do not know what life is until we
have spent some time in Florida.
The beauty of the sky and landscape,
the beauty of climate and health, the
righteousness of foliage and farms.
are nothing to be compared with the
great and limitless opportunities for the
man of ordinary means to establish
himself upon just few acres and make
those acres give him all there is in life
to own.
have seen ten acres of Florida land
produce at the rae of more than $500
per acre. The man who owned this
garden patch of ground came to FIori-
da to die, after he had sickened his
body bending over dirty desk for tif-
teen years in northern city; and,
mark you, this man knew nothing of
farming when he came. Today he is
rich beyond his widest dreams of youth.
He can go out any day of the year and
pick growing things for his table.
His wife and babies are simply bubbling
over in generous health, and this man is
every bit as much prince as though
ages of royal blood flowed through his
veins. have visited the many sue
cessful colonies whieh>have sprung up
over Florida. and | have seen there
more peace, pleasure and profit to the
square inch than has ever been my
ROOu lOTluIlt " OCIlOiu
Mind you, those northern men and
women who are filling up Florida, are
not few hundred in numbers. but they
can he seen by the thousands and scores
of thousands. You may talk withthem
from the windows of your Pullman as
you travel along, and the universal an
swer to your question is: 81 would
not 60 back home for anything in the
world"
Now, when the whole north is set
thing down to six months of ice, idle
ness, large coal and plumber bills, aud
the northern farmer is doing nothing
hut chop wood and mend fences, the.
Florida farmer is tlling his fields.
planting his third crops which he will
send to market in midwinter and sell
for prices that would set a northern
farmer by ears with envy. This ia the
beauty of Florida. You buy the land,
and pay your money for it according to
the number of acres you contract for.
The climate and sunshine, the ability to
walk around every day in your shi TT
things belong to the
lure. e. Roy Melcent.in Cosmopolitan.
Herman Kanderin will open his new
ewelry store in one of the seven rooms
If the recently erected Myers block.
next week. with full line of watches,
jewelry and silverware.
Mr.. Kanderln comes from Fort Pierce
" here he owns another store. but will
bring his family from there to Fort
Laudsrdale, Fort Lauderdale Herald.