Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-01-28
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
About Florida

Mr.. Editor-Will you give me space
in your valuable paper for few lines
1 find it impossible to answer all
persons separately by letter, VINO
have written me about Florida-her
climate, crops and price Of land. AS
your paper will go into the homes OF
many who have written me, it will
be a source of helpfulness to me.
First, Florida is all it is represent
ed to be, and wherever L have visited,
the reports of the different companies
who have land for sale are correctly
and in no instance did / find the re-
port exaggerated, but in many in
stances better than reported. L am
willing and anxious to give my
friends the benefit of my research,
what / saw and know about Florida.
1t is land where flowers bloom the
year round; sowing, planting and
reaping every month of the year.
Climate delightful, soil fertile, no
such thing as drouth or winter Peo-
pie raise from three to four crops per
year from one acre, each crop bring
ing from $50 to s., 500. When land
is set to citrus fruit, a small return
in three years and in four years the
trees will give returns more than
sufficient to pay expenses up to date
and each year after an increase in
fruit and returns; the land becomes
worth from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
The sandy soil and upland grows
citrus fruit to perfection, while the
muck and low lands are especially
adapted to truck raising, all such
vegetables as raised in the north, be-
sides pine apples, bananas and all
tropical fruits. confess [ was skep-
tical about the big reports before I
visited Florida, but must say on close
Investigation, it is absolutely true.
The turpentine lease and other things
which have been in the way of this
country being settled, ARE now removed
and all good land is being taken very
fast; it is surprising the number of
people who are settling in this part
of the south and buying this land.
1t will be only few years until the
northerner's energy will have abso-
lutely changed conditions in Florida
1t is surprising how fast the company
land is being sold, in 5, 10, Is and 20
acre tracts, even larger amounts. All
classes are buying this land, preachers,
doctors, lawyers, bankers, merchants,
school teachers, farmers: those on
small salary making small payments,
to them a savings bank and the best
kind of investment. One cannot lose
by buying land in this country from
the companies who have investigated
and have recommended it, / would
urge those who desire to buy land in
Florida in snall.or large tracts, to
buy Immediately.
The Davenport colony sells their
land at $50 per acre; it is divided into
5-acre tracts, one dollar per acre
down, one dollar per acre each month
until paid for. No interest or taxes
to pay while paying for land, title to
land absolutely perfect. If, for any
good reason, there should be a time
when any cannot meet their monthly
payments, the company will gladly
extend the time; when any desire to
pay all down for their land, a dis
count of 10 per cent is allowed.
Davenport colony is about two
hundred miles south of Jacksonville.
in the middle of the state, east and
west, and fifty miles northeast of
Tampa. Elevation of two hundred
and twenty-eight feet above the sea.
and always during the day a delight