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The National tribune., 1911-01-05
From ., Native of Florida.

The National Tribune: I am q ma
tive Of this 6tfte. and have been in st.
Cloud since March Is last. find II
just az healthy as any other place in
tho State, and our State is one Of the
most heatthfu1 in the Union. The land
where. and ell that 10 needed is for tho
people to gets out and clear 1t, and
they can raises Just rs good crops here
as anywhere. sThe Seminole Land and
Investment Co. has built a 60-room
brick hotel, q large two-story brick
building withe offices upstairs and q
bank on the ground floor. q brick build
ing for a post office an electric light
and water works which will be in oper-
alton in a short time. an ice plant that
Is furnishing ice for five other towns
near here that are from five to 20 years
| older than this place. Why IS 1t that
st. Cloud is SO prosperous and growing
30 fast? 1t is because the Seminole
Land and Investment Co. has done SO
much for the town. / expect there are
thousand land companies in the State
to-day, and every one Is trying to sell
their land and build a colony; but why
don't they succeed as well as the Semi
mole Land and Investment Co.? 1t Is
because they are trying to sell their
land and get all the money without
giving the people anything in return.
While the company here has sold their
land, they have also put a great deal
of their money back in the town. There
never was another town in this State
to grow as the colony of ST. Cloud has
grown. The people that are knocking
St Cloud are doing 1t for the benefit of
some other land company. Don't be-
lieve what other people tell you, but
come to st. Cloud and see for your
selves, and you will find that it is just
as good as the Seminole Land and In
Ae,Nt ~ I'D I~.tA
Yours truly-O. /. Chic, St Cloud,
Fla, Oct. 2, 1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Climate Worth 800 an Acre.

The National Tribune: ] came here
II months ago from Orting. Wash MY
whole object was to get in miider
climate. 1 paid 500 for the climate
and 500 more to find it, and now
am so pleased with it that would not
take 81 900 and go back where came
from. This is the place God has maze
esnecially for the old soldiers and their
wives and families. This is level
country. We don't have to climb over
hills and dales; we don't have to tramp
in the mud after rains or any other
time. This is the country where the
roads get better after the rain. me
climate is so mild that all get benent-
The nights are just ideal. l slept with
open doors all Summer, and had TWO
blankets for covering. This town is
about one year old, has population
of over 1000, is two miles from east TO
west. one mile from south to north. we
have no town officers, no Jail, no Mar
shall; we are not old enough nor mean
enough TO need any such things. we
have the best people here, selected from
every State in the Union. The soil is
good We can raise anything adapted
to this climate. The Seminole Land
and Investment Co. is making lots OF
Improvement in our town. We have
some enemies in the other colonies, and
they tell most anything against st.
Cloud. but l don't think they hurt US
any, as we go right on building up.
Yours truly-Philipp Mohr, Co. G, 7th
n. Y, St. Cloud, Fla, Oct. 2, 1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
A Minncsotan Speaks for st. Cloud.

The st. Cloud Tribune: Please find in
closed draft of 81 as renewal of my
subscription. / am well pleased with
the improvements of your paper, and II
is welcome visitor at my home. Please
send me four extra copies of the ami
versary number. They will be just the
thing to hand to some of my friends
who want to know all about st. Cloud
l will pay for them at once IL you will
advise me of the price. 1 own four
tracts and four lots, and built a small
house ON Delaware avenue last Winter
and If living will be with you friends
by January. 1911. We enjoyed living
in St Cloud last Winter, and found the
people generous and neighborly. IT'S
a pleasure to live in such community,
and the climate is, / think, as near
perfect as can be found in the United
States. / am doing all | can to adver-
tise st. Cloud, and three of our regi-
ment viii be there in October with the
intention to invest and four more will
come later. One more has invested in
Washington County colony. This seems
pretty good for my share in boosting
st. Cloud, but it only confirms what /
told Comrade Earager last Spring =
that ! would certainly come back next
Winter and bring at least four more
settlers. II all comrades do as much,
we will certainly have population of
5000 or more by February. 1911. I
also must confirm my satisfaction that
the Seminole Land and Investment Co.
has done just exactly what they prom
Used 70 do, and ! for one have no COM
plant to make. Let those kickers go;
we have no room for them at st. Cloud
This colony is here to stay, and will be
n mode! for any other similar under
taking in Florida. / am surprised at
what improvements have been made
during my absence And what will
there be by next Spring? 1t will GER
tainly be surprise all around, even to
the kickers. Wishing you success and
hoping in due time to be with you,
am, In f., l.. and C.---Emil Graft, Co.
B. LIST Mimi. Lismore, Mimi, Sept. %,
1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05

here who have not yet been here to
inspect their holdings, stating that the
property in question was poor and of
little value, endeavoring to discourage
the holders from coming here, not fall
ing, however, to make them a low
offer for their holdings. We have the
names of several of the parties guilty
of perpetrating this dastardly outrage,
and if we learn of any further cases we
shall openly publish the names of all
who have been in any way connected
with this fraud"
Like horse trading, real estate deal
ing seems to bring out the worst quail
ties in some men. Part of the trouble
at st. Cloud was deliberately created by
men who watched new arrivals and
took opportunity to discourage them
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Going to Have the Best Inland Town in
Florida.

The National Tribune: I wish to say
that for myself l have no cause to re-
greet coming to st. Cloud. The climate
is ideal, and after residence of over
a year I have seen no reason to doubt
the fruitfulness of the soil. Most OF us
have been too busy building homes to
have done much farming, and yet there
are many good gardens growing in the
town and fruit trees are making Won
derful growth. A peach tree in the
yard planted in March in freshly brok-
en- ground has grown branches six feet
in length, stout and healthy. Others
have made corresponding growth.
Rome was not built in day. nor will
St Cloud be; but we are going to have
the best inland town in Florida in a
few years If present signs are true.
Yours for st. Cloud and John Noel
roy-S. B. Norris, st. Cloud. Fla, Oct.
l. 1910
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
What He Is At

DR.. John T. Booth. Cincinnati. O., ID
not rusting in idleness by any means.
He is writing an account of Sherfdan's
occupation of the Shenandoah Valley.
and is getting out Booth genealogy, Of
which he has 1.200 pages already COM
pleted After this is done he will conn
plete and publish Footprints of the
36th Ohio in the War of the Rebellion
and close his lifework with Important
Army Events Heretofore Unpublished.S
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Short and to the Point.

The National Tribune: I bought four
shares of first colony stock offered and
afterwards bought four more, making
in all an investment of $500, which has
doubled in value. L have put on $1,000
in improvements. / have been treated
fairly in every respect by the colony
company. I consider this one of the
most healthful places l have ever lived
in, and the climate is as fine as can be
desired. Yours truly-Geo. b. Lyon,
Co. d, 104th N. Y, st. Cloud, Fla,
Oct /, 1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Girls Marrying Veterans.

Isaac NJ. Lock. Sergeant, 18th w. Va,
Thornton, w. Va, wants the law re-
garding widows to stay as it is. He Ia
now &c years old, has some property,
and looks young for his age; but he
feels that any young girl who would
marry him would do it for some other
reason than affection.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Contraaicts False Reports.

The National Tribune: At the q. A.
r. Encampment at Atlantic City we
heard some unpleasant things about
our beloved little city, and We wish to
say to you that these reports are false.
We have been here almost one year
and have seen the steady growth of St
Cloud, and know our people are con-
tented with conditions. It Is true there
are kickers here, as in every place, and
such people would not be happy in
Paradise. AS to the report Of st. Cloud
being under water, 1t is not true, and
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
4 Lonely Veteran.

James McGovern lives at Haynes,
Ariz. He is now 10 years old and can
not work any more. Everyone has left
the place but section boss and few
MeXicans who work under him. The
boss has the postoffice. When Arizona
becomes a State he wants someone to
send him Flag that has the two States
on it
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
HISTORIC Home Burned.

Tt will be remembered that the faith
er of former President Grover Cleve-
land was n pastor of a Presbyterian
Church in Portsmouth, Va. The other
day the little old house in Portsmouth
which was the home of the elder Cleve-
land while preaching there was burned
to the ground
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Satisfied With st. Cloud.

The National Tribune: We have been
here almost year, and are well salts
fed with you and the company, and are
well pleased with the town generally
If anyone has doubts about st. Cloud
all they need to do is to come and see
Yours in F., c. and L.-Lemuel Griffin
and Clara A Griffin, ST. Cloud, Fla,
Oct. l. 1910
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Would Not Leave st. CioId for AM
Reasonable Consideration.

The National Tribune: / have been
living here since Jan. 10, and as yet
have no<cause to regret coming. / am
not disappointed or dissatisfied and
would not for any reasonable consider
alton change my residence. / came
here solely owing TO my confidence in
what you said thru the columns of The
National Tribune, and believe that
every statement of yours will bear the
test of closest criticism. and trust your
action In every case will be thoroly vim
dicated. Yours truly-W. w. Fergu-
son, st. Cloud, Fla, Sept 80, 1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
ST. CLOUD, A THRIVING CITY.
Comrades Who Live There and Others Write of the Advantages
and Prospects of the Soldiers Colony.
"a DastardIy Practice"

The following is displayed at the head
of the St. Cloud Tribune editorial COL
umn:
I'VE regret to be obliged to call at
tention to the fact, which we have
known for some time, that certain par
ties in st. Cloud and vicinity have been
guilty of writing to owners Of property
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
"St. Cloud Delightful Corner of tho
World


The National Tribune: st. Cloud is
not heaven-yOu do not have to die to
get here-but il is a delightful corner
of the world, with blue skies and blue
lakes and no snow or ice to cover with
cold mantle the earth that is always
green. Summer and Winter are alike
pleasant, and during the rainy season
the strong, cool tradewinds come rae
ing from the ocean, pursued by fiurries
of cloud and rain, like children running
before a storm for the shelter of the
school room. ! cannot account for the
discouraging reports in some parts of
the country about St Cloud only in this
way: The dissatisfied ones go back and
spread their erroneous and injurious
Impressions wherever they travel, while
the satisfied ones remain here and have
no chance TO counteract them.
Florida is the healthicst State in the
Union and the Kissimmee Valley is the
healthiest part of Florida. This ac-
counts for the healthfulness of st.
Cloud. which is remarkable when we
consider the number of invalids and
old people who have come here in
search of health and are finding it.
There is not case of restitution in
st. Cloud that / know of, and if there
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Fiorafn Cuiumhcrs.

lFrom the New York Grocer)
Florida cucunbers range from $3.50
to 81 per crate. The quality Is fair and
the demand moderate. Hothousc cues
average 81 for No. rs and as high as So
for fancy.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05

In spite Of its detractors, st. Cloud u
going ahead. prosperous and happy.
New houses are going up every day
and people arriving on every train to
flll them.-N e. Ide, Co. A, 1ssth Pa,
81. Cloud. Fla, Oct. 1, 1910.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Conc to Florida.

C. C. Barger. 1Ssth Ohio, and wife
left Fallon, New, for Pensacola, Fla,
Dec. 20. and desire their friends to
know where they are.
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Co. f. 18th u. S. Cav.

w. B. Cherington, Wellston, Ohio.
wants the address of any of the men
who served in Co. F, 4th U. S. Cav, in
the year 1875. This will be greatly ap-
preciated by his Post and aid a worthy
comrade with much-needed informa-
ton
The National tribune., 1911-01-05
Some of the Best People on Earth at
-.-s-.s ST. Cloud.

The National Tribune: We have a
beautiful town for so short a time, and
it has some of the finest people one can
find on the face of the globe. The cli-
mate here is delightful. We have been
here since June, and are very well sat-
isfied, having many good friends here.
We have good schools and churches
and many conveniences. 1t is not a
remote, lonely place, as some have rep
resented. IT is not a swamp; the land
Is sandy, tut adapted to fruit and vege-
table growing. Everyone who can
should come to st. Cloud and see for
themselves. Yours truly-Mrs. Eta B.
Eaton, st. Cloud, Fla, Oct. 1, 1910.
Health Improved by Living i'm st. Cloud,
The National Tribune: l came to st.
Cloud last November, where l had in
The National tribune., 1911-01-05

those who report such things should
investigate before making false state
ments. There seems to be something
perverted in some human natures to
paint things black when they gain
nothing by it.-C. A Cook, Past De-
partment Commander, Department Of
Alabama, G. A. r., st. Cloud, Fla, Oct
l. 1910.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21

He does not seek the pleasing qualities the tobacco
itself, unadulterated unoiled unscented he is salts
fled with added scent which is due to tobacco
at all. TO him tobacco merely serves the role of
smouldering vehicle his choice of brand being based
upon a scent which is foreign and artificial
"Depraved taste may be traced we think. TO the
action in the trade in the first instance and to the
meek and weak attitude of its patrons The matter
is one OF some Importance because consideration
of it naturally suggests the possibility of foreign
terias in tobacco which may give additional risks
the smoking habit The word adulteration may be
objected TO. but it is difficult avoid its view
Of the fact That large quantities of foreign scents
besides oils. glycerine. formaldehyde other pre-
servatives added TO tobacco. Our view is that it
would be better If the tobacco manufacturer kept
account with the drysalter and chemist"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21

He asked to his meals. and he said he had
into the diner, but that they wanted to charge
him dollar for dinner, and he waited until he
got to Memphis, and there got some apples popcorn
and bread, and that enough until he reached
Washington. Another boy went to Pittsburg and in
the restaurant at the depot asked to pay
for cup of coffee. He Mortified. and that is
the last coffee he drank during the trip.
Joe Stone of Georgia, who is only twelve years OF
age had to pay onethrd of his crop to the landlord
of whom his father rented the farm. He raised 1o2
bushels at a cost of 20 cents.
Another boy named Henry, who came from Louis
lana, raised almost 14O bushels at of 10 cents.
and he sold his at SO bushe for seed That boy
has put in five this year. expects to get
500 bushels of corn from them He is going to the
high school, and the thousand dollars he thinks this
years will net him is to be used pay his
college education.
Bashful Ira and President TAFT
Speaking of the making men of the boys" contin-
ued the secretary. II think of nothing edu
cational This work develops their self-reliance and
encourages them to think and act for themselves.
Take another of the prize winners, little ira Smith
of Arkansas He was SO bashful when the demonstra-
tor of the Agricultural department visited his father
that he would not speak to him. He could be per-
suaded to talk and out of the house Nevertheless
the boy, after raising 119 bushels on his acre at
cost of cents bushel, talked with President Taft
here at Washington and not afraid When the
boys called at the White house the president tackled
Ira Smith first saying:
Now tell me the truth, my boy, didn't you pick
out the best your fathers place that carn?
No. replied little Ira My acre was Just like the
rest
And do you expect to try it again. said the presi-
dent.
Yes do. / have already selected my acre and
hope to raise next year than raised this
but It is the effect that the work has on the
boys alone that should be considered said the secre
tary Every OF the thousands of boys who are
working that way represents family and its neigh
bors. and in this movement educating whole
communities and whole states. We revolutioniz-
ing the work of the farmer of the south and the
changes going will make that section one of
the richest and most stable parts OF the country The
south is just at the edge OF its beginning and
growth in wealth from will be surprising 70 all
the other parts OF the union"
FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21
Farming With Goats.

"In another instance" continued the secretary ian
Arkansas farmer would not give his boy horse 10
cultivate his acre. The boy paid to have the land
plowed and after that he did all his cultivatng with
common, everyday goat. Notwithstanding that he
raised fifty bushels of corn. Another boy had not
even a goat and he harnessed the calves and made
seventy-five bushels of to the The depart
ment is full of such stories"
THAT is the kind of work that makes men, Mr.. Sec
retary." said /.
THAT is what l told the boys who won the prize
trips to Washington The corn clubs OF the south
are making men, and the boys who belong TO them will
be among the best of the future. When boy
learns how manage and to count every cent
that in and all that comes out well to make
II produce, those boys doing he comes mighty
to learning how to manage farm. He learns
how to work and how to save. Take the boys who
down to Washington. Every one OF them ap-
preciated the value of the cent and the dime. One
given $3.50 pay his expenses the capital
and back and he to have all that left He
came from beyond the Mississippi river. When he
reached here he looked rather tired. One of
asked him what kind of trip he had and whether he
had slept well the He replied: not very
WELL And upon further questioning said that he had
sat up all the way. Said he A sleeping would
have cost me So and that is lot Of money TO me.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21

THIS boy A9 refused lis lep cUN75En AES4dcTe
Gr7dz mad so Bushels

you In glass and feed you there, telling you
just how much of each bite goes to make muscle and
how much is pure waste
i have recently tested the matter of cheese 1
have always had the idea green cheese not good
for the stomach and that old and sharp cheese is
better We fed man upon the different kinds and
tested it, and know which is right"
Fightingthe Bugs
Are you interested in bugs? We have depart
ment devoted to them which is studying all sorts of
insects for the good the people With other things
1T is working the gypsy moth and the browntail
moth, which ravaging the trees large part
OF New England. These moths brought in from
abroad by scientist for the purpose of study He
allowed a pair or to get loose, the result is
they have multiplied by millions and are destroying
trees over an area of 10000 square miles We heard
that there parasites which would exterminate
this pest, and DR.. L. o. Howard chief of the bu-
reau OF entomology, has been sent to Europe three
times to find them. One of his trips was to the
Crimea, and 1t was there he discovered the moths
greatest enemy. We have imported IT, Congress has
given us an appropriation to wipe out that pest
Another interesting investigation" continued Sec
rotary Wilson, relates to the fever tick which has
ruined the cattle in of the to the extent of
something like forty million dollars year. We looked
everywhere to get something fight it, but failed At
last discovered that the tick bred the ground
and that the fastened themselves the plants
and crawling them able get on such cattle
as fed In the pastures. We found that they had to
reach the cattle very or they died. With this
knowledge got the farmers to divide their fields in
the middle and put the stock side. In a short
time the ticks which had crawled up the grass died
of starvation. We had all the cattle dipped in
bath which destroyed the ticks them, and moved
them across to the other side of the field Within
few days all the ticks in the pasture had
died the same and that land clear BY these
means we have already driven this pest out of be-
tween ninety and hundred million acres of pasture
lands The total is about 145 900 square miles
1t is equal to three and one-half the size of
Ohio"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21

and besides, he about they make
them His boy had asked for the of an acre, and
the father refused, telling him he would not have
anything to do with such foolishness. The boy per-
sisted however, and the father finally pointed to
rough hillside with brush and spotted with
stumps and stones, and told him if he would grub
that acre and move off the stones he could have it.
The boy went to work. and finally cleared 1t. Then
the old said: That acre is too good for to
lose. I think will plant it myself The boy cried
and the father finally said: Well, If you will clear
another beside that won't take it from you, and
you may plant it and do what ybu please There
upon the boy again went to work and cleared the
ond He planted it to after directions.
and result he made Lightweight bushels, At
the time his father planted and cultivated the
adjoining, using the old way. He made Just
eighteen Since then the old man has been converted
to way of farming He goes with his boy to the
agricultural fairs and tells about the lightweight
bushels of they raised acre, saying: That
is what me and my boy done.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-21
Teaching the Boys to Farm.

Tell me something about the work you are doing
for the farmers boys. Mr.. Secretary" 1 said
That is big story" replied Mr.. Wilson. with
the assistance Of the states establishing schools
for the teaching of farming and improved agriculture
is being taught in the public schools. We are also
doing great deal of practical work with the boys on
the farms"
You may have heard something Of the boy corn