The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-22
PARTY OF WRITER'S 60 ID EVERGLADES Special Car Spent Several Hours Here Yesterday  GOVERNORS GUESTS Number of Men in Party Hope to Stop Longer in Birmingham on
 Their Way Back to the
 Northwest
GOVERNORS GUESTS

The everglades, land or mystery upiu home of the Seminole, will this week be officially opened to homeseekers of the world
 Through the completion of canal from Fort Myers to Fort Lauderdale, which makes the southern portion of tue state an island, this largest reclamation project in the world, embracing an area of ap- proximately 4QO0,OO0 acres. has been made a possibility.
 In celebration of the canals completion, Albert W. Gilchrist, governor of the state, and members of the internal improvement board, have arranged an entertainment for newspaper men and magazine writers of northern and middle western states.
 This publicity party. in private coach attached 10 the Seminole Limited of the Illinois Central rairoad sojourned in Bir- ningham yesterday long enough for the northern men to catch a brief glimpse of the city. After short walk about the business district many of the writers de- cared their intention of stopping off for longer visit if such is possible on the return trip ten days hence Following an entertainment in Jack sonville, Fla, today, where the party will be augmented by the arrival of p other writers from various eastern cities, the visitors will proceed to Fort Myers, the western or gulf terminal of the canal, and there begin personal inspection of the everglades Boats have been chartered for their use and Governor Gichrist and other Florida authorities will personally conduct the trip through the new canal from the gulf to the Atlantic Monday night win be spent at Fort Myers AS will Tuesday and Tuesday night, ihe delegation will rest at Citrus Center. On Wednesday the hotel on the south shore of Lake okeechobee. the great inland sea, the lowering of which is depended upon to draln the ever glades, will be the stopping point and on Thursday tho trip through the canal win have been comrleted-Fort Lauder dale. the eastern terminal, will have been reached.
 Among the interesting places the Flori- da "boosters" are going to show to the northern investigators Is Zona the first town built in the everglades. This will be vlsited during a second boat trip from Fort I.auderdale. Automobile excursions over the newly constructed roads of the everglades ard traversing the famous Miami boulevard. will follow and the Earty will reach Miami at noon Friday, where they will be welcomed by the mayo, and city officials. banquet and reception will close the day. NewspAper and magazine stories of the facts about the everglades are to be pub lished in more than three dozen papers at the end of the trip. The excursion. visitors are to be taken to Key West over Floridas latest engineering marvel the "seagoing" railroad. The party is under the direction of William l.. Larkin of Chicago.
 Among the publications represented on the Seminole Limited and the men who stopped in Birmingham yesterday are the following:
 Associated Press-Representative of Chi cago office.
 United Press-Representative of Chicago office.
 International News Service Chicago Ex- aniner and Chicago Ameriean-Maj M. F. Dixon.
 Western Newspaper rnion--John Gair- ing, editorial department.
 Chicago -Occan.-W. E. Murphy, staff.
 Chicago Record-Herald-R. D. Strong, staff.
 Des Moines Capital--Bert Mills. city ed- itor.
 Grand Rapids News--Willlam J. Etten, managing editor Columbus Despatch, Davenport Demo- crat and Leader--C. L. Felton, special representative. Minneapolis Journal-George H. Adams city editor.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer-carl E. Moore staff.
 Sioux City Tribune--B. II. Yarwood, spc- cial representative. | Topeka Capital-T. A. MaeNeal, manag- Ing editor. | Cincinnati Times Star-C. F. Trick, | special representative. | Chicago Magazine, Reclamation, Chiea- go Telegram-C. r. Trick, associate edi- | tor.
 Canada Monthly Magazine--Fred D. | Grant, staff. Opportunity Magazine-R. E. Vanguard, editor.
 D. Allen Wiley. Baltimore. writer. | w. L. Larkin, escort of party for Gov crnor Gilchrist.