The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-24
CHICAGO MAN GREATLY
IMPRESSED WITH
LAKELAND
INVESTS HEAVILY IN PROPERTY
IN THIS SECTION WHICH HE
PRONOUNCES UNEXCELLED.

Careful Investigation on the field
has convinced me that my previous
opinion Of Florida this highland
lake port ion of Florida is an excel
lent location for home and invest
ment was well founded" says DR.. r..
5. Darling. OF Chicago. who has been
examining lands and studying the
local situation for the past two weeks
and who returns to his norhc
home after having made purchases
o! various pieces OF property on ami
near Lake Parker
tonllirting opinions. largely
founded on lack OF information or on
Intimcly exploitation of some pOr-
tons OF the state. have raised some
GaGhl IN the minds of northern invcS-
tors rs to the present and future of
Florida, says y. Darling.
There are thousands who have
thcir minds made up To come here IL
soil climatic. Industrial and social
Ecnt, and il was as Il representative
ol IA few of my friends that ! made
this trip Of Investigation What
have found here has convinced me
that Lakeland will be one of the biz
business cities e Florida and that
this lakc-dottcd ridge will BE- exceed
popular with winter residents
ard tourists rs we'll.
The go>ernmcm figures show that
your city has doubled in population
every five years for the past fifteen,
and | believe that strategic position
and natural qualifications will givo
You Il city of fifteen thousand in the
early future.
considerable experience in Chi
c2!;o and Minneapolis has shown N"
, hat the presence oi lakes is Of in
rs'lnablc value in popularizing and
lrNeloping any city. and | feel sure
hat this has been and will CONTINUES
10 be- your experience here. You
nav" already placed the shore lines
), the smaller lakes closer 10 he cen
Ter of Lakeland in the 81 l,0oD-pcr-
acre ,lass The next big movement
will be. in my opinion, toward Lake
Parker. because this lake. with its
twelve miles of shore line, offers
greater inducements; in the way of
motor boating, sailing, fishing, etc.
From the standpoint of residents
and tourists your lakes are your
greatest asset and il is these lakes
which make the first and most last
ing impression on the new arrival.
II is this impression which has
caused me to invest in some 1000
feet of Lake Parker shore line
''Fhc railroads are certainly doing
their share To ;tttract attention to
the exceptional advantages possessed
by this highland lake region. just az
they have done for many another
section of this country.
Where think you are particu-
larly strong is that you have imme-
diatcly available for settlement az
large a proportion of good lands as
any other section of the country. This
statement is based on careful person
al examination of the rapidly devel-
Dping valleys of Washington, Oregon,
Southern Idaho and California. and
the Pecos valley and the Gulf coast
country of Texas. A little later on
YOU will have available for settle
ment a great deal of excellent gen.
efdI Id UlHB anu tiuthih6 i"hu'
when plans for drainage now in prep
aration are carried out.
MY friends and | expect TO be
numbered among your permanent
residents in the early future and Wa
mean to do our humble best in the
Of this region. came
down here susceptible to conviction
but not over sanguine. have exam
ined all kinds OF soils at various
depths: have interviewed the local
residents and the new settlers and
studied the local situation from many
different angles.
The result has been that my
friends and have purchased from
the Florida Lakeland Homes Com
nany a considerable holding of Lake
Parker frontage and grove land north
of ,here and expect to add to this in
The near future.
Dr. Darling returns TO Chicago to-