The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-20
A GROWING
FLORIDA

Inc loIlO"In6 dilICIc w MT. DOO-
ley" was read by Mr.. E. A. Wright,
editor of The Florida Grower, at the
.iuburndale Booster Banquet last
Light, in response to the toast, "A
Growing Florida"
"All aroun' me-" said Mr.. Hennes-
sey, II can see CROWN Fl0riday.
Don't We think we have a crate fu-
ture?"
Il do. indade." responded Mr.. Doc
ley. They's no place fer progriss
lcike Floriday. manin' tibet they's
rlinty eff room fer ct to grow in. But
tn soil ez gud, tn climate foine, an
we're gittin' the roigt kind eff plant
ers fer to make ct grow.
I've travelled aroun' F!oriday
crate dale. an tn improvements J
seen in two years is sumthing won
derful. Et ust to be tibet whin re
wint into tn railroad station fer to
bIy a ticket, tn agint wud give We
nasty look an a growl becase We dis
turbed hees pinOchle game. Now tn
most eff them will sell We ticket eli
,e have tn money. They's other i'm
pIovemints made be tn railroad COM
l.anies but none tibet appreciate
moor.
Sum eff the towns has advanced
in two years SO tibet 20 w0uldn',
know thin. They're formin' pr0tic
tive associations an ladies first aid
societies fer beautifyin' tn home
town. Tn ladies are appealin' to
tn owners eff tn pigs fer to put pink
ribbons on thin SO tibet they will add
4 touch eff color an beauty to tn
city strates. Sum eff thin has ad-
lanced so fer as to ask fer a Law
Eapin tn cattle off the strates afther
roine o'clock at noi9ht. Other of tn,
ladin' citizens are sayin' it's all non
sense fer to ring curfcw fer the COWS
in tn rackin' er citrus frute or
anecs, Floriday have advanced moor
IN two years thin Californay did IL
tUinty-fOivc We has sum en- t..
ioincst packin' houses in tn wurruld.
IN some ef tn wurst; but tn wurst
now cz not as bad as tn wurst was
wanst, an thin tibet was tn best ez
not evin second class now. The Flor
iiay citrus industry ez now on firm
or basis thin avir before in its his
tory, an we can invite payple fer to
come doom here an grow citrus frutc
ORANGES wild confidence we are no.
handin' thin gold brick.
"Florday cz CROWN be leaps an
bounds. bat they's no bounds to what
{, Will crow. Floriday ez an old
stntc hut lis hcin' horn . IN an Is
an of tn youngest. 1T have Gerry
t2ing to offer thin tnet wants to
live in country whore tn climate
q mild, an where they kin make 4
Twin amid pleasant surroundin's,
harrin tn boss.
"Gud roads ez sumthing Floridav
reeds. Sum counties ez very liberal
wild their money fer gud roads. 9th
crs ez not. Sum Of tn min tibet says
they is fer gud roads, ez loike tn
boy tibet wint fer sum salts. Gimme
ioive tints' worth of salts, says he to
tn drug store man. but don't gimme
much says he, ease | has to take
thin mesilf,' says he. Give us gud
roads, says they. but not minny,
Gaze we has to pay fer thim,' they
. rot realizin' what sud roads means
fer thin. Gud roads fer Floriday
means Increased land values an
moor payple buyin' tn lan's. Thcy's
nothin' SO discouragin to tn new
conner wild money in hees pocket thin
a bad road to tn property bees look
in at.
"They's gud lan's an bad lan's in
Floriday. an as rule tn poor lan's
ez tn vans thet's bein' pushed tn
hardest be tn advertiser in tn biz
magazines. A thousan' dollars an
acre es no money at all fer to make
on Thin lan's. IT'S loike scoopin' IN
sold In tn strates wild horse shovel.
think tibet It would BE- a md
IthinU ~ ..- - a.