The Greeley tribune., 1912-05-02
Sauborn Writes Of Florida
Citrus Center, Fla.
Anril 21 1872.

April 21, 1912.
Dear Tribune:
| left here tn. last Of March, 60
ing to Fort Meyers, and on April l
took boat to Key West, nice city
of perhaps $4,000 people. largely
Cubans. engaged in cigar manufact-
uring. Sponge fishing is an indus
try there. street railway. paved
streets, with push and vim shown
eevrywhere.
Fort Landerdale. scattered over a
lot OF ground, is pushing along fast,
their deep harbor and two canals
from the glades will help make q
city.
Palm Beach, the winter home of
Flagler. and his Peoncianta hotel.
with their surroundings. this closed.
are quite a sight. for a country
jake. to gaze upon. West Palm
Beach, on west short OF Lake
Worth, is fine city with the finest
streets l ever saw Except Miamt)
and is going ahead with big bounds
Was full OF people from all over the
United States ana Canade. for the
Everglades drawing. which went
off very smoth and satisfactory to
Everyone. the company giving all
contract holders free transportation
through the canal from Landerdale
to Lake Okechobee, to the head Of
Miami canal. with free hotel and
boat rides into the canal and across
the lake to east shore and then
back to Landerdale, or through to
Fort Meyers, In the glades south of
Okerchobee. Most Of the first 20
unalea n froe from water. nothing
- Nf hA to nd Il
being worked, raising truck. At the
experimental farm they are raising
about everything that can be grown
in = temperate or tropical climate.
Here l saw as good alfalfa as ! ever
saw In Colorado. also Para grass.
(Cuba) Rhodes grass, (Africa) Ar
ra bisn wheat. oats, barley. buck
wheat, rye, one year sugar cane IL
to Is feet high. corn, broom corn.
cisel hemp, fax, grated ounce.
celery two feet high. all kinds OF
citrus fruit trees, also peach. apple
and fig trees. Every vegetable you
can imagine. Bermuda onions as
large as saucers. grapes seven feet
high, one year old Niagaries and
Agawans, and all grown without
one spoonful Of fertilizer. One can
hardly believe their own eyes after
having seen all this.
After this sightseeing took boat
across Lake Okechobee and down
the Kaloosahatchee river to Citrus
Center. 1t seems good to get back
right on this prairie on the banks of
this crooked river near Lake Hic-
prooche and Okuchobee is the cream
of all r'lorida's delightful climate.
It's Q dream Of perfection, where
every day Is better than yesterday.
The soil here is as good as any,
gray sand or muck. There is much
sameness to the soil all over the
state. white or gray sand or muck
Mrs. c. r. Miller in Leslie's
Weekly has fine article on the
Everglades, only can't imagine
where her view comes from Of fer
tilizer in the glades. as the soil II a
fertilizer itself. with more lime,
potash and iron than the best farm
ing states anywhere. Lord Ogilvy.
in Denver Post, falls into the same
error. also insult draw on his imagi-
nation quite largely for some Of is
conclusions as to settling OF soupy
glades and the caving OF banks OF
canals. etc. which are almost
equally as god as . pipe line. the
wash Of the waves against the
banks has no precipitable effect.
This il proven in the canal from
Lake HicpoOche to Okeechobee I
hope Ogilay will ~ --'.- the press
association that is to b here Tues
day and go on through the glades.
I SEQ Teddy went up in the air,
and come down with an awful thud.
JOHN w. SANBORN.