The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-12
FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT
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| Ap ~tliIlln / ItIldt VI dita ibFthi
j Florida aase no. beri heard
Another e4 III " great signiilraner
has taken place. Airs Potter Palm
.r a bicaao woman who Is the pos +
SCISSOR OF great wealth. after visiting
California, southern France, ltal"
and other regions noted Tor equabl.
and enjoyable climates. selected the
west coast of Florida as the most de-
sirable location in the world Mrs
Palmer and her associates have ! A
come the owners of hundred thou
sand acres OF land fifty miles SOUTH
of Tampa. The Florida climate AMI
the products OF its soil We're the chief
factors in causing this investment,
the development of which has already
actively commenced.
To own hundred thousand acres
of land, much of it fronting on ar
inland bay, sheltering islands separ
atjng il from the Gulf of Mexico, a
sea Of such SURPRISING beauty, as de-
scribed by recent visitor, that no
pen or brush could give in words o.:
on canvas even a faint conception OF
it's charm, and to have back of this
possession the wealth needed for its
highest development. is responsible
ity that falls to but few persons on
earth Does any one imagine that
Mrs. Palmer is doing this in climate
that is uncomfortable for any portion
Of the year? Two thousand acres she
has selected on which to build her
own home And few miles from
her home her sons are building large
and attractive residences. where they
can spend such time as they can
spare from business engagements
They, OF course, will spend only par
CT the year there, chiefly the winter
but competent white persons must be
left in charge of the gardens and
Grange and grapefruit groves, as well
Is the houses and their furniture al
/ the year around. Farther south, neat
| the west coast, but in The interior
Thomas a Edison has a winter HON,
and 80 acres of citrus grove.
These are some OF the things thai
are going on in Florida II is tn
arena Of great enterprises. and there
are no climatic conditions that hay,
been or are a hindrance 10 its pro
Srrss. Indeed il is grow ng taste
than amy other state east Of the Mis-
souri, river, and the climate is moi
bar sinister II is Il help For, o.
he hottest summer day, Il cool brccz
i always blowing, and il is comfort
able in the shade. Such Il thing as
sunaroke. or prostratlon from heat
has never been known in any par
OF the State. The average annua
rainfall is about tfty-threc inches
twenty inches more than in Michiga,
fairly well distributed through tn
year. but heaviest in the summer
when the usual precipitation comes i
short and sharp showers, clearing OF
~ suddenly as they come, and lea,
ilga cerulean sky of the deepest blu,
and the sunshine making the pend
ant raindrops on twig or houg
sparkle like diamonds
II was in the spring, March =
l5l2. four hundred years ago, tha
Ponce dc Leon discovered Florida. o
; Palm Sunday Paseua Florida Il
called in Spanish and deliehte
with the green Nerdurc and iloWlA
glades. he gave To his supposed l.
hand the name of Florida The eros
was planted near 81 \ugustinc an
possession OF the land taken ia ia
ranle of the king of Spain For lW
months the discoyercr and his al
lowers remained on the roas'. cApior
lie interior to some extent
rnamurcd with its beauty. hut eplte
tcrins no complaints concprnir. Fl
climate. fh,, natives thy foGGd Il
be fierce and implaeabl"
No Indians on This ro'imrai Wvr
more vigorous and W.uliA. imt
while much of the land in F,ora'a +
poor. Yet the luXHrjant foliaGt ot r.
forests. ever aeern the Year }ouud
The game in It's wood, aud ..l fish i
its waters. together Witd the pleas
ant cquahility of lis climate. r5n
Gered easy the support ri liz fur
hardy but savage race Now er- ar
the waters moro pure and polls, /.
than in the lakes of its Interior hiel.
lands. and now. whether VI ;aH
it or not. whether ono mas Ike ,.;.
another dislike il. Florida = oH5a
IL. lis own. ana whether He.ts.ef e
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