La Junta tribune., 1913-03-22

just recently dug up the cross In
fine state Of preservation.
wosien cross would have dccayed
long ago but this Is made Of stone
and answers the purpose pretty well
! paid Is cents for the privilege oil
looking reyer.n.ly on the old rclie
and renewing my youth at the foui'
tain aud even blew In 10 cents more
for picture OF the cross and ei
that certainly go, 81 cents worth
Of good on, OF the Investment
wouldn't have missed seeing the
old lady for twice the amount 10
say nothing OF the other relics.
4 visit to st. Augustine viii repay
anyone who enjoys old historical
landmarks There are plenty OF
ihos. which have stood the test OF
time and are authentic enough.
found four old houses here, each one
Of which is the original first aud
oldest "old house" They are all IN
q
hundred years or ~ attached to any
one OF them made little difference"
The old Spanish fort had much In
tcrest for me. coming a. DID. direct
from Havana. AS it IA = counterpart
OF MORO Castle. bu, on much
smaller scale MI homer. say. 10
those cid Spaniards who planted the
cross in the new world aud plant
ed cannon 20 defend Il, It IS not
their fault that Spain. to-day. has no
tDothoIi on this continent
The section or Florida through
which passed Is having a boom
whicu has been boy progress several
Year.. Tn. Florida East Coast Rail
road 10 responsible for o. 90 large
extrut as the rad has been slowly
extending IT, line southwark. reach
ing Key West last year This rail
r1ad has done for the east coast Of
Florida shat the Santa =" did for
Kansas Ia the early seventies. Tn"
pioneer who located along the Santa
Fo during those years found the land
all ready Tor his ploW Down here
q pl1W u about th. last thiuE he
moods but instead hr should bring
a ditchiug machine and his rubber
boots and au Ak Then later he
WIN need some dynamite and CON.
merciaI fertilizer. Nine-trnths OF
the land requires the expenditure of
On. hundred dollars per acre besides
the purchase price TO Ect II ready
fOr IA" first crop
Nearly an tn" lard must b"
dr,iued bm there arr some eSccp-
rions found some of these ex-
ccpuons down n Miami rhis land
consists - coral rock With thick
growth II timber finding a fpothold
IA th. f,N Inches Of soil To pre-
pare this land Tor an orauE" grove
the timber T. cut aud 10" stumps
lrft standing Then a hole Is blast
ed in the rick for each tree The
coral rock Is porous and holds mois
ture Ike a sponge. making n pretty
good flower pot The soil la each
hole has "a be- made. a large proper
iipu Of fertilizer entering into tn
composition. the cost being about 81
or acre per year Tn" trees b.
Gin bearing after four or nv. year,
I by which time the land represents
an Investment OF over t20o pr acre
besides the original cost The real
estate man says that "theg YOU have
got something Mayb. 80. bu,
wouldn't take MS word for H.
/ Was k.cnly interested IN a bir
drainage canal watch REACHES the
sea al Miami. drainiug part of In.
Everglades This canal II on. hund
rcd miles In length having its source
/ IN Lake ok-r rcho bee and l. but one
OF the several built by the state
rh- land reclaimed Ia this way Is
taxed for tho cost something like our
irrigation district system Very 1T
tie land derives b"ncfl, from IN.
bis drainage canal until numerous
lateral ditche~ are built saw a
90 acre tract covered Niih small
dltracs like u checker board aud even
then " had too much water ai times
The slope Of the county 10 40 slishi
That In. water r.ccd.s very slowly
aud III. lani l. easily flooded again
during the rainy season. tn. coun.
Try 1. therefore slow IA developing
because of the drainage problem and
also brcans" th.r" ar" absolutely no
la'ural roads worthy of the name.
intil swamp ID drained any road
through It T. out e IN" question and
~a"s. there II no swamp III. sand
and ioos. coral rock max. a miglt,