The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-11
LOCAL MEN ENJOY
LIFE In FLORIDA
FROM poe SMITH
Who 10 Spending Winter Win Other
Local Persons Fishing N the
South-6uys Chicken Farm
Winter Garden. F7a-. Mar. ?.


Winter Garden. pa. Mar 2
Editor Intelligence.
Sir:-As had few moments TO
spare, thought ! would interest you
IN writing you and letting you know
how am getting along.
We have quite a few Wheeling PEG
pie here at Winter Garden. as IL r.
called IL Il rightly named. as Il ~
the greatest garden center In Florida
Winter Garden II situated on the
southeast side OF Lake Apopka. the
second largest lake In Florida The
lake IL twenty miles wide. and about
thirty-hve miles long. Winter Garden
n In Orange county. fourteen miles
from Orlando. due west Orange
county has just been bonded for 5000.
900 for the good roads system. and
the work has already been started IL
n Intended TO improve the road with
brick from Oakland. a little town
four miles due west OF Winter Gar
den. When the good road system Is
completed. there will be a complete
paved or cement road from Jackson
Vile. Florida, TO Tampa. and TO st.
petersburg. and the opening OF new
road from Canada 10 Palm Beach will
be great boom for Florida Florida
Is fast becoming the winter garden Of
America.
Just think. there are 40. 900. 900 PEG
- AOlA W NMFnAg uDlIh
from the mountain crests OF eternal
SHOWS. TO the regions OF perpetual
flowers. and the state is fast Milling
up with the middle class OF people. as
yell as the miIlionaires. People with
limited means are just coming 10 the
conclusion that they can 60 10 Florida
curing the winter months and can
live as cheap. II not cheaper. than
they can at home. People are build
ing small homes and making a garden
Tor their winter vegetables, as well
As raising few chickens for their
own use
just bought three acres OF land
and two story house and out build
ings. out of which / intend to make
a Inc chicken farm and garden. Eggs
and poultry are very high here. Fresh
Eggs sell most of the time for forty
10 forty-five cents per dozen. Dressed
chickens bring from thirty-three 10
young broilers brlns etom eighty
cents TO one dollaS eyy- pp,J Nd.
Lake Apopka e. ceo1ede 10 furnish
the best trout or bass fishing in the
world. Any person that knows how
TO hsh can catch plenty OF fine bass
mere any day In the year. Sportsmen
from all parts of the country are com
ing here TO fish There was a new
boathouse built here this winter. this
house being private. II Is eighty feet
AbuN lex VIDE. making
apartments thirty by sixteen feet.
The apartments are numbered from
one 10 FIVE. This house was built for
the following gentlemen: The Nc
Millin Brothers, who are the leading
merchants in the hardware business.
Allan A. Smith OF Wheeling w Va
and Mr.. W. II. WILDER, from Michigan.
u Is stated that there will be another
large boathouse built in the summer
OF 1914. and the new dock will be ex-
tended 300 feet out in the lake, which
VIII be great Improvement There
VIII be pavilion built that will cover
about twenty by thirty feet, at the end
OF the dock. which can be used bv
people TO serve lunches. and to keen
out OF bad weather This dock will
also be great boost for Winter Gar.
den. There will also be nut on the
lake n tirty-five foot launch which will
De used for carrying people on excur-
slons or fishing parties. There is also
some talk OF a new block and another
new bank. That would mean three
banks for the south Lake Ayopka
region. Forty residence lots have
been sold within the last few DAYS
Work on two miles of sidewalk is pro.
crossing rapidly. the new Shelby hotel
which opened three months ago will
nave TO increase its capacity so that
IL can take care OF the people that
are coming here. Something over n
hundred cars OF lettuce have been
shipped out of here so far this season.