The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-15

plication to purchase a farm, all un-
der certain alleged fake and fraudu-
lent representations concerning the
title, value of the property, drainage,
location and survey of the farms and
Improvements made.
What was Represented
Among the alleged representations
were:
That the lands were not swampy.
That the largest ocean going steam
ships between Jacksonville and New
York City could load at Palatka
That family could raise enough
on one farm of ten acres during the
first year to support family and
save money.
That every month of the year was a
growing month.
That the farms were surrounded by
bearing orange and citrus fruit
groves.
That the land was high and we'll
drained and on the whole like lands
in Kansas, Iowa and Illinois.
That artesian wells were scattered
over the lands and could be obtained
by going down 100 feet.
That the land was divided into
$50 acre tracts.
That roads were being built around
each 160-acre tract and that each 10
acre tract would face on a road
That bitches were being dug so that
each farm would be drained.
That a positive guarantee was CIV
en- that before the actual delivery of
the deed the purchaser could inspect
the property and if dissatisfied have
the money refunded with per cent
interest.
That many miles of fences were be-
ing built, hundreds Of houses erect
ed and schoo1houses also, the school
houses being more than comfortably
filled and more schoolhouses to be
built to accommodate the rapid
growth of the colonists in the settle
ment.
+. That comfortable hotels had been
built
That all kinds Of improvements
were going on.
That lumber was cheap and that
houses could be built for less than in
most any other section of Florida and
at about one-half the expense in the
North
That the Florida Guarantee Com
pany of Jacksonville would guaran-
tee and insure the title to the farms.
That there We're no timber leases
on the land.
That the defendants were not land
brokers or spectators.
That the titles to the property had
been examined and approved by the
best attorney obtainable.
That the farms were free of mos
quitoes, malaria, insects of all kinds
and were below the frost line.
That arrangements were compIet-
ed for telephone line to Palatka
with local exchanges.
That hundreds of people had al
ready settled on the company's lands.
That in the little city of Burbank
the property values had not only
doubled, but trebled and quadrupled.
That lands selling at $50 an acre
would within two years be selling for
$500 and 5000 an acre.
That there were we'll established
stores and factories were located.
That the farms were located in the
most fertile lands of America.
That arrangements had been made
with Luther Burbank and that he had
sold to the company the exclusive
right for the production of certain
of his farm products
That the company would install a
great Burbank producing station on
said lands and that Frederick W. NAL
10y, the greatest agriculturist in
America, would be the director of the
station and from that station would
be sent the great products of Bur-
bank to the world
That the purchasers of land could
share in the profits and that Director
Malloy would be available for the
needs of all purchasers of farms
That one could go out of a Pull
man car on said farms, use long lis
lance telephone, have daily paper,
forts of home.
That the Burbank farm products
grown on said farm would produce
hundreds Of dollars worth of profit
per acre.