The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-21

LeFuay, ana IeLt little DIT IKE
Jacob, who never kissed a pretty
girl until he was over forty years
/ old
Lovely Leesburg, Queen of the Lakes
The citizens of Leesburg were out
in force TO welcome their guests.
Foremost among them were Mayor
Mote, on whom the mantle of the
lamented Dozier has fallen, and Mr..
j. G. Lee, a member of the pioneer
family which with rare good taste
picked out the ground as the site
for one of the prettiest cities in
Florida.
After the business meeting was
over, the delegates were entertained
with a genuine country dinner at
the homelike Magnolia hotel, which
all its guests will ever after remem-
Der lovingly.
Lake county. is evidently right to
the front in progress. Work of i'm
provement is going on every foot of
the way. The Lake County Land
IOwners' Association, with headquar-
tiers at Fruitland Park, owns a lot
of real estate in this vicinity, and
one or another of the new houses
its settlers are putting up are in
sight all the time.
All the Lake county delegates left
for home soon after dinner, but the
Marion county men were taken in
tow by Mr.. Mote, and Editor Corley
of the Commercial and shown some
of the magnificent scenery around
the town.
) To begin with, the town is one of
, the prettiest and brightest in the
state. It's wide and shady streets,
; solid business houses and handsome
. residences give the town an air of
permanent prosperity and quiet ele-
gance.
Messrs. Mote and Corley took Mr..
Martin in Mr.. Ned Stevens fast car
and led out toward Lake Harris, Mr..
Munroe's car and the remainder of
the party following. Going out, two
immense new packing houses were
specially noticeable. One is operated
by the Citrus Exchange, and the
other Independent. Judging by the
groves, both will have all they can
do.
Lake Harris is an inland sea, one
of the largest and prettiest lakes in
Florida. "A cut of about half a mile
will link it to Lake Griffin, and let
its orange growers ship their inn
mense crops by water clear to jack
sonvilIe.
One of the prettiest views the
writer has seen for many long days
was from hill top over Lake Crit
fin. From it one can see the long
stretch of the lake to the north, the
famous Treasure Island, that Stew
enson would have delighted in writ
4 ing about if he had ever seen it, and
the outlet of our great artery. of
commerce, the Oklawaha river.
Swiss lakes may be pretty to look
at, but FLORIDA lakes are the only
ones that are the all-around real
thing. They are good to look at,
good co fish in, good to cruise on,
good to float goods on, and good to
go into over your head twelve months
in the year. When you say, Lake
County" you have described it.
Mr.. Mote showed the party a lot
of fine groves, and some of his own
nurseries. Ocala knows Mr.. Mote.
He was up here soon after the
freeze, making barrels for a living.
He has made barrel of money since
then; made it by hard work and good
management. Prosperity has not
spoiled him. He is the same genial,
friendly Mote.
Ocala also knows Editor Corley of
the Commercial. He lived and
worked among us over seven years,
and was one of the squarest, as we'll
as most entirely all-around printers
the Star ever knew. He is doing
we'll with his partner, Mr.. Pratt. on
the Commercial, giving the town a
neat and newsy paper.
The writer could not understand
until yesterday why Mote and Cor
ley and everybody else who leaves
Leesburg goes back, but he under
. stands now.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock the Ocala
party left Leesburg and was rapidly
whirled back home. The lineup on
the return trip was the same as go
ing out. All reached home safe and
happy, but the first thing Mr.. Rog-
ers did was to go to pressing club
and have the creases ironed out of
himself. On one side there was i'm
pressed upon him map Of the Sill
. yer Springs and Ocala canal; on the