The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-25

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Of &nes SOPfl tskq
1 %eSd uss 9}ot ouiy pl INsis
they merit aisn !, ns ms Special
from all 1IiStlfct Bond
great s2u'I bereas, a petition hai
II means ~ The County Board
Germ H. olo County, 10y the re
ny to g gislal Tax school i D.; !,
ital and l ne, ~ said Board Of Z
OF w tntry 1t nesa.t ma We sGte
q k' on a new underpinning pun a
- basis with our land INTEREST.
SHhJ4foT succeed in attracting firms
such 4oakhis to our country, we may
well ptenburse,.es on the backs and
congratl t6te ourselves for It, as 1t is |
indeed fortunate circumstance and
an Ome0 hat means great good for US.
The VI gdrotfe Land Company owns
several h thousands Of acres Of fine
lands nd6r Fort Ogden, and today
\ they ard closing deal with the Hc,7
nd Cole Company. through their
Florida manager Mr.. W, Z. Dun
woody, OF Arcadia, for FIVE thousand
additional acres Of the pay dirt OF this
fertile district. This 5000 acres adj
J ded to their already large realty hold
I inGs will put the Woodroffe Land Com
pany in the front ranks Of DeSoto's
| property owners. We are familiar
with the lands that the WoOdroffe
Land Company owns. and In our opin-
ion the world contains no better fol
the purpose they advise it's being put
10.
NJ Mr.. Woodroffe stated TO us this
morning that his company intends Il
still further Increase their DcSotC
county interests. They desire to lay
out and found town near Fort DC
, den II they can secure the proper 10
/ cation along the railway, and II thel
cannot find tract on the railroad
line that suits their fancy, they intcnC
/ 10 come to Arcadia and purchase Ian,
on the rim of the City's survey an,
, make for Arcadia another addition
: They have got the development bee II
| huzzing around them all the time, an'
/ It's n case NJ "all ways up and doing
! with them. They keep their talent
forever turning, and ns an example o
: their activities. they have bought an,
disposed Of ~ 600 acres Of land In De
Soto and Manatcp counties In the pas
fourteen months-whlCh Is going
considerable gait considering the con
ditIons that have prevailed. Yet Mr.
woodroffe and his associates are eN
r cecdinGly conservative. and they do ne
, attempt to make big noise or clair
10 he setting the world on fire by thei
opera tlOnS-in fact, they prefer tina
their manipulatlons he received by tn
world at large rs merely a matter q
courSe-but such important transa'
lions as they have been putting owe
q cannot but receive our notice and NJ
, probation. as they very materially or
large us in the financial world.
. Mr.. woodroffe is n very unassumin
person. and does not court excessiy
attention or publicity, but as the pre-
n ldent OF the woodroffe Land Compan!
/ he is becoming figure Of considerable
Importance In south Florida.
The woodroffe Land Company
. composed entirely Of bankers. Ever
stakeholder in the company IL banl
. or OF prominence, and they are froI
the state Of Iowa. Wisconsin and Nil
n nesota.
A Mr.. Woodroffe has in HIS land ope
q ations been largely interested and a
tive In the development Of various Ne
lions of Colorado, California and Te'
M. but just now south Florida. ar
I. especially DeSoto county, In receivir
his entire attention, and he think II
" possibilities and resources Of this ne
|. ton are wonderful.
As soon as practicable Mr.. Woo
roffe contemplates going to Europe
and is to take with him to England
i set of motion picture films and app
{ ratus depicting this section Of F1oI
da In its true status that will certni