The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-06

most of the winter here. We crosse
ir the river one day to Ocean Sc
Breeze to attend an Iowa picnic an
met there Mr.. John T. Painter whol
| had not seen since | went to schoC
o to him some IS years ago at the Prin
o school in Lincoln township. We aftel
\ wards had a pleasant visit with hir
9 at his home a mile south of Sc
h Breeze, where he has two houses
a Irenting one and has spent four win
r tiers here and summers in northern
, Ilowa. He likes the winter climat
, there very much.
: We started on Feb. IL on our wa!
: to West Palm Beach. 300 miles soutl
of LAX We passed through hundreds
of acres of pineapple fields which
looked fine. but the greater portion o.
; the land of Florida is yet unimprovet
with pine stumps standing and young
ltrees growing over 1t. .'"
At Palm Beach we found il warm
and pleasant, mercury going to so de
grees in the middle of the day. Straw
hats and summer clothing were the
fright thing here.
The train that reached here "a
hours before we did, was held up and
robbed by some band of amateurs but
who got away with but little booty,
flor it is said that many come here for
lchange and rest, but the railroads get
1.-THE change and the hotels the rest;
so there is nothing left for the poor
train robber. The Flagler System
has two fine hotels at Palm Beach
1.-The Breakers, on the ocean front. and
1 nh
Worth front, their back lawns meet
ing in a fine golf links and tennis
court. The Royal Ponseanna is said
to be the largest wooden hotel in the
world. Their help numbers 1000
people and We were told that one
family of three with their servants.
and private detectives paid s1,4O0 per
| day at this hotel This was said to
be the 100000. 600 MCLEAN Baby and
its parents. There is a gravel path
running north from the Royal Ponce
ANNA along the east side of Lake
Worth used only by wheel chairs
found only at Palm Beach and West
Palm Beach, and foot passengers. a."
We followed it 2b miles to the Gar
den of Eden" Here is the grandest
display of tropical vegetation, trees
and plants we ever saw. II the real
Garden of Eden was as pretty, it was
indeed a great punishment for Adam
and Eve to have to leave it forever.
We met Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Lacey
on the street one day and the pleas
ure of the meeting was mutual, | am
sure. For a Northerner seldom meets |
any one he knows here in the South. |
This is the best place We have
found in Florida for cocoanut palms. |
They grow and bear prolific.
Palm Beach is 100 miles farther !
east than Jacksonville and the most |
eastern point in Florida, and the gulf
stream is only ~ miles from shore
here, making this the most even tenn
perature of all the coast cities. Royal
Park at Palm Beach is called the mil
lionaire's playground. 1t is indeed a !
lovely place
At West Palm Beach. we called up
on a John B. Beach, who is getting |
wealthy in the nursery business. He !
is making a speciality of the AVaCOda |
or Alligator Pear tree. 1t is one that
will not stand much frost. He also
has nice banana field and many
bearing coCoanut palms.
Feb. 26 we went to Miami, 366 miles !
south of Jax, and located at 10 Ave.
C. three blocks north of p. o., at a
house called "Glenhurst," and the
next day took the ferry boat across
Biscayan Bay, 3 miles wide here, to
Ocean Beach and went in bathing for
the first time in the Atlantic Ocean.
The temperature of the water was
about Is dgrees. We we're in the
ocean three times here and the sport
was great. On calm days there were'E
bathers by the hundreds and no one
can describe the sensation of those
great tidal waves rolling and rolling
in and one must give a high jump to
keep his head above them as they
roll past.
There are many places here for the
tourist to visit. We went by auto
out to Musa Isle farm. Here are
hundreds of bushels of grapefruit and
oranges ripe and ready for picking.
There are 1877 different kinds of trees
and shrubs on this farm.
Going out we passed the winter
home of w. J. Bryan, 3 or miles
south of Miami, and little farther
on is behring's (machinery mani new
home. where he is spending two mil
lion dollars on house and grounds.
He is transplanting grapefruit trees
into this ground that are a foot in
a hundred or
more of them.
Another nice trip was a boat ride
to Cape Florida. This is the most
southern point Oh our journey. Here
is an old lighthouse used by the Span
iards but not in use now. There
is more wealth here now than at
West Palm Beach, thing, and the
city is larger, but believe there is
more get-up-and-hustle TO West Palm
Beach. Bands playing and every one
booming. That is going to put West
Palm Beach ahead in 10 or Is years
hence
After spending two delightful
weeks at Miami we started back for
We did not go on to
Havana on account OF the bubonie
plague there. We stopped OF at
West Palm Beach two days on the
way back as kind of review, and
reached Jacksonville Saturday. March /
10, at $3.50 p. m. Monday morning
went to the p. o. and received quite
a bunch of Daily Heralds and letter |
from cousin John w Reach twin