The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-06-08

against it, all the same. The water
for the lower levels, for the streets
and mechanical purposes comes from
a great artificial lake made by
damming the Withlacoochee far up,
in the highlands to the south of here.
The water is brought in pipes sixty
miles,
cit must have been an immense
work. When was it DONE"
"One of our big men, John Robert
son, who held the record for long SER
vice as mayor, formed company and
had it done about twelve years ago.
People said it couldn't be done, but
he went ahead and did it. When the
work was finished, he sold it to the
city on very reasonable terms. About
the same time, the city light and
water plant was removed to the
springs"
I looked at the black shaft of the
standpipe, several miles away, but
perfectly plain as it was between US
and the morning sun. GLOW on earth
does that thing stand up under its
own weight and the water tank on
top"
The aviator grinned "Did you ever
see a wheatstalk?"
Having cut a good many acres of
wheat with an oldfashioned cradle
when l was a boy, / had to admit
that 1 had seen a wheatstalk.
swell, wheatstalk with a full
head on top has bigger load in pro-
portion to carry than that stand
pipe"
81 see how you have plenty of wa
ter for the city, but how about the
country?"
"Artesian wells. One or two every
square mile. More water than we
know what to do with"
By this time we were over the main
part of town. Looking beyond the
bunch of factories in North Ocala l
saw quite little gem of lake, ring
ed with woodland. Beyond it was a
large residence section, stretching out
along two boulevards that were once
the Kendrick and Anthony roads.
"What is that lake?
"Lake Mary in Seymour Park. Said
to be the prettiest in the state"
AS we came over the immense stone
pile of the federal building / noted
another wireless apparatus on a
rather low but wide and solid struc-
ture where the EIks' Club used to
stand, and as / looked at it big flag
ran up and was unfurled from a pole
on the roof. / read the name "Ocala
Banner" as the flag mfurled, and
then as easy as laying a baby in its
cradle, the airboat slid to its place on
the roof of the hotel, and the journey
was over.
/ thanked the airman, who bowed
courteously, and turned me over to a
bellboy before he went off duty. AS
the voyage thru the air had sharpen
ed my appetite, and the one meal of
some two hours and half before
had not made up for a twenty-five
years fast, / was glad to be told
could be served any minute, and
sought the dining room, a vast apart
ment on the twentieth floor.
In common with nearly everybody
else in. Ocala, had formed the habit
of reading the Banner at breakfast.
One reason why Monday was always
such a dull day was that there was
no Banner to read at the morning
meal. So / was much gratifed, when
the waiter brought my coffee, for him
to lay a sheet with the we'll remem-
bered headline at my plate. L was
some bigger-sixteen pages-but it
was a good deal of likeness, all the
same. 1 glanced thru the telegraph
news and found it monotonous-
when went to sleep, half the world
was in war, and the other half was
about to get in, so it was tame not to
find the first page full of slaughter.
There were no murders nor railroad
accidents, either. Nothing in the paper
but good news. There were society,
household, sporting and literary de-
partments, all filled. The editorial
page carried the name, frank Har-
ris, Editor" at the top-it was con-
sentative, instructive, broadminded
and kind, so / came to the conclusion
that the young man was following in
the footsteps of the older one.
ITO be continued in our next)