The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-18

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- oounty, in about the same latitude
- afuart, >on the east coast, Is the
adsoue and progressive little city OF
Iadia. ] have been in Arcadia be-
- but until this week / never had
|Aen ehown the attractions Of the com.
4tu1'iy, and really did not know what
a had 10 offer.
II fhe first place, Arcadians claim
NAT This is the. heaviest citrus ship
Isnn point In ali Florida. They say
go between 100000 and 10000
41trs of fruit 60 through Arcadia's
o4hf backing houses every season, and
t1ti ~ addition TO all this, that II is
49, AZ the trucking centers Of Florida,
lhoueh they do not give shipping fg.
Issa eIcept n, claim that $4,000
alea Of vegetables are shipped from
49, a0unty yearly, and that the citrus
1ntrs for the whole county are $780,
rs t51es. Surely there must be some
rlt In the soil Of a section that Will
aante like this. and there certainly
Arcadia is a city OF over 1000 pop
.tfon. 1t has three railways, the At
lic Coast Zine, the Charlotte Har-
~ and Northern. and the new East
tha West Coast Railway, the latter
Anning from Bradentown, and not be-
~ quito completed, though rails are
I ulthin n mile of the city, and 1t
Sf|ined that this same railroad will
t.1nlanlly run north OF the big lake
80 hid the east coast at Stuart. One
ed readily conceive that railroads are
Val s6eklng Arcadia without some rea-
Was shown Arcadia from one end
- ire other by the live wire president
N TIE board Of trade Mr.. J. l.. Jones
and he certainly knows this section
Ar he has been a resident Of Arcadia
eacc fSS5, at which time Arcadia was
sallod "Tatcr Hill Bluff" The rail
ntad cnme shortly after that time, and
Mr. lones tells an interesting story Of q
Uaplift Preacher Hendry, who was in
4pential in having the new city named
ntter young lady who had beer
eltrIetene1 Arcadia.
We drove over miles Of street with
- the city limits and viewed some o.
Hhn6eome residential sections tina
Noald DO credit to any city Of twice
~ nIxe. They are beginning the build
ttf ofa modern type Of bungalow a
Arcadia. and am indeed glad to sex
~ - any community, Mr.. Jonei
~ BE- that within the calendar yea
FfIf over 300 residences were built
|110 be was followed quickly by Sec
o|fafy Gardner, Of the board Of trade
NIo odded that there was hardly
I0uf1 Vacant in the whole city. / be
|4Fo he said there was none, but
SCAT want 10 make 1t too strong.
LIsten to Mr.. Jones I'VE have gu
1nn city water one twelve inch wei
pAdt - $50 feet deep, an eight inc
Nf'I BIG feet deep. and this water
#'pcd 30 all the business and to two
|I'irig Of the residential sections. W
nave ne good sewerage system as ther
81 ID al Florida. We have an electri
|1Dt and ice plant, and will have
444 plant in operation inside Of thirt
: "|ro You want TO know about tn
Z, 4,urthes7 think We have them of r
Intninations. Lets see There's tn
EfeInodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, AZ
#|kIet, Eplscopallan, Catholic, CAM
> HIIIites, Lutherans, Dunkards, and Ii
&oiy Rollers, the latter people havin
= &E1t Finished a nice little building. on
H(lnty court house is brand new; I'll
1ttcd last year, and cost $4,000. ."
NJ. Jones told Of the cattle int
Ettr Countless thousands Of half will
@3ftle roam the prairies to the east {
11cadia, and many Of the old tin
41ftIe monarchs still live there. Thel
= "oEN the Kings, the Hendrys, the PA
! <ItI and the Whiddens, who made A
y 441fo the cattle center Of south Flor
- though this industry is CROWN
MIA and no doubt we shall in a fe
1&oft yenrs see the greater part Of tn
.0Id prairie land In cultivation an
Ndtf fence, stocked with the descenI
|1|n Of the wild herds and importe
EIods; half breeds that will be ia
NIn1Bomer animals than the scrawl
WOOD and prairie rangers. Cultivate
|N anu range ChtJle 10 not mlA WEI
0N9 % the range beasts must GO Owe
4 600 head are shipped yearly frol
Us t|e4to county.
SAID Secretary Gardner; 81 muI
You of two things that ar peculis
- Afcadia. One il that II is a strict
= I41hibition town; possibly the hardet
1't n Florida in which to get Dire
Il tQuor. In consequence I do not b
Il ~ we ever have any use for our p
i|@t force; we could leave our dooi
liked from one years end to Il
IItf. and there would be no stealth
|11Lher fact Is that there has new
.|l one mercantile failure in all Il
tI4Itry of Arcadia" This certain
<1akc well for the stability Of the cit
has two banks. and Mr.. Gardn'