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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19
MOOREHAVEN
ONE YEAR OLD
ONE OF De SOTO'S
COMING TOWNS
Being Located Upon Beautiful Lake
Okeechobee, the A. c. l.. Railroad
Now Building South From Sebrins
Is Expected to Connect With
MOrehaven Within the Next Eight
Months.

About a year ago the site Of Moor
Haven was a wilderness. Since then
a little town has been built up, con-
tanning stores, hotel with modern con
veniences, post office, school build.
ing. with concrete walks in the rem
ter of the town, and many other Inn
provements not yet completed, chief
~ which is the artesian well and nee
plant. But the town development is
ne more remarkable than the work
that has been dcne in clearing up the
land and putting it in fine state "f
cultivation. How thoroughly this
work has been done is evidenced 10y
the quality and quantity Of the crops
grown. Here planting and harvesting
are in order at any time or season,
the chief thing being to time the al
rival Of the crop when prices are ut
top notch.
The canal front at Moore Haven
is a busy place. Here you will find
row boats, launches, cruising and
freight boats and house boats. The
freight boat for Okeechobee City
docks here and is the main depend
ence for heavy freight and lumber.
The A. G. l.. is building railroad
southwark to connect with Moore
Haven, and is expected to reach ms
place inside Of eight months. Then n
real boom may he reasonably expect
ed.
The first thing that impresses the
visitor is the elevation OF the ground.
In many parts Of the Everglades
there are less than two feet OF soil
above water level; here the average
is three to four feet. And such soil +!
Fertile as a compost heap, and rich
in the elements that crops feed on.
No wonder lne crops Of field corn
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

called either for bond issue, or for
a special tax levy, as long as those
petitions contained scores Of the sam
names attached to EACH regardless Of
tie fact that there may he enou h
signatures N each petition after
these shall have been erased. There
may be others who signed the special
tax levy petition who did So he
cause he believed that the only hope.
and not becauscthev favored this over
the bond issue petition. We much
prefer a reasonable delay In order to
get an honest expression from the
people. and wa know the commission
ers will take the same view Of the
matter when they know all the facts.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19
THE DIME HIGHWAY IN DeSOTO
COUNTY.

We know more today than we did
Yesterday. Yesterday morning we
thought everybody I'm DcSuto county
knew that the route from Arcadia Co.
'mta Gurdl Is u> much one of IN,
main routes Of the DiNir Ilighwuv ",
Is the route extending due east from
Arcadia to the Atlantic. We find.
Inwovcr. that wee were mistaken. au
hat many If the people Of Punt.
Gorda thought the route from Az
cadia To Pmm Gorda was only trih
utary Of this great national highway.
ana that the first road To be- complct
cd would he the road east. With Su'l
an understanding wo do not blame tn"
people Of puuta Gorda for LOOKING
upon Arcadia with suspicion, as oSm'
at least, have done.
There has not been a thought NJ.
en- the part Of the leaders If the GOO,
roads movement in Arcadia I'm any
other direction than that the road
from Arcadia to the Punta GOrda
line should he among the
very first built from any bond
money that becomes available.
For any one To take a diff
fercnt view coulG not he conStruci
otherwise than one Of sclfiShneSS. $
fnr rs we are personally inform q
not an individual in Arcadia enter
tainS a thought different from that
now being expressed by the writer
If CUmmi sSioncr Written will OK.
tend his good mari road mentioned
I'm another article in this paper on
jp To- the Arcadia line. he may rest
assured that Arcadia will huild some
thing equally as good from this city
down to meet it the very first money
we get hold #. That's one reason We
stead Of special tax levy. We can
build this If we have bond issue
and build other roads, too, while
tn the Special Tux ley" a. no
posed, we Cant do nothin'.' ana cv.
cry one knows it who will take time
to think. Come. gentlemen, there Is
80 t'mo for foo!in' around. If our
bond issue petition is not In the right
shape. let's hold everything else mp
until we get il IT. the shape that the
people want it. This can all he done
within two weeks time If we get at
t. We don't want any delay meas
lrcS. and the people will hold any
Of us responsible who attempt 1t. If
lie people want Special Tax Levy
let them have it. But they
don't want it. If it comes
to a show down, it will be found
that there are three persons for bonds
while there is one for special tax
levy. unless some fellow signs the tax
levy petition because he doesn't want
anything but sand, ana thinks this
the best way to do nothing. As we
see the matter, all that can possibly
be hoped for by this plan is to kill
every possibility Of roads of any kind.
Not that many Of these igncr. are
honest in their efforts, for they are,
and believe it to he best, no doubt q.
But the people win vote it down e.
Your time is lost and the bond issue
delayed.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19
FARM LOANS.

In another -olumn Of today's issue
there Is a call for all growers In met
at the court house the 21st and talk
ever the adviSauility of orgouiliu. All
association to act under The Farm
Loan Act. We hope that large mum
Der Of farmers will respond to this
call, and that the initial step will be
taken toward organizing. The Farm
Loan Board has made it clear that
loans will he made only by the CO.
operative farm loan associations or
not less than ten farmers each. The
very first application for a charter
came from Florida, and new associa-
tions are being rapidly formed. Ar
cadia, the county site of the great
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NOCATEE.

ANOOAlEE.
A.. "~"~.,'
Mr. j. w. Freeman, a pror.,
1ruit grower Of Nocatee, , as,
Gainesville Monday morniny ~. loi
attend the citrus seminar Nv VIII
Messrs. A. b. STROUD, Cine ~
L., l.. Isle, w. II. Baggett, ~
w. Sessions ana Is. +. Man. s'' q
to Tampa Monday to attend :, went
soldiers reunion. Tue old
Mr.. WilcoXin is in Allan.
transactlng business. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. J.J s. Kah.,.
Thursday morning on a visit 10 oA ,, yen
son. Mr. Walter Kabrlck, in F r1.S
City. III tloral
Miss Mary Mcbride, who no.
visiting her cousin, Miss ua,,,. Vsel
brick returned to her home an n, Nd
VA Creek sunday. 'Vsn'
Mrs. Cody and son, Ralpb. h..
turned from visit in Georgia "
II. j. stroud moved into If.
store building Saturday. This aa new
date and conmodious buildina ~
greatly to the appearance Of NV s-r
tee, and shows the progresslven. 90 =.
one Of her young business man "
An attempt is being made 10 49,
plete all finishing touches to IN. na-.
Baptist church building this veal
Three pupils of the tenth grad D.,
the Nocatee school. Misses ~. y
Provan, Rosafred Reynolds and AZ
~ Johnson attended the tbrea.da.
course Of home demonstration oo,,E
tiles in Arcadia the first of the well
The boys of the manual troiDlr,
classes are building tables for ,,Ts
rooms of the basement. These room.
will be used as lunch rooms nv n,
pupils who Oring their lunches "a
school.
Citrus frui: in a number of grove,
is ripening. Indications are that 4
will soon be ready for market.
The choir Of the Nocatee Banis
church gave a sacred concert SUNDAY
evening. Members Of the MethodIs
choir assisted. Solos were sung br
Miss Garnet Mccormick, Mrs. B, a
Gault' Mrs. Will Perry, Mrs. B. f.
Welles and Mrs. G. +. York. Severll
Guartets were rendered and nun.
her of choruses. The congregation
greatly enjoyed the music, and hoo.
the choir will give another conea
soon.
Plans are progressing at the schod
for the Halloween program, masQue-
de and box party. \ Jolly god
time - C::.,,.o3 when all the ghosts
COLLINS. elves and fair.cl are tumel
loose. Some very clever stunts" ale
under preparation.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19
ANNUAL FALL
FESTIVAL AT
METROPOLIS
OCT. IS, 10, 20
Very Low Rates Have Been Granted
by All Lines From Points In Flor
ida, Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina.

The Annual Fall Festival Of Jack
sonyile, Florida, will he held in that
city Wednesday, Thursday and Fri.
DAY, October is, 10 and 20. The jack
sonvile Chamber Of Commerce and
organizations Of that city have sent
out the following invitation:
you are cordially invited to he
present ON these dates and join with
III in mixing this occasion red let
ter event in the development If
stock raising and agriculture in the
southeast.
ION October 10Th the meat packing
plant of Armou" x Company and the
Interstate Stock Yards will be for
mally opened to the public. On this
occasion barbecue will be held and
addresses will lr delivered by speak
ers Of national prominence on sub.
iccts Of interest to stock raisers and
farmers.
"On the evening of October i9th,
United states Senator Duncan L.
Fletcher will address a mass meeting
in one If the down town auditoriums
on the subject Of Rural Credits
"On both October 10th and Goth,
auction sales If FLOODED cattle and
hogs will be- held at the Interstate
Stock Yards. stock being furnished by
some Of the most reliable and prumi-
iunet growers in the southeast.
"Our Annual Fall Festival VIII
open Octob,- 18th and continue
through the 10Th. This will furnish
amusement and high class entertain.
ncnt each day Of this cclebrlti5l.
During thls rimc the nl:ioGal
matches are being held at tn, stare
camp grounds viii teams from MI
arts Of tn "oun'ty, Visitors are al
ways welcome.
every low railroad rates have
been granted 10y all lines from points
in Florida, Alabama, Georgia ana
South Carolina.
Jacksonville Chamber of Com.
mcrcc
Florida state live Stock Associa-
| tion.
Cattle Tick Eradication Commit.
tee.
Rotary Club &C Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Real Estate Board,
Jacksonville Tourist and Conven
| ton Bureau,
| lnIclSlHlc ..r,.'.. .''.'.
Advertisers ClUh Of Jacksonville,
Interstate stock Yards Company.
Armour & Company"
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are grown without fertilizers, and
that vegetables Of every description
thrive with 10 more attention than
IS needed to keep the weeds down.
All the town building is on the
west side Of the canal. chain ferry
is used to cross the canal to the west
bank. Here Mr. Cooley, in his Over
land car, picks up the passengers and
carries them along the river road to
a number Of cOzy farm houses whose
owners appear to be prosperous and
happy. Mr.. Mason's experience,
which has been advertised extensive
ly. is matched by that of many Of his
nelghbors. 1t is fine stretch Of land
along the southern coast Of Lake
Okeechobee, by many considered the
best I'm all this section. Chickens,
COWS and hogs do well here, and
these with the crops account for the
prosperity and contentment manifest
everywhere.
Moore Haven has a Board Of Trade
composed Of thirty members, with
these officers: President. q. w. Ba-
ker: secretary. W. Z. Daniels; treas
urer, John Taylor. Each member
has some particular department en-
trusted to his care, which insurcs
harmony of action and ultimate eff
cheney. Mr.. Cooley has the depart
ment Of new industries to look af-
ter, and he Is well qualified for this
important work.
The hotel win be n surprise to
many. Usually tine public houses Of
places Of this age and character are
extremely crude, but not so here. A
well built. comfortable hotel, with
private bath and modern plumbing
will he an agreeable surprise to most
Of the newcomers. The cooking and
serving are also all that could he de-
sired.
A neat school house has been com
plcted. Twenty-seven pupils are en-
rolled. The school building is also
used for religious services on Sun
days.
A block of stores is approaching
completion. The postoffice is on the
corner and danEed on one side by
a general store; on the other by the
company's office, barber shop, grocery
store, etc.
The well digger is hard at work
boring for artesian water. They had
already reached BOG feet on Thurs
day of last week, and were still ct
It.
Probably Jhe most important insti-
tuition here will he the ice and electric
light plant. which will he run in con-
nection with tine water works. Work
is being rapidly pushed on this i'm.
portant project. ana its completion
may he anticioated at an early date.
At the last report 200 people got
their mail at the Moore Haven post
office, and tho postmaster thinks the
number has increased since TO ut
least 300.
Telephone connection is had with
Fort Myers on the west coast. Tele-
| grams are telcphoned to the Western
Union office at Fort Myers. and in
| this way fair service is obtained.
i
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

An exchange tells of a young lady
who is given tc the free use Of adjec-
tives. The paper says she last week
received calls from five young men.
each of whom is "just the dearest hoy
in all the world has simply died.
from the heat four times. has been
"tickled to pieces six times by mo-.
vie comedians. has been "driven era
~ eleven times by telephone pests,
and has been 'frczen just stin" five
times by the cool evening breeze
while out riding in the car. If young
ladies only knew how silly they APP
pear when continuously using such
gushing language, they would proba-
bly, dcslst, and then probably some Of
them would not for they "just do
love TO he silly"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

81 am a republican," says Henry
Ford, "hut I can not stay with a par
ty that puts office seeking first and
America last" Mr.. Ford is comfort
ably situated. He does not need Of
flee and does not desire office. 1t Is
TO he feared that he can not thor
oughly appreciate the motives and
methods OF those who desire office
So overwhelmingly that they turn
loose all things else to become 100
per cent. candidates. -Courier-Jour-
raj
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

Some Of the people i'm the Arcadia
district may feel that 1t is not IN
the best Of taste to advertise the fact
that the Arcadia district is not Ike, :,
ing pace with the other commiSSi .
cr districts in making permanCnr
roads. The fact is, we have kept l.
lent too long, because we did not WI 1t
to advertise our shortcomings. There
Is a petition now for making a spc-
cial tax levy for $4,000. DO you ex-
pect for Us To keep silent on qucs-
tiOn like this! We need four times
$4,000 to build the necessary roads
in this district, and can build then,
with a bond issue for this sum. while
the people. the present tax payers.
won't feel the effect Of the increase
In taxes as much as If we had the
special levy. Keep silent? Not until
tie people have spoken, and if they
then speak adversely we shall be too
ashamed to talk again for long time.
If you want MS to hush, just get the
people to say Nc, and you've been sue
ceSSful.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

We stated IN recent article that
the Arcadia district can take care of
Il 100000 bond issue for good roads
on 3-mill increase, or So. on annual
tax on an assessment of 81 1000 valua-
ton. SO far no one has challenged
his statement viii the Arcadia dis
trict do without the roads that this
magnificent SIM Of money will build
hen the ann lal cost is so insignif-
cant? To he frank about 1t, we don't
think the people will do without
them but will have the work in prog
ress within the next six months. You
can do this If YOU wish to do so.
How; No trouble about the how, if
YOU are in earnest about the matter.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19
UNDESERVED CRITICISM.

Since wilson's main foreign polig
was to keep this country at peace, no
sensible man or woman who apprec-
atcs that blessing will blame him fOi
doing several things that disturb the
peace Of Judge Hughes. The coul'
try wanted peace so long as 1t was
honorably possible, and by reason Of
the fact that the country Is both
peaceful and prosperous, the people
ought not to sympathize with Judge
Hughes because he is dissatisfied.
The man who needs the sympathy IS
the one who succeeded despite the
trying difficulties Wilmington IN.
c. Star (Dem)
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL
the Saturday Evening Post and 'ne
Country Gentleman wish to secure
the spare time OF man or woman
to act as local representative In Ar
cadia and vicinity, looking after tl1
renewals of their many subseriP
tions in this section, and introdue
ing these publications to new Ie.u
ers. Payment will be made in SAN
ry and commission. Previous a
perience is desirable hut moi
sential. For details address, WIN
references, Box 654' The ourH
Publishing Company, Indepenuen..
Square. philadelphia. CAV.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-19

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mo"
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