The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-18

: events in the longest, most stub
bornly fought and most costly Indial
war in American history.
The longest river-the st. Johns
in the United States, flowing north
tidal from the ocean for hundre,
miles, and giving access with tn,
largest ships to most prOt1uctiv,
region.
The largest springs in the United
States-Silver Springs near Ocala
pouring out a volume of water ample
to iioat steamboat, and othe,
sources of streams running long dis.
tances to the sea, including mineral
springs with water of high medicinal
value
! me greatest variety of trees OF
commercial value-more than two
hundred kinds one half more than
in any other state
Two of the Oldest cities in the
! United State-St. Augustine and
Pensacola, with old and rare archi
tecture-by turn under the Spanish.
French, English and American flags
and about which cluster countless
legends, romances and stories of abb
sorbing interest.
the only state with a railroad at
seattle Florida East Coast Railway
extension to Key West-one of the
most daring and colossal feats of
engineering ever attempted and com
pleted in America-miles and miles
OF concrete track hi,h above the
waves and as safe as on the distant
shore.
Tho largest drainage operation in
the world, now under way in the
Everglades, an enterprise undertaken
to rescue for cultivation an extent of
fabulously rich soil, quite equal to
the area of Rhode Island, a state con-
tanning over half million popula-
ton.
The largest phosphate mines in
the country with up-to-date machin-
cry at work. One of the important
industries of the south.
The largest mines of fuller's earth
IN the country and producing more
than all other states combined.
The largest salt water shore line
In the unfon-over 1000 miles long
to follow indentations from the
Pedrido river on the Gulf to Cumber
land sound on the Atlantic.
The largest and finest sea beaches
in the worldwide, solid and smooth
as floor, on which automobile
speeding has become fayorite pas
time.
The finest surf bathing in all sea-
'ons-in the winter when the north
ern waters are covered with thick
&c, hathers can swim in comfort
he Atlantic ocean and Gulf waters
If Florida.
The largest area of fresh water in
axes andriv ers. full of fish, and al
ii seasons navigable, to be found in
ny of the states.
The largest and finest varieties or
ca shells, thousands in number. of
ossil and recent formation, available
D conchologists and others interest l
In the strange forms Of she'll life q
4 the oceans.
The lar est ke-okeechobee- $
,lely within one state.
The best examples of hotel archi- .
'cture. and service equal 10 the o
'st in the country. found In the q
ties of the east and west coasts. a
The Seminole Indian reservation A
the Everglades, occupied by II
mnant of a race once powerful and b
'gressive In southern life. hut now 4
'opped to status expressed by the q
he: 10. the poor Indian. u
The Gulf stream. the great river sc
the Atlantic hundred Mis- "
'sippies in volume. the existence OF X
lich makes Great Britain habitahle "a
sweeps along the Atlantic coas, n
Florida, as close in as FIVE miles Sc
aging its part in giving mildness ca
d uniformity 10 our winters and
miners. tr
The Indian mounds abundant in "a
parts of the state. bcsncakine
nse aboriginal population AZ on ad
ne. the only record Of their ey- Of
ence being left in rude pottery and co
nes found in heaps Of earth buIi. IN
for burial and observation pr hu
les. Scientific societies have ~ n
red many Of these mounds and an
md important relics. tn
The abundance and variety o, IN,
,perate and sub-troplcal ve~ets- ca,
ion in the form Of trees. shrubs b
es, plants. flowers. grasses and bo
sSes. In no state is there a fne- dc
wing Of Towering tree and shrubs Ia
ry month furnishing It's kind and me
Or. from tiny beauties struggling
a place IN the sun to tho marvel.
magnolia flower F1rfafIn4 Fr.~