The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-29

be more than 20 years old. 1t is grow
ing at the top Of a dumppile on the
east side or end Of the Clement
bridge. Only fertile and soluble soil
soil contents can produce such growth.
On the mesas or overburden dump
piles at pebble Heights, in Polk
county, piled out by Major Hayward
in 1902, there are prodigeous growths
of timber now standing on the tops
of these mesas and the same condi-
tons obtain on every mesa in the
entire phosphate mining ;districts
from the Suwanee to the Caloosahat-
cnee rivers. And the weeds and grass
now growing on the sides and tops of
these dump-piles are on an average
and generally four times as luxuriant
as on any of the surrounding grounds.
Because of the soft phosphate con-
tents of the metal laid on any and
every clay road in Florida, the Ber-
muda and other grasses along their
margins are inevitably luxuriant and
green despite drought and ever-feed-
ing stock on these road-sides.
So capable and honorable man as
John Wilson, of Wilson Brothers,
liverymen on Massachusetts, avenue,
Lakeland, bought and put two tons Of
pulverized or soft raw phosphate on
ten acres of pine lands. He tells me
"the crop results are the best he ever
had from phosphate applications.
Mr.. Chaudoin, farming over the east
side of Peace river at Fort Meade,
tells me his "crop Of Irish potatoes
was doubled and made smooth
skinned by an application of 500
pounds of the pulverized raw phos-
plate per acre.
Besides everybody knows that the
vitality essential soil element is phos-
phoric acid or rather any equivalent
of bone phosphate Of lime. Every
lbody also knows that this B. P. Of L.
in all soils has never been subjected
ito artificial or sulphuric acid treat
ment; but that it is naturally and by
the chemical physical reaction and
eoxidization, caused by the insistent
effort of all plant roots feeding on and
digesting of 1t made gradually soluble
and in just sufficient quantities for
natural plant assimilation-as is de.
creed by nature.
| / have tried in my own way to dc
the best that can do for Florida, and
/ am still on the job. Lots things
have been said of me. In all of these
charges the proofs have failed and
fallen utterly. Some folks who have
tried to traduce me are clothed in
lsack-cloth" and smothered in ashes
now sictransit gloria munsi. Some
mongths ago nominated in the Lake
land Telegram my lifelong friend
Frank Harris for governor of Florida
The unanimous state press elected
lhim to the place and as ii were by
PROCLAMATION within the same week
but he would none of it. But "o-tem
Ipora! O-mores" Just see the devi
to pay now-in state politics and this
'hell-raisers bankrupt.
What this State needs is a pruden
business man for governor. Their,
are lot Of them in Florida, too
Some years ago / nominated John L
Inglis for the place. John is too-ir
his second childhood now. Clarenc,
Camp would be good material. Blu
J l put the public on notice, / am go
iing to nominate G. w. Deem Of Lake
} land for the governor of Florida Il
succeed Cats or Knott Cats. Deer
does things. So does Camp.
J read avidly-nobody who knows
me has ever been SO prodigeous a LA
J as to say 'Vogt is a fool" Thu
most multum in Paroo talk made ii
| I.all of the political and good road
, campaigns, was the modest talk mad,
by c. w. Deem at the good roads meet
} ing in Barlow. In its every phase 1
: twas as strings of the pearls of wis
, dom tied on strands of purest goo'