The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30

al must interesting article TO his
PAPER the Jackson, Mich. Patriot
Editor E. W. Barber, who winters
at Crooked Lake. in this county.
says:
me past season has witnessed the
largest tourist trade Florida has ever
experienced. With the single excep.
ton of the one cold snap in February
the winter has been mild and pleas
ant free from high winds and shiyer.
producing storms. Life in the open
ar mas been the almost everyday rule.
awake or asleep. The North is pros.
porous. More people could hasten
from the frost and billiards than ever
| before Tagged women could escape
the eXaction of society and come here
for comfort and rest. In providing
these folks with friendly skies and
warmth, Florida is admirably equip.
ped.
II SENS as if northern people who
came after the February freeze and
saw how little damage was done bv
the cold in this highland and lake
] protected region. were thoroughly
convinced as to its natural adyan-
/ tases, as sales of land for groves and
/ lake-front lots for residences. in the
Crooked Lake district, amounting TO
over eighty thousand dollars were
made in February and March. ar
, "a lgements made for clearing. fenc-
ing, blowing, and setting out orange
and grapefruit groves
Florida has attractions. 1t is a warm
state-warm of climate and in its
reception and embrace of northern
/ visitors, with little of bothersome pol
itics. Those who have plenty of mon
4 ey can get rid of it at the rate of ten
dollars day and upwards at the
/ iirstclass tourist hotels-tips extra:
and those who have but little cash
can live as cheaply and comfortably
here as anywhere else and have the
full enjoyment OF the genial climate
However much men and women
with plethoric purses may pay, 1t
must not be said that Florida does
not give value received 1t provides
the stranger with conversational top
les ii takes months to exhaust 1t
furnishes a bright atmosphere suit.
able for extensive photography The
sea-shells of the Gulf coast, hand.
somely engraved, improve every man
tlepiece and are texts for talks. For
some of the stuffed baby alligators
are perfect delights. In a few places
there is sand-lea that guarantees
healthy exercise The fishes that
swim in the soft and clear water Oh
its interior lakes, and those that fire.
quent the salted aqua pura of the
spacious Gulf of Mexico are excel.
lent brain food for tourist citizens.
SO the man from the North who
comes to Florida, lamentably out of
physical training. goes back, if he
cares to, with muscles hardened, APP
petite restored and with the next win.
ter's cold comes an overpowering de-
sire. like that of the migratory birds,
to Journey thither again and again.
1t is not true, as we have seen II
asserted, that the annual fight to
Florida indicates an increasing soft
pess among the residents of the
North True. like the birds. they com
The State gonializes its visitors. And
when the spring migration begins,
the tourists return with only one
thing nabby about them-their peck
etbooks.
Another winter will see many OF
the good roads completed for which
| Polk county has voted 81 100000 now
being expended in the construction oil
217 miles within its jurisdiction. Then
second automobile ride to Tampa
nerhaps with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ]
Keiser, for Fred has already made ar
rangements for building a garage ano
to occupy his cottage when the snow
!, is flying up North again-is antici
pated with much satisfaction. Stron'
+, is the desire to see more of Tampa
the much alive and very prosperou
city OF the Gulf coast. 1t has hope