Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-02-14
NJ. j. CARTER IN FLORIDA.
Ossian Attorney Writes About the
Southland.

| OSSldu bee last week, which we nave
taken the liberty to copy:
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. Is, 1917.
Mrs. Carter and arrived here,
distant some 1900 miles from Chi
cago, via the Dixie Flyer, on sched-
ule time, one of the best equipped
trains leaving the Windy City"
and the good luck Of the both of u.
from each other of US having the
best afforded.
Florida. Many of US have been led
to believe this state is land of
Democrats. palms. aligators, swamps
and miasmi Many of us do not
know there are more and better ho-
tells in Florida than in any state
comprising the forty-eight states of
the great United States, having five
times the population. More and bet
ter miles of highways are found here
than elsewhere at less cost than any
state in the Union. Speaking of Dem
ocrats, let me say: Our friends, the
enemy" confidently expected to see
the electoral vote cast for Mr.
Hughes. With The memory of the
unborn child to be taught of the
crime of the SKI commission which
wronged the great Tilden out Of the
Presidency, never will Florida's cleo
toral vote be given to a Republican
candidate.
Jacksonville, the Metropolis Of the
great South, is one of the cleanest
and best governed cities it has been
our good fortune to visit. It's sani-
tary conditions are the best, and it
is not an uncommon sight in the
morning to see an empty can, a brok.
en- dish, banana peeling and a grape
fruit rind find place in the proper
receptacle for the garbage gatherer.
No refuse matter is allowed to bs
held on the premises.
1t seems strange, when we enter
the dining room at 1880 by reques.
to find three doors and four windows
open, and strangely, too, to see the
members of the families gathered on
the porches at all times of the day.
with no fires in most of the places OF
business, children at play, and foun-
tains at work with the water soaring
high
Thus far our daily occupation has
varied but little. Waiting on the
front-west-porch for the mail man
due to arrive at $3.50, the Bee and
the three DEBORAH. papers are deliv-
cred each Monday. Then we take a
hike of from ten to fifty miles each
day over the city and about tn
surrounding country.
With Mrs. Carter as our fairy we
went over the ferry and visited the
ostrich farm. We found forty-nine
birds by actual count. The ostrich
natures at the age of four years and
lives to the age of sixty to eighty
years The ostrich eggs weigh from
4 "a to 5 "A pounds and hatch in from
thirty to forty-five days, depending
on hot water sprinkling and climatic
conditions. Artificial conditions are
considered the best to get the best
results from the Matching. Over
there is an incubator one-third the
size of box car filled with eggs,
with sign over wire screen "do
not touch the glass" The eggs show
like unto half grown pumpkins
through the glass windows. The
ostrich is an ugly, vain bird, ana
will look up and down upon man
and, when his attention is attracted,
with a grin, will turn around, walk
off with an air of how do you like
my style?" They can be driven tan
dem, but do not know as much as 4
Florida alligator. Here we are told
that the most valuable plumes are
eaASh uhoSI thC Wih6 VI TIC
male ostrich. Some fool Iowa solon
should introduce bill, making the
value Of the plume from the female
of equal worth, with a mandamus
writ allowable for it's enforcement.
There are found in the New
South" better roads, from twenty TO
twenty-five feet in width, at one
third the cost of the sixty-six foot
highway Of Iowa roads. Un6er the
reform Of Mayor Weitgenant's ad-
ministration, Main street, one hun
dred feet in width was covered with
crushed rock from the opera house
front to the Sullivan crossing at a
cost OF upwards of $4,000, IL or
memory serves TIC right. An infin-
litesimal part of the brain Of the
chip unk, if in working order,
would have told the result The shale
rock from the effects of the eie-
ments. and heavy traffic, soon
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