The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-02-23
The LEGISLATIVE PARTY
IN THE FLORIDA
EVERGLADES

F. Lauderdale, Fla. Feb. 70. 1917.
Special 10 the Ocala Banner:
Three days and Two nights viii be
spent in the Everglades by The legis-
latiye party that is visiting tn.s ia
nous region this week as the guests
ot The people OF Dade. Broward and
Palm Beach counties. About half the
members OF the state senate and
house OF representatives are on the
trip Others in the party are repre-
sentatiyes Of the leading daily news
papers OF the state and others.
Outstanding features or the pro-
gram that have been arranged for the
entertainment Of the visitors is visit
to Davie the earliest settlen ent in
he Everglades. a loat trip through
" o OF the drainage canals; a day on
Lake Okeechobee: a dinner at Okee-
lanta. at which Only Gladee products
are 70 constitute the till OF fare. a
reception by Mr. and trs. William
Jennings ..an. and banquet al one
OF The leading hotels Of Miami.
The Bryan reception viii he held at
Mr. Bryans winter home at Cocoanua
Grove. The commoner is himself an
Everglades land owner and enthusi-
asst, and is expected to make some
interesting remarks on the subject o.
drainage legislation
The party returns to Lake Worth
through he Palm Beacn canal We'd
nesday. Although the North New Riv-
er canal, which is the main line Of
sportation from ort Lauderdale TO
Lake Okeechobee. Moore Haven and
Fort Myers has been accepted and
pind for and is marked as finished on
the official drainage plans. there is q
distance OF several miles in this ca
nal from which the rocks have not
oeen removed. and through which
only boats OF the shalloWest draft can
pass. This canal, officially. is six
feet deep but at present is impassa-
BILE to boats drawing more than TWEEN
weight or thirty inches. and as re
suit the Legislative party viii have TO
be taken TO Lake Okeechobee through
this canal and fat-bot'omed barges
drawn by small motor boats.
Committees representing naGe.
Broward and Palm Beach eoautias ar
~angod for bareey 10 make the trip
through The Glades. on which ne
members Of the party viii sleep two
nights Several meals will also be
served aboard the barges the food 10
be prepared on taree equipped a.
a kitchen. which viii accompany the
hotilla Captain Harry Clarke. gen
era. manager OF III Forbes Pioneer
Boat Line, j. commodore OF me feet.
ana Mayor VIII J. Reed oI Fort Iau-
derdale IS in oharg@ If the eommis-
sarv
Many Of the truok faeas On the
south shore OF Lake Okeechobee es-
capped serious injury in the recent
freeze, and the visitors vii! ~ shown
vegetables, forage crops. fruit and
other trees. and stapl- farm crops.
growing on the reclaimed Glades soil
near The lake and at Datie 4, The
latter place they viii be shown z sys.
TEN Of the beginnings Of q system OF
s-Everglades highways for which
the money has been provided await
ing the completion OF the drainage ca
nails before they can o. finished
Most of the sixty-mile trip through
the North New River canal Will be
made at night The dinner 10 be serv-
ed today at Okeelanta will include
fish from the canals and lake rabbits,
raccoons and wild fowl from the
Glades. and fruit and vegetables
srown on Glades soil. Upon arrival
IN Lake Worth on Wednesday. the
party will be taken in autos TO Miami,
where on Thursday they will be
shown some of the Everglades farms
and groves along the Miami canal. the
finished portion Of the Tamiami Trail,
and will be given bathing party, aer-
opiane exhibition and shore dinner at
Miami Beach, followed by the recep-
ton at the Bryan home.
KEN0RiCK w. 9. 7. y.