The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-07
is being improved by Minneapolis

st,.....,, Inc improved hlsnWa! VIII
t..ss lor many mIIes Though an ia
.,...en series OF oraHse and grape
.-...- ,sraAps in sIsnI OI CHARMING
tahes ana p4easant MONIES
aloLs the lAe aIreauy eStao14sileu'
.. ,a. rn,d runs SCUM from aalhes
~, are LaAe iI4mlItoh' DuA"ee'
N,AerIy, Mountain Lake i-aAe
ronoea Lane ana rrostprool
il, polK county, anu at all ol 'nesN
n.ares luere ale beautiful lanes oul
r.....t lake is the nnest OF all.
inns entire hIsnland scenery 10
neautl1ul ana WIS praise HON al
,lsuors, whether tney be tourists VI
e.;tiers II is not reflection upon
.nx Liner place or locality along thi'
route TO state that Crooked iahe -
the largest and the hanusomest pous
ot pellucld water in lnIs portion OF
IIor,da. AT romantic Mountain
lake wealthy nortnerners are buiid-
inn winter homes, and at Lake
Wales, a place scarcely four years
aid. are several hne homes ana
great deal OF winter enterprise. Al
lake hamilton Grover Cleseland
us. to ENJOY the sport of hshing'
When the Dixie highway associa-
tion is able to announce 10 tourists
that they can travel over spiehdiu
read from northern to southern ter
lm:uals, as the men who are pushing
Ituc work expect to be able to do be-
fore 1917 is brought to a close, the
Volume of automobile travel Will eX-
ceeu the most sanguIne expectations
l"he Grand Hotel at Chattanooga al
READY announces the building of ga
rage accommodations. free Of charge
Ito its guests, the only key to each
compartment of which will be hand
ed to the owner of the car fer oceu
pancy so long as he may remain in
thai historic city
Up to a week ago 22.313 square
Yards of asphalt had been laid cn
clay foundations by the contractors
TO whom Jobs had been let for con-
structing the 2l7 miles of hard-sur-
faced roads in Polk county, although
Ioaly few months have passed since
the five per cent bonds were sold
the contracts let and work com
menced
The many tropical and semi-trop
icai growths of this climate-things
that feed on air as well as other
things that take nourishment from
the soil-are always attractive tc
the northern visitor. Here, on thi;
high and healthy land, at Mrs. ia.
son f. Hunts home, large red roses
are in full bloom, and exhaling theil
fragrance upon the genial air. Here
too, are found great variety oi
palms. 1t is the natural habitat q
both the pine and the palm And or
these high and healthy hills, where
the low wash of waves are daily
heard. the ever green citrus trees
iare fragrant with blossoms in Feb
ruary and March and are laden with
golden fruit for several months ol
the year A new orange, the Luz
Gin Gong. produced by Florida
,Chinaman whose name 1t bears, will
hang ripe on the tree the year
round. and is of excellent quality. II
will supply markets in August, Sep
tember and October. and in Novem
be: the earliest fruit OF the new
crop is ready for gathering. Thi.
reans oranges fresh from the trees
the year round Fred D. welling
has six acres OF the new orang,
planted
Besides the splendid and graceful
palms, there are many luxuriou.
ferns and trees. as we'll as flower,
and fruits. The snowy hihiscu,
blooms the year round; so do man,
roses: and the handsome bienoni,
blossoms freely all winter. To tn,
homemaker there is rare enjoymen
IN the cultivation of plants and 0
flowers when the North is ice
bound
The high land that borders Crock
ed lake on its northern and eastern
shores is conceded to be among tn
best for growing oranges and grape
fruit. As sweet oranges as ever wer
tasted are now in their prime. Re
sides this there is a remarkable free