The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-14
WINTER VISITOR
WRITES INTERESTINGLY
OF LAKELAND

lanG's many winter visitors. who Is
stopping AT the home Of Mrs. l. c.
brooks. writing to her home paper
AT Wolcott. y. Y. gives the follow
ing interesting observations concern
ing Lakeland and the country here
abouts:
402 S. Missouri Ave. Lakeland. Fla.
Feb. 10. 1917.
Dear Sir-So many tourists are Wis.
! iting Florida that il almost seems as
II no one staid at home. Reports say
that ST. Petersburg is taxed to its ut
most TO accommodate them, and peo-
pic there who do not usually take
tourists, have given up their homes.
or parts of them, to these seekers for
comfort. The old saying. Satan
came also" is true. for sharks and
sharpers are looking for game, and
present their get-rich quick schemes
/ in such alluring terms that some have
yielded and only for the prompt work
. OF sheriff or mayor would have lost
large sums of money
Did YOU read that Jack Frost too,
had visited Florida The citizens here
are the most cordial in the world. but,
really. Jack Frost left such trail of
Wreekagc behind him that a future
visit from him will he much dreaded
Yes. our glorious poinsettias. splen-
did hignonias and beautiful roses are
all only sweet memories.
We look regretfully on the ruins
II the garden sass" sorrowfully at
the scorchcd citrus groves, and hope
lrr speedy recovery The odor of
euaya will not soon assail our olfac-
tory senses, for the most of those
shrubs are laid low Never in our
experience here have the green gro
GERS windows been so bare, and it is
, not question of which shall we
have today for dinner?" but. what
AsAA w ktR itDOiAS alt th
couraging and things are not so bad
a. Il seemed al first
Plant city. neighboring town. re.
ports Mondays shipment of strawber
ries as 9.440 quarts Wen have an.
other shortcake yet before we go
home
Speaking of the cordiality of the
citizens. here IL an example of the
way they treat visitors. The Cham
her OF Commerce has fitted up rooms
Tor Tourists Headquarters, where
the visitors may assemble TO hold
meetings. play games. read the papers
| from everywhere. and look over the
register To see who has arrived and
where they are located An invita-.
ton TO tourists TO accept free auto
rides into the country about. to learn
bit of its sources and industries,
was given by the Chamber of Com
merce
Accordingly we registered for a
ride. and one fine day presented our
selves al Tourists Headquarters"
were put into five-passenger car and
taken for an afternoon of pleasure.
| We were driven out along the shores
of Lake Morton aud Lake llollings-
| worth. passing beautiful homes over.
| looking tire lakes. with their laden
citrus groves and strawberry fields,
very alluring indeed Thence the
road led on through sections entirely
mcultivated. waiting the capital OF
the northerner 10 convert them into
beauty spots. Here aud there we
found the homes of those who evi.
IDENTIFY were just getting started" re
minding one Of descriptions of pio.
neer homes" with their land partly
cleared and Young groves started
Our chauffeur drove TO The golf
.Iaks that Ne might see NJ Of Lake,
lands new attractions. opened Jan
| i. me clubhouse erected Mtti nN
= dste i.np~et 'qpais arh convent
Fences. overln Is a lake we'll stocked
with FISH On the shore near the club
house isthe power house and boat
house where a motor boat and row
boats are kept for the club men and
their guests The courtesy shown US
while there added 10 the pleasure we
had in seeing this pretty recreation
ground II Is stated thar the Lake
land Golf Club has an exceptionally
fine course and beautifully located. I"
From this place W. drove through
section after section more Of less re
Gently cleared and SET to citrus trees
Some were just set others were a
year or two old. from that on up 10