The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-26
Dbl" SMITH, |NTELL|CENCER'S
FLORIDA CORRESPONDENT WRITES
TELLS OF DELIGHTFUL TIME AND
THE CLIMATE HE is ENJOY
ING IN SUNNY SOUTH.
At Miami Where the Birds Sing All
tho Day and tho Sun Shlnea
Brightly,

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and the official Intelligencer winter
correspondent. has written the follow
ing letter which will doubtless be Of
interest to many Of this vicinity, and
which reads in parts as follows:
Miami, Ella.
Editor Inteligencer.
] arrived at Miami on the 29th Of
September after being on the road for
four days. and have had a very enjoy.
able time. On my way down / made
the acquaintance Of three Ohio men
and we were together much OF the
time. One Of the party was q young
man who has enlisted in the navy and
was on his way to the Miami navy ra'
do station.
Miami Is not The city il has been
in past years. Business is slower and
; there are not so many people here as
before. Building has been about the
same during the past yeIr. One inter-
csting fact is that. contrary 10 past
years, when rooms could not be Sc
cured at any time now one may go
into any part Of the city and get rooms
for rent.
| Game Is plentiful this season. Par.
ties are out hunting quail and ducks
every day and deer in the Big Cypress
are not uncommon. We went on z
| hunting trip the other day and 1t took
three machines to haul lis and our
equipment. We had supplies for thirty
days-three bird dogs. three. deer
dogs, three Indian gudes-and were
gone fifteen days. The party was COM
posed Of George -. Williams. r. L..
Hill, R. A. Mooney. G.. !. Martin and
myself and We had a good time. It
Is wonderful how some Of these Indian
{ guides can take you on Il tifly or sixty
! mile 1aunt, 20 whore ynu are complete
, " lost and bring you hack safely.
i Usually some one needs stay at the
camp and help peel potatoes. wash
dishes and do other work, and ] have
! been picking rhat kind Of work rather
than hunting bears, deer, panthcrs
and other animals.
| The Miami Gun club has rcorsan-
lied for the winter. a new grand
stand has been built on The range and
several shoots have been held. I was
on the range vest erclay and came sec.
Gnu Win uISIi II|llI''' W. ih'''' '''~
onr.arm wonder, was first.
4 topic which is of discussion here
now is the talk Of lrngthrning Of the
tourist season. The hOt"! men are say
ing the season is TOO short and oppor-
tuniries should hr extended longer.
Plans are now being made for the
annual yachting regatta. which will
be- ono big event of the year. The re-.
gatta is always looked forward 10 with
interest. A number of fast boats have
already been entered by yatchtsmen
from all paris Of HE Atlantic coast.
Following are some Interesting FACTS
of Miami, the Magic City,"
Miami had population of 2l,n6O
in October 1918. and 10000 In Oclo'
Der, 1916 Six banks have capital
fzed stock Of $525.nnn and deposits Of
over $S,000.00O. About $366.U00 has
been expended on tho educational syS-
tenn. Go where YOU may in Florida,
YOU will find many interesting educa
tional views and Srrnes. The state Is
truly state OF flowers. ST. Angus
,, line and Pensacola are TWO Of the old
est cities in The country. The first
foreign flag ~ ny over America IN
colony was in in Florida. General
Andrew was one nf the many proml-
ncnt persons born in this state and he
fought in many wars against the In
dians. tn" seaport OF Florida was at
.. one time one Of the most tlourlShlng
in the country. Ii will be remembered
fernando dc Sofa was tho discov"rer
of the Mississippi. having marched
across the state Of Floria. Ponc" de
Leon, Spaniard. made a vain search
for the "fountain OF eternal youth IN
, this thriving stale. Tn" collections IN
the state museums and colleges are
wonderful and would keep on" looking
for hours and lhen not see AL. tlor-
ida is til" only cate III the union
which is Irnwing larger by actual land.
This is .ausrd by the shifting coral
reefs. i railroad runs along the reefs
10 Key West. rhr most SOutnerly point
in the United States.
Well, will quit and Will write
again. Your friend.
SMITH (1DOrl