Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-14
From Florida
Mr.. KRbrich Visits Other Mexico
People In That ClIme--1O, 900 Sol
diers Ready To Sail For France.


took a spin yesterday with my
friend, Samuel Nelson, out to his
1000 acre farm, in the suburbs OF
the city OF Jacksonville. II is dotted
with houses, and a No. school
and church house. 1t is the best
soil l have seen in Florida. 1t was
low, fiat, wet land. He cleared IT all
of and ditched everywhere, weeded
and plowed 1t up. Now 1t is rich,
black soil, and will grow anything
Il looks like one large green garden.
Everything looks so thrifty. He on
ly asks 5000 an acre! Mr.. Nelson
has 10000 acres of land in all. His
brother, Mat Nelson, has farm,
but not so large, out in the same
locality. ! saw DR.. j. f. Harrison, of
Mexico, Cave Johnson, Mat Nelson,
Mr. and Mrs. d. p. Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Sannebeck and children and
Mrs. E. ID. Graham, and F. NJ. Love-
less. All seemed to enjoy this warm,
nice climate.
At this time Jacksonville is hav-
ing a big State Fair. 1t is about like
our Missouri State Fair at Sedalia.
Since the 18th @, February we
have had very warm weather, every
day so or 90 in the shade. which
makes us hunt the shade. Thous-
ands still coming here. A few get
too hot here and go back north
where it is cooler.
Our truck men plant and gather
four times every year, and it grows
a little In best in winter and brings
much the best price at that time.
Today l received letter from
VIM. Frazier stating he was on his
way to Mexico, Mo-, and would stop
off a few days and attend the State
Fair at Jacksonville.
. They are making boats here as
fast as they can, both steam and sail
boats, about 400 feet long. There
are 10000 soldiers here at Camp
Johnston to leave in a few days, they
don't know where The boys all say
they have been treated nicely since
they came here. They are not allow
ed any strong drink. You don't see
a drunken soldier among them.
Later.-I have a niece in Chicago
who wishes to know If 1t is good
fishing down South, in the st. Johns
River or the Ocean, as she is very
fond of fishing and she wishes to
know the names of the fish you can
catch with hook, line and net, most
of them. Black bass, Mango snap
per, king mackerel, red snapper, red
bass, pomona, blue fish, sunfsh, pike
pickerel, salt mackerel, Spanish
mackerel, salmon trout, cat fish, brine
mullets, herring, shad, and sheer
head. Most of these are salt water
fish. 1t is a sight to go down to the
boat landing and see the boat loads
of fish and lobster, crabs, shrimp and
then other boats will be loaded with
oranges, tangareens, bananas ant
others strawberries, others garder
truck of every kind. Some have sug
ar cane stalks for the negroes to sucl
the sweet juice out of. They stocl
a dozen boats a morning, loaded
down TO the guards.
VIII Frazier from Mexico came II
from Tampa and st. Cloud and hC
and l took in the State Fair together
Every county in the State is tryini
to have the best exhibit. and tel
you the exhibits are surprising. The,
had all kinds of tropical fruits AM
all kinds of garden truck, AM
there were 80 counties represented
Near all had corn and everything
that sedalia has-oranges, tanga
reens, and grape fruit, pine appl
and large ripe peaches-that seda
liza did not have last year. We say