The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
(By Jackercrack)

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Florida has three new counties,
and, in my judgment, there are at
least six more counties from which
slices should be cut. This would
Of course make six more counties.
Some Florida counties are entirely
too large for convenience in transact
! ing county business and county gov
eminent
Flagler county is one year old. !
scarcely need say that it's name
comes from the builder of the East
Coast railway. A piece of the north
end of Volusia county and one from
the south end of st. John county
have made it. In size it is not quite
as large as most counties of the
State, but is plenty large enough.
Fiagler's Western border is Crescent
Lake, which is Is miles long and has
an average width of 2 IL miles. The
eastern border of the county is the
Atlantic Ocean. Along the entire
length Of the eastern rim runs the
East Coast Canal. Through the canal
steam boats 60 on their way from
Jacksonville to Miami
Flagler averages level, but in the
eastern part, along the East Coast
Canal, the landscape is rolling. This,
in connection with the ocean, creates
some scenes that delight the eye and
exuberate ones feelings. The soil
is dark, sandy loan and clay sub-soil
It is la1d that will produce first-class
results. and endure. Potatoes are the
great crop, and the earth is the same
as that in the Hastings region, which
has made that section famous. Lots
Of corn and hay are raised. A farmer
10 miles from Bunnell will have this
season 1000 acres of corn to sell
after keeping enough for his own use.
No fertilizer is used on his land.
Flaglsr Is one of the best counties
in Florida for cattle ranges. It is
estimated there are now in the coun-
ty $4,000 beef cattle and mich cows
Sheep are coming on. One man has
1000. They keep fat and healthy
They are sheared in tho spring. ~.
Settlers are coming here from ev-
cry State in the Unior and many
from Canada. Six big land compa.
MES operate in the county.
Two men--one from st. Augustine,
the other from Georgia-own 10000
acres on which they will run blood
ed stock farm. Angus bulls and
other choice breeds. The whole
ranch will soon be fenced.
All of Flagler County will be
blessed by a complete drainage sys-
tenn within a year The surplus wa
ter will be forced into the Atlantic.
and 1t will run only 16 miles from the
farthest place in the county.
Where now stands Bunnell, county
seat of Flagler, eight years ago there
was nothing but a turpentine still.
Today there is a clean, well laid out
and we'll built town of 700 people.
The business parts are all of brick,
good looking, substantial and up-to-
date buildings. Residences and other
houses are tasty, comfortable, some
pretty, and all we'll mode. There is
not an ugly-looging building in sight.
Bunnell-emphasize the "nell"-is
a fine looking town and excellent
ored depot does much to make 1t ap-
pear cheerful.
4 Bunnell is 33 miles from Palatka, So
from st. Augustine, 25 from Daytona,
and about 80 from Jacksonville 1t
will be seen from this that there are
good. big markets not far off on al
most every side for convenience of
producers and citizens.
neglected to say, 1000 cars Of
potatoes were shipped from Flagler
this year Biggest crop ever grown
in the county.