The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-04
Official Report OF Trip To
Cape Sable Made By
A Special Representative
OF The Key West Journal

FT6SSluS Ou tOWdTu5 cioihAhS0 Ao"i
Comorant Point, great acreage OF
nice looking land was walked across,
over and beyond and several pic
lures were secured.
Loren Roberts lives at the school
house. His lands look well taken care
of. there were beautiful Royal Palms
in the yard and lavender bush that
will long be remembered in its beau
ty and fragrance and its reminders a
lavender and old laces.
A front water line and back coun-
try line of approximately twenty
miles in extent were looked over.
each was carefully compared with the
other and notes were plentifully TAX
en- and samples of fruits and vege-
tables brought away in instances
where the folks were at home.
S. M. Spivey was up at the tide
gate and this part of the country was
not seen, indeed the only way 70 en-
Joy in full the prospects is to get a
fortnight's time over there and hunt
and fish and travel till a wide area
is covered.
The party took boat at the Club
House around $50 p. m. and made a
straight course for Key West. with
one short stay at the Cocoanut grove
for brief visit to Judge Low.
1t was found to be advisable to an
Choir at a. m. till daylight.
1t will thus appear that the trip
was too short for those who went tc
get more than general idea of this
country of vast extent in the north
end of our county. The trip was a
pleasure and a surprise in many
ways because one usually disbelieveS
a part of all stories that seem toe
large to be true The surprise was
that in all that the Journal has print.
ed, and all the statements made by
Frank j. Powers and H. A. Fry anG
others, there was a failure to tell the
size of the story. The possibilities
there are phenomenal.
Comments by Party
Mr.. Reshore said: Il see possibili
ties that are wonderfully good, but i
is matter of time to bring the need
ed developments. Whether quickly o.
slowly this section cannot fail to b,
G. rich and prosperous part Of tn,
country. II filling and drainage
Flowing and h0use-building, roat
making and transportation lines ar,
attended to promptly, colony afte
colony will come in. The country Il
interesting and promising"
Vergin Lowe said he was pleased
with the land, he was ready to star
right in to help its development ant
he suggested transportation line
and roads soon. He said he wa,
glad indeed, to have had this chanc,
to see the country.
Mr.. Pearson said: 81 am pleased
with my trip, delighted with tn,
country, believe that much of tn,
land saw is better than any I hav,
seen in Florida. am going to hav,
some of 1t and the next trip am 20
ing over prepared to make the trip
one-way trip only. With prope
methods of farming l have no doub
Of the success of crops suitable t
the land. I have looked all aroun
in Florida and the combination her
of climate, soil formation, drainag
and irrigation possibilities makes tn
by far the best opening I have see
in Florida"
Il Mr.. Cargile said: Marvellous.
have have never seen any section {
the country elsewhere to equal thi
in its self evident promises. 1t await
two things transportation to Ke
West and an outlet by public high
ways"
Said H. L. Chase; "Your count
looks good to me and it does TO th
county next to you and whispers ths
annexation is being coaxed tell tn
facts. If Monroe county is alive
the situation, water transportation t
. Key West will be perfected before tn
, roadway out is finished and Key Yves
, will show live interest in this en-
OF the county. If Key Yves: lie
asleep the richest part of your coun
ty will be stolen away"
Il am confident that flowing well
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