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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29

Leaving out rivers, lakes. towns,
Mites, highways, railroads. ETC., Flor
da has 100000 acres Of land avail
&ble for cultivation--with less than
1000 900 acres under the pillow.
4 Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
larry products in 1917 aggregated
|3113, 600, 900 in value. The value
would be $1,000, 100000 OF all avail.
able land were developed and cult
|vated.
FIorida's average value Of farm
products per acre is $14s.
II Florida has more than 200 varieties
6of forest trees-a greater number
than any other state.
Florida has 74,0o0,000.00o feet OF
Standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $1o,ooo.ooo worth Of
phosphate per annum, or so per cent
'of the total output Of the United
States.
4 Florida is destined to become i'm
portant, very important, in raising
live stock. There is no long, cold
winter to test the vitality Of animals
4 Feed can be grown every month.
The mild climate Of Florida Offers
farming opportunities not eQualed
elsewhere In the Union.
Orchids-the rare and expensive
beauties Of the northern greenhouses
grow wild in the forests Of Flori
ia.
Florida has more surface water II
rivers and lakes, and also available
underground, besides the heavies
annual rainfall. than any other stat
In the union.
No state in the union mas such &C
cess to the oceans and the world b.
water as has Florida
No one need fear coming to Flor
da because Of alligaton. They ar
now as much Of curiosities to Florid
ians as they have been to tourists.
Look at map Of the world, an
you will find Florida is more favol
ably located, relative to facility {
access to water and world tram
than any other American state.
The summer warmth Of Florid
never prostrates man or animal, th
temperature seldom attaining 100 d
grees above zero. Sultry nights al
unknown. Trade winds constant
blow over the state from the Gu
OF Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
When the waters Of the North al
covered with thick ice, you can
fishing and boating in Florida water
or pick strawberries and flowers
Florida gardens.
The fig, one of earth's best-know
fruits and oftenest mentioned In th
Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable RI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29
About Florida
The MOST WONDERFUL STATE IN THE UNION
Compiled by the Florida State Marketing Bureau)
towns, Iers in Florida.

ers In Florida.
It is estimated that On acre OF
Florida water can be made to supply
as much food as an acre of land.
There are more than $50 varieties
Of fish in Florida waters.
Florida farm land increases in val
ne 165 per cent. each decade. The
state contains 100000 acres,
Florida is not all sand. It has
more than 100000 acres Of land
with firm red-clay subsoil.
Two years Of upbuilding with leg.
umes will make the most ordinary
Florida sand productive.
Jackson county shipped rs cars Of
A.grade corn to Kansas City. Mo-, last
year.
Fossil remain brought to light by
mining operations show Florida once
was the home Of the mastodon, the
elephant, the camel, the saber-toothed
tiber, and other giant forms Of life.
Honey is produced in practically
every Florida county. No state pro-
duces a greater number Of nectar.
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds OF trees not
found elsewhere in the world-so far
as known to botanists. They are Of
the confer or pine family.
Florida ships $4,000 car loads Of
fruit and vegetables q year, or more
than four solid train loads every day
lin the year.
Florida has Is of the 6S federal res
rvations for the protection and pres
ervation Of bird life.
| The banner orange tree Of Florido
lis 60 feet high and has produced 10,
900 oranges In q year.
More than 300 silos have been bull
in Florida in recent years, this worl
having been scarcely started.
The value of Florida's peanut crol
is estimated at 100000.
Hastings, in st. Johns county
marketed more than 100000 wort
of white potatoes in 1917.
, Florida reported 50,016 farms Il
1910. The state could contain to-
times as many.
Florida has the largest pecan grow
in the world-72,000 trees, GOVERN
1900 acres, near Tallahassee.
Florida possesses 100000 peca
trees.
Florida produces 100000 pound
Of butter-a mere fraction Of It's CT
. pacity to produce this commodity.
, offers excellent opportunities in tn
dairy industry.
! There are only 20 states in the VI
ion with more daily newspapers tina
! Florida has, and our state Is onl
. 33d In population.
Florida produces more long-stapl
cotton--the kind use dto make threa
: and lace material-than does an
Z other state. It was worth In 19l
more than rs cents a pound.
! Florida has some of the larges
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29
again?''
"Oh, l intend to remain in it," was
Lincoln's prompt reply.

Florida's banking deposits increas-
ed 205 per cent. within the last i've
years. It has 201 banking institu-
lions under state control and 81 M.
tional banks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29
1t Pays to Read
Advertisements

You've often heard the saying 1T pays advertise
That is true And also pays to read advertisements
pays YOU. If you read advertisements consistently
for any length of time you will agree that this statement
is also true
1t pays you in money saved. There are many real
bargains offered from time to time in the advertise
ments appearing in this paper Watch for them
1t pays you in satisfaction When merchant asks
you to come to his store he obgates himself to sell
you quality goods as advertised" You have right
expect satisfaction from you buy and you gett
1t pays you in time saOed. When you know exactly
what you want to buy and where you want to buy it,
you don't nave to look around" and waste time
finding it.
Don't YOU want to save money and time? Wouldn't
you IKE TO De sure OF getting satisfactory service and
quality goods every time you go to store7 Then read
the advertisements and patronze the stores which can
serve you best.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29
THE FASCINATING NEW MODES.

4 I1I1 LfAoSANN@N~~-At Sf@1'
Between the fascinating lines OF
this coat and frock one may read
very clearly the indication of the
coming winter mode. The coat in
pom pom cloth, is trimmed with col
lar and cuffs of check velours, poe
Ikets Of self.material and fancy braid
buttons. It's lines are long and mar
row, yet it is full enough for every
comfort. Medium size requires four
yards 5iinch material.
The tailored frock In homespun
has long, narrow skirt and jacket
with q gathered peplum. The belt is
wider at the front than at the sides
and back and buttons are used gen.
erously in the decorative scheme.
Though draped high about the throat,
the collar is a convertible model.
Medium size calls for Az yards 49,
inch material.
First Model: Pictorial Review Coat
No. S0SS. Sizes, IA to 20 years. Price,
% cents.
Second Model: Jacket No. S040.
Sizes, "a to A inches bust. Price,
Is cents. Skirt No. 1898. Sizes. q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-29

Florida produces yearly 100000
quarts of strawberries.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
NE VI BALL ROOM
FOR MISHAWAKA
Hotel Management Transfers
Bowling Alleys Into Ele-
CANT Dance Hall.

Mishawaka IS 70 have one OF the
finest and most elegantly decorated
bali rooms In the state. according 70
statement made by Manager G. r.
Blackburn. Of the Hotel 1Iisha-
walks. who il having o. dance floor
1uilt IN the old bowling room OF the
bOstelry. Dancing space OF 5000
square feet IS accessible and will
-aslv accommodate q hundred peo-
pie.
A hard maple cushion flooring is
being used which Will be finished
with special sanding and finishing
apparatus recently purchased by the
mana cement tt viii be kept for
The purpose Of retouching the SUR
ace from time % time
The decorating OF the room is be-
1g done BY Charles Roy, interior
decorator and artist
The walls arc beautifully frescoed
10 burnt orange. which blends into
"a perfect ivory ceiling. The hand
ais and room ornaments are paint
ID In gold and trimmed in a dull
black producing an oriental effect.
The panel over the entrance from
Inc side lobby contains an artistic
emblem. Of the amusement place
frpe. siEnifying the name OF the
DOM. Special chairs and tables
rables have been ordered which will
10 decorated in accordance with the
general color scheme The windows
are TO be drapcd with blended chif-
fsssed pleated curtains and around
ne walls will be placed row of
bag trees one or the novelties Of
the room Is the cory corners with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
IOWA VISITORS.

Mrs. George c. Kraft and Mrs
John Costello and little daughter
Mary. OF Keokuk. Ia. are spending
the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs A.
c. Hsslanger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18

accommodate 800 diners, a ladies'
dressing chamber and retiring room
are other features. a checking room
Is another added improvement
The room VIII be completed some
time during Christmas week AMI
viii be formally opened New Years
eve with a ball 10 be given by the
management Many reservations
have been made for the affair.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
MISHA WAKA NE WIS

built-ln lounge benches
The room VIII be used, not only
as q ball room. but as a banquet
hall as we'll A kitchen equipped 10
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
To KEEP OPEN

The hardware stores OF the city
will keep open every night until
Christmas eve. -Advt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
Quality Rockers

We have just received a new
shipment OF high grade rock
ers, Overstuffed tapestry, lesth-
er. fibre and wood rockers I'm a
variety OF designs and finishes.
A comfortable rocker makes q
most desirable Christmas gift.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18
/ Mrs. A. II. OOLLrNs FUNERAL

The funeral OF Mrs. A. r. Collins,
All ". Sixth ST. who died Tuesday
night viii be held this afternoon
az o'clock a. the residence Rev.
c. W Titus Will officiate Burial
VIII be IN the city cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-18

DR.. H ". Reynolds. dentist.
Mlshawaka Trust Bldg. 12tI-Advt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
RICH vein OF GOLD
IS FOUND IN Wales
Problem Is Whether tho KinQ
Will Claim It as Of
Y0re.

The discovery Of rich vein Of gold
near yarmouth, Wales, bids fair to re-
vive the old question as to whom do
the mines containing gold belong?
Gold has been discovered in the
Welsh hills at many places in the past,
but it has seldom been worked for
long. The discovery usually has been
followed by claim from the crown
for the greater part of the product,
and the miners have not found the
business paying one.
Some years back Mr.. Prichard Nor
gan invested considerable sum in de-
veloping some Of these mines, but the
authorities claimed the greater part
Of the output, and though the gold
seeker sought the aid Of the courts he
lost his case on the ground that all
gold was the property Of the king.
Since that period little attention has
been given to these gold bearing dis.
tricts. Just before King George V mar
ried Queen Mary certain amount of
work was done with the object Of COL
lecting enough Welsh gold to make
the wedding ring.
The new discovery is said to yield
quartz giving two ounces Of gold per
ton. The question now is, will the
king grant license to work the de.
post on terms that will allow the pro-
motors to be repaid for their expendi-
ture Of capital and labor costs?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
FRANCE IN DANGER
OF new INVASION
Germans, Nationality Hidden,
Found in Business Houses
Papers Demand Action.

The impending resumption Of COM
mercial relations with the enemy of
yesterday is causing the French public
at large a good deal Of misgiving.
Many would keep the German out at
all cost, but cooler heads realize that
France cannot afford to close the door
upon a customer of a billion francs
annually. There is, however, a feel
ing that If the German is to come back
to France he must come back in some
recognizable shape, and not disguised,
as too often before.
Incidents such as the following do
not serve to put the public mind at
ease. A, lady Of good social standing
of Lille recognized recently in the per-
son of a cashier in big Paris depart
ment store, a former German officer.
She had good reason to remember him
as one of the invaders who had been
quartered upon her home in Lille.
Challenged, the man stoutly denied
his Teutonic nationality. He spoke
French perfectly; his papers were to
all appearance in order. Then his
accuser remembered that the man had
once boastfully exhibited his arm, on
which the portrait of the former Ger
man emperor was tattooed. The cash
ier-officer was dismissed and the
newspapers ARE now demanding that
employers shall be held responsible
for the civil status Of their employees.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
SHOW YAkKS AROUND
Y. NJ: C.. A. Conducts Sightseeing
Tours Through France.
sattlefie'ds and Castles Of Leading In
terest After Paris Has
Been Seen.

Chantilly. France.-The' progress of
the sightseeing doughboy through
France, after he gets through with
battle fronts, is from one beautiful
spot to another. OF course, the battle
fronts come first, and the Y. NJ. G. A.
trips to Chateau-Thierry, Belleau
Wood, Rheims, Scissors and the Che
min-des-Dames are so popular that the
boys have to draw lots every day for
the coveted free tickets, as only 100
persons can be taken on each trip.
But all the other trips the Y. NJ. G. A.
has arranged for American soldiers
and sailors are studies In beauty and
art and history amid pleasures and
palaces, and the eagerness and in
telligence with which the boys go
on these expeditions is plain evidence
of their essential soundness Of heart
and mind.
The first day, as a rule, the boys get
aboard the big "Y'' sightseeing auto
mobiles and see Paris. Then they go
by special train to the palaces Of
Versailles, Fontainebleau, Malmaison
and st. German. Next they come
back to Paris and spend a day in the
Louvre. And then those still keen
for palaces are invited to take another
trip to the jewel Of them all, the fa-
nous chateau of the Condos and Mont
morencys at Chantilly.
Thousands of American soldiers have
visited Chantilly this year and have
learned something Of a place which
many wealthy tourists overlooked. In
deed, though many Americans visited
Chantilly in years before the war, a
large percentage Of them saw only the
race course and never visited the
chateau. Yet many experts hold that
though a number Of other museums
outrank it in size, nowhere in the
world-not excepting the Louvre-is
there more exquisite collection Of
objects of art.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
SUCH A. NICE BURGLAR
He Was Shown Through 4 House by
a Child.

He Was Shown Through House by
a Child.
Burglars always have been the pet
aversion of Margaret Bearsley, eight
years of age, Of Omaha. She admits
she is "just scared to death" of a
burglar.
When it was too hot to play Mar
garet slipped into her nightie and
crept up on the lounge in the guest
room to rest.
Looking up from the wall paper
sample book with which she was
amusing herself, Margaret beheld a
strange man standing by the dresser.
He wore a workman's black cap and
carried some electric light cords.
"Oh," he said pleasantly. I'm the
electric light man. I've come to in
spect the lights and got sort of mixed
up in the rooms"
-''I'll show you the way" volunteered
Margaret, and she jumped up, slipped
on tiny kimono and escorted the cleo
trio light man all through the upstairs.
Now the police are looking for the
man with black cap and-two electric
light cords and Margaret's family call
her "the burglars pal"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPO
to avail themselves Of the scientific re
searches.

10 avail themselves OF the scientific re-
searches.
| How Holland Is Protected,
1.-THE observations on the rise and
fall of various coasts are impressive:
Holland derives it's name form it's
subsistence, coupled with the building
Of bikes for the protection of the land:
the island Of Batavia, inhabited in the
days OF Tacitus, is drowned; Zuyder
Zee was formed by an invasion of the
sea about the end Of the thirteenth
century, and the Netherlands polders
(or> dike-protected lands) are main
tanned only by artificial entertainments
which have been raised from genera.
ton to generation until now cultivated
fields lie seven to ten meters below
tide level.
"The measure of the rate of sub
sidence Of the Holland coast ranges
! from 90 to rs meter per century;
since 1892 the mean has been &c me-
ter, or nearly foot per century. The
subsistence Of the New Jersey coast
was estimated at two feet per CEN
fury by State Geologist Cook; it has
continued so long that fresh water
cedar swamps have been submerged
and the forests imbedded in saline
mucks, whence it is profitable business
to mine the logs for lumber; and in
consequence of the current sinking the
Atlantic is encroaching and swallow
ing or destroying estates and homes
to the value Of many thousand dollars
annually.
'The subsistence of the gulf coast
is less confidently known; but the
geologic indications are that it is Cat
least between Mobile bay and Calves
ton harbor) nearly as rapid as on the
New Jersey coast, and more rapid
than on the Netherlands coast, at least
since the building Of the dikes; so
that the rate cannot justly be esti-
mated at less than a foot per cen.
tury."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
HERM|T'S ANNUAL BATH
Lives in a DiIapidated Shack and
Police Gave It to Him.

Lives in a DiIapidated Shack and
Police Gave 1t to Him.
John May, aged hermit, who lives
in a dilapidated shack in the river
bottoms at Dallas, Tex, has been
given his annual haircut, shave and
bath. The police did the tonsorial act
and also administered the scrubbing.
1t took several of-the cops to do it,
for John is strong man and put up
a determined struggle throughout the
performance. He went to the police
station with grizzly hair and beard
which reached almost to his waist.
He came away with a smooth face
and head and smelling like high
priced toilet water.
John makes his living by mending
tinware and his customers did not
recognize him when he came around
the next day.
TITS not my fault, lady," said John
as one Of the women failed to recog-
nize him. "Them loafing COPS are
what did it,
John got his first haircut, shave and
bath in twenty years last year, when
the policemen ran him in and trimmed
him up.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
WHISPERS AS OLD AS HE IS
And Former County Auditor in Cali
fornia Is lowering Near the
Eighty Mark.

Santa Ana, Cal.-Who's got the old
est whiskers?
Other towns have entered contest
ants in the race for oldest hirsute
adornments, but Santa Ana only now
jumps into the fray with a set of
whiskers sixty-one years old. If any
body can beat that let them come for
ward or forever hold their peace.
The proud possessor of the aged
beard is J. H. Hall, former auditor of
Orange county, who Is now dividing
his time between Santa Ana and the
East Captain Hall, G. A. R. man,
never has shaved, and the whiskers
which now adorn his face are on the
roots Of the "fuzz" which showed up
when he was In his teens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
BLIND, HANDS GONE, WRITES
Crippled Soldier Becomes Competent
Typist Through Patient Train
in0.

London.-Blind and deprived Of both
hands, Sergt. Alan M. Nichols Of the
Second Durham light infantry refused
to be classed as an ''unemployable,"
and today can write letters as prof.
GENTLY as any normal stenographer.
Nichols restoration to self-support-
ing basis was accomplished through
patient training, a specially construct
ed typewriter, pair Of artificial alum
mum hands and his own indomitable
spirit. Recently he passed a writing
test Of two hours and fifteen minutes,
his copy" necessitating only two cor
rectiOns.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
ST. LOUIS GIRLS INGENUITY

They Can Keep Both Hands on Auto
Wheel and Avoid Law.
You can't beat Cupid. Knocked to
his knees by the antispooning edict Of
st. Louis county officials he drank the
cup of bitterness.
The constables declared that men
driving automobiles must keep both
hands on the wheel and quit spooning.
But the constables gasped when they
saw girls driving and the young men
sitting alongside with both hands
free.
whats fellow going to do when
the girls got both hands on the
wheel?" Constable George Roth asked.
"That's perfectly legitimate. That's
what I call beating the law"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
Sight Large Sea Serpent;
Immune to Bullets.

Reno, Nev.-Doubt not the au-
thenticity of this, for the nation
went dry long since.
Four hunters report sea SER
pent rs feet long in Yuramid
Lake, largest fresh water body
west of the Great Lakes. It has
huge fins and a serpent's tail.
comes to the surface of the wa
ter and it's hide is impregnable
to bullets.
The hunters who shot the an
imal but who report it dived af-
ter being hit unhurt are ]. S.
Neff, Mike Macy, w. ]. Neff and
M. Gent. They were camping on
the shore of the lake when the
monster was first sighted, they
said.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01

room that has quiet, warm healthS
color and find rest from fatigue to
the brain and eye. =.
1--WE all have suffered for years and
taken our suffering as matter of
course with. certain stupid patterns
on our walls which our weary eyes
follow round and round until they can
bear 1t no more and we have then
called in the paperhanger. Perhaps
he has given US some slight relief by
putting on paper with lines instead
of floral designs, but the e continues
unconsciously to follow it's voyage,
now up and down, instead of from
spot to spot. Sometimes we resort to
plain papers with their so-called art
shades, but these are lifeless things
and the monotony Of their tones sends
us quickly back to the spots or stripes.
Rooms and Personality.
1--WE have vaguely realized that
these effects are not satisfactory and
occasionally have fled from them into
the putty-colored wall, which is safe
and sound, but how dreary! From
purely physical standpoint more at
tention could be given to the color
we surround ourselves with.
"Very little thought has been devot-
ed to the unwholesome effects Of some
combinations of colors and the phys
ical and mental depression that may
be caused by pinks and mauves and
pea green's. We simply haven't had
time to think about our personal set
ting, and we have allowed the house
painter to wallow in filthy and dis
gushing colors. Why should more
thought and care be given to our stom-
achs than to our eyes? The average
woman has always a color that she
calls my color and she is very par
ticular to use this in her clothes. The
color Of the walls of the room in which
she entertains are Of much more I'M
portance to her looks than the color
Of the gown she wears, because one
sees her head against the wall color
and on top Of the gown. It would be
much more valuable to the beautiful
woman to spend hours posing In front
of samples for wall colors than at the
dressmakers selecting her gowns.
I'm most houses the furniture re-
ceives the chief consideration. How
will 1t look against the proposed COL
ors?' If the furniture does not accept
gracefully the color scheme, paint that,
too. Woman has but one life to live,
the furniture, If it Is strong and hardy,
passes on through several gener-
ar1ons.~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-01
Got Bait From Wreck.

o. n. Woodward and a companion
Of Chagin Falls, O., started on an auto
trip to fishing place. Unable to OBJ
tain bait, they feared the catch would
be small Half way to their destina-
ton the auto turned over. Wood.
ward was thrown clear off the ma.
chine, but his companion was pinned
underneath. When the machine was
finally lifted the man inside was found
putting angleworms in the bait pail,
for the machine had torn up the
ground. And they were pleased.