The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-20

tHdn rlOTlud mas anu our StdIe ID OIL
thirty-third in population.
Florida has some Of the largest an
most beautiful springs in the world
Several of them flow at the rate o
100000 to 100000 gallons a minute
large enough to float steamboats,. Sil
yer Springs, near Ocala, flows S75,O
gallons a minute. 1t Is believed 10 b.
the largest spring on earth.
Tourists spend $3OOOO,00O in thi
state every year.
There is $3O,OOO,O00 invested in no
tells in Florida. The Royal Poin
cianna at Palm Beach, is the largest
frame hotel In the world.
Florida has $500 miles of railroads
operated by thirty different com.
panies.
Florida has the lowest death rate
of any state in the Union.
The population of Florida has in
creased 30 per cent within the last
five years.
Florida has local option compul-
sorry school law.
Florida has several fine institutions
for higher education.
Key West is nearly 300 miles nearer
the Panama canal than is any ether
American seaport.
The tarpon, the worlds most noted
game fish, abounds in the seas con-
tiguous to Florida. Catching it IS one
of the most exciting sports known to
fishermen.
Shad, pompano, Spanish mackerel
sheephead, trout, reddish and mullet
are among the many fine food fish
of Florida. Fishing is one of the
great industries of the state.
There are large deposits of peat In
nearly all parts of Florida.
Flowing artesian wells, some fore.
ing water as high as twenty feet
above the surface, are found in MANY
sections Of the state.
Florida has the only sponge fisher
les in the Union. Tarpon Springs
shipped more than $1OOO,OO0 worth
in 1917.
Coquina rock, made up mostly of
shells, is found along the east coast.
1t was the first stone used in Ameri |
lea for building purposes. Limestone
exists in nearly all parts of the state,
The manufactured products of
Florida aggregate $1OO,OO,OOO a year.
The manatee or seacow, weighing
up to 1000 pounds and turtles weigh
ing up to 200 pounds still are found
IN Florida waters.
More than 1000 different species
OF trees, shrubs, etc., grow In Flor.
ida.
Florida leads all other states In
fuller's earth and ten
times as many.
Florida reported 50O16 farms In
1910. The state could contain ten
lines as many. Z
Florida ranks first among all the
states in the Union in the production {
# turpentine. II
There are seventy ice factories in t
florida. We have no ice unless we
make it. The discoverer Of tho pro.
ess Of making artificial ice was a
florida man.
Ninety per cent of the original for
SITS Of Florida still are wooded, the +
many acres are being thinned an n
ually.
Florida has spent more per capita q
recent years for road Improvements d
han has any other state. q
Florida produces the finest of pine n
pples and has shipped as many as
100000 crates of them a year. The a
lost exclusive pineapple plantations v
long the east coast and in sand so is
ure and white that a handkerchief n
IN be dragged over 1t without dis Il
,loration. fl
The average number of persons to Il
lie square mile in the United States
as 800 by the census of 1910. Flor. c.
as average was 1877 persons 10 the th
uare mile. Which shows that there lS
plenty of room here for more pee