The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-26

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ihirty-third in population.
iii Florida has some Of the largest ant
most beautiful springs In the world
Eeveral OF them flow at the rate Of
n 100000 to 100000 gallons a minute
! large enough to float steamboats, Sill
{ YER Springs, near Ocala, flows o75,00f
ia gallons a minute. It is believed 10 be
the largest spring on earth.
81 There is $30,0O0,000 invested IN no.
Il tells in Florida. The Royal Poin
n cianna at Palm Beach, is the largest
a frame hotel in the world.
n Florida has $500 miles Of railroads
operated by thirty different COM
panies.
The population Of Florida has in
creased 80 per cent within the last
FIVE years.
Key West is nearly 800 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 1t IS one
of the most exciting sports known to
fishermen.
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 $1O0,0O,O0O 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 5000 different species
Of trees, shrubs, etc., grow in Flor
ida.
Florida leads all other states in
producing fuller's earth and ten
times as many.
Florida reported 5O016 farms In
1910. The state could contain ten
times as many.
Florida ranks first among all the
states in the Union in the production
of turpentine.
There are seventy ice factories in
Florida. We have no ice unless we
make 1t. The discoverer of the pro.
cess Of making artificial ice was a
Florida man.
Ninety per cent Of the original for
ests Of Florida still are wooded, the
many acres are being thinned an
nually.
Florida has spent more per capita
in recent years for road improvements
than has any other state.
Florida produces the finest of pine
apples and has shipped as many as
100000 crates Of them a year. The
most exclusive pineapple plantations
along the east coast and In sand so
pure and white that a handkerchief
can be dragged over It without dis
celebration.
The fig, one Of the earth's best
known fruits, is right at home in
Florida.
Florida has the lowest death rate
OF any state In the Union.
Florida produces 100000 pounds
of butter; a mere fraction OF its CO.
pacity to produce this commodity It
offers excellent opportunities in the
dairy industry.
There are large deposits Of peat In
nearly all parts Of Florida. /
Florida clay makes good bricks.
Florida has the only sponge fisher !
les in the Union. Tarpon Springs
shipped more than 100000 worth
in 1917.
Florida has more than $40 one, 900
of tropical fruit trees of bearing age
in all, more than 75,oO0,oO0 fruit
trees.
Florida can be made to produce
enough sugar to supply the needs Of
all America, and more. Sugar cane
grows in every county. Drained land
will yield twenty tons to an acre, the
potential equivalent Of 5000 pounds
OF granulated sugar.
Florida has more surface water in