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

Stephen l.. Roberts is the Nestop
Of Cape Sable. He lives about two
miles beyond the school house and
came there with his wife Is years
ago and when he was "a years old.
He has the full confidence OF every
one and he has full acquaintance
with everyone over there. He came
there from DLand in Orange county
with his eight children, three girls
and five boys. He has twenty-five
grandchildren and three great grand
children and carries on his forming
with zest that no other man around
has for the work Of It. He is a school
trustee, is greatly interested in the
school and Miss Inez Rolands, the
teacher. boards at his home and has
the splendid privileges Of daily meals
such as Mrs. Roberts prepared for
the jury of eight who heard the case
the Cape Sable land. She has thir-
teen pupils in the school as follows:
Ray. Arvid, Clarence and Stanley
Roberts, Foster Porten, Joe and John
Douthit, Eunice, Dora, LEMON and
Neelie Roberts. and May and Senie
Douthit. The school began the first
week of January and carries into
April. School opens each morning at
$3.50 and uses the noon hour as recess
and gets dismissed at three.
Judge Low and School Commits
sioner Roberts as well as every one
else who met there, feel great hope
that Key West is going to show a
proper spirit and interest in getting
the roads and the boat line SO much
needed for development. They are
ready to come half way.
F.. Page Wilson: my visit in May
to Cape Sable is described in news
paper article, my visit in in October
is described in Cape Sable Revisited
and the Bulletin I wrote for the
Chamber of Commerce is based on
both these. All will say for this
this is that not word have written
in any Of these is overstated as
complete this, my third visit.
The Journal cannot tell the story
Of this wonderful section in single
story. It will present the findings
Of those who were there and the OBJ
servations that were made from time
to time. The jury as named above
are unanimous in these findings:
1. The Cape Sable country is a
more wonderful country than tho
stories told of it seemed to set up.
3. That the time for its develop
ment Is at hand.
8. That this development must
come through Key West to be under
the best conditions to promise sue
cess.
4. That the people Of Cape Sable
are emitted to receive what they
need from Monroe county as a whole.
5. That the assessment of the land
of this section at an average Of rs
cents an acre Is grim Joke for those
who are suffering at its injustice, that
is everybody in the county.
6. That plenty Of good roads, a
direct boat line connection with Key
West and speedy acquaintance with
the people Of Key West with this
country are desirable.
z. That the Chamber of Commerce
never di da better thing than when
Secretary Chase engineered this ex.
cursion.
s. That the wonderful work OF
Frank J. Powers, the agent for some
of the land over there. has been done
in broad and wise manner which.
after six years of tireless exercise.
1 ssoon to bear fruit, II he Is con-
tinued in the carrying out the plans
that were engineered through bis pro
phetic vision.
9. That the land at Cape Sable is of
high quality and type and is unsur-
passed by any known land.