The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-01-10
INTERIOR FLORIDA
IS UNKNOWN
To the Tourists Who At this Season
Come to the State in Tens
Of Thousands

Iterm1ttant weather, Monday morning
the sun CLEANED forth clear and
beautiful, with an atmosphere as
crisp and spicy as one could wish for.
The old ocean settled down TO a long,
deep. gr0wly roar that could be heard
for many miles inland and content
ment dweiled once more IN the hearts
OF the truck growers Of Br0ward
county and residents of Fort Lauder
dale, for the frost king had passed
them by without doing any percep-
tible harm Hundreds Of people from
everywhere took advantage OF the
sunbeams and spent the day in the
open The Fort Lauderdale public
school being without furnaces, q holi-
day was given. and four or five hun
dred pupils of the institution did ever
more enjoy the day. In Miami the
"Yankeesp were out BY the thousands.
In the afternoon the streets were al
most impossible seething mass OF
humanity, moving in every possible
direction.
| 1t is sight worth travelling many
miles to sea, and the fact that 90
per cent Of those people come south
In autoes gives much food for thought.
especially for the interior population
of our state to dwell. upon Those
people are i'm Florida to be entertain
ed They are here to see all that
there is to see. Time and money are
of no consequence TO the majority Of
them, 60 why should not old Marion
have her share? have chatted with
a great number Of the visitors, and
many Of them seem to be possessed
of the idea that Miami or South Flor
ida holds al that il worth while in
the state. They know nothing, or
vaguely at best, Of the middle section
+. of the state They know nothing Of
the beautiful lake and hill regions OF
our fair state and have never heard
OF Silver Springs
| Along the entire Dixie Highway
don't believe there In a single poster
TO give q hint that Florida "has q
heart amid the green hills Of Mar
ion Until our section advertises, OF
awakens from It's deep stupor Of
sBhtished contentedness," ne cannot
hope for better results.
/ Fort Lauderdale is wide-aWake and
| is growing like a mushroom, and sub
stantially- Three miles inland from
| the ocean beach, two three-story con-
crete apartment houses have just
been completed Just block across
from the BickeIl avenue on the Dixie
Highway, which passes through the
heart Of the city, q $50, 900 hotel Is
nearing completion Many Of the
resident population are moving into
more condensed quarters to make
room for the visitors that are crowd
ing TO the city's gates, and we find
the same conditions existing In al
most every city within this lower sec
ton Of the state. Good roads lead IN
every direction for miles and miles,
connecting seacoast and glades. These
roads are made with foundation that
win resist the sitting Of our coarse
Florida sands, and are as perfect as
I down-tO-the-minufe engineering can
make them.
Fort Lauderdale has the best Of
electric light service, also telephone
At the moving picture house, the pic
lures move without a flicker and are
clear and good Besides two hotels,
| two drugstores, . number Of mercan-
tile houses and any number Of mar
kets, this little city has eight church
organizations Perhaps the later Is
responsible for. the lack Of the hypo-
critical spirit sn conspicuous in some
other cities not much larger. yet old
| enough to know better Peace and
unity seem to predominate among the
jewellers herein.
| A Hsw days ago the honorable may
or issued a proclamation IN which he
suggested the naming Of the individu-
nj resident bungalows, and at the
same time demanded the clearing up
Of all vacant lots in the city limits.
His mandates are being respected with
promptness that in little short OF
marvellous to one from . city where
"great objects move slowly Among
| the pretty names being selected for
the hundreds Of bungalows are,
AOcallea," which j. the Indian mean.
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