The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
De SOTANS WILL VOTE
ON DIVISION TUESDAY,


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of from s200 an acre up. Thousands
of acres of that land will pay hand
some interest on an investment of
1000 an acre. Under those con-
diticns, isn't the Moore Haven sec
ton able to support a county?
WauchuIa Wonderfully Rich and
Prospecting.
Wauchula in the last few years has
grown by leaps and bounds. The
land contiguous to that prosperous
section a few years ago was one vast
wilderness. Today thousands and
thousands of acres of this heretofore
wild land is under cultivation. being
intensively farmed and producing I'M
told wealth every year. Citrus
groves of great value have displaced
the pine forests and small hamlet
has grown into a pretentious city,
teeming with life and business &C
tiyity and growing like the proven
bal gre N bay tree.
Can any one doubt the ability of
that section to maintain its own seat
of government?
1t can be proven by actual figures
that every one of the sections clamor-
ing for county division is amply able
to support its own government, but
even If they were not, it i'll becomes
the people of the county seat or any
other section to assume the role of
guardian and attempt to thwart the
will of the people. The people who
are clamoriEg and have been clamor-
ing a1d fighting for division do not
ask any one to help them ray their
taxes and they do not ask a thing of
the present county seat and the sur
rounding territory except to be al
lowed to conduct their affairs in their
own way--and they will never cease
to fight until this end is accomplish
ed.
Fight to Finish and End Concst
Forever.
Coun y division along the five
county plan will settle this agitation
for years and years, If not forever.
Divide north and south and every
election we will have the same battle
to fight. Wauchula and Punta Gorda
are not going to give up the idea of
having each a county of its own, nor
are they ever going to take kindly
the meager portion Arcadia SO
grudgingly hands out in. the way OF
public improvements They want to
govern themselves, and it is right
that they should do so. Each sec
tion has taxable values ample to con.
duct its own government and each
section should get the full benefit oil
its tax money.
Now is the time to fight to a finish
| Every section of DeSoto county want
ing new county is united. Divide
the county in any other way thar
that outlined and we divide on
forces and place ourselves at n de
cided disadvantage in again copinj
with the politicians, few large self
ISL interests and the abstractors
who have grown rich at the eXpens
of the average taxpayer and VIII
have repeatedly said that they woul
never favor dividing DeSoto count
in any way whatever.
Advantage to the Non-PropcTt
| Owner.
i There is every reason in The worl
why the voters in the affected terri
tory should favor county division
along the fve-county plan. The MAJ
with a family who does not own
foot of property should favor divis
ion along this line, for every new
county created will have the full ben
eft of its tax money, as against abou
33 1-3 per cent of it under prescn
conditions. This would mean bette
schools and a greater opportunity TO,
his children to acquire an education
and fit themselves for the battles o.
life.
Why the Farmer Should Favor
Division.
The farmer should favor the pro
posed division, for he will be benefit
ed in greater measure than any ether
man. He. will pay less taxes, will
have more and better roads, be clos
err to the county seat, where every
farmer has more or less business to
transact, can market his fruit and
produce to better advantage, church
es and schools will be more accessi'
BILE, and his property will increase in
value more rapidly than if located 4