The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-06-25
sTUPENDoUs FLORIDA LAND
DEAL MEANS MUCH TO
THE STATE


Florida and the entire south, as il
has for Moore Haven and the Ever
glades. Twelve of the largest land
and emigration companies in the en-
tire country have formed a combina
ton, under the name Of the National
Farm Estates. They will divert into
Florida. this coming fall and winter
the tide of migration which has been
settling up the Imperial Valley Of Cal
ifOrnia, the delta of the Mississippi
the valley of the Rio Grande, the prai.
ries Of western Kansas, the delta OF
the Arkansas and many sections Of
the great middle and far west.
One of these organizations alone
handled last year more than $4,000,
600 worth of farm property. The 9th.
er companies are on a par with this
organization. Realty men of the west
familiar with the operations of emf
grafton companies, pronounce this
new combination as the most re.
markable in the history of realty op
erations in the nation and predicts q
flood of homeseekers into Florida as
a result, which will be felt in every
county and city in the state.
Two hundred thousand acres of the
richest muck land in the world have
been acquired, in the neighborhood OF
this city. Headquarters will be- es
tablished here and a local sales force
will be kept to aid the forces of the
individual companies making UP the
great combination.
Three trainloads Of buyers will be
handled each week during the first
n 01a0rA raSe
come into this city each. day after
the campaign is well on These
trains are high class specials consist
ing of sleepers, diner and observation
cars running On express time from the
west to Florida. A train will leave
Chicago, one will leave Kansas City
and one from Omaha each week Each
will carry more than $50 land buyers
In addition to these, hundreds will
come down on the regular trains.
These companies have the entire
west honey-combed with their local
agents. Each village, town or city
has a live wire representative. Each
agent will become a Florida booster
Moore Haven will become a name tC
conjure with after the campaign is
on three months. An advertising cam
paign. which will cost hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars, will make the
name of this city a household word
in the farming sections of the west
Florida will have bunch of boosters
back Of her, greater and more far
reaching in every respect than the
group that made California.
The great combination had It's in
ception in small beginning. r. c
Healy president of the Healy Land
Company of Kansas City, an organiza
ton famous for its development work
in Texas, visiting Moore Haven a
year ago, and after reading an &C
count of the amous Lady Mayor in
the Literary Digest. He said that he
was riding in one Of his snecial trains
from Texas to Kansas City when he
read the article. He was so impressed
with the storv of Mrs. ,O'Brien's work
in the Everglades that he determined
to see the country. Shortly after. he
came here. Later he purchased 80,
Geo acres of Moore Have muck. He
operated one special car week from
Kansas City and Chicago durine. the
last winter and spring and sold out
the tract in small and large farms to
stock men and wealthy farmers from
the west His buyers are among the
most widely known men i'll the west
B3nk presidents, wealthy merchants.
aud retired farmers who ha1 sole,
their lands at enormous prices, pre-
dominated
=. w. Stevens, vice president Of +lIc.
First Bank of MJ"~e Haven, stateG
today that many OF these men visited
his institution during their visits here
and expressed wonderment and
amazement at what they had seen IN
Florida. The majority purchased
land All were positive that Florida
was just starting on land and Inigra
ton boom which would be greater
than the California land boom of the
past.
As the result OF that start of the
Healy Land Company, has come the
great combination. W. C. Vreeland7
an official of one Of the subsidiary or
carnations, accompanied. Mr.. Healy
here last week 10 complete the nego
tiations for the great deal. The en-
tire equipment OF the South Elorida
Farms Company, the original develop
ers of Moore Haven, was purchased
including ditching machinery, trac
tors, plows,. machine shops. etc. II
order to. expedite the construction Of
the Moore Haven and Clewiston rail
road. which will run through great
portion of their holdings, the National
Farms Estate contracted for the con
struction of the grade of the new rail
road. This work viii be pushed night
lard day until completion. 1t is hop
ed to run the special trains over the
| vapxx- road Y0yf Srinrar4
Land values will boom here, accord
ing to Mr.. Healy, TO point approach.
| ing the great prices now being reeeiv