The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-03-18

having consulted Harry Springstead
hotel. new within a season or two,
and its management produces the
most homelike effect of any hotel we
have been In. The guests are intro
| duced and even though you are a
into the life of the hotel and make
most interesting acquaintances. We
spent Thursday in St. Petersburg
seeing the Springsteads, whom we
found well, the E F Rands and Mrs
Farwell Of Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs
E H Howe CT North Thettord and
other friends not so familiar to our
readers. We went over to st. Peters
burg's Beach and Pass-a-grille but
after Miami Beach, they did not
seem hustling places. There is yet
much to do to develop them into the
show place that Alton Beach is here
but there is the beginning of good
resort place. St. Petersburg has
grown like all Florida towns and
everything was full-up' while we
were there.
Friday morning, we turned back
through the center of the state. 1t
was a wonderful time to be travel
ing as the orange and grapefruit
groves are in full bloom and this is
the part of the state around Au-
burndale and Lake Alfred which
produces orange and grapefruit. We
retraced our way to Kissimmee and
then took more northerly route as we
wanted to see the Mt. Dora section.
Here we get rolling country again
but outside of the small towns, there
are few inhabitants. Grass is greener
than with us and the crops are more
diversified as it took US through the
Sanford truck gardening region.
Acres of celery, green beans, beets
and all kinds of vegetables are here
raised for northern markets. Mt.
Dora is in Lake county, county
which boasts 400 lakes and an ele-
walton from twenty to 300 feet,
which gives US the hills in the roads,
a strange sight to one from southern
Florida We came on down through
Deland, Orange City andto Daytona,
making the trip across the state
again in two days. Friday night we
broke the trip at Orlando, where we
spent the night. Orlando is like a
New England city with its colonial
homes, green, wide lawns and well
kept streets. Outside of Miami, if we
were to settle in Florida, our choice
would undoubtedly be Orlando.
Saturday night we spent at Day
tona Beach, getting a good start
Sunday morning to get as near home
as possible. We made the return
trip of 267 miles in one day as the
road from Vero again is permanent
road and travel at thirty miles ar
hour like a house floor. Before we
get to Vero, we have more shell road
which takes US, especially from
Titusville to Stuart, through the
we'll known Indian River territory
the land of citrus fruit. The river
is like a bay in many places ano
) picturesque in every way except fol-
worn out she'll road. Florida is
learning her lesson fast and new
road being put in is permanent as
nearly as it can be made so. Their
, days of experimenting are over ano
they do not say that a country
isn't thickly populated so they can
: not afford permanent road. They say
, we must build permanent roads fol-
= the country has a future and it viii
, be populated.
Since getting home we have picked
; I'D few interesting facts about oul
own CITY, which never looked better
to us. Miami's broke her building
record in February with total Of
one hundred and fifty-six building
permits
. Also our giant sawfsh is dead. She
simply starved herself to death but
. the eighteen new saw fish are living
and seem to be contented so it is ex-
pected that, being born in captivity
they will take more kindly to it thar
did the mother. 1t is not expected
that another sawfish of the size Of
, Title will ever again be caught fol
| the Aquarium but the death of this
one has been in the interest Of sci.
ence for more of her habits have
been learned than were ever known
before.
Mr. Arthur Pryor has bought him
some land at Flagler Heights ano
will build himself home and he
says that whether or not he is en-
ployed as a band leader that here.
after he will make Miami his winter
home Just as he makes Asbury Park
his summer home. 1t is good news
: for il looks as if we might have
Pryor's Band for a good many years
as Miami and Pryor seem to be Ci
one mind that we can not get along
without the ether
We have celebrities with US yet and
this week we are Just going tc
mention Milo Merrick Belding Of
. New York. Every woman knows OF
him for he belongs to the great silk
manufacturing firm of Bedding Bros
& Company and we also have with
US Richard Franklin Pettigrew OF
Sioux Falls, s. D., a lawyer of note
who has also been an United States
Senator. He was born in Ludlow
Vermont.
Tampa, il is reported has for.
hidden airmen to fly over the city
during the hours of worship. Air
planes haven't become quite sc
troublesome with us but they are
annoying at the Band Concerts
occasionally and it is certain the
time is coming when we will have t.
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