The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-16
FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT
BOARD


The following officers and directors
of the Florida Development board were
elected at the annual meeting held on
December 9Th: President, Jules NJ.
Burguieres. West Palm Beach; first
vice. president, William L. Wilson,
Panama City: treasurer, A. G. Cum
mer, Jacksonville; secretary, A. A.
Coult. Jacksonville; r. e. L. McCas-
kill, De Funiak Springs; F. C. Grower,
Jacksonville; E. G. Sewell, Miami; w.
NJ Igou. Eustis; Burdett LOOMS. Jr.,
Pierce; C. z. Stewart, Jr.. Tampa;
Dexter NJ. Lowry, Tallahassee; c. S.
Ticker. Baltimore. Maryland.
The members feel encouraged by the
endorsement of national land recla-
nation and land settlement policy
which was given by President Harding
in his message to congress. The figures
submitted by him as to reclaimable
areas in the western states of 100000
600 acres and in the southern states Of
70, 000. 900 acres, proves the necessity
for national policy, for which the
Florida Development board has been
WOEhlIlsS l4lS past y car
Even since July %, when the Flor
ida Development Board committee ap-
peared before the house irrigation COM
mittee in behalf of the Bankhead bill,
and showed that the Everglades alone
has greater crop producing possibilities
than all of the areas which have been
irrigated by the government reclamation
service since the beginning of that
work in 1902, there has been a con-
stantly growing belief in Washington
official circles that national reclama-
ton policy should he adopted.
The Florida Development board is
sending to each senator and repre-
sentative in congress some additional
Information about development results
in those sections Of the Everglades
which have been adequately drained,
with a personal letter requesting sup
port Of the Bankhead-B orah measure.
Merchants who are under the inn
preston that advertising their goods
in a local newspaper is a needless ex-
pense, are wrong. Those who do not at
tempt to create a demand for their
goods only get such business as inn
mediate necessity creates and the mail
order houses in other states get large
part of the business of the community.
Several prospective merchants have
recently visited the Florida Develop
ment board offices for the purpose of
looking through the newspaper files,
the board being a subscriber to all the
newspapers published in the state, with
view to determining where seem to
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decision being based largely on abb
sence Of advertising copy of merchants
in their respective lines. A very signift-
cant statement was made by one wo-
man, who said that she did not care,
how many millinery stores there might
be in certain city, the absence of any
advertising of those goods in a local
paper being proof that by judicious use
of newspaper space she could draw
trade not only from the residents but
from the surrounding territory and the
non advertising stores would not offer
much competition.
The civic committee Of the Woman's
club at Live Oak recently issued pa
thetic appeal to the mayor and city
council to abate the nuisance of cattle
running at large in that city. The
roaming herds were not content with
befouling the sidewalks and trampling
up the lawns, but developed a fine APP
petite for flowers and shrubbery.
The last census report credits Su-
wannee county with having 65.9 per
cent of all it's area in farms, so perhaps
that is the reason the open range cat
tlemen are using Live Oak streets and
lawns for a pasture, to the great dis
traction of the women in that city who
have spent money and time in beauti-
flying their home surroundings. A GU
mutation of such indignities to civ11i-
zation viii result in enactment of a
law eliminating free range and making
the live stock owners pay for all dam
age done. by stock. Such experiences
are hard on the women, but sooner or
later they win make all candidates for
the legislature pledge in advance of |
the primary to vote for elimination OF
free range.
The Kissimmee Valley Gazette re-
ports considerable damage to fences
and improvements caused 10y fires ev-
identity started to make better grazing |
for cattle on the open range. More than |
SO young fruit trees were scorched and |
killed in one grove.
There are laws prohibiting the firing 1
Of woods and ranges except between
February Is and March 81, and with /
certain restrictions during that period, /
but some open range cattlemen ignore
laws which interfere with their free /
dom OF action.