Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-29
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LLANO COLONY ACQUIRES
1000 ACRES IN ISLE OF PINES

The Llano Cooperative Colony is
now owner of 1000 acres of land on
the Isle Of Pines.
This deal has been under consider
alton for several months, but has just
been finally closed, the escrow pro-
ceedings having been entirely salts
factory.
When Llano Colony left California.
because of the lack of sufficient water
for irrigation purposes. they left behind
them considerable property, and some
of this has now been traded for large
tract on the Isle Of Pines. From re-
ports to the Colony by its friends who
reside on the island, this land is very
good, and is adapted to the growing
of many sub-tropical fruits, and is es-
pecially favored as regards growing of
garden truck for the New York early
markets.
Though the island is the property Of
Cuba. 98 per cent of the land is own
ed by American investors.
The climate is the most equable,
ranging in the winter, which is the dry
season, from 90 to 80 degrees,~and in
summer, from IS to 95 degrees.
The island has population of T.
600, all but about 1000 being Amer
leans. English is spoken almost exclu-
siveIy.
Fruits will grow abundantly-grape-
fruit, oranges, lemons, lines, mangoes,
and avocadoes are now produced III
marketable quantities, while figs, CO.
coanuts, coffee, tea. cocoa, rubber,
grapes, vanilla beans. cotton, papayas,
persimmons, in fact, scores of varieties
of trees and shrubs from nearly every
sub-tropicaI land under the sun are
now there. In the line of vegetables,
ything that will grow below the Ma
AJon and Dixon line will prosper at the
Isle of Pines. In the season beginning
in January and extending until April,
thousands of crates of tomatoes, pep
pers, egg plant, cucumbers, ETC., are
shipped to the New York markets.
In addition to its wonderful climate,
and the charm Of It's scenery and small
rivers and streams, numerous mineral
springs have given the island wide
reputation as health resort.
The distance to Nueva Corona, the
principal town on the Island, from
Tampa, Fla, is $50 miles, and from
New Orleans by the sea route, it is
about 730 miles. LIano Colony is on.
ly 100 miles from Beaumont, Texas,
which has become quite shipping
point, and it is quite feasible propo-
sition for the Colony to own its OWL
steamer and carry on another Colony
in the Isle Of Pines, and thus provide
itself with coffee. cocoa. and other
foods not adapted to its Louisiana loca.
ton.
The development Of the new hold.
ings will depend entirely on how many
people are interested in establishing a
new colony. AT present the Llanc
Colony is desirous of completing it:
Louisiana home. thus proving to ths
whole world that cooperative coloniz.
alton is a success. There are no tax.
es on this land. all taxes on the islanc
being raised by other means.
But the Llano Colony now owns it
and it lies ready to be shaped into the
most successful and pleasant colony
home by the hand Of American coop
orators. The establishing Of group
of small cooperative colonies offers
way out of the chaos of world strife
and competition.
The Island has It's own wireless sta
ton, erected in 1918 by the Cubar
government, and this keeps the islanc
in touch with the outside world.
Several colonies have already mad,
successful farming centers there. being
coIonized by Canadians, Americans
etc. The chief product Of these col
onies are grape fruit for the northern
markets. and in one week, in Octobe.
2 TO 7 inc, total of 24,l45 crate
of grape fruit were shipped from Nuey'
Corona.