The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-28
WIDE PUBLICITY
IS GIVEN POLK
in new BOOKLET
E. A. StrOut Farm Agency Is Dis
tributing a Large Amount
of Information

! Probably few of the residents of
Lakeland, Barlow and Plant City have
realized the fact that these places
have been receiving big boost late
ly by one of our citizens. The good |
work is being done by +. F. Eaton
of Lakeland who is representative
here of the +. A. Strout Farm Agency,
Inc and who is sending to thousands
of persons in the United States and
foreign countries an attractive little
booklet booster for Lakeland and Bar !
tow Many communities would be
glad to pay for the kind of helpful
advertising Mr. Eaton is giving these
two communities without cost. 1t
is part of an extensive campaign that
Mr. Eaton is conducting in co-opera |
tion with the agency he represents.
The booklets are very attractively i
illustrated showing the delightful
homes. bord0red walks, shaded streets |
and fruitful orange groves, berry
patches, truck gardens and other
features which make Florida the gar.
den spot of the United States.
In addition there are views of |
some of the beautiful lakes in Polk |
county, SudpSllOlS Vi SWllHllll6 par |
ties. the beautiful home of the Lake |
land Country Club, winter scene
in Lakeland, the interior of a pack |
ing house and many cozy homes of |
this vicinity. Concerning Lakeland !
and it's section the booklet says:
POLK county has seven fine golf |
courses, great attraction for tour
lists and others. Situated on the /
shores of our beautiful lakes and |
abounding natural hazards, some of |
our courses are said to be among |
the best In the state. Lakeland, a i
city of magnificent homes and beau
tiful winding lake shore drives, is .
the second largest inland city in Flor !
ida and the center of the most sue !
cessful orange and grapefruit district !
in the entire sunny state.
For comfort, for health, for re-
creation and outdoor pleasures and |
for an ideal type fmoney making
farming, you should come to the |
beautiful highlands of Polk county and
to the vicinity of Lakeland There
are nine lakes within the city limits
affording splendid boating and bath
ing facilities.
''If there Is any doubt in the minds
of people who have never spent
summer in the Lakeland section that
nights are always cool and that gulf
breezes temper the heat of the day,
let them examine the records of the
United States Weather Bureau or,
better STILL visit Lakeland during the
summer months. Winter is only
name, the lowest months on the aver
age hpinp arOnnd f0 dapraac
POLK county, land of sunshine and
flowers. gemmed by hundreds of
sparkling fresh water lakes, land of
rolling hills, paved highways and
beautiful homes, leads the state of
Florida in the production of lucious
oranges and juicy grapefruit. 1t is
estimated that about one fifth of the
states production was shipped from
this county.
Photographs are in cluded in the
booklet of the beautiful buildings of
Barlow, including the postoffice and
public library. and it is stated: Bar.
tow is a thriving city of more than
1000. noted for its beautiful homes
and buildings and as a center of n
most profitable trucking section 1t
has splendid stores and banks. eight
fine churches, high school, two grade
schools good crops, fine hotels, two
trunk line railroads and many other
assets that combine to furnish a de-
lightful social life and a hustling bust.
ness center"
Plant City also shares in the write
up. 1t is described as the greatest
cash market for fruits and vegeta-
bles in the state of Florida, having
received from that source last season
1.641,000. It's location is described
and the readers are told that it has
two banks with combined deposits, ag
gregating nearly $2,0O0,OOO, making it
one Of the richest towns per capita
of its size in Florida.
The writer of the booklet declares
that Plant'City leads the state of Flor
ida and the entire country in winter
strawberry production and that when
our northern latitudes are hemme1
in by snow and ice it delivers luci-
GUS berries to far northern markets
Much space is devoted to describing
Plant City and it's attractions ana
prospects.
The distribution throughout the
country of this kind of information
shows that Mr.. Eaton and the agency
he represents is doing real service
IN Iakaland Rart0w and plant Citv