The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK OF POLK COUNTY. FLORIDA s~nHm
GREAT DEVELOPMENTS IN LIVE
TOWN OF NORTHEASTERN POLK

boulevard that is already planted to
Australian Oaks, a HIBISCUS hedge
blooming twelve months in the year,
shrub and palms which when the
groves are matured will form the
ideal background. Every half mile
east and west of each five acre tract
has the same Identification in pro.
gress, with wonderful panoramic
view from the driveway looking over
several lakes growing budded trees
from grove setting, plants and shrub
berry for Identification.
Going back into the town the dew
elopments that are and will be can
more readily be conceived: for here
is located the office of the Holly Hill
Company, also the modern hotel
known as Holly Hill Inn most con
veniently located and which has been
lately surveyed by landscape gard
ner with the view of planting holly
trees and otherwise identifying and
carrying out the idea of Holly Hill.
Just across the Dixie Highway is
lovely rolling area to be known as
Poincettia Hill, also the Holly Hill
property, which is laid off in lots so
x10O feet, being set to citrus trees.
palms and hedges with improved
streets, in view of building artistic
bungalows the coming fall.
A city park is anticipated by the
company upon alt ideal little spot
near in thte center of which is one
of the seven lakes surrounding the
town. Just here it might be added
that fish abound and the outlying
country furnish plenty of hunting for
the sportsman. with now under con-
sideration golf course. In fact ii
is the aim OF this company TO spare
neither time or money to make Ho!-
ly Hill property the most beautiful in
Florida.
With the country surrounding Da-
venport making such wonderful
strides within the past two years is
it any wonder that the town is grow
ing outside in"
Already the Davenport Citrus
Growers Association of the Florida
Excahnge has in operation this year
for tn first time a beautifully and
substantially built and we'll equipped
units as time demands. To date,
0,300 boxes have been packed with
in the four months bearing in mind
the fact of the many acres of groces
within a radius of three miles of the
town thus assuring the packing sea-
son is by no means over.
The president of the Association is
B. F.. Hitchcock. vice president w.
C. McAfee, secretary and treasurer,
C. E. Nelson, directors, o. l. Men,
fers, G. Klink, E. T. Hitchcock, G.
Torgerson, c. Brady.
Here also is located the office of
the Opre Land and Development
company who have 5000 acres of ex-
cellent muck land planted to sugar
and molasses cane with the contem-
plated erection of a mill on the
grounds this summer to care for the
fall crop. 200 acres are now plant
ed to Irish potatoes.
Davenport is governed by council
composed of live and energetic men.
Judge E. Hutchinson being the first
and present mayor serving in this
capacity Off the greater part of the
towns history, with five other MEM
bers, G. Klink, Peter Jordan, R. ].
Hutchinson, John l.. Schmidt with
one vacancy to be filled in the COM
ing election. April 4. Miss Gladys
B. Howe, the efficient stetnograph-
er for the Holly Hill company is tax
collector and treasurer, Julius Wright
town clerk.
This town is reached. by the c. Z.
and L. railroad both the Lee-Jackson
and Dixie Highway and have COM
pleted their end of the hard surfaced
road leading through thte Holly Hill
groves connecting with other valua-
Bile property leading into Loughman