Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-09
Are Initiated Into Tin Can Tour
lists CIub---0ver 100000 Mem
bers Belong
SEE NEGROES TAPPING
TREES FOR TURPENTINE
Attend Barbecue Given By Real
Estate Man---Hundreds of Lbs.
of Beef and Pork Roasted

Mrs. G.. J. Flickner, Delton, now en-
Camped with other Sauk county folks
at Lake Worth, Florida, writes an
other interesting letter to Baraboo:
II | remember rightly in my last
letter | told of our camping at the
Suwanee River and while at that
camp we were initiated into the Tin
Can Tourists club Of the world. When
we first heard OF this club we thought
1t some joke about campers living on
the contents OF tin cans or travelling
in the noted tin cars but found it was
really a club whose purpose is to
keep the camp grounds clean, be-
come better acquainted with your fell
low traveller and in fact further the
comfort OF the auto tourist every
where by keeping clean sanitary camp
grounds and by SO doing having good
camping places along the routes traV-
eled by the auto tourist. They have
their pass word sign of the order and
recognition sign and have over two
hundred thousand members. They
have two papers published and there
are no dues or fees to pay and it sure
ly is helping to keep the camp grounds
clean. Many of the city camp grounds
in the south are marked at the entran-
CO 4. G.. T. camp only.
We left Suwanee Nov. 18th and
drove over some very rough sandy
roads to Lake City, noted for its num-
erous lakes, which furnish splendid
fishing and duck hunting to those
who enjoy such sport. In this sec
tion we first saw oranges. pomgranit-
es, and bananas growing. After a day
spent here we drove to GAINESVILLE
where they have a fine T. G. Il. camp
ground electric lighted, city water
and a large community hall where
very interesting meetings were held.
The tourists tell of their experiences
in camp life many of them very fun
ny indeed here. Nearly every state in
the union was represented.
Tapping for TuHpentlne
On our way to GAINESVILLE we saw
the negroes tapping the pine trees
for turpentine.
The GAINESVILLE camp was so pleas
ant we tarried there until Nov. Gath
when we drove to Orange Lake camp
ing by the home OF some people who
came from Michigan. 1t is claimed
that in this section is where the first
wild oranges were found. Here we
visited an old plantation which the
negress in charge said had been in
the family since before the war. The
remains of the old negro quarters we
saw and the beautiful old trees; wa
with their jet black berries; the
cypress and magnolias, that lined the
driveway to the old mansion with
deep high pillared porches; the yard
garden, the rose walk and the won
Gerful flowers and shrubs; while in
corner was the old family cemetery.
Some of the head stones were so old
and moss covered we were unable to
make out the lettering. They brought
to mind the lines, "Old Massa and the
old Missus dey am sleepin' side by
side" We would have loved to have
had a peep at the inside of the house,
the furnishings being very old and
grand we were told but the people
being away we were obliged TO be
content with looking around the
grounds, which were very interesting.
From this plantation we went to a
citrus fruit farm owned by an old
time Florida Cracker who swept his
broad brimmed black plush hat from
his head and gave us a very courtly
bow and loaded us down with grape
fruit, oranges and persimmons.
From this interesting section we
drove through a beautiful little town
ocala to Silver Springs where we
camped for several days, taking a
ride in the glass bottom boat over the
springs, which cover I should Judge
an acre or more of ground and from
which water enough gushes up tC
form quite a river. The water is SC
clear one can see to the depth OF
seventy feet, in many places. The
minerals in the water give it. beautiful
orange and purple tints. The water
as seen through the glass in the bot
tom Of the hoat gushes up much a.
do the geysers in Yellowstone Park