Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-02-24
Touring Florida With
National Editors.
MIAMI.

driven several miles on the way to
a Golf Club on the highway, where
these cars turned in. and parked and
! babe US farewell, aud then we were
then loaded into autos that came out
from Miami to carry us into their
city. The ride was quite interest
ing that afternoon We passed one
place where there was an old tree
which arrested the attention of the
whole party for 1t was hoary with
age and hanging with the ubitiquous
moss festoons Another point of
interest, was natural bridge over
stream clear as crystal.
This highway on which we we're
travelling was part of the Dixie
| Highway and along side of it for sew
eral miles before we got into Miami
was line of trees of Japanese pop
ar or pine variety. Some of these
had been singed and killed by forest
fires. the palmetto and wild royal
palms furnish ready fuel for flames
in these woods and the tire had
swept too close in places for the life
of these growing avenue of trees
which some day will prove a fine
line of shade TO the travellers pass
ing that way.
1t took quite bit of time to run
into Miami. When we got on the
edge of il we were made aware OF it
being city of pretentious claims by
the great big roadside signs done in
special woodwork frame style be-
coming so common now over the
land on the outskirts of cities. 1t
took much turning riding first
along one line of street and then in
another direction approaching the
city proper. as there as SO many
suburbs and additions to it. Real
estate is on mighty boom there.
The greatest IN the whole United
States, as the reader will recall this
| Florida city showed about 300 per
| cent growth in the last census fig
ures and exceeded Detroit. Los An
geles and all others in its increase
of population proportion And it
| shows IT,. New houses going up
every where and new town sites be-
ing staked off. Those real estate
fellows are onto their jobs and for
tunes are being made and we fear
some good money sunk in invest
ments as the city stretches out for
miles beyond street car facilities
with these boom additions. We
have not seen q city anywhere on
the continent that comes as near
rivalipg southern California as does
Miami for beauty. They build such
| lovely houses and bungalows and fol-
low the white and pink colors so
much and have so many beautiful,
| lowered fronts and those latticed
arch approaches painted glistening
white reminding of the Roman type
of open-air structures. And they
have so beautified the bay front.
! It's a dream by day or night. They
have faced up the waters edge with
such lovely villas and wharfs and at
night its lit up with such wonder
full array of colored lights. remind
ing us in its ravishing beauty of the
description we have read of the har.
Dor of Naples and Rio Janeiro only
it is all level. no rising heights like
Seattle, Tacoma. San Francisco and
San Diego
The writer and wife were fortu-
nate in being assigned to hote
right on the bay front and at rea-
sonable rates too, the hotels having
made special rate to our party and
stuck toit, which they do not al
ways do despite previous agree
ments.
| The entertainment of the party
began that night by an open air re.
ceptlon in their great open, air park
right near the beach front. 1t has a
seating capacity of several thousand
and lots of standing room. They
had most excellent band Of numer-
Gus pieces. which was serving an en-
gagement for the tourist seeson and
it had put on special program foi
our benefit that night. After it hao
finished its prOgram-and we mus