Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18
SAYS FLORIDA
EXPERIENCES
A GREAT BOOM
Harry Stephens Home From
Dixie in Time For An Old
Fashioned Snow Storm.


Grant county's old-fashioned snow
storm. Harry says he saw nothing
like that in the South but he was glad
stay, nevertheless.
Joe Greer Making Good
Harry was the guest of Joe Greer
and his Wild West while in Alabama
and Florida He says Mr.. Greer's
show is making tremendous hit with
the Southerners and that booking
agents for various towns are clamor-
ing at Mr.. Greer's door for fall en-
gagements.
Those High Jumping" Horses
The high jumping horses are par
ticularly pleasing to the fiery South
rons. One garage man was so en-
Unused that he lent Joe a brand-new
Buick six for his high jumping act.
For eleven days and nights the faith
full horse and his clever rider cleared
the big motor car in single bound
and without scratching the vehicle.
When the horse leaped over three sad
died animals without touching them,
the horse lovers in the big amphi-
theatre stood UP and hOwled them
selves hoarse. put out two mob, !"
they shouted. He kin jump ovah
them, too"
A Florida Boom Town.
Harry was at Sarasota for quite a
stay This town like hundreds of
others in Florida, has experienced an
enormous growth. 1t jumped from
$500 to over 10000 population in three
years and is still growing rapidly.
Mosquitoes Like Bundle Bees
A stranger can't see what they live
on in Florida, Harry says. The land
is all unfenced and the cattle run
wild. No one works at manual labor
but the colored people. The stranger
gets every attention and courtesy.
Mosquitoes are as big as humble bees
and as thick at night as gnats in late
summer. Their sting produces a
swelling as large as hazel nut. In
stead of apologizing for this the Flor
idans brag about it. Even the mos
quitoes here are the biggest in the
world" they say. Which is true OPP
timism.
Another interesting natural sight is
the large number of huge turkey buzz
yards There are literally thousands
of them. They act as scavengers,
cleaning up all the garbage and other
refuse and a strict penalty attaches to
shooting one of them.
The Big 'Bull Market"
Some idea of the big Florida boom
can be gained from the following press
article on the subject:
The largest Dull market" in the
world today is Florida. The boom in
real estate here rivals and even sur
passes the dizzy whirl upward of the
New York stock exchange after cleo
ton.
Worlds Wealth RuSheS There
Into Florida, as into the market, tn
wealth Of nation is being poured and
fabulous profits are recorded. The
rush to Florida has blocked the mails,
clogged train service and filled the
roads. Wealthy and poor alike either
have arrived or are making the mad
rush southwark in the most spectacu-
lar boom since the forty-niners risked
their lives for California gold.
Struggle is For Land
Only here the struggle is for land.
Gold is the password, not the object.
Syndicates from all over the United
States are buying up vast acreages.
They have purchased Everglades soil,
lying 20 and 25 miles south of Miami
without even seeing it. They couldn't
if they wished. There are no roads
The Reasons for the Boom
Apparently there are two outstand-
ing reasons for the real estate activ-
ity. The primary cause is the rapid
strides being made to make the entire
state an all year-around playground.
The second reason is the horde of
wealthy men who have taken up resi-
dence here to avoid the tax man.
Legislature Passed Anti-taX Laws
Anti-taX laws passed by the legiS-
lature last November have increased
the states permanent population by
possibly 20 percent. Those who make
their homes here defend the law and
cite examples in one southern state
where the inheritance tax is 107 per-
cent of the state itself.
End is Nowhere i'm Sight
And so business continues. The end
is nowhere in sight. Only recently
the Miami realty board prevented So
licitation in front of offices or on the
sidewalks. Previously street scene
nearly every day was a replica of the
old-time New York curb, where hand
flashed from the opening of market in
the morning until dusk.
Real estate here does an "open all
night" business. From $3.50 a. M, I'M
til midnight, men and women in all
degrees of prosperity and of all ages,
are packed into the ground floor Of
fees.
Must Not Question Future Prosperity
Questions concerning the future
must be worded with care. Business
men take offense at any suggestion
that the present prosperity is not per-
manent.
They predict a million population
for Miami in ten years and solid
city of the east coast, reaching be-
yond Miami on the south to beyond
Palm Beach on the north.
In this 72-mile stretch town after
town has been built almost overnight.
Delray, a city of $500, has been built
by persons from 40 different states, ac-
cording to a statement which goes I'M
challenged.
Hotels are packed Miami has be-
come a New York in miniature, but in
population, including suburbs, now is
$4,000. The transient population is
shown at about 10000.
Railroads must complete many pro-
jected extensions before the progress
can be continued They admit it. And
they are building. They originally
were built to care for a small exclus-
i've tourist trade.
Numerous Realty Deals
Some idea of the boom can be had
from the fact that in 1918 only STA
legal instruments were filed in Miami
county. In 1924 there were 61,374 in
struments recorded And still they