Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
DR.. DOLLMEYER
FINDS FLORIDA
over R-BOOSTED:

In a letter received here Wednesday
bA Ei w. Graves from Dr. A. e.
Dollmeyer,. former Douglasite. who
left here recently for Florida, he
writes; a8
After three months tour we have
decided to locate in Knoxville, Ten
nessee which city offers a splendid
opportunity for chiropractic work.
Upon leaving Douglas, it was my in
tcntion to locate in Florida, but after
touring the state L was very much
disappointed in the present8 conditions
which are due to the over-boosting Of
the real estate men, also the antive
who wants to unload his property or
orange grove on some innocent in
vestor who is msled regarding the
future possibilities of Florida.
Mine out of ten tourists / have
talked to are very much disappointed
in Florida. 1 founl city after city
laid off in lots which were swamp and
pine lands. These places had streets,
lots staked off with a beautiful stuc-
co main entrance with the name of
Del Ray-by- -the-Sea, Boca Ration,
Buena Vista, Grande Gardeno and etc.
We were only free from mosquitoes
in Jacksonville and St. Augustine,
these places being too cold. The lat
ter place had 1-3 inch of ice when We
were there.
"St. Augustine Datonia Beach, Palm
Beach and st. Petersburg are all beau.
tiful cities which require fat bank
roll account to say nothing of what
they are asking for real estate. jack
sonville is the only city where busio
ness is conducted in normal way
and in my opinion is the best city in
the state. 1 noticed there were sew
eraI people in Douglas who had the
Florida fever the same as I and to
sum it all up in a few words, it's a
good place to stay away from. Ninety
five per cent of the big money has
been made with the reaction now set
ting in and the former investor is
holding the bag.
"There are 442,OOO,OOO lots laid off
with 81 100000 families in the United
States, so if we all moved there Flor
ida would still have 100000 extra
lots The center of the state from
Lake Okuchobee to Ocala. is all citrus,
rolling land which is the most beau
tiful part Of the state but the land re-
quires fertilizer, trees, spraying and
fumigation which runs into expense,
saying nothing of the intense summer
heat and mosquitoes You may be
aware of these facts and if not
hope they will enlighten some Doug
las people who may be little dis
couraged with conditions in Arizona.
"We covered $500 miles on this trip
and I will say you cannot equal the
high and dry climate of Douglas. We
surely do miss it. We had several
amusing experiences with our ,Arizo-
ma license-about the cutest was the
Garkie filling the gas tank at Bruins
wick, Georgia. He rolled those dark
eyes down at the license number and
with the movement of his thick lips
you could see him slowly spelling "Ari-
zona." and upon leaving he was
scratching his head wondering where
dat white man was from Others ex-'
peoted to see us in cowboy garb In
Guiding guns and seemed amazed when
they found we could speak the same
language.
Another government Mdn VINO hdu
spent year in Tucson, and had ask
ed to be transferred to Florida, came
UP to the car at Waycross, Georgia,
remarking, Arizona from Gods coun-
try am going back and stay there
as long as 1 live" Same remark in
several other places.
yours sincerely,
''Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Dollmeyer."