Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-01-13
the Journey interesting and desira-

the journey interesting and desira-
BILE.
The roads are built mostly by
negroes, with a white boss. They are
constructed rapidly, as they don't
have to think about frosts. Miles of
brick, gravel, asphalt, and all
!. ~ Doth and level. True, the detours
take the JOY out of life, and the soft
"oads, oecially when it rains, are
to be oided as much as possible
1t rains in Florida 1t rains in
streams, rivulets and brooklets
Then stops, and in two hours it's
dry.
There are few pests in winter.
There is a little reddish ant that
seems abundant and eats most all
kinds of foods. Houseflies are there,
and one must screen to keep them
out. | heard one mosquito while in
Florida. He was not as large, but
Just as tuneful as his northern
brother.
The embargo on bc.ldins material
is keeping beck the development OF
Florida. They are saving much OF
their pine forests into lumber, but
this supplies small percentage OF
the demand The embargo hurts
business all over the State, for mill
lions wo.:lI be invested in ma
terials that would Re sai1peE into
the state, and hundreds -. }-Jyed
in building.
But Florida will have her day.
The opportunities here are very new
Florida will be what climate and
nature intended; thai is, the winter
home of people from The North,
who like warm weather, bathing,
fishing and good roads. away from
the cold There is vast field Tor
electricity, telephones and the auto
mobile industry. The r2llroad sys-
tenn should be improved as soon as
possible.
Millions have already been in
vested in Florida. and there will be
many more. Many go there who DO
not stay, but if one-sixths of those
who go remain, in few years
Florida will be well-populated
state.
Those who go to Florida expecting
to find everything as they imagine,
will be disappointed, but that is not
the fault of the state. There are al
WAYS unpleasant things in strange
Mace. To begin with, man is
social being, and in new surround
ings misses company and colnpahioh-
ship. 1t takes time to make ne"
friends and get accustomed to new
places, so before one gives FLORIDA
a real trial he gets disappointed
and a bit homesick. But if one gets
in right with the natives and doesn I
impose on them, he will find his trip
TO Florida worth while, be his stay
short or long
have almost forgotten to tell
Won about the forests of oaks that
are all over the state and aad
greatly to its beauty. They are large
trees with many limbs, and from
their spreading branches hang long
Spanish moss. Sometimes there VIII
he a ton on a large tree. This moss
is gathered and dried, and goes to
make some of our chair mattresses.
The east coast has the most
beautiful beaches in the world
miles and miles of pure white SAND,
hard as the cement roads they make
and without a rock. Some of these
sbeaches are from 500 to 700 feet
Wide at low tide, and autos race
here as fast and as long as they
please. There is bathing the year
round. and as the water is shoal ana
there are no rocks, no one gets
drowned or hurt. The sea breeze
tempers the hot days of summer and
makes the nights comfortable.
There are millions of little shells
on these breaches, of many shapes
and colors. If you stay in FLORIDA
long, the climate will get into your
system and there will remain de-
sire to go again.
No one knows the future OF
Florida. There are various opinions.
Some are sure the state has only
commenced to grow; others are just
as sure that the growth is over. To
those who like the warmth of sum-
mer and sunshine, Florida is the
place; to those that like the chang
ing seasons of the North, Florida
we'll have no appeal.
Clara L. Carey.
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