The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-15
PROGRESS FOR
FARM SECTIONS
FOLLOWS BOOM
Developments Made on Legiti'
mate Basis Following Burst
Of Land Bubble
HOPE FOR TOURIST TRADE
PretentiOus Residence Grounds
Are Turned to Agricultural
Plots
HOPE FOR TOURIST TRADE
BY GEORGE d. MANN

Orlando, Fla.-Hit by two hurrI-
canes and a real estate deflation,
Floridians are not discouraged.
There are a few agile real estate
brokers who still hop to the curb
when you park your car and want
to sell you anything from a chicken
farm to a countr" estate.
You car pick up q nice $150,OO0
estate dow,i near Ormond Beach for
$4,000. There arc many other
bargains, 50 one realtor told me
between sips Of cold drink. He
had the front OF his office plastered
with Florida bargains.
All of this Just a ME walk from
where John D. Rockefeller has his
winter home across from the Or
mond hotel. From Jacksonville
down to Daytona Beach there are
great dreams Of Developments which
never got beyond the plating stage.
For miles there are evidences Of
unsuccessful promotions - all that
remains are the great Moorish or
Spanish arches telling of this d.
vision or that subdivision--much Of
it was under water. strewn with
fallen trees, aftermath Of Florida's
terrific and tragic storr Of few
weeks ago.
Floridians Optimistic
But the Floridians are an optim-
istic group. The several setbacks
have not sent all the boosters
scampering northward. Develop.
mont projects arc getting upon q
more legitimate basis, but 1t Is de-
.pressfng to drive for miles and miles
and attempt to visualize the millions
sduAndered upon impossible and ex-
travAgant schsrnes..
Towns plated out miles and miles
beyond the cityshall and courthouse.
sidewalks through which the weeds
are peepine and other. evidences Of
abandoned projects ~reet the eye in
many sections.
But that is not to be construed as
a criticism Of the great state Of
Florida - merely an evidence of
probably the worlds greatest real
estate boom--the bursting Of
bubble that was inevitable.
Wonderful Resources
From Orlando up through the
lake region Of Florida is most
beautiful country. Miles and miles
of paved highways which few states
can equal open up beautiful vistas
Of countrx,a fertile and Of wonderful
resources. This state is getting rid
Of many Of the spectators who
gambled on the rise and fall Of resi-
dence property.
In the development Of agriculture,
Florida will, and is, coming back.
The grapefruit and celery industries
have grown to reat proportions.
Thousands Of acres are available for
the growth Of citrus crops. Many
Of the fantastic residence additions
will eventually be turned back into
small farms. Even now they are
being sold in five. ten and twenty
acre tracts at prices far, far below
what one lot would bring in the
heydey Of the land bubble.
But things are low in Florida
just now. The merchants are hoping
that an average cron Ct tourists will
come south starting about Novem-
Der Is, but they are not preparing
for the crowds Of four years ago.
: Florida spent $33,000,0O0 last
year on ito roads. One can travel
II practically every direction on q
paved road. The gasoline tax ID s
cents md during the last few years
~ loee Of kas has been burned in
Florida. Some cities add m addi-
tional cent to improve city thorough
1aros.
Great convict camps have been
established throughout the state and
great amount 4 the state high
Wy work. il done .bysprison labor.