The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-08
By RUSSELL KAY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

throughout the state.
/ I'm happy to report that the
picture was mighty encouragin'.
We found most towns busy and
prosperous; tourists are coming
into the state in a never-ending
stream; most shops were doing a
brisk business and the hotels and
restaurants were crowded.
| Plant City, while not expecting
as large a strawberry crop as last
season, was in good shape. Secre-
ltary Huff, of the Chamber of
lCommerce, anticipates a good sea-
son and already is making plans
| for bigger and better Strawber-
Try Festival
! Editor French of the Mulberry
Press is still a Republican and of
course can't be quoted.
| / found some alarm among Polk
County growers as to the returns
from fruit this year, due to delay
lin solving marketing problems
and an exceptionally heavy
orange crop. Lakeland looked
fine, with business good. Barlow
merchants complained of slack
lsales during the past two weeks;
Winter Haven was making elab-
) crate preparations for the coming
Florida Orange Festival with all
i civic bodies cooperating to make
i it a success; Lake Wales is begin
ming TO benefit from an increasing
number of Tower visitors and
winter residents are opening their
homes all up and down the ridge.
| At Tavares we found Ralph
Gore with his nose buried in a
mess of proofs, fixin' to put his
paper to bed and with little pros
poets of gettin' there himself.
Lake county was in good shape,
EVERY print shop in the county
was loaded with work. We had
trouble gettin' a room in Lees
burg-every hotel was full, streets
were filled with shoppers and
roads with loaded fruit trucks.
Had difficulty finding a place to
park until smiling friendly cop
helped us move the car ahead to
make room. These are the little
; things that help folks remember
your town and make 'em want to
J come back. At Umatilla we found
!. lSam Peacock busy installing a
new plant; George and Edith KEEL
Her at the Mount Dora Topic were
lup to their ears in work.
Il At Apopka, Winter Park and
Orlando, newspaper boys were sc
: busy they hardly had time to talk
: with US, and the complaint seem
5 led to be too much rather than not
3 lenough business. Filling station
: operators are pumping more gas
: retail merchants find additional
= clerks necessary; Improvement:
0 were evidenced everywhere with
s new store fronts, new buildings
: new homes. Real estate OPERATOR
= report steady sales on all classes
} of property while il is almost i'm
possible to find a house or apart
ment for rent anywhere in Cen
trail Florida.
l. At Kissimrnec, publisher Neel o
nj the Gazette was still at his desl
e when we reached town at IL p. m
IS His only complaint was collec
) tons and we found this general
= but it is a situation that usual,
IT prevails during the holiday sea
= son. Unable to secure a room a
d the Gables where we'd planned h
d spend the night, we journeyed Of
e to ST. Cloud and arrived Their,
n just in time to get the last room
available at the Hunter Arms. 81
Cloud has made a wonderful rec
ord in solving its bonded deb
J. problem and is in mighty gooI
N shape today.
III Had delightful trip down tn
% Orange Blossom Trail from Haine
N City to Sebring, stopping at LAX
n Wales, Frostproof, Avon Park AM
r. Sebring. No wonder they ca
,sl this section Little Switzerland.
"a The next time the Road Depart
- lment has two dollars to spen
: they might use it 10 good advani
- age IN building a decent road II
N TO this lovely section. From bot
i the standpoint Of traffic and al
! fractions il certainly deserves bel
ter than step-child treatment RI
gentleman who said @Amen"
Nate Broking. publisher Of th
Highlands County News.
Red Arkell Of the Sebrin
"A American was rushing his pape
= out so he could get to OrIand
= for radio program. All that DO
\ needs now is few billboards an
N he'd be in business sure enough
4 And to sum up: I'd say ths
s. business is good. and the fufnre .
~ far as Florida is concerned look
IL mighty bright but with all tina
~ you find the average bushes
= Imam nervous and jumpy. He
= admit things are all right NOV
but. And the answer. it seem