Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1925, Page 13

~. j gl (S Georgia, which probably wasn't in-| The filsh business in Florida amounts |of 7,000,000 people, which is nearly six) public place, suh as a restaurant,|of Fiorida. What's your business JACKSONVILLE BOOSTERS INSIST _| ooz, i, ot o e[, 2 s e s s SR e 5un Tovop in Shanglai, theless. From Jacksonville it is rida is the biggest cattle luc- { State. There is no real estate m, | you, e commd s oy > g RES> 24 a S FLORIDA ACTIVITY CONSERVATIVE | miien south to Key ‘West. and from |ing State east of the Misslasipps River | they say. vet weith the next breath | selling for here and elsewhers, the [ “I'M from & newspaper. Came down | Chekiang troops. under command of the same point it is about 400 miles (—that grand old Father of Waters, |they will ell you that bullding per.| cogitation over when the smashup |to write up this show. —_—— to the extreme western border of the | without which a statistic of any kind | mits were issued to the amount of [ will come and who Is to get stung. State. There are 30,000 lakes in|would be lost in the wilderness. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925 times the present population of the $27,000,000 last month in 12 or 14 citles. No real estate boom—yet the city | blankety blank blank bang! Look at Sun Troapu. in Shanghai. down here?” Sun t ng. are enter “What do I think about it? Bang |Shanghai. as the last units of Manchurian force, which has been in They Fill Head of Star Writer With Statistics of Un- | Florida. and Okeechobee is the largest | ~The lumber industry in Florida does| No real estate boom, they say, yet | of Jacksonville recently sold its police | those poor fools running around try- | Control of the city since June, e tion scratched Wealth Await (Continued from ¥ wl - who are even talking in a mild sort of | Whole. for those who is reinforced by the regular Win- | way about Florida, is that they think ter rush is yet to be seen. the whole development down here is a lake wholly within the continental| $40,000,000 worth of business every'there are real estate development |station and jail combined for $90,000, | ing ‘get nomebody to take thelr | leaving the city. " e limits of the United States with t! year. companies in exéry block in this town|and & few.days ago the same bullding | mone; Look “at all them real es. ———— ing Development in exception of Lake Michigan. The| ™ The State fs the biggest producer of | where a steady crowd of passersby is | changed hands for $225,000. tate places, egging them on to spend hours’ travel of a population of s et toes i Teal ostate Dromosition. aceoraing to| _Agriculture, according to the State | side. s e i et O | e davelopmon: Bonrd'a: annans o | Development Board, is the backbone of | Two million cigars are made by | level stretches of white, sandy beaches | what they had been talking about. itsel; Stat the town of Lake City, to the west and a little to the South of Jacksonville. e, automobiles pass through te State is located within nnnty-!gur naval stores in the country. mere fly-speck, a sun spot, §o to speak, | census of that year. and such, is only a small and infinites- [ Portion of the Gulf of Mexico on the | made in Havana in a year. assured. In front of every window is| Coming fresh from a conference | their money in lots that ain't worth | Jn the little desert town of - Florida manufactured something like | gathered, not a crowd, but a group | which lasted most of one morning|a blankety blank blank bam! And Nev., water sells for 5 cents a gall 000.000 people. ¥lorida, by the way, |$200,000,000 worth of products of varl- | of anywhere from 3 to 14 people, deep | With those whose business it s to|what's back of it? What are thes —_— does not mean Miami, which is afous classes in 1920, according to the!in the study of blue prints or the|discuss Florida as brightly afd as|golng to do when they buy a lot? I'm 3 beautifully hand-painted water-color | optimistically and as hopefully as they | rich. I could get ail I wanted, if I | ‘The Rocksbo ho have been knocking Florida, or| When compared to the State as a| Indicating the market which wait | pictures of the developments as they | know how, I felt troubled about what | wanted them. But what could I_do e Roc| ro k H s w things to eat in|will look when and if completed. lI hn.dhwrltl&r:v from “‘um:fi(:r:. giv. [ with the au;nt they're selling? 1t 1717 R ST N.W. The pictures show golf courses,|ing the viewpoint of d | gonna pop. I tell you, it's gonna pop X LW. Backbone Is Agriculture. ;!:f;::‘;fxgg:ufif L 000,000 et | otuntry ‘clube, heautitul estates, gér. | others there concerning Florida’s | And it's the poor devil who put every geous hotels, blue water, blue sky,|boom. T wondered if they really knew | thing he had into it that'll get stuck Such traffic is headed for west | imal what is taking pl north, in the county of Okaloosa, the L tnd ing of how fine it would be to own one | as accurately as poseible: Snilceneral og e G hate Pt Flofldl:.nt:éay,h“nccordlnx‘ Fo"“{nia | bluebérry indutry Is coming Into its - s St halIGIE IILIIED (st (ront o 00 o Miathee reports from Lake City said that an |spokesman. Florida, it is pointed out, |OWn. There the blueberry bushes| The drainage of the everglades will | feet back, all by yourself and for so Yoy, Sux 1: e average of 1,100 automobiles with for- | has been coming into its own for|STOW to the astounding height of 18|open for production the richest sofl | much down and 8o much a month. 71 g ght eign tags passed through there daily. |many years and is just beginning to |feet. The Department of Agriculture, |{n the world. Land still under water | Yot they say that these real estate 4 Ana sour Fach automobile, it was estimated. | hit its stride. Statistics concerning |the board states, has not been able to|in the everglades.is being sold for|offices in Jacksonville amount to Y i carri is i this ong i%3 best people. The man who uses know much and who probably will [ 00 neve is st use. = ) Ko d K2 R ‘s’ 2o 62002 o} ®, '*’ 2> " o 0 "* %' X S O o% o% TXTXT XS K3 X2 e o x> bo-o3 0 o% o IXIX ! ®, ' Q> K3 " > K3 Q e 0 o% o XD * 53 2X K3 % > 0 o% TS %! 3 %! 00 o% X2 ! o K3 s 0 o% XD o O o, 8% %* 0 o IX2IXS 0 S 53 S *, XZTX3 0 O, o XL s o% TX X K3 (S o ®, ®, XX LR PEXE % . s ¥ <TXD % 2 X . IX2> ®, X3 °, s K3 XIXT> 0 %0 o% IXZXIX <ZX O o0 XX % eave behind him the word ied four p FIl the Florida Development | pri the State chamber of | as organization one must fo m” is not being used in Florida stamped as an outsider, a person of | St 3 reduced taxes. but its constitution has | melon seed. The section around v been amended cutting out income and | Monticello is also famed for its bright Only Natural Growth. adopt the wor inheritance taxes. True, its statute|leaf tobacco. of which, its backers sa Florida, the Development Board's No real estate boom-—but pass rength in “development by in prestige uble with the newspapers |da imediately stamps one with a | ting them out by constitutional amend- | orida too much, it is said. But as|Those who wish to ralse blueberry|find central int the statistics, and as the board |acre. The industry is expected to| Along with all this is Florida's cli-| offices here told me a new subdivision sured me that is what the people | bring $100,000 annually soon. The|mate. According to those who use it| springs up around Jacksonville every commerce. On entering the offices of | really want to read, I promised to use | present desire for real estate, noticed | extensively, 30 degrees is really only|day or so. No real estate boom—but - all T could. at odd moments hers and there about | 80 degrees, for there is little, if any, | the local papers carry page after page - . . : & 2 > Some Florida Statistics. other portions of Florida, has not|humidity. Your correspondent was|of fat advertising. and with every QAU and southern Florida| No real estate boom, they say—but I said I thought this newspaper would | bushes will reap a harvest of $500 an | ideally adapted to their needs. engers. The number | what Florida is and what she will be | ind any such blueberry bushes in any [ $600 to $700 an acre at auction. nothing compared to those elsewhere. Loulsfana, near New Orleans. Have you been here long?" easing, reports say. are not used by northern newspapers | Other part of the country and is rather| Poultry ralsing, dairy products, : e 3 because they are afrald of boosting |Wworried about it, one might judge.|citrus fruit and pecans and grapes Readers in Newspapers. -Lve been throush the whole: State he and ba They're mostly water. They won't i i [hold firm. Same with potatoes.” Inspéction; Invited I know nothing of my friend. but Representative on Premises I let him talk as the boosters talk folks who work in the newspaper touched this section. Land may be |careful to say, at this point, that it is| page, it seems, there is a ‘“reader” in Deposit Boxes $2% Florida’s present population is esti-| purchased there cheaply. not the heat, but the humidity, which | the news columns disguised as news ] £ 2%avear| the word “boom” is at once|mated at about 1,263,549 people. The| At Quincy, Fla., is located the larg- | irks us up North. I¢ Florida has abol- | reporting the opening of some new de. ate doesn’t owe a red cent to any-|est fullers earth producing plant in|ished humidity with its income and in-| velopment in terms which would rather low ideas: a man who doesn’t [ hody and has something like $6,000,-| the world. Monticello, Fla., gives the | heritance taxes, there must be some-| bring heart failure, not to say brain 0 in the treasury. It has not only | waiting world 80 per cent of its water- | thing to this State. oks never contained elther, but cut-| there is none finer. storms. to_editors of larger papers between news and advertlsing. | For (ntestinal disorders spokesman declared, is not having a|down the corridors of your hotel, take Ask your physiciam abeut I who have been taught the difference Bacillus ACHO"I“’M Milk ¢ boom, only a natural growth. Yet it(a peek through the open doors of | Prevared by th t possessed by the | ment was a slick plece of advertising | * Big Phosphate Supply. |is figured that it a house were built | many of the rooms, where men in || NATIONAL VACCINE AND of the word ““boom that brought Immediate results. Florl-| The State of Florida produces 51 per |on every lot which has been subdivided | their shirtsloeves are bending in close ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE is the biggest State east of the Mis. | cent of the world supply of phosphate, | between this city and Miami along the | conference over biue prints.. No real 1515 U St. N.W. ppi Ri with the exception of ued at $19,00 east coast alone, th est of the people up North B0 6% 6% o% %0 ¢% ¥ 26.4% 6%.6%.6%.6% 6% 6%.6% 4%-6% 6% ¢%-%4%.¢% 4% ¢ %o 120 6%.% o%«%«%-¢% «%-c%.e% Po. % <% 00 o0.e% 206 6%.4% 4% ¢% «%.e% «%0.e% XEXIXIXIXIXIRIXINTINIXIXTXINEND DRI IR “‘mflo}o.oo.w'.%“}o‘u.oo%\o.mmoo.“.“&u‘“’\oo.“.“.«,».oo,“.oo:n:“:o{'o:“. X2 Take E St. Elevators to LANSBURGH & B Misses’ and chil- dren’s patent leath- er with gray tops. Sizes 81 to 2. An Astounding Sale! Misses’ and Children’s Shoes $ BASEMENT Fawn Suede—Bolivias Pin Point—Campus Cloth Smart Tweeds Beautiful coats that are worth a grea{ deal more, but were secured at a big price concession from a well known manufac- turer in order to secure our custom. The latest Fall styles are featured, attractively trimmed with Sealine (dyed Coney), Mandel and Manchuria Wolf. Regular and extra sizes. Black Pansy Brown Blue Cocoa Henna Red . S T O RE padded heels Entrances 8th St. and E St.—Stairway 8th St. Entrance Nearest E colors - Sample Hats late boom-—-but take a seat in Felt Bedroom 49 Slippers C Sizes 3 to 8 Soft leather soles and Large variety of attractive Velvets Velours Satins French Felts ; Satin and Velvet, Exact reproductions of higher priced models that are at the present time selling in Fifth Avenue shops at far higher prices. 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Sturdy as its name implies. Restricted in Washington to Sidney West. Color- ful mixtures—varied styles— lasting quality. Fitted with Capital Correctness Exclusively at Sidney West 14th and G Streets N.W. Modern Apartment Bullding. well e At Buldiary) =il e = [hl in the eAndd It won't be the real estat .l"'kl‘wr :Tlm 'l".v rn-)deyn;a rentals. ; " | present and future development. In|hand every T8 are e )| with the palm trees whispering in the | approached a man standing on the | guys. And, talling of agriculture, a ||| Walking distancs Disiness se o e sale o ots, Tatme, acrontte | he.Strip of Florida which bounds a |are made thers in & menth than sre | cooling breesea o tho dear little chi: | corner and asked him, for o mateh, | fellow told me down Souf that it he | |, CORNER AEER, of, 1 rocm. reception D a dren pla; neath them—whisper- s s . kit < e Relrs i before they could get to Virginia. | [| ;nGORNER APTS. of 2 rooms. kitchen Exstablished in 1600 \ In the little desert town of Tonopah