The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 23, 1933, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1988. FLORIDA FACTS: Did You Know That--- Alachua county is noted for the sinks and under-| ground rivers near Gainesville. quat. Ilmanite, zircon, rutile and several other rare minerals, are found in the beach sands below Jackson- ville Beach, Imanite and zircon are the only ones which so far have been recovered in commercial quantities. mendous fuel possibilities. | the world. It was only a few years ago that the State Representa- tive from Key West, when he went to Tallahassee for the Legislative sessions, was forced to go by New York by water, thence south to a point in Georgia by rail, and the remainder of the distance by horse and buggy. Spanish moss is an air plant. The egret is a Florida wading bird prized for plumage. Florida produces 81 per cent of the phosphate mined in the United States. delicacy in some sections of the country. Florida is known as “The Land of Flowers” and “The} Peninsula State.” ; , Gardens north of Daytona Beach. Fernandina is noted for its shrimp packing houses. ‘ Gandy Bridge, connecting Tampa with the Apalachicola is noted for its oysters. Pile distaiee feoin Pensacola to. Key. Weat by rail is! burg, and is the world’s longest bridge. approximately the same as that from New York to} Chicago. homes in Fort Myers. The Everglades is not a vast swamp of trees and! _ sluggish streams, but a huge marsh covered with growths; of sawgrass, The rare “tumion-taxifolium,” i This is said to be the famous Biblical “Cedar St. Augustine is the seat of the diocese of the Catho-| banon.” lie Church in Florida, and Winter Park of the Episcopal diocese, the wonder springs of the State. Grapefruit is being extensively canned and sent to all parts of the world. tourist“an opportunity to look into its cavities, St. Petersburg established the first open air post- office in America. | City. The tangelo is a cross between the tangerine and the Sarasota. * The limequat is a cross between the lime and kum- The peat in the muck soils of Florida holds tre- Daytona Beach is known as the finest ocean beach in Arcadia has a factory devoting its efforts to the canning of rattlesnake meat, which is considered a great! The coquina rock used in the lower walls of the Sing-| ing Tower near Lake Wales, was excavated at National! besides crew), which is the largest commercial air liner west: shore of Tampa Bay, furnishes a short route to St. Peters-! structed between Fernandina and Cedar Key. Thomas Edison and Henry Ford established winter The Wakulla Spring, in Wakulla County, is one of! Tt has a flow of 150,000 gallons per minute, and a glass-bottom boat gives the! Fernandina, but remained there a short time, moving far- Florida’s first Kraft Pulp Mill is located at Panama able to the production of tung nuts, from which tung oil is made. This bids fair to become a major industry. The Florida Keys are of coral formation. The lakes of Florida for the most part have been |formed by the settling of the earth’s surface, caused by { the disintegration of the limestone formation beneath. : Florida has 405 airplane pilots. 13 of these are its} women. 143 hold transport licenses. The State has 180 | registered airplanes. Key, Florida, (Miami). t Florida is served by the “Condor” (18 passengers in the United States. The first trunk line railroad in Florida was con- Approximately 15,000,000 acres of Florida’s area are covered with forests and second growth timber. Florida’s manufactured products annually are known as gopher valued at approximately $230,000,000. wood, grows plentifully in the Apalachicola river valley.| of Le- The McKee Jungle Gardens located near Vero Beach |; are carved out of the heart of the Florida jungle. This {is a beauty spot, unique in the entire country. The Spaniards first came to Amelia Island, near ther south to St..Augustine. General Oglethorpe, in founding the State of Geor- j sia, established a garrison on Amelia Island to prevent an attack upon his colony. He gave the name “Amelia” land. Florida soil has been proved to be peculiarly adapt-| The world’s largest commercial air base is at “ There is no point on the peninsula section of the state farther than 60 miles from the sea, and the vast majority of the state is 50 miles or less from the sea. Umatilla is equidistant between the Gulf and the At- lantic—fifty miles. The “America,” famous cup-yacht, was run into Jacksonville and sunk in Blank Creek to avoid capture by | the Federal forces during the War between the States. She was a blockade’ runner. The St. Johns River varies from two-tenths of a mile to more than three miles in width at Jacksonville. A million dollar home, for Disabled Volunteer Sol- diers was erected during 1932 near St. Petersburg. In crossing Lake Okeechobee, one is out of sight o! land. a Marion County first produced the “Pineapple” and “Parson Brown” oranges. in Central America, is grown in Florida. 5 Rollins College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Florida. ; ‘A barbed wire fence “marks the Georgia-Florida boundary throughout its length. It was erected by the State of Georgia as a precaution against the importation of cattle tick from Florida. The blooming of yellow jasmine is the first harbinger of spring in Florida, Fa The cassava, a staple article for diet The United States Naval Stores Experiment Station, at Olustee, is the only one of its kind in the world. The Ringling Bros. Circus makes its winter homé in’ to the Island in honor of the daughter of the King of Eng-| Station is opeyated under the direction of the Bureau of Chemistry und Oils, Department of Agriculture. : — ————— mee go ee, ROLLA AAAI ADEE MIA A hed hdd The Key West Citizen Oldest and Only Daily Newspaper Pub- lished in Key West and Monroe County Served by The Associated Press and Special Tallahassee and Washington Correspondents Medium Designated for the Official Pub- lications of Legal Notices of the National, State, County and City Governments Printing Department In Conjunction ——_ es iid el i dite ll. PT WILLIAM R. PORTER BRAXTON B. WARREN ROSS C. SAWYER Clerk Circuit Court KARL 0. THOMPSON Sheriff FRANK H. LADD Tax Collector C. SAM B. CURRY Clerk Criminal Court of Record Solicitor Criminal EUGENE DEMERITT Coe. COUNTY OFFICIALS MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: NORBERG THOMPSON, Chairman fn J. F. BUSTO \ CARL BERVALDI ROY FULFORD HUGH GUNN County Judge J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER Tax Assessor J. VINING HARRIS Judge Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY County Attorney N) N N N \ N iN) % N) N) N i) N) N N » iN) NI N) * i) ‘ N . * Court of Record ROY E. FAULKNER Se ee ee Pe ER