Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 11, 1915, Page 4

b AT SRR 616,800 automobiles are agmed, and ! the number ig increasing daily. Ev. en now, poor as are most of the highways, the number of those who start from -warjous northern points and travel to Florida in their own ~tveaing_Telegram Publicucd cvery afterncon from the Tel¢egram Buillding, Lakeland, ¥.4. #Sntered in the postofiice at: Laxe- and. ‘Florida, as mall matter of the eoDd classyos - - o & A 3% It is estimated that Florida spends $35,000,000 every year outside of the State for things she eo'ulgl ust M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. 3URSCRIPTION RATES. e sem; ®1x moacn® ‘hree monine .....c... Delivered anywhere' wit) grapefrutt inte Polk county. —_— That golemn donkey on the New | York fu galled Life, who sent Agparked. copy of the paper to every newspaper office in Florida (We Floridians all love our toyr-|e¢alling. atfention to his paragraph ists, even when they are kicking the |about Southern mistreatment of the hardest—and there are some cham.|nesro in not providing him with plon kickers among them, but when, educational ‘facilities, is now prob wfter exhausting their petulance |ably sorry he spoke. The Florida ageinst all the works of man here, ! Press has given him enough illumi. they turn irritably on the Lord's|nation on the subject to light up work and denounce the climate it -|even the dense’interior of a head of self, incomparable treasure that it |solid bone, and if he is still in dark- is, we feel almost like protesting. |ness it is the fault of his heredity Not so with the Miami Metropolis. |and h{s case is hopeless. That paper takes this large and len . SRR e WINTER GRAIN & weekly newspaper giving a resume ¥ loea! matters, crop conditions, sounty 1Trirs, etc. Kant anywhare > $1.00° per year. we © g P fent view of the subject, which will spoil any tourist on earth: “The Lakeland Telegram is in clined to find fault with the winter oy N ’““fHE BVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., FEE. 10, 1915. ——— - MANY FAMILIES . AWAITING PASSAGE OF GOOD ROADS LAW “Considering what I knew be- fore I came to Florida, and in connection with what I have learned since I have been here, about 150,000 families are await- ing the enactment of a cempre- hensive gaod roads law for this} state before improving the prop- erty they own . in Florida,” said Cliarles E. Foote, good roadsi specialist for the - Florida State! Good Roads ‘Association, on his| return from Gainesville yester-| day; where ‘Wednesday he ad-| dressed an enthusiastic gather-| ing of good roads boosters of Alachua county. ‘He reports that the Gaines-! ville meeting was a splendid one. | Mrs, O. Brownell, of Live Oak, special agent for the good roads' association, also attended the Gainesville meeting. “ Most of these people, who' are awaiting a comprehensive' good roads law,” continued Mr. ! Foote, “will be permanent set- tlers, who will cultivate their fertile lands here, the same as they have in less attractive zones, “Some .of them, whose mercial interests keep them else- where most of the year, will com-! |one of the first wvisitor who complains about Florida weather, which is an entirely wron;:’ way to view it. The winter visitor hag a right to expect perfection in the weather product here, and any<| thing short of perfection should be thoroughly criticised.” The non resident who wants to hunt in this State must take out a $15 license in each county before he can go hunting in that county and there is some protest being made against it as being too stiff a tariff. Of course the non resident should pay more than the man who 1jves there, but fifteen dollars tor each county seems rather a high price. Ten dollarg would seem more equit - fble. i —_—— > . The Jacksonvillé' Metropolis.thinksd that there is too much ‘“landshark’ talk in the Florida press and donbts it that individual is doing as much harm as is claimed. He fisn't, but nevertheless he ig willing tc, and he will bear watching. The landshark fs an inevitable presence in every new and developing country, and there is no way to eliminate him while the crop of suckers continues to flourish. In a way he does good, anscrupulons and inveracious ‘though it be, for he is a hustler and ‘he keeps things moving and he ab- horg stagnation. The sure way to clip his claws is to see the land be fore you buy it and in other ways exercise the prudence and common 'sense without which we all go It blind in this world and take need - less risks at every step. The land-~ shark is like orizinal sin—he ig a part of the constitution of things and the only way to beat him is to get out of the sucker class and take ag little for granted as possible. PUCIERE . O A MICHIGAN EDITOR TALKS OF GOOD ROADS IN FLORIDA The Telegram is glad to sce thac ‘our distinguished winter fellow citi gen of Polk county, Hon. E. W. Barber, editor of that excellent pa- 'per, the Jackson (Mich.) Patriot, is with us once again and is renew- ‘ing his health and strength and con. firming his optimism amid the de- lightful . surroundings of Crooked Lake where he spends every winter and sends to his home paper admir- able articles about Florida, her re. sources and prospects. In iha Pa-| triot of Sunday Mr. Barber has a| letter from Crooked Lake, from which we take the following as be- ing instructive and suggestive on a leading issue in this State: “The work for better roads is already be.| gun. With a continuons improved highway from the Northern Lakes to Southern Florida a hundred thou- sand automobiles might cross the Potomac and Ohio rivers cvery sea- son for a leisurely trip through the South, coming to Florida before turning homeward, free from the dust, noise and cramped confinement of a Pullman, and passing through the best sections of the country, which a railroad seldom does. “Many would have winter homes in Florida. Tt has the best climate because it extends farther south than any other State, and its nar. row peninsula, fanned almost daily by health-invigorating breezes from . the Gulf or the Atlantic. will always make it a favorite winter resort. Some wonld invest with the id~a of ; residing here the year round. - This highland lake region, with its free +. dom from insect pests, Is attract'ne % many northerners. Neariy all would . tell their friends the cnincyments of s the motoring trip and advise them % follow their enmp;. and all 1d realize the al effects = Pf lfe in the op‘m " ~ “Given good roads and nothing is ! more certain than that long-dis- - fance automobile trave! will in- grease. Reliable figures show that in the seven great States north of ,* the Oblo, which lie nearest the cen~ ter of population of this country, CROP FOR SOUTH- ERN POULTRY The poultryman who is alive build winter homes here. Some of both of these classes have long owned the properties and la wi the day when it will be possible enfeon 4 g ket th r ill to the possibilities of his calling g(:_onv;arb;tt tal]cl C\l\f:,r:gs }l;:y l:vv:'ls 1 will not neglect to plant some|\hich will eventually th winter grains to help out on his feed bill. We have passed the experimental: stage, the only question now staring us in th§ highway improvement. “Your railroads seil ‘Home-! seekers” tickets, and bring to the ¢ state a large number of people who are honestly looking for homes in this beautiful state. Your city has started a ‘stop in face is the wise selection of crop: ot and the proper preparation of th soil. Its comes in almost every system of crops rotation of thé South, whether it be corn, oat§ Jacksonville’ movement, and a 1| dozen other cities each of which ansv ic:t‘etl?nle; :l(;l; x\:lflda ko:“s“P an has especial attraction, start important item in the feed bill]|Movements favoring their locali- and should not be ueglected.|ts: All of these movements The most costly thing we can do|*'® praiscworthy, and deserve lo- as famers it to buy our foodstuffs| 2! suppor}t] of the most pro- of with money earned from other|nounced character. The whole sources; - especially when . so many acres of idle land are at our very doors, washing,and leaching forw ant of a winter coveg-crop. If we once get started, it will bg comparatively easy for us to grow the largest part of our needs in this line here. The weather and climate are ideal |is knowing of the advantages. Eificiency Bureau, i pr efficiency burean to tell scientifically you should factories in Jacksonville. Every in Besides this, those sections of the|do_ the same thing. Outside ef- ba adise.” > that grow off But where do you get off? specimens; thus insuring You in. Jacksonville employ an health of :the you green food should be one-half of have a chick’s diet and can be supplied THE POULTRYMAN'S PAR- ADISE—FLORIDA. “ Can ye raise chickeng Floridy ?” Well, I should say sc. This question however been asked a thousand times and when we consider what Florida has done until the past few years 't is little wonder that this ques- ion is asked, for Florida has been lormant for years as a poultry state, and like other industries that have beén neglected is just awakening to her birthright. That we can raise chickens i Florida is evidmce by the fact that a certain breeder of the state in |has exhibited his fowls all over the southeast and central states and has never failed to take off at each and every show and at some has been “hog” enough to take all the blues in all the va- rieties that he breeds, and at one show won sweepstake cockerel with a bird about five months o " Al this is not said for the ben- efit of that breeder but simply to show that we can raise chxclz' |in Florida, and that a five months old bird is sufficiently developed to win over older birds raised in other states that should have been more mature for their age. Now let us see why we can raise chickens here that are ma- tured at an early age. Primarily essentials to chicken raising is good range and fresh air, fo rfowls that are raised in closed doors with poor venti- tion are always delicate and eak, whereas chicks raised in X e ! the open are just the contrary. are simply waiting anxiously for Byt the northern breeder cannot raise his chicks out of doors, at least, not the early hatched, for ¢ severity of the northern Secure winters and early springs will | not permit of this. Our ability to raise green feed welve month in the year is an- her important factor in chick development, for nothing beats ‘C. greeng for both mature and young chicks, Now let us consider the cost of chick production and see if this not verily“a poultryman’s par- To start with let us take the ceding stock. Fed on plenty good green food they produce : good eggs and plenty of them country will be benefited by:ith the strongest vitality possi- ble in the germ, oduces strong, healthy chicks into fine robust the breeders., The the form-of collards, cabbage, ga, ctc., and can be grown at a and everything is in our iavor.tc“y in’ klorida would do well to lettuce, celery tops, rape, ruta- country that have been supply- ficiency engineers by scientific ve ry minimum of expense. Green ing our nceds are becoming so|research can discover hundreds food not only furnishes nourish- burdened trying to supply their of factors and resources in any ment but bulk also, which is es- own wants as well as ours that|community that have been lying sential to a chick and hlps to their prices have gone to $28 and |around ivose, - unutilized, and "e en down the grain bili; hence as there is ture to combat: ‘The same conditions holds oy good in operating the brooders £3 ‘ior we need only a small flame has in the lamp and that only for a days or a week at the most, then the chicks can take care of ‘themselves; atid in' the ‘spring of the year a fireless brooder will the purpose to a nicety. We have now cut down the the cost of incuba- tion and brooding and should be ,on our way to have a nice tlock o coming along, in all of which we have the advantage of our north- But we still have another advantage and that is the ability to raise chicks at a time when all the re:i of the world 3 jori 3 sleeps, so to speak. the majocity of the blws ribbons *'CL %050 Py b ring in Flor- ida is done in the winter and ear- ly spring months and we are supply broilers and before the other fellow 1d, commences to hatch, hence we * get a better price for them and there are times in the year when ens ON€ can go down Franklin street in Tampa with a load of broilers and get his own price for them, but they always command a market at 75 cents to 9o cents ,each year, while eggs will aver- age the year around, 35 cents a few .answer feed bill and ern brethren. ready to fryers dozen. Now brother “poultryman’s paradise ——— ‘outside era- not outside temp MW chicken crank, can you doubt that this is a Come down and try it for a while and if you have the get up in you and »” To the Public: T by Beginning FEB. 1st cur business will: be Strictly Cash to, Al We carry nothing but High-Grade Shoes | And will give you THE BEST : % for your Money at All Times i Our SERVICE and SHOES g are ALWAYS of the BEST We Make A SPECIALTY of FITTING FEET Our SHOE REPAIRING DEPARTMENT is in a class the good sense to buy good heal- thy stock to consider, with our ability to hatch off stock at an early part of the year we are able to get fine matured specimens ready for showing to take or : send to the fall fairs up north and win with them, while our | more unfortunate brothers are still taking care of the brooder house, and the competition in northern shows is getting to be such that no man expects to win without matured specimens; and where will they have to come by itsclf. One of the BEST equipped Machine shops in the State. All work done promptly by an expert. Work called for i and delivered. § “There is a Reason’’ ——— for these specimens? guess? I can, Can you tida is fast settling up as an agri- which in turn’ Then there is also the fact staring us in the face that Flor- cultural state and every new set- tler coming here usually wants to get good breeding stock to start a flock with. This again gives the poultryman chance to sell his wares, so with the abili- ty to produce and the ability to sell and the ability to raise the feed we have verily a poultry- man’s paradise. When I first came to Florida I wanted to go into. the fruit business but after I was here a| while I found something better, so went back into the chicken business and now want to sell my groves. There is money in | it and it don’t take so long to § met in the dense wooded sections & and a start, & " SEEPRTQDE 000000060604 0000 ELECTRIC jnqnsenen Duttan-Harris Co. FOOT-FITTERS Shoes that Fit Shoes that Please 123 Kentucky Ave, Phou 358 Blue P ATESEPEEDSHDGbdS S bt dd fdd PEEPEHPISLIDPSIPIPEPPPIGES MOVED TO THE KIB. FRHOTEL. BLOCK $30 a ton for hay that we can ov‘?}'looked. a3 the cost of prm'luctiun in the 2 ! raise here for less than $6 per| ‘“Lhen what about Florida? feding end of the game is no [ S S ton. As a food for poultry sor-; Wh-ie does the state come l‘f‘-’ ";fl‘"'. or even less, than the cost pop SALE—Hudson 33 © passen- ; ) ghum and kaffir corn rank high,|{ “Is the creaguite Sgreater ‘_“_“ of feeding chicks where the grain ger car. Original dost $1700. Q FULL LINE and are easily made in our stutc."‘kfl Cr“‘x‘*“”l IN Ll part greater grows, & i :’) AUTO Millet is another crop that may than the wholer ] next item expense to ol P H v be fed to advantage to a certain| “1Jocs uot the intellignce of consider is the incubation and FOR SALE OR TRADE— h"‘“’B:’( 2.6 MO=sILE SUPPLIES extent, and we have absolutely cvery citizen, every business hrooding. lots in Methodist colony, am‘:: | no'excuse for sending out to, business man, every merchanty other sections for that which we every real cstate dealer, 'f this is done artificially €VErY then one can readily understand can so readily produce at home, hotel proprictor, every banker. . hy iy this climate where we with so little labor and expense. |every maaulacturer, teach him <cllom have any cold weather, It is time for us to get busy.|him that the aggrandizement of the cost of operating an incuba- Don’t wait for the New Year toja localized interest to a point tor jg very little, for the flame greater pe “resolute.”—Florida Grower. | Which wiil overshadow ia direct blow backward or a sort lof boomerang? “George Mason was wiser. 29 SRS 3 +In starting a grand movement Florida: has millions of “cut-ifor a Florida state fair, it was over” lands—that is lands from'for a Florida state fair. Its lo- which the timber has been cut.ication was incidential, due to This land is lying idle, and is|economic and transportation’ therefore profitless to its owners, factors. The ' presentation of and to the state at large. It taxes|ihe advantages of Florida to the on these lands were high, it] ivilized world must have been _would be too expensive in some|the conception of Mr. Mason instances, to warrant hLolding|and for the conception, he must thcm..As they are low they yield|{pe credited. But if Mr. Mason very little revenue to the state or|had tried for a Jacksonville state the counties in which they are|fair he ‘would have been oa the located. same plane as some one who There are hundreds of owners| wanted a fampa state fair, or FLORIDA LANDS. of lands of this class, who could well afford to organize them- selves into a body to secure farm- ers to develop these lands and put them in cultivation. Most of them are susceptible of culti- a Miami state fair, or a Pnsaco-. la state fair, instead of a Flori- da state fair. ; “Good roads for Florida spells good roads laws, and a state de-, partmnt of roads. An attempt vation and being made profitable to the owners and to the state at large. Florida could co-operate with such a movement on the part of the ownmers, by furnishings soil iexperts, and state representa- tives who could easily classify the lands, and prepare statements signed by such representatives of |the state, thus assuring the pub- lic of the kind and class of lands to be sold and the things they wonld produce. - Each tract!money are now at home, wish- could have a separate soil analy-|ing they could go somewhere. sis, and a statement from an ex-{Some of them are in southern > pert employed by the state, show-|{ California, where there are ing what the land would pro-'roads. duce, what it would cost to get| “Who among those who will it ready for cultivation, and to|see this can give the mames of produ rofitable crops, its near-|half a dozen of the attractive ne::}?afi and all oth'egnj;: cities in sStithern France, which fo sible cus were so popular, and which have would seek. ‘|lived for years on Ametican To begin such a movement and | money, the money which, from carry it out, would requre but a|their hotels, went to their farm- small amount of effort, and would|ers and .gardners and frui to localize influence and effort i an attempt to interfere with and, retard the progress of the state as a whole. “Before the beginning of the present Furopean unpleasant- ness $200,000,000 was spent an- nually by Americans in touring southern France and northern Italy. (This does not include amounts lost or gained at Monte Carlo). “Those people who spent that cost little compared with the'growdrs? Floridy’s oppprtuni- profits that could'be made out of ty is at hand.”—Jacksonville the handling of such lands. Metropolis . ed not be turned up very high jinterests of the whole state, is & e IF YOU The Building Bee in Your Boanet , Let It Buzz! The buzz ng Mountain, N. C., near Asheville. 10 ACRE FARM—6 acres in bearing | grove, 4 acres good truck land within one-half mile of ecity, just :}; off avenue. J. F. Crutchfield. 1:;’ Phone 292 Black. 3688 |§ B [ & Qi oy I3 | | | | E | (i u;}{l’ HAVE i Kibler Hotel Building ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES FLORICA HEEIHIMU MACKINERY 0. | THE ELECTRIC STORE Phone 46 PERE0IA$0L0 ELECTRIC SHR0E0S00mRo0sn . . . Responsibilty To The Public:— . RESPONSIBLE institution has been were opened. . 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