The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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ALTO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 190$.
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fill tones, "Let it
here! I'll get it!"
LETTER FROM WILL ARRANT, ;nre, Hearing the edge of the tions and passengers getting
Estkro FhA. Oct. x iqu8 l'le w*iar^ n ^lu plunged into J on and off, Fioridians appear
•\lio7icriu!'' '* ' l'le vvatcr 'leac^ foremost. As to be a prosperous, happy peo-
they arose alongside the ship! pie. We have rainy seasons
they are disagreeable for a
cunc! right time, but a few days after the
I couldn't: rains cease everything is lovely
understand, until the passen- in most places. The land is
gers began to toss money into1 sandy and water soon soaks
the water. It was interesting in. The rivers and creeks are
„ , c, to see them dive for the money,' beautiful, with clear water.l
ship Concho Sept, 16 at 1:3° and they got it every time be^ Fort Myers is a nice town
fore it reached the bottom, i of about 2,000 population, the
which was about thirty feet county seat of Lee county. It
deep. My first thought was,' is on the Caloosahatchie river,
What is it that people will not! which is about half a mile wide
According to promise, I will
give a short write-up of my
trip to Florida and of Florida
w j and the Koreshau Unity. I
; left Alto Sept. 14, arriving in
\ Galveston at 9:15 p.m. Sailed
K I from Galveston 011 tne stcani-
ip.ni. and arrived at Ke y
011 the xgtli at 9:30 a.m.
Key West same date
West
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10:30 p,
111., on the Allirett, arriving at
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1 ort 1 anipa_ ne*t ( a3 al 2:25 do for money under the present aiul navigable for good sized
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often Is a lasting one, and good appearance has
often been a potent factor in many a young
man's success. The first impression will be
decidedly in your favor if you wear
4The "Majestic" Makefc
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of Clothing, "Majestic" garments have a dis^
tinctness of style all their own, which other
makers strive in vain to duplicate at the same
reasonsble prices
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Another feature of "Majestic" superiority is the
variety of beautiful and up^to/date fabrics we
have in this popular brand this seoson. Let us
show them to you, Our prices will do the rest
THE HAT WITH A REPUTATION
Thoroughbred HatsS^
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We have a complete line of these celebrated
Hats for Fall and Winter wear, and invite you
to come around and inspect them, The Hats
will suit you, and the prices will suit you, For
your own interest see our line before buying
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^ your ov/11 interest see our line before buying ^
^Gents' Furnishing Goods,^
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Shoes for Men, Women § Children)^
of all kinds, Neckwear, Hosiery, Underwear,
Gloves, Suspenders, and anything else you
want in the Furnishing Goods Line
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The largest and most complete stock 111 the
town. No use to expatiate 011 the merits of
this line, If any doubt exists, an inspection of
our goods will prove our claims
To the Ladies haven't forgotten you
- ^ —- - by any means, by If
our Greatest Bargains arc for you, When you see our
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By farj^
Beautiful Line of Dress Goods, Waist Goods j*
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TRIMMINGS, LACES and EMBROIDERIES
at such low and reasonable prices you will readily see
that we have taken pains to please you, one and all. We.
need not go into detail about the goods we are showing,*/
We have the goods and the prices, Let us snow you r*
2Robert M. Pisher.
TREES
FOR 81 YEARS
HAVE MAINTAINED
THEIR RECORD-HIGH EST QUALITY.
LOW PRICE. We oiler the only GENUINE STOCK ol the
superb new fruits: KING DAVID, DELICIOUS. BLACK BEN.
"CHAMPION and SENATOR Apples; BANNER. SUNRISE. Grapes;
'GOLD Pluin. FAME Pear, eic. Finest stock fTIQIT LOUISIANA. MO.
W In the U. S. ol nil leading commercial sorts. Rockport, Illinois
p.m. Left Port Tampa at 3:15
p.m. and arrived at 1' ort Myers
at 10:25 p. 111. Stayed over at
Fort Myers until the 22d.
Went 011 board the Arrow, a
boat belonging to the Kore-
shau Unity, in the afternoon
and arrived in Estero that
night. The distance from Alio
to Estero is estimated to be
1,414 miles.
I remained in Galveston one
and a half days and enjoyed a
view of the beautiful Island
City. The three miles of
wharfage and the great seawall
were interesting to 111c. To
see them with their powerful
machines pumping in sand
from the sea, raising the level
of the city 111 places from five
to eight feet, is marvelous.
The great lines of steamships
and sail vessels lying along
the wharves, receiving and dis-
charging cargo, coming in and
Koiuif out, is. qu>t(-:juU~<c V.UK
to those who have never seen
anything of the kiud.
Aly voyage 011 the raging
waters of the deep was quite
pleasant with one exception
seasickness, sailing from Gal'
veston to Key West. The
weather was line the first day
and night, including the fore-
noon of the secynd day. In
the afternoon of Thursday it
commenced raining; the wind
blew, the waves rolled high,
and the ship began to toss.
The following night was a
rough one, the water at times
splashing over the decks. I
held to my bunk, fearful of
being tossed out. I began to
feel a little sick before dark,
and when I arose for breakfast
I began to vomit. I soon got
back in my berth and stayed
stayed there until I recovered.
My appetite was lost and I did
not eat anything for one day
and night, and for several
days was quite delicate. My
friend in Galveston told me it
I got sea sick I would wish to
be dead. 1 thought very seri-
ously of what he said, but did
not quite reach that point.
It was very interesting to
me to see the tarpies (fish),
five to seven feet loug, running
in front of the ship, leaping at
times clear out ot the water,
system?
After landing from the
Concho iu Key West, the first
thing that attracted my atten- Mexico. Fort Myers is a pop-
boats to that place. The river
empties into Ostege or Kstero
bay, thence into the Gulf of
tion in the de-pot of the Mal-
ory Steamship Co. was a lot
;reen turtles lying on their
ular resort, rich people of I he
North and East having homes
there. Thomas A. Edison has
backs with their feet tied to-' a mansion and laboratory. Dr.
getlier and the weight of each I Fierce, the noted specialist,
marked 011 their chests. One land others have homes. Two
was marked 250 lbs. They 1 magnificent hotels — Royal
were to be shipped to Newj Palm and Hotel Bradford—
York. j cater to the rich guests from
Key West is a beautiful lit- the North and East who here
tie city of 25,000 population, seek health and pleasure.
very level, the altitude bejug This country is not a para-
about eight feet, its area seven disc, by any means, but it is a
and a half miles long, three good looking country. To see
wide and fifteen miles circum-
ference. A railroad is being
built from there to Mruna, a
distance of i5o miles, about 60
miles completed. Most of the
road will be built over water.
A man named Flagler, many
times a millionaire, is under-
taking the phenotninal enter-
prise. Key West is noted for
her resources in the manufac-
ture of cigars. Sponge gath-
ering and fiishing are the other
principal industries of the lit-
tle island city. Its population
is of foreign origin, with few
Americans. I would not like
to live there. The habits and
environments would not suit
me. They have lots of sa-
loons and about three-fourths
of the people smoke cigars.
The fumes of cigar smoke,
whisky and fish can be smelled
iu most parts of the city.
I am not yet well enough
qualified to give an intelligent
description of Florida. 1 left
Port Taiupa 011 the railroad at
3:15 p,ui for Fort Myers, a
distance of 154 miles, most of
the trip at night. The scen-
ery of Florida is quite differ-
ent from anything 1 ever saw.
Leaving Port Tampa, the first
view was rather a Hat country,
with light to dark sandy soil,
and most of the country I saw
was pine timber, much of it
covered with palmetto, very
ittle undergrowth, the pine
trees very straight, with few
limbs and resemble in shape
the palm trees, which grow
profusely over all the country
I have seen. You can see al-
most to the limit of eyesight
everything of the vegetable
kingdom with its beautiful
rich green foliage and the
great variety of splendid flow-
ers budding and blooming at
this time of year, and to see
the orange and grape fruit
trees, tli. .os bending to the
ground with delicious truit, is
fascinating to one not accus-
tomed to these sights,
A great variety of fruits are
grown here, a few of them be-
ing the orange, grape fruit,
lime, guava, mango, comquate,
avercuta pear, pineapple, ban-
ana, cocoanut, pawpaw, per-
simmon, grape, fig, saspadillo,
pomgranite, peach, plum, pear,
sugar apple, rose apple and
date. Many different kinds
of orauges, grape fruits and
limes are grown, Peaches
grow here, but not vary well.
The citrus fruits do well. I
took a walk last Sunday with
a brother, viewing two orange
and grape fruit groves adjoin-
ing the property of the Kore-
shau Unit}', one belonging to
Mr. France, the other to Mr.
Shane, a German. The latter
told me that he averaged 011
his grove last year $10 to the
tree, an average of 48 trees to
the acre, making $480 to the
acre less expenses. He has
now 011 some of his grape fruit
trees 16 bushels to the tree.
They are quoted now at J5
per bushel, just at the open-
ing of the market. They sel-
dom sell for less than $2.
Good orange and fruit land
sells from $20 to $2,000 per
acre; raw land $20 to $300,
and improved land with bear-
nuwivvwi 1. iiiiiiui:
BMrii'fr.v.11
keeping just in i 10111 of the I in the pine woods, as it is very I ing groves sell from $500 to
vessel, as if they were trying level, with but little under-1"
to outrun 11s. \Ve had very growth to break the view.
smooth sailing just before j Everything that grows iu
reaching Key West, and the'Florida is beautiful; the ver-
beautilul view of the Flcrida'dure is grand and pleasing to
keys and little islands covered; the eye. The flowers are fra-
witli verdure was magnificent, grant. The climate is moder-
On arrival at Key Wett, ate, with very little sultry
just as the ship was landing, weather, and the gulf breeze
I was astonished to see a lot makes it very pleasant. Judg
of very thinly clad, dark skiu-
ued youngsters of small stat-
ing from what I could see of
the towns and shipping sty-
$2,000 per acre. This is
strictly a fruit and fish coun-
try; 110 good for corn, oats,
etc. Men here iu the fruit
business as a general rule
grow nothing but fruit. Veg-
etables grow well in places,
under the proper cultivation.
Health is good, especially for
women. A hotel lady at hoit
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McClure & McClure. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1908, newspaper, October 16, 1908; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214022/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.