THE HOWEY TRIBUNE Grower Sees $30,000 Yearly Profit $89,881,410 PAID On His $50,000 Citrus Investment FOR 3,400 MILES Sometimes he tells his story to _.__ guests gathered in the lobby of Hotel Floridan: Charles H. Emery. "Are You Crazy, Charles?" "For 38 years I have been going IFish-Laden Lakes to California," Mr. Emery ex-' fl. J ,.$,,# L"-to plains. "It was 20 years ago that' I bought my first orange land at Anaheim, California,-20 acres of! raw land. This purchase I made without the knowledge of Mrs. Emery and when I told her what I had done she exclaimed, 'Charles, are you crazy? What are you going to do with 20 acres of raw land 4,000 miles from where we are living?' Our residence was Portland, Maine. "It took Mrs. Emery and myself eight years to pay for this land, but we did and finally planted Valencia oranges. When it came into bearing it had cost us $20,000, or $1,000 an acre. Ten acres now are 13 years old and 10 acres 14 years old. On the first of January, 1929, that grove had returned to me $46,000 or $26,000 more than I had paid for it. I had paid $250 an acre for the raw land 20 years ago and that kind of land today cannot be bought for less than $2,000 an acre. Bigger Returns at Howey "But that is in California and I ex- pect comparatively bigger things of my 181/4 acres of grapefruit and oranges here at Howey-in-the-Hills, my permanent home. My Howey trees this year just began to come into com- mercial bearing and they gave me a fine crop of finest quality grapefruit which has been sold at fancy prices and Valencia oranges yet to be sold. "It was about six years ago that I met Mr. Howey in Chicago and was so impressed with what he told me that I came here and after extensive In- vestigation I purchased a one-year old grove. California Costs Are Higher "It costs $1 a box more to raise oranges in California than here be- cause out there we have to pay for irrigation, also fumigation, which is not required here, and there we use twice as much fertilizer and labor is twice as high, while taxes are four and five times as high as at Howey-in- the-Hills. "On our 44th wedding anniversary, I made this statement to Mrs. Emery: 'If the Lord prolongs our lives so that we can celebrate our golden wedding ti-tnTverrsar-y, I ITKM-A t-tis p-realtIUblU that our 20 acre grove in California which cost us $20,000 and our 181- acre grove at Howey-in-the-Hills which will probably cost us $30,000, making a total investment of $50,000, will return to us net an income of not less than $30,000 per year. I would have to leave you and the children $600,000 worth of good 5 per cent bonds to match this investment of $50,000 in orange groves.' " 21 NEW PATIENTS ARRIVE Sanitarium, Visitors Include 15 Practicing Physicians During the first two weeks of 'January, 15 doctors from various states, visited the Howey sanita- rium, in charge of Dr. E. C. Tay- lor. Medical men are interested in medicinal properties of Howey grown grapefruit, which is being used with success to correct vari- ous ailments, especially diabetes and high blood pressure. The vis- iting doctors included: three from Pennsylvania; two from New York; and one each from Clifton Springs, N. Y.; Indianapolis; Ham- mond, Ind.; Buchanan, Mich.; Cleveland; Jersey City; Detroit and St. Petersburg, Florida. Dur- ing the same space of time 21 new patients from eight different states were registered in, and this list is rapidly growing. Larger quarters is an urgent need of the sanitarium. Florida furnishes free school books for public school pupils up to and in- cluding the sixth grade. I 1i UI taCt izL iLLLa Balk Jack Frost N AN official publication issued by the Florida department of agriculture, bureau of immi- gration, following reference to Lake county, where is located the Howey-in-the-Hills citrus empire, is made: "Located in almost the exact geographical center of Florida, Lake county is found midway be- tween Jacksonville and Tampa, while it is only a few hours motor ride from either Miami and Palm Beach on the East coast or any of the famous West coast resorts along the Gulf of Mexico. On State's Highest Hills "Lake county is on top of the HIGHEST hills to be found in cen- tral Florida in what is sometimes called the lake region or the 'Alps of Florida,' and in the very center of what is termed, 'the solid cen- tral section.' From a high eleva- tion of approximately 360 feet above sea level, the eye covers a tremendous expanse of country and with beautiful, blue, sparkling lakes dotting the landscape at. every turn, it is easily seen where the county gets its name. "Five large lakes in the heart of Lake county cover an area of over 200 square miles and they are all connected with each other by a fascinating system of canals and streams, and in turn empty through] the Ocklawaha river into the St. John:s OF GOOD ROADS Florida Highways Built, Maintained at Yearly Cost of $12,000,000 Written for The Howey Tribune By ROBERT W. BENTLEY Chairman Florida State Road Department T HE state road system of Florida, embracing some 3,400 miles of surfaced roads, principally arterial highways, allows easy com- munication from any city or sec- tion of the state to any other city or section, over hard-surfaced roads. Thus one can cross over the Perdido river from Alabama and go eastward over Highway No. 1 to Jacksonville, 402 miles, then turn South on Highway No. 4 along the East Coast to Miami and on over Highway 4-A South to Key West, a distance of 549 miles, or a total of 951 miles from theiAla- bama line, and never leave the hard-surfaced roadway. Counties Build 8,500 Mil4s Or the traveler may start from the Georgia line and travel F-cx No. 2 to Port Myers, 382 miles, all hard-surfaced. Or leave No. 2 at High Springs and travel the Tami- ami Trail through West Central and Southwest Florida and the Everglades on to Miami, 433 miles, all hard-surfaced. Or Across the Lake Harris Bridge at Howey-in-the-HUls. choose any of a number of other routes bisecting the state in any direction. The counties have built anirbiit maintain independent of the State system something like 8,500 miles of roads, a considerable part being up to the state's standard. Thus these secondary roads furnish a wonderful system of highways which link up with the state's arte- rial system and penetrate in every direction. No Bonded Indebtedness The state has no bonded indebt- edness. It has built its road sys- tem without bond issues. From October, 1915, to the close of November, 1929, the State Road Department expended $89,881,- 410.21 on road and bridge con- struction and maintenance. Of this amount 1929 will account for about $12,000,000 and the 1930 and from thence to the Atlantic budget will add approximately ocean. Bass that weigh from 10 to 20 $12.000.000. pounds are no unusual thing for fish- ermen to bring in from a day's outing in the waters of this county. Distinct Advantage to Citrus "The hills and lakes of Lake county furnish some outstanding advantages to the visitor or those seeking a per- manent home, as the altitude and the 1,400 clear, fresh-water lakes, furnish an unusual degree of protection from extremes of either heat in the summer or cold in the winter months. The elevation enables refreshing breezes from all directions to reach the very heart of the state and main- tain comfortable temperatures at all seasons. This is also a distinct ad- vantage to those interested in growing citrus or other crops that require pro- tection from cold, as the water of the lakes tempers the air in winter so that other protection is unnecessary. Warm Hearted Hospitality "Physical comfort throughout the year, pure, soft water for drinking and household purposes, all modern con- veniences in the cities, and ready ac- cess to all other parts of the state, furnish reasons for the growth and stability of Lake county. A warm- hearted hospitality on the part of its people and a generous degree of co- operation in all civic enterprises in- sures happiness to all newcomers who seek a new home amid pleasant sur- roundings." GO WAY BACK AND SIT DOWN The son of a Lake county dairy farmer rushed up to his father with the glad tidings: "Pa, they tell me at the high school that I will be a great quarter-back!" Pa replied in a tone that meant business: "Well, son, right now it's milking time. Get that pail there and see what you can do as a full-back!" Six year old orange and grapefruit trees bare commercial crops. Irrigation Is not necessary at How- ey-in-the-Hills. The state's income for road building comes from these sources: A two cents per gallon taxe on gasoline. Seventy-five per cent of the automobile license tax. Federal aid. County aid. Massive Bridges Constructed In the matter of type of paved highways Florida ranks high, and in the matter of maintenance of the roads has few rivals in the Union. As to highway bridges, there are three already built that will average a mile in length and two more under construction each more than a mile long. All of the big bridges and nearly all of the lesser ones are of concrete or con- crete and steel truss construction. Tom's Trumpet Toots Announce Arrival of Bus By CAP DILLEY 1 Every Monday and Thursda4 just around supper time at tle Floridan Hotel a trumpet is heart Now, from time immemorial, a trumpet is said to be the signal for graveyards to yawn and the dead to come forth to greet Old Man Gabriel. That was said to be the result years and years ago. But human nature is ever the same and man changes not at all with the revo- lutions of time. For when Tom Hardin blows the trumpet of his FEBRUARY, 1930 y ....... and insurance. ing the expenditure annually of And each season there is an huge sums of money. She Got Howey Grove average sales turn-over of $1,000,- for Christmas Present 000, so thus that much new money JOLLY VISITOR FINDS OUT is, advantageously to purchaser HOW TO TELL TREES and seller, lured to the state. __________ K t _A related activity to the parentnud from na &I- X'XT (Continue~d from Prge ..one) industry is tne w. J. nowey nur- series, containing 300,000 care- fully selected pedigreed trees, the hardiest, most prolific and highest quality fruit stock being budded onto rough lemon roots. The an- nual upkeep cost for these nurse- ries is $36,000. Packing Plant Another kindred industry is the fruit packing house, giving em- ployment directly or indirectly to 100 persons with a payroll, includ- ing materials, of $50,000 for the packing season, when quality fruit is distributed to the four corners of America, Canada, across the deep Atlantic to Great Britain and other European countries. These sales, together with freight rates, are staggering in volume. for fin; ripe Ha tro an wil tur thr low, gri mo hai hox in S ers soe Ho ly wh wo: offi I A third related industry is the in W. J. Howey factory for the can- dev ADA.ME ELIZABETH I1 ADA E ELIZABETH ning of grapefruit juice and wh RETHBERG, world-fam orange juice and this by-product las prima donna of the Metro- automatically creates a profitable ye. politan Opera Company, New York market for full crop sales, includ- City, was presented with an orange ing off-size and off-color fruit, the HC grove at Howey-in-the-Hills, as a content of which is of high quality JChristmas present, by her hus- but unprofitable when sold in the band, Albert E. Doman. The grove open 'market. As a by-product the fis located on a hillside overlooking canning of the juices affords Beautiful Lake Shepherd, an ideal Howey grove owners handsome site for a secluded home and re- returns. Importance of the juice treat from the strain of public factory is illustrated by the fact Ilife. that it costs approximately $1,000 Madame Rethberg has appeared a day or $90,000 for operation dur- in all of the principal cities of the ing the fruit gathering season and United States and Europe. a further sum is involved in the - Mr. Doman has a home in New purchase of material, freight Coi York City, one in Switzerland, and costs, etc. d another in Germany. Incidental to this activity is the F top working on his own trees and ally evolved the present, early ening, thin-skinned, well flavored mlin orange. Eowey nurseries also has been in- ducing the Pernambuco grapefruit, early and fine flavored fruit which 1 come on the market at an oppor- le time. Well, that beats nursing corn rough drought and frost all hol- r," said the Indiana man, broadly nning as he stepped from the auto- bile after a forenoon full of first Id information. Going to write the folks back ne," he confided, "you can put it your paper if you want to." So, perhaps, in the next issue, read- of The Howey Tribune may learn ne of the impressions gained by the osier at Orange Blossom, the neat- landscaped grove employee suburb, ere also is located the company rk shops, bus garages and field ices, as well as general information regard to the Howey-in-the-Hills Telopment. t was lonesome in the hotel lobby en the Hoosier visitor had saile his t hearty, "Goodby and God bless )WEY OFFICE IN ORLANDO icerts take place here every Satur- ay night under supervision of 'rank E. Workman, Howey-in-the- Etlll Orlando representative, Four ; __~__~_~_____ By OPIE READ YF tre iest ttere ruas a ialben laseU. Wire sun, tragebian atf tie shk, S respanbing to an encore, tas about to appear in tire last scene of iris -- matinee, inten same misc4ietuiou s stage ic anbs of tire h eatens Iet boxun in front of him a purpul curtain, bunt tite minhtv artor, unbismapeb, rippeb "tlraoutg that purple curtain, tore it into slrrebs aub 4un taose b iolet ranelt- ings on ltet pinnacles of the unitierse. IT VV V International as he swings the' ,yrol l of $393 render colored bus into the redPayroll of $393,996 One Hint cular driveway before the hotel, bell hops, dark hued angels of o th r t at w t present day, sally forth to meet O t St. Petersburg travelers who have c e to the hills of Howey. No, no, no, S not think of the rest of the simile. Fertilizer Purchase Alone further work of recovering essen- e graveyards do not yawn. But; Approximates $50,000 tial oils from the citrus fruit peel- s e of the onlookers are under the Every Year ings and the value of the residue i pression that as long as they keep Iathing the pure air of Florida, they ifor fertilizer which commands a I, cheat the undertaker out of a N THE hills of Lake price of $30 a ton. This residue, rd earned living and spread the county, once covered rich in carbohydrates, also is in de- pel of the beauties of Howey to a, mand as a stock food. ing world. with turkey oak, there 9. the last six years, Tom Hardin has been brought forth the fo ice rth H t driven the bus and blown his The fourth circle of the Howey to warn of the approaching greatest citrus empire ever industrial ring is the cost of main- ats to the pleasant hospitality conceived by an individual and tenance of the executive offices a Ring within. And when all are with- i s the first to sit at the feet of from these groves of gold radiate with an annual payroll of more "'great philosopher of Howey-in- manifold industries., than $100,000. To this must be Sdt, grand old man Opie The W. J. Howey grapefruit and added expense of upkeep of the es f B ig Bil and Little Bill, orange grove development at W. J. Howey offices in the various he Mint Julep, The Kentucky Feud Howey-in-the-HilIs embraces 60,- northern cities of the nation. An- nd many others. 000 acres and of this 12,000 acres other item is the cost of demon- But most of all he loves to hear of are covered with approximately station and advertising, also the he Bronsons and the Auldrigge and half a million citrus trees. The development and experimentation tue he, lik ethey a efm Ken value of this development is placed of citrus horticulture. Still an- cause he, like they, came from Kten- lucky. Yes, Tom is a Hardin from at $20,000,000. other item illustrating the magni- Kentucky, descendant of the famous More than 600 persons yearly tude of the Howey development is family of that name which followed find employment as a result of the the payment in the form of taxes Daniel Boone into the wilderness and < ovrmnt ca an *nT 'ought, bled and died there to help Howey citrus groves, the Howey to government state and county jarve a sovereign state out of the wil- salaries and payroll alone exceed- of approximately $100,000 a year. erness. ing $393,996. Thus it can be seen that by the "By gawd, sir," as Opie Read says, $50,000 a Year for Fertilizer force of his own genius, W. J. the Hardins are some folks back in Howey has carved from the one- :entucky." Approximately $50,000 a year time wilderness of Lake county an And we join with him in saying is spent in the purchase of fertili- industry representing millions of ght now, here, today, "Yes, and our zer. Then there is money expend- new wealth, together with its com- owev."m Is some folks right here in ed for equipment, service, upkeep plex industrial activities, involv- 1