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Florida Storm Sufferers, Restored, Send
1 Vegetables to Mississippi Flood Region
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Ped Cross Train leading Canal Point, a Station in tUe *
Florida Everglades, witN a Mixed SnpplV of vegetables
For? Mississippi flood Sufferers^ " ’ •,
t WEST PALM BEACH, Pla. (Special)
[ -Under the Red Cross Banner and
'with the co-operation of the Ameri
. ?-n Legion, the farmers, and the
[ lorlda East Coast Railroad, ship
ments of Evergladeo produce were
recently to the Mississippi flood
region. Less than one year ago the
Vieople of this district suffered by rea
son of the greatest storm that had
f'ver visited the American coast and
•ere receiving outelde aid. After
itl'.s storm subsided crops were plant
ed, and the people of the Everglades
- egton rejoice that a bountiful nature,
f. !oh soil, and growth-promoting sun
■have enabled them to send food In
'carload lots to others In distress sim
ilar to that which they experienced.
| Despite the Florida hurricane, large
crops were subsequently raised in the
I Everglade#—bordering Lake Okeecho
and nctir Palm Beach, Miami, and
center^ aqd tj>qiis&fidS.^C. car^,
loads of vegetables were shipped to
the North, to return wealth to thl
regions which had suffered. Thi
State of Florida has voted a bontj
Issue of twenty million dollars to ef
fect water control and carry forward
the reclamation of the Evergladei
whose people look confidently to the
future.
The photograph shows a carload oj
mixed vegetables about to leave Canal
Point on the West Palm Beach Canal
at Lake Okeechobee, the hampers of
vegetables being loaded aboard th^
car. Standing beside the Red Cross
insignia on the truck Is Mrs. J. A.
Goodrich, Executive Secretary of thqj
Palm Beach County Chapter, Ameri
can Red Cross. The Florida Easfi
Coast Railway, under direction or
vice-president H. N. Rodenbaugh, co-j
operated In the free movement olj
shipments from points along ltf"tln«
to aid the sufferers of the Mtssta^pi*
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Nation's Tea 'and Coffee WU h ppjfl
Half Billion Dollars Every Year
ForftusF Blahice)
18T7L0UIS— Drinkers of tea and
boffee In the United States number
foore than 78,888,360, according to Cy
rus P. Blanke, president of the Blanke j
Refined Health Coffee and Tea Cor
poration. Their beverage bill last year
wceeded one-half billion dollars.
^"Ninety per cent of all persona
ihova 16 years of age drink tea or
joffee or both," said Mr. Blanke. ?Ter
capita consumption of coffee last year
unounted to fourteen pounds a year,
rhat of tea three-quarters of a pound
•ch twelve months. The total con
aimed was 44.600.000,000 cups of cof
eejmd 11,360,000,000 cups of tea.‘>
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“Soluble coffee Is changing' th'v
habits of coffee drinkers. The ner\
generation will behold the demise o f
the coffee pot Just as the last wit
nessed the death of the kitchen coffe |
mill. Soluble tea, a deliciously re-'
freshing beverage but recently orlgl l
noted, made of tea leaves from which,
all poisonous tannic acid has been ex-|
tracted, will doubtless have a similar!
effect upon habitual tea drinkers. - I
“Wholesale value of green coff*H
brought Into this country In 1926 ex-1
deeded' $330,000,000. 4?_Te« Imports)
amounted to $22,600,000. Retail re-f
celpta totaled over $500,000,QOO.lj|Bli
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S" -MJ‘;L-jflNt, Fla I ni is the
i tut way in which three cities
ju counties u: whirl; they ait
lo* ct-d. locked over their teultory
a * -» i«s-u-a as most beautiful scenic
ri. .-*•.*'*-* o -;re they began their new
roar *-.*iir»rr»g program They wished
t > •*▼/»(-• {• tu w gateways Into the East
t_ c ;t j-ionda and to the longest
* in. *iri»e in the world, almost 5P0
v. wn the Atlantic coast of the
• led in »hc movement
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St. Johns River, one of the larges:
waterways in the Southeastern states
and one of the most beautiful In the
country What could be more pic
turesque than a boulevard leading
from Jacksonville along the shaded
banks of this mighty seml-troplca
stream, and finally turning Eastward
to St. Augustine and the ocean.
And West of St. Augustine, and be
tween that charming old city and the
St. Johns River there lay hundreds
of thousands ol acres of fertile land
which were not reached by any roads
Why not open this land to agricul
ture oy building roads which should
radiate from St Augustine to the St
Johns River and the River Boulevard,
like spokes from the hub to the rim
of the wheel? There was an oppor
tunity also, to provide an entrance
to St Augustine from the West
The above was the "problem as
ihe architects say. when they are re
quired to design a building to con
form to certain conditions The roaa
"architects." in therr co-operattvi
program. have proved that road bulld
iwr is Just as much an art as arc hi
lecture or landscaping
.M.irveluu* Ocean Boulevard
In the first place the great Ocean
| H lulovard has already oeen con
i ~iructt?d from St. Augustine South to
! Daytona Beach 52 miles, ana still
further, to Columbus Inlet. 16 miles:
! total 68 miles. It Is a most wonderful
! road right along the ocean and al
: wivs cool and pleasant. The writer
:n- the way. has ocen over every roao
' tcsorlbed in this article. It passe
ivi-r Matanzas Inlet where the firs:
Spanish colonists massacred the
• tench under Rionut. and presents
nauy charming vistas alone ’he eov
.• arwnl bird reservation t parallels
Vi ■’.isfliie Beach on -vh.ch 42 cars
• -i.i*' abreast, and also Ormond
• Beach where Major II. O. D.
a grave drove his car at a rate of 203
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J. O. RAHMEfL
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A Kerf EmtcaKcr- ivay reoM r«e west Mill C«?eek road
rtETWEEAl Sf ■v-R'-v.*'- ’ 'M? AMO ST JOJWS RlVeK
miles an nour. Ji *r> u.. o** •.
the way Is the oi"\ .es.:'. >< Fh.giet j
Beach where -apiUtl fish my can 0<; i
enjoyed and he -egion is most pit ■ !
turesque ]
The- Ocean 3oulevard is a link in :
the projected Atlantic Coastal High- J
way from Maine to Key West You i
can already ride as far as Upper Mate- |
cumhc Key. 83 miles South of Miami j
The next step will be to build the •
Ocean Boulevard North fropi St Au
gustine to Pablo Beach near Jackson
ville, a disiance of 40 mlleB. You can
already ride along the ocean sand'
over this di ,c- ' two hours
before or uf*c» .. .v udt\ dOO cars made
mis unique trip on a recent Sunday.
Another step In the program will
be the construction ol a boulevard
South from Jacksonville for fifty
miles or so along the majestic St.
Johns Uiver. with an Eastward turn
lo St Augustine and the ocean. This
will permit motorists to make a loop,
including fifty miles of tropical river
and fifty miles of ocean beach.
But cross-country roads already built
from Sr Augustine to the St. Johns
Itlver will soon connect with existing
roads Into Jacksonville
Spanish Architecture ol si. Augustine.
St. Augustine Is a beautiful city of
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OCEAH BOULEVARD, UMK. W AtlAMTIC COASTAL AiGAvVaY
FROM A4AIAE TO KEY WEST
about 20,000 population, it is lo
cated on Matanzas Bay, a placid ex
panse of water, which It has Just
crossed to Anastasia Island by a fine
steel and concrete bridge, costing the
city one million dollars. Anactaala j
island. 1,550 feet distant, Is pictures- ;
quely wooded, its eastward side is I
washed by the Atlantic Ocean, and i
here is located the celebrated beach
speedway. St A.i.^ustine Beach. The
old Spanish architecture of the city
is very notable. The climate Is fine 1
throughout the year, and 1 found it j
cooler In June than New York City
ro provide roads leading through
the fertile region immediately West
of St. Augustine, St. Johns County
voted a bond Issue of $2,200,000 fot
roads several years ago The worn
was In charge of the county commis
sioners of which Mr J. D. Rahnei
General Passenger Agent of the Flor
ida East Coast Railroad. Is chairman
The commissioners employed a very
able engineer. C. Samuel Johnson, as
“County Manager.” charged with thr
duties of supervising the work of the '
contractors and of uniting the entire
program under a single responsible
head. The work has gone ahead ver>
rapidly and his supervision has saved
the county large amounts of money, j
Altogether 160 miles ol road are ,
being built in St. Johns County. This !
Includes three main roads radiating ,
Northwest, West, and Southwest from
St. Augustine to the Et. Johns River
The most Northern of the spokes will i
probably cross Jullngtoii Creek, a j
broad estuary of the St. Johns, when!
this article is published. Thence 1
connection will be made with Jack
sonville by State Road No. 47. The
next of the spokes is called the
Mill Creek Road and leads to Orange
dale on the St. Johns River which
it will cross by a half million
dollar bridge to Green Cove Springs.
The expected completion of the bridge
by January 1. in connection with
State Road No 3. from Jacksonville
through Orange Park to Green Cove
Springs, will provide one of the most
beautiful scenic drives in America
Prom Green Cove Springs tbe route
goes Northwest to Lake City afford
ing motorists from the West a shoit
cut to the East Coast of Florida
Deer and Wild Turkeys Still Found
Houses are {pw and far between m
the almost virgin territory which is
being opened up between St. Augu>
tine and the St. Johns River Deer
and wild turkeys are occasionally
seen Even bear have been observed
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41 AUTOS ABREAST ON ST. AiNkJSTlME
0EACM, NO*V CONNECTED W/TA ORMOND
PATTON A BEACH 0/ THE MEW OCEAN
Boulevard
within the past year But the sou is
very rich and It Is expected that the
new road6 will mean much to St. Au
gustine in increased tributary popu
lation One of the richest sections
of St uohns County Is the Irish po
tato district at Hastings, about 25
miles South of the country now be
ing opened up. The early season Irish
potato Industry has yielded as much
as five million dollars annually. Irlsn '
potatoes are only one of many possi
bilities of this region
E. P Wclfc who lives on the Hast
ings Road 7 miles from St Am jus
tine, is enthusiastic about the coun
try. He-has a nerd ol 55 Jerseys, ano
also raises Irish potatoes, zro.ving
m-n p.nd hay after the potato crop is
gathered Mr. Wolfe went there ten
"ears ago from Nashville. Tenil He
selected land that he thought nao
rood drainage, cleared about 60 acres
! :r it was all woods and started In to
farm "You can have vegetables any
month In the year; beans, tomatoes,
peas. okra, squash." said Mrs. Wolfe.
We came down to get away from the
I cold winters. One who Is willing to
| work will succeed."
Neu Dixie Highway to Miami.
These agricultural possibilities as •
well as the scenic attractions and tlje
desire to make new gateways to
East Coast have inspired the ancient
city ot St. Augustine and her neigh
bors to /ulld irw roads In addition
to the amount spent by St. Johns
County the 8tate of Florida is spend
ing approximately one million dollars
on road work In the 8t. Johns County
One of the new roads is the new Dixie
High’-nv (State ftoad No. 4). which
hr'i-'p ilie summer is over will be
: n sod from Jacksonville. St. Au*
•• .o and Bunnell Thence to over
hr.« existing highway Daytona Beach
ano down to Miami a splendid road
all 'Me way
Two MILLIOM dollar.
BRI06E PROM ST AU6USTlde
TO AMASTASIA ISLAMD
AMD TUB OCEAH
BOULeVAR.D
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