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- . e Sable and..the'
ByS.W.MAITHEWS .sages near Ca. boat
, brought Fisher's
Wally hews Stott Welter) Ibbermaa where•LeviToday..had, he lived, Carl C.-1 safely into A:ami,
Fisher would have been 88 years ii telegraphed the Hoosier:"Meet me
oldBut Carl F
Miami instead
Jacksonville.
July,
and because his manyfiends'IIt's anice itle town.
theyare-ilk,"
feel nsoi keenly build loss, Thus Fisher came to Miami,and
fittingme- He met John S. Col--,
mortalplorning Miami a �he liked it.'. o to build
at Beach to the man-V tiro who was struggling
whose vision. Courage and humor, a bridge to Miami Beach. Fisher
made that city their home as well loaned Collins 250.000 to finish the
'ibridge and took 200 acres of the
las his. `imangrove swamp which then was
In a sort of spontaneous organ-'
it-lie Beach. With a vision as great
Iization several friends of Fisher,,'�as Collins' and the moneytoback
\have constituted themselves the'. Fisher developed Miami made a
h.
nucleus of a committee which will' Cheng of the works
+decide upon and erect the me- thing
of• exploits at Miami Beach
and there ;brought many a hearty chuckle,
Imorial. Among these, asmuch as
will be others, are Mayor John and he enjoyed themof
Beach,.Dr. John 1 anyone,, There is the story
,Levi of Miami ' the elepha- bought for
Dan J. Mahney.
oyRoste tnt,
•Oliver ht Reye, ' and
publicity purposes. Rosie made
the Right Rev.William Barry A mahout imported from
•
A. Frank Katzentine. t good. Presi-
1 Carl Fisher's stary is one.of in-"India with the acoru)dn notf handle
of dent Harding, the press,i
aspiration; a mixture of courage, ��Rosie, to the delight of
;sympathy for others and of humor.VI ro named Yarnell ;vas
Uf education, as measured by but a neg
and boss. Beach resr-
high school and college standards.
'1 petRTherewas the day find a camel .
•
dents were amazeloaded
he had none: of l he ha a the sands,
'vast store,. He stepped
aboard a'i,walking along d to Fisher. had
hamper.
age of 12 to earn his' with a huge camel When trucks
train at the I`.boughtseaweed was
butcher In those the
tiring ds a news bogged down as ..
cycand which brought the bi- cleared from the beaches.
cycle and the with the Years.carriage, ••He had a keen sense of r
bicyclera sympathy was as as
end he grewlater and his symp Dr.L,aGor broad said
. Hen became thea omileer, I Florida is long,"
htoldof the ma-.
1904 drove miles in the
and in` Fisher ••e who he him
like two Ines and two of
plans. o knew will'
appropriate memorial
n ion to the
lake time of two minutes tangible exPres;
seconds •e set a world'skerecord. feel a
;But Fisher's mind looked further breatness of his character•"'
�traa the bends of the racn --+`_
tracks. He was building aa, ,_. • •
indus-
try •
•
which would carry him along t. �j i•1 iE zs. X939 ti
with a speed comparable to the HERALD. +•'
breathless pace ducts ofwhich
that Indus-
the early P j� m
His opportunity came when be 1,.�A 000 yet FOO L
on borrowednmoney, two.
1 11R1(�1111 ������*
bought. 1 FOR ++a A 1J1
thirds of-the infant Presc-O-Elle
for givingone-
-company San0w
third to the man who made him i
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'the loan. A few years later he �+—� 75-Foot sold the concern for $8,000.000 financial Il.ryat Price Is Paid For .:I�
was on his way to a Lincoln
which made him famous. Corner On v
career Fisher,seeking new ad- • Road
One day h i s boat- sold'
1 venture, telegraphed vacant property
builder, John Levi. in New York, Lincoln road foot last week.
,suggesting they go somewhereand
s1 000 a front
Levi telegraphed for disclosed with announce-
Y
,have some fun. purchase the. south•
it
Che sugghuntingestion they is to it was of
back of •Lincoln road and
Florida on aof was built, --T.' corner p for goad00 bd
trio• dA into42-fthe boat ton avenue
ed Ohio river at Washington Miami Beach prop-dropped John L.Patten,
Cairo,Ill., and the two Of[rtMotide 75 i,
the Gulf of Mexico. ` owner. which [fonts
they grounded the boat and while art• 150 feet on
being- repaired, The property, and
the damage wasme in feet sold on
Indianapolis,
went back gtoto ship Washington avenue, was sold
Indianapolis, telling'Levi Miles Mrs.Louise Ossis. the transaction,
the yacht overland from'Mobile to broker, handled
Jacksonville.low b. the railroad \ was all cash.
A low briers on the boat ship- 'which
(would not permit
and Levi decided to bring I .i�x�rifa ,
meat 4 ,?&:U s ns.>
the vessel arounde. the under
its own power. H picked
t hermanbewildering Pea- .