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!1iIAbII DAILY NEWS
r` Pictorial Record Tells Good Story WORLD ANSWERS FASTEST SPEED BOY
Beach Progress Carefully Outlined BALL O F B F
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The pictorial record of Miami the Flamingo grounds iu October, a„ys s { 3 tt
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Beach development has been kept 1914, Consistently Good P r o- z 'z + tN :I o F;i�
since 1914 in the, office of W. E. Belle Isle in October, 1014, photo- i u ae«a• 'r
ra rhed from the site of the Flamingo, rams From BeaCl1 3u , a °j:•
• ; Brown, engineer for Alton Beach•
graphed s 3.:::.::::,,,,,,m,..,,,,,,,,::::.,:,:::,,,,:,,...,*s''�
.showed a little pavilion about 10 feet Please Radio Fans ¢i � fx
•l Realty Co., D^fi¢mi Bench Buy Store showed, u flag s } ..s { y„hr �... `
pole, Australian pines
Co., Peninsula Terminal Co. and coconuts leen than six feet high. - ti f a n k t t'�3,
• • These The first buildingDiiami Beach and the Fleetwood �.,,x" 'r'uu£s a ;.,,•'-'re-e":=1;"."
photographs show strange operations on Belle
i. contrasts. ,For example in 1014 the isle began early in November,11)14..In hotel have achieved international re a +'� {
AustralianMarch,1915,the final lot staking was } '•+! t� i
pines now towering high nosyn through the WDIBF radiox�fas9<: ♦�� t Ky. „„d~,,, �{ r r
above shaded drives were three or four done on Belle IYIe, and the concrete
3 '- '='s'
l feet high. At the end of July, 1016, sen wall woe being built iu April, broadcasting,station on top of the 4 "w `» a 1! a
the only structures west of Alton road, 1015• I 14-story Fleet wood hotel jud yin, �� � �`�' ��<
! 6 r i� ,�,sthlk �j`t;d7 e. y{fl�1�:'
south of Lincoln road, and north of In January, 1')15, u huge gtond from the vast number of telegrams Y' q y'k. f. .141, X1}•
Tenth et. were a large boathouse at stand for viewing boat races was be and letters that come into the Fleet- S v "ss A'? k *4"%�`
< Eleventh st. and regatta grandstand. Mg built near Tenth at. Fy s '" is t s�,rF �:w # $ :• a
•� The first footbridge for golfers wasy wood studio every day by the thou- fc tar �.�5�u ,�K1 ", r ?v..
built over Collins canal in May, 1917. of Indian creek, o1015, the eastN'ortfe sands hemisphere. all parts of the western tp.w a. ,/
By.following through this record, one y From England, Canada, c ;,q OZtir",a"'F> 'rx /� a �'t;:'. '"
is amazed both at how recent! ever first at„ was still covered with the South America and the West Indies, Ivr b yzK ,`I,„„ ,. '� ,,
Y thing has been accomplished and bow original swamp land growth. not to mention the entire United Z 'f ' i z r' '�r`r` '? '1> `
•1 .j much has always gone on at one time. rower mowers were used for the States, come congratulatory ince- •� r, W i ',0•:,t,s'l "��A,- T •
Followingis a list of some of the�cfourrst time on the Miami Beach golf sages bearing the atrongeat approval. s h '-,` r 'Q' rF' is:yr > ig „,
course in April. 1015.
steps in development as shown by the The great success of 1V\IBl' is all s:.t x t. ru bb d ,'� ��d ,,,aid
\.; pictorial record: Ground In the neighborhood of the the more conspicuous when one coni 4w3� n,F„N.M; ,k, :3,ax'i fS'? se.30dlr �: s'
Talbott residence at Tenth et and Dia- siders that it has been in operation
Work started in 1914 when wooden
Gagne bay was first planted with grass only since Jan. 15.
bulkheads'Were being driven at theFLEE
north of Collins canal The ottly in May, 1015. Commodore J. ferry Stoltz, owner 1'LE -j'rrWOOZI �.�OTEL ,
vegetation on newly filled Belle isle 005 Jamen Whitcomb Riley tree, a of the Fleetwood, say's that the lJ
was newly planted coconuts, four feet
Ficus s't'd°' was planted in 1015 at great reception which has been ex-
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high, and Australian pines less than a height of about three feet. tended by radio fans every where to
two feet high. A view from the top of the regatta the Fleetwood station has been due .r tvxgp„ ,x q, .,,E
• The wall was being built around the- grandstand in September, 1015, to the fact that uniformly good pro. f , f
Maher residence in April, 1914, and�ehowed no buildings west of Collins grams have been given. Every care, ! s<, Yy .1<ead �.;
where the Osius residence now stands, °v.,south of Lincoln rd. and north of +a given to having a top notch en- s s " ' °
! Ninth at. and the tallest tree in this ter each night, A radio fan, '�ar sr,
a Bermuda grass was beginning to cover ;z � t.:1,
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I the ground. damn area was siz feet:' DI r. Stoltz says, is most critical and
The original bridge abutments for Mayor Snedicars hoose was being extremely independent and once n a syn ar
the Alton rd. bridge over Collins en- built in 1015, It is sold to have been bad or second rate program is pre- x > a i l]
• nal had been built in May, 1914, but built entirely of drift material from seats), the fan will remember and•be '7.Ali.an
+`. - • no"bridge had been constructed. wrecked weasels. The richer residence at considerable pains to ovoid catch .. ° ^t+Srwr,'1sy�wdlf4 ''•
,f Standing at the end of the Lincoln was completed the some mouth: lug that station again. i v„
rd. pavement at the present west edge Coash•uctimt of the ata well in The Fleetwood has been most tor-
J of the front of the Flamin• lunutely situated in having the won- >,; ,�' e� �� �,e�+�
golf.courao and looking east >,o hotel was tau• B i
only one building was in eight in May, der way in April, 101(3, rlcr[ul Fleetwood orchestra for each ,, 1'
' 1914. evening's entei•tniitn+ent and in se- c
Landscaping and improvement of i' • r,'•:..,„:1„.,s1:°„.
i' The first pavement on Washington Belle,Isle was begun in June, 1916. Cori"g noted eta tei•tIto t to stipple- f
:" ay., north from Lincoln rd, was laid At the end of July, 1016, the only anent this organization thereby pro• t r s 'Y f° Y••'t
I the first part of Dlny,1014, In build- structures west of Alton rd, south of the d variety. Dir. Stolz soya that � ^� 'i ys , , x '=
7 fag pavements at that time, rock-was Lincoln rd. and north of Tenth at. the demand has been for music fistwk,�,''1�; k;, Ay,'5, � C
z.1 loaded on barges or lighters near the were a large boathouse at Eleventh et. 1 tOY be Glossed as 'refined jazz." "'` a' "s . ,,,.. �`'f,t S•
' ! docks in Miami canal, and towed to and the regatta grandstand. There is an especial aversion to the f R° a.r�. t !
en unloading station on Collins Gann] The Snowden house and the Lincoln barbaric braying kind that is prey- ., 'r t`•y t -. ,
,v t.p near Jefferson at. andplaced in small talent in'cheap dunce hulls. • r r c"�y. ',
hotel were under construction in Oc•
cars running on a contractor's narrow [ober, 1016. A great deal of the success o[ the I s� f+K�'„''1 �R s' �,' a !r'<
posed railway to the site of the pro- station is attributed by Mr.Jes Stolle, t ,^ ,"°i., � .
Alt
'!':-• posed road. Dljami Beach's second swimming to the wonderful work of Jessie II,
q r A vast expanse of raw,ltndeveloped pool was built in December, 1916 and Jay the announcer. Scarcely a mes- I fW§ �� • `:.
�' sand'dune land was all there was on the Dutch windwill was built in Jan- sage comes into the studio that does "` O'.`�'s„a,�
the Miami Beach golf course north of �❑ Ju1y91101T.he casino waa remodeled
not mention the splendid announcer, l i "y r£ ,net `�> <
Cb➢ins canal in May, 1014. Inquiries as to who he is, and where • e; ,,efo o,.,a$t:m r
'In a picture taken from the east Work on the construction of the is he
1... end of the ocean pier at Lincoln rd. old polo fields started in 1917 and at going when the hotel closes.
Ai•'1 looking southward the nearest houses the end of the year the Australian pine come ineveryevery day, Dir. Stoltz says. Gar fastest trains,who has Invented the fastest sI
pl.'.
in Dfny, 1914, were at Twelfth andhedges were about 18 inches high. ltenlizin that an announce• eauhotel,s keeps hix craft in these et
. Collins ay.,looking west Froin the east Construction of the east cauxewey °'oke or break u radio bre oniting h°tel, nt the side, commands au ideal view of t
r' end of Eighteenth et., showed only or•vinrluct w•¢s well started in Febr ' station and-that there are only a
,. four buildings in an area along Bis_ ary,,1015. few in the country who are good an
•'' ` Gagne bay front from Nineteenth at, nouncers. 1VMBF considers itself place the antennae at least 300 feet an audience.
�., to et. Looking south the HARDEE BOASTS particularly fortunate in procuring in,the air.
x/hi�i view Fourteenthhows at the same date the re- this ingenuous young man. large audience
OP PHOSPHATE A year ago when the hotel was The station is operating oa a conaistently i
Gently built ocean sidewalk, Collins watt power though the apparatus is
ay.,Lincoln rd.,and the nearest house, under construction hlr, Jay was en-
ay., given. The
• gaged to instill the broadcasting eta-capable of developing le watts.are received a
` ;,,,•, ay.,withL n exception of the Ta eE.a James' County-Has NationallyImportant
..!i��.+ residence at Fourteenth at., is at p ten and superintend its operations It to sending on aa wave length e' there is a co
Asset Under Soil; since he had constructed the sending 384.4' A new type`of antennae de-creasing num.
e, • Twelfth at. No buildings appear west
-it of Washington no. and south of Four-
Undeveloped and receiving stations in Miami and veloped by the electric engineers of tune a R
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„f teenth xt. TALLAHASSEE, Cocolobo Cay in order that cu • the statist ie being used. It coo- Mr. Stoltz
The first amount of building geologic
,July YJ.—State municution might be established be-slate of a double nntenn¢ schewe sad number of m.
was done along Collins so. 'eolith of geologic map of Florida shows that all [ween.Cocolobo Cay and Miami for to devised to increase the radius oil since the ola'a
Fourteenth st.in the summer of 1014. of Hardee county, with parts of three the convenience of members of the reception. about 5,000 d
First grass planting over the south adjoining counties,lies within what is club. The enccess which WMBF has During the broadcasting hours the are answerer!
"`: ''�': end of [he s planiami Bench-golf course
termed the "Bone Valley Formation,"achieved is the highest tribute to his Program is received in the studio
taming the int
��;;L',`' was in June, 1914. It is the only district in the state of ingenuity. and is listened to by au expert whose requires the s.
Florida that is so desi
The went bank of Luke Pancoast panted. It The antennae on the Fleetwood is duty is to observe any deviation in clerks.
-$r},J.. was a tangled mangrove swamp in means that this soil is underlaid with 250 feet above the ground and was reception, 8 that the apparatus may Cougratulati,
June, 1914, the petrified remains of prehistoric erected for temporary use this w•ia- be adjusted. It is pointed out that un Dlr: Stoltz
- ,ly'.,': A sign i❑ the parkway on Lincoln animals,in other words the phosphate ter due to the fact that it woe con- this watchfulness prevents the "nud• unselfish serve
rd. announced in 1014 that Lincoln "f`commerce. As everyone knows,aidered wise to hurry completion as mg' which has been restrouaible for
'4` rd. was.100 feet wide and one mile phosphate is the base of all cote• the hotel wax being tilled with guests poor reception from some stations. •
L;l long east and went. It ions a great
t merciul fertilizers and the district and the disturbance of further-con- Fading is caused by the variation•of
t:,...' achievement, In 1914 two dredges above referred to furnished 75 pet etruction woe found to be iuudvi.• wave length which requires' the
•1 /. +� were pumping nil the old polo fields, cent of the supply of this country.and aide. As soon us the hotel closes closest attention in order to keep it
securing the material front near the the United States produces nearly this season, two needle point towers constant,
.., present Flagler monument. that proportion of the world's sup- will be erected on the roof of each Any one may iu stall a radio send.
'^+ Bermuda grass was first planted on ply,
wing of the hotel orad these will ing station but it is difficult to get
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