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Show High Freight Rales Drive Salt Lers From Trcpical Isle After driving from Salt lAke to Tampa, FT a., by automobile, the actual driving time being twenty-one twenty-one days, and that without a mishap mis-hap of any kind, H. W. Servls and wife sailed for Cuba and the Isle of Pines, where Mr. Servia thought that he might locate. Mr. Servia waa connected with the Oregon Short Une for several years and afterwards was with the Sweet Candy company of Salt Lake. In his letter tn Joseph Monson, supervising architect of the slate school buildings, written Trom iuera erona, laie oi i'lnea. West Indies, he says: "We have been enjoylnf every minute of the time since we arrived. ar-rived. Have a four -room cottage furnished, alao a garden and CTove of all klnda of fruit, that la grapefruit, grape-fruit, orangea, tangerines, lemons, limes, bananas and cocoanuts, besides be-sides other small fruits. "Tons upon tons of these fruits are going to waste because growers are unable to ship on account of the exorbitant freight "rates. "This fact has derided us not to Invest here, aa there la nothing to be made. The raise In freight rates In September was the last straw and many persons are closing up their homes and leaving for the mainland. ln so far aa a place to live la concerned, the climate Is Ideal, both day and night, neither hot nor cold, but Just right, and we nave thoroughly enjoyed the stay. "We shall sail for Tampa, Fla, and from there Mrs. Whlttley, Mrs. Kervis' mother, who Joined us In Colorado, will go by train to Nebraska, Ne-braska, where she will visit, and we. Mrs. Hervte and 1. will start on a 3 5 00 -m it drive to Hebastopol, Cal., seventy miles) north of Han Fro n cisco. "We shall either settle there or go on up to Washington. We dislike dis-like to leave this delightful climate but with no prospect of a paying Investment we must go elsewhere." |