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Show B. F. "SOW IS BACK FROM FLORIDA B. F. Sopy, 2602 Adams avenue, has Just returned from Palm Beach, Floil-da, Floil-da, bringing with him tho document that entitle him to a twenty-acre tract of land In the Everglades Mr Sooy isne of tho eight men who went from horc io represent contract holders hold-ers In tho Everglade land auction three weeks ago. He states that every resident of Ogden who held a contract con-tract got a .piece of land Dr. A. A Robinson, who has just returned from,he Jand auction, Ib woll satisfied, and James Dean and C. E. Bingham have tolegraphed to their f amillos In this city, saying that they aro more than satisfied with their bargains. Mr Sooy snys that tho Palm Beach tract contains 00,000 acres of land that is as level as a table Tho soil is very rich Cane and fruits grow In abundance abun-dance there, In fact, that is said to be the only district. In' the United States where sugar cane tassels aud matures. The people who are now in the truck business around the Everglades Ever-glades are said to be making great profitB Every Ogden man who was Interested Interest-ed in the land auction bought through tho captains that wero sent to Florida to represent coutrnct-holdlng partio3 of twenty, at least ton acres of land, and some bought as much as 160. Mr Sooy statos that ho Baw a young man who had bought 640 acres turn around nnd refuso to take $10,000 In cash for the tract It Is reported that tho average av-erage price for the Everglades and Palm Beach land Is $17 50 Some of It runs a little higher and a few pieces of it sold a little lower, but a good fair average prlco for the Florida lowland low-land tracts Is $2.1 an acre |