The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1926, Page 7

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY | TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS | (By Associated Press) } WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Majors H. H. Arnold, and H. A. Dargue, army air service, have been found responsible for “objectionable” ac- tivities in attempting to influence air service legislation and will be reprimanded. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The state and treasury departments were asked today by Representative Swing, Republican, California, to re- quest Mexico to free the border of vice resorts which “are operated for slig puttiees Gipreying upon Ameci- can citizens.” . MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 17.—Port Mi- ami was partly blocked again today. The freightér Surichoo went aground. early today in the main channel off Municipal Pier number 3 and has blocked water traffic to and from the’ P. & O. docks, the Park Wharves and the Yacht Basin. \ WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Presi- | dent Coolidge, after a brief stay to- day in his office, returned to his liv- ing quarters in the White House to seek relief from a heavy cold. i NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17.—Ash Wednesday, today, following “Fat Tuesday,” of the carnival season yes- terday marked the transition from > eating, drinking and merrymaking to e fasting. Thousands had their last fling for 40 days yesterday as Mardi Gras ended and Lent began. * Py ;e Fett eeceeeseesrseenee TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 17.— Gov. Martin today announced that the new state building, authorized at the special session of the legis- lature, will be erected ‘here on what rs been known as { i 18, 1926 ses esesees ee eeeess . s * WORLD’S NEWS IN BRIEF * * pases . bd (By Associated Press) + . s este e et seeveeeee ee et Senate passes $316,433,440 naval appropriations bill, including $18,- 900,000 for. air service. 8 «© Miners’ scale committee at Scran- ton ratifies strike settlement; nine mu'es balk at leaving sunshine and have to be decoyed. = ee ee One non-union miner stabbed and several beaten in attempt to close mine at Newburg, Ind. Miners camp out at Evansville, in preparation for march on non-union mine nearby. * ¢ Secretary of Labor Davis defers decision on Cathcart ease for more information; the Earl of Craven, in Montreal, says he will sail February 27 for Bermuda. * Ihe Nine convicts are shot in riot at Salem, Ore., state penitentiary, after ' alleged incendiary fire. Pe ee House conferees assure colleagues they will not yield to senate in repeal of inheritance taxes. ee se Erman Higdon, of Wewoka, Ok'a., admits killing Rita May Gosa, two hours before wedding time, because she confessed expectant maternity. eee eeeseeseescesesee * * DAY BY DAY IN FLORIDA * LAKE WORTH—Women 80 years of age and over were eligible to at- tend a party given here by Mrs. Elizabeth Boyer, of Indianola, Iowa. The reception was the fourth annual one given by the hostess. DELAND—This section of the __. state lost one of its landmarks when Gov. Martin today a: appointment of Frank 2 of Bronson, to be supervisor of reg- istration for Levy county to succeed Miss Vassie Pinson, resigned. CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla.,-Feb. 17. . —VJ.R. French, G. D. Core and L. L.! Parraro, Wakulla county commission- ers were scheduled to be arraigned before Special Judge Guy Gillen ,in +county court today, on a charge of voting to pay an alleged illegal war- rant some time ago for highway im- provemen ‘The specific charge is « malfeasance in office. Mr. Core was acquitted of a charge of bribery, in connection with the same case, at the last term of circuit court. SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 17.— Anthracite production will be under way tomorrow. After five months and seventeen days of idleness: men ¢ and boys will wend their way through | | snow clad valleys to the mines. —Af-; ter the breakers quit for y * in many sectiong, coal trains ll be) on the way to the consumers. | MANILA, Feb. 17.—Antonie D. Hageia, councilman-elect, was vieted today on a charge of sedi’ | and sentenced to four months’ im- prisonment im connection with al- leged insulting words used, a ainst | Gov. General Leonard Wood during | a political campaign. j house n the so-called old Morris home, at Glenwood, 6 mi‘es from here, was destroyed by fire. Many notables had been entertained on the place, which was one of Florida’s show spots. ORLANDO—A drug clerk sold a dainty young miss a package of cig- arets here only after she had assured him that she was over 12 years of age. Too, she said, the “smokes” were not for her. OCALA—Charles W. Hunter, rep- resentative in the lower branch of the leg:slature from Marion county for two terms, campaign manager for Governor Martin and supervisor State Institutions, has announced his candidacy for the senate. Mexican section hands were blown to bits. Two others were injured. The nitroglycerine is thought to have been a quantity stolen here recent- ly. WASHINGTON, Feb. I committee today report- 1o carry out its new five year building program for the naval air service at a cost of nearly $100,- 000,000. a RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 17.— Ralph Brooks, 28, sparring partner jof Jock Dem~<ey, was found shot in the head in his room at a local ho- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Three great pyramids of goden sand have reared the:r heads this week above the gloriously colored waters at the “toe of the boot” on Stock Island. | The magic touch of a- dragline dredge is working wonders in the shallows just at the 200-foot line in front of Arthur Gomez’ development. From vantage points along the shore the sandhills gleam startlingly in the sun; they shine across the mangrove growth from the County Road, and must look like a strange new day-beacon from the sea.. The dredge was one of several in the two de’ayed carloads of mah:nery that reached Key West over the East Coast line about a week ago. An- other dredge is at work on the be- ginning of the new shore drive near the, Biological Station at the head of Stock Island bridge. The developement for Mr. Gomez is going forward rapidly, and it gives to visitors and natives alike a startl- ing prophecy of what is really go:ng to happen in and about the city. Some weeks ago Mr. Gomez had the high ridge at the then waterfront of his two large iots, hauled back to the rear, thus raising his land about two feet. Stock Island at this po:nt,is laid out in but about nine 100-foot lots, with the road to the mainland bor- dering their rear—or forming a high- way frontage. The land is higher here than elsewhere on the Island, and when all shall have been extend- :| Key West Is On The March | heaped up at the head of Mr. Gomez’ development is almost whol’y sand, j with few junks larger than a water- melon. ..It glitters in the sun like mol- ‘ten gold and surely is going to make! gold for its owner. The map of Stock Island will! change rapidly in the next few; months, and the almost lightning-like } methods of the drag'ine dredge to-! day, will. shortly give the County! Engineer a job in drafting bluepr’nts! te tell the world what has happened’ in so brief a time. { Many visitors, taken to the tip of Stock Island, have marveled at the; developement and at its methods, almost unknown in the north, where the so-called “sand-sucker” is more in ordinary use, or the “clam-shell” bucket or the steam shovel. From the o'd turnaround at the head of the island, about 600 feet point where the Oversea Highway from Boca Chica bridge, and at the swings at a right angle to approach the bridge, a broad road has just been staked out straight ahead be- tween the property of Mr. Gomez and of County Commissioner Braxton B. Warren. This road leads out to the dragline dredge working at the front of Mr. Gomez’ land to the right. Just across from it a tent is set up on_a sandy point which was dredged out when the Boca Chica bridge ap- proach was filled above the grade of, the County road. This point is about 200 feet ahead of the present water line of Mr. Warren’s land, and doubt- ed and raiséd by dredging, and a.con-*less in a short time new land will be crete wall built in front of it, Stock Island, at the point where the bridge leaves for Boca Chica, will have be- come one of the most valuable shore properties in all the Keys. The land is owned by about five peop‘e. It will offer a wonderful s:te for a hotel, although it could be cut into many house lots of good size if the de- velopers so desired. A splendid beach exists on the original property, with almost’ no mangrove, and splend:d sand. The land is clear. made from the’ ocean bottom here and so on across the entire end of the peninsular over to the beginning of the Boca Chica bridge. The work now progress‘ng so rapid-: ly on Stock Island is well worth see- ing, and shou'd be of great interest ; not alone to every citizen of Key West, but especially to her hosts of: visitors. A sight-seeing .bus surely ought to do a good business on this! short run from the city. | Key West is on the march; almost The material being; she is off again at the quick-step. The wholesome cleanliness of the ice box is quickly obtained with the use of Sapolio. SAP PO NO DISAGREEABLE LIO OR ODOR NEW “YORK, Feb. 17.—Lieuts. tel shortly after noon today. Leigh Wade and H. H. Ogden, crack * i American fliers who circled the globe 7 ~ ~ for the army, now are to undertake a civilian trans-polar flight, seeking | new territory to claim for the United | States. { NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Marion' Talley, 19-year-old soprano of Kan-' sas City, Mo., facing the golden horseshoe of the Metropolitan Opera House as Gilda “Rigoletto” will , make her debut tonight at the new- IPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAR est American prima donna. Z { ELECTRA, Tex., Feb. 17.—J. J. Martin, section foreman, kicked a! can which he found in a patch of weeds along a railroad right of way, | mear here. The can contai nitroglycerine and Martin and two' “amebell Bldg. Day Received A. L. PRATT Broker Lene Duplicated on the Fleming 3: NTER OF DISTINGUISHED AL LIFE MOTOR BOATING-SURF BATHIN — FISHING- GOLFING-WINTER v HOTEL TI OF ALL ACTIVITIES CAPACITY 300- E BOOKLE OPEN ALL THE YEAR —-— EUROPEAN PLAN Arthur H. Mould. Manscen ALCYON IN THE FLORIDA TROPICS RACING. T MIAMI GROWS NORTHWARD IAMI today is spreading out in all directions but its greatest growth is northward along the Dixie Highway to meet the incoming trafic. Again the history of every great city in the United States -is being repeated here in tropical America. Where the northward gfowth of Miami and Miami Beach converge is the New City in the building— Fulford By-the-Sea. With a lo- cation second to none, Fulford By-the-Sea, therefore, offers con- servative investors an unequalled opportunity. Write for free literature about the new city, nine miles north of Miami, on Disie Highway. the Seq Florida Cities Finance Co. MC. Tebbets. President . Fulford By-the-See—145E Flagler Sc. Meant PAGE SEVEN KEY WEST _ HISTORY. 1815—A grant covering Key West and all the Fleride Eege wae given to. Juan Salas by Bon Juan de Extreds. the thee ~ SpanishgGovernor of Florida. 1822—Juan Salas sold the Island of Key West te John W. Simeon ton for the sum of $2,000. ‘ 1822—The United States of America purchased Florida from Spain-and Lieutenant Perry planted the Americas fieg in Key West. 1845—The State of Florida was admitted te the Us 1860—During the Civil War Key West was the of the Union Blockade fleet. The Unien fort and the City, and the citizens, al erate sympatiies, were forced to rem ministration. beeoquaTter: Toes Sead the 1874—The cigar industry was establis"s Spanish oppression. 1888+—The entire business section of fire. 1898—Key West was used as a Naval Base by ¢ lantic Fleet during the Spanish-American War 1912—The Florida East Coast Railroad over the Keys ¢ West was completed. 1921—The Casa Marina Hotel, the best hotel of the Plorids Hast Coast Railroad system. and one of the fimest hotels i= Florida. was opened. CLIMATE—The temperature ranges between 75 degrees im Wie ter and 85 degrees in Summer (Average) & & the only place in Florida which has newer bee= touched by frost. It is 375 miles farther south than Cairo, Egypt, but has 2 delightful and beslth- ful climate, there being very little sickness. York by rail. Havana can be reached i hours by boat and im forty-five minutes It is expected to be the future port of South America, Central America and the Indies. « MILITARY—The United States Army maintains a Coast 4 lery Station at Key West and during War it was also used as an Airplane called the “Gibraltar of America” a= the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. ee base. NAVAL—The United States Navy maintains 2 Navy Yard of Key West as well as a submarine base. There are also a coaling station, fuel oil station and one of the largest radio stations in the world. The United States Marine Corps also has a station at Key West. INDUSTRIES—The chief industries are cigar meking, sommes. HOTELS—The leading hotels are the Case Marina, beilt operated by-the Florida East Coast Railroad pany, the La Concha, a modern fire-preef betel, the Over-Sea Commercial Hotel and the Jefferson Com- mercial Hotel. CIViC—Good Schools. Churches. Fire and Police Protection — one.of the best Fire Departments im the United States, Paved Streets. Good City Parks. Municipal Gelf Course. NEWSPAPERS—The Morning Call’ The Key West Citheen. RAILROADS—The Florida East Coast Railroad operates trains to and from New York and intermediate points Railroad Car ferries ply\between Key West and Havana. It is expected that the Seaboard Air Line will construct a railroad inte Key West, thes assuring direct communication with the West Coast of Florida, the Gulf Ports and the Centre! States. STEAMSHIPS—The Mallory Line to New York and Galveston. 3 The Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Com MISCELLANEOUS—Beautifully colored water. Wonderful Yachting. Best -fishing in Florida Golf and Tennis. Bathing the year round. Coun tr, Club (under construction}. The Over- Sea Highway over the Keys, connecting Key West, with the mainland, will 2 the remarkable highway in the completed. ° ADVANTAGES—1. Tropical climate. Florida East Coast Railroad over the Keys permit through automobile travel from New York to Key West and. with the car ferry serv- ice, practically through travel from Caneds and any point in the United States te 3. Fresh water to be piped in. 2 ment has been favorably acted upon by Florida legislature. 4. cevelopments on the in of the Keys are being purchased in t and are being converted inte beautiful 5. Key West is the County seat of Menuree County. 6. Considerable new construction ix West property has only recently commenced. & There is no rcason why Key West will mot become an ideal and popular Winter resert as Kegs are a Yachtmen's Paradise with anfe har- bors and beautiful bound te be southern half