The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1926, Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 18,.1926, AT BARRACKS ON SATURDAY KEY WEST PICKED TEAM AND FLORIDA UNIVERSITY TO STAGE EXHIBITION ON LOCAL DIAMOND Arrangements. ‘are going for- ward for a ‘hdseball.game to be played here on Saturday afternoon @t the Ar-ay ‘Barracks between the | University of Florida aggregation and a picked team of Key West- ; /The picked team willbe un- Albury, popular baseball moter. and ster player of the Island City. The game will start at. 4:30 ’elock, and a charge of 35 cents for adults and 15 cents for chil- diren will be made in order to gover the expenses of the visiting team which will come here for the purpose of meeting the loca! line-up. Willie Dougherty who has not been seen on the ball diamond for some time will take part in the game on Saturday adding to the strength of the local players, who gre making ready to give the Wisitors a hot chase in the sche- duled exhibition of the national sport. It might be stated that the Flor- ida ‘team were successful ‘in their game with the Havana University played recently, and as a result of this victory, the state leaguers will no doubt put up a much stronger game following the. en thusiasm over their laurels in trimming the Havana bunch. Much interest is centered in the toming game which will be played on Saturday, and from all indica- tions. the entire aggregation of baseball fans of the Island City, and visitors as well, will. be out to the grounds when the game is ealied for the purpose of witness- ing what it is thought will be one of the best exhibitions ever seen on the local diamond. FEBRUARY IS _ BIG MONTH FOR ‘NASH COMPANY Beebe Tg NASH-AJAX IN AVERAGE GAIN OF 116.3 PER CENT IN MOTOR SHOW SALES TO RETAIL BUYERS With the automobile show sea- son in Jarge..metropolitan, centers draw to a tlose a survey of Nash-Ajax retaji ‘sales at the principal shows this year presents an illuminating picture of the Momentnm that foreed Pebrusry production to 14,148 cary Everywhere last year's record shows business has been eclipied by the bona fide retail sales of 1926. Shows in 14 of the principal icities record an average gain of 116.3 per cent. “The automobile show, general- ly speaking, is an excellent baro- meter of public attitude toward a given -make of car,” said E,-H. McCarty, general sales manager of The Nash Motors and Ajax Mo- tors Companies, “And the public favor with which Nash and Ajax @re regarded was never more ap- — than at the present time. jot only were the Nash-Ajax ex- hibits at all shows, centers of at- traction but public endorsement ‘was made emphatic by a record- bresking number of bona fide re- tail orders. “Because of the country-wide demand, February, the shortest month of the year,—with but 24 working days,—was the greatest month in the history of the Nash Motors Company. “In New York, retail show sales for the metropolitan district, were 98.5 per cent higher than in 1925. Buffalo's increase was 53 per cent; Philadelphia, 134 per cent; Cleveland, 57 per cent; Milwaukee, 88 per cent; Detroit, 89.5 per gent; Chicago, 210 per cent; Minneapolis, 145 per cent; In- dianapolis, 39 per cent; Roches- ter, 612 per cent; Kansas City, #0 per cent; Louisville, cent; St. Louis, 86.6 per cent, and Syracuse, 200 per dent.” ‘the management of Paul G.| pro-} 72 per) Survey Made By Long» Island Realtor Wins Praise For Florida | eC t 8, M. MAYER, widely known Long Island realtor and. civic leader, whose survey wins praise for Florida. . Classes Florida as the greatest winter resort of*the world and calls Long Island na- | tion’s greatest summer resort. t In this land of romance and‘ garden products and citrus fruits. | beauty, health and wealth, I find} No, my ‘friends, there are ~per- myself recalling. one of the coun;| manent ‘assets‘responsible for. thie try’s most famous senators, who, marvelous. activity, which assures was foreed ‘to leave his cool re-|to your state a continuation of treat.in the charming Green Moun: growth. and financial — success. tains of Vermont and travel dur. Only plague, famine or a country- ing a particularly. torrid July to, wide financial depression can. stay the burning cornfields of Kansas | your growth, and even :then: only When he arose in Kansas City to| temporarily. » keep his speaking engagement, he) j¢ you will visit the winter re- said, “Ladies and gentlemen, |.» ofthe old world, if you will fee} as though I had been shot! \ic't the winter resorts inour own through two thousand miles of red’ hemisphere, you cannot fail ‘to hot pipeline and landed in hell.”| conclude as J have that there is:no. Like the old senator, I have made | more...d tfiul, . ‘healthful .. and. an.unpleasant, journey, but feel a5) pequtitulespot for a winter. home though I had crawled through 8) than this land of Florida. : thousand miles. of polar ice and| -anded in heaven. | Interest Trip ; Gentlemen, this is a great day; Tc one-who-spends his: working to be in Florida! It is a great| hours figuring population trend, privitege to enter so charming a analyzing land values and ‘market- commonwealth in its early days of | ing realty, it is. particularly inter- glory. Bloriila has come into its esting to travel over this state and own! There is no corner of this | observe. just what is transpiring great nation so remote that it can-| here, I have found Florida satis- not find satisfaction and pride in| fying :not-alone in a physical sense noting just what is happening! p:easing..to the eye, and.an en- here, Every hamlet: from Alaska! joyable .resort, I’ have found her to Key West, from Fort Kent to| bus’ness ‘leaders men of Vision, | San Diego rejoices that the United ability and courage. To men’ such} Btates of America offers‘to the as you, Florida owes much, and to} world itg greatest. winter resort | you Florida leaders I offer my and again, we may pause in satis- |_AGHT | twin sister starting now to travel) Tand shall.go hand in hand. We { over the same trail of magic trans- | formation that you have traveled. Florida; we are going to come her | forever’ commend, I hail from the} ment is predicted are paralleled in} | perfect summer resort—the Sun-|the case of Leng Island. | it smiles upon as charming a com- | bination of hills, valleys, white! stro] her marvelous beaches, to jocegn beaches, inland lakes, bays, | | canals, fertile farms, magnificent \ or Long Island Sound, to play-over |" THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPOCOSCCOSCELEELEDEOETES: | Cosceveseoeerrgeeneseese | CALENDAR OF ‘SPORTS eeceecsccooe, Racing: Meeting at Jefferson (By Associated Press) | Park, New .Orleans.. Meeting of | HAVANA—Jack Renault knock-| West Coast Jockey Club, at Tami- ed out “Marine” Tolliver in the|pa. Meeting of Tia Juana Fockey | first round of what was to have|Club, at Tia Juana. Meeting of been a 12 round bout. ;Havana-American Jockey ‘Club, at 4 eebeeiee) Havana. OLEVELAND — Tod ‘Morgan,| junior lightweight champion, and) » Skating: Middle Atlantic in- Ghatlie O'Connell, Cleveland, box-|dcor speed ‘championships, at ed_a:draw, 10 rounds. |New York. | : _* * * | ST. PAUL—Alvan Ryan, South| Billiards: National junior 18.2 | St. Paul, outpointed Buddy Me-|helkline championship, at New | id, St. Paul, 6 ‘rounds. Jimmy | ¥ork. Cashill, St. Paul, beat Johnny Har-} I tis, Des Moines, 6 rounds, | Golf: American winter :pro- | : z \fessional ¢ehampionship, at St. greefings of a twin commonwealth. | Augustine. Florida West Coast’ > ‘More .¢losely ‘than :you -know or! | | could ever dream, this state has a) Jetermined that Florida and Long are going to furnish eapita) fo: When I say commonwealth, I re-| in winter, and we are going to fer to a -part of the great state! bying the multitudes here, but in| of New York, but a section which summer, the Mecca will be my own! is in reality a commonwea‘th unto) }eloved Long Is‘and. } itself. As you have in Florida the| ‘Phe sound economic reasons on/ perfect winter resort which I shall! which your growth and develop-| I will) rise land now becoming known to| not elaborate on these. Let me} } all the world—Long Island. When say I bring you the heartiest .in-| the sun ‘rises over Montauk Point, |vitation to share the cool breezes }of Long Island this summer, tc cool yourselves in the od Atlantic} country homes, homey cottages,! ter countless golf courses, to fish busy towns and cities as was ever| }and hunt; in short, to do in the Saree by the hand of the Mas-| sweltering months any of the en- ter Workman, .,¢ | Joyabl» things that you do here im} The Great Empire state with!the winter; and more, you will | her millions of people has only the| 41) the while, be able in‘a few| ocean front along the hundred and | moments’ time to motor into the| |more miles of Long Island. NeW} greatest city of the world. York City, truly the financial capi-~ Friends, -here’s a toast to the tal Sf the world, the intellectua:| preatest winter resort in’ the and social capital of. the new world! May millions more come world, has at its very doors ready- +9 know and love it, and here’s the made for its summer enjoyment | sincerest greetings from her ‘twin, | | what you have here for the win-l) Long Island, thé grandest spot in |all the world for summer sports, |, ter months—a paradise. ‘Beautiful Scene health afid joy! ‘Let me in these rambling re-| _. | Chicago. \Sehobb tournament, -at’ Fort ‘Col-} |tournament, at Athens. Middle- | championship, at’ Tampa. Bowling; “American. Bowling Congress tournament, at Toledo. : +} Handball: ~ National “A. A> U. | championship * tournament,’ at? St. Paul: e a Tennis: “Women’s national in- door ‘championships, ‘at Boston Southeastern, championship. tourn- ament,-at Jacksonville, Fla. National A. A. U. championship * - tournament, -..at Kansas City. National Catholic interscholastic ‘championships, « at | Golorado “State ‘high Basketball: lins. , Georgia State -high . school,| West All-Academy -tournament opens at ‘Madison, Wis. ‘ } Boxing: ‘Western A. A. U. hampionships, at St. Louis. A Body Builder for Pale, Delicate ‘Children | Allan B. Cleare & Company |! Wholesale Grocers and || Commission Merchants || 511 FRONT STREET P.O. Box 18 Key West, Fla..}} THE ST. AUGUSTINE.RODTE SOUTHBOUND ARRIVE &:30 A. le — Trains 5 P P. 73° and “Ts — Havana ~Spe¢tar ~7-30 UN Trains 99 Mon. Wed. Fri-—98 Tue. ‘Phurs Sat—14:00 ATM. M. — Trains 37 and 38 —“Key West Express — 8145 A. M. Dining Car Service — ins 75 ani 16 Fer-Farther Information See the ‘Ticket Agent J. D.RAHNER, General Passenger Agent HAVANA PORT TAMPA KEY WEST THE PENINSULAR AND OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY United States Fast Mall Routes Fer KEY WEST. CURA AND THE WEST inpIrs Vin Port Tampa, Key Went and Havana, Cuba . Proposed sailings in-effect on datex shawn. Subject to change, cancellation or individual -postponement wi! mt notice: KEY-WESTsHAVANA LINE Ay at. 4:30:02, M. 10:00 AL ML 5:00 POM. vL. Key West—Moni, ‘Tues, Thurs., Fri., Ar. Havana—Mon., Tues, ‘Thurs... Pri, Ly. Hayana—Mon,, Tues. Wed., Fri., ; Ar. Key West—Mon., ‘Tues., Wed., Fri., 5: S. Governor Cobb leaves Key West Tu Governor, Cobb, leaves. Havana Mon., &-S.-Cuba leavés' Key West Monday, Friday. 8. S. Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, Saturday. Above hours are based on Eastern Standard Time PORT TAMPA-KEY WEST- HAVANA LINE EFFECTIVE FROM PORT TAMPA THURSDAY, MARCH 18, ort Tampa Sunday, TRUPSUAY. 2 ceencrniinet Bi . Key ‘West ‘Monday, Friday..... . Key West Monday, Friday:.. . Havana Monday, Friday. . Havana Tuesday, Saturday Key West Tuesday, Saturday... . Key West Tuesday, Saturday. . Port Tampa Wednesday, Sunday Thars., Sat. Wea, Fri, 1926 + 9:30.44, M, . 4:30 P.M. 10:00 ALM. - 5:00 P.M. S. S. Cuba leaves Port Tampa Sunday, Thursday. S. S. Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, Saturday. Above'hours are based on Eastern Standard Time ro D. U. WILDER, G. F & P. A. Jveksonyille, Fla. P. J. SAUNDERS, ° VP. & G, M. J. H. COSTAR, Agent, Key West, Fia. 3 marks be just the least’ boastful and go you men.one better in this respect: the fifteen million peoplé | of New York State to reach thik land of winter b‘iss’ must travel! twelve hundred to two. thousand miles, but to reach ,the summer paradise of Long Island thirty-five | minutes on any one of tie hun-} dreds of daily trains from New York City will have ‘them in the midst of that beautiful iSland ora couple of hours at the’outside will have them on the sands of South: ampten or ready to greet fie | Htise ‘at Montauk Point. __ ! Hundreiis of the wealthiest me! who ‘have poured fortunes -intq Florida are interested in Long Is+ land. Scores of them have long oc- eupied eountry mansions seattered through ‘her ‘beautiful. acres, and today they are just beginning to see the economic possibilities of 4 placing Long Island ‘and Florida - side by side as the two great re- sorts of this nation. I am here in Florida because many wealthy -clients of mirieywho have invested heavily in Long Island are going to invest in Florida, too. I tell you, gentlemen, what is known to* not more than a dozen people on Long Island—and it is this: ‘Our | hearty congratulations, express my pgreat bankers, our rairoads, our faction that this great country of ours has-réached a-period of pros- good wishes gnd bring “you the} perity and accumulated wealth! z gteat.developers in the North are that has made possible the miracu-| lous development which is just be- ginning in this state. Reference Made | The activity. here is most com-| monly referred to in New York as| the “Florida Boom,” but the term| re) is ill-fitting and tota‘ly’ incorrect. | f Florida today is enjoying no} boom; it is merely sharing in the! economic suceess of all. its sister | states. Our national prosperity is! such that tens of thousands of peo- ple are able to spend the’r winters in a climate of sunshine and health and in seeking the Eden of the ‘western hemisphere. Where else would they turn but to this "un- paralleled peninsula affording everything that makes the idea! winter homeland? Florida “is en- joying the increasing demand for its agricultural products. Florida is reaping a harvest from her fer- ack | tile soit which produces the finest CASTORIA tn Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Nguature of * Sei NT Ble ccanca SILVER GRILL Our Chef Is a Specialist in European Dishes and American Style Cooking and He Wants to Pleass You. Ask for Anything—Just the Way You Want It. 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