The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1926, Page 5

MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926. Shaghews-4 Bie aan INVESTIGATION NEWROOMSINOLD Notes of The ee Sundew Leaving The lighthouse tender Sundew leaves this afternoon for the West Coast, where she will attend to automatic lights. + * * Returns From Miami Captain Luther Pinder, pilot on the Key West Bar, who had been spending a few days’ visiting in Miami, returned to the city Satur- day evening over the East Coast.| -* * Vessel Arrives Sunday The British schooner Majestic Captain Parsons, arrived in port yesterday with a load of turtle consigned to the Key West ‘Can- ning Company. consigned to C. S. Lowe, marine agent at this port. se Arrives This Morning fody W. McKeithen, who has been spending his vacation at Vernon, Fia., arrived this morning and leaves tomorrow for Ameri- ean Shoals Light Station. -* 6 _ Schooner Arr The schooner Eureka arrived in port this morning from Caxambas with a load of freight on board, whieh was discharged at the Mal- lory docks for shipment north. - 6 " Asrives In Port Today ‘The French steamer Nausicaa arrived in port today from Rouen for bunkers. The vessel is con signed to the Porter Dock Com- pany. “* * Coricho Due On Tuesday The Mallory steamship Concho Captain McIntosh, is due to arriv« in port tomorrow morning from Galveston en route to New York, with pdssengers and freight on board. ~ * 2 8 Many Havana Passengers The steamship Cuba leaving to day for Tampa had a latge num- ber of passengers on board. Many of those leaving on the boat were arrivals here on the train from the north. * Steamer Arrives The steamship Henry R, Mallory arrived in port on Saturday eve- ning from New York, en route to Galveston, with passengers and freight on board. The vessel had 135 tons of freight for this port. “38 To Res Duties J, J,°Phelan will re- is duties on. the steamship or Cobb tonight, relieving “Harrington. Captain will resume his duties poy ferry Joseph R. Parrott to- ; relieving Captain Hansen, who will return to the ferry Henry M. Flagler. = * _ Benewecoee 4 Personal Ceecedevocecoococccocccs R. Johnson was in- in the passengers leaving » night for Tampa, where will several weeks visit- vin ey and friends. MeNeiiey was a passenger this morning on the train ‘Miami and other points up the t Coast, where he will remain several weeks’ visit, — Herbert E. Albury, who is em-) at Miami by the Florida wt Coast Railway Company, was a in the city last evening, will spend several days’ visit in ky West with his family. Paul H. Knowles, who has been spending several weeks visiting in Key West, was a passenger leav- ing Saturday evening on the steam- ship Cuba for Tampa, where he is now making his residence. Mrs, A. R. Lowe and children The vessel is) Passing Day Grooms Returns B. L. Grooms, manager of the | Key West Electric Company, who jhad been spending a few days’ | visit at Miami and other points, returned to the eity yesterday. $e & |Back From Cuba The Bayspring, Captain James, jreturned from Cuba with the sup- plies and personal of the planes jengaged in survey work off the Cuban coast in connection with the U. S. 8. Nakomi Oe 'Leaye For Home | Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Russell, who * REAL ESTATE OPERATION FLORIDA COMMISSION _IN- AUGURATES CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRAUD IN MANY TRANSACTIONS JACKSONVILLE, March 22.— |Recent investigation made by the |Florida State Chamber of Com- merce, Florida Association of {Real Estate Boards and National jhad been spending several weeks lin Key West visiting relatives, | were passengers leaving over the East Coast yesterday, en route to Miami, where they are now mak. ing thcir residnece. * * * | Capt. Lewis Visits City Capt. L. G. Lewis, formerly |agent of the Mallory Line ag this | port, but who is now making his | esidence in Bryan Park, Miatni. |spent Sunday in Key West, leav- ing last night for his homé. Capt. Line at Miami. + * * | Cuba From Tampa The P. & O. steamship Cuba | Capt. W. M. White, arrived in port |this morning from Tampa with a j large number of passengers on board. Several of those arriving were through passengers to Ha vana, * * Warbler Returns The wrecking tug Warbler Capt. Snow, which left here sev- |eral days ago for the purpose of rendering assistance to the dis- tressed ship Eastern City, return- ed to port this morning. * # 8 Arrive In City Dr. and Mrs. John Roach Straton and son, Douglas, of New | York, arrived this morning. Dr. Straton will deliver two lectures in the First Baptist Church, the first being tonight at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Straton is a dapghter of Dr. J, UL, D.. Hillyer who was pastor of the church about thirty years ago, The Stratons are stopping at La Concha Hotel. . + « Train Arrives at 10:45 The morning train arrived this morning at 10:55 o’clock, with 165, passengers on board. A large; number of those arriving remain-| ed over in Key West for several days’ visit. | * Carbonell Returns Juan Carbonell, owner of the Monroe and Strand Theatres, who had been spending a few days’ business visit in Miami, returned to the city yesterday. Mention | Mrs. Abe Rosenthal, accompan- ied by her little daughter, Rose, was ineluded in the arrivals here | Saturday evening on the stéam-} ship Henry Mallory. P. J. Conway, who had been | spending some time in Key West.) was a passenger leaving on the morning train en route to his home} in Pennsylvania. | Ernest J. Lowe, who, had been lin Miami for several days on a \business visit, returned to the city {this morning over the Florida East | Coast Railway. | Mrs. Ida Harris, who had been | spending a short visit in Key West} jwith her sister and brother-in-| }law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monte-| Jeino at their home on Margaret | jstrect, has returned to her home jin Miami. | Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pinder.| }who -had been spending their | Lewis is now. agent of the Clyde| |instances |Better Business Bureau, working |together to acsirt the Florida Real |Estate Commission in a campaign jagainst fraud in connection with | Florida real estate operations, has diselosed that many of the schemes | most detrimental to the interests of the state are conceived and jearried out in-other states. | Among plans uncovered by the |work of these bodies was one in which a department store in a northern city was to give a free lot located in Florida to every purchaser of a certain quantity of merchandise. A letter received by the secretary of a realty board offering to purchase from 3,000 'to 5,000 twenty-five foot lots, un- improved and undeveloped at an javerage cost of $10.00 led to the investigation. Officials of the New York Better Business Bureau called on the company and were able to convince them that the proposition was ill-advised and jwould be opposed in Florida. i The Florida_agencies have dis- /eovered many instances where the | cheapest sort of acreage has been purchased in Florida, platted into twenty-five foot lots and sold en- tirely to northern people by ‘northern companies at rather stiff prices and on literature and promises not in, harmony with the facts. It is poirited out that such companies have no Florida offices and do not advertise or hold real estate licenses in Florida. az | The cooperation of northern Realty Boards, Chambers of Com- merce, Better Business Bureaus ‘and Licensing Commissions has been sought and obtained in many in righting wron against innocent purchase! Northern real estate licenses have been cancelled, newspaper adver- {tising has been stopped, money refunded to purchasers and -in some cases suit started to punish the parties for ,misrepresentation. The policy of these Florida agencies at this time is to advise all prospective purchasers to come to Florida and ‘investigate alt properties before: they invest. In a joint statement issued to- day by ‘Herman Dann, President of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce; © ©. McClure, President of the Florida Associa- tion of Real Estate Boards, and John N. Garver, head of the Bet- ter Business Bureau workers in Florida, reaffirmation of co-opera- tive effort to ‘Make Florida Safe For the Investor’ was made. “We recently joined our forces to utilize every. available means to carry on this important work in assisting the Florida Real Estate Commission, which is the state’s official body appointed for the purpose,” «the statement said. “Conferences developed the fact that many of these schemes are carried on without the state and are not amenable to Florida law. The assistance of the Better Busi- ness Bureau representatives now jin the state, has served well in these instances as.a point of con- tatt with northern cities where the offenders must be prose- cuted.” Calsom finish, the ideal cold water paint. Albury’s Hardware Store, phone 73. mar22-23 ATTICS ADD VALUE MODERN MATERIALS MAKE > IT EASY AND INEXPENSIVE TO INCREASE SPACE NEED- ED IN MANY INSTANCES Do the walls and foutidations of your home yield you all the dividends you have a right to ex- pect of them? . They don't unless they afford you all the usable room they can carry. y are the main items in the cost of the house; they cost you almost as jmuch if the upper half of the jhouse is unfinished and empty as they would if it contained livable rooms. If your home is a story-and-a- half high, with the upper portion unfinished, you are not getting the full return from your invest- ment. Inexpensive remodeling will make it yield you more ac- commodation and more comfort. One or more bedrooms, or a play- room for the children, even if it will add to the value of your property if you hope to sell. Or it will enable you to keep the old home longer before you must give it up for more spacious quarters. Turning a wasted half-story in- to play-space or project. A stairway, a floor, walls and ceiling are all that are needed. The stairs would best be built by a carpenter. The man jof. the house can lay the rough flooring himself, taking care to put it diagonally across the joists; but the finish flooring“also should be installed by a precticed me- chanic. When it comes to walls and ceilings ‘and their decoration, the home-owner may select materials which will enable him to do the whole job himself. He might have difficulty in lathing and plaster- ing, but he will find it’ simple to nail sheets of plaster wallboard to the studs-and rafters, fill the joints and decorate the surface. Such wallboards may be bought in sizes most convenient for the particular job in hand. They should be nailed to studs or joists with common nails, the square edges of, the boards being butted tight together. Then the joints are Jeovered by a reinforcing fabric imbedded in a strong cement—a simple operation done with a putty knife. When the joint-ce- ment is dry, the walls and ceil- ings are ready for decoration. Paper, flat wall paint, ealeimine or any of the plastic paints which give a rough texture and any de- sired color in one coat may be a plied over the board. Beautiful walls result. Also ‘these “rock boards” are fireproof—and the National Board of Fire Under- writers reports that nearly one- third of all dwelling-house fires in this country start on or near the roof. Wallboards of the types described have high insulation- value. So fitting up the attic not only gives more space and adds value to the property; it also stops costly heat-leaks through the | CARD OF THANKS | Mr. and Mrs. Newman wish to express a word of thanks to the members of the Key West Coun- |try Club for their acknowledge- iment of services and appointment jas manager of the club. {MR. AND MRS. M. NEWMAN. march22-it | | | Pitcher .mouth Heather for same. Hardware Store. pumps also Albury’s mar22-23 is low and has sloping ceilings larger living} : quarters need not be an expensive { returned to their home in Miami| honeymoon in Key West, left last! yesterdy following several days’! evening over the East Coast for! visit in Key West with relatives, Miami. The couple were married and friends, | in the Magic City recently. Caytain Cornelius T. Russell, Miss Thelma Johnson, who had formerly of Key West, but who i: | been spending several weeks in new making his home™ in West|Key West visiting relatives and Palm Beach, was an arrival in the! friends, was a passenger leaving eity yesterday for a few days’ Saturday night over the East business visit. Coast for Miami, where ‘she is + eee now making her home. Miss Julia Albury, after spend- ing several weeks in Key West ‘ Wishing relatives, was included in|%ded in the arrivals here this| the passengers leaving yesterday "O'R the steamship Cuba ever the East Coast, en route to from Tampa, and will spend a Miami, where she is now making | ‘iit of several days in the Island her residence. | Glenwood Sweeting was in- y Misa Julia Albury, after spend- Louis Carbonell was included in ing several weeks in Key West vis. the passengers leaving on the) iting relatives, was included in the morning train for Miami, Jackson-) passengers leaving yesterday over ville and other points up the East tne East Coast en route to Miami, Coast, where he will remain for) where she is now making her resi several weeks’ visit. dence. A. B. Miller, of the Miller) Theodore A. Colson, prominent Hardware Company of Jackson- real estate dealer of Philadelphia, Ville, who had been in the city for who had been the past several days attending to days’ business visit in Key West, business matters, was a passenger was a passenger leaving yesterday feaving on Sunday over the East over the East Coast en route Coast-en reute to his home. north, ‘ spending several CASTORIA |. Ror Infants and Children ‘tn Use For Over 30 Years Always bears wgoamare ot ¢ FOR REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS SEE THE KEY WEST INVESTMENT CO. 124 DUVAL STREET PHONE No. 688-W. WM. CATES, Manager. SOSSCOSSSSSEOSOEEOHSSSOSASOOSOOES ROBERTS & WHALTON REAL ESTATE BROKERS OFFICE: Corner Fleming and Margaret Streets Cable Address: Trot Phone 788 P. O. Box 132 KEY WEST, FLORIDA We Solicit Your Listings, Both City Property and Key Acreages If IT IS RESULTS YOU WANT, WE GET IT | {Lighthouse Tender Ivy Returning To Key West | From Trip To Miami weeks left this morning with pile- driver and tug en route for Key West, according to an announce- ment made by the lighthouse: de- partment. William Demeritt, lighthouse superintendent, is on beard the Ivy. He has been in Miami for several weeks inspecting aids to navigation. LEAVES FOR MIAMI Rodney B. Pinder, who is em- ployed at Miami by the Florida East Cgast Railway Company, who had been spending the past sev- eral days in Key West attending to business matters, left on the morning train en routé to the! Magic City. FOR STATE SENATE 24th District FRANK H. LADD FOR STATE SENATE 24th District WILLIAM H. MALONE FOR REPRESENTATIVE MONROE COUNTY ~ CHAS. H. KETCHUM FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR J.-F. BUSTO FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR T. S. CARO } FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER) Fifth District | ABELARDO LOPEZ HIGHER THAN WOOLWORTH BUILDING The Woolworth Building in Ne City, which towers 792 fee sels 7} : : : HA 2 # < Information on Key West’ Hotel Casa Marina, American plan, single $11 double $20. La Concha Hotel, European See ue $5.to $7, double $7 to $12. On large parties of 75 or more, special reduced rates. Oversea Hotel, European} plan, single $2 up, double $4 up. ; a Population of Key West, 18,000. Municipal Golf Links—a sporty course, extending from Gulf to Ocean. Rates, green fees 2.00 day. } $35.00 plus tax for season. : : —— Bathing Beach and Tennis—Casa Marina Hotel Grounds. Also public tennis and bathing beaches. Free Band Concerts in Bayview Park Sunday after- noons and every evening except Saturday. — Fishing! Over 600 varieties. See hotels for boats. Free Aquarium, east end of Flagler street. Marine’ curio shop on Margaret street. Taxi Stands at railroad station Key West. : Ocean Boulevard, to encircle ci . i by Monroe county. icp hme Over-Sea Highway, from Key West to the mainland. One-third distance completed, balance of roadway con- bong Fasc bape cna ies span the long water gaps. a taxi spin out over 0 Re War e Ocean, from the city of Pipe Line for municipal waterworks soon to be laid. from mainland. Plent f fresh, ‘ West and the Florida Fen ee ee White Ways now bei nes districts eing installed through the busi- _ Building permits and Bank deposits e ing. Another new bank has just poate egy Key West postal receipts for Feb., 1926, increased 44 plage beara month, last year, est natural harbor in Florida. rts-im: reach $47,000,000.00 anally. ss a — Key West Foundation Company’s beautiful Sub- division at easterly end of the island is daily repo —— — er « heague under constructie raders, scarifiers, roadrol! draglines, motor trucks ae hagesie' — Se , — . 25 ft. business lots on Flagler Street, front foot, or $2,500. . atl in 50 ft. residential lots or EP ad n lots, $75 per front foot, ,.oF, Terms 20 per cent cash, balance 1, 2 and 8 years; rage 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annnu- ally. . and hotels. See All titles insured by New York Title and Mort- gage Compai Certificate of Title Insurance delivered to purchaser“With contract. 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