The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1926, Page 4

L, P. ARTMAN, President. +0) ERA J. MOON, Business Manager. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Preas The ‘Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it cm not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. > SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Cards of thanks, resolutions of respect and bg says fotices other than those which the paper may Setteh at Bs news, will be charged for at the Lae ar 5 Nagice of Sanh bed and society and all other enter- Key West is being given '™ tary and free Publicity this country in the’ “eolumns of leading newspapers and popular periodicals of all kinds. ‘ One ‘of the most pleasing boosts of this kind is an interesting yarticle headed “The Hounds of Spring,” Anahi g Py. Elmer Davis, and published in the March 13 issue of “The New Yorker,” a leading and widely read pub- lication of New York City. The interesting story deals with the East Coast cities of Florida, Key, West and Havana, and was evidently prepared for publication before the completion of the Hotel La Concha, this city’s new and luxurious year ’round tourist hostelry, which won such wide ahd favor- able fame this season. The three times a week evening train referred to is the special Key West- Miami train operated through the tourist season in addition to the regular passenger train schedule. Only the portion of the article concerning Key West is reproduced below, which reads as follows: “In short, Miami offers an admirably reminis- ich a revenweé is to be derived will |, cent holiday to the New Yorker who has got out Mor at te’rate of 6 cents a line. zen is an open forum and invites discussion Prgee! issues and gubjects of local or general inter- ast, it will not publish anonymous communica- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. -w24. Hotels and Apartments. ie Ja Bathing Pavilion. ~ this season. - ee Folks might ve wall lie about us as to tell of the habit of New York; but one which is in Florida only by accident. Miami has spring but Miami-has interludes (brief ‘and infrequent, to. be sure) which approach perilously near the frost line. And if you want rest, neither Palm Beach nor Miami is the place for you toseek. “ “To find rest, to find spring, you ‘must come to Key West; come on to the jumping-off place—but don’t jump off. For if you jump off you wilk-land in Havana, where, however sptinglike it may be, there will be the races and roulette and night clubs and everything else you have already battled through on the East Coast. ~ Key West is the Promised Land for the hounds of spring; and they’d better enjoy it while they can; for presently it, too, is likely to be spoiled. » “Here the sun shines and the restless breeze is balmy; here there is nothing to do and no ‘com- pulsion to do it. Here; among other things, is a hotel, as good as you will find in’ Florida, where a room ‘with all meals costs about as much as tea for two in Palm Beach or Miami Beach. Even in Key West you strike a cool day now. and then, but @ cool day here is ten or twenty degrees warmer ‘than a cool day on the East Coast. “Key West knows neither the Argentine who | .spendeth by night nor the Portuguese that. wasteth eee = baer <a the telephone britigs the startling, realization that. the ‘wrong. = oe is only « half-century old. » Just read two papers. One told of the Florida “slump.” ‘The other of the organization of a $1,040,000 firm at Key West. We're with the mil- lion dollar crowd as being right about Florida — bee ‘Times. There is only” one way, in the opinion and desire of Florida people for making the great and important Tamiami Trail available for public use and: énjoyment and that’is by completing the work of édnstruction, of the important cross-state high- way,.in the shortest time possible. The work of eonétructing this public road has been under way for peveral years; those who appear to know believe that ‘it can be completed within a year, provided the most feasible route is selected for that portion of the road that has not been located, officially, up to this time.—Times-Union. ; HOT STUFF A rather clever story is going the rounds con¢érning the municipal band of Palm Beach, Fila. | Just how true it is we cannot vouch, but we pass “it along for what it is worth: ‘Last year while the band was playing “There'll! be @ Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” the Breakers Hotel took fire and burned to the ground. ‘A few days ago at Orlando the band struck | up “Keep the Home Fires Burning” and a $25,000 warehouse a block away went up in smoke. ‘Next day at Lake Eola, while the band poured forth the strains of “Red Hot Mamma” fire brole out in a private hospital just across the lake. {Fire Chief Alfred Sadler has warned the | leader to refrain from playing any more musical | hot stuff. at noonday. They-pause, and look, and pass on. So does almost everybody. Three nights a week the evening train comes in; at breakfast' and dinner the Casa Marina is full; then, after breakfast, the money-bees swarm to the Havana boat.) And for thirty-six hours the Casa Marina is empty of all waitresses write letters home on their empty tables all through the dinner hour. soph es ‘What does one do in.Key. » Let the “news Seve as enticement to the eléct d warning “to the general—one does riothing in. Key West. One swims—exactly one, if you want to know how ‘Wany, one—returning to the general ‘484 indefinite +plays golf if so inclined, or fishes. onthe opal sea ‘Under a tropic sun; but for the true: hound of spring it is enough to lie shirtless on the sand, “gg in the ultra-violet rays, or lie motionless ‘a rocking chair on a porch, smoking a Key West - < and waiting for sunset to turn up the South- ern Cross, like a four-spot in a cut for deal. The Southern Cross ‘never does turn up, for celestial mechanies have decreed that it is not for Key West to see, but, night after night, the natives will tell you that only the fog bank excludes it. “After sunset a little music, 9 magazine, a stroll on the moonlit sands, and so to bed, with the o¢ean breeze blowing in the window. Here is none of the overdressed, overanxiety of the Poinciana; the Casa Marina is in effect a country club, too quiet to be in favor with the earnest spenders and the serious drinkers and the younger set. “But, as always, the Golden Age is passing. A motor highway is building and it aniiex, the Keys to the Continent in more senses than one. When that road is opened then may the Key Wester say, the time of the singing of the bird dogé is come, and the voice of the realtor is heard in our land. Then the Casa Marina will fill up, and the gay weatherworn houses of Key West will give way to stucco imitations of the Alhambra in pink and green and blue. When that day comes’ the seeker for quiet will have to hire himself a diver’s suit and go down in the deep (safe enough by that time, for the fealty business will have absofbed all the sharks). But not even the crowds @an kill the climate of the Keys. Here Persephone builds her winter home and here you can wait 9 go north with her, “For whatever crowds may come there will, thank God, always be people who will want a house near Mrs. Stotesbury. Perhaps we spring hounds may some day begthankful that Plorida can be all things to all men.” Dr. Seham of the University of Minnesota has made himself solid with the younger generation by declaring that home work is bad for school | children. The schoolboys say they do not need to learn to write, as they are all going to have typewriters, and they don’t need to learn arithmetic, as they | | wilt have adding machines do-Key West | TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES Peeecccocececovvescosese 1758—Richard D. Spaight, the first native of North Carolina to become governor of the State, born at New Bern, N. C. Died there, Sept. 6, 1802. 1776—Congress awarded a gold medal to Gen. George Washington for his capture of Boston. 1843—Lady Erskine, the bril- liant daughter of the American Revolutionary general, John Cad- walader, died in England. Born iu Philadelphia, June 28, 1781. 1861—Emanuel L. Philipp, who served three terms as govertior of Wisconsin, born in Sauk’ county, Wis. Died at Milwaukee, June 15, 1925. 1876—The Home Mission Board of. the Northern Presbyterian Church sent out its first mission- aries to the American Indians. 1898—Fanny Davenport, one of the most celebrated actresses of her time, made her last stage ap- pearance in Chicago. 1900—United States Naval Hos- pital at Mare, Island, _ Calif. com- pleted. 1924—The Greek Assembly voted for the establishment of a republic. . 1925—The Arab population put on mourning and called a general strike when Lord Balfour reached Jerusalem. DON’T OVERLOOK A GOOD THING From Jas. Edwards, Mont- gomery, Ala., comes this letter containing a valuable suggestion. —I feel like a new man _ since taking FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR. Can sleep all night, sore- ness in my chest is gone, so is the bad cough. My whole family use it-for coughs, colds and croup, and it always helps.” Stops tick- ling in throat, nervous hacking, and puts a soothing healing coat- ing on a raw inflamed throat. Don't overlook FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR. Key West Drug Co. mari-Im Matt J. Hinkle, charged by Representative La Guardia, New York, with buying whiskey permits, says in Cleveland it was legitimate transaction for resale. Depart- mént of Justice to investigate. Louisiana State University drops course in evolution signed for by. 20 students because of fear legis- lature ‘will adopt law against it this spring. 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Just a little Sloan’s patted on light : ee a —_— tide of fresh, ring is sent tingling jezenen, toe, a Lssues, atl rubbing ts medi: itself sloes the work. — — : fs HISTORY. $ 1818—A grant covering’ Key Weit ‘and all the’ Florida ‘Keys was ae Se re ee en eee Spanteh GaTeener St eeae: 1822—Juan Salas sold the Island of Key West to Joba W. Simon- Son te fae eee Ser P 1822—The United States of America purchased Florida from Seni euaitaverecgey Potty, Heed ee ere Oe emia net 18458—The State of Florida was admitted to the Union. ~ 1860—During the Civil War Key West was the headquarters of the Union Blockade fleet. The Union forces held the fort and the City, and the citizens, although of Confed- tener armbenieg: woke teres eee Bae ee 1874—The cg indy wan eae iad Culpa fesing, from Spanish oppression. 1888—-The entire business section of the head wis Gaedated te fire. shag: hey wed be ais coed tek es Lice as lantic Fleet during the Spanish-American War. 1912—The Florida East Coast Rallroad over the Keys to Key i rah ie cotenietnd, s2t~"The Caen Baeiea Etat, the boot hotel ot the, Florida Test Coast Railroad system and one of the finest hotels in 2 Mweelds web ‘opened. 7 rii¢ MILITARY—The United States Army maintains s Coast Artil- lery Station at Key West and during the World War it was also used as an Airplane base. It is called the “Gibraltar of America” as it controls the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. NAVAL—The United States Navy eciotnies a Navy Yard ~) Key West.as well as a submarine 9 also. « cosling station, fuel oll station and one one of largest radio stations in the world. The United Sta‘ Marine Corps also has a station at Key West. INDUSTRIES—The chief industries are cigar making, commer- cial fishing, sponge fishing and shipping. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926. 2 Sea anR RISER se MOTELS—The leading hotels are the Casa Marina, built and operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad Com- pany, the La Concha, a modern fire-proof hotel, 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 in the United States. - Paved Streets. Good City Parks. Municipal Wolf Course. NEWSPAPERS—The Morning Call, The Key West Citizen. RAILROADS—The Florida East Coast Railroad cperates 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 into Key West, thus. assuring direct communicatign with the West Coast «—) of Florida, the Gulf Ports and the Central States. STEAMSHIPS—The Mallory Line to New York and Galveston. The Peninsular & Occidental. Steamship Com-. pany to Tampa and Havana, The Gulf & South- ern Steamship. Company to Miami-and:New Or- 4 Jeans. ot > fo rag ‘MISCELLANEOUS—Besutifully | eplored water. _ Woniderful. \ Yachting. Best fishing in Florida. Golf and Tennis. Bathing the year round. Coun- try Club (under construction). The Overs Sea Highway over the Keys, connecting Key” We oer ee ees eee remarkable ‘peteodem the South when ADVANTAGES ‘Tropical cna: Be: way, now under Florida East Coast permit through 1 York to Key West and, | ice, practically — , and any point in the United States to Havana. 8. Fresh. water to be piped in. This ment has been favorably acted upon by Florida legislature. 4. There are many developments on the’ intermediate Keys. of the Keys are being purchased in and are being converted into beautiful Key West is the County seat of Connty. . 6. Considerable new construction now being carried on throughout the City good deal more is contemplated fér the mediate future. Among the proposed ae ments is n boulevard which is to be ' drive around the Island. This, already been authorized and the awarded. 7. The rise in the valué of Key West property has only recently commenced. 8. There isn foason why Key West will not become an ideal.and popular Winter resort as the hotel accommodations, bathing, facilities for golf and tennia, ete., equal or will equal those of any Florida resort, while the fishing is much _ the best of any on the Const. 9. The Florida” Keys are a Yachtman's Paradise with safe har- bors and beautiful scenery and Key West is bound to be headquartets for at least the southern half of the Keys. e lt’s Summer All Winter ‘In Key West cry