The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1926, Page 4

THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. L. P, ARTMAN, President. IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. antered at Key i t, Florida, as second clags matter Member of the Associated Presa fhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use og! republication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here, Gad SUBSCRIPTION RATES Made known on &pplication. thanks, resolutions of respect and obituary goth er than those which the paper may give as matter of news, will be charged for at the rate of 5 zents a line. Notice of church and society and all other enter- aimments from which a revenue is to be derived will de charged for at the rate of 5 cents a line. rhe Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general inter- ast, but it will not publish anonymous communica- dons. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. ————<<— Most people highly approve of gardening pro- vided someone else does all the work. Aes té-as\8 @ Gave four somachs, ut & _good hungry boy seems to have several more than that number. 5 : Apparently first step in the spring clean-up drive should: be to persuade the fisppers to wash off the paint. ‘ The tightest in "Tampa. He wouldn’t ror baenccmt ati, Sadia Baas! ‘any more, will yet be willing to go over tourists this summer and buy things for what they are worth. ig +o -and ‘soil are the two big assets with has endowed Florida, Full use of these that state just about everything else Sumanity can conceive. Property values are : business is expanding at such are out of date by the Ghio man was up before a Cleveland judge day for spanking his wife. He told ‘the ‘was just an average husband, that his wife ¢lubs and suppers all afternoons and eve- left him to do the cooking after he had his daily work as a brick mason, and be- sidgp he had two small children to look after. “You than an average husband,” said the judge. re and spank her again when she comes in "The judge must have been another “‘average hushahd.”—Times-Union, DISEASE AND POVERTY - P Ps a = Wisease and poverty go together, said the gen- eral director of the New York Society for Improv- ing the Condition of the Poor in a recent address. a Se Oe ne § i we could produce a healthy population, poverty would vastly decline. Many persons who arejcalled lazy, are suffering from physical defects thaf gap all their energy. Healthful homes, medical of. children; removal of children’s de- fech ip teeth, nose, throat, etc., as is being done in thejsthools of Key West and many other cities, will do ’ World of good in abolishing poverty. ; ri 71 YEARS OF JOURNALISM ee Pe 2 Mr. Kessenger of the Rome, New York, Sen- tind, began, a few days ago, his Tist_year of active work" pn that newspaper. He started in with it im 8856 as a printer's apprentice, he became one prietors in 1864, and has stuck to it ever singe! [What a wonderful career such a man has had! Ali fever the town he’ must seo results which his newspaper helped to gain. Some kind of careers For many years a great deal’ ‘of. enthusiasm attached to the idea of “reform.” * *:Bright and thinking people enlisted under that ‘banner, and they went out to destroy faults in our political and social system with all the enthusiasm of crusaders. Not all reformers had. god sense.” Many of them were intolerant, and instead of ‘trying :to*in- fluence people’s reason, they bitterly denounced those who differed from them. If the institutions of society did not respond to their challenge, then they might want these institutions destroyed, much like the Chinaman who burned. down ‘his house in order to get rid of the rats. Thus the idea of reform came to seem unattractive in the minds of many. . Yet the idea of reform is fundamental and necessary. The customs of society and the-methods of government reflect the many faults of human nature. If we permit these faults to go unchecked, vices will overrun the community, and the govern- ment will fail to. keep up with the ‘evils of the times. So we need reformers today, folks who are not afraid to speak their minds, and to denounce the evils of social customs and political parties. But before people set out to reform things, they should cultivate toleration. They will find many good people who do not think as they do. The reformers should not assume an attitude of superior virtue. It is not an easy thing to be an, eitective Te- former. Such a one must denounce evils unspar- ingly, and he can find plenty of things which he must hit and hit hard. But. he does not.make converts when he attacks the motives of perfectly sincere people. He can argue ‘that they are wrong, but he must be generous to those who disagree with him. With that spirit the cause will win friends, for the American people are ‘willing to’ adopt pro- gressive ideas when their value is shown. NEW THINGS Every new apesvelsbaligiacgs excites ‘absurd fears, and frequently these fears block the ‘adop- tion of these new: ideas for a long time, When railroads were first‘being built, it was argued that they would be very dangerous. The puffing locomotives would scare the horses and cause many of them to run away, thus smashing up the carriages and injuring the people who were riding. When bath-tubs were first “Wntkdduced, it was held that they would be very. ‘dangerous, as people : Wueld get cobd rte crus sqplvingupayetite them: Back 260 years. ago, in. Londgn,.., Jay. was, passed to. prohibit coaches. on the»streets of the city, because of the destruction their wheels would de to the paving stones. When Faraday in 1832 was showing the scien- tists a spark produced by magnetic induction, one of them remarked that he was sorry for the new idea, as it would give an incendiary something new with which he could set buildings afire. And yet not all the new ideas are good. Many of them are futile and dangerous. Some people are so constituted that they shout for every, new thing, and have to be taught by painful expetience which ones are useless or pernicious. - . Human nature has to study the golden mean between hasty absorption of untried ideas, and un- reasonable fear of them. .We must develop the historical and experimenting spirit, be willing to try out new ideas, but also must know the results of past experiments. It is no use getting hurt trying out new ideas when our fathers and grand- fathers were injured before us on the same things. Yet the fundamental fact of experience is that the world sees great changes, and nothing stays as it used to be if it is any good. VOICES CROSS SEA It was eminently fitting that the fiftieth anni- | versary of the telephone this month should have been marked by the. establishment of wireless | telephonic communitation between New York and | London, While radio messages through powerful broad- casting stations have been transmitted far greater distances, the holding of regular conversations across the sea by wireless telephony has just been achieved for the first time. was just like talking on an ordinary telephone and that the voices were heard as distinctly as on many local calls. Tt was on March 10, 1876, that Alexander Graham Bell uttered the first words ever trans- mitted over telephone wires, when he said: “Mr. | The words were | Watson, come here, I want you.” addressed to Thomas A. Watson, his. assistant, Reports state that it : Sourishing—Digestible— The Home Food-Drink for All Ages SCSCHOSHOSOSSSSOOSSESOSESS IN THE DAY’S NEWS Seeccccccesceveeoeseonee Lieutenant Commander Richard Eyelyn Byrd, -Jr., who is pre- paring to lead an aircraft flight into the Arctic regions, was a member of the similar expedition which was. led to the far north last year by Donald MacMillan. Lt. Byrd is a Virginian and comes of-an old prominent family of the Old Dominion. A brother, Harry Flocd Byrd, is the present gov- ernor of the State. Born an ad- venturer, in the words of his mother, Richard Byrd early form- ed a liking for the navy and at- tended the Annapolis academy, During the World War he received seventeen citations for bravery jand gallantry in action. His reeord also includes service as command- ling officer of the United States air forces in Canada, a connection with the transatlantic flight of the NC flying boats and a leading part in the organization of naval re- serve air stations. eev0esee TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Peccccoccvecceccosoqocse “Sir Edwin Lutyens, the British |, architect who designed the fgmous Qucen’s Doll House, born in Lon- don, 57 years ago today. Henry White, former _ United, States ambassador to France, born in Baltimore, 76 years ago today.}j y Theodore Brentano, United States minister to: Hungary, born at Kalamazoo, Mich., 72 years ago today. Murray ‘Bartlett, organizer. off] the University of the Philippines} and ter president of College, born at Poughkeepsie. Y., 55 years ago today. Elihu.Thomson, celebrated Am: erican electrical engineer and in- ventor, born in England, 73 years disappear after. a! few: applicatio Impe: Hezema “Remedy. "Att druggists are authorized to refand: your moncy if it fails—Adv. QUIETS DISTURBING RACK-|9* ING COUGHS 4 H Healing pine tar, pure honey,’ and other soothing, cough-healing ingredients, go into the making of FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR. No [J opiates,"justly feared by careful mothers, harmful, and without medicinal value. Read the bottle contents as given on the package, and learn why' FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR is the superior cough. remedy; safe for children and grown persons, and reliable for coughs, croup, tickling throat, nervous hacking and like irrita~ tion. . Refuse ‘substitutes. Key West Drng Co. mari-im “BIDS WANTED Bids for the construction of a stadiuni on the property adjoining the Cuban Club Building. Com- plete plans and specifications are on file at the Cuban Club, which may be inspe by those inter- ested in making bids... Bids will jbe opened April 2, 1926, at’ 8 jo’elock p. m., at. the, Cuban, Club. |The board of directors of the Cu- ban Club reserve the right to rea ject any or all bids. Fur further |information or particulars see E. GOMEZ J. R. VALDES jmar22-11t 1 NOTICE } | ‘The State and County Tax Roll for the year 1926 is now being prepared and all persons, firms lor corporations are notified — to jmake and file their ‘ returns, j whether real estate or personal y, not later tham.April Ist, { lanks for filing returns je pe had by applying to the un-. jdersigned at the County Court | House. UGENE L. ALBURY, Tax Assessor, Monroe County. marl 5-17-20-22-24-27-29-31 | sitting at a crude receiver in another raom and were | -— heard distinctly by him. He hurried to tell Bell that their patient research had been rewarded and that a new art hid been at that instant given to / the world. The wonderful invention was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia-that year and | while it attracted wide attention, no one dreamed | of the part it was to play in human affairs. Now mag Make a man more widely known over the | the telephone is one of the most important and countey, but it is hard to conceive of one that | indispensable adjuncts of modern civilization. We would do more to build civic institutions. | ‘ can not imagine what we should do without it. Hobart | i mete HISTORY. x 1818—A grant covering Key West and all the Florida Keys was given to Juan Salas by Don Juan de Estrada, the then Spanish Governor of Florida. 1822—Juan Salas sold the Island of Key West te John W. Simon- ton for the sum of $2,000. . 1822—The United States of America purchased Florida from aly eucause talented asm in Key West. 1845—The State of Florida — admitted to the Union. -1860—During the Civil War Key West was the headquarters Ypf the Union Blockade fleet. The Union forces held the meets eke ten aa ae es ae _ @rate were forced to remain under Union ad- _19t4The cignr industry was established by Cubans flecing from NAVAL—The United States Navy maintains a Key West as well as a submarine base. ‘also a coaling station, i a oe largest radio stations in the world. The U1 iene Cone ewe pants cane STEAMSHIPS—The Mallory 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 mercial Hotel. CIVIC—Good Schools. Churches. Fire and Police Protection— one of the best Fire Departments in the United States. Paved Peres fon ee sen ee ee ee 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 communication with the West Coast of Florida, the Gulf Ports and the Central States. - to New York and Galveston, The Peninsu' & Occidental Steamship Com- - pansy Bloc nine, The Gulf & South | oagugead my cxty! Miami and New ADVANTAGES—1. Tropical climate. 2. Te On tek construction, way, now under Piocide Hai Goa Rabdad the QS Ree al permit through automobile ‘travel from New York to Key Wi and, with the ear ferry mh the best of any on the Coast. Keys are a Yachtman’s Paradise bors and ee ee bound to be headquarters for at southern half of the Keys. it’s Summer All Winter ln Key West