The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 4

PAGE FOUR “THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. L. P. ARTMAN, President. ~'" “IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. 2piMred x. Key West, Florida, as second class matter ——————— G2) Member of the Associated Press fhe Aseort-ted Tress is exclusively entitled to use ication of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also §pedpcal news published here. Se SUDNSCRIPTION RATES Months ee Month: Mont eekly _. r, ADVERTISING RATES - [Made known on application. ices other than those which the paper may give as ter of news, will be charged for at the rate of 6 its a line. 3 jotice of church and society and all other enter- ents from which a revenue is to be derived will ‘charged for at the rate of 5 cents a line. “The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion 2fpublic issues and subjects of local or general inter- ‘ighe. it will not publish anonymous communica- ci of thanks, resolutions of respect and obituary IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Lets see; whose turn is it to be premier of Konce next week? - « *, ‘Patted calves are no longer reserved exclusive- G, for prodigal sons. Pda tm Some mén join lodges out of love for their feljow men, others to establish an alibi. ‘ * ‘ { Charleston is not such a slow old town after all} They had a mile-a-minute gale there the other ee : ’ | These are heavenly waters about Key West, judging from the number of angel fish landed by anglers here. : * A communication received signed “F. 0. B.” be published if the gentleman will send in his ae ha Of course, we know his address is De- F; | Wonder how‘many*invalids will appear when “health booster brew” goes on the market? — Union. There will be more “invalids” after than there were before, | Jack Dempsey is writing a series of articles “My Split With Kearns.” It is understood they split some sizeable sums before Jack be- came too proud to fight. : THE ANTI-MOSQUITO MOVEMENT The meeting of the Florida Anti-Mosquito tion to be held in St, Augustine on dates of: May 5 and 6, should be attended by people from every section of the ftate, for at this con- ference it is proposed to launch a highly import- movement that will be state-wide in its scope. Ajtentative program is announced that should prove of great interest to every one who has the inthrest of the state at heart. } The aim of this association is the ultimste and ete annihiliation of the mosquito from this it state of ours. Long ago the mosquito was resognized as a most annoying nuisance, and in it years it has been proven a carrier of dis- Le cook perhaps more so than any other insect ofithe air. It is also a persistent pest that de- tired people of rest when it is most needed ang at some seasons of the year it is annoying fofks all over the United States, especially in close to. bodies of fresh water. * It has been proven by actual demonstration r that the riddance of the mosquito may be success- fully accomplished. They have been driven out ofsmany places and the menace that existed be- Sa of their presence entirely done away with. } Proof that flies, mosquitoes and other insect pefts can be destroyed is convincing in the con- ditions prevalent now in Havana and in the Pana- ma Canal zone. ' Havana, once so filthy as to be alarmingly dangerous to health, is now one of the cleanest cides in the world. . Screens on doors and windows arp unnecessary there, because there are no flies. Efen in places where chickens and animals are sigughtered for the markets of Havana no flies are to be found. Ridding Havana of a certain of mosquito was what completely stopped the frequent epidemic of yellow fever that origi- nated there years ago. I The United States government feared that it whuld be impossible to build the great canal be- c@age"the Panama Canal zone was so rife with dis- case-carrying mosquitoes. It was cleaned during . the construction period, and js now a place of won- derful beauty, practically free quitoes, 4 Coming right to home the proposition, it was thhoroughly demonstrated during the* World War of flies and mos- period that. mosquitoes can be successfully and. completely banished from Key West, and . that too by employing a method that Gs simple and not expensive. But it ‘is easier of acepmplishment in Key West than at any other point in ‘America, perhaps, because there is no fresh water near this city, and it is well known that the mosquito cannot germinate in salt water. Key West» mosquitoes could only come from cisterns not properly screen- ed, old- cans, empty bottles and other receptacles that catch and retain rain water until mosquitoes produce. To utterrly rid Key West of mosquitoes would be an easy and economical, proposition in comparison with the same task in inland towns flanked by miles and miles of fresh water swanp and numerous pools of stagnant water. The Key West Realty Board and other local. organizations are actively interested in the anti- Mosquito movement; so are people throughout the city; and it is expected that Key West will be as largely and enthusiastically represented at, the St. Augustine meeting as any other city in Florida. THE DRY TORTUGAS (Boston Sunday Herald.) AJthough we hear much "of Florida these days we hear little of her notable posséssion the Dry Tortugas. The young might suppose these islands to be-an eanly conquest of Mr. Volstead, though as likely as not the law that bears his name is not more strictly enforced there than on Cape Cod, for the Dry Tortugas are with‘n easy sail of Cuba, They form a group ‘of ten islets appearing like paper dots on the map of Monroe county. Once in forty years or. so they figure in the news, ahd are then forgotten for at least an, other generation. ‘ Fort Jefferson was built upon one of the group in early days, when it was thought to afford some photection against enemies entering the Gulf of Mexico, where lie the Dry "Tortugas. In the civil war period Fort Jefferson ‘was. ai-military penal station, and the group of islands soon began to attract public’ attention. Any. particularly troublesome civilian accused of * ‘disloyalty was apt to be suggested as a candidate. for imprison- ment on the Dry Tortugas. There “up a popu- lar notion that Fort Jefferson was’ a. peculiarly dreadful place of imprisonment. No doubt this |: notion arose partly from a mansion. of the name borne by the island group. As a matter of faet, the horrors of a torrid waterless desert con- jured up by the name did not’prevail at Fort Jef- ferson, andthe islands were and ‘ate “dry”as can be, not being flooded at high tide,.as are some of the Florida Keys. It is true that the western keys have a much smaller rainfall than other parts of Florida, and the Dry Tortugas are a good many miles west of Key West; but there is a sufficient rainfall on the group to keep vegetation going the year round, and prisoners, civil or military, did not lie and sweat with pafched tongues lolling out. Nor are the Dry Tortugas hottér than other places in the same latitude, and indeed they are probobly cooler than corresponding points on the mainland, though they are far below the frost line, and the heat is almost continuous the year round. The average temperature is said to be about the same for December and January as for July arid August. ‘ 3 Dr. Mudd of luckless name suffered an im- prisonment of some years on thé: Dry Tortugas after being convicted of having set John Wilkes Booth’s leg when the assassin was in flight from Washington. It was popularly believed that a conspicuous public man of the civil war period would be sentenced by a military court to impris- onment on the islands. The horrors of the Dry Tortugas were heightened in public imagination by the story that the wide and deep Moat about Fort Jefferson was thickly inhabited by crocodiles eager to nip off the legs of escaping prisoners. It was not revealed upon what these guardians fed when escaping prisoners. were few. The Florida Keys, partly of éoral formation, reef the eastern and southern coast of Florida for | many miles and a look on the map shows the railway running from island to island to its termi- nus at Key West like a string of irregular beads on a red thread. “Key” is the Spanish-for a low lying isle of the sea. bus discovered no island or key so lonely as himself." Agassiz speaks in “The Three Cruises matt-eating | Emerson says that *‘Colum- j In the Spring a Donkey’s Fancy--- FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1926. a * Renew Your Health By Purification Any physician will tell you that ‘Perfect Purification of the Sys- em is Nature’s Foundation of «| Perfect Health.” Why not rid vourself of chronic ailments that wwe undermining your vitality? | >urify your entire system by tak- | FURNITURE RENOVATED, Upholstered and Refinished: Mattresses Made Over Parlor Cushions Made W. R. 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GRAY & CO., NASHVILLE, TENN. of the Blake” of the Florida Keys as “An enor- | mous crescent extending as far as the Tortugas In the twentieth century the Dry, Tortagas | are given over to the uses of peace and. science: | The prisoners no longer groan togetlter as they’ | watch the crocodile, real or imaginary, in the moat of Fort Jefferson. mission to set up a laboratory on Loggerhead K for the study of marine life, and here -a little | group of experts has carried on notable scientific research. Four years later the whole group was made a feders] bird sanctuary. Peace reigns in the Dry Tortugas, and the evil repute of the | islets is effectually taken away, Twenty two years ago | the Carnegie institution of Washington’ won per- | Steamer to Galveston |) Direct Rail Connections |} for all points in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Califernia, etc. MALLORY LINE C. E. SMITH, Agent Key West, Florida scraping the back of the hand across | « treatment for flesh wounds, cuts, PPS PEN I TE ero EFFECTIVE FROM KEY WEST SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1926 vL. Key West—Mon., ‘Tues., Thurs., Fri, Sat Ar. Hayana—Mon., Tues., Thurs. Fri., Sa! Ly. Havana—Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat Ar. Key West—Mon., Tues, Wed. Fri., Sat...... S. S. Governor Cobb leaves Key West Tues., Thurs., Sat. 5S. S. Governor Cobb leaves Ha &. Suba leaves Key West Mo S. S. Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, Saturday. Above hours are based on Eastern Standard Time The popular tdea ts that more talking ty done-in the Senate than in the House of Representatives This ts a mistake. The senators talk longer per senator but there are | nearly five times a8 many cepre ,| Septatives us senaturs to talk ; cee OME senators and representatives are silent because they have nothing to say and unlike the talkative ones in a similar fix, at teust have the goud sense to refrain from saying it eae: Others keep still, because their talent ts nut fur speech making. but for arranging things in advance: “Having doné so ‘they “tult serenely back in (heir seats and tet the talk 2 : ers walk vo thete hearts content thing 40 > Jealm tn the kouwledge that the ‘The formers’taik counts _ The tat | things they've arranged will happen : eed ES P. STEWART! ) Service Writer PORT TAMPA-KEY WEST- HAVANA LINE EFFECTIVE FROM PORT TAMPA THURSDAY, MARCH f v. Port Tampa Sunday, | Thursday. ay . Key West Monday, Friday: y. Key West Monday, Friday. . Havana Monday, Friday... y. Havana Tuesday, Saturday. . Key West Tuesdayy Saturday. . Key West. Tuesday, Saturda: . Port Tampa Wednesday, Sunésy. . S. Cuba leaves Port Tampa Sunday, Thursday, 8. S. Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, Saturday, ¢ Above. hours are based on Eastern Standard Time, 18, 1921 3 PREP RP PS KEEEEEREE Part’ of D. U. WILDER, G. F @ P. A., Jacksonville, Fla. P. J. SAUNDERS, V. P. & GM. J, H, COSTAR, Agent, Key West, Fla, Fda didkadedidde ddd Ld d) Od hhh hh hd 100 Old Papers For A Nickle THE West Citizen 125 Duval Street "Key aM: EC ddiddididididide dt ddd didididde ddd, didididuieuhatateate