The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1926, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. L. P. ARTMAN, President. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1926. NEWSPAPER DEATHS | ae | ee The Greek alphabet was evolved bouzt 800 B. C. EURALGIA orheadache—rub the forehead eevee *| Disorders increase in British| | strike. Prolonged rioting in Gla: | gow, one fatality. Government Ah---Daylight at Last | }Says transportation is better. SOOOCOOOL OSOOSESS SISSOSOOSSSHISSHSSGHSIOCTOSSSOSSOOOE aE 3 | Trades Union council appeals to| | American ‘federation of labor for (Pensacola Journal) | Seeeesccecesseseeee The requiem has been sung over two more | IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. Pmtenmed Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ed Press is exclusively entitled to use t Ji news dispatches credited to r edited in this paper and also s published here, aan SUBSCRIPTION RATES ome Year jix Months... fhree Months... Je Month. Weekly. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, —— Cards of thanks, resolutions of respect and obituary notices other than those which the paper may give as matter of news, will be charged for at the rate of 5 vents a line. Notice of church and society and all other enter- cainments from which a revenue is to be derived will xe charged for at the rate of 5 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general inter- ‘st, but it will not publish anonymous communica- dons, ———— ee IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. 4] Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Keeley cure advertisements have reappeared. Possibly more wet propaganda. “So’s your old man” was probably an ape’s retort to an inquisitive scientist. } Peggy Joyce will wed her fifth husband just as soon as his wife gives consent. Curves disclosed by short skirts are also fraught with danger to motorists. z It seems that folks might take warning from the | fate of Ananias, but they don’t. Editors seein” strangely indifferent of ‘the treasury’s plan to do away with $10,000 bills. It appears that during the war President Wil- son had a senate and two houses on his hands. : We proclaim our admiration for thrift but secretly chuckle when a grafter skins a tight-wad. Archery is said to be a coming sport among the girls, particularly the kind carried on by little Cupid. si When the Prince of Wales becomes king we may expect some interesting speeches from the thrown. The nervous bride usually becomes more com- posed immediately after the groom utters the fate- ful words “I will.” After getting fired it is natural to wander past the place occasionally to see whether the firm is still in business, It is said that the jokes about it made the Ford popular, and perhaps the same is true of the saxophone and the Charleston, While it may have been a typographical error, the statement of an exchange that “blinded by a flask of plausible. a@ man was lightning” is entirely DEPEW TELLS A STORY Chauncey M. Depew, chairman of the board of the New York United States senator, was 92 years old on April 23, and Central, and former is perhaps the most active man of his age now living. His connection with the New York Central, which, celebrated its with bangjitt a few days 60 years, of which he was 13 years its president and 27 years chairman of the board. At the ban- 100th anniversary a ago, extends over more than quet Mr. Depew made a notable speech, in which | he recounted some of the changes which have taken place during the period of his long life, and told in- teresting stories of the pioneer railroad builders. | One Mory concerned Dean Richmond, en old-time president of the road, and was greatly enjoyed by the guests. Mr. Depew said: “Dean Richmond was the acknowledged leader of the Democratic Party in New York. His hand- | writing was so bad that he could not read it him- | self. A Bishop wrote to him for a pass. Richmond | answered, declining, in his own handwriting. The Bishop thought it was a life complimentary, and | so did the conductors on the road The Bishop | was riding free successfully for many years.” | | eaucated when ;7v | dustry. Florida newspapers, the death of which occurred and old “Doc” | Finance is struggling laboriously to keep another | from “going West.” The Key West publications, { The Morning Call and Evening Telegram, appar- ently were established without due co of the possibilities of the field or else with the a few days ago- at Key West, ideration idea of taking all business away from the publica- tion already éxisting and putting the latter out pf | business. In the other case, at Miami, the paper was started by the son of a multi-millionaire, who, | tiring of pouring money into what grew to h the appearance of a bottomless pit, at last decline to put up any more funds to take care of defi arising from the lack of support by the people that city. i find sufficient support to continue publication of | Now the young publisher is trying to | in | the face of slim business. Establishment of the Miami paper made the | the fourth daily in that city, which created an im- | possible situation from a business standpoint. Only | the abnormal conditions that have the “Magic City’ during the last year or more | made it possible for se many papers to survive | even for a short’ period. papers in a city of that size rarely make money enough to justify the owners in putting out a pub- Cities prevailed in | More than two news lication worthy of the name of newspaper. of 60,000 to 75,000 population sometimes support two dailies on a basis that make reasonable profit | for both. from this rule. \ * The publication of newspapers apparently | Only the most exceptional cases vary looks to the average layman to be an easy job and | one that yields handsome returns on a small in- vestment. At least this may be the conclusion | reached from the large number of persons who | RURRAW! NOW WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT want to start newspapers. whe never go beyond the “desire” stage with their aspirations. It is fortunate for those j | Publishing newspapers is not the work of a novice nor a business to be rushed into without | careful investigation beforehand. Dane ets Soave ceca ei view | ean, former publisher of the defunct papers at | unless the boss thinks you are well Key West, is quoted as saying that “after a thor- pale as vee ough analysis and careful survey he has come | _ Being too cautious or too reckless to the conclusion that there is room for but one oe aad aralars oun ny paper” in that city at the present time, and ‘con- sequently suspended publication of his papers. | Equipment necessary to start ‘a ‘daily paper costs | thousands of dollars, a large’ percentage of which is lost when the publication ceases. Coleman Sometimes talk is cheap. Some: | it isn’t. Just saying “1 do” cost half of everything you This year will be half gone before long and all the 1927 models of autos not on the market yet. bs ‘A young fellow tells us that while | he as us busy as a bee someone else got his honey. S MUSCLE SHOALS BIDS Fine thing about electric fans 1s they don’t make any smoke or ashes and never go out. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) | Although a majority of the special committee | of Congress appointed to receive bids for Muscle | Shoals recommended acceptance of the proposal of | the Alabama Power Company and associated south- peccce ee ern corporations, final disposition of that great government project at this session is doubtful. | DAILY LESSONS IN Senator Norris of Nebraska, who favors gov- | ENGLISH ernment operation of Muscle Shoals, hi | ently opposed all bills providing for a lease of the | By W. L. GORDON | property to private interests, and has so far been | pevecccoseeescseceesoeoe j able, with the aid of other senators, to block all| Words aften misus Am I legislation with that end in view. j not?” is preter ahins: Bre ui There is little likclihood that his own bill, | Dut the latter is used by some goo which is a government operation measure, will ever | » mispronounced aucy.| be adopted by both houses of Congress, yet so long the sau as “saw,” not i ain | as his group opposes all other propositions it will Often inisspelled: bankruptey. be extremely difficult to tudy four letters. 3 slete, conclude, » termi e. end. consist- dispose of this long standing and vexing question. ae No committee of Congress has ever been able to reach a unanimous agreement regarding Muscle jt Shoals, the recent joint committee having split, 4°)“ to 2, on the pending measure. Actual pfoduction of power at Muscle Shoal dy a real remedial was begun last fall and the machinery now in oper prevention «of ation is delivering close to 100,000 horse-power. i This is being distributed by the Alabama Power IT DRIVES OUT WORMS Company under a-temporary arrangment with the - h: paid for its use approximately $1,000,000. in in- vari- ign of worm of War Department, and the company In the es event that no’ action is taken by Congress, this ar. rangement will no doubt be continued indefinitely The failure of Congress to reach a conclusion Sh folly of mixing polit regarding Muse illustrates the s drives out the s with business. little ene on in. EDUCATION THAT DOES NOT EDUCATE record of ful use. all druggists. 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In a speech on the floor. and the time for him to say it ‘ In ts doled out to bim by the manage- | ment | weren't enough of it to go around. as grudgingly as if there Indeed. that's just the case, the leaders sav. If statesmen were al- lowed to run oratorically wild, no time would be left to pass laws in. Fifteen minutes is a liberal allow- ence for a speech. Upon its expira- | tlon—bang! goes the gavel and. “The | gentleman's time has expired.” an- nounces Speaker Longworth, biting him right off in the middle of a word. “Can't I get a little more time?” | he begs. and if it’s good stuff he's | getting off and he's a popular mem- | ber, maybe he gets an additional five "LOOK AND LEARN By A. C. GORDON ee 1. What tribe of Indians owned slaves and fought with the South during the Civil War? 2. What state’s name the Land of Flowe 3. Where is the largest and oldest watch factory of the world? 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