The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 14, 1926, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT JUDGE BROWNE - WRITES CITIZEN ~ FROM MICHIGAN REPORTS CONDITION OF KEY WEST PATIENTS UNDER TREATMENT AT BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM Tho Citizen is in receipt of a letter from Judge Jefferson B. Browne from Battle Creek, Mich., reporting the condition of Key West patients now under treat- ment at the saniiarium in that city; all of whom are said to be getting along very nicely. The letter follows: “There are three Key Westers at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and I think our friends would like to hear from us, but as we cannot write to them all, I take this meth- od of sending them a message. “My daughter Susan (Mrs. Keating) is doing extremely well and looks anything but an invalid. She weighs 132%. When one speaks of “weight’’ here, it means of the person, and not the clothes. “Arthur Gomez came here, a confirmed hypochondriac. He knew he had one or two maladies, and suspected more. “Tt requires about a week for one to take all the tests and get reports on them. As report after report came in and he found that they all were negative, so far as any evidence of illness was con- cerned, he began to beam, and he is now enjoying, not only good health, but the consciousness of it.’ The only test in which he was not normal. was that for blood ressure, and in that ,he was a it below normal. He is taking treatménts, diet, baths, exercises, ete. etc., which are toning him up, and his blocd pressure will soon be normal and he can qualify for a prize fighter. “This institution is a combina- tion of a physical iraining school and a rel'gious camp meeting, and one is never sure whether he is coming out an athlete or a preach- er. I think Arthur will be the athlete. “What one has to avoid here, are the exci.ing diversions that this place affords, There is no drinking (in sight); no smoking in the building or on the grounds; no dancing; no card playing. Barring these, one may indulge in any of the exciting pastimes that the institu:ion affords. “Some other Key Westers about whom it may interest our people to hear, are Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell and their son Colin, who are spending the summer in their old home in Grand Rapids. “They invited me over for the week end, and I drove there on Friday and returned Monday. They are occupying the home of. J, T. Byrne, who is spend- ing *the summer on his ranch in Wyoming. The estate is about two miles from the heart of Grand Rapids, and the huose, which is @ most artistic one, stands on a knoll at the entrance to a four acre tract which slopes in a beau- tiful lawn down to a stream bor- id by majestic black walnut and ash, and dotted wiih groups of Lombardy poplars. “On Saturday night, she enter- tained for me, at a del'ghtful din- ner. ,, Thirty guests, who included some of Grand Rapids’ most suc- cessful business and professional men and their families, were seated around a “U” shaped table on the lawn. “After dinner we repaired to the drawing room where Mr: Gampbell read her story of a dog, that has just been published in Munsey’s Magazine. It is as good a short story of a dog as I have ever read. “During the reading, an incident occurred that was a iribute to its realism. A gentleman who had been the life of the dinner party, with his effervescent good nature and clever badinage, had for ten years owned a dog that he was de- yoted to, that died a few days be- fore. During the reading of the story, when the dog’s affection for his mistress and her. devotion to it was be'ng most poignantly described, he was overcome by hi feelings and left ihe room. That reminded me of the line from the peem we used to recite at school, “Ah, friend, I ferr the lightest hearts, make ofttimes heaviest mourning.” “Another in eresting event, was to meet on this occasion, a gentle- man who came to Grand Rapids with his partner from North Car- It is but fitting and proper that the Board of County Commission- ers make g staiement relative to the history of its labors and ne- gotiations to secure bridge con-| nections for. the Oversea High- way. It has been the object to secure this completed project for the people of this county, and the people of the country. Delegates have been sent to the South At+! lantie Coastal Highway Associa-| tion, beginning in 1921 and an- nually thereafter, in an endeavor to interest the traveling public, the road advocates, the Federal Government and the Sta‘e Govern- ment, that attention may be fo- esed upon this great project. Senator Malone prepared two} acts of the Legislature which were passed at the 1925 special session. | One act, authorizing the County | to issue its own bonds for the pur; | pose of erecting toll bridges which | should be maintained and oper- ated by the County, the County! to collect all tolls. The second} jact authorized the Couny Com+ missioners to grant licenses, fran+ chises and privileges to privaté persons or corporations to erect and operate toll bridges. Pur-| suant to these laws, the County; Commissioners had its own engin-| eering force make surveys and} plans, and employed other expert | | enginecrs from out of town, the/| make other surveys and plans, to- Parklap Engineering Company, to} that in the event these plans and specifications were approved by the Board, the Board would then enter into a subsequent contract, allowing Mr. Turner an additional sixty days to submit financial plans, demonstrating his ability to construct the bridges accord- ing to the plans submitted by him. Sixty days additional time was al- lowed for this purpose. The or- iginal coniract was executed} March 5th. Within the first} ninety days period, Mr. Turner} submitted plans and specifications for an elaborate system of bridges, which would be credible to. this} County, or to any o.her place. These plans were approved by the County Commissioners, it was then stated by Mr. Turner, that he had} every reason to believe that his fi- nancial plans could be readily per-' feeted, and he would be ready to submit his whole financial scheme within the sixty days period. In June of this year, the Chair- man of the County Commissioners, and its Attorney, while in New York, Interviewed Mr. Turner, and he then made a suggestion, not | before mentioned in any negotia- tions, that he was of the opinion, | that if the County would agree to guaraniee interest on $10,000,- 000.00 of the bonds at 6 per cent} to be issued by the bridge com- pany, that he could readily fin-| ance the project. The Chairman of the Board stated that the prop- | osition would have to be submitted |to the entire Board. The ‘Chair-| | proposition of this kind. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN tolls from the operation of the bridges, and in the event the sum of $600,000.00 was not collected, the County would pay the balance to make up the deficiency from general taxation or from its gen- eral funds. The Turner Company to receive all tolls collected over the $600,000.00 until it amounted to 12% per cent of the cost of construction or $13,500,000.00. This 12% per cent to include the $600,000.00 rental, or a total of $1,687,500.00. All tolls collected over the gross amount to revert to the County, and at the expiration of 25 years the bridges to be the property of the County without cost. The Board of County Com- missioners did not desire to as- sume the responsibility of binding the tax payers of the County to an indebtedness or potential liabil- ity of $600,000.00 a year or any deficiency, without receiving the assent of the electors. There is no law under the State of Florida by which a legal and formal election may be held on a It was then decided to hold an informal election, and submit the proposi- tion for the advice of the free holders who are qualified electors, prescribing the same qualifica- tions for the election as are re- quired for the issuing of bonds. It was also decided this referen-. dum election would be held after Mr. Turner had submitted: assur-! ances that his final arrangements gether with estimates of cost. Oty ee ato other Comm: The costs under these plans)... - seemed to the Board almost pro-|*)0nets in Key West, advising hibitive. The next expedient Was The renlyindicated “that: the en: to. call: for offers eke eerdeca| re Board would agree to it, un- concerns to construct the bfidges! 4. certain conditions. for the profits that may be in di them. These advertisemenis were, “June 25, 1926. published in all the leading news- | “J. O.to Kirehheiner papers, New York, Baltimore, | “Martinique Hotel Jasksonville, Tampa, Orlando,; “New York City Miami and Key West. As a re-| “Commissioners Warren, Bre- sult of these advertisements one | valdi and myself personally recep- offer was made to the County by: tive to guaranty feeling that to the C. A. P. Turner Engineering! finance project it will be neces- Company. Mr. Turner appeared| sary to inject some feature of a in person before the Board, repre-| county obligation, also feel that senting his corporation, and made! subject matter is of such great an application for a franchise. importance that referendum would His application stated he would|not only be proper but necessary, construct these bridges along plans | giving tax payers opportunity to to be prepared by him, and over | commit themselves. Commission- the routes selected, at a cost of|ers also feel if the county is to approximaiely. $14,000,000.00.| make any guaranties taking care The tolls to be fixed at $1.25 per | of deficiencies it should share in ear and 25e per person, and col-| profits. We feel people would lect tolls to the extent of 13 per|vote favorably. cent of the cost of the bridges. | «(Signed) This proposition was discussed by | “WILLIAM R. PORTER.” the Board and in the presence of | a meeting of citizens. After mu-' Mr. Turner then came to Key tual discussion it was decided the , West and outlined the project in tolls on the terms submitted would | detail. He was advised that un- not be sufficient. That hey der the constitution .of this State, should be increased to a larger, neither the State or the County amount to be definitely fixed lat-| could guarantee the bonds of the er, and that the surplus over and| Corporation, or the interest on above the 13 per cent should enure | any corporate bonds. Art. 9, Sec. to the County. Based upon this|7. It was stated howeber, that a |them of Mr. Turner’s suggestion. | amended application, the County Commissioners then entered into a contract with Mr. Turner, for him to prepare plans and specifi- cations of the type of bridges, to- gether with the routes, within ninety days from the date of the contract; it was further agreed | legal plan could be worked out) whereby he may receive a fran-| chise from the County to construct | |the bridges, and after they are| | constructed, ihen the County could | lease them at a rental of $600,- 000.00 a year, to be paid out of ithe first monies collected from} were completed, subject to the ac- | tion of the electoraie. | In the mean time Mr. Turner | has shown by correspondence that he has no definite, positive agree- ment to finance the construction }of the bridges. He has showh, | however, that responstble people favorably consider underwriting the bonds if the people approve | of the project by their vote. It | is therefore submiited to the peo- ple at this time, that even although | the referendum vote is favorable, | still there is no definite, positive, {legal agreement binding Mr. Tur- |ner io construct the bridges, or | upon the Board of County Com- | missioners to grant the franchise |and enter into the contract. The election is being cxiled upon the statemen s that if . the |agreed to the proposition, it. will jassist Mr. Turner to successfully | 5. arrange the financing. e | Whether the referendum is fay- jorable or not, the Board of Coub- | ty Commissioners are still bend- jing every effort to construct these bridges, and ‘t is confidently be- lieved that in any event, regardless of the result of the referendum, | or regardless of Mr. Turner’s sue- }cess or failure, that the time ds not far distant, when automobile | traffic will flow back and forth |fronm Miami to Key West. | J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER, Chairman. WM. R. PORTER. BRAXTON B. WARREN. CARL BERVALDI. W. HILTON CURRY. | have indicated their willingness to | people ; STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- NOTICE OF ELECTION MAKE REPORT SIONERS RELATIVE TO OVERSEA BRIDGES SUB- MITTED FOR REFERENDUM VOTE AUGUST 17TH WHEREAS, The Legislature of 1925, under the Constitution of 1385,. of the State of Florida, did pass three Joint ‘Resolutions ' pro- posing amendments to the Constitu- tion’ of the State ef Florida, and the same were agre@@ to by a vote of thiee-fifths of all the members elected to each house; that the votes on said Joint Resolutions were en- tered upon their respective Jour- nals, with the yeas and nays there- on, and they did determine and di- rect that the said Joint Resolutions be submitted to the electors of the State at the General Election in November, 1926. NOW, THEREFORE, I, H. CLAY CRAWFORD, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, do hereby give notice ‘that a GENERAL ELECTION will beheld in each county in Flor- ida on Tuesday next succeeding the first, Monday in November, A. D. 1926, the said Tuesday being the SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER for the ratification or rejection of the said Joint Resolutions propos- ins amendments to the Constitution of the State of Florida, viz: A.JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 9 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to Education. Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to Section 9 of Article XII of the Con- stitution of the State of Florida re- lating to Education be and the jsame is hereby agreed to and shall jbe submitted to the Electors of the State at the General Election of Representatives in 1926, for ap- |proval or rejection. ion 9. ‘In addition to the tax provided for in Section 8 of this Article the County School Fund shall consist of the proportion of the interest of the State School apportioned to capitation taxes the county, all collected within jthe county and all appropriations by the Legislature which shall with jall other County School Funds be apportioned and distributed as ma: be provided by law and shall b \disbursed by the County Board o | Public Instruction solely for the support and maintenance of public free schools. Provided, that suc \apportionment and distribution shall | be made by general law based upon |some declared principle of classifica- tion to be determined by the Legis- lature. jA JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing | an gtendment to Article V of the Cowefitution of Florida, Relating to the Judiciary Department, to be Known as Section 44 of said Article. Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: ‘That the following amendment to Article V of the Constitution of Florida, to be known as Section 44 of said Article, be, and the same is Y agreed to, and shall be sub- mitted to the electors of the State ot Florida at the next general elec- tion, to. be held on the first Tues- day’aiter the first Monday in No- ber, 1926, for ratification or re- ection: section 44. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida shall be selected by Justices thercof at the commence ment of the first‘term of the Su preme Court in the year of 19 and every two years thereafter. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 18 of the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of the State of Flor- fda, Relating to the Ownership, Jnberitance, Disposition and En. joyment of Property in the State of Florida by Foreigners. je It Resolved by. the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida, Section 18 of the Dec- laration of Rights of sald Constitu- tion, be and the same is hereby agreed to and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State of Florida for ratifica- tion or rejection at the next en- |suing General Election, that is to say, Uhat Section 18 of the Declaca- tion of Rights of the Constityajon of the State of Fiorida, be amemd- jed so as to read as follows: “Section 18. Foreigners who are eligible. to become citizens of the United States under the provisions of the* and treaties of the United States shall have the same rights as to the ownership, inherit- lance and disposition of property in the State as citizens of the State, but the Legislature shall have power to limit, regulate and pro- hibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, possession and enjoy- ment of real estate in the State of Fund and of the one mill State tax | Florida by foreigners who are not leligible to become citizens of the United States under: the provisions jof the laws and treaties of the United States.” The votes cast | WILLIAM H.-MALONE, j Attorney, Board of County Comm. in compliance CHEVROLET CAR IN COLLISION (Continued from Page One) ing and causing personal injury. | Their preliminary hearing was set | for 11 o’clock today before Jus- | tice of Peace Andrew L. Lopez, | whose office is at the corner of {Ange!u and Whitehead streets. This Alice Reed is the same jwoman who was some time tgo bound over to criminal court on the charge of assault, she having erashed a Coco-Cola bottle over! a man’s head. She. later plead j@uilty to the charge in criminal teourt and was fined. Ed Forbes 8 now under bond required by! {Justice Gomez as the result of a/ recent preliminary hearing on the | jeharge of vagrancy, for his ap- peerance for trial at the next term of criminal court. ! C., where he died about two years | | ago, at the age of 97; but every one in Tallahassee remembers him, and many Key Westers are famil- iar with his handsome home. i | was known as the “Column j stood on Park Avenue, just across | from the Post Office. “If Lam not mistaken, that dis- | Husky with said and the canvass, declaration and returns thereof, shall be subjected to the same regulations and restric- tions as are provided by law for ‘CRITTENTONS proposed amendments, | | ON TRIP OF | BOY SCOUTS COMMANDING OFFICER OF BAYSPRING COMMUNI. ‘CATES WITH COMMANDANT. OF NAVAL STATION The following report from the commanding officer, U. S. S. Bay- spring was made to the Com- mandant_ seventh naval district, regarding the trip of Troop 5, Boy Scouts, from Key West to Jack- |sonville: | “The Boy Scouts were unusual- lly well behaved, and followed in- |structions issued them As a safeguard at night and also due \to spray continually coming over |the upper decks the boys were as- {signed sleeping quarters in the wardroom, crew mess hall, and in the cabin; a life buoy watch list |was made up by the. scoutmaster and the larger boys stood a regu- lar watch in addition to the ship’s | |men, to guard against the smalier boys running around the decks at night. “With a moderate sea and slight |pitching, practically all were sea- sick for the first day out. Care was taken to guard against their leaning over the rail and thus be- jing in danger of going overboard; |life belts were worn during the lentire trip. | “Food was furnished by the scouts themselves. Coffee was made, using ship’s urn, and by arranging the hours of messing so no conflict ensue¢ between ship’s mess and scouts. The crew’s mess room was available for their use.” Troop 5, Boy Scouts, 41 mem- bers and five officers, left Key West aboard the U.'S. S. Bay- spring last Tuesday morning, ar- riving in Jacksonville Thursday forenoon at 9:20 o’clock, going on a motorcade from there to St. Augustine...to take boats for Anastasia Island, reaching there at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, where they pitched tents for an encampment of two weeks. Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whit- ney, an American sculptress, de- signed and executed the St. Nazaire Memorial, dedicated on the ninth anniversary of the ar- ‘ival of the first A. E. F. troops in France. Miss Billie Blake of New York fried an egg on the sidewalk dur- ing a recent hot spell in that city. The Sistine Chapel (so called because it was built for Sixtus IV. in 1478) is the private chapel of the Popes in the Vatican. general elections in the State of Florida: IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, have hereunto set my hand and affix- ed the Great Seal of the State of Florida, at Tallahassee, the Capi- | tal, this the twenty-sixth day of/ y, A. D. 1926, H. CLAY CRAWFORD, | Secretary of State. aug?-14-21-28; sept4-11-18-25; oct2- 9-16-23-30 BEARUP’S DRY CLEANING WORKS 514 MARGARET STREET PHONE 227 MASTER CLEANERS AND PRESSERS _ LEAVING TODAY FOR NEW YORK WILL VISIT MANY OTHER POINTS; PROPOSE TAKING/ UP PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN CHICAGO Mrs. R. D. Crittenton, | daughter Lilla and son George} leave today on the Comal for} |New York, where they will visit | friends and relatives in the city} before proceeding to Peekskill, N. Y., and other places before going } to Chicago to make their perma- nent home. They will visit Mrs. | Stokes, another daughter recently married. Mrs. Crittenton and family | have been residents of Key West! for the past eight years, coming here with her late husband from} Texas, where the deceased was! rector of the Episcopal church at} Dennison and archdeacon of the Cc. LMI Daa aD aaa aaa a, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1926. Safety First Chief H. D. Doucett, of the U. battle fleet's air squadron at Ss Diego, has designed a 50-foot para chute for airplanes which, he be lieves, will let a disabled plane flout down easily and prevent*crashes. A pilot will test it soon, stalling his motor $000 feet up and giving the parachute a chance to do its stuff. SCOUT TROOP MEETS FRIDAY INTERESTING SESSION HELD AT HOME OF SCOUT CAPTAIN The members of Troop 8, Girl Scouts, assembled at the home of Mrs. Geo. F. Archer, scout cap- tain, yesterday afternoon follow- ing a business session held at their headquarters in the Knights of Golden Eagle Hall. The greater part of the after- noon was devoted to a discussion of matters of utmost importance to the troop, at which time plans were also made for a fancy work sale to be conducted some time in the near future. | An event which furnished con. | siderable amusement for those as- |sembled on the occasion, was the | visitation of a black ca*, which | persisted in prowling around the | premises all during the afternoon's ‘activities, although with supersti- {tion running high owing te the | fact that yesterday was Friday, |the 13th, nevertheless the mem- | bers of the organization managed | to ward off their numerous imagi- {nations to some extent, proceed- | ing with the mee’ ing which proved to be one of the most interesting {held in some time. It was decided at the meeting {held that all of the old members | who have been absent from the | Sessions for a greater length of time than the rules permit, must report again by September in or- der to become re-insiated in the Mrs. Margaret Domar has the unique position of “alimony com- missioner” in Chicago, her duty being to see that divorced hus- bands promptly pay to former! wives the sums designated by court orders. organization. There were many other inter- esting events taking place at the meeting, with all present spend- ing a most enjoyable afternoon. TROOP REPORTER. Harold Davis, 15-year-old negro} SRPTOIMIOGA boy, traveled from Georgia to! i Wrauktccd; tndic inca how eas Telephone 518 P. 0. Box 220 two day for a week” “““"=| DELMONICO RESTAURANT a A. LOPEZ & CO., Proprs. | Fish a Specialty Meals at All Hours 218 Duval St: Key West, SHIDMILaMs FURNITURE RENOVATED, Upholstered and Refinished. Mattresses Made Over Parlor Cushions Made W. R. Garing, 509 William St. j | | ERE S RES Eee Notice! Nash, Hudson and Studebaker Owners Starting Monday Aug. 16th. Mr. Ernest Evens Will Have Complete Charge Of Our Service And Repair Department PROMPT SERVICE IS PROMISED IN THE FUTURE diocese of Dallas. Coming here the Rev. Crittenton took charge of the local church and built the/ present church to its present state ef completion. Death cut off the olina, twenty years ago, and has} tinguished son of a distinguished made a remarkable success in the » Who represents Leon County } furniture business, S. D. Young.jin the Leg'slature, Hon. A. H./} He is a grand wephew of | Williams, was named “Alexander” thai much loved and respected) after Dr. Hawkins, and both are You Think of 2a Meltzer & Navarro citizen of Tallahassee in the years | gone by, Dr. A. B. Hewkins, whore I knew so well and in whose home f was so often entertained. | “There may be none left in Key / West who remember Dr. Hawkins, #8 he moved from Tallahassee fif-} teen or twenty years ago and re- turned to his home in Raleigh, N.} wn by the affectionate soub- of “Sandy”. ‘On some other occasion when I am in the mood, I may send you another letter, but this is enough fer this occasion. Love to all my friends, in which Susan and Arthur join me. JEFFERSON B. BROWNE, Chrence Frederick of Toledo. O.. is not yet 19 months old, but he weighs 4@ pounds and ts growing all the time. “Good food and plenty of sleep aia it." bis mother says proudly. Clarence compares in size with his playmates of four and five yeara, Sulphur mines eccupy nearly one-fifth of the area of Sicily. gentleman's activities. Mrs. Crittenton has been prominent in socia] and club work since coming to Key West, having been president of the Woman's Club, and such activities. Her departure from Key West will be regretted by a large number of friends. ISAPALLLLALLLALLLAEL LALLA EL 2A Ms LUCIGNANI Ask your dealer for it. \CLIOTIOTIOIDIOIIO TE | f Cor. Fleming And Simonton Sts.