The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 25, 1933, Page 4

BLOOMS: WILL BE SOLD ON DUVAL STREET; FUNDS TO BE USED FOR DISABLED WAR VETERANS Next Saturday, May 27, will be “Poppy Day” for the Amer- ican Legion. The local auxiliary organization “have made plans for street will be the thoroughfare on which the_blooms will be sold. Fonds from the sale of the poppies arg used for the benefit of disabled veterans. The flowers are Saby disabled non-com- pensated men in the hospitals of States. of France, in the summer breeze nod and dance, wheat. fields, how them lie that stir not star shells burst on high. Géntly bEiding o’er them beneath the 's soft glance, Poppies fh, the wheat fields on the ransomged fields of France. “Man magnificent monu- ments toainknown Soldiers and to paid the supreme the great war, but only fashion a poppy, & living ‘which marks the Place of the heroes who felf where the fighting was the ad the. bloodsh Migeet rods of nee, banner of faith in y chaos, as it let line the shell hole, was to the men who ‘the uae Zo. be held here. Duval While it has always had a_ great{ tractors for quick profit. ‘CayoHueso---Key West (By LA PLACE Epeagick) » OOF ocacescosccesscsasereeeeesesesseeeseeeeer (Continued from last Thursday) , rection so it is easy to know where When the writer was-a little}the center is. (It is not the storm boy and attended school, the small] but the lack of knowledge which is geography from which he endegy-|dangerous.) No damage of con- ored to glean a few facts, men-! sequence has ever happened at | tioned that “Key West was mainly Key West as'storms are understood built upon the clippings of an im-; and notice of their coming is giv-; mense sponge industry”. (Thejen for days before they arrive. No} same little book showed a picture] tidal wave could occur as the wa- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BUSINESS TREND |QUAKESAFETY | UPWARD, SHOWS | REGIONS GIVEN EMPLOYMENT RISE PERTAIN-| CURATOR OF GEOLOGY FROM ING TO INDUSTRIAL MAT-| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF TERS SUPPLANTS NORMAL: NATURAL HISTORY Is DROP FOR MONTH HEARD ON SUBJECT of the Everglades as an ipmense | ter goes AROUND the island, and watersoaked forest with tremen-} “banks” and reefs break the force) dous trees festooned with snakes.) | of waves. The fact is that Key West is built} on the English plan, as in the Ber-' upon a solid rock foundation and|mudas, instead of by piace aed ere; sponging industry, the clippings) are substantial wooden houses now} must be looked for at the ware- in Key West that were built in houses. Many varieties grow in the the early part of 1800. As the waters at and near Key West. Inistorm moves in a wheel of great places the bottom f& fairly paved | width, at any particular spot it is with them. Sheepswool is the var-'a straight wind and never twists iety most sought for. Sizes are|and tears as in the northern cy- sometimes very large and prices| clones, which come suddenly and usually good. Professional “spong-; with deadly effect. (Note—The ers” own their own sponge boats; writer has been in three West In- Also, houses are built 4 By J. R. BRACKETT (By Asnpeiated Prens) NEW YORK, May 25.—Im- provement in business activity for April was more than usnal for that it AS ki Piast fi month, according to the report is- Aah he isi d bap, eS aA sued by the Conference of Statis-|f"0m the after effects of old ticigns in Industry of the Nation-{™0ther earth's face-lifting _pro- al Industrial Conference. cesses—quakes and temblors. Also, contrary to normal, em- _ That may not be the actual ad- ployment in manufacturing indus-| Vice a scientist would give, but try increased slightly in April, Dr. Chester A. Reeds, curator of while a decline is seasonal. Weekly | e0logy of the American Museum earnings showed a measurable|of Natural History, in a study of gain, with a rise in hours worked|Seismic disturbances over a 25- (By Axsociated Press) NEW YORK, May 25.—Go to the great ice wastes of the polar lands, north or south, young man, and there is a fleet of about one hundred. They slowly drift over the sponging grounds. By the leraves real danger, who lies upon his stomach and uses hooks attached to a long pole, may bring them up from the bottom. They are cleaned, strung on cord, and sold by the bunch or string. to professional buyers. A few years ago, Chas. W. Chase, Sr., conceived the idea that sponge could be grown intentionally. He had cement disks.made with metal strips in the center. To these were attached pieces carefully cut from healthy sponge. They were scat- tered at a distance of about three feet apart over the hottom of a nice bay, in. water from 3 to 6 feet in depth. It was found that if the conditions were proper. that. they would grow and make fine sponges within a reasonable time. They ‘ow better if there is some surge. ‘owever, Florida spongers and fishermen do not believe in prop- erty owners fencing off miles of, perfectly good bays. They be- lieve that “If God’d wanted fences] « in the ocean, He’d likely a put’m there.” Even Temperatures the water by tourists and others./ Genly the boat jumped: backward] weeks, Some of these men and boys are good’ singers and while floating ‘will sing in unison. After div- ing for a coin, it is placed in the mouth and there several of these! |divers who can float and sing With’ ease while half a dozen coins ‘lie! in the: mouth. Among the “old timers” are ‘Willie’ and “Skin- .| ner’? who are experts of remark- “Tn 1921 at the American convention of d Auxiliary the poppy was d 9s our official memorial able ability. The former is white! and Skinner is black. Their swim- ming and singing act would be a winner in Madison Square Gar-| der. These men sometimes go) out to the reefs and dive fo Gonch which boys peddle about the town at “three for two _ bits.” Conch is a very healthy article of: diet giving great vitality. -In taste ‘they are somewhat similar to lob- ster, shrimp-or crab, but a trifle too. sweet. Therefore, linie juic is used in’its preparation, Fi: men and some others sometim eat them raw (but civilized .} people have been known to gat aeres each and averaging 20 to 30 miles apart, is being pro- in Tennessee by State dames 0. Hazard. legislature has empowered MeAlister to create where there are of state-owned sufficient acreage to the state for non- taxes and where are suitable for forest il $ E HHT fla dian hurricanes and also two mur- derous cyclones, one in Nebraska and one in Texas. If a person then don’t; trade one cyclone for a dozen hur- ricanes.) Most of the islands of the Flor- ida Keys have at the water’s edge an evergreen shrub called the Man-grove. It is found in tropic} regions around the globe and pre- fers to have its feet in ocean wa- ter. It throws out roots from high pp on the trunk, and also the branches droop and take root. Aj group of these mangroves some- what resembles a lot of giant spi- ders with bright green leaves. No waves or winds could dislodge them and they catch the drift, leaves, and soil, thereby gradually building up and adding to the size of the islands. - In times of storm, the buccaneers and pirates ran their craft into the channels) among the mangroves and were safe. It is still done by both fishermen and spongers. Caught Near Key West Giant fish and sea creatures are ten canght at or near Key West. | stated, was stepped up sharply in) potentially dangerous to life and] can 91 per week. Hourly earnings—in- dicating wage rates—were steady. Continues In May “The improvement of business conditions that began in the lat- ter part of March extended through the month of April and the first half of May,” the report said. “Adwances in production and trade were made, however, from the low point of the depression and were confined largely to the industries not involving heavy) construction. “The gradual but steady rise in bond prices in recent weeks is a! heartening indicator of possible} new capital enterprise.” (A strong] bond would permit flotation of| new issues for business and indus- trial use.}, { Automobile Output Up Automobile output, the report} successive weeks after the secoud! week in March. Building and} engineering construction showed; some improvement in the residen- tial field, though total activity was less than usually expected in} April. ‘he largest shark of which there is record as having been captured in Florida waters, was harpooned at Knight’s Key, near Key West, on June Ist, 1912, by Captain Chas. Thompson. It weighed 26,600 whale shark, rhinodon typus, About four months ago, ’an old time fisherman of the city had his fishing-hoat anchored near the reefs, seyeral miles from town, at the edge of the Gulf Stream. Sud- and’ started off at tremendous The anchor was at the/terials and commodities in var-|America, the Caribbean sea speed. t stern of the boat and a gigan- tic somethi) had snagged the anchor - rope ® and, started swift- ly away, dragging the boat back- ‘ward. The speed and pull were’ so strong thatethe stern of the boat, to which the’ rope was at- tached, went down almost to the Steel and iron production ad- vanced sharply in April with a stepping up of activity that was decidedly more than seasonal at this time of the year. Bituminous coal mined during the month fell! | Electric Power Up i Electric powér output in i nled moved upward, although a de-| cline is usual. Activity in the! textile industries showed rapid/| improvement over the last six) Freight distribution of raw ma- ious stages of manufacture in- creased in April as compared! with March, while retail trade ad-| vanced by amounts larger than usual at this time of the year. Carloadings of all materials show- ed a total nét gain, whereas a: slight decline is seasonal. Depart- {“oceur at about 10 a day, i great belts, one year period which began in 1899, found that these bitter cold re- gions rarely have earthquakes. : Few In Arctic Lands In all that time just 10 quakes were recorded above the Arctic circle, and the one farthest north was 700 miles from the pole. At the other end of the globe only five were noted within the Ant- arctic circle. To visualize his study, Dr. Reeds prepared a seismic map of the world and placed thereon dots to show the epicenter of each of the major earthquakes that have occurred during the 25-year period. Four Thousand Quakes Yearly Quakes, ranging from. slight tremors to major disasters, reach a yearly total of 4,000. “These quakes,” Dr. Reeds explained, but only two per cent of them are | property. “Most tremors start at the bot- tom of the sea and seem to be confined for the most part to two running from west to east through the Mediter- ranean and the other covering both sides of the Pacific.” Big Shocks Relatively Few In the 25 years Dr. Reeds esti- mates that quakes of various ad panto totalled about 100,000, which only i,7; rs i shocks. Of This aan ay 71 were reported in the United States, with about a dozen oc- eurring along the Pacific coast line. The Atlantic seaboard of this country is free of any in- |dieations of earth disturbances in the map. It is shown that quakes have occurred numerous in Latin and along the west coast of South America, while Europe, except for Italy and the Balkans, has been remarkably free © from quakes, Along the Mediterranean through Asia Minor the quake in- dicators increased rapidly and at water line and wayes rolled away} ment store sales increased in dol-|the same time spread fanwise un- on either side. The fisherman happened to be in the bow and it was impossible him to craw! to cut the rope, as y out of the water and his weight would put it lar value more than is to be ex- pected at this time of the year. Wholesale Prices Advance Commodity prices at wholesale! in April and in May have ad- vanced steadily. Security prices} til the Pacific ocean is reached, where the entire coast line from Kamchatka to New Zealand literally peppered with them. Heavy concentrations oceur in the vicinity of Japan, in the C} is a under, He saw some hideous thing} advanced in April and the first} Sea and farther south through the come near the surface of the wa- ter but spray made it impossible to see what it was. After a hair- reising ride of several miles at a frightful speed, it suddenly came half of May. Bonds, while low- er in April, ‘moved upward in| May, although commodity prices} continued~-to increase. Money} rates — were low and easy; Polynesian islands. Dr. Reeds ‘said that earth- quakes have taken a toll of about 13,000,000 lives in historic times and done untold property dam- t up and skated on the surface. Its|in April-and May, while the total) age. wings measured about twenty feet lacross. It was a giant skate, of Federal Reserve credit out- standing in April fell off sharp- . known at Key West as a “Devil-} ly. Dr. Reeds expressed the hope that in the future it might be pos- raw oysters.) ifish.” It had been slipping along Hurricane Season under water and ran afoul of the There is a regular season for! anchor rope—the anchor jerked what are called West Indian Hur-/ joose from the bottom and slid up rieanes. They are said to have'so the shouldergot the monster, origin in “the Doldrums” and AL- where it stuck. © (At any time MOST NEVER occur out of sea-| strange and interesting things may son, and seldom during the season, happen at Key West.) | The crea- which is September and October.|ture headed for the Gulf Stream On account of the prevailing winds and as its waters are rougher and their course is usually north or} the boat would certainly sink, that north-west. Occasionally one forms} meant death. in the western Caribbean andj ang the terror-stritken fisherman It veered a little} | sible, through a new kind of ap- Commercial failures fell off| paratus, to be able to forecast slightly in rumber, but increased | earthquakes somewhat as weather in liabilities, according to Dun/ information is given out to- and Bradstreet. The decline in| day. number was an extension of un- — seasonal curtailment begun in} According to a member of the March. {Society of Automotive Engineers jthe next five years will bring about the complete operation of an auto- mobile by one small dial on the | steering wheel. A German engineer has produc- ed a skyrocket, controlled by ra- dio. intended for carrying mail. TO SUBSCRIBERS If you do not receive your paper by 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon, use your téleplone or your neighbor's phone and moves north thru the Yycatan was channel. Reports of their location, intensity, speed and direction come in for several days before the From Texas to the following holds | good, A hurricane is a great wheel SccnenunsnnEnnEenEne of wind, ysually from three to six OLD TIME MARSHAL hundred miles in diameter, which | moves very slowly along on its hub, HEARNE, Tex.—T. P. Griffin,}or axis. Outside this wheel recently re-elected city marshai|is “the quiet before the storm”— erg, has held the office for &8|the outer edge of the wheel is merely a gentle breeze but as | meves slowly forward and the cen- ter becomes closer, the wind in- pereases in velocity and is strongest jmear the hub. At the center theg jis utter calm. The closer to the jhub the more foree, se when the | quiet center has moved past, the . fall force of the hurricane strikes' pega a ° sneer ' siddenty ud then gradually di- ber —— at this office ;minishes, That is the reason some 6:00 to 7:15 p. m, for the ;People were hurt in Miami i prsnbignt~ delivering com. }j 1926. “Old-timers” and persons inte. us give you 100 | who understood hurricanes do not percens 51 i¢ ]} dash out to look around during you do not receive The . passage of the central axis. The Lwheel always turns in the same exciting trip of his lif Thén the rope broke. His name is Manuel Herera and he has resided in Key West for 46 years. Dear old Key West—so differ- ent from all other towns. In it there is beauty, and romance—if you crave it, adventure. —Key West, “The Dream City” THE END Subserihe for The Citizen—20¢ week. \eee YY , \' SPEND Z S" your VACATION THI FLORIDA your WEALTH! 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