The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1934, Page 2

PACE TWO Che Key Thess Caen Publisted Dally Rxcept Sundar By TRE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO, INC. 4. P. ARTMAN, Presideni. From The Citizen Building ‘Vorner Greene und Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe “County. <pterea at Key West, Florida, as second class matter e. VIFTY-FIFTH YEAR EA 2 itn, i ‘Member of the Ausociated Press she Associated Press ip exclusively entitled to ase < tor republication of all news dispatches credited. to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also a __the local news published bere. _____ ; ‘SUBSCRIPTION, 3 RATES Made known on application, ~ SPECIAL NOTICE ee iat bi readii tices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ~ eapect, obituary notices, ete,, Will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a ‘ine. Notices for entertainments by churches from whicb ‘@ revenue is to be are cen! The Citizen is an open forum and invites @iseus- sion issues and subjects of local or general p< SE A ‘will not publish Sermo communt- . gations. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 250 Park Ave, New York; 35 East Wacker Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bidg., DETROIT; 1 Walton Bidg.. ATLANTA. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST é ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN —_ Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. 4 Free Port. Hotels and Apartments Bathing Pavilion. Aquarium. . ‘Airporte—Land end Sea. Consolidation of County and City THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; aiways fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthplece of aay person, clique, faction or class; alwayt do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or Inf, Hen; denounce vieg. and praise: virtues mi good done by or organ- ‘leation; tolerant of others’ rights, views and and not contaminate the reader; never com- promige with principle. # Good advertising is not an expense; - it is an investment. yg We're patriotic, but still we'd prefer t gold eagles to blue ones, Anxious days ahead for those candi- ‘dates who are in the run-off election of June 26. As we understand it, this “truth in ad- vertising” movement is designed to confine fiction to the news columns. Nominations for the most - stately tbieycle rider in Key West are in order. “Come on, nazhe your, choice. «4 & 4 : ‘Phe law of supply and demand is in- ~exorable. It cannot be repealed, appealed -to, or legislated for or against. One thing that Wil greatly help solve “the troubles of the country, is for everyone ste make things go well in his home town. The pendulum will. swing back “quicker for the fellow who advertises than it will for the one who holds off until busi- hess gets to booming again. Playing ball on the basis of the Golden Rute just isn’t in the cards)for some peo- ‘ple. They would “gyp” their own grand- ‘mothers if they were able to see some ad- Vantage for themselves. Candidates, to secure their election, frequently promise jobs to influential of- fice-seekers. If they are elected and de- diver, well and good, but if they fail in their promises, their goose is cooked. When Uncle Sam drives an individual out of business by selling below cost of pro- duction, who pays the taxes of the “evieted” business man? Ask us an easy one. The consumer is the “ast man.” He pays it. WHAT IS AMERICA’S OLDEST BUSINESS If you want to 0 Btart a Sebate ‘any time} the! Ltrs sane nate pt OM among the government’s business experts | in Washington ask them what is the oldest | continuous commerce on the continent. There are plenty of Ameriean business houses more than 100 years old but it is certain that there are older © continuous businesses than that though aot under the same firm name. Experts are now beginning to agree that_either the commercial fisheries or the far business is the oldest continuous busi- ness, with tobacco a second because — ex- ports of that product: began soon after Jamestown was established, and it now looks as if the commercial fisheries are be- ginning to crowd out the fur business for first honors as North America’s oldest con- tinuous commerce. Washington’s experts themselves are now inclining to give the honor to the com- mercial fisheries because they have learned that Canadian historians and ‘savants dig- ging up facts on the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Canada, to be observed threughout the province of Quebec. .and elsewhere this summer, have expressed the opinion that the fisheries off historic Gaspe peninsula in Eastern Quebec, were operated by Europeans long hefore Jacques Cartier landed there in 1534. Although they have no air-tight his- torical proof, some Canadian historians, including erudite Jesuit scholars, believe that the Gaspe fisheries were operated by Greenlanders and Icelanders as early as the 12th Century. Benjamin Suite de- clared that Basques were engaged in fur trading and fishing from the beautiful Gulf of St. Lawrence to Lac St. Pierre, near Trois Rivieres, long before the discovery by Cartier. as It is certain, however, that Europeans rushed out to Gaspe immediately after the Cartier discovery and that the Gaspe peninsula fisheries have ‘been operated continuously every year for profit since then. The; picturesque fleets and fishing operations have now created new business. THE ROGERS RAILROAD Will Rogers is known the world over as a comedian, but few know that he was once a railroad magnate. .A story to-that effect is told, however, and for all we know it may be true. It is said that in the early days of Claremore, Will’s home town in Oklahoma, that flourishing village was five miles from a railroad. Will and his brothers built a branch railroad to connect Claremore with the main line, also got up some nifty let- terheads, on which the names of the brothers were listed as high officials of the road. They also had some good-looking courtesy passes printed, which.they freely exchanged with officials of other rail- roads. By this means they were enabled to do quite a bit of treveling without trans- portation expense. When one inquisitive railroad’ presi- dent took it upon himself to investigate the status of the, Rogers line, and found that it was only pe long, he wrote to pr test that it no lied. by admitting thaty the “aie. line ‘w&stiot very long in length, but that it was “as wide as anybody’s old railroad.” RACKETEER INSURANCE Since the advent of the racketeers who collect tribute from small tradesmen, intimidation, a demand for insurance pro- tection against the depredations of these crooks has been met by several insurance companies, A writer in Popular Science tells of a clothing manufacturer in New York who insured his place against damage by racketeers, and collected the amount of his loss when thugs ruined several thousand dollars worth of garments by throwing a stench bomb containing chemicals which, impregnated them with a melt that could not be eradicated. It is said that between 500 and 600 other establishments have taken out simi- lar policies. They evidently think it cheaper to buy this form of protection than submit to the demands of racketeers. It would be interesting to know just how the actuaries figure eut the premium rates for such insurance, but it seems that they can do it. In fact, they will insure against almost any kind of hazard, from catching cold to being kidmaped.-It is said that some families-insure against the arrival of twins, ;| Saturday afternoon by Flag Day: i lediademememeeetth "fHE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOCCoSoDSCeCLecocccocooocoeoooooCeoCS Daily Cross-word Puzzle AGNOSS 4. Solution or yesterday's Puzzie Gaze : o Breach river’ [NIAIP] PETE SITAR] lole |r| feinias] IR] Spider's nonte 9. Sheds the teatners ). Things . Road: abbr. Lowest . Pitehs ieee Free 14. Force an en- AIX] 1] bn BEPORTED ISITIEIPISIO} 19. ‘Swallow with- = p.out . chewing YR coms 36. Beane, crossil ne AINE NIE! ». sogpatdor .. WMAIRT TIM INILIAICIED | wn actin. (CAITIONMAINITII MIOIN|Y] met [AIR OMMSIEIEISBML Ie Sun effect . =, with sales % Volcetess ‘con 5 ni purer era | DOWN . Fun Singing voice Article . Deny . Short jackets E Sriaht-oreset Partly Cléudy and T local thundershowers; gentle moderate ‘éasterly “winds!” . Florida: Saturday; showers Saturday and probably in/at Chester, Pa. Died ih Washing-| extreme south portion tonight. i Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Gentle to moderate easterly winds’ and partly overcast weather to-j novelist, born. jnight and Saturday with ocea-, 1884. sional showers. East Gulf: winds over gentle to moderate east or south- east winds over north portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS m/l De er tre a8 Une J. sc de oe do4n8 ae FCCC mer ~ KEY WEST IN aay iS Birthdays DAYS GONE em U. S. Senator Robert F. Wage jner of New York, born in. Ger- The Files Of The Citizen @ Dr. Louise Stanley, head of the | Department of Agrieulture’s Bu- reau of Home Economics, born at | Nashville, Tenn., 51 years ago. have With the royal poinciana con- sidered the most beautiful flewer in South Florida, a local Rotarian wonderingly asked today why it, i has never been chosen as the class} Frank Lloyd Wright, famous flower by any of the graduates of American architect, born at Rich- the public schools in Monroe coun-’ ‘land Center, Wis., 65 years ago, ty. Then he answered his own} question by surmising that the reason for this is that the poinci-\i an, noted Protestant Episcopal ana is so common that its beauty: |), t goes unheeded by those who daily jGg Fon ka at: Bharon, Ohio, see the gorgeous trees, i Se Dr. Samuel S. Marquis of Mich- Saturday, June 14, is the oie Clarence H. De Mar, New Eng- hundred and forty-seventh anni- }land’s noted Marathon runner, versary of the bill passed by the {born at Medina, Ohio, 46 years American congress adopting the 9S stars and stripes as the emblem: | of this country. From the days of; A daughter of immigrant the first settling in New England ' ‘parents who can neither read nor write English, Joanna Xenos, 7, oe eee A ee 7h that whe bas passed from the first to eighth American Flag was adopted by the grade in the year she has been at- American States in its present, tending school in Chicago. | form. This important sary will be fittingly j ercaatod FEO believes that developments so far is just. a glimmer of, what the} grapciogs under the auspices of B.’ future holds in store. fat Elks, Lodge Py in, front pf], the’élub house of thé Otgititzhtioh ‘fhe tibnthy of May had a dtc on Duval street. The progtam is temperature of 80.2 degrees and! in charge of George Brown, An-/an average daily excess of 1.1 de- drew Page and William L. Dates. | grede. It was the warmest May {since 1912 and the highest tem- Though the primary election is’ perature, 90 degrees, occurred on a week old today its results are’ May 31. This is the first time 90 stil being discussed regarding the! has been reached in May in 38 showing of several candidates.; years. During the month. there Oldtime politicians and younger|were 11 clear days, 14 partly ones also are still marveling over cloudy and six cloudy, with 881.5 the excellent showing made by hours of sunshine or practically 80) Wm. F. Maloney, whose race was percent of the possible total num- the most successful ever made in ber of hours in the month. the county. On the other hand’ there is one candidate who is still figuring out, or at least trying to figure, the cause of his defeat. He felt assured of his election but lost ‘by a serprisingly targe vote. As was remarked by a cynically in. clined old friend, “counting polit seal chicks before they are hatch- ed” is a precarious practice as it; ‘o frequently happens that the po- litical eggs refuse te be qroheeties af the much wanted chickens LLDPE EPL PELE LEI EEL Ld Judge and Mrs, Henry H. Tay- jlor left last night for Miami for; an indefinite stay. During his ab | cence, Judge Taylor will preside! ‘at the trial of the Julian Brain! case which is referred to in Mi- i ami as the “Roadhouse Case. The case is attracting a great deal jof attention in Miami with a wide | ‘diversity of opinion warmly ex- [pressed, and it was decided to [have an outside judge preside q Members of the Pale Beach{*e ‘i=. Yacht Club and a fleet of eight yachts left this morning for Behia| Editorial comment: The wicked Honda after a stay of several) Britons and Canadians who send days in Key West harbor. Despite whiskey to this country might be the belie? that this is an off sea- adequately punished by sending’ son for tarpon, members of the} tthem some of our home brew. perty caught a large number and| seme of them were beautiful) specimens. One of the largest taken weighed 124 pounds. Among the yachtsmen is D. H. Conkling. foblisher of the Palm Beach Post. who says he has unbounded faith’ {be future of the Florids Key: nls ] PRITCHARD Phoee $45 Never Steape —— | Fiighest Mean . Normal Mean Yesterday’s Preei Tomorrow tises ‘Sun sets | Moon . rises. {Mono sets | Bar meter at 8 a. m., | Sea level, 29.99. Sons WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m, Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly! ot Jaffrey, N. H. Died at Cam-j loudy tonight and Saturday with | pridge, Mass., Feb. 5, 1879. The northern high pressure area is crested this morning over New England and sections of the country ¢ast of the Mississippi River, €ontinues low in the Plains States. During the last 24 hours showers occurred throughout Florida peninsula, on the Middle Gulf coast, im eastern North Caro- lina, and in portions of the Up- per Mississippi and Missouri Val- leys, the rainfall being teavy “| Datuth, Mim, 1.04 inches, New Orleans, La. 1.00 inch. a (SELIITTEIIIIOTESIOIILAELILI ON FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934; Soccceccocccccesoooeseee Today’s Horoscope SCovecsvedcorhwesaveveces i : TODAY’S WEATHER Here we havea seemingly able ; peratures have fallen in the North | 4nd etiérietic nature,-but many pf it jand Middle Atlantic States, and those born on this diy seem te ecg in the Lake region and Up-| nave rather poor success, There ‘per Mississippi Valley, and read- mA ings are generally above normal! this morning from the Piains} .04 Ins, | Statés eastward, except over .11 Ins, jmortheastern sections, G. 8, KENNEDY, Temperature* may be an unpractical vein, ‘and there is some danger of logs through the hands of others, when it seems as though every avenue had been guarded. - The day ds*% | actually unfortunate, but the path should prepare for the later years. R cre nn Rainfall® jitation « Seepecogeouspeedaacccese 1743—Count Cagliostro, a no- {torious Italian charlatan, who had today: {an extraordinary and successful career, born. Died Aug. 26, 1795. — 1784—(150 years ago) Samuel Batchel@er, New England cotton tnanutacturer and inventor, born! | 1784—Marie Antoine Careme, celebrated. French cook, bern. Died Jan. 12, 1833. ‘ 1797—Samvel Bowles, first of | the family of noted publisher-edi- | jtors of the Springfield (Mass.) | Republica, born at Hartford, Conn. | ‘Died Sept. 8, 1851, i 1810—Robert Schumann, fa- mous German musical composer, | tolborn. Died July 29, 1856, i 1813—David Dixon Porter,’ |ramea Union admiral of the: Civil; War, xon of a noted admiral, born! Partly cloudy tonight local thunder- ton, D. C., -_ 18, 1891, 1814—Charles ‘Reade, i English | Ge Méderate easterly, south portion and DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. 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