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‘ANTMAN, President. Prom The Citizen Building — Ps _—- Bridges to complete Road to Main- _ Free Port. ; Believe only half you hear—but see that that half is the right one. Cengress and not the president first started the custom of observing Thanks- giving. Next week the nation pauses long enough to return a few thanks, officially, ‘to the Almighty. ' To envy the success of a competitor ‘in business is a negative policy that leads : to eventual failure. Jonah has heard of the stone age, the “iron age, the bronze age, ad has heard much of the coons age. Congressman-elect Mitchell of Hlinois, {like his predecessor, De Priest, will son- ‘stitute the entire Negro bloc. Thanks to the new “lame duck” amendment, we shall have another month’s respite before Congress meets. Dance placards in Key West bear the legend “Ladies Free.” In that case being at least part Scotch, we'll take one. The radio will never supplant the newspaper. You can’t use radio waves to cover the pantry shelves.—Jacksonville Journal. There is one advantage in fishing ever hunting. You are nat likely to be mistaken for a shark and*hooked.—Miamii Herald. Conversely, however, many of us have been hooked ‘by a'shark. 4 y° \ Dr. J. Y. Porter, Sr., told the writer several tinies’that the Fedetal government should make Key West into a district fash- ioned somewhat after the District of Colambia. In Administrator Stone’s sug- gestion of a “Key West Authority” the germ of this thought. Bermuda's chief products are kitchen garden vegetables. Key West, fashioning itvelf after that famous resort, should go in for the growing of vegetables. Author Verill sojourning here expressed surprise that the people of this island import their vegetables when every sort of vegetable can be grown here in abundance. The one drawback is the scarcity of water but that could be overcome. lies Consolidation of the city and county governments ic No. 8 of the improvements advocated by The Citizen for many years, and when the Economy League was formed The Citizen stressed this point as a major alleviation of the local economic condition, but nothing ever came of it. The leaders of this community evidently do not think it advisable to advocate this measure for final adoption into law. The Citizen be- lieves it will be brought about eventually, for whatever a city earnestly desires it will finally get. eee tered at Key West, Plorida, as second class matter pe | should be'done to shorten bread lines in| Age Teday As Taken From this country and that private business east winds, shifting to should do it. ri and east portion As a result of the recent election, with day. its vote of confidence in the administra- wmiunn. antl ‘no immediate change in public policies and The western disturbance bas —— that, in order to prevent further objeotion- As a Seritt agen _moved slowly southeastward, and able legislation, it.is up to business:to show |e those making’ the inquiries) 2° Jer" of Ie ing for the} Sum pressure is low thir marsing from ae, ae mn, itis up for people who are looking % are aware of the beauty of the | on tien tien. that ‘the Lake Superior region south- en, barre, besten, that the country ‘can recover without neW |heach at Boca Chica and ask if, ares te Se eileen wa ward over the West Gulf States, — a changes and even without some of the | there are other keys with beaches Ooore Stiet tqpe of tebints Abilenc. Texas, 2952 inchex: beats - an " emergency laws now on the beoks. oes E-Wet quilt, Sa goed: Sie) or cluage retara whose: thee A.M. P.34.| While there has been = decked) “OS a re to the effect that the 3 rise pressure over the Norte zs This is encouraging. Everybody hopes | nex: key with a beautiful beach (1 oahasgrigcrsayrciepe ome ot High 11:00 Per Afiantic States, Boston, Mas. — | that in some manner business will acquire | Sugar Loaf and at this place is a| (M, Ways to make them contented site por agus 3:22) 50.64 inches, and another ates of Powe pee to rele beach al s attracti that | ' ¢ “ "| Barometer today: ii i ing @ ine that confidence for which it seeks and that Dench mens, Ske sand ridge! chjects tor gypping. Sea level, 29.98, ie ne wo hl financial, industrial and economic leaders | running back for a distance of a eres ee ue, almags Lowest Highest | 90.26 inches. Rains have been won| cof the uation will get together, pull to- about 600 feet. ! for some item. He will pay it. But} - Station— en ra during the ust 24 hears from ee NE Ree ee Ta Sacttece, wien contacting ee en ee a ae > See feet again. In such a move lies the best}, ciosing out sale of his Jewelry | ood friends.-And in the end it is 42 60 |region being, heavy im Arkansas. 4 prospect of preventing radical demands in | store, stated to The Citizen today | siways the shopkeeper who pays 60 ry Je 216 Congress and the possible threat of ill-ad- bey Pee. 2 tae — for overcharges pee customers. - ~ . s results from adve! a | of w t our city a 5 vised relief measures. ‘page in a recent issue of this pa-‘ Fie high Seis i ate — of nha 60 78 eon ae per, that he will take another | st things we must dois to cor- a) = MUSICAL TASTE BETTER page. Results exceeded all of bis | pect the grabbing attitude towards . 34 42 A ase said a ee! tourists. We must keep our prices Jacks a % 3 5 who is offering a fine line of! hcolutely normal. For one satis- WEST __ In spite of the preponderance of jazz! w ches, jewelry, ete.. at greatly | paar peeing oy year. twenty will] Little Rock 62 72 and ot trivial music on the air, Walter | reduced prices. return next year. For if we a Loskerie 62 70 a ‘osch believ: i i the tourist what we charge the Key j Miami a 78 a Sepeteeen SEAL ratio anaiemors- See) si asset erates iodine, in| Wicd he wali tee ee Le ee 78 entiation ih cntitenteihenstbre eestieecitrectanntoentaasibiae sharon tmatecehdsarentientanieantthonantsatitcanentppeninmneteniceatdissisiennisniiaentainnabiinssiinettte (teen ichnitlinanreeniiienhebreomee forming a taste for symphonic and | ,,. ja igh class programs. ae Married Men. With only de- | it in the communit; 4#he=many thousands of letters he has re- racgeek pao pees oe 4 ae eee ceived from those who have enjoyed his ; ministered by the My=teriosgs, the} West is really unique! “music appreciation” concerts by a .sym-j{ Married Men wili fight hard to| Es 5 k keep that record. An phony orchestra during the last few years, | pame is expected . and the great increase in these expressions of approval which have come to him. He says: “From the first I was confident the radio would bring about a new era in the history of symphonic music in this coun- try, but I had no idea that the results! would become apparent so quickly.” An increasing number of America’s finest symphony orchestras, grand opera companies and concert bands have been Mr. and Mr: heard on the air, during the last year, all pein ess re eae | aoe. Miller, | ibuti a : y yester-/ soldier, San Francisco fur contributing tremendously to the develop-j gay at their home dy ae ment of a better appreciation of good — iborn at South Bend. = mer: ic. hip Cuba left this morn-i yarch 8. 1886. music on the part of the general public. as 5 We should have even more such programs} 0... to Ke in the future. ti ¥ train today. Today’s Anniversaries Next Friday night the Rotarians | of Key West will present their an- | nual minstrel show at the Garden je. Theater. All Rotary minstrels of | the past have been history making | events and the members of the! yay 30, 1778. troupe this yesr will surpass all{ efforts of past years. Proceeds of ; the show will be divided equally; between the public library the boys work fund. jgeons, born at Lebanon | Died in St. Louis, April 25, Everett Russell, | = Ind. Steam 1834—(100 years ago), d the morning | DEBTS esumed! Redford. Mass. Died in Mrs. Laura Crusoe has : “= York City, July 3, 1916. her dutie: (The Presbyterian of the South) at the Divi Debts are very easily made, but are not al- John Timothy Crimmins, 63| 1835—Rose Eytinge, Mays so easily paid. yesrs old, died at his home yester- | teacher and author, born i One of the distressing condi- are being piled up. This is true of the Nation, of | eral will be held Saturday. BEE = was one of Key West's the States, and of individuals. The national debt Cheek hes fk Ot in the last two has increased so rapidly that} Ala. he came to Key W ; 1885 and engaged in the tinnin He ycity. Dec. 20, 1911. rdinal Mercier, prelate, born. yea: it is impossible x the ordinary man to keep up | never been as large or grown as fast. Subscribe for The Citizen. p ati A boy wa Mr. and M their he The same thing is true of the states’ debts. In 1921 ten states had no debts, and the debts of the other thirty-eight states totaled $534,343,000. At the present time only three states are free from debts and the debts of the other forty-five states | he " BENJAMIN LOPEZ | FUNERAL HOME Established 49 Years Key West's Oldest d@’Arpignae d after} in a lawsuit at 24-Hour Ambulance Service total $1.671,092,000. The total debt of the states | Bord ce. and she was Licensed Embalmer : sent tc Phene Night 696-W are, therefore, three times as great as they were | ©"t te ams i thirteen years ago. ee ‘Bhere is no way of estimating the amounts of private di Fewer Aches and Pains More Health and Pleasure PHN drags you down—physically, mental- FT LL hd hh hd, but they are enormous and they are ing very rapidly. grow The Government, in orde: to help those who were in etraitened circumstances, and to provide work for unemployed, has greatly encouraged people to go into debt. has Money Why continue to endure it? Try Dr. Miles been loaned to vast numbers of people who could Anti-Pain Pills for Headache, Neuralgia, show that. it would be wisely spent, and it has been Muscular, Rheumatic, Sciatic, Periodic loancd on very easy terms, anti in many cases has aeiee they seen. a - y easy rms, im many cases has Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills are pleasant to brought great relief to property owners and to} take and prompt to act. They not upset workmen. i the stomach, cause constipation or leave you However, the distressing part of this whole Ask your ist or any of the hundreds of is that these debts must be paid, The Gov- National and State, will provide for their be E f F 1 think all Dr. Miles medicines are wonderful, but i- Pai are ed favorite. paid by the people. The private debtors will have } tee g 4 hemselves. Individuals cannot do| time, ulating the taxes to be assessed to | pag Ree ere —— Pha Golan tovernment debts, but they have all to do with | SS nije oe ee paying their own debts. There are at least two | <a better ripe eee * things that every man who is in debt should do. | and feel like I would go under. | take two Anti- One is that he should, just as far as possible, keep | a ee eae his debts from increasing. The other is that he] Masia agrte yqanae we should do all in chis power to meet the payments Bi i eee = on his debts, including interest, as fast as they | a ee — eee great oa t come due. This will probably require hard work | Se ee ee on the part of most men, and will involve econom- | the —— have ieal living for some time. But it is better to| St teks economize and pay the debt, than to let the pay-| te he ments accumulate, until he will be forced to sell all ! that he has, and then probably be left with a part | of his debt unpaid. | To get out of dobt will require ‘the united ef-} fort of husband and wife and children. | SAS Se 5 and plumbing business. He had| igs with it and the end is not yet. Except in the isany ‘fcienils among the white| | 1854—Pope Benedict XV, born. height of the World War period this debt has| and colored people of Key West. | Died Ja ketball game to be played | :jdered a Key Wester, and will not tonight at the Athletic Club he-' forget that he has in one resort + [alle has come to this conclusion from | tween the Mysterious Five and the! been trésited squarely, and as a was ad-| He will go home and say that Key exciting @eeeeeecccocococosoosooes i 1694—-Voltaire, famed French philosopher and writer. born. Died 1785—William Beaumont, one; and|of the greatest of American sur- j Conn. 1853. lawyer, Senator, m 4 Died| Strong at times. Hen- } tietta H. R. Green (Hetty Green), jcelebrated woman financier and | capitalist of her day, born at New New actress, Phil- tions of the present day is the way in which debts | jay after a lingering illness. Fun-/adelphia. Died near New: York Bel- Died | New York Pensacola __. St. Louis 5 | WEATHER FORECAST ! river unti] the Water close¢ ow | (Till 8 p. m., Thursday) his bead. Two policemen fired . Key West and Vicinity: Occa- | dots over his head im an <fTert te ional rain tonight and Thursday; stop him. { i ¢ $4 eseticgeprtissdaidad INVESTIGATE THE ADVANTAGES To You OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM —— SEE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federa. Reseree LET’S MAKE FLORIDA STREETS AMD HIGHWAYS SAFE Governor's Commuttee on Puttin Setety Cdedebead beaded ded bedded "aah a ae, fresh southerly winds, pos=ibly Florida: Occ: al rain tonight and Thursday; colder in northwest portion Thursday afternoon and in north and central portions Thursday night. 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