The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO" ® The Key Wiest Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC, From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Coun! untered at FIFTY - Member of; the Associated Press.‘ the Associated Press is exclusively entitled. to-uge for repvblication of all news @ispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited inthis paper, and.also. the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year .... Bix Months Three Months ‘ne Month Weekly ... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., wili be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 « nts a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- tations. — IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. H “rie Port. Hotels and Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Govern: onts, Many who have a worthy aim in 1 life persist in shooting blank cartridges. Small persons are often most aggres- sive because they want to prove their superiority. People who are unable to take two newspapers find all the money they need to buy cigars. With the bulls and bears mixing it up, there is no doubt about it being a “live stock” market. The best time to think about prevent- ing automobile accidents is while you are driving your own g President Roosevelt is becoming quite an adept in writing his acceptance of resig- nations. Practice makes the master. A suggestion for tomorrow: Go to church, any church; they are all alike in one purpose and “they will do you good.” If Key West were made a free trade zone we could make ourselves self-sustain- ing with one stroke and the government need not be further concerned over our plight. President Roosevelt, like the rest of us, may have phobias, but one thing is cer- tain, he does, pot suffer from’? | He believes” firmly in changes. pphobia. innovations and Key West now has a “Black Maria’ so known in the vernacular or Police Fatrol as the legend reads on the vehicle provided by the city for the convenience of its malefacte:s. Who will be the firs to be taken for a ride? “Tampa ministers have declared an open. war on gambling,” advises the Lake- land Ledger. In reply, the Key West Citi- zen says that perhaps Key West ministers could, if nothing else, declare a couple of sanctions against the god of chance!” M&Y. ami merchants, backing tné ministers here: for business rather than moral reasons, are getting action through police and courts: Gam -lers'<eldom listen to’ se mons, any way,— Miami Daily News. We have always had a season of scares.and alarms since the first comers here anticipated a raid by Indians. Many a mid-west village, and that not so long ago, slept with weapons handy in case the Pope and his cohorts, who, it was said, was going to establish his reign in the prairies of Iowa, came under darkness of night. At other times it was the Jews or the negroes avho were going to attack and rule~ the’ country. In recent years it has been the Communists. a } wives and their children to be NO SALES TAX Apparently the city fathers are en- deavoring to find some way to meet the needs of the city that will allow them to| shirk the responsibilities they have as- sumed, and to find new sources of revenue by exploiting a defenseless and already over-burdened class, » There has never been any satisfactory ‘Substitute for old-fashioned honesty and! adherence to agreed-upon plans. Most emphatically will The Citizen oppose any plan whereby the load of taxa- #l-tion i8 sought to be shifted from the prop- eriy benefited by the expenditure of taxes, the day laborer and other classes possessed of no property. io the shoulders of the wage-earner, More especially would any proposed | less a man is to bear an additional bur- en, the greater is the proportion of the sales tax be obnoxious because the abi | burden that the sales tax imposes upon him. By ‘he consent and agreement of the electorate, a sufficient tax is imposed upon reak property ‘o meet the needs of the city. By their oath of office, the officials of the city are bound by the law, which is a con- tract to which we are all parties. There is no need for any extra-legal taxation in Key West. It is true that there are some citizens, beaten down by suc- cessive misfortunes, who can not pay their taxes. There are enough citizens able to pay their taxes—and not doing it—enough citizens who regard their taxes as the first obligation to be shirked and the last to be honored—to do the decent and honorable thing and meet the payroll of the city as it falls due. When men have performed their tipulated duties they are entitled tg the money they have earned, and a due-bill which they can only use at a discount is an unnecessary and a disgraceful way for the city to treat the men it hires. There is no need to harm the really unfortunate. The day when Shylock was regarded as being within his rights in de- manding his pound of flesh, has passed in- to the diseard. Let the collection of the taxes on real estate go forward as provided for by law. The tax laws are not optional things to be set aside in consideration of ties of blood or friendship, nor because of an assumed “influence.” If that is done, then every tax payer who has not shirked his responsibilities is ' loaded up with another tax payer’s obliga- tions and by that much the conscientious citizen is swindled. Can the law be executed impartially without working injury to the tem- porary delinquent? Surely. Make a just and equitable assessment and an impartial collection. Of ; | the man who can not pay, require an oath that he is insolvent and give him a_speci- ‘ied time in which to make good. Bia a man is too proud to take a “pauper’ Oath,” he should be too proud to hum his way as a property holder at the expense of his fellow citizens. And his fellow citizens should have a little too much pride to allow themselves, their | imposed upon. No sales tax is necessary; and if the citizens of Key West once realize the ter- | rific herdships that such a tax will impose upon those already crushed beneath hard- ships, the city fathers will be well-advised to raise their revenues from the estab- lished channels. There is too much money being sent out of the city for goods, now. The man who has a charge account might pay the! stipulated 2 or 3 per cent; the man who} must buy five and ten cents worth at time, will pay from ten to fifteen per cent. ‘Tf the tax-roll does not provide suf- ‘ficient ‘revenue for the city, we may have to look for other means to pay as we go. But, beer. exhausted, will our citizens tolerate taxing the,loaf of bread and the can of milk. The laborer can carry no additional burden. business honesty, make an unnecessary sacrifice. rot carry this additional expense. would be a crime to try to make him. And He can if The Citizen can help it, he is not going! to be asked to burden, not until all other possibilities have | — If we will be guided by ordinary ' he will not be asked to’ It! shoulder this oppressive! KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years ‘Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Unheralded, a squad or prohibi- tion officers descended on the city-today and in a brief timej }had raided a number of alleged: ! bootlegging establishments.” The} | search for contraband lasted over} a period of hours and a quantity; of liquor was seized. Likewise there were a number of alleged; owners of places arrested and, placed in county jail to await) hearings before the United States; commissioner. In the event suffi-! cient evidence is educed will be! { held for trial before United States! | court. L. D. Van Valkenburgh, realty! operator, today announced sale of the lot at the corner of }South and Simonton streets to! Roy Dewey, of Toledo, Ohio. The property is 100 feet by 100 feet ‘and is co! ered one of the most | valuable holdings in that section. Mr. Dewey is a visitor, in Key West enjoying a vacation, saw the property and its possibilities as an investment, and promptly made the purchase. the: Louis L. Mowbray, icthyoogist, who last year collected several hundred fine specimens of fish in these waters for an aquarium, is j again in the city, a guest on board the yacht Pawnee. Mr. Mowbray was for a number of years con-- nected with the New York Aqua- rium and at that time was a fre- quent visitor to Key West assemb-| ling displays of fish for the tanks. How long he will remain he did| not say but will be here at least one week, he said. The Citizen is in receipt-of a communication from the Jackson- ville office of the treasury de- partment advising that a deputy collector of internal revenue will arrive in Key West within the next few days and will be station- ed here until March 15, assisting citizens in preparing their re-+ turns, 4 { Bids on lighthouse reservations recently offered for sale were opened 2 o’clock this afternoon. The bids totalled $107,183.23 itemized as follows: Estero Is‘ land, $52,000; Anclote Key, $35 200; Captiva Island, $9,723.25; Cape Romano, $10,260. Archie Compston, British open golf champion, yesterday caught one of the largest barracuda ever taken in these waters. He also caught several mackerel and jamberjack. Robert Spottswood was host to the party other mem- bers of which were Willie Mac- Farlane United States open golf !champion, Harry Hampton, pro- fessional at the Key West links; Ed Valentine, his assistant and| Clayton Kirtland. } Editorial comment: We hear| much about sins of omission and commission and after hearing about all the things people tole- trate, we have come to the conclu- {sion there are sins of submission | also. i There will be a Washington’s ; Birthday Dance given next Mon- j day night at the Casa Marina.j Those intending to attend should at once phone for to be sure of accommodations. Two naval planes which have | been at Key West for a period of j about seven weeks, left this morn- ing for Isabella, Cuba. There they will meet the Nokomis and Han-; !nibal now doing survey work. The planes are in command of Lieu- tenant Schildhauer. iTo day’ s Horoscope! jeere eecccccces | foday indicates a jpersvn. with | skill of execution and a certain | persistence of purpose that will ‘go far to bring success in life. | But with this sometimes appears la confused state of mind which a | caus es a wandering from ee right road. It may be from ig-! {norance. and from want of quick-/ j ness of thought. Good fortunes is! promised in working near home | , or in the midst of familiar scenes | and persons. OVERSEA HOTEL ‘| CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Away From the Noisy Stream’ } of Traffic |] Its Quiet Rooms and Wide, Hos pitable Porches Invite You H 919 FLEMING STREET i PHONE 9104 ’ |New York reservations}. S WEATHER Lowest Highest ;Station— last night last_24 hours ,south portion and moderate vari-j Abilene . Atianta Boston Buffalo . Charleston Chicago . Denver Detroit Galveston Havana . Huron . Jacksonville _ Kansas City .. KEY WEST - Little Rock .. Los Angeles .. Louisville Miami Minneapolis New Orleans - 26 . 36 20 - 16 30 64 30 40 64 26 52 36 62 --14 42 2 82 36 58 46 78 --10 78 36 68 42 20 46 36 72 38 22 Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis ... Salt Lake City San Francisco 5 Seattle Tampa Washington Williston .....-- Temperatures* Highest - Lowest Mean Normal Mean _.... Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation E tThiv record ending at 8 0% * Tomorro Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets Tomorrow's Tides hix morning. s Almanac Low ... Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 29.87. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly! cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and Sund not; much change in temperature; moderate | winds, mostly southerly. Florida: Mostly cloudy and Sunday with probably sional rain. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: occa- | eh ‘| minimum temperature of 44 de-| “i grees below zero; while readings “|are generally above normal in the Atlantic and East Gulf States. Listes i jer Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola and | i tie coast, Hatteras, N. C., 'to the middle Mi | southwestern districts, | City, Utah, 29.66 inches. | tation has been general during th ‘heavy Snow in portions | light, throughout much | Rocky t Moderate southerly winds over i ‘ante winds mostly northeast or) east over north portion; overcast weather tonight and Sunday with scattered showers, WEATHER CONDITIONS A slight disturbance is |this mornihg over the northea: | Apalachicola, Fla., 29.84 inches,} end pressure is low off the Atlan-! 29.82 inches; while a strong high pri sure area extends from Montana and the Dakotas southeastward m-| pi and Ohio | alley, Williston, N. D., 30.50} ches, and pressure is low over! Salt Lak Precipi jiast 24 hours throughout the ea: ern portion of the country, w of N England, Boston reporting 1 inches on the ground this morning. and rains have continued in the! Pacific States from Oregon sout)-{ ward, being heavy in southern C ! fornia, Los Angeles, 1.10 inches, | d there has been snow, mostly) of the | Mountain and Plateau | States. Abnormally cold weather prevails this morning from Mon- tana and the Dakotas eastward; over the Lake region, and south-} ward into the southern Plains) States and middle Mississippi Val Williston, N. D,. reporting a! it! G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL \ In the Center of the Business | District | | | i and Theater First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator Popular Prices central j ; N SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1936. Today’s Today In History Anniversaries [| 1519 — Menendez, Spanish founder of St. Augustine, Fla., born. Died Sept. 17, 1574. 4—St. Louis founded. 1836 — Died — John Gillies, Scottish historian and classical! scholar. 1918 — President’s proctama- jtion taking over control of coun- try’s foreign trade. famed _Itaian Died Jan. 8, 1564—Galileo, astronomer, born. 1642. 1809—Cyrus. Hall McCormick, | nventor, of .the reaper, manufac-| 1923 — German Reichsbank urer and philanthropist, born in| dumps foreign currency on mar- Rockbridge Ga, Va.. Died in Chi-| ket to increase value of mark. cago, May 13, 1884, | eas | 1820—Susan*B. Anthony, |former, lecturer, suffrage temperance worker, prolific writ- er, born at Adams, Mass. Died at} Rochester, N. ¥., March 13, 1906. 1933—Attempt to assassinate re-' President-elect Roosevelt and fat- and al wounding of Chicago Mayor ‘ Cermak, at Miami, Fla. CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN 200 Delightful Rooms, Each With Private Bath . $2.00 1.50 se 1860—Scott C. Bone, Indianap- s newspaper editor, Alaska gov- rnor, born in Shelby Co., Ind. ied at Santa Barbara, Cal., Jan. 7, 1936. Shackle- explorer, 1874—Sir Ernest H. on, famed English born. Died Jan, 5, 1922 Palm-Shaded Sandy Beach with CASINO Masseur in Attendance Subscribe to The Citizen—20c|| peyer SCHUTT, Meseeer oer } PIOPL COOL LCCC LLL CO For the NEW YEAR * GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings Account. Start one with us for him today for as little as one dollar. From time to time add to it. When graduation and college come along he will be prepared for them. He will soon learn the les- son that it is not what you earn but what you save that makes wealth. The First National Bank of Key?West Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation prensa ent ta sepapretasiempmenatargmansinet i) FTP OD ODIO LOTS, t¢t¢tdtthtitdtidtibttdtd Interested in... 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