The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO pt Sunday By ING CO. INC, ARTMAN. President LUN, Assixtant Business Manager From The Citizen Bniiding 1 An. Streets Corier Gre ne un'y Daily Newspa vest and Monroe ered at Key We i : 4 ! our city charter did not include y entitled to use | ‘ 1es credited to dited in this paper and also { nub.sshed here, for repe it om not the local new St SCRIPTION RATES une Year Bix Months onths Jonth ERTISING RAT Made known plication, All reading notir« respect, obituary the rate of 10 ce Sotices for enterta a revenue is to be di The Citizen 1s an ites disc sion of pu s 1 or ger interest ‘but it will not puviish anonymous communi- | cations. i NOTICE s of thanks, resolutions of be charged for at ments Ly churel om which IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- jand. “rie Port. liciels and Aparcments, Bathing Pavil Aicports—Land and Sea. €.\soiidation of County and City i 4.7 7ernments, age when young Life is precious } We may mock old but cling to it when old. at any stage. Some fell e elected ¢ to office display y of fought. should | | 1 who think they | ovig- | | much Key West is about the only city in the pate where tarpon can be caught from a! Times-Union. | has been discovered. No, at Mt. Wilson ob-; A new star Holly yoo rervalory not at but by scientists. candi- respectable and fart entries still space permits Th Citizen will publish the names. The number of gubernatorial date has now risen to the figure of sixteen, her to come. As soon a Historians are not a unc on the biria place of St. Patrick. Souwe sive him a Cer manic some Fr ne sther Italian, think ne was boru in Britain, | tag hi. as an a:ishman, origin, while many but none Fort erly of the gold that belongs to you and me, is in Kentucky from yeu would like to get your} I..ox, where the will cache for federal srov-; nt e-keeping some miles Louis- ville, in share, case The old Roma (whether the younger vhilosopher, Pliny, the elder we had a cure for a cold— three kisses on the mouth of a mule. Some- thing should be done about this as mules} are gettiug scarce in Key West, though we | still have a few s left. The federal government 700,600 from the think that will be a di Citizen beliey plis They are ev or have forgotten), jac intends to relief rolls. Some cult feat, but The s that wil! be easily accom- simply drop hed by dropping the chiselers. erywhere well known. While on the subject of chiseling, we wonder if the chiselers on relief in Key West aware of how they are fingered by! those who know them. One Key Wester informed the writer that they are so brazen the are otter they don’t care so long as they money. get It’s always dangerous to suggestion as original. The Key ° “West Citizer and Phil Barney of the Tampa Tribune appear to be rivals for the honor of proposing construction of pyramid ; out of spoil banks from the proposed eross: state ship canal. boondoggie to end | boondoggling. ancestry ap-} parently traces back through the moun-} tain-building projects of would-be Ey glades drainers, which the great, | great, nd-brainchildren of the Mound ; Builders.—Miami Da‘ly News. claim any { a a The idea’s } tr} were { liors of cubic feet of hot air, i against the business interests dies down, ; not by ; tained, | payroll could not have been | only necessary | zen has urged the collection of tay installment plan, and this idea ) PAYABLE ‘ making them COLLECTABLE by ! A those who would lik ; promised, } partment to enter INSTALLMENT PLAN TAX COLLECTION needless agitation, generation of mil- the threat After a week of wasted energy and the any act of grace on the part of the cily council, but because the compilers of in that in-} strumeni any letters of marque that would legalize the contemplated foray. As The Citizen has steadfastly main- the that meeting at least a portion of the current The un- objective; namely, of attained. result would have been some inconvenience to our oil dealers and the transfer of sales to a point outside of the city limits. It might not be out of place point radical changes in our tax structure are be- ing contemplated, that the opinion of the city attorney as to their legal standing be obtained “at the point of origin,” rather than after a vast amount of discussion and at 1 disputation has been engendered. It seems hardly likely that the assault will be resumed, in view of the fact that i the agitation has brought to the front the common-sense idea of collecting col- lectable taxes, as was contemplated when city charter was adopted. As an emergency measure, The Citi- es on an ably presented by Councilman Freeman at the last Wednesday. Its inherent merits will argue strongly for its adoption; and it will prove to be many times more productive than the sales tax which crumpled up so completely when a legal asked for. was meeting opinion was But is a vast difference between making taxes on the installment plan’ and regular rompt and calls upon e advantage of ing for ke to ta this converient method. Few, if any, installment houses would tarry long in business if they depended up- o. their cu:tomers calling upon them with their installment due in hand. The back-bone of the “pay as you a regular, dependable call a collector when the payment, as is due. Upon his regularity success as a collector and the of the house that em m i? rests his business prosperity ploys him. ‘ith many of our people, we MUST But that why other © izevs, able to pay either in a lump um, or on the installment plan, should demand :ike leniency, The solvent _ pa: vho would demur at paying his fare just because some unfortunate was getting by on the bumpers without being officially observed, would probably land on the right of way without ceremony. Key West is carrying too many able dead-heads. BECAUSE, the ‘conductor’ has*failed to go through and his fares. The ( bo Tenent. is no reason senger collect en will the tax line object to any in- novations in until a sincere, impartial effort has been made to COL- LECT the money due the city and due the men who are prompt in performing their | duties as firemen, policemen, ete. and who are entitled to an equal degree of prompt- } ness when pay day comes around. ANOTHER MOVE TO ANNEX THE KEYS Deciding not to 0} hurricane-damag the Florda Keys, Cou nated ¢ s have Road De- j purchase of Monroe airman Treadway State for the ons the righ y for an overseas motor highway. ising method of restoring with the islands. Though the State Road Department could not be expected to bear the cost of a causeway, nake at t to make its ,re- public owner would it pos- sible Governin lie age something out | the thousands of dollars already spent in the islands. A Bible lecturer announces as one of his subjects the old question “Why Doesn’t 30d Kill the Devil?” If the good brother can supply a satisfactory answer he throw light on a matter that has worried a good many folks for a iong time. this | to suggest that in the future, when} it must be borne in mind that there | provid- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN {KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years! Ago Today As Taken From ; Station— | The Files Of The Citizen | Abilene = , Atlanta Capture of a large load of; Boston liquor was made early this morn-! Buffalo ing by prohibition officers as rum-| Charleston - runners made an attempt to get, Chicago jaway with liquor both by auto- Denver mobile and boat. A carload of Detroit liquor was seized in an auto’ Galveston which gave the officers a merry, Havana chase on the county road from’ Huron - Boca Chica into the city. The car, Jacksonville contained 23 five gallon demi-' Kansas City johns of liquor, A smal! skiff, KEY WEST containing five one gallon demi-' Little Rock . johns, 32 quarts of Peralta bran-' Los Angeles - dy. seventy one quarts of Cana- Louisville dian Club and thirty six quarts of Miami -... wine were captured. No arrests Minneapoli 3 were made by the officers. ; New Orleans iNew York ! Pensacola ed last pittsbhreh Lowest A message was rect night by Captain John E. Berry. St. Louis head of the Coast Guard Station Salt Lake here advisnig that the Tug Ham- San Franc rick, off American Shoals light Scattle reported mutiny among the mem- Tampa .... bers of the crew. The coast guard Washington station dispatched two patrol, Williston boats from this port but on arriv-! ing at the point given it was Temperatures* found that the tug had proceeded yrighest further up the coast. It was later 7 west learned that the mutiny had been yyean quelled. Mean Rainfall* 's Precipitation 1 Normal With:n the next two wecks the! Yesterd freight embargo will be entirely, Normal hited and normalcy resumed in) qin at's aap the rail shipping circles of the Tomorrow’s Alm: Sunshine State, is the opinion of Sun rises KE, A. Strunk, chairman of the Sun sets .... Chamber Commerce advertis- Moon rises ing comm.ttee told to the Citizelr Moon sets . 5 = today. Mr. Strunk recently re-, New moon, Mar. 22 .1 turned from a trip up the east ‘Yomorrow’s Tides coast and bases his opinion upon A.M. his own personal observation. 9:04 2:45 of | High | Low ..., E. Stokes, son of the well! known hotel chain owner, and a_ crew of three men were washed’ ashore in a small boat today near Cape Canaveral after drifting heiplessly at sea since March 15.} According to news received here. ' Mir. Stokes wired that his yacht Caliope was wrecked about 90 mes from Charleston, S. C., and he and his crew had been at the mercy of the wind and waves for five days. w. 30.08. Sea level, Key West and tonight and Sunday; change in temperature; winds, mostly north and east. day; slightly warmer | north portion Sunday. | Jacksonville to President V. A, Johnson and! and East Gulf: not moderate 5 78 46 58 36 62 44 64 36 72 54 70 66 77 66 72 42 716 50 68 56 62 48 54 64 58 54 70 56 40 Highest last night last 24 hours ‘tion and north and northeast over 7 | Fexas. Bud S. M. GOLDSMITH, waning. Barometer 8 a. m. today: WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) Vicinity: . m. . Mm. . Mm. Fair much north- Florida: Fair tonight and Sun- | in extreme! Florida Straits Moderate winds Secretary Warren A. Watrous, of! -~— the Key West Realty Board, will’ son, Tenn. attend the realtors convention to’ their future home. be held in Oriando on March 26.! They will leave here by airplane,! Miss cone it was decided at a meeting of the| of Mrs. J. M. realty board today. Senator Wm. H. Malone is candidate for re-election to | office which he now holds and ai fis ceremony wa Ley of Memorial Church. read by Rev. where they will aa | aaca daughter! Navarro and Hamil- i ton Williams, son of Mr. and M | Williams Williams, were mar !Saturday evening March 20. The MOMS" QO OOM@DO DSSS DOD IIS OD SII ILIAD ied re eS }mounces in thi ue of The Citi zen. Mr. Malone has represented Monroe county for nine co cutive sessions, Twice in the lower house and seven times the: senate, KEY WEST in The Key West Country clu! will be opened April 1, this an nouncement was made by P: dent Robert F. Spottswood tl morning. and Mrs. K. New- man of New York City have been appointed host and hostess. They have been given a year’s contract by the board of d'rectors with the’ — privilege to renew the contract at! ithe end of one year. Sensible Rates Garage Popular Prices FLY Miss Rosalie Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. War- ren, 1017 Southard street, and ; George Henry Garthside, son of Mrs, Ilma Garthside, 618 Eaton {street, were married Saturday fevening, March 20. The wedding | took pl in St. Paul's church, at 6 o'clock and Dean Glass of Or- lando read the ceremony in the presence of immediate relati The young couple left for TO MIAMI Make Telephone 620 rive Miami Jack- | TO MEET AND TO SERVE OUR VISITORS Member of the Federal Reserve System Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S. Government Depositary WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED The First National Bank of Key West COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Elevator BY PLANE FROM KEY WES1 Reservations by Phone Regular Planes, Miami-Key West Airways, Int. Daily Except Friday RATE, ONE WAY, $7.50 Leave Key West 4 p. m., Ar :20 p.m. tt - Comfortable - Safe POPP PIPPI TOPIC PDI OT a, \) Ni NI Ni Ni & Ny N A) N N N) N N N ® POPP PEPE PEEP PPP OS | SATURDAY, a MARCH 21, 1936. ' feller Foundation, born at Rock-| @#eeseeesescercesecesoes TODAY’S WEATHER ford, Ill, 72 years ago. Percy S. Bullen of New York, ; English newspaper correspondent, ,mostly westerly over north por-! ‘south portion and fair weather! j tonight and Sunday. | i | | WEATHER CONDITIONS The Indiana disturbance creased greatly in intensity and] is central this morning over east- ern Pennsylvania, Washington,! \D. C., 29.10 inches. Its movement | was attended by strong winds and) gales on the South Atlantic coast. | Pressure is moderately high over ;the Gulf of Mexico and off the [north Pacific coast. Low pressure {surrounding a disturbance in jnorthwest Wyoming covers the , Rocky Mountains and Plateau re-, i | gion. |" Precipitation was general dur-| ‘ing the last 24 hours from Maine born 68 years 2go. H i DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELEC. TION, JUNE 2, 1936 Peeccccssccencoccccecoes |For Representative to State! For Representative to State Legisiature BERNIE C. PAPY For County Judge ROGELIO GOMEZ southward to central Florida, in| the Ohio Valley and Tennessee ‘and in the north Pacific State: Pittsburgh reported a five-inch ; snowfall up to 8 o'clock this} ; morning and snow was still fall-| ing at that time. | Temperature changes since yes- |terday have been unimportant ex: |cept for somewhat colder in the! Carolinas and Georgia, while it| is 10 to 15 degrees warmer in Kansas, Oklahoma and_ central Temporarily in Charge. ;{ Dr, Thomas S. Gates, pr of the University of Penn born in Philadelphia, 63 ylvania, | years | | ‘Gen. James G. Harbord, retired | army officer, business head, born} zt Bloomington, IIL, 70 years! ago. | Albert Kahn of Detroit, noted ‘architect, born in Germany, 67j Years ago. | = | Dr. Samuel P. Capen, chancel-; lor of the University of Buffalo, N. Y.. born at Somerville, Mass., 58 years ago. r. George E. Vincent of Conn..} mae: president of the Rocke-j i BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME! 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