The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1938, Page 3

SYNOPSIS. Against his will, my uncle, James Clyde, has be- come rajah of Balingong with lije and death power over savage Dyak tribes. These oppressed jun- glemen were encouraged to revolt from the Malays by a young Eng- glish_ girl, Christine Forrester. Christine visions civilization and 3 grent empire here. T see life- long exile, fon Clyde. ond myself (Paul Thorne). But Christine needs ozr help ana both Cigde and 1 are‘in tote aiitli her. yand dropped the remark that he and his people would now have } something to eat. We ate. As we went through the ous siler uncle’s first council | with Rentongen, I know that Clyde |was trying to think of a diplo- | matic way to get the rascal out of i re he settled. down But this question ecause other We now learned that Clyde’s m as regarded the Shah ad been somewhat mis- nd exaggerated— ‘Chapter 31-2 Iréuble Fréin Two (Quarters | FOUND myself work. A Dyak SEP uk ciake mat gentleman in need of a head for| What Rentongen understood was &@ marriage ceremony caught him- | +p, was now in full charge of self a wayfaring China KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen North-bound automobiles will, when leaving Key West, carry on wide recognition as an actor since he appeared in stock in Key West MASSACHUSETTS PAPER HAS ARTICLE ABOUT KEY WEST The Citizen is in receipt of an article from the Union and Re- their windshields signs advertis-' some 10 years ago, and his sister, publican, newspaper published in ing that the Oversea Highway is Miss Emma Pollock, now a Keith Springfield, Mass, which presents now open. Oversea Highway”. An effort will be made to attach one of the signs to every automobile leaving this city in the future, or the signs will be attached to the cars while crossing the water _gap. The suggestion was made by Ruth Bryan Owen. She was speaking at the time to Wm. R. Porter. Im- mediately after Mrs. Owen left Mr. Porter placed an order for a number of the signs, and these Key West was selected ag the * scene of the next convention of the Florida Sheriff's Association.’ to be held at the call of the presi- dent, Sheriff R. C. Baker, of Palm Beach county. Sheriff Baker was elected president for the third successive term. Editorial comment: A New York bandit was cured of his he promptly jumped up the ¢ Tenyalang rifiemen and caught the Dyak: Clyde fined him 14 baskets of rice and took away the id. During our first month I had more cases like that. and caught three. This accomplished little, but I was getting ready for something | ; else. The Tenyalang would work for me now, and I always had more volunteer parangmen than I could use. | was waiting for an outrage which would force me to teach them a lesson, and establish Clyde’s prestige by means of suitable unfortunate happenings. Somébody had to be licked as an example, and I was anxious-to get burglaries. notably mopolies on salt and gun- er. From the revenue he collected Nhe was to hold out the annuities for the Sultan of Saremba, the an- ities for Mantusen, and a little ing for himself and his is tne remainder was then to be turned over to Clyde to meet government expenses, with ac- countings satisfactory to Renton- gen. The Test | IN one stroke, if he gave in to all |* this, Clyde’s rajahship was re- duced to a purely military lia- were delivered to him this morn- ing. At the request of Mrs. Owen the first of the signs was shipped her, and she will use it on her car, “Spirit of Florida”, one of the first of the new Flivver Roadsters shipped into the state. criminal propensities by three op- erations. One would have suf- ficed if they had simply cut off his head. The last Thursday arrival of vessels of the P. and O. S. S. company will be made this week when the Governor Cobb arrives The Oversea Highway is given on "Foret: space for a story and two cuts in i the Washi See Sine the lanes panct in the'Ne,, The Tanker Herman Felk, cn- tional Capital. The .story was Toute from London to New Or- written by a correspondent of thé “leans, arrived in port this morn; , dis, i nd“ ing and took on fuel oil and sup- eee eee a ee enice ever lies at the Porter Dock Com- it over with. s ‘bility. Even this. Rentongen sug- Meantime Christine had moved gested, the Shah Bandar would be The Dyaks explained they had never had-a rajah without a rance. into Balingong’s plank-and-bam- | happy to make easy for the Rajah boo palace. For some time the Clyde. He would, if my uncle de- Dyaks had worried a good deal|sired, take entire control of all one of the most entertaining evef written‘ of the highwayThe story starts with the,follewing descrip-" tive paragraph:,; ‘The Golden. afterglow of,@ Summer,sunset; 4, sea of turquoise with, a. fain’ cream of ripples on the white sand; beyond the sand a white road as white as southern cotton in a ball. This is the Oversea Highway, reaching 151 miles be- |low Miami, to the best reef and |deepsea fishing grounds in the world”. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Gag- non, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, known to every Key Wester of 10 years ago and before, Percy Pol- lock, who has received world- POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO BE HELD MAY 3, 1938 s tive State ture T. S. CARO For Representative State Legislature épany.' She is loaded with a cargo of creosote. ‘Héports of the Finance Com- 'mitfeé of the Red Cross Chapter “in Key West will be read at a meeting of the chapter to be held tomorrow. As this is expected to be one of the most important meetings held recently, it is ex- pected that every member will be present. Miss Mary Elizabeth - Grillion will appear in graduation recital 8 o'clock this evening in the Con- vent of Mary Immaculate. An especially attractive program has been arranged and a large attend- ance anticipated. Miss Grillion will receive a diploma in music and later one for her academic work. A reception has been arranged for the officers of the Junior Wo- man’s Club and will be held to- morrow evening at the club on Division street. AA Good Reason Mrs. Benham—Be a man. Benham—How can I when you jkeep me so short? | Japan is expected to remain se- | | eretive on her naval construction : Plans. over Clyde having no consort. Af-| ter many attempts they had finally | up trying to sell him any i Byak fils, and had made him an outrig put these aside in a separate house | i never went near them, he was ited upon by a committee. | jained that they had never yet had a rajah without a Tanee, and they feared for the ef-| fect upon the rice crop. They sim-| ply must have a rance, or what vould be the use of planting at all? Greatly amused, Christine seemed | to welcome this excuse for over-/ riding Clyde’s opinion that she ought to stay on her ship. | Our daily affairs were further enlivened by th» arrival of Ren- tongen. Definitely in our agreement with the Rajah Mantusen had been the concession by Clyde that ay Shah Bandar, to be named b: fuser, should act as Clyi fortifications, di xpeditions, intimi- and miscellaneous am- free to enjoy his title unimpeded, might be left over when Renton- gen had had his whack. It was a grave situation, almost an insuperable one. It would be a | dare long time before we could defy Saremba. And now we had to explain to Rentongen that he was not collec- tor of revenue either under or over Clyde. It was the duty of the Shah Bandar of Balingong to re- ceive the annuities that were due Mantusen and Saremba; these were fixed and definitely stipu- lated in the Arabic script. The sal- jary of the Shah Bandar was also { fixed; we had to tell him he was going to get that and no more, and lay hen it came to the collecting, we lan-| would do it ourselves and in our ast Vowwn way. sistant and adviser in tax Pag ira There was something magnifi- gbner: revenue collecting, and search and seizure. It was the last assistance we wanted, but we had, to have him, because of course he ‘was a necessary official link with Saremba — and Mantusen's head spy. Now that the coast was safe, this official arrived, complete with staff. effects, and retinue, in four _ well manned bankongs. A Cheery Pirate WILL say for Rentongen that I have never seen a more present- | $ able Malay. Though not as tall as Mantusen himself. he was weil above the average Malay height. and carried himself with the bal- anced, lzisurely grace of the active fighter. In age be was probably 30,/ but his supple muscles were more like 18, and his face no more than 20. If I had not known Malays I would have said-that his face was u candid and friendly. ‘The first move of this erent ge armed aes fong- ings into the Raj. iyde's Beeacr aie than wean wo be bocca: Rentongen was, we_were fo discover, mirictly Bor netine He inspected and e's extension of the . Now nearly completed nt, with greatness.in it, about my uncle's direct, casual, unexcited way of handling that. He simply reminded Rentongen what the written agreement contained, and informed him he meant to adhere to it to the letter If Rentongen was not satisfied— ongen made it very plain was not—my uncle sug- that Rentongen had better Zo home and tel] Mantusen that y else. t ing was very far from ; Mo one council could ever persuade Rentongen that he was as much let down as that. And now in another quarter the test that we had been waiting for oke wide open. A small party of yalang which I bad sent in pur- of a head murderer were set by a large force of Dyak at a village in the 100 miles of jungle waited hat the white rajah would (Copyright. What can they do, tomerrew, te up- hold Clyde's prestige? TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the Interior, born in Biair Co Pa. 64 years ago. John H. Bartlett of N. H., x ber of the Intern: Commission, Washin; born at Sunapee, N. #. ago. Dr. William C. Bagley, of New York City, noted professor af edu- , 6 years cat 2 in Detroit, 64 years years ago. Philadel- is’ teach e de rn in New York. €2 years ago. ns, bushes, leaving the Rajah Clyde | BERNIE C. PAPY For Ri sentative State it gift of 18 or 20. When he/together with whatever profits | | EVERETT W. RUSSELL i Ra) |} RATES: $1. $2. $3 Per Day For Judge of Criminal || pi aw TO LEAVE KEY WEST Court of Record || IN TIME TO ENJOY MEAL BEFORE TAKING FERRY Stone Crabs — Turtle Steaks Steaks Phone No Name No. 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig. Mgrs. { i j WM. H. MONSALVATGE FOR SALE TWO CITY BLOCKS Known as JJRUST FACTORY »Building. 60x300 Feet Desirable for Hotel or Apart- r ment House 4 TERMS: 60% Cash. Balance 3 Years at SG —BOX 25— Key West. Fila. or P. J. CONWAY. Pittston. Pa. 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The waters of the Gulf of Mexico wash the entire west and south coast line of Florida, a stretch of some 700 miles. “Starting about opposite Home- stead, the southern terminus of the Seaboard railway, one finds a series of islands forming a con- tinuous chain around the southern extremity of the state and ex- tending in a line bearing south of west from the mainland out into the Gulf of Mexico. These islands are generally small and only average about 100 acres each, and are reached by bus from Miami. Key West and Largo, however, PRESENTED BY THESE FIRMS ‘MAY BE DEPENDED UPON Give Them Your Business! UES and can test your tub: are from one to two miles in width and seven to ten miles long. All are rocky but the sandy soil is fertile and everywhere covered with an abundant vegetation. These islands are the famed Flor- ida keys and the cluster at the end is the Dry Tortugas used at one time as a government prison. “South of the keys and separat- ed from them by a navigable channel is the great Florida reef, a long, narrow ledge of coral. The stmosphere in Key West is Span- ish and .may be likened to an emerald isle dropped in a tur- quoise sea. A marvel of tropic loveliness with fringes of white coral sand and rainbow-hued breakers, this and other islands are decked with swaying coconut palms, bananas and other far- southern vegetation. Pineapples and other tropical fruits grow in abundance and in a never ending “Fishing at Key West is world- renowned; tarpon, amberjack, barracuda, sailfish abound and they'll tell you that over 4,000,000 pounds of fish are annually METAL or GLASS, under actual operating conditions PIERCE BROTHERS We have just installed the latest type TUBE CHECKER GET YOUR RADIO TUBES TESTED FREE TEXACO FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE PAUL’S TIRE SHOP Cor. 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Turtle traveler should by all means visit the coast defense for- tifications, the naval and air ste- PAGE THEEE COSC C Scere SESE SE PESOS EOT > Today's Horoscope eel Today gives the mystical tem perament strong = fmendshaps. but not very warm blowded There iS a rather luxuTiows weed wa ne greet desire for exeruen. Set really capabie of strong acuos the interest is aroused The mond 38 philosophical amc rather obe- vious to the opinion of others tion and the monument to the ‘ heroes of the “Maine’.” CONCRETE BLOCKS CENT PAINTS AND OILS William and Caroline Sts JOHN C. PARK 328 SIMONTON ST PLUMBING PURO PUMPS PLUMBING SUPPLIES PHONE 348 FLORAL PIECES A SPECIALTY CORSAGES, ETC. PLANTS and VINES SOUTH FLORIDA NURSERY —PHONE 597— (oo ee wre ee ree THE CITIZEN OFF RCE NEW YORK BUSY BEE Opens at 603 A ae