The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1938, Page 4

ene — Sr to 1938, PAGE FOUR LEGALS | recorded in Monroe County Records, | Deed Book B-4, Page 386. The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. 307 of 1932, and| represent taxes for the years 1931 to 1938, both inclusive. Said tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes will he sold to the highest “bidder at the Court House Door in he 6th day of May, LEGALS corded in Monroe County Deed Book A-5, Page 6 ‘The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. 80 of 1922, and represent taxes for the years 1921 to 1938, both inclusive. Said tax certificate together with all subsequent omitted or levied |taxes will be sold to the highest bia er at the Court House Door in Key West, on the 6th day of May, 1938, at 3:00 o'clock mated this the 21st day of April, LEGALS 31 by certificate No. of 1929, and | represent taxes for the years 1928 | to 1938, beth inclusive. Said tax certificate together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House Door in Key West, on the 6th day of May, 1938, at 3200 o'clock P. M Dated this the 2ist day 1938 (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe County, Florida. Apr. 21-28, May Records, of April, M. st day of April, Ross C Sawyer k Cireuit Court, Monroe County, lov ida. Apr. 21-28, M: 5, AABS—M1133 (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk Circuit Court, Monrpe County, Florida: NOTICE OF Sete. oF TAX re 1 Apr. 19: —M1127 21-28, May 1998—M1139 ven. that, filed with request that): the together with all subsequent ted or levied taxes held by the State of Florida’ be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for cash as pre ad by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described rea: estate in the Coun of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wi Lot 20, of Tr. 5, as recorded in Monroe County Records, Deed Book Edward F. me written tax certificate: OF SALE OF TAX ERTIFICATES rm hereby given Cleveland vells has filed with written request that the pertificates together with all mitted or levied taxes of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest h as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of othe Legislature, upon the following oe real es in the County “Monroe, State of Florida, | Pt. Lots 2, 3, Bik. 4, Tr. 6, corded in Monroe County Records, Deed Book Y, Page 369, Deed Book YY, Page 82. » The taxes to be sold are evidenced by. certificate No. 7-8 of 89 of 1924, and represent taxes for the years 1923 to 1938, both inclusi | Said tax certificate together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House Door s Key Wes e v a an 3938, at 7 Dated Page ha Norice OF SALE OF TAX RTIFICATES is She rnh given, that Otis ihming have, filpd with me written ‘request that the tax certificates together, with all subsequent omitted or lévied taxes held by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to: the highest bidder for cash as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estate in the County to-wit: y . . 10, as re- in Monroe County Records, Book B-2, Page 42 taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. of 1 and represent ta for the years 1931 , both inclusive. The taxes to be id tax certificate together with certificate N lall subsequent omitted or ‘levied taxes for the years 1524] taxes will be sold to the highest both inclusive. | bidder at the Court House Door in rertificates together on the 6th day of May, subsequent omitted or levied k taxes will be sold to the highest at the Court House Door in v ‘ 2 that Notice T. and to be sold are evidenced No, 89 of 1 represent taxes for the years to 1938, both inclusive. Also,” Pt corded’ in Deed Book corded Deed The by represent | 1938, at Dated oe “of April of April, ae Ross C Sawyer > County, 1938—M1140 Ross © Sawyer Clerk Cirenit Court, Monroe County, Florida, ‘Apr. BA Clerk % ircuit Court, Monr Florida. Apr. May 21-28, M1128 | . F SALE OF TAX TIFICATES hereby given a filed with request that the fs together with all subseqwant omitted or levied taxes held by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for ¢: House Bill egisiature, NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX CERTIPIC Notice is hereby 1 Key t CR. with me writt tax certificates tog sub: that A CERTIFICATES ig hereby given that D. Sands has filed with written request that the tificates together — wi subsequent omitted or levi held by the State of Florida advertised and sold to the highe: bidder for as Bravided LU House Bill 396 of the 15 the Legislature, upon the fol deseribed real estate in the Coun of Monroe, State of Florida, Lot 9, Bik roe County Re Page 1 The taxes to he sold are evidenced hy «ertificate No. of 1929, and a represént taxes for the years 1928 Said tax certificate together with to 1938, both inclusive all subsequent omitted or levied Said tux certificate together with taxes will be sold to the highest | all subsequent omitted or levied bidder at the Court House Door in| taxes will be sold to the highest Key West, on the 6th day of May, | on at the Court Honse Door in 1938, at 2400 o'clock P.M. | Key West, on the 6th day of May, Dated thix the 2ist day of April! 194%, at 3/00 o'clock P.M. 1938. |. Dated this the 2ist day of April, (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer | 1938 Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe aids (SBA + Ross C Sawyer Mlorida. Sleek Circuit Court, Monroe County, May 5, 19as—w1128 | bidder tor spoons Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of upon the following and Oliv corded i Deed Book Q, Page 606. ‘The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. and represent taxes for the years 1932 to 1938, both inc! Rook The by certifieat cords, Plat Book both § tax certificate together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House Door in Key West, h day of May, 1928, at 3: P.M © Dated this the 21st day of April, 1938. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Glerk Cirenit Court, Monroe County, Mlorida. Apr. 21-28, M S—M1141 Apr. 21-2 Florida. NOTICE OF ae & OF TAX Apr. 21-28, May 5, 1938—M1135 | Notice 1s Boy given Tampa Drug Co. has filed with me written request that the tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes | NOTIOR OF SALE OF TAX wiven that) CERTIFICATES a “thel Notice is. hereby xiven that Shep the Lett Bryant | has filed with) Neld by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest writtel request that the ‘tag certificates together with all/ bidder for cash as provided by ment omitted or levied, taxes | House BMI 396 of the 1937 acts of State of abe the Legislature, upon the following 1a to oer Mighe described real gstate in the County as. provided by! of Monroe, SI of Florida, to-wit 1937 acts of Lot 27, Bik. M Tr. 30, as record. ‘the following | ¢d in Monroe Caranty Records, Deed at watate.m the County Book 1-5, Page 60. tat The taxes to be sold are evidenced % Tr. 10, as record- by certificate No. 1037 of 1929, and i Stone! chant? Records, Deed represent taxes for the years’ 1928 ik C-2, Page 123. taxes fo be sold are evidenced to 1938, both inclusive. Said tax certificate together with Uby. ‘vertfilcate No. 4898 of 1933, and all subsequent omitted or levied represent taxes for the years 193 | to 293%) thoth Inclusive. taxes will be sold to the highest | bidder at the Court House Door in Said tax certificate together with Key West, on the 6th day of May, all subsequent omitted or levied 1938, at 3:00 o'cle "| taxes Will be sold to the highest Dated this the | bidder at the Court House Door in | 1938. Key West, on. the 6th day of May, (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer * | 1938, at 3/00 o'clock P.M (SE. C Sawyer | gpated this the 2ist day of April, Clerk Cireutt Court, Monroe County, Gece Gureult Court, Puearoe County, | i BAL Ross C Sawyer Florida. Ap lorid vio ae 91.48, aay 8) 1988 aiiia0 Clerk Ri tireuit Court, Monroe County, a. her 21-28, May 5, 1938—M1136 Notice is hereby —"imest Batiste has written request Wh'TEX certificates together with all nt omitted or levied a the. raat of for can an’ "peat House Bilt 394 of the Moar ‘Legistature, upon the follow bed estate in the e of Florida, to 4 39, as recorded in | Monroe County Records, Deed Book | by A-1, Page 311. The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No, 64 of 1933, and represent taxes for the years 1932 both inclusive. Said tax certificate together with all subsequent omitted or taxes will be sold to the highest | bidder at the Court House Door i Key West, on the 18 ony of May, 1938, at $:00 o'clock 4 ted this the Stat pred of April a ser] of Monroe, Pt. Lot y of April, 21-28, M 1938—M1142 NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES Notice is hereby given that Samuel Albury has filed with me written request that the tax certificates tomether with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes held by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for cash as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estate in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Pk, Suva, 7, 8, Pt. Lot 3, Blk. 6, , as recorded in Monroe Co; cords, Deed Book XX, NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES Notice is hereby given that Wm. T. Roberts has filed with me written request that the) Notice is hereby xiven that Evie tax certificates together with all) K. and Ruby C. Johnson have filed subsequent omitted or levied, taxes) with. me written request that the held by the State of Florida be tax certificates together with all advertised and sold to the nighent { Sun quent omitted or levied taxes by. neld by the State of Florida be ie] advertised and sold to the highest vi w for cash as provided by fe | Howse wate: 396 of the 1937 acts os ed | of, the f Florida, to-Wwi Pet Tots ager cee, cat Bec. 6, 5 RS 64 ai, Acres 5, ords, 1930, and county R fears’ 19: § oa. ‘ @ é aré evidenced together with py certificate 4 of 1929. -and ft tted or levied represent (axe: the years T1928 be sold to the highést 1998, both inclusive. t the Court House Door in| said fax ceftificates together with ms G _ oe = of May, | ail subsequent omitted or levied o'eloe! Q taxes will be sold to the highest Dated thts the 2ist day of April, piader at the Court House Door in ese Key West, on the 6th day of May 1938, at 2200 o'clock P.M Dated this the 2tst da NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES “BM” be sold are evide je No, 217 of 1927, he for the years both inclusiv: x certifi went omitted or levied be sold to the highest t the Court House Door in Key West, on the 6th day of May, 1988, at 3200 o k PM Dated this the 2ist day 1938. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk Cireult Court, Monroe County, Florida. eh represen of April, R € Sawyer k Cirenit Court, Monroe County, | Florida, Apr. 21 5 8, May 5, 1938—MI143 28, May 5, 1938—M1I31 Ross C Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe € Florida. Apr, 21-28, May 5, NOTICR OF SALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES subsequent omitted jotice is hereby given that ped by the Sta Fleming Est, has filed with | advertised and sold to the highest me written request that the | bidder for cash as provided by tax certificates together with House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of subsequent omitted or levied taxes ¢y, Legisiature, upon the fol held by the State of Florida be described r te in the C advertised and sold to the highest 67 Monroe ¢ Florida, bidder for cash as provided by 1 ig House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estate in the County of Montoe, State of Florida to-wit: py Pt Let 4, Bik TIAL an fe- | represent corded in peas nty Reeoords, _ 1938, Degad Rook — The taxes to by Stes ke represent taxes for the te 1938, beth ineis Suit tax certitibad Loteet ed wih PHY , all subsequent omi: levied? represent taxes for faxes will be safd to eid “bighest (io 1538. Didder at the Court House Doo. In” atso, < . the @th day of May. Key, See 26, Twp. 66, ‘ as recorded in Mo: ard, Deed Fook A-4. The tates to be ertificate No taxes for th OF SALE_OF TAX TIFICATES hereby Kiven Curry has filed request that the ther with all fed faxes orida be NOTION OF SALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES Notice that Mary Mont with me written tax certificates that 19as with Miia7 hereby ha given filed me written re tax certificates to; helt by the State of Florida be tined and sold to the highest provided by he 1937 acts of the follow in the County of Florida, to-wit 13, as re- Records, idder for caxh House KUL 396 of hy gistatare, uh Records, 1h The taxes to be sold certificate No. 563 taxes for th both inclusive Tr Lot 14, Bik. read Book B-3 corded in Monroe Deed Boo A-5, Page 2 tares to be sold are evidenced rtificate No. 444 of 1930, and went taxex for the years 1929 both inclasive. 7 » tomettion with t omitted of levied seld to the highest rt House Der tn Key West, on the 8th day of May, | }eas, at 3-00 o&lock PM SPaied this the st day yeas +8RAL) Clerk Cireuit Court & years 1 evidenced and taxes will be years 1932 bidder at the ¢ The taxes t certificate N ef April, ~~ Bis Pine Acres “ounty © 487 Ross © Sawyer Monroe County, 1938 May Mitse Ross C Sawyer hy cult Court, Monroe Counts, represent Florida to 198K, be Apr 21-28, May 1 Minos Said tax if all subsequent taxes will be 38 tes together with omitted or leried Na to the highest urt House Door in . oh the €B dar of May @ welock PM this the fist day of that with that the is hereby Samuct Y. Russell has me written request Tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes opheh by the State of Florida be @dyertised ana sold to the highest Rkkler for cash as provided by House Bill 39% of the 1837 acts of the Legisiature, upon the following described real estate in the County @ Monroe. State of Florida. to-wit =Pt, Lot 3, BIR, 21, as recorded in Monroe County Records Deed Rook T Page The tarde to be sold are evidenced Notice given tien NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX o TIFICA TH Notice is hei Aima J. Know me written request that tax certificates together wil subsequent omitted or levied that n by given has ted wit xen pet Ross C Sawyer 4rewit Court, Monroe County Florida ai eariiee w Apr. 21-25, May 5, 182¢—Sitde f the 1337 acts of upon the following described reat m the County of Monroe, Sta Florida, to-wit Sud. 10, Lot 1, of Tr. 3, as re- NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX ATES Notice is Jon @ Kemp has 2/1938, j held by that | THE KEY WEST CITIZE LEGALS me written request tax certificates together subsequent omitted or levied taxes held by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for cash as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estete in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Pt. Lot 5, Blk. 1, Tr. 14, Moffatt's Sub., as recorded in Monroe County Records, Deed Book A-1, Page 11i The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. 150 of 1924, and represent taxes for the years 1923 both inclusive. Also, Lot 16, BIk ©. 25, Twp. 66, Re. 29, Acres as record- ed in Monroe County Records, Deed Book A-5, Page 62. The taxes to be sold are evidenced by certificate No. 501 of 1922, and represent taxes for the years 1921 to 1938, both inclusive. Said tax certificates together all subsequent omitted or lev taxes will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House Door in Key West, on the 6th day at 3:00 o'clock P. M Dated this the 2Ist day that the with all of April, AL) Ross C Sawyer lerk Circuit Court, Monroe County, Florida. Apr. M1145 ALE OF TAX CERTIFICATES Notice is hereby given that City West (Raleigh Skinner) has fil- ed with me written request that the tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes held by the State of Flor! NOTIC Book Z, Page The "Page taxes to ate Ni represent taxes 3%, both inely id tax certi all subseque r in Mw y of April, Ross © Sa reuit Court, Monroe Con. M1146) OF SALE OF TAX eTIFICATES hereby given rthside has filed tten request that ates together wi subsequent omitt the Si Notice Ima ©. Py the all Ider for House Bill the Legislature, upon the following described real 6s County | y' work professionally. LEGALS advertised and sold to the highest bidder for cash as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estate in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: as recorded in Records, Deed Book sold are evidenced 268 of 1927, and the years’ 1926 usive. s te together with all subsequent omitted or levied taxes will be solé to. the highest hidder atithe Court House Door fn Key West, on the 6th day of May, X, at 3:00 o'clock P.M. Dated this the 21st day of, fer 1938 (SEAL) Ross C sawyer Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe County, florida. Apr. 21-28, May 5, 1938—M1150 OF SALE OF TAX RTIFICATE: hereby given has filed request that es together with s itted or levied taxes held by p State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real estate in the County te of Florida, to-wit: recorded in Mon- wrds, Deed Book YY, is Albury writte that with the all Davis me fepresent te f to 1938, both inclusive te together with mmitted or levied old to. the » Court House 6th day k P.M Ist day: De of May, of April, Ross © Sa levied | highest AROUND MIAMI (By CUNTRIBUTOR) (PPeSCCSSSSECOOOOEOOSOCOOS The peace of our neighborhood was shattered at four a. m. by a |saloon being blown inside out. A concussion characteristic of a French “75”, that turned out to be a bombing job. It recalled mem- lories of the handiwork of “Pine- nt [apple Bill”, who did that kind of He was a wrecker of no small ability, was Bill, and had learned his “trade” \in college. He lived in a New | York tenement and hired out for - | jobs ranging from elementary ar- < , Page he taxes to be by certificate No. and represent tax 1922 to 1938, both for the. 3 inclusive. ‘The taxes to be sold are evi by certificate No. 4 of 41 of and represent taxes for the 1922 to 1938, both inclusive. Said tax certificates Logether wi ail subsequent omitted or levied taxes will be sold to the highest | bidder at the Court House Door in Key West, on the 6th day of May, 1938, at 3:00 o'clock 2. M. Lr ae this the 2ist'day of April, ) PAL \ Ross C Sawyer Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe County. Florida. 1938-11147 | ntice is hereby given that H. Curry Heirs have filed with me written request that the tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied texes held by the State of Florida be advertised and sold to the highest bidder for ash as provided by House Bill 396 of the 1937 acts of the Legislature, upon the following described real ¢ in the County of Monroe. State of Florida, to-wit Pt. Lot 2, Blk, as recorded in Monroe County Re: ‘ds, Deed eee PP, Page 258, Deed Rook 7, Pa 352, Deed YY, Page 361, Deed | Book RR, Page, 523. ‘The taxes to he sold are evidenced certificate No. 11-15 of 40 of and represent taxes for th TT, Pages 122, 1 The taxes to be sold ate ¢videnced certificate No. 42 of 192 taxes for the by represent nty Records, Page 381, Deed Book Page The taxes to be sold are eviden: rtificate > eed by and both i tes Logether or 1 to the Honse 6th day PM at day of with levied highest Duor in of May De 1938 SEAL) Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe ¢ Florida Apr ed this th April, a aty 21-28, May 5, 1938—MIT48 NOTICE OF SA CERTIFICAT N hereby Thos. Thompson has me written request that = th tax certificates together with all subsequent omitted or levied tates held by the Stat Florida be advertised and sold to the highest xh as provided by of the 1937 acts of upon the following ice is given that filed with of Mentor, State « Sab. 5 Pr Lot conted im Monte P repre te 1938 Said tax together all xubsequent omitted or levied taxes Will be sold to the highest bidder at the Court House Door im K on the day of May with of Aprt Ross © Sawyer Court, Momre Con May 5 NOTICE OF SALE OF TAT CRETIFICATES Notice ia hereby giver Leami Arias has filed mé written request, that lax certificates together = subsbquent omitted of levied ix Beld by the State of Florida be that the a | say. wien! son to razing whole buildings. His customers were gangsters, labor racketeers and insurance beaters. “| | Bill would show his clippings of | , | past performances, but you knew instinctively that he wouldn't) anngte a job. His favorite bomb was the old dynamite time-cir- cuit, which could be carried in a suitease. “You can depend on) the old ‘licorice sticks’ better than |pewder jobs or TNT”, he used to “I blew in plenty of oil ‘gushers in my day and I like the ' stuff that cuts clean. Besides, it’ easier to carry and shaters better then powder and keeps better! than nitro”. Bill, like all artists, | |had his specialty, which was ma- rine sabotage. He used to tell how he “wired” a ship with an leight-day clock fuse that was timed to go off when the clock ran down, but the rats “chawed on my sticks” and “it was a flop”, he said. But he “squared” himself by blowing up the dock instead. For a small job he would | get $100, but for burning a garage lor a hotel his fee was “from a |grand up”. Last heard from he | was “resting” in Mexico. But this ‘¢ | Saloon ag kind of poor to | | | sion, is faking the front page, ‘and this time it is about the tele- phones, and what is wrong with jthe business. And a commission is no good and a failure, if it finds nothing wrong. Finding something O.K is ilegal And this new report on the telephones, it cost the US. and the company about four million fund took three years. But be- fore they even started looking in- to the business, everybody who can read or listen, they knew we had more phones in the U.S.A than in any other country, ne they are cheaper. And this Mr. Briar down there in Georgia, H€ Pea ee off his base when he ve; would Keep ork by reports until we buildings at our Capitol a! the ‘furniture -— including “the” swivel chairs. But this telephone report, it made a nice job for a lot of pet- sons—and they travelled all over, and saw everything, and had a fine time. Yours, with the low down, JO SERRA The Lake County Chamber of Commerce ran an Sf in a sports magazine teHing about | the country’s at! than 200 replies Soe pametvan | from 32 states and Gacete The | wh few York: Obie was second with Article On Key West Written By Local Weatherman’s Dad (Editor’s Note: The following very interesting article was writ- ten by Lawrence E. Hughes, who is employed by the Birmingham News-Age-Herald and published in that paper April 10, 1938. Mr. Hughes” son, Clyde, who i is a jun- ior observer at fhe local weather bureau, is responsbile for an ex- jcellent set of pictures of Key West scenes accompanying the ‘ article, Clyde Hughes states. They inelude scenes of palm avenues, Maine Memorial, Lighthouse, Colored Town Lane, Southern- most Home, Duval street, Boule- vard, Naval Station, turtle being unloaded, and two panoramas of the city.) By LAWRENCE E. HUGHES Sleeping drowsily in the trop- ical sun, its nights warmed and ‘tempered by the trade winds, hundreds of miles farther south than the Pyramids of Egypt—lies the forgotten city of Key West. Forgotten by the multitudes, but never by the traveler who has been fortunate enough to have visioned this four-square miles of enchanted paradise. A century ago it was the rich- est city in the state. As late as 1900 the tobacco companies em- » ployed 10,000 workers. Even the sponge industry engaged 1,000 men. But Tampa lured away the tobacco factories while Tarpon Springs enticed the Greek sponge divers to their own waters. The burned hulks of the cigar fac- tories and the rotting timbers of ; the sponge plant stand today as a mute monument to the city’s fat years. But Key West doesn’t care. It is a child born of the sea, literally speaking. The rich coral soil of the island itself was built by sea ‘creatures. The materials for the beautiful unpainted mahogany and cedar homes, anchored in the coral rock on mahogany piles and pegged together with wood in- stead of nails, wete salvaged from the rich cargoes of vessels dashed on the outlying reefs in times gone by. Millions of dollars worth of the finest merchandise the world had to offer were washed into her lap |yearly by the treacherous seas. | But it’s an ill wind that blows no one good. So Key West profited ‘by their loss, at least until the ‘lighthouse was built, putting an end to those disasters. But even if Key West -never existed, the thrill of the 150-mile drive over the highway that goes to sea would be an experience never to be forgotten. Forsaking |the mainland below Homestead you head straight out to sea un- | til you reach Key Largo, a habitat (of the famous barracuda, “the ti- ger of the sea”. Then across Largo and still an- other bridge to Plantation Key. Fishing camps, the rendezvous of sportsmen who know where the big ones stay, dot the inlets and sheltered coves along the route. Should you crave food or desire to spend the night on this glo- rious trail, there’s Mack’s place, the Tavernier, Mabel’s place, No. Name Lodge and numerous others where one can eat real green turtle steak and soup, key craw- fish, conch chowder, and every imaginable form of seafood. Upper Matecumbe is the next key. There 400 veterans and civilians were drowned in the fearful e of 1935. A beau- ent of native coral erected to their thet Page Next, t Lower Matecumbe and 7 across td Grassy Key. Strange: tropical trees and dense unfa- miliar vegetation press in on the road at intervals, then out of the jungles again and you skim along a narrow spit of marl with the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf lapping at either side, the gaunt spectre of the hurricane-lashed Flagler railroad piling rising out of the emerald waters. It's now only 11 miles along Grassy Key to Marathon, on the ‘extremity of the island. At about this point the scenery changes. The old concrete arches and steel bridges of the abandoned Flagler pRailroad has been widened to 20 féet with steel I beams to ac- commodate the highway. The is- ‘ignds are now much further apart than before, some times out of altogether...The problem of i truss work by placing a eke ax tes of Geeaniere structure. On these bridges you drive 65 feet above the surface of the ocean. And such a sight! You haven't seen beautiful waters, no matter where you have been, unless you've stood at this one point of There's only one thing gaat ening yoke pine ' tie on your left and that's on your right, every More green and blue streaked ver. an effect produced white mari Arriving sign reads 41 miles to Key W You cross bridges end on end and in the order named, come Big Pine, Little Torch, Middle Torch, Ramrod, Summerland, Cudjoe, Sugar Loaf, Saddle Bunches, Bird, Geiger, Boca Chiea and Stock Is- land. You enter the city on the coco- nut-bordered Roosevelt Boule- vard, a new $1,000,000 WPA proj- ect which almost encircles the is- land. But modernity ceases upon leaving the boulevard and enter- ing the city proper. It is a hos- pitable and peaceful city. No hustle, bustle or artificial beauty of the standardized resorts to the north. The population is evenly divided between whites, Cubans and Negroes, but Spanish seems to be the prevailing tongue. The stores and shops are nearly all Cuban. ‘There don’t seem t’ be any spend limit on th’ political highway. If Elviry Higgins is true t’ form, she'll use her new car t’ run down her neighbors with. The island is only a few feet; above sea level. There is no surf, the water is shallow for seven or eight miles out where the ocean's mighty power is broken by the coral reef surrounding the island —Key West’s insurance against storms. it is, for Key West, a storm cen- ter,'has remained unscatched for | a century. Itwould be hard to choose the} most beautiful characteristic ‘of | this island city, but flower Jay $'| and botanists would. very, ih» decide the question. The streets, the picturesque Cuban lanes:ahds even the vacant lots are a mass of tropical vegetation as frost has! never been seen, in fact the na- _tives are under the impression that frost is a sheet of ice. Bou- gainvillaea, Frangipani, Geiger, Spathodea, Royal Poinciana, giant night-blooming cereus, crotons of every variety and shape, give the scene a color beyond com- pare. And fruit—every variety of tropical fruit hangs in abundance. Almonds are crushed beneath the feet as one trudges along the side- walk. Sapodillas, sour sops and coconuts are in every yard and incidentally are the three favorite | ice creams. Ti-es’s tasting like baked sweet potatoes cover the ground. The coconut palm, which outnumbers every living thing on the island, really is a menace in the high winds and the initiated walk in the middle of the street on a windy day. As for tropical trees, you ¢ hardly mention one in the en’ world that is not flourishing on this islurid. There are seven va- rieties of palm, the mahogany, q, gumbo limbo, banyan, cork, trav- eler tree, lignum vitae, man- grove, sandbox, kapok, Indian laurel, bunya bunya, but this could go on forever. As for fish, they’ve 650 varie- ties in the waters, and if you go to their aquarium and view them in their glass tanks you'll think they’ve underestimated. They have the only open air aquarium in the world, where they can be seen in their true brilliant colors which only the sunlight can give. Key West is famous the world over for her green turtle steaks and soups. These giant turtles are not green ,but get their name from the color of their fat. They weigh about 500 pounds and are brought in by yacht from Nica- ragua, in the Caribbean sea, and placed in sea odeliles until! butchered. You'll drink rain eae nie? and like it. The entire water Supply is left to the mercy of J Pluvius, but Key West has dn aur nual rainfall of 37.29 inches, ed in cement cisterns under the houses or in the back yards of the individual homes, automatic pumps sustaining a pressure in the hydrant Key West is only equaled by Gibraltar as a strategic military and naval location. It controls the waters of the Gulf and the Carib- bean. It is a potential base for submarines in case of war with a specially designed basin, a naval radio station known the world over, lighthouse service head- quarters and our southernmost weather bureau. Its natural har- bor could shelter the entire U. S. navy The happiest people in the United States live here. They are poor, but fine people, the Cubans. No crime of rowdyism as in the foreign element of our mainland cities. There is no sand as we know it in Key West. The island is of coral origin and the beaches consist of coarsely ground shell and rotted coral the consistency of very coarse sand. The roads are built of the same material from the sea. When dry it becomes hard like cement, making an excellent roadway. As dug from the ses the materis! is known as mart But what's the use of attempt- ing to describe further the charms of this bit of old world? You. yourself, soon will be driving along this length of highwey known a: Florida State Road +A A mighty good insurance | arnt tically all in the Summer months. , It is caught on the roofs and stor- | HAVE A SMILE An Ambulance Case “A burglar broke into my house late last night”. “Did he get anything?” “Rathore © Youw''see, my wife ihonet hy jt wis The" Fifty Pitty: { sab gup-sonchasaagreat thirst for | Riowtedlee, Where! does he get Me gets ‘the knowledge from and the thirst from his fath- It’s A Chronic Failing C. O.—You are on report for knocking this man unconscious. What have you to say? | Boatswain’s Mate—Sir. I hit him, but he was unconscious be- fore he sates this man’s navy. Compiete ste Collection “You have a splendid collection of mounted fish—but what are the empty panel. for?” “Oh, those are some that got away”. INTERESTING NOTES Claude G. soaiats to head ‘Spanish Child Welfare Associa- j tion; refugees of both sides aided. Oil expropriations in Mexico Rey situation likely to test “good neighbor” policy. Victory for Roosevelt and his New Dealers is seen in fortheom- jing Democratic primaries. Gill says WPA study shows that trend in industry throws double burden on government. Hitler pleads divine guidance in closing campaign with address to throng in Vienna. Kennedy curbs the presentation of American women at court; will introduce officials’ wives. Gerard says Hitler is achieving ithe ex-Kaiser’s aim of penetra- tion in the Balkans. Healthy- minded f religion held he af the world to end strife, rmon of Rabbi Stern. ano gydoul Farmer wndiwite “ a year for clothes; but bate ds town Tesldtentt, AT e Rise in inventories In 1937 and drop in receivable items shown in survey of 175 corporations. which completes an unbroken paved road over one of the most picturesque drives in the world to one of the most interesting cities in the United States. Cuba is spending $49,000,000 on @ super-highway across Cuba to take ca of the tourists on the strength of the overseas highway There will be to Havana road is com- w ferry rates. It in store for the near future. * reaped $57 ber shan est is