The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO _ She Key West Citizen ‘ Pp i. tant Business Manager From ‘The Citizen Building ia Corner Greene and Ann Streets ® in Key West and Monroe uunty ered at Key West, Fc Press y entitled to use ches credited to Me The Associ disp: herwise credited: i i-ws published here. SUBSCRIPTION WARES] 19> Jan! . z $10.00 of thanks, resolutions of harged for at | NOTES FOR TAXPAYERS | Some time ago the taxpayers of Key | West were confronted with the possibility \ of being taxed for the payment of several | judgments by ~ bondholders | against the city in addition to the regular levy for debt services and for operating ex- | penses. No taxpayer would have been ex- obtained $38 PERE gP4 818. erhint from the levy to satisfy the: judg- | ‘)ménts,'hot even homesteaders. The whole * would have been a pretty heavy burden | | for the taxpayers to meet this year. | | Within the last month the judgments | ' have been stayed by the federal] and circuit | courts as result of actions instituted at di- | ! rection of the city counci! and handled by | by churches from which + cents a line, en forum and invites discus public issues a st hut it will not publish anonymous communi- | smu OVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ez and Sewerage. prehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports-—-Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. ne te The Forgotten Man—he who always his taxes. °1939 finds many Japs in China but some who expected to be there are miss- ing. Key West can make progress this year if its business leaders decide to make progress. . Apsychologist says a good poker play- er could handle any kind of a job. But he wouldn’t need a job. are wrong the man who advertises wisely will get results in 1939. -Query: Are rolling pins still being manufactured? The only ones we ever see now are those Maggie throws at Jiggs. - = - - ~ -~ . ~ ~ © - oe ~ - - - - = comments an observing Key Wester, i poor relatives.” There is one thing wrong with Key West and that is we have too many peo- | ple dissatisfied with what is good, and too ; many satisfied with what is bad. Many a Key West fellow figures that | the average American is a man who wor- | ries this week about going to the poor | house, and next week goes out and buys! an automobile. . Arthur Brisbane often made the state- | ment that what a man car think he canj{ do. Well, a gambler may think he can} operate a gambling joint in Key West, or | anywhere else for that matter, without the protection of the authoritiés, but no can do. Hawthorne must have had a_ pre-! monition of our PWA for a passage in his | Note-Books reads: “To find all sorts of ridiculous employments for people that | have nothing better to de;—as to comb out | the cows’ tails, shave goats, hoard up seeds | of weeds, etc., etc.” proposed in one of the first measures to | be brought before the 1939 legislative ses- Urless all modern business theories | “Marriage would bring more happi- | “if it didn’t bring in so many bills and | | now _praceed to adoption. of ..a,..budget | the debt services | eupational anJ other local taxes collected, \‘harassed city: ‘council,’ in'search of funds to | Henry H.. Taylor, Jr., special counsel for the city. The writs obtained by the city | | mean that the taxpayers will not be re- | quired to pay the sums involved this year. i | It is probable settlements will be made un- | der the-bond refunding program being en- | gineered by R. E. Crummer, the | fiseal agent. his is good and important news for | | the city of Key West. City» council city’s may covering the normal debt. service require- , ments arid operating expenses,, , These | will, reqyize a levy of 30 mills on property i not exempt under the homestead act end a | levy of a few mills on homesteads to cover | Giving effect .to o¢-! the total needed for the two services will Le scmewhat between $100,000 and $125,- V0, according to early estimates. The next important step, therefore, is the collection of the taxes that must be levied by city council to meet operating and debt requirements. If some of the property owners cf Key West follow the | course they have followed the last several years, only a relatively small proportion of | | the taxes will be collected. Some taxpay-.| era have: py d by their'failure to pay | taxes in theipa t because: a benevolé State Legisidtute has passed a Murphy act)| permitting them to escape payment, ora?! finance a shdéString municipal operation, | has approved discounts on back taxes tang- ing to,80 per cent gr more. ot | The zen believes it is about time | the serious businesy,of colleeting,,.. taxes levied according to law against all classes of property. Key ‘West ‘had ‘ot to* begin functioning as a first-rate municipality or | else loose the grandest opportunity any | American city ever had to attain financial | and economic independence. No city can | | function without funds and every property | owner stands to loose his proportionate | share of the prosperity that lays ahead of | Key West if he does not do his part in fi- | nancing needed municipal improvements | and essential services such as police, fire and health protection, | ey, ee ee ae | I WOMAN DRIVERS SAFER “Look out for the woman driver,” isa | sang that the men use in diseussing., hazards of the highways. . However, a sur- | | yé¥' made in New York indicates: that: wo- | men are more proficient than men at driv- | ing automobiles, or, at least, more con- siderate than male drivers where pedes- trians are concerned. While women drivers comprise about 14.3 per cent of the drivers in New York | City, they were responsible for less than | two per cent of all the fatal pedestrian ac- Legalized gambling for Montana was | cidents. | If the men want to continue the as- sertion of their superiority of motor ve- sion. There should be legalized gambling | hicles, it begins to look as if they will where in order to stop the corruption | have to produce some statistics. als; either that or the severest penalties, including removal from ettice and disfranchisement, for those weak-— kneed public officials who cannot resist | the temptation to accept bribes. « ) «mutch 2 2 > ef ‘i i The government receives more than , British scientist, thinks it began when man double in taxes than the owners do in divi- | acquired the power to separate objects, ABOUT HUMAN THOUGHT Some of the scientists of the world are interested in determining - when hyman thought began. Sir'Richard Paget, | dends in several large business concerns, 1 actions and qualities in his mind and give and therefore taking profits into con-| them pantomimic symbols. sideration the government owns more than | ! halt of the business without the investment the British scientist that human thought That’s worse than socialism | did not begin before human beings ac- of gq penny. of ever communism, for these “isms” only desire an equal share in the division of the | We are quite willing to agree with quired the powers that he lists. However, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN "READY FOR HIGH GEAR" KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY peat 10, Wegner —aiecairerre _ trips Here in WPA interests. —— Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Tug Warbler, which left here eight weeks ago to render assist- | ance to the Steamship Ortega, reported in distress, is now tow- ing the vessel to Jacksonville, ac- cording to advices received by the Porter Dock Co., agents of| the tug at this port. The Warb-; ler will probably arrive here Sat- urday, although nothing definite to that effect has been announc- ed. The tug succeeded in float- ing the ship, which was aground in Haitien waters, and towed the | ‘LUIS BANCELLS GIVEN HEARING Probe into the matter of des- ecration of graves in the city cemetery and the theft blems, culminated in the arrest by the sheriff’s office of Luis Bancells, who admitted to buying parts of the stolen articles. Bancells was arraigned for pre- liminary hearing before Jeace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo this morning at 10 o'clock, and short- ly before the noon hour the ac- cused was bound over for the next session of Criminal Court in the sum of $200. The articles bought by the ac- cused were the standards, brass rods about 16 inches long, on the ends of which were the metal emblems which are placed on the graves of deceased members of the Improved Order Red Men. WPA ASSISTANT DIED YESTERDAY Charles Lowe, 35, assistant to State Administrator Robert Dill, q@ied yesterday in Tallahassee from injuries received in an auto- 1 mobile accident. ‘-Mr. Lowe was well-known in Key West having made several TODAY’S COMM! ERROR Do not say, “He is a roomer in my house”; say, “todger". j qa “ BOOORT QOeew ee cOC eeeee PEOPLE'S FORUM aaeencens aence COLORFUL KEY WEST \ Editor, The Citizen: eB ese eA, “The purest and most thought- ful minds are those that love In the French monetary sys- color the most”.—The Stones of tem, what is the name for Unaice - dredth part of a " eltad ba Bun | The spirit world lacks color, as sranee 4 ._ well as some material objects, In which mountain system is like glass and crystals. How pe orvereet Foreign beautiful God made this earth Name the Japanese Foreign with yarious colors. A man who KNOWLEDGE ‘an you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers of em-; t.ot;the vessel at Santiago. | to do away with, future Murphy ,acts'and |. Io Neal of Chicago, the discount programs and, get, down, to vessel to Santiago de Cuba, A} fire: ¢tarted im’ the engine’ room | The | Warbler left.that‘port with its tow! for Jatksbavifle'on January | 4. The Ortega is ‘a freight-steam- ér of 2,689 tons’ gross, length ot | 253 feet and carries a crew of 24| men.': The vessel was formerly) the: Sioux City end went off the, coast of Haiti on Ni ber: d1. velope of ga bo} y of the sun? river levee? Ferdinand , of | Pru 8 Im marry recently? which treats of time recorded. Of what country part-owner of Liberty magazine, and the Chicago Tribune, arrived today 6n his. amphibian — plane, “Liberty”, from.Camaguey, Cuba. | was ama once a part? On What is the name for the en- incandescent s which surrounds the What is the purpose of a Whom did Prince Alcrande® \ parte! reletiyes.- The, Jikes for tson of former Kai ér Name the branch of science as measured, computed, and the present Republic of Pan- what thermometer scale pee es becomes blind feels the loss of Au Te ae Coe this exceedingly. Some abhor black; it tends to sadden them; however, the davk might ; gives rest,'to weary ‘¢reatutes. “Black print on white ,affords the eas- lest, keadinig/ and mourning ap- ‘\parel proves’ our love for our de- \{diffefeny Aes vaty. | aire I came is “Key West about two decades ago, some of the unpainted houses depressed me. A minister then told ag “the ‘people ‘paint their faces, not. tneix houses”. Recently the fair’ sex still powder and rouge, but filling statioas put on a cheery appearance, and cottages | Mr. Patterson’s airplane party in- cludes his daughter, Mrs. Alisia Simpson, Floyd Gibbons of Wash- | ington, and Fred H. Bicker, pilot. They came to enjoy several days | at golf and fishing as well as the | matchless climate. They are} stopping at the leading tourist} «ote! during their stay. i a } Advices received by The Citi-| zen are to effect that Tex Rick | ard, 58, who travelled an adven-| wious wail from cowboy to mil-| lionaire, and found more gold in| making. boxing championship! | than in the Klondike, is on his| tast journey today. He died at} Allison ‘hospital in Miami follow- ing an operation for appendicitis. The body is being accompanied ta/ New ‘York by Mrs. Rickatd and | Jack Dempsey. | Editorial ‘comment: Now we} know who will be the county} | clerk for this county, Governor | cali Luke Ciiy, 26 years ago. Martin seitied it and his decisive | action has met with the hearty | approval of the citizens in this| Paso Co., Te community. Homer N. Sapp, of Chicago, | who arrived in Key West Satur-! .yn at Galesburg, LiL, | day to make his future home, | _ was entertained at the home of his brother, John Sapp, last eve- ning. About 30 friends of the) family joined in the merriment and united in making his pro- Fosed stay in the city a happy) ene. Born Sunday morning to Mr.) and Mrs, James R. Herring, 1410 Qlivia street, a 10%2-pound boy. | The mother was formerly Miss; Elabeth Curry. i Requiem, Mass will be said; Wednesday, January 9, at St. Paul's Episcopal church, for the) repose of the soul of the late Rev. c. R. D. Crittenden. | Only one marriage license was | issued in Key West last week and! income? that was for a colored couple, | |Leroy Faleo and Elaine Sands, all I ean do to live within my in the interest of truth, we must report | <ccording to the records in the credit. H 40. | ago. are attractively painted white with gay.red, green or yellow, and restful, blue shutters. Light is needed to bring out color, and 7 d ee Bi hd ° here a sunless day ae a rar- av. ity that The Citizen offers a re- o ay s irt. ays aha to the Key West Public Li- nee * brary for any day the sun fails Admiral Hugh Rodman, U.S.N., to shine’ The sunlight at times is etired, born at Frankfort, Ky., 80 so bright that some wear dark ears ago. glasses.. We see brunettes on the streets in well-matched yellow or scarlet attirg as well as blonde tourists in white with multi-color- ed babouskas, whilst the north- ern men after sun-baths show Joseph Medill Patterson, pub- toseate limbs, and, if the expo- gr of tle N.Y. News, born in sure has been too long, crimson- 2 clistered. Here we have the sa- chive blue of the ocean, and dur- ing a clear winter’s day the sky is ‘blue fire’, as. Ruskin called it in Modern Painters. The Reptile Museum exhibits the red and silver chicken snake, jand the Aquarium has gaudy | specimens of the Pork, Cow, Yel- low and Blue Angel Against a green background ap- pear leaves and flowers, most of Sadeass “| them gold, purple or scarlet. . . Sandburg of Harbert, the Flame Vine, Zinnias, Golden and author,: Aliamanda, Hibiscus, Bougain- Ci years | villea, ete. The Royal Poinciana 30. is on fire about half the year, and the lowly dwarf Poinciana has Judge Ferdniand Pecora of! its leayes and flowerets all the New York, born in Haly, 57 years time. In winier the Poinsettia ago. waves its crimson petals in lanes, ——- ‘in front of shacks, and instead of Alice H. Wadsworth of New | the weeping willow, it flaunts York, woman leader, born in| them in the cemetery, making it Cleveland, 59 years ago. | look like a paradise. is zero fixed as the freez- ing point of water? eecccsce wosovogeccsee t y Felix Morley of Washington, D. newspaper editor, born at Ha- ord, Pa., 45 years ago. , 80 years Sam Rayburn of Texas, con- sman, born in Roane Co., Tean., 67 years ago. Loretta Young, actress, born in Tom Mix, actor, born in El 59 years ago. Carl Mich., noted poet i ki | ful-Key West, its gorgeous sun- Dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson of | “ ; the Fordham Univ. School of: sets, etc. but will end, hoping 7, born in New York, 52 years. ol Forum. A KEY WEST RESIDENT. i Robert W. Bruere, head of the , oe faritime Labor Board, born at Rubseribe ta ‘The Citizen. | N Straining the Limit TRY... Hobbs—-Do you live within your ! Deepsea and Key West Reef Fishing on the Dobbs—Good heavens, no. It’s fishes. | I might write more about color- | thers will do so in People’s, F RIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1939 THE ISLAND CITY ~~ Points Of MOLLIE PARKER GARDENS (1015 South Street) The most remarkable tropical garden in the country. In it is the limburger tree with the taste and odor of the famous cheese; the Monstrera Deliciosa, which combines the tastes of banana, pineapple,. . soursope «anc « other trepica} fruits; »aybreadfruit nur- sery; the only s! apple! free in the U. S.;.a Euphorbia. Crystalia worth $500; tallest night bloom- ing cereus; Hawaiian pink show- er, which tourisi e pilgrim- ages to see ig in the ', Spring; a -mal th luxurious bougainvillea; a palm unknown in plant literature, and the larg- , est and loveliest blue plumbago in the country. TURTLE CRAWLS (Ca:oline and William) On this pier is the only canning factory f green turtle soup in the cou & rile weig as much as 400 pounds a tured wiih nets in the watei the Keys near the coast of N They are brought he echooner five times a year, their flippers fastened with thatch palm strands, and slid into the three crawls where swimming about they are fascinating. sub- jects. They rise to breathe every tew minutes. The turtle steak is shipped over the country as far north as New York City. Soup is made of ‘the gelatinous portions of the turtle. The shell is saved for ornamental purposes. BEARING BREADFRUIT TREE (609 Francis Street) Only bearing breadfriut tree in the country. The test of a tropical climate is that in which these trees grow. They will not grow | where the temperature falls be- low 40 degrees. This 40-foot tall breadfruit bears three times each year. hen ripe, the pulp is juicy and yellow. Each fruit weighs about five pounds. Its taste is similar to plantain. It may ibe Interest placed underground, allowed ferment, and will Gathered bef baked bread. It is thus milk of the tropics. to become cheese re it is ripe be made into he wheat and KEY WEST CIGARS (Duval and Division) first factory was estab- in 1831. In 1869, following the Cuban Revolution, the larger factories came over from Ha- vana. Among the 60 here, the st were E. H. Gato, Ruy Lo- pez and Cortez Companies. The industry employed 10,000 work- anufactured over one illion t of machine © tobacco hand on of three . lars be scen on Flag for t st’s cigars, tobacco being mospheric changes 4 factories like average 100,000 Th c 3 5 and use of vinated Key facturing. » make. At preser m: this one together cigars a month. ge Seececcesuseccaveceseses ‘'oday’s Horoscope ecevevoee . Today’s degree indicates a kind and sympathetic nature edaptable to circumstances. To day’s native will possess idealis- tic tendencies, with some desire to dig into sordid conditions and turn them up. 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COSTAR, Agent of illustrations, ideas, copy and layouts for the use of The Citizen’s advertisers every month! is absolutely This service IF you’re a butcher, a baker, a candle- stick maker or any of dozens of other kinds of merchants, you can profit by advertising in The Citizen. Stanton Super Service illustrations and layouts will fit your ads to a T... and make them doubly effective! Suves SS IS EXCLUSIVE | office of County Judge Hugh) - | Gunn. that the aggregation arrived — ' Orlando last night and w | A telegram was received last’ leave today for Tallahassee, where } evening in the city from Everett they will attend the inauguration Rivas, member of the Key West ceremonies of Governor Doyle Drum and Bugle Corps, stating’ Carlton tomorrow, spoils whereas the government demands | that the world is filled with human beings the lion’s share and the Lord help the com- ' who can separate objects, actions and panies if they do not disgorge. On the ualities in their minds.and give them pan- other hand if stockhoiders are not -paid i>m!‘c symbols, and still remain unable any dividends, it is their hard luck, | te think. with THE KEY WEST CITIZEN! Phone 51 For Further Information! eeoeesees g]} “MARLIN” | CAPT. FRANK GATES @eecccceceseccccsccscocooccs CORORCOR EO ESSOOSEOOSERSESECESeecees