The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR NATURE NOTES By J. C. GALLOWAY (Reprinted From Port Allegany (Pa.) Reporter) _ of December, white ones during the holidays while Clair Brown (Continued from Preceding Installment) But we retraced our way back |was here, and these now. to the highway and continued/one there is the Darling plum”, our search for a beach, {she said, solving another prob- _— . }lem that had puzzled us. There! “Looks like we will have to ask was some conversation about the someone”, we said, “There is ‘ ownership of these abandoned someone now”. “Waiting for the homes and lands, and we learned bus?” “No, just waiting for the |that the house by which we stood Overseas Transportation”, she |happened to belong to the lady said. She told us the way to the/from whom Mr. Dahle had pur- beach; the same way and place} ichased his home in Key West. we had gone the year before. |“The truck won't drive back to Down along the dense jungle!my place”, said Mrs. Shanahan; “That | with abandoned houses every now and then; out into the salt meadows half bare mud; over to! the few houses among the cocoa- nuts next the water. And this is; Big Pine’s beach; a narrow strip of shell sand, a narrow drift of | brown leaves of turtlegrass left by the tide, pawed and dug into daily by ’coons hunting for crabs; | a wall of cocoanuts or mangrov- es, a few camp houses, some rua ty, the othe: with nobody | home; some rickety docks for small boats; hungry hordes of mosquitoes that came and filled | the car. Yet withal it was pleas- ing to the eye; here was beauty there, One house showed perman- | ent residence; there was a sign, EGGS, outside. It was, we learn- ed later, the home of the lady we had met. We looked along the shore but did not linger. Back along tiie jungle road, we met our lady walking back. There was a word about her home, and her market for eggs. Her name? “Shanahan. Yes, I’ve been about the keys 40 years and here since 1921”, she said. “The Trish don’t mind living alone. A man wants to wander, anywhere over the earth; a woman likes her home”. “Yes, I knew all the old botanists that used to come } here; Professor Simpson and the others. They have been gone these many a year. Professor Simpson gave me all his Florida books; I don’t have them now; E lost them all in the fire. There are trees here on Big Pine that are never seen anywhere else”. “Are there any dear left?” “Yes, | a few. But the murderers used to come from Miami and Key West, | and I think they must have killed a thousand of them. Mur- derers; that’s what I call them”. | There were little birds twitter- | ing unseen in a nearby tree as| we were talking with this thin- skinned, clear complexoned wom- an who, with the indomitable | spirit of her race had kept her | mnd clear, her refinement of speech and manner of living | through many years»in primitive | surroundings, wild and rough and | lonely; and kept her sturdy and independent, cheery and content- ed here where life for most folks | proved more than they could| “I tell them to leave the goods PRESENT SESSION OF LEGISLATURE | (Continued from Page One) ;more than 144 million dollars to put our highways in proper con- {dition to meet the neels of the state. Nine-Point Program | Governor Spessard Holland ,has' proposed a nine-point program, \the principal item 0£ which gives ‘cents instead of the three it*now lreceives and gives the counties two cents for the payment of road and bridge bonds in the place of |the three cents they now receive. |transactions will be proposed and County | bitterly debated. S- | But the ociation of Commissioners is bitterly oppo: ing this proposed changed dis- tribution, claiming that such ac- :money. | ae jthe State Road Department. four | lawyers, is slated for a battering iat this session. Another domestic THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Mrs. Effie Whalton is <a jtomorrow for Miami where she} j will spend the’ Easter holidays. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941 by the state of the cider break at the tracks, a licensing of gambling establishments un- der state supervision, a state in- come tax, a tax on jook organs, and any other kind of a tax pro- ponents can think of to bring in Jup behind a set of fortifications west of Salonika, but German troops have not yet reached that 'REORGANIZED UNITS 'U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REpoRT| AGE COME BACK 'ivoy —— (Continued from Page One) FORECAST |Berlin. Berlin sources said they Was Old at 38 (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) |had no information about the | Key West and Vicinity: Partly |status of the Yugoslav capital, | cloudy with mild temperature ; j although German treops were jtonight and Friday; gentle to ifighting their way in that direc- Mrs. abet Russell will leave moderate winds, mostly east and | tion, tomorrow for Miami where she |S°utheast. British troops still will remain for several days’ visit. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight |entered the conflict, jand Friday; gentle to moderate | ported. Heavy 3 | winds, mostly east and southeast. \the B. Lieut.-Comdr. Carl Hilton, com-| Florida: Partly cloudy si is mandant of the coast guard station | and Fri iday. there, left this morning for aj} Jacksonville to Florida Straits duty in St. Petersburg. He will and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- | jreturn in about 10 days. riable winds, mostly south- ——== and east; partly cloudy ¢, weather tonight and Friday. | | | Concerning Divorce Law a's 90-day residence di- vorce taw, which has made’ this! state.aimecca for unhappy spous- took es ‘old mine for divorce cay ge very (OSTREX|—for that" atter 40"letdowa Ee ‘or sale at Gardner's Pharmacy and al! other good drug stores have * not Athens re- concentrations of F. are said to be drawn | law giving wives equal rights : with theri husbands in property management and contractural {Seesssssseesseaas an Jook joints will hold the spot- east jeas light for a while through legis- jon the porch here and I'll get it’. | tion will bankrupt the counties It was in plain sight of the main |2nd necessitate the levying of highway, on the old road _ that, unbearable taxes upon county like a double track, ran close be- | t@XPay Bond-holders, desir- jing the best possible security for \side it. LEGALS IN THE COUNTY JUDG i AND FOR MONRO FLORIDA. In_re tate of KENNETH ROBERTS, A Minor. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UNDERSIGNED as Guardian | of the estate and person of Kenneth Roberts, a minor, that I will peti- tion the Honorable Raymond R. Jounty in and for Mon- y ida at his office in the Court House, Key West, Monroe County, Florida, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. on the 19th day of} April, A. D. 1941 for der a thorizing the sale of the inter: the aforesaid minor in and to the following described propert and being in Monroe County ida, and more particularly de- scribed as follows: On the Island of Key W and known on the Map of ¥ liam A. Whitehead delinea in February, A. D. 1829 and on the Map of Windsor Smith recorded in Deed Book D, Page 449 of Monroe County, Florida Records as a Part of Tract Five (5) and more particularly de- scribed as follows: Commenc. ing at a point on the Northe side of William S dred Sixty (160) and running thence in a North- westerly direction Fifty (59) feet; thence at right angles in a Northeasterly direction One hundred and ‘Forty-one (141) feet; thence at right angles in a Southeasterly direction Fifty (50) feet; thi right an fn a_ South: erly dir One hundred and Forty- (141) feet to the point of ginning. CORINNE C. ROBERTS, As Guardian of the ate of Ken- neth Roberts, a minor. marl apr3-10,1941 at ow MONROB ‘ OU NTY ROSCOE ROBE RTS, JR., A Minor, NOTICE OF NOTICE IS E Y THE UNDERSIG» uardian of the estate and person of Roscoe Roberts, Jr., a minor, that I will peti- tion the Honorable Raymond R. Lord, County Judge in and for Mon- roe County, Florida at his office in the Court House, Key West, Monroe County, da, at the hour o’cloc , on the 19th day April, . 1941 for an orde thorizing the sale of the interest of |the aforesaid minor in and to the | following described property, lying ing in Monroe County, Flor- and more particularly de- | of |Scribed as follows bear; as evidenced by the aban- doned. homes in the jungle. | “Don’t the mosquitoes bother, you?” we asked. “A little; but| we are used to them. They both- | er the Northern folks more”. For | we were busy with the hordes | that buzzed and stung us as we talked. “Have chineel tree? There is one down here in front of this next house”. | she said. Now we had read of the poisonous manchineel of the West Indian shores all our lives, but | did not know the tree. “It has a fruit that drops off when ripe”, | she said; “and if you ate one it would kill vou. One of my friends had a habit of putting every- thing in her mouth; she touched her tongue to one of these and it nearly killed her. The sap is poisonous too people get poisoned by merely touching it” All this accords with the tree's reputation. We looked at the low, spreading, round-topped tree, not unlike a small apple tree in| shape and It was scant of} , and they were yellowed with sunburn, growing as it was in rock; flower spikes like brown caterpillars curled from the twig- tips; two tiny berries, hard and green, perched alongside. But those leaves! They and the tree had a strangely familiar look they were th me as_ those! thrifty greer the ‘Key West h found the tr twig with it juice, you ever seen the man- | | some sly leaves, we > fre the and carried dium” £ covered wind whit like silk we depend fl ers for the winter”. That's right pink ones were bfooming the first with r hees those Auspices Eastern Star Sidney Matthews Home Southard Street Monday, April 21, 8 o'clock AN ERE RR the Map of L. r ed in D 449 of Monroe Count cords as a Part of nd more _particul ed as follows: (¢ ing at a p ortheast of William Street One hun- ixty (160) feet, Three (3) from the corner of Wind- William St®eet rth- (50) ct Five rly de- mmenc= Fifty a Northeaste direction hundred and Forty-one thence at right angles in sterly, direction Fifty direction Fort e point of be- ginning UPHEMIA McDONALD. As Gu of the Estate of Ros rts, Jr. 3 mari3 apr3-10,1941 NG Not re 28th Apr soon thereafter as the be heard, the unders ers inten apply tot Arthur G one of e is he Brend Dated at Key Tth day o! M “tsigane”’ gipsy gift shop virginia 1. paterson formerly at Jefferson Hotel Bldg. has moved tc DUVAL STREET SP EE 520 oce oe ORIN. MONROE MEAT MARKET SPECIALS Friday and Saturday AR TOMATOES. STRING BEANS PAUL LUMLEY $10 Fleming Street Phone 411 y;|they do not intend to .|control of the funded |their bonds, will also be active in | shaping legislative action on gas |tax legislation. The three major steps proposed by the Brookings Institute and {which have the tacit approval of Governor Holland are certian to be the subject of prolonged dis- cussions. The first recommenda- {tion proposes an independent, strict budget control of all funds collected and disbursed. This is, in substance, the “one pet: treas- ury” idea advanced by Governor ;Cone two years ago and_ which jnever got beyond the incubation state. This proposal would abolish the system of continuing appro- priations and earmarked rev- jenues, which the Brookings In- stitute says is “an outstanding levil”. The Institute declared: “It tends to expand since the bene- |ficiries of more and more func- tions seek to secure assured fi- nancing, to escape legislative con- trol and to tap the general rev- enue fund in case of shortage”. But any proposed act to place jthis recommendation in our laws of 1941 will be passed only over ‘the dead bodies of the “bene- ficiaries” of earmarked funds. |For instance, citrus growers are | taxed on every box of fruit and jSuch taxes are earmarked for use | by the Citrus Commission for ad- | vertising purposes. They will tell the legislators in. no uncer- tain terms that they pay this tax for that specific purpose and that see this ;money spent for schools, old age | pensions or for any purpose other |than advertising citrus fruits. -|And this group is only one of the many “beneficiaries” who |will be heard from before such a budget control act can be enact- ed into law. Property Assessments The second Brookings proposal au-|is the “Equalization of property | assessments, less with delinquent t: for failure to pay”. of this proposal it says: “Equali- zation of assessments as between jcounties and as between govern- jmental divisions within a county should be required by law to be compromise es,, penalities |made by some appropriate state | jadministrative agency”. Obvious- ly taxing officials and _ tax-dis- pensing officials or certain groups of taxpayers will not take kindly to the idea of having a_ state board in Tallahassee super |the assessments made in the |governmental divisions, These Same ‘groups plus the bondholders will scrutinize with a great deal of care any proposed legislation to carry out the third step recommended by the Brook- ings Institute which is “State debt re- funding and adjustment of cities, agen- | district and other taxing number of old bills will be submitted to the ature, proposing paymer from $40 to $60 per mon reasing the age limit to years, Plans for raising essary money to provide these sions will include a_ general transactions tax of three percent, age pension 60 the a luxury tax on cigarettes, chew- | ng gum, theatre tick crease in the tax on bet! race d the tak: an in- at the tracks a 4 CAUSE ENORMOUS PROP- ERTY DAMAGE. The swarming season will soon be here. Why take chances when we can eliminate this menace for you. The cost is low and Terms can be arranged. A ROVED by FHA and LICENSED SPECIALISTS in TERMITE CONTROL Inspection and Advice FREE S-year GUARANTEE BE WISE FEDERAL EXTERMINATING CO. Exterminators of all Pests 614 Duval Street Phone 31 In support | lative proposals for their elimina- | tion from the social scheme, in- creased licenses, and stricter con- trol. The Lake County League of Municipalities are sponsoring a bill which would prohibit all “jook joints” and liquor selling outside of the corporate limits of the towns of Lake County. Legislators from South Florida | will attempt again to have a state hospital for the treatment of per- sons mentally ill established in the southern or.central part of the state. Similar proposals have been made before without suc- cess. ‘Two new proposed laws will be introduced affecting motorists. The first will increase drivers’ licenses from fifty cents to one dollar for private operators. It has the support of the county judges and receipts will be used to pay the judges more for issuing the license, increase the number of patrolmen, and establish a state-wide radio system for police | work. The second proposed law will require two fmotor vehicle inspec- tions each year and the main- tenance of every motor vehicle in mechanical condition which will assure safe operation on the high- ways. Taxation Matters But the biggest problem con- | fronting the legislature is taxa- tion in general. With the gen- eralfund in the red, state adj valorem taxes abolished, and Gov- ernor Holland and many legis- | lators pledged to repeal the gross receipts tax, either new sources of revenue will have to be found or some means of increasing col- | lections from present sources will have to be devised. An increase in the budget for schools, state “A stitutions and departments oe add to the problem, and the cost | of the new Parole Commission will have to be provided for. Senator Amos Lewis from Jack- | son County is quoted as saying Frank Stickney, deputy sheriff, | | | will leave Key West tonight with ETS ek RT Ta } a patient who is to be confined FINALLY PAYS | at the state hospital for the in-} — ‘ jsane at Chattahootchee. | DENVER.—After — twenty-nine | ia | years a nickel was sent to a drug} Mrs. Wesley Pinder and two children, William and Betty, left | today to spend some time at Rock | | Harbor, Fla. | See i} Sergeant and Mrs. Fred Ballard | j left today for a visit with the) sergeant’s mother at Dade” City, | Fla. i RALPH JOHNSON AWARDED BICYCLE, | Ralph K. Johnson, 912 James} jstreet, Key West, was awarded | jthe bicycle given away by the School Safety Patrol. that he will not only vote to sus- |repeal of the gross receipts tax | but will introduce another bill in- | {| creasing the levy from the present one-half of one per cent to two | per cent. ing a transactions tax, treasure hunt for new sources of revenue is now on. Only a few of the major prob- ilems reviewed above show | tremendous task faced by Gover- {nor Holland and the 1941 legis- | lature. Wise leadership and earn- | jest effort must unite in common | | purpose if these problems are to be solved. THE RANGE BUSTERS | THE KID’S LAST RIDE also COMEDY AND SERIAL POCCCOO OS EEOOOOROOOOOOCE | THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE FHA TITLE | IMPROVEMENT LOANS EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1941 See us today and make those improvements to your home that you have been plan- ning so long. LONG TERM EASY PAYMENTS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation *6,300,000 for Telephone Expansion constructing and adapting telephone facilities to meet governmental and other telephone needs of the state. £ |= @ More than 600,000 men in the nation’s armed 2 forces will be trained in the South. Of these more than 114,000 will be located in Florida. To care for these men there will be 71 military camps and establishments in the South. Necessary switchboards, numerous other equip- ment, and many miles of telephone wire have al- provided as required. An adequate communication service is vital to the defense program and telephone forces have been engaged for months in planning and installing the service te meet the maximum needs of govern- ment and industry for both local and long distance telephone service. Telephone men and women are now better equipped and trained than ever before to do the big job ahead of them. They go forward contident of their ability te maintain the serv- ice af its present high standard of efficiency and dependability. |store to pay for a two-cent stamp | ithat was credited. | Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing | Over one million bottles of the WILLARD | TREATMENT have been sold for reliefof ‘tain Governor Cone’s veto of the | Sic, | explains this treatment—free—at the | Butter tb. 35 WAS HIS DAUGHTER For Real Purity For Real Economy For Real Service For Real Protection : DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Phompeon Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 weesrsrrrrrrrrrvregs BROWNWOOD, Texas. — Lon | Parker ordered a sandwich in aj restaurant in this city, and the} waitress turned out to be his daughter. whom.he. had not seen NE fourteen years. 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Ile} Spiced ' BEETS or TURNIPS, LUNCHEON MEAT, \2 bunches Heinz Sweet Mixed or | Sweet POTATOES, 2 Ibs. ,Gerkins PICKLES, Ib Meaty | Yellow FRANKFUATER, 2 lbs. 10 VARIETIES FRE ne | Juicy BURPEE oa , SEEDS ORANGES, doz GRAPEFRUIT, — we L.10 27 por | JELLO, c FOR ONLY 15:3 pkgs. 1 6 for : 1 bb 25 Cc. California Fancy 12¢! k OCTAGON Happy Kids 10c 35¢ LEMONS doz. 19¢ ee . a 25¢ 21c 13¢ 19¢ 19¢ 'gun Sweet PRUNE JUICE, qt. .. é 13¢ Ile } KIX DEAL 15¢ -. BRISKET, Ib | Swift's Whole or Small Half lb. 25c : Country Roll 10 PACKETS 5e 15¢ MACARONL, 2 for Red Heart DOG FOOD, A-B-C, 2 for “So Rich It Whips” MILNUT Miracle Whip SALAD DRESSING Libby’s—Tall FRUIT COCKTAIL STANDARD No. 2 Can Tomatoes 6¢ Marmalade Jar FREE 2 Pkgs. KIX, 24e all for Octagon SOAP, giant size, 3 for Octagon POWDER. large size, 3 for Concentrated SUPER SUDS, large Octagon (Toilet Soap) e FLAKES. (FREE) $1.19 : OC Octagon TOILET SOAP. 3 for 39¢ . 2 for Giant size KLEK for dishes 19¢ Large size Octagon GRANULATED KETCHUP, large 12¢ ROYAL ARMS 4 EARS OF PERFECT Gulf Spray INSECTICIDE, gal. No. 2 can GRAPE FRUIT JUICE, 2 for Large Colgate TOOTH PASTE Welch's GRAPEJUICE. qt. Silver Fan CRAB MEAT Royal Arms