The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1949, Page 2

® on A tien ernotas. Neri ome * revenue is MONOGRAPH Dear Readers After making proper for Modesty, we are moved to that e subscfiption will be a eft on Christmas Day for some from-home loved one allowance suggest welcome away- THE ORACLE WATER MAY BECOME SCARCE Not many people realize the vast im- vtance future years may of an adequate pert of the nation. ¥ationists estimate uses about 700 gallons water bring 4 Mates a serious water shortage In to supply the sqpiogins, government officials and that the nation f water a day WE SHOULD HELP OURSELVES —_—— bie The type of publicity Key West is get- ting from President Truman’s visit is not purchasable, Millions of dollars could not buy it because newspapers and newsmag- azines don’t sell that kind of advertising. But because we are getting much free publicity, due to President —. pre- P in’Wey West, we should not, let. it, ~~ ap lh pte the progress of our city. Instead, we shonld do our part, and, do it constantly rand deter- aninedly, to make!Key West present a bét- ter‘appearance and to promote its welfare in evety way, possible. etre, poe P Many of iis fray not be financially able to paint our homes or places of busi- ness, but all who can should do so, as- suming. the buildings are in need of paint- ing. And there are few buildings in Key West that are not in need of a coat of paint, Indeed, it would take two or more coats to paint properly hundreds of weather-beat- en buildings in Key West. As for yards, everybody is in a pesi- tion to keep his grounds in good condition. Not only should weeds be pulled up but grass, flowers or shrubs should be planted in the places made bare’ by pulling up weeds, However humble a home may be or however small a lot'may be, paint will make the house mere attractive and. the lot can be beautified with ornamental plants, which grow readily in Key West. The city government can do much to provide additional conveniences and at- tractions for touri Several months ago it was said that the city intended, to im- prove more streets. If the money is avail- able, no time should be lost in beginning work on some of the many strets, in the heart of the city, that are filled with ruts. It is true that streets daily are being patch- ed, but the condition of some of them is so bad they need scarifying, rolling and as- phalting. The Citizen does not consider it amiss to refer again to the $10,000 the city has announced it has as a nucleus to improve the Garrison Bight. The three commission- ers who were elected on November 8 de- clared, time and again, during their cam- paign, that they favored improving the bight. Why not use the $10,000 to build a few small piers and, with the money left over, to dredge in the vicinity of the piers? The publicity that the President is giving us is helping us immeasurably, but We shout? aise help onrselves: 1 ONES The prediction for business, ip » 395 is bright, say those who are ‘supposed. to know ee ae aaa aatheMM Cet ADL sce sistas: Key West In Days Gone By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF DECEMBER 5, 1939 Captain Robert S. Fogg, plane speci. with the Aeronautics’ Authority, arrival in the city by Miami yesterda of disc ng tion for a float hydroplanes to ‘be used for wAmong thie s! the c : et Re party to be held Thursday 'n: af 7:30 k at National Guard Agmory will be a hand-balancing and tumbling act by two beys. res of Charles E spent four from th from C mother and father. C. E. Smith, 910 ye ornia to be with his Mr. and Mrs, wrth Beach Troop No. a ty dav encamt , in celebration of 1 ving and had a wonderfu The boys left early i noon and by 6 o'clock ning, when Scout 5 1 Morton artney, chief of the seli-liquid division. of the RFC, who appeared before two important ° Monroe Coi weekend, iS presevt to with the Overs Bridge C ing Si of the y confer and Toil Rosen- »wisitors the over the turne ( me Clubs in tip to a sectional Florida é Woman's Fort ill be represented Bowl f 1 in ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT 126 DUVAL ST. See Our Hundreds of CHRISTMAS CARDS Including Box Assortments Use Our LAY-AWAY PLAN for || ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Let Us Recondition Your Old Typewriters and Adding Machines |; OPEN UNTIL 5 ON SATURDAY |: ——WE DELIVER meh person. Even greater use is ex- —_——_------rnwr—nrnr-- d in the future and this may create HOLDING THEIR OWN weieme which might be solved if there ——— ter planning in the conservation of Some twenty years ago, there was na- 4d water resource and the use of | tonal concern over the possibility that the . e water growth of the chain stores might destroy SA* & eational problem, the threat of a | inde , small-store merchandising. + hortage may arixe in the arid West it can be determined—on the omar mn between the two | ba of facts, not gu es—just how the he atior the twenty ndependents have fared in competition rage annual rainfall line, whieh | With the chains. oo 4 he Western part Texas | In 1929, the chains accounted for 21.2 ™ Northward through th ntep | per cent of all retail sales. In 1935 the fig- ! " South Dakota. East th ure w 24.5 per cent. In 1939 it was 22.7 + plies exceed requiryment per cent. And in 1948 it was down to 21.4 i) Hine, there is a deoren | ex be nf > tation ntetier vegi % These fictires are easily interpreted. ‘ N M parts of | In that 20-vear period, the total volume of ; Cal iforr Uta Sait } Teta bysiness increased from $49,000,- sroblem 0,000 to $129,000,000,000 a year. But . ’ United | the chains’ proportion is almost the same 6 ' hree 1929 when fear for the sur | epth of nearly ; Vival of the independent merchant was ‘ ' er |r hing a high peak. * xpert Hindsight is ¢ and foresight is dif- . eing d t.B Pi , now, that we did the : lent merchant an injustice when r raid that chain competition ry . t P ' much for him. What actually - \ ’ W that » independents took ; t methods, adopted « b t , and added _ con- : novations of their own.* > 1 their trade, and, as business in- | 4 ex- | creased, the ot their share of it. : lrought, } Her where free competition t a of the na’ | hae worked for the welfare of all concern- ‘ ‘ ge arid er, « mer, the chains and _r colton: of a0 eet dale wate: he judependeuts too. . heve fegions walteady prose | ea a . : herefore, for the \ p person is one who wants é fiw b } ot earned. $ ' ' $$$ ——_ : he e fer| ine PICKING UP! ’ » —— ; . wt kee lefense of the nation seems to be = tes ' g up | 4 1 N p patches say that “Sec- 3 r D puis Johnson reserved § x ‘ ! Baltimore and Ohio train | ; wh u 150 to 200 guests to the (Army- ’ . : a aR RN A 50-YEAR-CLD WATER TANK (top) is pulled down at Colum- bus, Miss., just after the last team locomotive on the Gulf, Mo- bile & Ohio reilroad, had finished its final run. This winds up the railroad’s $66,000,000 modernization program in which all the old steam engines have been replaced with modern Diesels. Diesels don’t need water, and so the tanks are being razed. At the bottom are some of the G. M. & O.'s 300 steam locomotives in a “graveverd” at Jackson, Tenn. into junk. The G.M. & O. claims to be the first major trunk line [ railway in the nation to achieve complete dieselization. | the day may have a misantnropic + com 1 dian province. local judges. ot f ,companionship and busin |! Coming: WIZAl PHONE 250 | hind this? | @) Wirephoto They are being convertd Your Horoscepe | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1949 —tThose born in the early part of ‘tendency, possibly due to some |real or fancied injury. Born as the day advances the mind be- more active, but the life be circumscribed. Under e infliren this may go so reach a restraint of 1e first Indian Totem Poles re believed to have been built than 200 years ago in British tumbia or the Queen Charlotte ands to the west of the Cana- », Miami by Mrs. John Offutt, wife of the athletic director of Key West Hign School. Selection was made Saturday night at Club ayo Hueso at Jaycee Orange »wl Dance by five out-of-town supervisor of the}! will leave the| row morning to at- tend a meeting of supervisors and officers in Jacksonville. | NYA 1e Citizen raph: Today says in an/| on sleeping it is best to lie on the right side, also when] ke.” New Hearing Device Has No Receiver Button In Ear} Ill.—Deafe people iling a r that es them clear h ing without ‘making them r a receiver button in the joy songs, sermons, with no self-conscious ing that people are lookin any button hanging on their ear. With the new Phanto- mold you may yourself not only from but from even the of deafness. The makers one, Dept. 40, 1450 W. 19th St., Chicago 8, Ill, are so proud of their] 1 gladly send re (in plain| <plain how you| zing device Lu a y wil ‘ the without ris ;Beltone toda: i Air | i STRAND conditiones i! Last Times Today ; RED, HOT and BLUE vieror | Berry H VOC, aud 2 MATURE ! medy i i i OF Oz | | i i Judy Garland, Last Times Today LA SIN VENTURA MARIA AVTONIETS Pos, RAFAEL BALEDOY, TITO Ray Bolger AIR COOLED 1 Colc NGS. and paper—if she | ieee write down what was thinking. Her old desk. cone. stained crayons. ia thin; and laughed. strong point. bered, was why don’t they file? sae doice, Wonder. Who's be~ Bz. ‘when . : Wrong advice. scarry How Kelly abrupt, “Come wants to apo! Up went Arileta’s Ace. Ace says "ve bats in the belfry. Told him sooner that than hures in the heart. He hasn't. — Rats I say. an apology from her Little Chips. How many times| insult,” she stated. e those two words had been writ-| “Me: ” said . ten. Have to hang on for Little | fully, “you don’t ~~ Chips. chance to explain. . vow) Arleta looked -into the gather-|he went around to his si ing twilight. “Daddy, you wrote something here 1 should know. What is it? What among all of these lines? ‘ , And then into the quietness came a rap on. the door and} Tunia’s voice, “Miss Leta, Mr. Kelly is here. He’s very anxious. to talk to you.” : y ‘ Arleta put. the notebook into] into doing her ‘She < who'd _ browbeat tone her Fed pocket, and wilbort Mee eyes - A end giving thought to her appearance’ f % nah hp ene went down to find How Kelly: wheat ocunaines standing before the, hearth fire,/doing ‘her Sy “business,” re- ; . a a look of grim exasperation uponj peated Arleta. his face. ; “[ just had s ae the cult ted “So you're at it again,” he| Kelly as the car uaa barked. i elie 1 can seal . om “At what again?” she bristled. e ina’ - a “Stirring a hornet’s nest.| long, low adobe huddling : > 2 = You call on a poor, defenseless|in the mud, a blue electric sign " sy ca eegh and alt Bar eo. ae peeiaeene Mexican dishes a te =z, a. ae leave her in such a condition her|speci 5 f - 5 tom friends have to call a physician] “We won't be interrupted bipken ~ +A to quiet her.” here,” Kelly announced, as Ar- * . on He scowled down at her a mo-|leta sank into a deep plum- a ment, then laughed. “I’ve always|colored chair. “That's more than to pe wanted to catch one’ of these snowballs in the making. Come oa” I could promise at my Now, tell me what you fade tt vy: HORSE PLAY IN TRAFFIC HELENA, Mont.—().-A horse became a four-legged trafiic jam] west of Helena. Running back a the highway, he alf crazy. man | NEW HARDY ALFALFA _ailflowatedt | DAVIS, Calif—@).—A new a type of alfalfa that resists the dwarf disease has been developed by the University of California. The disease is caused by a) virus and has affected about one Clifford} third of the producing areas in and led this state. It causes» rapid thin 0 minutes ning in the second and third before it took a quick detour up'season of growth, the College of ick With a. horse Agriculture reports. | |. 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