The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1952, Page 6

Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFTY SMITH AW, YE KNOW CRICKET, MIZ THURLOW “ae = Tuesday, September 45, 172 ' By Fred Lesswell DURNED IF L KNOW-- THEY JES’ SAID YE GIVE TH’ LEDBETTER YOUNG-UN TH’ PURTIEST BABY QUILT ‘AP Newsfeatures MIZ THURLOW-- MY AUNT LOWEEZY Chapter 12 vanished into the saloon as Clay} mendous bite of ham, and Russell stood, speechless and hat in hand,| grinnec at Clay in friendly fash- IS _GIVIN’ CRICKET BARLOW A BABY SHOWER, AN' THEY WANT. YE _, TO COME 4 SMiL I WUSN'T IN A FIGHT; I WUZ PASSIN’ BY KNOTT AN’ PINE STREETS~THEY RE TEARIN' DOWN A BUILDIN-AN' A BRICK TLL CATCH A DENIZEN SO GIG WE CAN USE IONE SCALE FOR A SKATING RINK! s, has ee ae) 2, King Features Syadicate, Tae, W EvVTA KETT “| olleoaae TT) BREAK IT UR Y aye GIRLS! WHATS oop AL THE EXCITEMENT. 7 Zi. (GBP, THIS MAN CAME INTO OUR SORORITY 5 ff OH-THAT'S MY NURSE- POPEYE AN’ WIMPY WANT A BRESH- WATER DENIZEN! on LCAN ALL RIGHTY’ XPLAIN, \ALL RIGHT! FFICER) BACK TO | Youre ROOMS, I'LL HANOLE ITS MAIZIE! COME ON, PANCHO! LET THE RUSTLERS GO! ‘ is f WELL-I'LL BE | SEEIN’ YOU- YOU SAY YOU WERE HIT AT KNOTT AN! PINE THEY EVER LAID EYES ON HM-M-THEY. MUST. BE AT LUNCH-NOTHIN‘ COME DOWN By Tom Sims and B. Zaboly RIGHT THIS SORORITY HOUSE USED TO BE OuR CLUB /— I'M HERE FOR CLASS PEUNI THIS IS MY DAUGHTER JUST OVER YONDER )\ YONDER! STILL TIED J TH’ BUG KLEATS 1S TIRING GOTTA REPLACE H/M ON 7H’ MOUND NEXT /NNINGn \ BUT IVE ALREADY PB CLEANED TH’ BENCH OF PINCH HITTERSin OR HAVE 1? = BEG PARDON, SiR. SS 1 MUST REST BRIEFLY. BEFORE | GO ANOTHER) ON?) THE DORM WITH THE _ J REST OF THE OLD GRADS.’ YOU CAN'T MISS + IT— ITS WHERE ALLTH NOISE 1S COMING MADRE MIA! ITS A STAMPEDE! 1M ON MY WAY TO ‘\ ZALEN! \ TH’ WOODPILE, -GRAB A SEES, ee 2 we — “CALLY DUPRE!” he exclaimed. “I had no idea I'd be lucky enough to find such a charming acquaintance on board.” might be just.a little embarrass- ing, mightn’t it—Mr. Bennett?” His arm fell to his side and he lifted his shoulders in a briefly sketched gesture of resignation. “You heard the—the commotion, then?” he asked. She nodded slowly. “I heard it all,” she agreed. “You see, I was boat tonight.” added, almost negligently, “It was quite important to me.” Clay stared at her, aware, that his fate was completely and ab- solutely in her hands. She studied him for an instant. Then suddenly she smiled. “Your secret 1s quite safe with me, Mr. Bennet,” she said softly. “I think perhaps we will find it possible to help each other, and I certainly would not want any- thing to happen to you—at least, as long as that possibility exists. Besides, I rather think you owe me something. In addition to de- iting me of Mr. Shepley’s serv- you nearly killed me today, you know.” Clay stared at her blankly. Then, as his eyes took in the soft curves of her firure and her dark, shining hair, his mind was filled suddenly with the scene at the corner of Front and Fourth Streets that morning. “Good Lord!” he exclaimed. “Was that you? I had no idea! I couldn’t see your face, you know. I’m most terribly sorry. But are you all right? Were you hurt?” “No, I'm quite all right, thank you,” she said crisply. “Iwas ter- ribly frightened, of course, but not hurt. But really, Mr. Ben- nett,” she said smiling sweetly, “you ought to be more careful with your horses—and your sword. Otherwise, we might not be able to help each other, after all. And that would be most unfortunate.” Still smiling, she turned and increases in beef cattle numbers of all states in the 52 years since 1900, a study conducted by the Am- erican National Cattlemen's Asso- ciation, Denver, Colo., indicated to- day. Florida had an increase of 50 per cent as numbers of beef ani- mals jumped from 616,000 in 1900 to 1,250,000 this year. The state also| moved from 21st to 13th ranking in beef cattle numbers. The percentage increase for Flo- rida was exceeded only by the 54} per cent shared by North Dakota, Louisiana and Montana and by So. Dakota’s 51 per cent. Topping the national ranking of beef cattle population were the traditional beef production and feeding states of Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Mis- souri, Oklahoma, Montana, Colora- do, California and Minnesota. Tex- as, with more than 7,350,000 beef cattle has led the states over the half-century, with the other states} realigning slightly from year to} year in subsequent ranks, Changing national economy andj} land needs have brought decreases {in beef cattle numbers in many eastern states, notably New York, | Wisconsin ang Pennsylvania which | were by-passed by as many as 21 other states. However, western, southern and midwestern production has been to meet Blaine Shepley on this} She paused andj staring after her. turned westward into the muddy current of the Missouri, A white- coated Negro was making his way through the salo nd along the deck, ringing a massive brass din- ner bell to announce that break- fast was being served. The Natchez was plowing: its way westward between igh, wooded bluffs that overhung the river on either side. It was one of those rare, fair mornings that Missouri sometimes enjoys in ay. Whistling cheerfully, Clay strolled dowr the deck and opened the door that led into the great dining saloon. Two men were eating at the table nearest the door, and Clay paused beside an unoccupied chair at the table. “Excuse me, gentlemen,” he said easily, “but is this place taken?” The heavy-set, red-faced man at the right waved generously toward the chair with a hand that still held a fork upon which an enormous piece of boiled potato was impaled. “Sit down, stranger,” he ex- claimed heartily. “Sit down and make yourself right at home.” He popped the potato into his mouth and chewed vigorously for a minute as Clay settled himself in the chair. Then he extended his right hand as he introduced himse-.. “My name’s Jason Bingham,” he said, “trader and outfitter at Westport with a full line of sup- plies and trade goods for the In- dians or Santa Fe.” He scarcely paused to catch Clay’s name before the torrent of speech swept on again. “This here feller’s Bur] Russell. He’s a Santa Fe trader, and if he buys his supplies anywhere ex- cept at Bingham’s I'll never buy him another drink of licker as long as he lives.” He paused to swallow a tre- John DeWeeses Back From West Mr. and Mrs. John DeWeese have returned from a conference of Na- tional Park Service superintendents | at Glacier National Park, Montana. DeWeese is superintendent of Fort Jefferson National Monument in Dry Tortugas. Park Service leaders from throughout the nation, Hawaii and Puerto Rico attended the conference. The DeWeeses returned from Montana by car with Superinten dent Dan Beard of the Everglades National Park. Both ancient Egypt and ancient Greece deified great physicians. able to increase total beef cattle] numbers to a record high of 52,182,- 000 this year, compared with 43,- 195,000 in 1900. Other southern states which in- dicated increases over the half- century were Louisiana, ranking 16th today with a 54 per cent in crease to 1,040,000 head; Mississip- pi, 20th with a 42 per cent increase} to 831,000; Alabama, 24th, 40 per cent, 762,000; Georgia, up 16 per-| cent, but down from 24th to 28th/ in rank, 627,000. ion. Clay helped himself jand glanced inet omens | the table. _ “I take it both you gentlemen v = or around Westport?” he sked. “That's right,” Bingham said. “I don’t know much about that country,” Clay explained. “Could a man get into the Santa Fe trade if he had only a couple of thow- sand or so to get started?” Russell considered the problem gravely. “Why, yes,” he said. “Two thousand dollars will just about buy enough supplies to fll one wagon, and with that much security you shouldn't have any trouble getting somebody to fur- nish you with a wagon and a half-dozen mules, or maybe oxen. Course, you'll have to have sup- plies for the trip and four or five hundred dollars for import duty at Santa Fe, but you can get around that by buying some of your supplies on credit and hold- ing back enough cash to meet your needs.” “What about the profits on a trip like that?” lay asked. “Could I make any money with just one wagonload of goods?” Burl smiled slowly. “That’s a mighty hard question to answer,” he admitted. “Just as a horseback guess, I'd say that this year a man might bring back three to four times as much money as he puts in.” He looked at Bingham. “That sound about right to you?” he asked. “You're dead right, Burl,” Bing- ham said emphatically, “What's more,” he swung around in his chair so that he faced Clay squarely, “if you. do decide to go into the trade, Bingham and Com- pany will be mighty proud to outfit you, and I can tell you right here and now that if you n a little accommodation to get start- ed, we can set down together and work it out without no fuss or difficulty of any kind whatsoever. You just tell me what you 4 and you can bet your bottom dol- lar I'll see to it that you get it!” (To be continued) Florida Cattle Industry Shows Increase Florida had one of the largest *- Local Sailor On Atlantic Duty YEW LONDON, Conn.—William . Metz, radioman second class, USN, husbdnd of the former Miss Anna H. Coleman, 50-C Arthur Saw- yer Rd., Key West, Fla., has re- ported for temporary duty to the staff of Rear Admiral George C. Crawford, USN, Atlantic submarine force commander, as part of the radio crew, during special submar- ine exercises. Metz, one of 20 radiomen, will remain on the staff until the ex ercise ends in early October. The exercise held primarily to test men and equipment in keep- ing with the submarine fleet's read- iness program includes submarines from the New London, Key West and Norfolk-based submarine squadrons. Metz, a Navy veteran of five years, is a regular crewmember of the submarine Balao, based at Key | West. 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