The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1953, Page 4

Page & THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Menday, October 12, 1953 The Key West Citizen SESS ant iets ee Only Daily Newspaper in Key Wes? and Monroe County t. P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566) and 2-5662 Member of The entitled to use or not published bere. —$—$———— ees Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Fcc natn NSE ident Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues| will not publish’ and subjects of local or general interest, but it anonymous communications. reproduction news dispatches credited to it credited in this paper, and also the local news FLORI IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels und Apartments. ~ Beach and Ba Peheuamd A Community yor rme| oman. PSS RC AG 15 LRRD 2, RN SAT OS SSNS § CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Today, the 461st anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus will be observed. On August 3rd, 1492, Columbus left the port of Palos, Spain, with three ships. One of them was the Santa Ma- ria, of 100 tons and 52 men, and the other two were the Pinta and Nina, of 50. tons and 18 men and 40 tons and 18 men, respectively. In the early morning hours of October 12th, Rodrigo de Triana, on the Nina sighted land. Although it was the hurricane season; Columbus and his vessels had. made the voyage without being destroyed by one of the great Sep- tember hurricanes which occur periodically in the area. The land sighted was the island of Guanahoni, Bahamas. This is now called San Salvador, and the first fort built in this part of the New World was built there. Columbus is certainly one of the greatest explorers of all times, The Genoese navigator is also ranked as one| nad of the world’s first sailors and navigators and it was his conviction that that world was round which brought’ about the discovery of the New World just 461 years ago. Most historians, however, believe other explorers set foot on the North American continent many hundreds of years before Columbus. These explorers and seamen came across the North Atlantic and failed to discover the warmer area to the South. And, records of these voyages were unknown in Columbus’ day and had not the Italian explorer obtained permission from the Queen of Spain to lead an expedition to the New World, the development of this hemiisphere’ would have been considerably delay- ed. Few adventures can match those of Columbus on his first crossing. The courage required and the conditions overcome make it one of the great and _ inspirational stories of all time. _ Very often it is the seller rather than the buyer who gets the “gain” in some bargain. The problems of agriculture cannot be successfully settled by conferences around a desk. Everyone likes an unselfish man of wealth—until they discover what made him wealthy. Never be afraid of what other people say if you are! sure that you approve what you have done. The reason-some people don’t stick to the truth fs that such a policy would eliminate a lot of conversation. ossword Puzzle “ACROSS 33. Orb of day 34. Musical PIAICTE MMF [ATO MAIO] | 17] AIBIEITMERIY/E MEHIE RIO} PIEILIAIGIEMEBIE|AICIOIN| ATL IL eae ONG IRIAB | | gaciigan Sata R Pie WI P EINE TMB) TIRIEITI TIA] EIRIA = Publisher | | Ae Ruth rode away, fear was mixed with the anger she felt. The death of Shorty abe had stirred Jeff Payne deeply and Ruth sensed that ~e was a nan to be feared. Denton’s murder had caused Ruth many sleepless nights, for she knew that her brother Buddy been on the Double D range about the time Dan must have been killed. She had been fishing near the cabin in the hills above the ranch and had seen Buddy the trail which led to the Double D and she had guessed that he was riding to meet Diana Denton. A quiescent dislike of Diana Denton had immediate- y turned to passionate hatred. juddy was only a boy; too nice a boy to be embroiled in an affair with a married woman. She descended the shoulder of hill and entered the Starr ranch yard. Buddy joined her at the cor- ral. He said, “You sure had nerve ridin’ over there alone. Find out what happened?” “Yes.” She swung from the sad- dle and faced him over the back of her pony. “Shag Dolan and his killed Shorty McCabe. Buddy, ene tell Shag to do that, e? “What if he didn’t? Shag’s workin’ for us just the same. And he'll take care of that uppity Jeff Payne, too. He got it all planned.” A strange panic seized her. imo don’t hold out. What is He glanced about him, then spoke in a lowered voice. “You keep this to yourself now. Shag rur the cows through Four-Mile Canyon. He left a plain trail and Payne’ll follow it sure as shootin’. ‘ll have a man posted at each end, up on top of the walls where ‘Payne can’t get at him. Mr. Payne’ll simply ride in and not come out.” “Buddy, no!” “Why not? This is war. Knock off Payne and the Double D’s with- out a leader. Good strategy.” Ruth bent and pretended to work with the cinches. Her heart was like a lump:of lead. Buddy could talk all he wanted to about this being war, but it wasn’t her kind of war. Ruth did not off-saddle; she leaned against the corral rails and looked through them and across the creek towards the line shack. Three riders were anne up the valley at a bi lope and one of ITIOMMAIR] HIO|G| OCSh CHEN RUTEMAC AMALIA EIDIEIN I VIOINMEWIE INIT) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle animal pillar tion 41.G) en 2 ting — DOowN 35 Berd 1. Boon com- panions 2. Send forth 6. Of that girl 6. Along 1. Kind of jacket them was leading an extra horse. Jeff Payne was advancing to bunch ran off some steers and |} COMMISSION 0 INTERGOVERy id The SIREN of SILVER VALLEY ‘By PAUL EVAN LEHMAN meet them. She remembered him as he was that day he had stopped at her cabin, tall, neat, with bro--n ir and smiling eyes. She had liked him until she found that he was to be Diana Denton’s foreman. And now they were going to ambush him, murder him. She climbed to the top rail in order to watch what he did | best stood up and waved an arm when three riders hove in sight and they) waved in answer and altered their course so as to meet him as he strode down the slope. ae pulled up sharply and one of them ask “Where’s Shorty? We picked up out.’ hoss on the way “Shorty’s dead.” He told them of finding Shorty’s body and then of the missing cattle. The cowboy swore. “Let’s start trackin’ ’em right now.” “I'll do the tracking. We're the only ones on the spread; Starr might have pulled raid just to draw us away. You three stick around where*'you watch, them. I dug a grave for S! up on that mound, We'll parr and then I'll be on my way. I took i I aim to use it on his killer.” “Shag?” “I don’t know, but I'll find out.” The cattle trail was plain and led directly to the ford beyond the gap; but instead of turning to- wards the Star, the tracks fol- lowed the creek through the gap and beyond. _ : He rode warily, with his Win- chester across his knees, his eyes stabbing at the Cally Arene of rock on both sides. He felt a tiny prickling at the base of his skull; jis might well be a trap into which he was riding. As he neared the far end of the canyon he doubled his caution. A rifle cracked somewhere near the top of the rock wall and Jeff heard the srpiot the bullet as it passed over him. He jerked his horse ‘to a halt, whipped up the rifle and fired at the wisp of smoke which rose lazily above a clump of bowlders. He saw dust fly where his bullet struck but did not catch sight of the marksman who had fired at him. And then through the fissure came five horsemen, spreading out as soon as they gained the wider part of the canyon. All five were shooting. The man on Jeff's left was Shag Dolan and Jeff whipped up the Winchester again ‘and let fly a shot. He saw dirt spurt from the canyon wall and knew he had missed by a foot. And then an- other bullet from the top of the canyon snatched at his hair and he knew that this rifleman, fir-| ing from a stationary position, would not miss again. { He wheeled his horse and sent it scudding along the creek bank, half expecting to see more riders enter at the end toward which he was racing. Nothing to do but ride fast and gain the protection of the narrow slit. He heard the sharp crack of the rifle above the pounding of his pony’s hoofs and caught the whis- ae of lead as it passed close to im. He knew that the shot had come from ahead of him but he had seen no teil-tale puff of smoke. He glanced upward as the rifle cracked again. The marks- man was firing from the top of the right wall and Jeff could see the cluster of rocks which sheltered him. And there was nothing he could do about it but ride and ray. Abruptly the lead ceased coming his way. He could hear the steady, crack of a rifle but it had a more distant sound. He looked up quick- ly and saw a man break from the protection of the rocks and scam- per along the edge of the cliff. Jeff let out a whoop of triumph and spurred straight for the can- yon entrance. He flashed into the crevice, glanced over his shoulder and saw Shag and his men con- verging towards the narrow fis- sure. He halted his horse and dropped to the ground. He fired over the horse’s back, using the saddle for a rifle rest. and his first shot struck a horse and sent it plunging headlong, spilling the rider. After that there was confusion, with horses mill- ing about near the entrance and men shouting and cursing. They moved about so rapidly that Jeff had no stationary target. Then somehow they got. straightened out and the whole five surged back into the canyon, the one who had been unhorsed running like a frightened rabbit. They rounded the shoulder of the rock and were lost to Jeff's sight. _Jeff said, “Whew!” and mopped his forehead. Then he reloaded the rifle magazine and got back on his horse. He rode thoughtfully and ‘wonderingly towards the valley. Somebody ‘had befriended him; somebody had routed the marks- man who was leisurely lining his sights on him like a man in a shooting gallery. One of his own crew, probably; one who knew the country, who had sensed the trap into ich Jeff was riding and had climbed the cliff in time to save him, Disobedience of orders, of course. but what could he do? (To be continued) Today’s Business Mirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK ‘#—Another try at/month when it wants to borrow up/in the market quic jOne will be around the end of this fest rates up and they'd better get The treas- stretching out the U. S. Treasury’s|to two billion dollars so it will ury’s issue Yell embarrassingly be- New York bankers think the mon- over the rest of the year. load of debt seems in the making, have enough cash to pay its bills low par for a time, but has since climbed back up and now sells Financing Arranged Up to 24 Months ALL CARS CARRY OUR STANDARD USED CAR GUARANTEE °49 Chevrolet Truck A-l Condition °50 Chevrolet, Sub. Nice Shape °O1 Chrysler, 4-Dr. Radio and Heater 03 Dodge, 4-Dr. . 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But the federal reserve stricture of the debt—pushing ma- managed can affect the money|banks hold about 7% billion dol-\turities out into the future and market, make credit easy or hard lars of this issue and they like to cutting down the trequency and to get, push interest rates up or|Keep their holdings in short-term srounts of early maturities.” down, and have a long-run effect issues to stay ar a on the “hardness” of the dollar—| The reason the treasury woul os Ss that is, tend to push prices of like to stretch out its cebt is that Spook Night Set : commodities up or down. too much of it keeps coming due JEROME, Ariz. — Arizona’s When the treasury goes into the every little while so that the treas- newest ghost town wants “all the market to borrow money, it is bor-|ury is always going to the money old souls’ to come home for rowing from the accumulated sav-|market to refund ‘t at. whatever ristowe'en ings of individuals or businesses. interest rate it can get—or ma- pat sade E <5. ied It is also competing with other nipulate. | We'll make it a re “ nee = individuals and corporations who| This April the treasury went into spooks,” said Mayor John Me- want to borrow from this pool of|the market to peddle a 30-year Millan, one of the few who stayed savings. 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