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Casa Marina Guests Enjoy
Outing At Fort Jefferson

enjoyed by the guests of the no.
tel who took the trip yesterday.
1t was an exceptionally lovely day
for such a flight, and was par
t:cularly pleasurable because the
flight had previously been post
poned twice due to unfavofable
weather conditions.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. HI. Stuart, of
Newark, New York. who are on
their annual visit to Casa Marina,
yesterday landed two fine sail
fish, both measuring seven feet
two inches and weighing fifty
two and sixty-five pounds re-
spectively. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart are ardent anglers. and
spend much time on the water en-
joying their favorite sport.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
Q . ee0oesO o Q
THOUGHT GEMS
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GEMS fromu2
Truth is the foundation of all
knowledge and the cement of all
societies.-Dryden.
Statistics-I can prove any,
thing by statistics-except the
truth.-George Canning.
One of the sublimest things in
the world is plain truth.-Bulwer.
The spirit of Truth is the lever
which elevates mankind.
Mary Baker Eddy.
Every one wishes to have truth
on his side, but it is not every
one that sincerely wishes to be
on the side of truth.-Whatley.
The greatest homage we can
pay to truth is to use it.
Emerson.
Truth and love are two of the
most powerful things in the world !;
and when they both go together
they cannot easily be withstood.
-Cudworth.
Every violation of truth is a
stab at the health of human So
ciety.-Emerson.
There is no progress in funda-
mental truth. We may grow in
knowledge of it's meaning, and in
the modes of its application, but
its great principles will forever be
the same.-W. Radcliffe.
Christianity knows no truth
which is not the child of love and
the parent of duty.
Phillips Brooks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

The Official Board of the Con-
gregational Church of Key West,
with their families, last night
held an informal farewell party
and entertainment at the home OF
Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Evans on
William street, hOnoring Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Malone, who are
leaving the latter part of this
week to make their home in Or
lando.
A delightful musical program
was in progress, during which
Jack Cormack presented piano
selection and there we're two
vocal solos by Mrs. Paul Archer.
There followed a presentation
speech by Mrs. James Cormack,
and a large and beautiful basket
of roses was presented to Mrs.
Malone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Yesterdays arrivals at Casa
Marina include Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon Falk, Jr., Of Pittsburgh,
Penna., who will spend the bal
ance of the season at the hotel.
Departures include Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Warrington, OF
Cincinnati. Ohio, and their daugh-
ter. Mrs. Samuel Bailey, also of
Cincinnati. who will continue on
to their home after a brief visit
at Big Pine Key. and Colonel and
Mrs. James F. Hall, who are re-
turning to Washington, D. c.,
after several weeks stay at Casa
Marina.
The flight to TOrtugas, and
several hours spent inspecting the
historic ruins thereon were much
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
Moshers Arrive
Here On Visit

Capt. and Mrs. w. j. Mosher
arrived here Monday from a trip
to the Orient including Japan,
China, Honolulu and then to Cen
trail America through the Pan
anna Canal. and are visiting with
Mrs. Mosher's mother, Mrs. Dora
Roberts on Fleming street.
Mrs. Mosher will be remember
ed to her Key West friends as
Miss Margaret Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
Today In History
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1634-Some 800 Catholic colon
lists, in the ships "Ark" and "Dove"
landed in Maryland and celebrated
their first mass there-annually
observed in Maryland.
1836-First issue of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
1894-Coxey's "Army of the
Commonweal," started from Mas
sillon, Ohio, for Washington.
1911-Shirt Waist factory fire
in New York City took toll of
148 lives, mostly women.
1913-Great floods in Ohio and
Indiana.
1919-First American food
ship for relief of starving Germans
reached Germany.
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CLASSIFIED
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will be inserted In The Citizen 81
the rate of &c a word for each in
sertion, but the minimum for the
first insertion in every instance is
25c.
Payment fof classified adver-
tisements is invariably in advance,
but regular advertisers with ledger
accounts may have their advertise
ments charged.
Advertisers should give their
street address as well as their tele-
phone number if they desire re-
suits.
With each classified advertise
ment The Citizen will give free an
Autostrop Razor Outfit. Ask for
it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
Entertain At
Dinner Party

DR.. and Mrs. John Edwin
Brown, Of Columbus, Ohio, guests
at Casa Marina. last night en-
tertained with a dinner party at
the hotel.
After spending several very
enjoyable weeks in the city, DIR.
and Mrs. Brown plan to return
north on Friday of this week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
Today's Horoscope


Today gives a somewhat brus-
que nature. but kindly and much
attached to friends, and with much
native wisdom II educated and
trained. the native becomes =
right-hearted, rather blunt char
acter, very free with both ener-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

In the long run, probably you'd
illustrate greater learning by not
forever running around in circles.
"Women drivers are four times
as careful as men drivers" de-
clares an expert who is four times
as big liaf than if he had kept
his mouth shut.
Our ancestors came across on
the Mayflower. but the average
man is trying to get across on re-
lief.
Note to the politicians: You
can't gain grounds if you sling too
much mud.
Pity the poor boob whose rnu-
steal inclination will not even per-
nit him to occasionally toot his
own horn.
There are a number of people
who stay up a tree simply be-
cause of their frequent desire to
illustrate their ancestry.
. The Chief of the United States
! Soil Erosion Service declares that
it never was agriculturally correct
i to plow a straight furrow. At
sixteen, then, we were a genius
and didn't know it.
A southwestern convict has
composed 100 hillbilly melodies.
News Item. One consolation
lies within the the fact that may
be no broadcasting company. will
sponsor his efforts on a nation
wide hick-up.
Dr. John +. Condor, of the late
Lindbergh kidnap fame, is to be-
come a vaudeville trouper. The
aged educator maybe can think of
nothing more appropriate now
than making monkey of him.
self.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
CHILDBIRTH LEFT HER
THIN, WORN, NERVOUS

"After birth of my baby I was
thin, nervous, rundown. The first
bottle of Vinol (iron tonic) helped.
It gave me strength, needed
weight" - Mrs. M. Gunstone.
Oriental Pharmacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Bing Crosby says ''that he
doesn't ever want to become a
millionaire" which about evens
us up; we don't ever intend to be-
come a croOner.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

- - = >-1- s. ~TSs
SPOKANE. Wash.-As he
grows older his conduct will i'm
prove, on O'Keefe, 81, of this
city, told the Judge when he was
arrested for drunkenness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Cantafning SIX kinds q it-h AL
ing medicines LUperEl La1.91
flows freely iut8 xkEa toles a14
pores % reach and ~ itcAEnE e
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gies and possessio1s- II z1rraEne<-
there * q rich na-1re oe1ez<1 q
somewhzf rozxh sxterior a1a :
SLIGHT Tendency 70 se1suousnzsz
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PERSONAL

STOMACH ULCER, GAS PAINS,
INDIGESTION victims. why
suffer? For quick relief get a
free sample of Udga, doctors
prescription at Gardner's Phar-
macy.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Captain Joseph Johnson left on
the plane yesterday afternoon for
Miami to be gone several days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Arnold Roberts, of New
York, arrived by plane this morn
ing for a visit with relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Carl Meeks, perfume and toilet
article manufacturer of Des
Moines, Iowa, who was here as
the guest of Robert Spottswood,
left yesterday for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

mani, formed a party of Key
Westers leaving this morning
over the highway for a visit at
points up the East Coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Mrs. Edwin H. Roberts. who
was visiting with relatives in
Miami, returned on the morning
plane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

was visiting with relatives in
Miami, returned on the morning
plane.
j. r. Blair, u. S. Inspector of
hulls, and L. G. Scheer, U. S. in
spector of boilers, who came to
Key West to inspect the Tug
Warbler, left on the Cuba yester-
day afternoon for Tampa.
Mrs. WI D. Hearne and sons
w. D. Jr., and George Archer
Hearne, who were visiting Mrs.
Hearne's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Archer. left yesterday
afternoon for the home in Tampa.
Miss Lora Lock, director of
woanens work projects in the
fourth and fifth Florida districts,
embracing Key West and Miami,
arrived this morning by plane
from Miami for a conference with
Director Thomas D. Orr.
Mrs. J. A. Miller, and sons
James and Richard. who were
visiting with Mrs. Miller's mother
Mrs. w. ]. Gardner. and other
relatives, left over the highway
this morning to join Mr.. Miller in
New York City.
Arturo Armayor and Frank
Fleitas. members of the local
lodge Caballeros de la Luz, left
yesterday afternoon on the Cuba
to attend a convention OF the or
der in Tampa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Y. AL
bury. Mr.. Albury's mother, Mrs.
J. Albury, and brother, and Mrs.
klbury's mother, Mrs. A. Lucig.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

WANTED-A truck in exchange
for good building lot. Box
552. mar25-1t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Henry McNally. who was spend
ing a vacation with Mrs. McNally,
left yesterday by plane for Mi
ami. Mrs. McNally will remain
for a longer stay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. William V. AL
bury. Mr.. Albury's mother, Mrs.
J. Albury. and brother, and Mrs.
klbury's mother, Mrs. A. Lucig-
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SECOND HAND BOAT PRO-
PELLER, 2O-16. Phone IS, or
890-W. maT19
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TWO FURNISHED HOUSES. APP
ply 1920 Grinnell street.
mari
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Burrell,
who were spending about one
month in Key West, left yester-
day afternoon for Tampa. sa-.lf
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A hick town is where they re-
fer to a disappointment as a hell
iva calamity. ea
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TO children an anEcl % merry.- Whers
direetiens are followed. II NEVEE
FAILS. .Beellfe scarcity and enarmaaa
cost OF SANTOSfS- q contains fun da9eL
stood sixty years' test Sold ereryw8s.rT
Or By mail. soc a bottle
II. c. A vnax.aees- II D. Phl.drfuhl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

In the long run, probably you'd
illustrate greater learning by not
forever running around in circles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Euric Sterling and son Clay
ton, who left Monday by plane
for Miami. returned yesterday
over the highway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Henriguez
and son, who were visiting in Ha-
vana with relatives, returned on
the Cuba yesterday.
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FOR RENT

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Mrs. B. A. Bodine. who was
spending a part of the winter sea-
son with her mother, Mrs. D. A.
Printz, left yesterday afternoon
for Tampa EN- route to her home
in Port Huron. Mich.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Miss Hope Robertson, who was
spending the season in Key West,
left yesterday afternoon for Tam
pa en- route to her home in Vir-
ginia.
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Our ancestors came across on
the Mayflower. but the average
man is trying to get across on re-
lief.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Note to the politicians: You
can't gain grounds if you sling too
much mud.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-25

Pity the poor boob whose rnu-
steal inclination will not even per-
nit him to occasionally toot his
own horn.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
Only Indians Stood Placidly by, Thinking
1t Part of Prearranged Show When Cannon
Discharged From Back of Swivelng Mule

mule and the mule held the fort. The
only persons undisturbed were some Of
the wise old Indian chiefs who were
satisfied that the maneuvers of the
mule were part of the performance.
bumped Back Saves the Day
Luckily, because OF the bend in the
mules back, the shot struck the ground
but a short distance from his heels.
Then the Benton folks and the eastern
visitors returned to the muleteer and
the granting Indian chiefs to offer ex-
cuses for their hurried departure.
THE late Capt. ]. j. Healy, after
wards manager of the North American
TRANSFORMATION and Trading Co., was
there. Healy had fought Indians and
had aided in capturing some Of the
worst desperadoes in the northwest who
had been terrorizing northern Mon
tana. But the mule was too much for
him. He struck off like a comet, and
was one of the first to go over the
bank of the river. It was the first time
anyone saw Healy take water"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

A MONG THE old saws, so hack
~ neyed that they have long since
~ lost their teeth, is the saying
4 Athat truth is stranger than fic-
>, ton. But as a corollary to this,
It may be stated that there are stories
OF the wild and woolly" west at least
OLD for truth that are more unreal
than anything to be found in picture,
play or story. It is a common occur
renee IN western movie comedy for
the hero or william to go dashing down
the streets of a frontier village firing
ms revolver in 81 different directions
70 tne dlstlnct annoyance of the inhab-
ltants,. but does anyone recall seeing
a version wherein a cannon was sub
stituted for the six-shooter? Yet this
IS the theme of a tale told by Robert
Vaughn, one-time octogenarian pioneer
OF Great Falls, apropos of a visit he
paid to Fort Benton in the early '7O's.
AT that time," Mr.. Vaughn once
related there were at Benton many
representatives Of the large fur COM
panles on their annual visit from the
respective posts. There were also in
town. dressed in broadcloth suits, In
dian commissioners who had been sent
from Washington by the government
to close a deal with the redmen. OF
course, all the Indian chiefs were there,
besides many other Indians. OK drivers,
or bull whackers and steamboat
hands. A pack train had just arrived
from n of the trading posts. AS tn,
Indians had been giving a great deal
Of trouble-it was a short time to tie
Custer massacre-all the trading par
ties Travelled heavily armed, and on the
back of one of the mules, in this
train, was mounted a small brass can
non, a mountain howitzer. It was
lashed on with the muzzle toward the
rear of the mule.
Taking Position .
The government representative
seized the opportunity to show what
a terrible weapon the howitzer
At his orders the mule with his burden
was lead to Front street, which paral-
leled the river bank, and a crowd Of
200 or 300 followed, half of whom were
Indians. It was decided to fire a few
shots from the cannon, while it was
OF the back of the mule, at a high cut
bank half a mile away and cross the
river. A certain spot was shown to the
Indians where the shot was supposed
to hit, and to strike the spot on the
clay bank, which doomed up like some
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

In his time soldier, gold miner, free
trader, scout, Indian fighter, sheriff,
explorer, promoter and capitalist, and
one Of the most distinguished cit
liens Of Benton when that town was
q flourishing river port. Captain
Healy witnessed the firing of the
cannon from the mules back, related
in the accompanying article.
old castle, an extra heavy charge was
put in. Fhe man in charge of the mule
stood in front of it with the rings of
the bit in each hand. When he had
the mule as he wanted it another man
adjusted the cannon and took aim,
while a third attendant took a match
from his vest pocket, scratched it on
his trousers and touched the fuse.
1.-The kissing of the burning fuse
made the mule lay down his ears and
put a hump in his back. The next
thing he whirled round and round in
spite of the frantic efforts of his man
ager to get him in proper position. BY
this time everyone was going for dear
life. As the mule whirled faster and
faster the population of the town was
increasing the distance from the CEN
ter like every lengthening spokes Of
a wheel. Many went owe the bank into
the river, some dropped and crawled
off at spidery speed on their hands
and knees. while others lay flat on
the ground, broadcloth and buckskin
alike. Meanwhile the muleteer held the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
firm was forced to pay a huge bill
expenses of The witnesses.

firm was forced to pay a huge bill
expenses of the witnesses.
Another ranchman who sometimes
shipped from WibauX was Theodore
Roosevelt, who drove his cattle from
his ranch across the Dakota line.
The terrible winter of 18s6-s7 took
Its toll in the Wibaux region just
as It did everywhere else in the cattle
country. N. w. Marshall of the I'D
ranch, near Ekalaka, had a cattle herd
which necessitated the hiring of II
mel but with the arrival of spring,
1887, the herd was practically EXTERN
mated. Pierre Wibaux also lost heavily
and was forced to return to France
Tor more capital. As he was related
to several of the first families Of
France the money was 500 procured
and he returned to America to raise
cattle on a larger scale than ever
calves n spring. This was the period
OF the cattle rustlers, but the creation
OF the Montana Brand Commission
IN May, 1885, went a long way toward
stamping out rustling. Billy Smith of
Fallon and Miles City was one Of
the early inspectors appointed by the
commission and George Twible an
By 1906 wibaux began to put on
airs-frontier days were over. Pierre
Wibaux built a fine house within
the city limits and imported q French
gardener, Jules Accart, to plant q
park about it. Shrubs and trees were
set out and the park was decorated
with benches and imported marble
statues. Wibaux seems to have been
particularly fond of statues, and
when he died he left money for the
erection Of q statue Of himself In
the city bearing his name. The sta
tue, cast in bronze, stands on q knoll
just west of the town. Wibaux's town
house still stands, although the park
which once surrounded It is q thing
Of the past.
The frame building occupied by
Carols grocery in Wibaux is said to
be the building in which Theodore
Roosevelt slept when he visited the
town in 1883.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
All CLUBS
MAKE FINE SHOWING

Members of Indian Al clubs In
Montana are making excellent progress
in their club work, according to r. &.
Cameron, state club leader.
This year Indian extension agents
report "A clubs on the five Indian res
ervations in the state, with q total
membership of approximately 400 boys
and girls.
Illustrating the progress being made
by the Indian All clubs, a team of
girls from the Fort Peck agency won
the Roosevelt county championship in
livestock judging and competed for
state honors at Great Falls where they
placed well up in the list of ~ teams
entered in the state championship
race.
An agricultural Judging team from
the same agency also won the county
championship and placed second in
the state competition at the North
Montana State fair at Great Falls.
In addition to improving the quality
of their work, the Indian Al clubs
have also achieved a high percentage
Of completion of projects, Cameron
states.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18
Are Assured by PWA
for Irrigation Projects On Two
Large Watersheds in Montana

ply considerable prime power, as well
as irrigate q large area of land which
can be economically covered in no
other way. By maintaining the flow of
the Yellowstone river throughout the
summer months, it will be possible to
dlvert water through the present If:
r1gat1on canals without the labor and
expense each year Of constructing d.
version wings and dams, as at present.
In addition, there are extensive oppor-
tunities of retaining new land areas
with an assured flow in the river dur
ing the irrigating months. Water d.
verted from this reservoir through the
could be conveyed to the Crow creek
and the Helena valleys. These two val
legs comprise large areas of rich agri-
cultural land impossible to irrigate
economically from any other source.
Extensive Areas Affected
On the upper Madison river, there
are several possibilities for developing
"On the Big Hole FLYER, which is a
tributary of the jefferson, there is a
site for 2 dam and reservoir which
could control the flood waters of that
stream, develop power and irrigation,
and supplement- any shortage of water
supply that might exist along the lower
Missouri for its present power plants.
shed, there are several reservoir sites
which might be developed to control
the flood waters of this stream and
make the water available for sup
Elemental irrigation through the sum-
mer months.
Along the Marias river, there is a
possibility of developing storage res
ervoirs to irrigate about zoo, 900 acres
lying north of the river.
If these possibilities could be de-
veloped, it would mean maintaining a
uniform flow throughout the season of
the Yellowstone, Madison, Gallatin and
Jefferson rivers, the Dearborn and
Marias rivers, and materially reduce
the spring floods along the Missouri
river"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-18

as treasure boxes by the company. The
numbers, 1882, are thought to be the
serial numbers Of the chest, and not
a date. In September, 1855, the stage
running between Fort Custer and Fort
McKinnon was held up near Fort
Keogh and a Wells-Fargo chest con-
tanning $500 was stolen. The govern
ment payroll for troops at various forts
had gone safely through q few days
who took the $500 expected to net the
$4,000. in government payroll money.
The, chest in Editor Whites possess
sion Is probably the one which con-
tanned the $500. Not far from the chest
was found q single-barreled shotgun,
in 1864. \ - -.
In 1882 the original Dawson county,
Of which Wibaux Is . part, was divided
into voting districts, one az which Wa
Aineisville, named In honor Of Pierre