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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

iitely designated as practically
minded, /" decline to accept casual jobs
or even regular employment at low
wages, with the result that. although
a large measure of recovery has been
achieved, the relief rolls have scarce
~ diminished and there has been no
relief to the long-suffering taxpayer.
Relief, one would think, should be
curative and temporary. but all too
often it tends to perpetuate itself by
creating a condition Of chronic pau
perism. According to Senator John
Haig of Winnipeg, farm laborers. who
used to work for six TO eight months
in the summer season, earning
enough to carry them through the
winter with the help of odd jobs, now
90 on relief about the first of Decem-
Der and reluctantly return to the
fields some time in the spring, though
scarcely with the early birds. The
senator also says that there are 1.500
single women on relief in Winnipeg
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Gasoline used i'm motor boats would
De exempted from payment of the 7-cent
q gallon tax in bill introduced by Rep
resentatives Wood and Lee and Papy of
this county. The passing of this bill will
be hailed by fishermen in particular and
other users of motor boats. The tax orig
inally was created for the maintenance
and benefit of the highways and it certain
IS was unreasonable to apply it also to
waterways. though the solons have CHS
eled in and applied portions of it to other
uses as well.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
NOTICE
IN THE COUNTY JUDGES COURT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN PROBATE.

COLUMBIA L. LEWIS,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given To all
whom it may concern that Elmer
Virgins. the undersigned Admins
traitor of the Estate IF Columbia l..
Lewis, deceased, has filed with the
!. Honorable Raymond r. Lord. Coun-
.ty Judge of Monroe County. Flor
ida, his final report and has made
application for his discharge as
Administrator of the Estate of
Columbia l., Lewis, deceased.
Dated April 9th, 1887.
ELMER WIGGINS,
AS Administrator of the Estate of
Columbia l.. Lewis, deceased
Wy. CURRY HARRIS,
! Attorney for Administrator
apr9-I6- 1890, 1887
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Governor Cone, who is a great adj
mirer of President Roosevelt, feels that he
should not be too insistent in making his
recommendations to the legislature for
fear OF being tagged as a dictator But if
She chief executive is his mentor, the gov
ernor should do little dictatoring to keep
in practice Just in case.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 7:30 p. M, Saturday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday; not
much change in temperature; gem
tie to moderate winds, mostly
north and northeast.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday; slightly warmer on
the east coast tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle to mOder-
ate winds, mostly north and
northeast, and party overcast
weather tonight and Saturday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
COMPASS GIVES
PLANES POSITION
tRy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April To-
Almost instantaneous determine
ton o. the position of an air.
plane in space is possible, say
radio engineers, with new
French automatic compass.
The device, recently demon
strated before government Off
cials for the first time in the
United States, makes it possible
for pilot to fly continuously to-
ward any radio station or, by
sighting" on two stations, to de-
ternline his exact position,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

IN a Western city. the $50 employees
81 drug company didn't like the owner
Of the business who was also the man
ager so they decided to inaugurate a sit
stalled which was done, but the owner
was permitted to retain the presidency of
ihe company. And yet they say it can't
happen here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

unskilled a n d
S e mi skilled
W o kers of
Canada. num-
bering some so
per ce t of
those on relief.
C a n often do
b etter finan-
cially BY re-
manning on the
dole than by
going to work.
especially when
they have large
families to sup
port. M a n y
persons, whom
the speaker po-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

1. Water and Sewerage
Bridges to complete Road to Main
land.
p Erse Port
Z. Hotels and Apartments.
Raih.ng Pavilion.
s. Ahevrts- Land and Sea
7. Consolation Of County and City
0ovefamenu.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Human nature being what it is there
must be a check put on both employer and
employee. Either will go the limit unless
halted. So the founders of this common
wealth established constitution, and it is
up 10 us To see that it is not tempered
with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
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TOday'S Horoscope

Great creative powers are today
combined with some artistic gen-
ius. Today's natives often rise -
great heights in their profession.
sometimes by force Of shsir own
merit when coupled with ambi-
ton; sometimes by the influences
of people attracted by their mag
netic powers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
At Sarasota woman is sentenced to

Al Sarasota woman is sentenced to
life Imprisonment for perjury. In ITALIA
hassee, Florida's Corrupt Practices act was
characterized as causing more perjury
asked e. repeal the law. So one perjurer
goes 60 the penitentiary for life, while the
perjurious candidates have been indicted
into office, at fat salaries.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
The president is taking a g

The president is taking a good many
Trips these days. perhaps to get practice in
paoking.-Lee Morris iii st. Petersburg
Independent. 1t looks as if the Supreme
Cour, members will have to do likewise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Key Vests l6 wholesale establish
ments netted 81 .S2S. 900 in 1885, U. S. Cen
'sus reports indicate. That's heap O.
money. as Jeeter Lester would say.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
You and Your
Nation 5 affairs
What Dole Does in Canada
ByJ. E. LIE ROSSICNOL
Dean, College Of business Administration,
University Of Nebraska

Speaking in Toronto the other day.
Mr.. Arthur B. Pnrvis. chairman of
Canada's National Employment COM
mission. deplored the fact that the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16
Observation-Disclosures
Today In History

16l6--Dr. William Harvey Of
England, aged 81, gaze his first
anatomical lecture on the revolu-
Etionary theory, for his day, of the
circulation of the blood.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Possession is all the points of the law
10 the sit-downers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Il we keep shouting Wolf, wolf" he
will actually be here before we are aware
Of It,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

1851 Earthquake all but de-
stroycd the City of San Salvador.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

1925 Sofia, Bulgaria, Cathe.
dral bombed during a funel'al-
200 killed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

1862 France declared war on
Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

CHARTER NO. 4872,
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 0
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL HANK OF
KEY WEST IN THE STATE or
FLORIDA. AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS On MARCH 3f. 1927.
published in response to call
made by Comptroller, of the Cur
rency. under Section SAIL. L. $. Re-
Vised Statutes.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Barometer 8 a. m. today:
Sea level, 5000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

Observation-Disclosures Pres.
Hoover in message to Congress
recommended agricultural relief
through farm board, tariff re-
adjustment, legislation for reap
portionment and repeal of nation
al origins part of immigration law.
1936-Quintup.ets Born to Gyp-
sy mother in Rounania all die.
34-year-old English mother of .
hanged for poisoning a cripple
for $4,000 worth of insurance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-16

1927-Tlie Mississippi flooded
great areas making hundreds
homeless.
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address questions the author Of this nespaper)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
ANERICANISM BEGINS
IN THE HOME

Edward R. Kingsley, speaking at the
2lst annual convention of the Lions Club
in Chicago, told members
I'VE must not lose sight of the fact
that it is necessary to give our children
a more intensive training i'm love of
country and our several forms of gov
ernment, in order that they may stand
firmly against insidious forms of propa-
ganda which seek to substitute Commu-
nism, Fascism and other 'isms' for Demo
cratic government
The advice given Lions Club members
by Mr. Kingsley adds further to encour-
aging signs that Americans are making
up to the fact that they cannot just take
their freedom for granted. move through
life oblivious of political happenings. and
remain free people.
The danger of Democracies is that
their people become too self-satisfied,
too indolent, and are inclined too much
to "let George do it,
If our people once realize that eternal
vigilance is the price of freedom. then
our freedom will be much more. secure
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

Up in Escanaba, Mich, they are
going to have a championship con-
test that is a championship con-
test this summer. They are going
to settle the birling championship
of the world.
If you don't know what birling
is. that only proves that you never
lived in a land of tall timber. Fol
birling Is the sport of the lumber
Jacks, those descendants of legend
airy Paul Bunyan, who sometimes
seem to be just about the toughest
brawniest and most rip-roaring OF
all the two -fisted types America
has produced
To birl, you need a pool of water
a log, and a pair of steel-spiked
boots-two pairs to be accurate
one for each contestant. DOMINIC
the boots, you stand on one end Of
the log, and your opponent stands
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
COMMON SENSE IS BEST
IN PAINTING, TOO

The legislature of a middle western
state, contracting for mural paintings
to decorate the walls Of its state capitol
building, has instructed the painter that
it wants sane, common sense paint
ings, but none of this "modernistic or
futuristic" art.
Among the intelligentsia there will be
great lifting of eyebrows, and consider
able talk about the "crudeness" of the
great American middle west There will
be lot of fun poked at the legislators
who knew what they wanted, and order
ed just that
There will be, on the other hand,
lot of applause for ordinary men who
admitted to themselves and the world
that they cannot see anything beautiful
in curlicues and blotches that look like
the face of an egg-smeared ham actor
but are named something like dawn at
Midnight"
No man has yet succeeded in painting
a sunset as beautiful as those Mother
Nature paints every day. When some
man does succeed in such an undertak-
ing, then and then only, perhaps, he
could feel justified in attempting to out
do the greatest artist Of them all. Until
then, in our humble opinion, so-called
artists would be sticking a lot closer to
art if they stayed closer to nature.
1t is little less than a crime to turn a
state capitol building into carnival puz-
zle house with murals that mean some
thing even the artist forgets in couple
Of weeks.
After all, when the people pay for
something, they should get something
they can understand without standing on
their heads in tub full of 100 per cent
alcohol.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
News Behind the News
The Gent Close 10 Labor ihe
FeII0Ir Near the White House
And the Char Who Laughed Hardest =.

WASHINGTON.-The senator closely laen-
titled with the labor movement reported III
dispatches to have asked Roosevelt 10 seI'ie
the fratricidal CIO-A. +. OF l. carhage' anu
IN have Offered a peace formula OF his own
is-perhaps one should add "oi course -tne
Hon George Berry OF Tennessee, head oi the
preSsmen'S union. .,, til,
the White House who has just thrown the Tor
mua into his wastebasket is the Hon Mr. Roose-
welt.
The fellow who laughed harsest when he
heard about it was John Lewis who hasn't en-
loved many uproarious laughs lately. The lor-
mula proposed to provide place ior. Lewis
subordinate to a new president OF the a. r. oi
L.. who would nave Detn eletleu W su0N'''
William Green.
Some sort Of truce or semi-tTuce probably
will be arranged sooner or later, perhaps sooner
Jurisdctional battles between clio ana n. +.
of L, unions, strikes which make no sense 10
the public and only make the public mad, are
beginning to be recognized by organized LABOR
friends as dangerous, DUMB business Roosevelt
friend of labor at least to date, may IVY 10
do the job himself.
The SCOOP" in this column. however, is the
fact that group of liberal senators and con-
gressmen, friendly to labor as a whole out Deset
bv both A. F. of l.. and CLIO. lobbyists, IS plan
ming a public appeal to both sides Realista
know that hatred between Lewis and certain
craft union chiefs wouldn't permit any CLOSELY
knit coalition.
But these members of Congress hope and
plan to ask for an agreement that there shall
be no juriSdictional strikes, that the A. r. oI
L. will not try to break any more clio. strikes,
and that disputes between the two labor or
ganiZations will be referred 10 some lhpaIIai
board court.
This congressional group may never 60 to
bat But its present plans are the only Things
which promise a formula for relative peace
between Lewis and Green ct ais.
Your correspondent desires 10 welcome Dack
an old friend who once favored hlm With no
end of mail but who for many months had
been cruelty neglectful Its the Board OF
Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals ol
the Methodist Episcopal Church, which IN pro-
hibition days produced its clip sheet each
week for correspondents here but which seemed
to fold up after there wasn't any prohibition
any more.
Here's the clip sheet" again, however and
it's entirely devoted to a long and learned
summary of Supreme Court decisions IN cases
having to do with strong drink. 1t seems the
court from away back has taken sock at strong
drink every time it had the chance.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
By O. O. Mcintyre

HFW YORK. July 2l-More and
uare are established writer's in New
YORK eekinF adventures in serenity
elsewhere Greenwich Village, once
a haven Tor the seribblers. has few
Huarloas LETT on It's roster. Gra-
mamf Park another rendezvous, Is
almost desolate OF literati.
an sorts of writing colonies are
hur rrdniug along the Connecticut
countryside. where 30 many are
finding residential escape from the
extraordinarily burdensome state
income tax laws OF New York. Re
Gently Frederic r. Van de Water
.aug clty-b0und burst from his
cocoon.
Ile. Ike Faith Baldwin and hun
dreds ol others. went back 10 the
land. bought an Old Colonial house
d refuTbish. and thrilled TO fixing
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
THE SUPREME COURT
APPOINTMENT

President Roosevelt said Tuesday that
he is not yet ready to fill the United
States Supreme Court vacancy created
by the resignation of Associate Justice
Willis Van Devanter. The President
very probably knows whom he will ap-
point-but he would be the veriest tyro
at politics if he made the appointment
before congress has acted one way or
the other on his judiciary reorganization
bill.
Roosevelt is not going to make any
additional enemies at the present time
by announcing an appointment that
would furnish his opponents with addi-
tional fuel.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
PROCLAMATION
90
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL AREA

TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL AREA
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Under and by virtue of the au..
thority and power conferred upon
me as Director of Agriculture of the
State of California, as provided in
and by Article 3 of Chapter 3 OF
Division II of the Agricultural Code,
| do hereby establish, maintain, and
proclaim that certain area included
within the exterior boundaries OF
the County of Imperial, in the State
of California, and the whole OF
said area, to be a tuberculosis con-
troll area" as defined in and by said
Agricultural Code.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Department of the
State of California to be hereunto
affixed at my office in Sacramento,
California, this third day of July,
1887.
A. A. BURK,
Director of Agriculture of the
State of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
ELM NOTES
BY MRS. M. l.. BOONE

Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
O.. II. Cannan motored to San
Diego. Mrs. Cannon was called
there by illness of an aunt. They
will be guests of Mrs. Cannon's
parents while there.
Vera Mae Shumard, Eva Shu-
mard. Marjorie Taylor and Virginia
Ia TAYLOR were dinner guests Sum
day Of Mrs. Bill Martin Of Ell Centro,
their aunt.
Alice Van Der Linden and daugh-
ter Joyce, returned to their home
in FL Centro, after visiting with
relatives.
Gilbert Estes and Bobbie Dem
monigi enjoyed Sunday in the
mountains.
Dallas Tanning returned recent
lyff3m San Diego where he went
for a brief vacation.
OBJ
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cannon
entertained a group of friends at
Oak Wilde over Sunday.
10
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Gallahn and
daughter Miss Alvia Gallahn and
sons Brenton and Frank left Tues
day for the East. n their way.
home they plan TO visit Leo Gallahn
lu Montana.
90
Fern shumsrd spent last week
With her aunt, Edna Taylor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 21.CUP)
The Very Rev James A. Burns,
provincial of the congregation Of
Holy cross, today announced the re-
election of the Rev. Michael Early,
C. S. c., as president of the Uni
versity of Portland, Oregon.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

Onc-Minutt ItSt
|. What body of water separates
the Philippines from China?
2. What United States Revolu-
tionary war general is known as
THE Traitor"P
3. What was the pen name OF
William Sydney Porter?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

90
The thing is interesting to watch
for two reasons, first, because a
good lumber-jac can do miracul-
Gus things in the way of keeping his
balance on spinning log, and sec
ond, because it is always fun to
see a fully clothed man fall into the
water But beyond that, birling is
q game that grew out of one of the
most dangerous jobs mortal man
ever tackled
In all the great numbering re-
gions-in Maine, in Michigan, in
Washington or getting
the trees felled and reduced to logs
was only half of the job. They had
to be got to the sawmill after that,
and the usual way was to roll them
into a riVer-thousands upon thou
sands of them-and let them float
downstream.
Thus the great log drives came
into being. For mile upon mile,
swift river would be carpeted
| with logs, SO thick that man could
walk from bank to bank dry-Shod.
Now and then some obstruction
would cause these logs to pile up. A
fearful jam of upended logs would
| result, with great timbers piled 10
or Is feet high, and with the terri
fic force of the current pressing
them together.
1t was then up to the lumberjacks
to skip out under the face of this
menacing jam, find the key log,
and jerk it loose. Then, with a
roar like the collapse of 10-story
| building, the jam would loosen it
self and 60 laundering downstream
If the lumberiacks were skilled and
lucky, they would skip over the
swaying carpet and get out of
danger; if luck or skill failed, they
would be over-W -Whelmed, and when
the logs got through with them
there was never anything left for
the undertaken.
That, in brief, is birling's ances-
try. So you can see that bring
championship is something worth
having, and worth looking at. II
you happen to be in the vicinity OF
Escanaba on Aug. 13-and you could
do verse, for it is fine vacation
territory-you'll find this event
something to see.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
When a member of the family
drives the car, the hostess always
asks a woman guest whether she
prefers to sit in the front or back
seat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

The radio star has one advant-
age over the film luminary in be-
ing able to sign off to million
autograph hunters at once after
every broadcast
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

II up. He happened to like a strip
of land near Brattlebor0 Vermont,
and in taking il over struck pay
dirt" with the first swing of the
pick -#.s...- ..
That is, he found material for
magazine piece on the feud be-
tween Rudyard Kipling and his
brother-in-laW that made a big
first payment on the house. And
then sat down and worte an eX-
cellent book on his experience in
finding a home in the country.
Newspapermen VINO journey to
washington. as well as those sta
toned there have a genuine atfec-
lion for Vice President John Gar
ner. He is a rare combination OF
garrulity and tact. He. will talk on
any subject at length, but after
ward the reporters find that on
important questions he has told
them nothing, He likes a good story,
even a ribald one, and has plenty
on tap himself of the sort that
crackle with the drawing wit OF
the Texas pampas.
90
VIII Rogers, who should know,
used to say that one of the keenest
wits in America was Bassett Blake
". of Houston, a rancher. Blakely,
wiry, leather tanned, saddle bowed
and with a prairie squint has a
sense Of humor as dry as the ma
tive alkali, and his stories always
convulsed irwin Cobb and Paul
Whiteman on their visits to Hous-
ton. A college man and sharp trad
er. he professed to be unable to read
or write and talked in the idiom OF
the ranch house. But when nee
essary he could discuss any topic
intelligently
A group of the Palace Sunday
night vaudeville fans eddied into
the back waters of one OF those
boring teas the other afternoon and
to stiffle the ennui began to formu-
late the ideal tWo-a-day program
it ran something like this: Open
ing March, Caesars Triumphal.
out of the haloed past. Finished
Overture: Victor Herberts "Al
Fresco." Act l. Long Tack sam
and company Chinese acrobats' Act
2: Bert Fitzgibbons, the original
dayyodil. Act g. Harry Fox and
Yanci Dolly. Act 4: Herb Williams,
"Hark, hark hark!" Act 5: Pat
Rooney and Marion Bent. Act 6:
Melvill and Higgins, Rube comedy
duo. Act 7: Sarah Padden in THE
Clod." Act 8: George Whiting and
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

The very cool greeting that
Broadway cleanup burlesque re-
ceived suggests that the patrons
have really made something of the
boo" in bOudOir
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
MELOLAND
Mrs. A. r. Meyer

The Wesley Roberts family spent
Sunday in San Diego attending a
family reunion in honor of the
birthday of Roberts mother, Mrs.
Jennie Roberts. A number of re-
latives from San Diego and vicinity
joined the group for picnic din
ner at Balboa park.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

CT. r. Belts made business
trip to Ell Centro the first of the
week leaving Mrs. Belts for visit
with her son, Sherroll and family
in San Diego during his absence.
The CT. r. Belts family is located
in Hawthorne, having purchased
home there.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

Talk about this years 4-billiOn-
dollar crop" takes the fond mother
back to that tragic day when
little GOldie had her locks trimmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

It's about time for the annual
labor turnover among garden store
employees who mailed the castor
bean seeds in envelopes marked
"snapdragons."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Lombard,
their daughter Barbara and son,
Anthony were guests at the d. G.
Scott home Saturday and Sunday.
The Lombards are former Ell Centro
residents
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-21
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