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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
BY SAM JACKSON
APP Feature Service Writer

HOLY CITY, Calf, Mar. 81
The worlds perfect government,
heretofore confined to few acres
in the Santa Cruz mountains, is
about to spread.
Father" William E Kicker. its
laxative apostle, is out for gov
ernor of California in the 1898
election. He hopes to succeed
where Upton Sinclair and his
EPIC plan failed.
In case he doesn't, he is going
to transfer the blessings of the
system to Mexico. He has just
made a good will tour south of the
Rio Grande in his private air.
plane. Gaily-colored cards urged
the Latins to ''have faith in the
future"
A Success For 20 Years
The 63-year-old philosopher has
demonstrated that on a small
scale he can make his ideas click.
Holy City population 80 has
been providing living for Kicker
and his flock for 20 years.
It's business has expanded stead
lily even during depression. Now
it includes a store, hotel, three
restaurants, two filling stations, a
bottling works, print shop, post
office, two meeting halls, a barber
shop, shoe shop. curio shop and
an astronomical observatory.
The latter will issue you an
elaborate deed to a lot on the
moon. But Dreaded Joe Witzik,
the astronomer, explains the deed
is just a joke.
Gigantic Santa Clauses
To the hundreds of thousands of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
NOTICE or SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
Thomas r SewbOld has filed With
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State Of Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill SIS Of the 1887 acts OF
the legislature. upon the following
described real estate in the County
OF Monroe, State Of Florida, tO-wit:
Pt. Lot /. Blk. 8. TT. 4, as record
ed in Monroe County Records. Iced
Book De-. Page 20.
The taxes 10 be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 1z6 Of 1881. and
represent taxes for the years 1880
to 1897. both inclusive
said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes viii be sold 10 the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West. on the 4th day Of March
1883. at 200 o'clock p. NJ
Dated this the 18th day Of Febru-
AIRY, 1888.
fSEALl Ross Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County.
Florida
feb I7-24. mar. :. 1s5s-Mssz
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
NOTICE or SALE or TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice Is hereby given that
Lambert y Walters has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held oy the State Of Florida be
advertised and sold 10 the highest
bidder for cash as provided By
House Bill sss Of the 1881 acts OF
the Legislature. upon the following
described real estate in the County
Of Monroe. State Of Florida. to-wit.
Lot Is. Blk. 1. IT. >. as recorded
IN Monroe County Records. Deed
Hook IS. Page ls4-
The taxes TO be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 81 Of. 1894 and
represent taxes for the years 1898
TO 1881. both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
ali subsequent omitted or levied
taxes viii be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West, on the fth day Of March
1888. at 500 o'clock r. n
Dated this the 18th day Of Febru-
AIRY. 1888.
(sEAL1 Ross c sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe Comfy.
Florida.
feb. 1874. mar. ;. isss-Ness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
WEST COAST UTOPIA CLAIMS
THE PERFECT GOVERNMENT
nv A.serlafed Pre.sl

motorists who drive through it
annually, Holy City is remember
ed chiefly for its peep shows and
gigantic figures of Santa Claus.
The peep shows are built IN the
form of churches. They are de-
voted strictly to moral lessons and
are substitute for the exhorta-
tons Father Riker used to deIiv-
er from the pulpit.
The Santa Clauses - once
Christmas decorations in a San
Francisco department store-sym-
bolze the stature of the white
race. For Holy City's ruler is
strong for white supremacy, and
when he can spare time from his
worlds perfect government" he
dashes off a pamphlet on putting
other races IN their place.
Uses Bouncing Money
Most striking feature of the per-
feet government IS Its bouncing
money" With the government in
control of all finance, Riker be-
Ieves, money drawn from the
central banking system viii
bounce right back to it and there
never win be a shortage.
Suitable work for all-capitalist
as well as laborer-together with
early retirement on liberal pen
sions viii be achieved through his
fiscal system, Riker believes. He
also has worked out production,
distribution and social phases of
his theory.
So assured of his logic is the
Holy City overseer that he has a
standing offer of $4,000 reward
for anybody who can find a flaw
in II"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
And They Lived Happily
Ever Afterward
fBy AssocIafed Pre.sl

STARA KANJISCHA, Yugosla-
via, Mar. 3.-Mara Suchan, Farm
er Jowan Suchan's wife, believes
IN direct action, Yugoslav mar
rage laws being what they are.
When she caught her husband
IN the arms of another woman,
she administered a I5-minute
beating to the latter, and threw
her out of the window.
Then she turned her attention
to Jowan. She bound his hands
and feet, and carried him to the
well, where she tied him to the
well-wheel, leaving him there the
whole night, while she slept
peacefully.
In the morning she beat him
hah-frozen though he was-mer.
cilesSly, and made him swear nev.
er to see the other woman again
Then she prepared warm. re.
viving drinks for him, and toppec
it all of with a kiss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
By LYDIA GRAY SHAW
APP Feature-servies Writer

If Bobby is an A student at
school, always comes home to
meals on time, and goes to bed
willingly. MS parents may hold
him up as a model, but it doesn't
necessarily indicate Bobby will
become a college professor-or
even a bank president.
If he had few difficulties while
he was growing up Bobby proba-
bly, would be better prepared for
life. Soon enough he'll be out in
the cold, hard world, where no
one is going to soften the way for
him.
Fall And Co Boom
That's the opinion of DR.. Thorn
as T. Bamford, Jr.. psychiatrist In
charge of work with problem chill
dren in the Fordham University
department of psychology.
DR.. Bamford says: The first
time Bobby falls down, it will
really be a case of fall down and
60 BOOM He won't be able to pick
himself up. When he's completely
shot emotionally, he'll look to a
psychiatrist for aid, when his
childhood should already have
prepared him to Shunt off hard
knocks"
DR.. Bamford may sound pretty
hardlboiled. but he's watched
plenty of chilrden of all ages, and
thinks that a few failures in early
life are good for the average
youngster.
When he says failures" he
means things ike these:
Falling down while learning to
walk and not being consoled or
helped TO his feet.
Kicked Around
Getting knocked about in foot
ball games and tuSsles-god for
him TO take it. says DR.. Bamford.
School misunderstanding to
the principal now and again is
good for him. Criticism from high
er up viii come eventually, says
our psychiatrist.
/ In fact. DR.. Bamford makes par
ents of model children feel awful
IL nervous about their offSprings
The child who always does as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
COAST GUARD CHARTS
OCEAN FISHING SITES

WASHINGTON, March "a
new method to show ocean fish
ermen exactly where to drop
their hooks or nets is being devel-
oped by the U S. Coast Guard
Oceanographic studies have in
dictated each species of sea life
has its own habitat dependent on
certain conditions. Finding the
species wanted is merely a prob
lem of finding the right condi-
tons. say Coast Guard officials.
Coast Guard vessels on the At
lantic ice patrol and in Boring Sea
already have made observations
and calculations of temperatures,
currents, and the food OF various
sea animals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
LEGALS
NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
Harry L Knowles has filed with
ne written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State of Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill 3ss Of the 1887 acts d
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
of Monroe, State of Florida, tO-wit;
Lot 10, Blk ;. TT. Z, as recorded
in Monroe County Records, Deed
Book SIS, Page POI.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No $50 Of 1928. and
represent taxes for the years 1927
TO 1897, both inclusive.
Also, Lot Il, Blk 5, TT. Z. W. c.
MalOney Diagram Plat Book l.
Page %, as recorded in Monroe
County Records. Deed Book IS.
Page z0l.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 47z3 Of 1888, and
represent taxes for the years 1882
10 1887, both inclusive
Also. PIT. Lot 20. Blk. ?. TT. 13.
GWynn's Subdivision, as recorded
in Monroe County Records, Deed
Book CO. Page 10.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 438 Of 1928. and
represent taxes for the years 1927
to 1897. both inclusive.
Also, Lot 10. Blk. Is, Tr. IT, rs re-
corded in Monroe County Records,
Deed Book CT. Page 493.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. ST Of 1923, and
represent taxes for the years 1928
to 1897. both inclusive
Also, Lot Is. Blk. 2, Key West
Foundation Co. Sub. Plat Book l..
Page 155. as recorded in Monroe
County Records. Deed Book -.
The taxes to be sold are evidenced
by certificate No. 944 Of 1928, and
represent taxes for the years 1927
TO 1897. both inclusive.
Said tax certificates together with
all subsequent omitted OF levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West, on the 4th day Of March
1885, at 800 O'Clock p NJ
Dated this the 18th day of Febru-
AIRY. 1883.
fSEALl Ross & Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County.
Florida.
feb. 1924, mar. 3. 1s3s-M6sI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
PLow UP ROADS

Helena, Month order TO give
Indians a chance to escape civili-
cation, 125, 600 acres of the Flat
head Indian Reservation viii be-
come a roadless wilderness. Exist
ing roads and highways are being
plowed up and all present i'm
provements in the region will be
abandoned. Similar areas viii be
set aside for other Indian tribes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
A LITTLE ROUGH TREATMENT
CALLED GOOD FOR A Child

he's told" he asserts, lis worse
than the child who breaks a few
toys and hits couple of play
mates now and then
Why Is he worse2 Because ne
always escapes the attention Of
gidance authorities and yet may
be as disturbed psycholOgically as
his rambunctious friends. Model
children don't disturb their par
ents. Disobedient children do. But
better for parents to think more
about their children, even though
they may be doing the wrong
thing"
To Please Mother
In other words, obedience, as
well as the other virtues of child
hood, can be over-emphasized- DR.
Bamford thinks a child should
learn to do the thing because he
gets pleasure out of doing it right,
not because someone tells him to
do it. But doing il wrong is part
of learning to do it right.
Dr. Bamford's biggest worry is
the child who obeys to please his
mothers.
He thinks the mother who is
constantly saying Nov hang up
your coat to please Mother. Don't
play with that rough littley DO
across the street, to please Moth
er !" should be outlawed from
society.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

The greatest distance travelled
by a shrimp on the south Atlantic
coast was 800 miles. the journey
being made in three months, Tag
ging of shrimp by the bureau Of
fisheries made possible the cal
culation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

Miami, Fiat was q bold pick
pocket who relieved ]. A Barry
of a wallet containing Sl,l00, q
badge and $225 in checks. Barr
IS a New York State Police ser
geant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
DOG AIDS HURT MASTER

NObleSville, Ind - During a
midnight hunting trip. Ansel Cas-
tor, 50, fell down an embankment
and broke both legs Tying him.
self to his faithful coon dog, Cas-
tor managed to crawl after It. The
dog led him to a farmhouse half
mile away where help was sum-
moned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
10000 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

Chicago-AccidentS caused the
death of 100000 persons in the
United States in 1887, according
to figures computed by the Nat
ional Safety Council Traffic ac-
cidents were responsible for &c.
700 of these. an all-time high. In
addition, $4,000 others were per-
manently injured and 400 600
temporarily injured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

The British admiralty has or
dered the standard 5 foot 7 inch
ship hammock heightened by
three inches IN answer to a plea
from some of the taller gobs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

Louisiana's s,506 square smiles
include 1907 of water and a
greater mileage of navigabIe
streams than any other state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
We Musi DRAW ihe Line

MY son. do you think that
chorus girl is the sort you could
bring home ard introduce to me
and your sisters?"
Sure, mother. but I'd hate to
trust the old man with hers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

A Creole is a white descendant
of the French and Spanish COL
onists who lived in Louisiana
prior to 1903 when Louisiana be-
came America
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03
Scotch sam

Look. Jack. isn't Mr.. Meta
wish a clever skater?s
HE has to be. He only has one
skate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

The Philippine Islands viii use
Sz,5OO.OOO in refunded cocoanut
oil taxes to build schools.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

Rice is India's most important
crop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

An there's tn four-lneh political
tail thet wagged tn esIneh taxpayer.
Jed WIIIIker put a stake out In tn
snow drift where he lost his upper
plate last week. Sex he'll wait fer q
thss 4 look fer II.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-03

Subscribe to The Citizen.
Evening star., 1938-12-17

be confronted with hauling over
board something that weighed many
pounds.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Long Delays Secuted
In F. n. A. Financing

-Four years experience enables the
Federal Housing Administration to
complete its small home mortgage
insuring procedure with minimum
of delay, Henry H. Dearing, F. H, A
director for the District of Columbia
said today.
prospective home buyers should
beware of those who try to steer
them away from the F. H. A. with
the argument that an insured loan
involves delay and red tape" Mr.
Dearing said. 1T is true few extra
days may sometimes be involved
beyond the time required by some
other types of home financing plans
But any extra time is devoted TO ap-
praisal of the transaction, investiga-
tion of the neighborhood. and exami-
nation of the borrowers ability to
pay. And sS a matter of fact, ii
seldom takes much longer to get an
r. H. A.-insured loan thar an un-
insured one.
The F. H. AS careful eXamina-
ton may save years of later misery
and worry, as we'll as prevent loss to
the home owner and the mortgage
lender. Those who raise the issue OF
delay usually have some ulterior mo-
tive in doing so. We have abundant
evidence of the folly of waste and
of unsound lending practices which
the F. H. A. procedure is designed
to eliminate"
Evening star., 1938-12-17
BY LILLIAN COX ArHEY.

How about 4 nut tree producing
q crop where each fruit weighed
from IS to Is pounds. That ID the
accomplishment Of this giant palm
and 1t holds the record for man,
moth fruit.
The home Of these palms is in the
Seychelles Islands in the Indian
Ocean. Here it has many Of its kind,
all in the most flourishing state
Those who have visited the islands
are Astounded at the sight. Nat
urally they are eager to find out all
they can about 1t and the possibili-
ties of taking at least one nut back
with them to prove their statements,
and to persuade some learned bota-
mist to try his best to grow q palm
from the seed.
This species Of palm has been
identified As one of the fan palms
They have many cousins in the
tropcs, and in our Southern States
the fanlike fronds are well known.
1t Is wrongly called the coconut
palm, and you will soon understand
why II you see the outside OF the
nuts. The coconut, as you well
know, has a hard, rough exterior,
and those who have written of these
strange nuts, and others who have
seen them claim they remind you of
giant bell pepper.
When the weather Is just right
and the soil has all the ingredients
desired. these palms may reach a
height of 100 feet.
After the flower has been fertilized
the fruit begins to develop, and here
is another Of the most unguessable
things connected with this palm: A
tine nut weighing 30 to 80 pounds
may be matured in one year, or it
may take 10 years. 1t depends upon
the fertilization of the flower, which
may be delayed this length of time
because Of the lack of transfer Of
pollen.
For the last few years these seeds
have been eagerly sought by those
wishing to propagate the palms for
their parks. Naturally, they can
be successfully germinated only in
those countries with q climate &C
ceptable to them.
Reports OF such an undertaking
show that DR.. H. L. Lyon, director
Evening star., 1938-12-17

Ottawa, Kans., city of 10000
people, recently noted it had had
no fatal traffic accidents since July
26. 1896.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Front RoyoI Housing
Project Launched

Work has been started on the first
section OF huge low-cost housing
development planned for Front Roy
al, Va, and designed to take care
OF workers in the American Viscose
Corp. plant which is nearing COM
pletion there. The apartments are
being erected by the Front Royal
Gardens Housing Corp, of which
E. Newton Snider and M. T. Broy-
hill OF Arlington are president and
secretary-t treasurer, respectively.
The project is being financed
through the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration. Buildings to contain
A apartments have been started,
and it is the plan of the housing
corporation to eventually erect
1000 units. The apartments will
contain from three to five rooms.
Rentals will scale $8.10 a room, with
a maximum rental of $28 for an
apartment. Later it is planned to
build five and six room bungalows
IN connection with the development.
The first portion of the Viscose
Evening star., 1938-12-17

see why not. Every one who sees 1t
stops to take a vicarious trip,
whether he's 6 or 90.
If you have some one on your
Christmas list who Is forever COM
planning about the difficulty of get
ting shower to run not too hot or
not toU cold, you might consider
such q practical gift as shower
mixing valve, one of those plumbing
accessories which make Showering
soothing instead of hectic. 1t con-
sists of a simple little valve that
might look rather strange all done
up In tissue paper and silver ribbon,
but once the prospective owner Of
1t realizes what it Is, he'll whoop
with joy, we're sure. The valve we
have in mind Is a simple mechan-
ism, compact and attractive, and
can be installed either exposed or
concealed. We don't recommend
this gift for some one you don't
know very well-but for an uncle or
brother whose showering habits
you know, it would be something
pretty original and pleasing.
OF course, when it comes to peo-
pie you know we'll, anything for
the house is pretty safe bet. Avn
ings, garbage disposal units, paint
for the basement playroom, water
heaters, putty for rattling window
panes, home carpentry sets-my-
riads of things which come under
the heading of real housing items
are a welcome change from the
usual ties, handkerchiefs and pow
der compacts. And you can write
on your Christmas card From the
House of Jones to the House of
Smith," including everybody in the
house, thereby saving yourself lot
of separate purchases which. at this
time of the year, Is very soothing.
Evening star., 1938-12-17
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cuted, and hand-cast from rustless,
enduring metal. The seahorse is
6ss inches high, the grape design
6% inches, the Charleston forged
pattern inches. They can be nm
ished in black or in white, and cost
$215 q pair. Be sure to specify
whether the house they are in
tended for is frame, brick or stucco.
as there are different types Of wall
fastenings for each of the three.
Il
Here's an idea which ought to reg
lister surprise and delight, when
your friend with the cold feet (the
girl who is always dodging drafts
opens her Christmas box and finds
you have sent her door seal. This
is a device particularly useful for
the bedroom door, under which cold
air trickles at night when the WIN
dows are open, chilling the rest of
the house. 1t is made of metal and
a fabricated material, installed on
the under edge of the door with a
screw driver, and when the door is
closed a felt strip drops down to
block the passage OF air.
Requiring no manual operation at
all, the door seal lifts automatically
when you open the door. drops when
you close 1t. 1t doesn't spoil the
looks of your door, either. for all
that is visible is metal border, fin.
ished in light ivory, walnut or ma
hogany. And it costs $3.50 for the
least expensive model, 50 for the
dearest. A Christmas gift to make
you beloved by its recipient all the
year round!
A house gift that never was recog-
nized as a house gift at all when
we gave one to a small boy for his
birthday last summer was the felt
base map rug for a nursery floor
that solved the floor covering prob
lem and was game at the same
time. It's a washable. shiny rug, in
warm buff color, with a border of
deep brown, and on it is the whole
United States with all the principal
rivers, lakes, transportation lines,
capitals and biggest cities of the
country.
1t also bears the pictures of the
various types of vehicles used for
transportation through the ages,
and each State is decorated with a
symbol of its chief industry. Not
only Is 1t fun to look at, fun to trace
the traveings of friends and rela-
tives, but 1t is actually instructive
although If it's for a child, 1t might
be as well not to mention that to
him or her.
The makers of this felt base rug,
which sells for about IS and comes
in only one size, 6 by 9 feet. say 1t
has been used SO often in playrooms
and camps that 1t may be given to
sdults as we'll as children. We don t
Evening star., 1938-12-17

grow the unusual. In our country
we have some wonderful native trees.
Their fruit has been taken into
many different lands No doubt we
will some day have growing in our
southernmost States these giant
palms, producing nuts of a size we
are in no way anxious to have fall
upon US from the tree.
The name coco de mer" was be-
slowed upon the fruit because
many of them had been seen and
rescued from the sea as they f1oated
gayly over the surface looking light
as feather. 1t must have been a
grand surprise to those thinking
they were lifting a fine balloon to
Evening star., 1938-12-17
Natures Children
Coco de Mer Palm
a
(Lodoicea seychellarum) =

Of the forestry department Of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton, received from the director of
agriculture of the Seychelles Islands
several very fine seeds. They were
carefully planted In a barrel with
the soil in which they came, mixed
with local soil and started on their
romantic career at the public nursery
in Honolulu.
There are many watching the
growth OF these wonderful nuts.
How long 1t will take before success
crowns the efforts of these nursery
men is yet to be decided. All of us
seem to have the greatest desire to