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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
PROTECT THE KEYS

Demand has been made upon the
county commission to provide fire-fighting
equipment on the Florida Keys at Mate
cambe or some other readily accessible
point 1t is a matter that deserves serious
attention and the commission has appoint
ed Commissioners Cleveland Niles and
Braxton B. Warren and Fire Chief Harry
NJ Baker of Key West a committee to in
vestigate the proposal.
Few realize the importance of the
Florida Keys in the economic foundation
of Monroe county. Frost-free, the keys
produce the famous key lime, the only
spot in the United States where such lines
can be grown. The production of this
fruit gives employment to a considerable
number of persons and gives value to land
which otherwise might be worthless.
Therefore, the lines are the source of con-
siderable tax revenue for Monroe county.
Many agricultural authorities believe
that properly irrigated, the keys would
produce almost any kind of tropical and
citrus fruit in quantities that would make
the section one Of the most productive in
Florida When fresh water supply is
brought from the mainland it is planned
to pipe water all through the grove and
groveland parts of the county and thus
give an added value to the property. The
enhanced land values would be an added
source of tax revenue to the county, bns
Certainly some kind of fire protection
is needed to protect lands of such great
potential value. Not long ago "a disastrous
fire burned hundreds of lime trees and de-
stroyed the productive top soil on hundreds
of acres of land 1t will take years to re-
pair the damage wrought by that ore fire.
Another such fire or series of fires may
very well destroy not only the groves and
top soil, but sweep through such communi-
ties as Tavernier and Matecumbe and the
fishing camps in between.
One of the most needed fire-fighting
requirements is a supply of shovels and
grubbing tools. Fire Chief Baker reported
after the last fire that much of the dam
age could have been prevented if the keys
had been trenched across at certain points
to check spread of the flames. With pro-
per tools and piece of mobile equipment,
a small force of men could be trained to
protect the keys against future serious
fires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
CITY AIRPoRTs LOSE MONEY

Some years ago when the future of
aviation fired the imagination, many cities
and towns rushed to construct airports in
order to secure the advantages which were
expected to come from the civil airways
systems.
With millions of dollars invested, the
cities now find that bigger and faster
planes bring new problems Most CONNER
cial airports are operated at losses to the
cities owning them. The outlook is not very
bright unless the Government participates
in the construction and maintenance of air
ports on large scale in the interest of
preparedness.
The American Municipal Association
reports that 738 cities operate municipal
airports. They have invested between three
hundred million and four hundred million
dollars. Moreover, seventy-eight, Cities re-.
port an average loss of S13,332 on. their air
ports and while this is not necessarily
son enough to stop the development, it is. d
warning that some study of the situation
should be made by all municipalities before
spending money for developing airports
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
BY RUSSELL KAY
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While the Florida Citrus Com
mission is primarily concerned
with oranges, grapefruit and tan
gerines, nevertheless it has one
PLUM in connection with its OPP
erations and that is a bigger
problem than even the surplus
citrus crop.
Burdened with the task of in
diligently and effectively spend
ing the money collected from cit
rus growers in the form of adj
vertising assessments, the COM
missioners are constantly en-
meshed in a web of state and in
dustry politics that is good for a
nerve-racking headache in any
body's language.
The citrus advertising account,
which next year should run close
to million dollars, represents an
inviting tidbit to even the larger
advertising agencies and most
any of them would like to have
the contract, but plums, when
stepped in a brine of politics,
often become gigantic lemons and
for this reason a number of the
larger agencies hesitate to even
bid for the business.
Leaders in the industry, includ-
ing most shippers and large grow
ers, favor the employment of a
name" agency-in other words.
a concern that over the years has
built up a good reputation for the
handling of food accounts.
Ruthroff and Ryan, the agency
that has been handling the ac-
count, is so rated, and many feel
that it has done good job when
all angles are cosidered. On the
other hand there are some who
take just the opposite view and
feel Ahat a change would be vel
scbRSea see
Governor Cone is known to ia
vof q Florida agency and feels
that we could do with a little less
name" and keep more money in
the state. At least two Florida
agencies contend that they are
qualified to handle the account
and propose to bid for it.
The small agency finds itself in
much the same position as the
young doctor or rookie lawyer:
folks may like them and all that,
but when 1t is a matter of life
and death they want the best doc
tor or lawyer they can find and
that usually means one who has
had plenty of experience in such
cases and has established repu-
tation for success.
Realizing this. LOOMS & Hall.
Miami agency. have done what
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

The Citizep was in no small
way responsible for the success of
the Knights of Columbus Conven-
ton held recently in Key
West, and the state council has
gone on record as thus feeling, A
resolution thanking this paper for
its efforts in behalf of the cone,
vention was unanimously adopted
at the closing business session
here which has just now been
made public by H. W. Barnum,
state secretary.
The Cuba will arrive this after
noon from Havana and will
leave at 7 o'clock for Tampa.
The steamer Algonquin is due
from New York tonight en- route
to Galveston. She viii bring pas
SengefS only.
The Palma arrived last night
from Havana with IS carloads of
pineapples, amount to 6, 1877 crates
She also brought IL empty cars.
tft The Governor Cobbr brought
over 200 passengers yesterday af-
ternoon from Havana and most of
them left on the evening train for
points in the north. No.,
Captain H. T. Wright and a
group of officers of the United
States Navy arrived last night
and will make an inspection of
the four submarines which have
arrived from the Canal Zone and
are berthed in the base at the
naval station.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

many young doctors have found
it advantageous to do. They have
merged or ''gone in" with a
name" agency, Brooke, Smith &
French, Inc, of New York and
Detroit, in the hope that this will
serve to offset opposition based
on inexperience and lack of or
ganization.
Favored by c. c. Commander
of the Florida Citrus Exchange
and looked upon as in the most
favorable position to secure the
account among the several large
agencies expected to bid for it,
is j. Walter Thompson Co. If they
get it, it probably win be over
Loomis & Halls dead body, to
express it dramatically.
Citrus commissioners, sincerely
anxious to serve the growers and
at the same time keep peace with
the politicians within and with
out the industry, find themselves
between the well-known devil
and the famed deep blue sea,
hemmed in with the doghopse On
one side and the eight-ball on the
other.
Martyred by gubernatorial APP
pointment and burdened with a
load that would stagger even an
Atlas, these brave lads who gath
er around the big directors table
in Lakeland must sit for many
weary hours in stuffy smoke
filled committee room and listen
attentively while master-adver-
Using after master-advertis-
ing-mind presents glorified and
detailed accounts of how they
propose to Garry the Message to
Garcia" If given the opportunity
to carry it.
Finally, all logged up with sta
tistics, bleery eyed from cigar
smoke, and punch drunk from
pep talks, the poor bozos will 60
into the final hubble. John Maxcy
viii timidly inquire as to wheth-
en- or not there Is a motion be-
fore the house" All those in
favor will say 'tayen ana Glen
Grimes, stepping into the hall.
much after the manner of the
family doctor, viii inform wait
ing newshawks whether it's a
boy, girl. or miscarriage"
No matter what it is. lot of
folks will still think they ought TO
take it out and drown it,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
Mark Wilcox, in his sworn statement

Mark Wilcox, in his sworn statement
Of campaign expenses. reveals that he
spent SOS in his effort TO be elected to
the Senate Approximately S4.770 Of this
amount was contributed by his friends
This Is a far cry from the $4,000 slush
fund Ne heard so much about. bat Saw So
little Of during the campaigR.--Sanferd
Herald. And that small amount eam
from private contributors and not feors
public funds By detour
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
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T ES T Y o u r
KIN OW L f ID C E
Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn 10
Page for the answers


Page 4 for the answers
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\. What is another name for
the game of checkers?
2. Name the captain 81 the US.
,dr dtWalker Cup golf team.
3. How dong does it take for
1 at' light from the sun to reach
the earth?
4. DO fresh and salt water
freeze at the same tenn
perature?
S. Name the smallest of the ma
jor planets.
6. What labor organization do
the Initials SWOc stand
for?
Z. Which is the smallest of the
five Great Lakes?
8. Who commanded the federal
forces at the battle of Get
tysburg?
8. What is the plural of forum?
10. Name the inventor of the air
brake.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Ia The editor of The Key West Citizen
complains that it took a combination of
the Overseas highway and the Murphy bill
to make Monroe county property owners
advertise in his paper.-Fort Myers News
Press.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

wildlife from the ferries must
stop at once. 1t is waSteful, crimi-
nal, cruel, Too, it is diSsipating
one of the biggest assets the
highway can possibly have.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Separation of church and state is the
foundation of religious and political free
dom. They should proceed side by side.
though not hand in hand, as the poet
Goethe so aptly PUTT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

t'oday's Horoscope
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Today's native viii be active
and strong, but restless and Graf
ty; quick tempcrcdsand probably
secretive.9 irT6ose Barn 9np the
night hours Wiif1qha3e1 g,moEe
chance of sYefeSSS arr n, realization
of hopes than, the otherS,afor the
sun is then out of the way and
much depends on the aspects of
the major planets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

In 1894 Ben Caldwell of the Jasper
NenssISas . news boy on The Key West
Daily Glti49qs and since the new highway
has been opeled Ben and his family and
Ahrather4 ID adreve down to visit scenes of
~ his yoangeEs days.--Florida Newspaper
News.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Bathing in the bathroom is exhilarat-
ing. it often causes rs to sing; though the
precaution to lock the door is recommand-
ed it we do not desire to be interrupted.
unless the voice and the song are properly
attuned
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Under-Seeretary of State advises his
-countrymen to mind their own business. If
the present government continues its inter-
ference soon there will be no business to
mind.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

When skunk gets incensed, so does
everybody in its vicinity.-Lee Morris in
the st. Petersburg Independent. And seat
ter in all directions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Z Superstitions always revive in time of
stress. Have you become superstitious?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

: What about loving ourselves only as
we love our neighbor?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Whoever runs from an enemy, per-
mits an enemy to run his life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Comedians are not allowed to crack
lieutenants are taken seriously over there
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

II is prudent to put little sugar into
what we say and take little salt with
what we hear
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE cITIzEl

l. Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-I4and and Sea-
8. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

News is not what happens; it is what
is reported
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Reports received at The Citizen
are to the effect that disorders
are reported in HillsboFough
county where deputy sheriffs
guarding many polling booths dis
armed one man and arrested four
for Illegal voting. Special officers
also patroned polling places in
the county. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Editorial comment: Shooting
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

Council is contemplating a
i3dical ehange in the operation of
the scavenger department of the
city. Bids for the removal of gar
bage and trash are now. being
Advertised and 1t is understood
that, on 2Jhne 80, contract for
this work will be let. For almost
two years no contract for the SER
vice existed. The work has been
done by Roy levin on an agree
ment with the city but no con-
tract. He receives $1,000 monthly
for the operation of three trucks.
He pays all employees. 1t is pre-
sumed that Mr.. Levin will be
bidder ON the new contract.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

Key West went to the polls
steadily all day today. There was
every indication at 3 o'clock this
afternoon that the vote would not
fall far short of 1000. At 10
o'clock this morning more than
IS percent of the expected total
of votes haa Den cast. At 2:30,
this afternoon, isis Key Westers
had expressed their choice at the
polls and at 3 o'clock there had
been a total vote east of 2,675.
The voters were passing through
the polling places at rapid pace,
and the rate was being sustained
when the observers returned to
the office. There was no disorder
reported at the polls although
there were unusually large crowds
of workers at most of them and
activity among candidates and
their friends was never greater
in the city's history, according to
those who have been watching
elections here for years. The i'm
preston that there would be a
falling off in the number of votes
cast, was dispelled at an early
hour when it was shown that at
10 o'clock, or two hours after the
polls had been opened, l,l68
votes, more than one-fourth the
total number qualified, had voted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-04

The Cuba will arrive this after
noon from Havana and Will
leave at Z o'clock for Tampa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30

Friday. The parlors were beau
tifully decorated with streamers
and flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Peterson
ard daughters Ruth and Johanna
and son Anker returned Wednes-
day from a trip to North Dakota
and Idaho where they visited re-
latives.
John Redding and Henrietta
Berberich spent Monday in Mar
shall.
Eli ROLAND and daughter Mar
tina and Mrs. Martha Arne motor
ed to Moorhead Friday where
they attended the Nordhordland
Laget convention until Sunday.
Friends of Wilbur Belshaw
gathered at his home Sunday in
honor of his eighteenth birthday.
Florence Penke, Anna Christ
ensen, Clarice Peterson and Helen
and Anna Mae Kelly were sup
per guests of Leona Edwards Sum
day. .
Arnold Johnson of Minneapolis
was supper guests at the Oluf
Solseth home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Anderson
and son Roger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lars Teigland and Elsie Patton
fished at Lake Shetek Saturday.
Darrell Smith got a piece of
steel in his eye last week which
was removed by physician.
Francis Zupfer arrived home
from Mankato Saturday.
Cecil Savat of Lucan spent last
week at the Clarence Penke home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30

Darlene King who spent several
weeks with Mrs. James Austin at
Wabasso returned with her mo-
ther, Mrs. George King, Monday.
Mrs. Joseph frost who was re-
turning from Redwood Falls Fri
day evening upset in the frost
car west of Herman Pless farm.
She escaped injury but the car is
badly damaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Kramer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Kramer,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rohlik, Mr..
and Mrs. Math. Kramer, Dorothy
and Maurice Kramer and Rose
Marie Rohlik fished at Willard
lake Saturday and Sunday.
Erwin Troske Jr. spent from
Friday to Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. William x. johann
neck and family at Wabasso.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gallery
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Schmitz and daughter We're
Redwood Falls callers Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Burtzel
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Precht and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. d. Troske and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Bernardy accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kissner left
Friday for Bemidji where they
visited v. M. Bernardy and fished
at nearby lakes. They returned
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bangerter
and children of WabaSso and Mrs.
Clara King and sons were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
King.
Verna Dahl spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Dahl after spending the week at
the Sherman Payne home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Lorenzo
and daughters Doris and Darlene,
Ed. Kohlhamer and Rudolph and
Franf1 Schiller were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Mansmith
and family Monday evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30
% HEARINGS IN
PROBATE COURT

Twenty-Five hearings are sche-
duled before Judge r. v. Ochs in
probate court here Tuesday. They
include hearings on claims in the
estates of Margaretha Tauer, AL
fred Egle, Otto Owen, William
Bauer and Fred j. Werner; on
final account in the cases of Gil
bert c. Doble, Frank v. Stanek,
Ole 0. Flom, Ellen j. Davis, Rud-
olph N. Christensen and Bruno H.
Bruins; on will in the estates of
Richard j. FLAG, Frank R. Bleth-
en- and Frank T. Birum; on adj
'ministration, Ronald Baldwin.
Christian N. Show, Walter HI.
Ball, Harry J. Christopherson and
Hannah Olson; to sell land be-
longing to the estate of Margar-
etha Tauer, will and summary
distribution, Nick Engel and cor
rection of defective proceedings,
Francis M. Stronach.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30
Imogene Cutler and
Vance Weaver Wed

Morton - Imogene Cutler of
Claremont, S. D. and Vance Wea-
yer of Morton, were married in
a beautiful service on the lawn of
the Cutler home by Rev. A. w.
Guggin Friday afternoon.
Mrs. D. J. Saunders of San
Antonio, Texas, the brides sister,
gowned in dusty pink embossed
organdy dress, was her only at
tendant. She carried talisman
roses and larkspur.,
A white net floor length gown
with matching bolero, formed the
brides ensemble and she carried
a shower bouquet of Johanna Hill
roses and fever few.
Two nieces of the bride sang
Because" ''The Sunshine of
Your Smile" and 81 Love You
Truly" during the. ceremony,
while another of the brides sis
tiers, Mrs. J. A. Wigdahl played
Lohengrin'S march as procession
al and Mendelssohn's, as the re-
cessional.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver will make
their home in Morton where Mr..
Weaver is employed in the Far
mers' State Bank.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30
Completes Work At
Lifeguard School

Charles Joneson, lifeguard at
the Lake Redwood beach, return
ed Saturday evening after spend
ing 10 days in Camp Ihduphapi at
Loretto.
His course in life-saving and
allied subjects was paid for by the
Redwood Falls chapter of the
Red Cross, members of which con-
slider the project of great benefit
to the community. R. v. Ochs is
chairman of first aid and life
saving in the county chapter.
Charles was one of 1874 persons
receiving instruction at Loretta.
He passed tests in standard first
aid, senior life saving, swimming,
the handling of small craft, water
safety and life-saving examiners
test. ~s .Aa.f- .
His mother and brother Oscar
and sister Catharine went to Lor-
etto to bring him home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30
WOrthingtOn Bans
Fireworks July 4

Worthington-Not even toy pis-
tolls will have a place in July 4
celebrating in Worthington with
the decision of the city council to
enforce its fireworks ordinance to
the limit.
Whether they be cannons, tor
pedoes or just plain cap guns, all
must spend their brief life out
side the city limits to mark the
birthday of the nation. 1t is ex-
pected that fireworks vendors
will continue to sell their goods
just over the city limits, but the
Fourth of July racket makers
cannot be used in the city.
The ordinance provides a pen
atty of 500 fine or 80 days in
Jail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30
June 80 July z IA
JUIIt oV july : II
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI.
TON FOR PROBATE OF WILL

ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TION FOR PROBATE OF WILL
AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
State of Minnesota, County of Red
wood SIS. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate Nof
Georea Bauer Decedent.
/ WHEREAS Johannah Bauer has
filed in this court the purported last
Will and Testament of George Bauer,
ing that letters testamentary thereon
be issued to Iahannah Bauer.
1T is ORDERED, That all persons
interested therein are hereby cited to
show cause at hearing to be had
before this court at the Probate
Court Rooms, at the Court House in
the City of Redwood Falls, Minne-
sofa, on the list dav of August, 1898.
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon. whv
said petition should not he Granted
1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That
the time within which creditors may
file their claims against said estate
is hereby limited to four months
from the date hereof, and that the
hearing on claims so filed be heard
City of Redwood Falls. Minnesota. on
the It'll dav of November 1879. at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and that this
order be published in the Redwood
Gazette and notice mailed, as re-
Quirad nv law.
WITNESS. The Hon. Robert ".
Ochs. jude of Probate this 9th day
(SeaD
ROBERT ". OCHS.
THos. F. REED. JR.
Redwood Falls,
Attorney. lists
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-30

De Cook came from Mission, Tex
as Wednesday to attend the fun
eral for George Bauer. They left
Monday for their. home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Willie and
sons Kennel hand Lester accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. William
George of Wabasso to Evan Sum
day to visit relatives.
Lorene Schmiesing of Redwood
Falls spent the weekend at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Schmiesing.
Mr.. and Mrs.s John Zeug re-
turned from a fishing trip at Rush
lake Monday evening after sew
eral days there. They reported
very good fishing.