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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
LEFT YESTERDAY
WITH PRISONER
WASHINGTON COUNTY DEP
UTY TAKES BERNICE PET
IT'S BACK TO CHIPLEY

Deputy Sheriff d. w. Braxton
of Washington county, arrived
over the highway yesterday aft
ernoon and departed at a later
hour with a prisoner, Bernice
Pettis, who was wanted in Chip
ley, Fla, on a charge of desert
ing his wife and child.
A capias was issued out of the
county of Washington last week
and forwarded to the sheriff OF
Monroe. Upon its receipt, Act
ing Sheriff Bernard Waite placed
it in the hands of Deputy Ber-
nard H. Waite, who, in a few
hours, returned with the prison
er. locating him in the Marine
hospital. A telegram was sent to
Washington county and imme-
diately answered with the infor-
nation that a deputy was leav-
ing at once for Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
lNVESTITURE AT
FLORIDA STATE
COLLEGE TUESDAY
SIX KEY WEST SENIORS WILL
TAKE PART IN THADI-
TIoNAL SERVICES: ENTIRE
BOARD TO BE PRESENT


TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 3d.
Governor Fred P Cone and the
entire membership of the Board
of Commissioners of State In
situations are invited to attend
the traditional Investiture serv-
ice at Florida State College for
Women tomorrow evening in the
college auditorium. At this time
the 257 members of the class of
1910 will be granted the privilege
of wearing the academic cap and
gown by the President of the
College, DR.. Edward Conradi.
Members of the board, besides
the governor, are: r. A. Gray,
secretary of state; William v.
Knott, state treasurer; George
Copper Gibbs, attorney general;
Colin English, state superin-
tendent of public instruction;
Nathan Mayo, state commits
sioner of agriculture, and ]. M.
Lee, state comptroller
Seniors from Key West par
ticipating in Investiture are:
Miss Anna James, Miss Cleo
Kemp, Miss Emma Kennedy,
Miss Alice Park, Miss Cynthia
Pearlman, and Miss Edna Rob-
erts.
Dean r. L. lyman or the
Florida State College School of
Education, will be tbr speaker
for Investiture, having For his
subject what Does This Occa-
sion Mean?". After his address
the 257 seniors, accompanied by
their white-clad sophomore SIS
tiers, bearing the seniors mortar
boards, will pass in procession
across the auditorium stage and
have the mortar boards placed
upon their beads by President
Conradi.
Miss Elizabeth Anne Webb, of
Jacksonville senior class presi-
dent, is in charge of plans for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
EVERETT WINTER
ANNOUNCES FOR
COUNCIL POSITION
MAKES STATEMENT com
CERNINc CANDIDACY AND
OUTLINES BUSINESS ExPE-
RIENcE, QUALIFICATIONS

Everett Winter today an
nounced his candidacy for seat on
the City Council at the coming
election. In an interview with
The Citizen, he made these state
mentS:
MY candidacy for Councilman
at the coming election was de-
cided upon through the conf
dence expressed by many citizens
that / can and will contribute to
the welfare of the city.
CAS- a newcomer to Key West
some four or five years ago. there
have not been many opportuni-
ties to become acquainted with
the majority of its citizens. There
fore it is right and proper that
these good people know some
thing of my qualifications for the
office of Councilman.
During the war l was captain,
333rd. Hv. F.A., A.E.F. Subse-
quent to duty in the Army / have
been in executive positions with
the Union Public Service Co., Mil
bank Power Co., and the Inter
state Power Co., ak located in
Minnesota and the Dakotas, as
well as operating my own COM
pany, the Winter Mach'y Co, of
St. Paul, MINI. From 1929 to
1893 l was. associated with the
New York Stock Exchange firms
of c. D. Barney & Co., and A. o.
Slaughter g. Co., as manager of
their st. Paul offices.
'It is my belief that Key West
can re-establish itself as a going
concern through an administra-
ton dedicated to operating on
sound business and economic
principals, and on this premise I
ask the support of all those that
agree with me that such an admin
istration viii accomplish the de-
sired result.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
Season OF Spooks And
COLLINS Now Observed

The Citizen has already car
ried many announcements of
Halloween parties held in the
city-and there are many more
to be reported. The following
are two parties held this last
weekend:
Ideal October weather COM
bined with the perfect setting
of Bayview Park, provided the
background for one of the most
successful Halloween parties
ever given by the PIT. A., for
the children of Division Street
School last Friday afternoon.
Dozens of appropriate and
colorful costumes made a gay
picture as the wearers darted
from one attraction to the next.
The pot of the witches was soon
emptied of its various contents.
Queenie, the pony, proved to be
one of the most alluring attrac-
tons. Quantities of candy, cake,
snowballs and pink lemonade dis
appeared as though by magic
A tired but happy procession
passed before the judges stand
in the costume parade, and first
prize, for the prettiest costume
went to Little Barbara Adams,
and the second prize was award
ed to Sylvia Knowles.
Honors for the most approp-
Iriate Halloween costume were
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
COUNCIL BODY
MEETS TONIGHT


City Council will meet this eve
ming in special session to consid-
er two major items.
City Tax Assessor-C Collector
Sam B. Pindep has been request
ed to appear at the meeting to
explain why local liquor. beer and
wine and similar establishments
are not assessed occupational
taxes on their stocks.
The question of whether the
Florida Motor Lines will be al
lowed to pick up passengers at
the P. & o. S. S. Company dock
will also be settled, it is said, at
the meeting tonight. t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
Await VOn RibbcntrOD'S
Speech; Russia RenegeS
On Support To Germany
By Associated Press)

LONDON, Oct. 23.-Minister
Won Ribbentrop will be heard in
one of his rare public addresses
tomorrow. In the light of his re-
cent failure to secure Turkey to
the German alliance his talk is
expected to be of great i'm
portance.
Russia meanwhile is giving
Giving very much trouble. She
is reported as flatly refusing to
send troops to the support of the
Nazis and that she is also begin
ming to renege on promised eco
nomic aid.
Germany is greatly pinched at
present, and has laid a new tax
on Jewish property owners, a
five per cent tax which brings
the total Jewish tax to Is per
cent. Nazis claim that returns
from the former tax were disap-
pointing.
German propaganda depart
ment today reiterated that Eng
land sank the Athena with an
explosion designed to place the
blame on German submarine
England has claimed that a Ger
man submarine is responsible.
Yesterday the 1900 ton Sea
Venture, an English ship, was
sunk by a German submarine
and another 1000 ton English
ship also sunken by a German
submarine. Fourteen of the
crews are still missing.
England today again claims
superiority in the air over Ger
many. Germans lost Is planes on
the air raids on English bases
and ships while not destroying
any English warships. German
submarines however have blast
ed English warships and sent
many to the bottom. For this
reason Germany will depend for
sea warfare mostly on its sub
marines.
Toronto government agent
predicted that Winston Churchill
would be the next prime minis
ter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
Baltic Tension.
EasesAsRussiia
Tells OF Plans

HELSINGFORS, Oct. %
Peaceful solution of the Finland
Russian crisis is expected momen-
tarily.
Climax in the negotiations has
been reached and it will not be
long before Finland knows its
fate.
Finnish diplomats believe that
Russia will ask no more than two
or three islands from the country
to the east of Sweden and north
of Soviet Russia. In the case Of
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania,
Russia demanded virtual posses
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
Germany Abandons Lightning
War Against Maginot Line

LONDON, Oct. 23.-Military
experts believe that Germany
has given up its plan to attack
France by a lightning war;.
The German staff has delayed
too long, British experts say, its
proposed invasion of neutral Bel
GUM and will probably not at
tack through those routes.
No new phases of defense and
offense tactics have been noted
in the present warfare. All forms
of offense on both sides have
been counteracted by defense
tactics.
England's and Frances armies
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
CABRERA LOSER
in TWO SUITS
JURY FOUND IN FAVOR OF
JOSE PADRON SAT-
URDAY

At 4:3O o'clock Saturday after
noon, Circuit Court jury, which
was sitting in the case of Cabrera
Grocery Company in the suit for
81 200 on promissary notes signed
by Jose Padron, brought in a YER
dict in favor of the defendant.
On the day previous like YER
dict was rendered in a suit by the
same company against Lee Baker
on promissary notes, the alleged
damages amounting to $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
ARRESTED SUNDAY;
MISCHIEF CHARGED

Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood
yesterday arrested Walter Rob-
erts, colored, at his home on
Thomas street and placed in the
county Jail on a charge of mall
icious mischief. 1t is said that
Roberts was breaking up the con-
tents of the house when the ar
rest was made.
He was released on bond and
the hearing of the case has been
set for tomorrow afternoon before
Peace Justice Enrique Esquin-
aldo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

sion of the territories in placing
her bases and troops there.
Finland, meanwhile, is stub
bornly prepared to resist any at
tempt at undermining her gov
eminent. She has sent soldiers to
strategic military zones bordering
on important Russian points and
has conscripted nearly every able
bodied men in the country.
1t is unprecedented action for
the little democracy tucked away
next to Communistic Soviet Rus
STA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
OSBORN LEAVES FOR HOME

Bill Osborn, who had been Wis
iting Miss Felicia Yado and mem
bers of the Yado family, left Fri
day for his home in Jacksonville,
after spending very delightful
stay. He expects to return in
the near future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

reviewers state, is stronger than
Germany's, but Germany has a
very well organized and power
full army.
On the sea, England is far
superior to Germany. with Ger
many resting its chief hope on
submarines. England sank rs
German submarines during the
World War, while Germany sank
5.408 of England's warships and
merchant marine ships. During
the World War Germany had a
total of 244 submarines. This
was over four-year period.
England claims to have sunken
"a German subs thus far.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
HOTEL MEMBERS
MEET TOMORROW

Key West Hotel and Apartment
House Association will meet, to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at Hotel La Concha to discuss an
advertising and beach program.
A large attendance is requested
as there must be decisions on i'm
portant phases of these programs
and others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23


Anthony Niles was the recipient
of the prize for appearing in the
funniest disguise.
Miss Dora Medina and Miss
Anna Louise Castili were hos
tesses last Friday evening at a
Halloween party for the Young
Peoples Sodality of st. Mary's
church. This was the regular
social of the month held in the
Caballero de la Luz Club hall.
Weird ghosts greeted men,
bers and their guests at the door,
followed by all kinds of "spooky"
noises and fun to gain entrance.
Games and dancing were en-
joyed in the cleverIy decorated
hall, with refreshments served
later.
Among those present were:
Felicia Yado, Hilda Yado, Bill
Osburn, Henry founders, Mary
Agnes Kelly, Frank Spencer,
Mary June Crusoe. Peggy and
Joe Domenech. Paul Mesa, Gil
more Parks, Jay Stricken, Louisa
Delaney, Frances Ellsworth,
Eloina Cato and her sister, Mary
E. Whalton, Louise Ketchum,
Marjorie Gwynn, Bert Buckley.
Thurman Sands. Frank Del
Villar, Anita Salgado, Wilma AL
fonso, Tony Martinez and Louise
Hawkes..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. %
Treasury today reported that
Americas gold totalled $17,000,-
100000, with $4,000, 100000 COM
ing in during the past year. 1t is
now the highest gold amount
owned by any country in the
world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23
BROWDER INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY:
PASSPORT CHARGE
CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING
PASSPORT IN 1887 AND 1888;
HAM AND EGGS PROTEST
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX
my Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Earl
Browder, chairman of the Com
munist party in America, was in
dicted today by federal grand
jury for having made trips in
1887 and 1888 on false pass
ports.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

awarded to Willis Yates, while
Anthony Niles was the recipient
of the prize for appearing in the
funniest disguise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.-The
S30-a-week ham and eggs plan
group today said that they would
pay their social security tax but
they would do so in protest. The
pension plan group claim they
are exempt from the Act. The
measure will come to a head at
the special election November Z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Na-
tional Power and National De-
Tense Councils were amalgamated
today with Harold Ickes chair
man of the amalgamating com-
mittee. 1t is the first time they
have been brought together.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-23

Key West. Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range Of only Ia Fahrenheit
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03
Marias Pass Discoverer
Receives Hoover Medal

of
meeting Of the Engineers
searching direct and
American
railway advisory commission
railway recruited principally northwest railroads. operated the
and o. Of matt
in
The Ambrose Swasey 1885,
The by Ralph of
lington railroad.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

rolls of Copenhagen snuff for Joe As
bridge Add to this the fact that many
weeks went by before Willis marketed
the ranch wool and returned with a
years supply of life necessities, and you
have the remarkable phenomenon of
the man.
Although tales of the Tennessean's
slowness claim that he'd make camp
within sight of home if it was getting
along toward shutdown, 1t was generally
conceded that. he was the best man
with jerkline in the country. He
spoiled his horses-there was no doubt
Of that They were sleek and fat, and
they never hurried. But those horses
would do everything but sit up and beg
for Willis. He was said to be the only
freighter who could turn, 12-horse
wagon train around in the street in
front of Yegen's store in Coulson-now
Billings. And it was his boast that he
would challenge all corners on speed
and thoroughness in hitching up. How
ever, witnesses claim that there was
trick to that, since Willis never un-
hooked the harness-just left it spread
out on the ground where the horses
stepped out of it. Then the next morn
ing the horses all took their places
when he called them and all he had
to do was hoist up the leather, put on
the feed bags and say, "Giddap."
Famed As Story Teller
Purveyor of news and gossip as well
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

he thought ladies looked nice in bon
nets. So he bought bonnets.
Willis never married He said he was
too busy-and he was. He came to
Montana in 1880 at the age of 20 with
his mother and father, married sister
and her family, his eldest brothers
family and two other sisters. After
landing at Fort Benton the party went
to Helena by wagon, although Willis
walked most of the way. Later they
met his brother at Diamond City. near
the present site of White Sulphur
Springs, and here Willis worked in the
gold mines. leaving there with all the
women folks after the death of his
father and brother.
Begins Freighting in 1884
They moved to Tennessee flats on
Cameron creek in 1884 and Willis be-
gan his freighting business. He pros
pered until 1908 when the Milwaukee
railroad came to Roundup and made
freighting a thing of the past He con-
tinued hauling into Roundup for some
time. however, until the automobile
finished what the railroad had begun
and Willis gave up.
His family responsibilities gone. he
retired to his homestead near Round
butte on Willow creek where he lived
with thrifty collection of junk. His
!lIeHQS say tlat WILLS ilau tlle cOLeIl-
ing instinct of a pack rat and was
never known to throw anything away.
Two years ago he moved to a little
house on the Elliot ranch to spend his
last days telling stories which were
distinguished by his humorous western
figures of speech and his Tennessee
accent.
Willis Sanderson, rs, teller of tales,
died Friday, Dec. 80. at the Ramsey
hospital in Roundup. He was born
Aug IL, 1860, in Dover. Tenn. and had
lived in Montana for So years.
Among his possessions was found
book. Life and Adventures of Calam-
ity Jane" by herself. 1t was given to
the freighter by the author who was
a friend of his while she operated a
restaurant in Billings.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03
30 MILLION BUSHELS
OF WHEAT STORED ON
STATE FARMS, IAN.

Nearly 100000 bushels of wheat
were in storage on Montana farms
Jan. l, compared with 6,795, 900 bushels
one year ago, J. G. Diamond, federal
agricultural statistician, reported. The
10-year average from 1928-l937 was
1885, 900 bushels.
OF the 20.940.000 bushels in storage
the first of the year. 4.438000 bushels
were covered by Commodity Credit
Corp loans, S. A. Bingham, agent for
the corporation, said.
Diamond said the larger stocks of
wheat in Montana are due to a COM
bination of the large 1888 crop and low
prices He added feed grain stocks on
Montana farms were larger than those
of a year ago and above the average
for 10 years.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

One more year of good range
conditions will result in tremen-
dous gain for the livestock indus
try of Montana, in the opinion of
William Wolf, treasurer of the
Wolf-Langman Livestock Com
mission Co. of Billings and Great
Falls, and manager of operations
at the Great Falls plant.
But" he adds, "even greater strides
may be expected the minute we get
! beet sugar factory operating in the
/ Great Falls area"
After study of the trends of the
last few years and interviews with
hundreds of livestock growers in all
sections of the state, Wolf says Mon
tanas greatest need right now Is more
COWS, good cows.
Generally speaking" he says. "the
quality of cattle handled through the
Great Falls market is better than that
in the Billings area. A steady improve
ment in quality has been noted since
the Wolf-Langman company started
operations in Great Falls, and the i'm
provement will continue because farm
ers and big producers alike have learned
it costs no more to raise quality stock
than it does to feed scrubs.
Livestock sales at our Billings and
Great Falls markets in 1888 showed
more than so percent decline compared
to 1887 This shows conclusively that
our ranges must be restocked. Montana
stockmen have better than average herd
bulls now. The shortage is in good
quality COWS.
I'm 1888 we did not ship any stocker
and feeder cattle east which would
have been Of any value for replace
ment use on Montana ranges. Good
quality calves always are in demand"
Chicago may be the great stockyards
center of the nation but Montana
stockmen are selling at home, Wolf
says, and points to the fact that Bill
lings and Great Falls, the two primary
markets of the state, handled almost
twice as many Montana cattle as Chi
cago did in 1898.
The decline in movement Of cattle
was not as great in the Great Falls
yards as elsewhere last year. the drop
being about 30 percent compared to
more than so percent for the state as
a whole. On the other hand the de-
crease in horse shipments in Great
Falls was greater than from the Bill
lings yards.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03
~ORTY YEARS ago one man
did the shopping for what is

~ORTY YEARS ago one man
"a did the shopping for what is
d now Musselshell county. That
man was Willis Sanders o n.
Freighter for the Elliot, Rufus
Thompson and Asbridge sheep
ranches in the old days of the open
range, Sanderson could purchase
beans, ladies' headwear and dress
material, snuff, furniture, coffee,
with equal nonchalance. A native
of Tennessee, Willis could neither
read nor write, but had such a
prodigious memory that it was a
commonly known fact that he
never forgot purchase or mixed
up an order.
One can only imagine the difficulty
Of such a mental feat as remembering
to get Mrs. Elliot a package of large
eyed embroidery needles and 7 yards
Of outing flannel, 10 gallons Of sheep
dip for Rufus Thompson and 2 dozen
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03
EXPENDITURES OF AAA
IN STATE, S1,616,0oS

Expenditures Of the agricultural ad-
justment administration nationally, in
Guiding payments to growers partici-
pating in crop control programs. to-
tailed s247.76l, 653 from July through
Dec. 81, 1888.
Amounts expended in states for the
half fiscal year period. included: Colo
RADIO, s4,S25055: Montana, s1,616 .0e5;
Nebraska, s4,656, 1854: North Dakota,
81. 698. $40: South Dakota, s4,954,844, and
Wyoming, s730,010.
The report said the disbursements
included s114,151.196 in price-adjust-
ment payments to cotton growers and
s23 ,996, 1893 in benefit payments to cane
and beet sugar producers.
Administrative OUTLAWS, exclusive OF
county AAA committee. aggregated
sl0l63 $50. OF this. $685., 42S was for
salaries.
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

The late Willis Sanderson tabove),
early day Musselshell country freight
er. He was said to have been the only
freighter going into Billings who could
turn a 12-horse jerkline team In the
width of a city street. He accomplished
that feat in front of Yegen Bros. store
In old Coulson.
great day on a ranch when he arrived
with supplies and news-a little man
with an important mission sitting cas-
ually aStride one of his horses.
Willis had few complaints on his
shopping, but his most onerous job was
the selection Of ladies' hats. His taste
in headgear ran to bonnetS-tied under
the chin with ribbons. such as his
mother had worn down in Tennessee
and on the trip up the river to Fort
willis was still partial to bonnets. tied
under the chin with ribbons-and his
only comment to objections was that
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

butter was shipped into Montana from
out of the state"
Concluding the general report was
that of E. C. Gene Burris, named
labor commissioner Sept. Is, 1888, who
submitted data on work Of the depart
ment, including a statement relative
to survey on child labor, with the
objective of establishing the proper
procedure for the effectiveness in en-
forcing such legislation"
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03

as merchandise, Willis developed a
storytelling technique that made him
popular wherever he went. Legend has
it that he sometimes got to telling
stories and stayed for as long as two
weeks at some ranches along the road
where the food and audience were
good, while ranchers at the end of the
line roasted wheat for coffee and went
without tobacco cursing Willis and
his team until they came into sight.
Then all was forgiven. For it was a
Glacier County chief., 1939-02-03
Excise Tax Earnings

The excise tax on liquor authorized
by the retail bar bill passed by the last
legislature brought Montana s428.924
last year, Administrator L. NJ. A. WaSS
of the liquor control system reported in
turning over to the state the S57 286
the tax brought in during December.
The tax is set at so cents per gallon
on hard liquor, and is in addition to
regular earnings OF the department.