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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
NEW NAVY YARD ACTIVITY

Naval authorities have asked for bids
for the repair and rejuvenation of the wa
ter distilling plant at the navy yard The
contract for the work is scheduled to get
under way by July 1. In keeping with
navy tradition the officers at the yard have
nothing to say when asked the purpose in
reopening the distilling plant Higher
naval authorities at Charleston navy yard
and at Washington have given no indica-
ton of the idea back of their decision to
resume operation of the fresh water dis
tilling equipment here.
Naturally the bare report that the
plant was to be rebuilt for operation has
given rise to the hope in official circles and
among our citizens generally that this step
is preliminary move toward eventual re-
opening of the entire naval station. Re-
sumption of these activities means so much
to Key West that such hopes are bound to
develop When the yard was placed on
the inactive list some years ago it threw
a large number of civilian employees out OF
work and cost the city an annual payroll
of several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Then, too, large naval payroll here was
eliminated, with the result that our work
men and our business activities suffered.
These losses were one of the blows that
lead to Key Vests economic collapse.
Although it is not clear yet why the
navy department is preparing to re-
iuvenate the distilling plant, it seems i'm
probable the government would spend so
much money without some sound and con-
structiye purpose. The work of rehabili-
tating the plant will give employment to
some of our workmen, but that would be
mere drop in the bucket compared to the
volume of employment that would follow
reopening of all the naval station actlvi-
ties
1t may be that the distilling plant is
needed to supply water to naval vessels en-
route to Puerto Rico and Panama in con-
nection with increased operations there; SO
it is advisable for our citizens not to be
over optimistic about this new develop
ment. We all hope that the government
has determined to utilize the naval facili-
ties here. Many millions have been spent
developing those facilities. It would seem
the height of folly to buid new naval works
at points farther away from our Central
American defense nerve centers when GER
tain facilities are available here as soon as
they are modernized and rehabilitated
along the lines to be followed at the dis
tilling plant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
WARNING: POLITICS AHEADl

The strategists are now laying their
plans for the presidential campaign Of
1910 and practically every public act and
declaration takes on political implica-
ton.
About year from now, the air will
be filled with alarms as members of our
dominant political parties denounce each
other The country will be doomed 'un-
less, etc. and etc.
It is just as well to warn people full
year ahead that every presidential cam
paign develops the same symptoms of the
utter collapse of civilization. It is re-
freshing, however, to observe that, follow
ing elections. regardless of whether Demo-
Gratis or Republicans win, the nation seems
to live and progress.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
WOWO 80 Q
PEOPLES FORUM
= OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HARVARD APPRECIATES

Museum of Comparative Zoology
AT Harvard College
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mr.. L. p. Artman,ra
Editor, Key West Citizen,
Key West, Florida.
Dear Mr.. Artman:j
I wish to let you know that the
Faculty and Staff of the Harvard
University Museum have learned
with tremendous pleasure and
satisfaction that the Bill protect
ing the deer found on the lower
Florida Keys has been passed and
signed.
From personal investigation,
made this year, ] know that there
are enough of these animals still
in existence SO that, with protec-
ton, they may become again as
abundant as they were years
ago.
Your part in bringing this
about is appreciated by natural
lists all over the United States.
The Key Deer is absolutely
unique and no other one of the
various races of the so-called
White Tailed Deer is so well diff
ferentiated and, at the same time,
has such restricted range. This
is an animal of the greatest pos
sible geological interest.
Congratulations and many
thanks for what you have done.
Sincerely yours,
THOMAS BARBOUR
Professor of Zoology and Director
/ of University Museum.
June 5, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Many are puzzled why Senator Ward
foisted upon Key West the unnecessary
expense of a special election in the mat
ter of voting for new city charter when
a referendum submitted to the voters could
have accomplished the same purpose at
the general election in November. AS it is,
if the special election were not held the new
charter would have become automatically
an accomplished fact and in that case the
antagonists would have had no voice and
that would have been an undemocratic
procedure. The people should have the
right at all times to express themselves for
or against matters that affect them poll
Ideally. This could have been done at the
general election and the city saved the ex-
pense of a special election.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Miami Beach at it's election Tuesday
emphatically declared that it was salts
fled with the city-manager form of gov
eminent ard was not willing to return to
the mayoralty form. Incidentally, Miami
Beach is one of the best regulated NUM-
CAPABILITIES in Florida, perhaps in the whole
of the United States. Consistently for
many years, The Citizen has advocated
the city-manager form of government for
Key West but the professional politicians,
eager to retain their sinecures, always
managed to persuade the electorate
against change that might jeopardize
their soft jobs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
D Ally QUIZ
Can you Answer seven Of these
Test Questions? Turn to
Page 4 for the Answers

/. On which coast of Africa is
the Republic of Liberia?
3. How many sides has hexa-
gon?
3. What is the name of that
branch of farming con-
cerned with the produc-
ton of milk and its prod
ucts?
4. Which Canadian city was
first visited by the King
and Queen of England on
their visit to North Amer
lea?
s.. Into which sea does the
Danube River empty?
6. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word insu-
late?
z. For what government agen-
cy do the initials N.Y.A.
stand?
8. What is the best conductor
of electricity?
8. What is the national game
of Scotland?
10. Is polygamy legal anywhere
in the United States?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Gulf of Mexico, and for nearly a
mile you travel high above the
most enhancing panorama of the
trip.
Across Spanish Channel, the
Spanish Harbor Keys, and you
have come to Big Pine Key, pecu-
liar for its Caribbean pine forest
and abundant fresh water. Here
for while you leave the old rail-
way right-of-way and proceed
over the former county road, now
a state highway.
Torch Key, Ramrod, Summer
land, Sugarloaf. Saddlebunch,
Geiger and Boca Chica Keys are
crossed in. rapid succession. and
then you come to Stock Island.
Here you find golf course and
the Botanical Gardens. Crossing
one more bridge you are in Key
West, an island one by four
miles in area.
You are ITO miles from Miami,
80 miles from Havana, and 375
miles farther south than Cairo.
Egypt
/ In Key West you will find a
friendly city. interesting from an
historical standpoint, with an Old
/ World atmosphere. The food and
| the night spots will attract you,
and you may enjoy them both
without regret.
There is a toll on the Overseas
! Highway of 81 for car and driver,
and 25 cents for each passenger.
This is the only added expense
for driving over road that could
not be duplicated for $50,000,000.
Can you afford to miss it at these
prices?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY
BrM D. CIiEANEY in The Florida Title News

We have right here in Florida
one of the new wonders of the
world, and every Floridian should
see this marvel of modern engi-
neering.
Driving from Miami to Key
West is an experience that you
will not soon forget. You leave
Miami on a splendid highway
passing through prosperous re-
gion of small towns, and produc-
tive groves and farms, to the lit
tie city of Homestead. South of
Homestead you cross weird,
flat land which is called prairie"
and which looks like waste land
but will raise good crops at low
water.
When you leave the mainland
and pass over Card Sounds on
the half-mile long wooden bridge
you get the first intimation of the
wide waters that you will cross
on the trip.
Soon you are on Key Largo, the
largest of the island chain, 80
miles long, productive of lines,
melons and tomatoes. Crossing
Tavernier Creek, you are on Plan
tation Key. Next you cross Snake
Creek to Windley's Island with
its quarries of Key Rock. now
very much in demand on account
of the extensive building pro-
gram on the East Coast.
Over another bridge and you
are on Upper Matecumbe. Here
a beautiful monument stands
guard over a crypt where rest at
last the bodies of many of those
who were taken unawareS by the
'35 storm, which destroyed the
railroad and gave the islands a
highway.
Another bridge! Off to the
right you see Lignum Vitae Key,
where gun-runners once took on
supplies for Cuban revolution
lists. Then Lower Mateeumbe
and here, at Marathon, the road
takes you through the arches that
once bore laundering trains and
you come to Long Key.
Over Grassy Key, the Crawl
Key and Key Vaca the road now
runs and you have come to the
famous long bridge. This mod
ern wonder is seven miles long,
and where it crosses Moser Chan
mel the names of B. NJ. Duncan,
chief engineer. and Captain Ed.
Sheeran. pioneer bridge builder,
will be long remembered. Theirs
was the genius that split length
wise the 1853 foot swinging draw,
while it hung on a pivot, WIDEN
ed it to the twenty-foot roadway
it now is, did it without losing a
tool, interfering with navigation,
or injuring man. This is the
longest bridge across water in the
world.
Now you cross Bahia Honda
Key and the most spectacular
part of the journey awaits you as
the road mounts over the top of
the truss bridge which was only
wide enough for the passage of a
railway train. Up you go by a
gradual ascent until you are six
ty-five feet above the the meet
ing of the Atlantic Ocean and the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

A few days ago this column noted !:
eff you don't know what Murphy is, ask
a physician, a gardener or printer. Each
will give you different answer, yet each
will be correct That sounds like Rip
ley" There have been requests for the
answers and here they are: The ply
sician's answer is that Murphy is "a de-
wise for reuniting the two parts of the in
testine after complete division; the
gardener will say Murphy is spud or
potato to you the printers answer will be
that a Murphy is mamma from heaven in
the form of legal advertisement Do you
know of anymore?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
Ferdinand Romps Alone
In Early Morning Hours

CLEVELAND. June 8.--Four
a. m. Cleveland's large public
auditorium is a vast sea of dark
ness.
Then a dim light glimmers in
a far-off corner and the strains
of Ferdinand the Bull come
roIlicking through the air.
It's Fred Frey, the piano tuner,
who works on the auditorium's
nine pianos in the quiet early
morning hours.
And when ferdinand" comes
rolling out, it's sign Frey's task
is completed. It's the only piece
he knows.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
WHO KNOWS?
tSee THE answers" on Page Al
eesssseeessssseeeeeeeess

l. Has the R.F.C. made a
profit?
2. How many small business
eS are in the u. S.?
8. What percentage of com
Germs go out of business yearly?
A. Have savings increased
during the depression?
5. Will the food stamp idea be
tried in other cities, in addition
to Rochester, N. Y?
6. How many diving bells"
has the U. S. Navy?
z. When did the Sd sink; how
many lives were lost?
8. Why does the proposed
fortification of the Aland Islands
concern European powers?
9. When did DR.. Townsend be-
gin to organize the old-age Re-
volving Pension idea?
10. Have silver certificates
been issued against the silver
that the Government owns?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
Gents Without Whiskers
VIII Tell World Why
tny AssacInted Prcss)

HELENA, Mont. June 8.-Un-
social gents who fail to take an
active part in Butte's whisker
growing contest are going to
wear their punishment on their
lapels.
They'll be tagged, like traffic
law violators, with labels of
four varieties:
1. My wife won't let me.
2. My sweetheart won't let me.
8. I amt able.
4. I'm plain ornery.
The whiskers are a feature of
Montana's Diamond jubilee cele-
bration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
TOday's Horoscope

Many of today's natives seem
to have rather poor success.
There may be an impractical
vein. and there is some danger
of loss through che hands OF
others, when it seems as though
every avenue had been guarded.
The day is not. actually unfort-
unate, but the early paths should
carefully prepare for the later
years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
The Indians of Canada

Inc IHulanS OF CdHdua CUuIu WITH
propriety call Papa Dionne, the Great
White Father, and that appellation still
would not overshadow that of George
Washington, who was called the Father of
Our Country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan tzcninO
3. Hotels and Apartments.
f. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Many an advertisement fails to pro-
duce results because somebody was trying
to sell something for too much money. Adj
vertising isn't to blame for every failure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

It has been well said and it bears re-
peating: There is not enough wealth in
tie world for every mans greed, but there
is enough for every mans need
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

- A crisis is what happens when some
alleged statesman shoots off his mouth
over an international hook-up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

- Travellers who have included the New
York Worlds Fair in their sightseeing say
it is gargantuan. That's big enough.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a'oday's Birthdays

DR.. Louise Stanley, chief of the
Dept. of Home Economies in the
u. S. Dept. of Agriculture, born
at Nashville, Tenn. SO years ago.
Frank Lloyd Wright of Spring
Green, Wis, famed American
architect, born at Riohland Gem
ter, Wis, 20 years ago.
u. S. Senator Robert F. Wag-
ner of New York, born in Ger
many, 50 years ago;
Charles B. Henderson of Ne
vada, member of the, Board of
Directors of the REC, born at
San Jose, Cal, g. years ago.
Rev. Samuel S. Marquis of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. noted
clergyman, born at Sharon, Ohio,
70 years ago.
Clarence H. De- Mar. New
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Every community is constantly speak
ing of its leaders. How about the mis-
leaders?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Anti-charterists would like to see the
new charter end in chatter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Annie B. Gale. Aida Cote, Jack
knight and Oscar Norman viii
leave on the steamship Cuba to-
night. They are from the First
Presbyterian church of this city
and viii 60 to Winter Park to.
attend conference to be held in
that city June II to June 13.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

An cupboard motor boat race
is scheduled to be held some time
tomorrow in the channel off the
waterfront between a number of
craft, which have been promised
entrance by their owners. Details
of the race have not been work
ed out as yet, but the contest
will be put on some time during
the day. but the exact time has
not been fixed. All interested in
the event are melted to assemble
on the waterfront and watch the
speedy craft as they maneuver
for place, and race up and down
the harbor for the honors of the
Gay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Clarence H. De- Mar, New
England Marathon runner, born
at Medina, Ohio, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

in that city from June 9 to
June l6.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

r. B. Austin, addressed the city
COUNCIL at the regular meeting
last night asking for an appro-
priation Of $50U to take care OF
a part of the expense of enter
tanning the members of the At
lantic Coastal Highway Associa-
ton, who will be the city's guests
during the proposed convention,
which it is proposed will be held
in this city June 81 to June 26.
It was ordered that the required
amount to be contributed and be
available when the funds become
necessary. F. H. Laid also adj
dressed the board along the same
lines and stressed the import
ance of having the highway as
ISOLATION members assemble in
Key West for their annual con-
vention.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

The drum and bugle corps
under the command of Captain
Arthur Sheppard viii leave on
one Of the buses from in front
of the La Concha Hotel tomor-
row morning at 6 o'clock and win
60 to Sehring for the purpose Of
attending the convention of the
Spanish War Veterans to be held
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Al fishing party aboard George
Albury's yacht of Tavernier yes
terday reports large catch OF
black and red grouper, mutton
fish, hogfish, turbot and yellow
tails. In the party were Judge
j. vining Harris. Judge and Mrs.
II. j. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
81 Curry and Captain and Mrs.
George Albury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

I'VE believe in newspapers as
an advertising medium. is the
statement by George R. Hilty,
publicity and advertising man
Tor the Florida Power and Light
Co. .sThe newspaper reflects as
a mirror through its advertise
ments and news columns the
face of the community. A well
organized community with an
excellent newspaper with we'll
constructed advertising is a tre-
mendous asset to any city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Miss Marjorie Clarice Pinder,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace Pinder. and James E. Lane,
engineer of the ferry steamer
Flagler, were married here yes
terday. Rev. L. Munro perform
ed the ceremony. The newly
weds left over the highway for
the home Of the groom in Gaines
vile. Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08

Editorial Comment: At the
present rate of.improvement the
beautiful lawn surrounding the
county court house will soon be-
come most admirable example
of the city's Identification
scheme.
Nogales international., 1939-06-17
Pioneer Arizona
Woman Dead

Following a long illness, Mrs.
Violet Louie Smith, "a, a resident
of Arizona since 1893, died at 3:45
o'clock Monday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B.
Page, wife of the manager Of the
J. C. Penney Company.
The body was shipped to Phoenix
by the Carroon Mortuary for fu-
neral rites Wednesday, followed by
interment in Los Angeles Thursday.
Mrs. Smith, who was the widow
of the late R. w. Smith Of Stafford,
and later of Phoenix, is survived
by four daughters. Mrs. j. B. Page,
Nogales; Mrs. w. G. Hooks, Chand-
Ter; Mrs. F. S. Williams, Buenos
Aires; Mrs. j. G. Peacock, South
Gate, California, Howard G. Smith,
Los Angeles; Delbert Smith, Los
Angeles; Don Smith, Phoenix, and
w. Melvin Smith, Huntington Park,
California.
Nogales international., 1939-06-17
Deliver Car To
Nogales Girl
In San Diego

j. H. Barbee and Charles Fain of
the Charles G.. Boice Ford Agency
returned Tuesday night from San
Diego where they delivered a new
1889 Lincoln Zephyr convertible
cabrolet to Miss Betty Jean Bow
man of NogaTes, who is visiting her
sister, Mrs. William j. CavannaugIa
of Chula Vista, near San Diego
Barbee and Fain left here Sunday
morning, picked up the beautifuI
new lin Pasadena and then drove
on to San Diego.
The Car is the same kind that
Miss Bowman was driving when
she met with an automobile acci-
dent near Nogales few months
ago and in which she suffered a
broken pelvis. She is now walking
with the aid of a cane and is ex-
pected home within the next few
weeks.
Barbee and Fain SAID that traE-
fic was so heavy between Long
Beach and Los Angeles Tuesday az
;ernoon it took them two hours to
drive the 28 mile stretch betweHa
those cities.
Nogales international., 1939-06-17
Special Marcos De MIA Stamp
Sought By Nogales Man

Arizona's prospect of obtaining a
special issue Marcos de Mia stamp
frightened yesterday when Writ G..
Bowman Arizona Democratic Ma
tional committeeman and intimate
friend of Postmaster Gen. James
A. Farley, asked that official to
strike off the new stamp "as a
personal favor to me and the rest
of the Democrats of Arizona" f"
In addition to being postmaster
general, Mr.. Farley is chairman OF
the Democratic national committee
and regarded generally as one of
three leading candidates for the
partys nomination for the preSi-
dency.
Committeeman BoWman's per-
Sonal favor plea supplemented the
request u. S. Sen. Henry F. Ashurst
made directly to President Roose-
welt.
The Arizona Municipal league
mailed a resolution to Postmaster
Nogales international., 1939-06-17
Mrs. Mary Smith
Winner OF Car

Holding ticket Nc. 903, Mrs. Mary
Smith, wife of DR.. Charles S. Smith,
534 Crawford street, won the Chew
rolet sedan raffled Wednesday
night following a softball game at
the high school stadium.
Miss Dehlia Holler, leading ma
jorette of the high school march
ing unit, drew the number from a
box held by Chief of Police Cyrus
Marsteller. 1t was announced be-
fore the drawing that the first
number pulled from the box would
win the car.
Mrs. Smith is the mother CT
Miss Mary Allen Smith, 13 year
old majorette of the marching unit
who suffered a broken leg in fall
two weeks ago today The ticket
that won the car was sold to her
Wednesday afternoon by her hus-
band.
The car was given away follow
Ing sale OF aDOuC 1UiO GlChCGo oA1N
all funds raised over cost of the car
were used to help oefray expenses
of the trip of the marching unit
to San Francisco.
Net $500
From the car tickets sold cat $1OO
each) the marching unit netted
fbout $500. Cost of the car was
was $754. Mrs. A. j. Abbott was
chairman of the ticket selling COM
mittee. Among persons selling the
most tickets were Miss Maxine Ros-
enstern and her father, Chester
Rosenstern. Miss RoSenstern s0lu
about 30