The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-29
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BILL LEE
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"Whew! What a relief"

lefty editor of The Citizen, upon
his return to Key West after
spending a two week vacation in
the north.
"Gosh, it was hot up north,
Exclaimed Johnny. "And on top
of that l was sick part of the
time. l went up to Wisconsin to
visit my wife's folks. l got a sore
throat and hay fever. Then l was
in Washington. l got athletes foot.
And in New York I got cold.
"The only comfort I've had on
my vacation was getting back to
Key West. My hay fever doesn't
bother me down here. It's great
to be back"
X X X
While discussing the state
ments of j. D. McAndrews, man.
ager of La Concha Hotel, that he
would be forced to close the no.
tel until November Is unless
noises at Duval and Fleming
street were eliminated, an old
taxi driver friend of mine Of
fered a few suggestions.
Il drove horses and carriages
in Key West long before the.
coming of the automobile" this
man said. And I know a Key
West driver of cabs is by him
self tirstirate fellow. But
let him gang up with some of
his kind and he's hell on wheels
he will argue until hes deaf.
dumb and blind.
Now my suggestions for
righting the noise thing outside
La Concha. are these:
"One, pass a city ordinance
compelling every driver of cabs
to remain in his cab Or to remain
standing alongside it. Don't let
'em bunch up.
1.-TWO. remove those seats and
old boxes the drivers use at the
corner of Duval and Fleming,
I've seen card games. with loud
cursing, at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing on them. I've heard one of
the loudest players tell a guest
of La Concha you can go to
thelp when the guest asked him
to cut out the racket so he could
sleep.
Third. I'd compel the driv-
ers to stav separate; would
not permit them to bunch up.
In other words. I'd arrest any
of them who congregated and
made lot Of noise. You don't
see drivers of cabs in Miami and
other cities making noise OUT
side hotel rooms. They'd be ar
rested right quick. n
Fourth, I'd put a hard-boiled
policeman on the corner to see
that the drivers didn't make
noise. AS to the noise of the tel
ephone, I'd put a softer bell on
| it.
Il believe McAndrews is right
when he says there is too much
noise on the street. Hotels are
the lifeblood of Key West. Their
guests should be considered.
They bring money into the town,
Does it do Key West any good
for folks to go back up north and
lsay we're too noisy?"
X X X
Does anybody know where to
get any of those green snakes
that have been running around
bushes in Key West for SO many
years? Well, if they do there is
an advertisement appearing in
The Citizen asking for some. of
the snakes.
The ad was put in the paper
by Ross Aliens Reptile Insti-
tute, Silver Springs. Allen will
send the container to ship EN-
in. But who wants to collect
snakes? Personally. we hate
'ern.
X II X
Joe Knight, state conserva-
ton agent for Monroe county be-
lieves the closed season on craw-
fish should be extended, say UNI
It'll September l.
Joe took us down to the docks
where the crawfish are brought
in every afternoon for sale. The
fishermen get ii cents a pound
Ifor them. wholesale. But the
thing is-but let Joe explain it:
about one in four females
have from 5000 to 1000 eggs on
her chest, said Joe. THE season
Is now over a week old. and still
some of the females haven't laid
their eggs. The females have
narrow scissor-like prong which
she uses to cut the eggs from her
chest.
Il believe that in three or
four years there just won't be
any more crawfish. not in the
quantity we get them now. The
season should be extended still
further, that is from July 81,
when it opened"