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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-02
Insurance
Sawyer, Insurance Men
In Word. Battle Over
$4,000 Clinic Policy
Chairman Bentley Declares Matter Vas
Settled Previously; Insurance
Remains rs Placed

Joe crusoe for the Atlantic
pany last night asked the County
consider their decision giving all of County
surance to the Key West Insurance Company.
The commissioners had voted 32Saunders
for and Allen Hggs give Key West
Insurance Company At the last regular
peaIed to k that the
ton would be absent igg and Har
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-02
LOCAL. HOSPITAL IS
$39472.84 TN REL"
FOR YEARS WORK
Gifts Of $50, 1000 From County And
City Leave Net Deficit
Of S2.762.I5
Of S2.762.I5

Ramsey Board Trustees of the
County Hospital by County Clerk Earl
hospital would need $4,000 from
November l. ls4s. O October 81. ls4s.
The chairman stated that collections the past two months
while expenses remained the level
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-02
CITY TO UNDERTAKE
WIDESPREAD SEWER
BUILDING PROGRAM
Property OsCners Must Bear
= Cost: City WHIx4tso Undertake
Sewage Plant improvement

The City of contemplating widespread
srueon 1t revealed meeting yesterday
City Commission.
No action taken by the that
IT, tbs
tended to take in their petition
commission and must elect pay for the extensions
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-02
Won't Pay Bill. ~ Iltbrafu III
COUNTY REFUSES TO
PAY FOR4WORKs DONE
on PRIVATE LANDS
Higgs States That He Found Road To
Be On Private Property And
Not On Public Lands

County Commissioners last night refused pay
submitted by Charles TOPPING grading rocking spread
ing and rolling Stock Island
The bill included in the $4235733
commissioners This $42 partial payment
the firm for construction of
Gegcrs Key The
Bank annual payment ON the Mon
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01

I HOPE THE following para
graphs relating to my experience on
irrigation prove both interesting
and helpful to your readers, especial
ly to those contemplating sprinkler
irrigation systems. Last spring one
was installed on my place SO l have
a good deal of first hand knowledge
of the subject.
Irrigation has been practiced here
IN the ranch for a good many years
with varying degrees of success.
The results obtained could always
be measured by the amount of time
and labor spent keeping the water
moving. A reliable irrigator always
meant green fields and bountiful
crops.
For years previous to 1918 all
irrigating was done with water di-
rectly from a spring whose source
headed high up on a rugged noun
tain, rising up from the north side
of the ranch. In 1918 a large concrete
reservoir was built to store the water
from the spring. 1t was built high
enough to divert the water to any
part of the land.
HEADACHES were installed on east
and west sides of the reservoir so
any desired amount of water could
be turned out. With this stepped-up
deal, had a much larger head of
water to work with; therefore, more
ground could be covered quicker
and easier. Regardless of the cost,
the results obtained were quite
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01

missed, 'cuz normally I can not
stand TO eat food that's been
mixed with sand or have to keep
a wary eye out for bugs on the
lemon pie. I don't agree that
lemonade is quite the finest drink
that's made; there's something
better, it would seem, than lappin'
up some warm ice cream or takin'
my post-dinner nap with some
strange youngster on my lap.
However, independence Day is
one time I can't stay away from
our big picnic in the park, I like
to go and stay It'll dark. The dis
advantages are there but this one
day l do not care; somehow the
year is not complete unless l
stand out in the heat and hear
some judge or senator who is an
old-time orator. 1t always makes
me feel that we have got a darn
good land, by gee, 'cuz while he's
viewing with alarm, I look around
and know that harm can't come
to people smart enough to sleep
right through that kind of stuff.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01
Farm and Ranch Experiences
It's AItUays Fair Feather For
Putting Up Alfalfa Silage
Nv HAROLD w. TODD. Gauatiu County
BY HAROLD w. TODD, GaUatin County

eastern silage, said that ours was
good. Our cows seemed thriftier
and had smoother coats that winter
than usual. Their production was
uniform and averaged 406 pounds
of butterfat that year, HI of u
best. However, some of the heifers
bled too much at the time they were
dehorned and we decided not to use
sweet clover for silage anymore. We
also decided not to leave so much
dirt on top of the silo next time,
as that all froze solid and we had to
use dynamite to get it off during
the winter.
In 1948 we cleaned and enlarged
our trench some and used alfalfa
with some grass in it. We didn't get
one end packed enough and had
some spoilage and mould. The other
end was good. We think good si1age
should be a brownish, olive green
in color and have a preserved, sweet
pickly odor. If it is all brown or
darker and smells like wet straw, it
isn't silage.
We never put any molasses, grain
or acid in our silage but are careful
that the moisture content is between
SIS percent and 70 percent. We also
are convinced that alfalfa should
have about 25 percent bronze or
timothy mixed in it to help preserve
or pickle the silage. We have a
brome-alfalfa' mixture for 1949 and
expect to start putting it in when
the first blooms appear.
If it rains, it doesn't slow us ap
very long. Whether the cut hay is
wet by rain water Or the natural
plant moisture doesn't seem to make
much difference as long as it goes
into the silo between SIS percent and
70 percent moisture contest. On a
hot windy day hay will be ready for
the silo in about two hours after
moving. On a damp cloudy day it
may have to wilt all day or more.
If the moisture is right and the
air is forced out of it in packing and
it is well covered, it seems to come
out of the silo as the nearest sub
stitute we can have for grass in
the winter time, containing a high
percentage of the carotene and pro-
teinS of summer pasture. The rain
wind OF sun cannot bleach it o.
knock off those valuable leaves.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01
Sprinkler Irrigation Licks
Problem of Uneven" Acres
By FRED THOMPSON, Mineral County

gratifying. The reservoir proved a
very good investment and for a time
it looked as though the irrigation
problem was licked.
AS time passed more land was
cleared and made ready for irriga-
ton. Culverts were installed, fumes,
diversion gates and bikes were
built, miles of new main bitches
were built or enlarged, land was
leveled, laterals and feeder bitches
were put in to help make a ON
plete coverage. Irrigation proved to
be a full time project. One man was
always kept on the jump from day.
light till dark. The hired men were
always kept busy in their spare time
keeping the main bitches brushed
out and free of grass and roots.
Sprinkler System Considered
l had planned on pumping sup
elemental water from the river
until I accidentally learned about
sprinkler irrigation. At first it
sounded impossible but further
study and research on the subject
soon had me sold on the idea. After
calling in a specialist on sprinkler
irrigation, I learned it was possible
to install a gravity system from my
spring on the mountain. A pump
driven system from the river would
also be possible but quite expensive
TO operate.
Through the willing help and CO.
operation of the boys from the Soil
Conservation service, a plan was
soon drawn up for a controlled
sprinkler irrigation system. Just
think of it-moisture completely
controlled from its source to the
fields. We figured to tap the spring
from a point high enough to furnish
enough pressure to operate the sys-
tenn at maximum efficiency at the
most distant spot to be irrigated.
1t was a simple matter to install
the main line after the ditch was
dug. At the head of the pipe a series
of tanks was built, this serving to
slow the water down and allow ii
to settle and clear up before entering
the pipeline. Fine screens were used
to guard against sprinkler heads
stopping up.
/ used steel dipped pipe for per.
manent main line and in the field:
used 30-foot lengths of aluminium
pipe, with valves every 60 feet
Lateral or sprinkler line consisted
of 20-foot lengths, with sprinkle
heads every 40 feet. The aluminium
pipe is very light and easy to coupl
together or take apart and doesn'
leak a drop at connections whel
pressure is on. When starting a fiel
please turn to page l93
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01
Song OF THE Lazy Farmer

July the Fourth's the only day
on which I'd go out of my way
to eat my dinner off the ground
with ants and flies a-crawlin'
round. For most the year 1 will
insist that picnics never would be
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-01
Farm and Ranch Experiences

as a means of out-maneuvering our
June rains and preserving the best
of our brome-alfalfa hay which in
this month reaches its zenith as far
as vitamin content and feeding
value is concerned.
For many years l have been in
terested in breeding, feeding and
testing our Jersey cows for produc-
ton, and one Of the hardest features
of this undertaking to control was
the quality of the roughage. In COM
pairing one years results with an
other, it is highly desirable to have
as many factors as possible standard
lied, and hay usually is as variable
as the weather itself.
Grass silage appeared to be in
creasingly important in the eastern
United States about that time, but
very little information was available
about it in our state. Still it seemed
to me that this method might offer
a satisfactory solution to rough
age problem. Finally, after as much
research as a Montana farmer could
manage and still be at home for
twice daily milking, / was lucky
enough to get a bulletin from the
u. S. Beltsville-Maryland expert
ment station on wilted grass silage,
giving their method for making it
and also giving a detailed drawing
of a home made moisture tester to
find the moisture content of the
chopped grass.
So for Moisture Tester
So in the spring of 1947, we got
a tester made at a cost of about So,
obtained a second hand pickup field
chopper, dug a trench in a hillside
and made our first wilted grass sill
age out of sweet clover. Our prep
aration took longer than we had an
ticipated, and the clover was more
than half in bloom before we got it.
We put it in anyway, tested the
loads now and then and kept the
moisture content between SIS percent
and 20 percent. We drove our truck
right into the silo and pulled the
loads off with a tractor. We spread
and packed each load thoroughly by
driving the truck and the tractor
over it several times before putting
in the next load of wilted grass.
Our trench was about so feet long
6 feet deep, z feet wide at the bot
tom and 9 feet at the top. We figured
that we got about so tons in, ther
we covered it about 20 inches deer
with dirt. We had the trench a
right angles with the slope of thu
hill and had plenty of slope fo
drainage all along the bottom ant
out of the silo.
Quite some time after we had GU
winters snow on the ground, w
opened the lower end of the silo ant
hauled out about Ia cubic yards Q
the silage to our 20 Jerseys and trie
to get them interested in it but with
out much success.
They smelled it and left it, an
our spirits were rather low. How
ever, before the day was over the
returned several times and smelle
it again and mussed it up some bl
didn't seem to consider it ver
edible. BY evening of the secon
day it was mostly gone so we haule
out another load and from then c
they waited at the gate for ever
load, regardless of the regular hs
in the feeders.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
CIO Left-Wingers Ineligible For
 Executive Board

CLEVELAND, (PO - The COS executive board called in left-wing nominees for posts on the board Saturday to face charges they are ineligible under the amended CIO constitution, because of pro-com- munist leanings.
 Nine union chiefs are under fire. Their nominations for the board were referred to the board at the closing session of the convention Friday, to determine whether they could pass the new eligibility clause of the constitution. The clause bars from the board mem bers of the communist party or any who were influenced by the communist program.
 Eight of the nine appeared be- fore the board to defend them selves. Absent at the start of the meeting was Joseph Selly, presi- dent of the tiny American Com munications Association.
 The convention definitely turn ed down only one nominee for the board, which normally has 51 members. CIO president Philip Murray ruled on the spot that Ben Gold, head of the fur and leather workers, and a member of the communist party, could not serve.
 The convention, before adjourn ing Friday night, had tossed out two unions under leftist leader ship-the United Electrical Work CTS and the Farm Equipment Workers.
 The two unions, with a combin- ed membership of about 470,000, merged last week but were thrown out of the CIO for continued defi- ance of major policy.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
LARGE ROCK HAULED FOR NOME SEAWALL

After a delay caused by unfaV- orable weather the construction of Nome'S seawall got under way again this morning.
 The record single rock to be put into the seaWall so far was carried last Friday and weighed between 10 and II tons, according to man. ager B. P. Gerard. He stated that the trucks handling the rock are capable of handling around fifteen tons and that the shovel will soon be in to solid rock so that the trucks will move fsater.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Thomas Wins Trial Postponement

WASHINGTON, (P)-The trial of Rep. J. Parnell Thomas R.-N. JD today was tentatively reset for next Monday. Thomas is accused of conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment by padding" his office payroll.
 William H. Collins. attorney for Thomas, asked the postponement because he is representing another client is the case now being tried.
 Collins told reporters he doubt ed he would be free to appear for Thomas until two weeks from to- day. On next Monday, he may ask for another weeks pOstponement.
 Thomas, 54, is a former chair man of the House un-American activities committee. He and his former secretary, Miss Helen Campbell, were indicted a year ago on the conspiracy charge.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Air Force Tests NV. Radar System

SEATTLE, (P) - The air force test fits Pacific Northwest radar screen continued today under a veil of semi-secrecy.
 Although the operations were proceeding under the guiding hand of Maj. John E. UpSon, 4th Air Force commander, and other top air force officials, none would disclose how the areas defend CTS" fared against the intermittent mock raids of B-29's and B-50's.
 Results of the l1-day test will not be disclosed for about a month, or until the reports are checked over in Washington, D. C.. officials said.
 Nearly 5000 men and 200 planes are involved in the test which has been officially dubbed "operation overgreasy." Defend CTS are based at six fields in east ern and western Washington, Ore gon and British Columbia. Bomb CTS of the 18th Air Force are the invading" forces.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Mother "TOld" To Cut Tots ThrOats

STERLING, III. (P)-A 35-year- old mother said last night she slashed the throats of her four small children because a Saint kept telling her to do it."
 The woman, Mrs. James Mou- ghan, made the statement at a hearing in which she was adjudg- ed insane within three hours after her husband found her hacking one of the children.
 Hospital attendants said al the children are expected to recover. They are Mary Ellen, age two months; Richard, 20 months; Nj chael, three years old nexc month, and James, four.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Coffee Prices Advancing

NEW YORK, C4) - Additional coffee prices increases today fol- lowed advances in the coffee fu- lures market.
 The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Go. which did not raise its prices when most other roaSters announced up ward revisions last week, in creased the tag on it's Eight O'Clock brand in this area five cents a pound to 49 cents.
 At the opening of the coffee fu- lures market in New York all de- liveries in the "S' and ID" con- tracts were up 200 points, the daily limits.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07

NEW YORK, (P) - The term thirty, which in newspaper par lance means the end of an item, originated in the early days of the telegraph.
 At that time operators, writing longhand, used the symbol XXX to designate the end of a dispatch filed by a newspaper correspond ent. The XXX" constituting the Roman numerals for "30," it quickly translated itself into the now familiar thirty"
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Reynolds Delayed In Attempted
 World Speed Flight

SAN FRANCISCO, (P)-Milton Reynolds arrived at San Francisco airport at 6:3O am. today, conced- ing failure in his attempt to set a new flight record around the earth.
 He used commercial plane schedules, reaching here on a Pan American flight. He was to con- tinue to Los Angeles at once. En- zine trouble on a flight from Guam delayed him.
 The record is six days, three hours and Is minutes.
 Reynolds time on his arrival here was six days, seven hours and Is minutes. But his total time must be figured upon his arrival at Los Angeles, where he started his trip Oct. 31.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07

Mrs. H. Echart. businessWoman of Kotzebue is here for a few days on business.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07
Interior Dept. Plans Settlements For Alaska

trading center of each matured settlement would have a popula- ton about equal to that of the surrounding farms"
 Estimates are that five initial projects could add 15,000 to 10000 people to Alaska's population.
 Warne said that the U. s. home stead law did a good job in the settlement of Iowa 100 years ago. but had to be modified-to provide for reclamation-irrigation pro- jects-when arid regions of the west were put under the blow.
 Tn Alaska the homestead act has been ineffective-has fallen flat on its face-because condi- tions are more rigorous there" he said.
 Up there it takes a man year to clear five acres, eight years to | clear the 40 acres that are the min imum for subsistence living That is the reason ony l2,000 to 14,000 acres of the several million that must be usable for farms, out of 1 365 100000 acres in Alaska, have been cleared.
 ] We propose that suitable areas be set up as projects, and that clearing be done in advance by the government on a repayment basis, and that roads be built in, land SC set aside for facilities, and credit be made available so that houses and living facilities can be install ed in the first year" Warne said the project settle ment proposal has been introduced in Congress.
 It is to be supplemented, he said, by an Alaska development program under which hydroelec- tric and industrial possibilities could be developed through fed eral financing.
 Warne said he also discussed, at a series of town meetings with Alaskans, the program for State hood and steps to settle native land claims ''to remove one of the blocks to progress, especially in Southeastern Alaska"
 H said that at Palmer, in the Matanuska Valley, farmers CO., operative had worked out a mar keting system so that this year the valley marketed $35O,O0O worth of fresh vegetables, compared with a high of only $16,OOO two years ago.
 "ThiS is a further demonstration of the fact that agricultural lands in Alaska, if properly developed and if markets are developed, can make major contributions to the feeding of Alaska and to the re- auction of living costs there, he said.
 Warne said he was particularly impressed in Alaska by construc- ton of two large airports at Fair banks and Anchorage, the $25,- 900, ,000-a-year road improvement program, and the 50 per cent com pletion of the Alaska Railroads rehabilitation.
 ''The housing bottleneck that threatened to bring Alaska to it's knees two years ago is being cor rected under the new Alaska hous- ing act signed last April" he add ed.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-07

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
, 1949-01-15
What U.N. Is Doing:

litical life. The nations were
asked to report on their plans to
put this program into effect. The
Council also recommended an end
to all discrimination against wo-
men in public service. A recon-
mendation asking for equal pay
for equal work was approved.
Meanwhile, special studies are be-
ing made in legal fields and on
questions of nationality.
At the same time, U. N..-affil-
lated specialized agencies are
taekling parts of the problem. The
international Labor Organization
which pioneered under the League
Of Nations in the field of labor,
has a long-standing information
al agreement to regulate night
work for women. In addition, prac
tically all of its work touches on
employment of women. In the
educational field, where women
have long suffered inequalities,
the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
ton (Unesco) has been making
special studies.
, 1949-01-15
BedYside Discussion


by Massa Joe
Sic Carrie: But Tantu Bee, yu
ebba slap to tink dis place amt
STATE tarl?
Tantu Bic: All dab yu tark sarf-
lie. Whu amt KILN wild gun, kill
lin wild nife, whu amt KILN atari
eader cuttin arf yu wan han, split
tin yu mout in two, brokkin arr
yu han wild bus, ur runnin yu
dung wild beal or truck. All wun-
da whey dey plannin tn du nex!!
Sic CARTE; Time vii tel-weer
sondial shoze.
, 1949-01-15
The Secretary of the Interior
WASHINGTON
CITATION
for Distinguished Service

for Distinguished Service
Knud Knud-Hunsen
upon completion of an emf
nent career in the Federal
Government.
During the thirty year pc
Rod of his service with the
Virgin Islands of the United
but as Commissioner of Health
as Chief Municipal Physician
for St. Thomas and St. John
but os Commissioner of Health
for the entire Virgin Islands.
For ten years prior to transfer
Of the Islands from Denmark,
he likewise served the people
OF the Virgin Islands, as obste-
, 1949-01-15
U. N. RELEASE
STATUS OF WOMEN

On election days in many parts
of the world, the sight of women
casting ballots excites little COM
ment. The exercise of political
rights by women has become over
the last so years an accepted HUI
man freedom.
Not everywhere in the world,
however, do women have politi-
cal rights or even elementary So
cial rights, such as educational
equality. In some places, women
can own no property. In others,
they have few rights even in their
own homes.
Against a mixed world back
ground of some equalities and
many inequalities of status of the
sexes, the United Nations at it's
formation went on record in ia
vor of equal rights of men and
women" The international organ
ization since 1945 has been work
ing steadily to help women take
a position of equality.
To begin with, the United Ma
tons recognized the complete
equality Of men and women with
in its own organization and placed
no barriers against the employ
ment of women. AS a result, at
the u. N. General Assembly in
Paris last fall, women delegates
were found representing their
countries with the same authority
as their male colleagues while
many women worked as u. N.
staff members.
Within the U. N. structure, work
affecting women centers in the
Commission on the Status of Wo-
men. The Is members of the Com
mission, all women, come from
Is different nations and represent
many different views. But their
sessions and reports to the Eco
nomic and Social Council have
produced a long series of agree
ments. AS a result, the Council
has called on all So U. N. mem
bers to grant equal rights to wo-
men in all spheres of economic,
national, cultural, social and po-