Williams news., 1914-01-29
A FLYING DUTCHMAN
 0N A LOAD 0F WOOD
Add Keeslar Trys Delivering Wood for Jim Hall-De- velops Record Breaking Speed-But Hall Finds Collection Difficult.

One day last week, Jim Hall who is cutting wood on the Hat Ranch and hauling to town, found the combined eff ,rts of his team and himself insufficient to break the soft and loving embrace of a muck hole for the wheels of his
 wagon. The particular muck hole ! under discussion is located this side of Supai hill and the other side of the Ranger station. That being ! the location of the muck hole it fol- lows that such was also the where abouts of Jim Hall and his team. And further, since the muck hole
 had no intentions of transporting itself elsewhere it was apparent that team and driver were there for prolonged stay as we'll.
 | Then happened along Add Kees- lar-the Flying Dutchman to be- on his way to town with two wag- ons and three teams. On beholding the plight of his neighbor, Keeslar [ unlocked one of his teams from one of his wagons and hooked it on 1 before Halls team. The teams did lnot pull together and the wagon
 remained where it was. Next Hall took his team off from the wagon
 of wood and Keeslar hooked two of his teams to it. The teams pulled Together and the muck was forced to yield. keeslar started on to- ward town with the wood and Hall
 followed with the other wagons. i Here the unlocked for happened A horseman from the s. O. Miller Ranch came riding by, and Kees-
 lars horses mot because they had never seen a horseman before, but
 for some unknown reason, unless it was without reason-took fright
 and ran.
 i They were headed for town and
 toward town they sped. The road
 was not straight but the course of the runaway team was, or at least
 was much more nearly straight than the road. Rocks line the road at both sides and these rocks they were that transformed the wagon into a bounding dragon splitting forth wooden darts at every leap
 and Keeslar into the Flying Dutch tman. One rear wheel was rot
 equal to the task forced u, on it and
 upon meeting with an extra large
 rock, burst into a whirling pray of splinters. The loss of rear limb
 only added to the agility of the
 stampeded monster g leaping. l All former records were broken. | Hall, mounted on horse in hot pursuit, was rapidly ontdistanced. Keeslar is reported to have spent
 two thirds of the time in th- air. from few inches to two feet above the Seat his Hopping coat tails in-
 creasing his appearance of flight, and the remaining one third crush
 ing down on the seat with his feel
 ings extending several inches below lit. All of the time Add was work
 ing the lines like bird man at the
 levers of rambunctious aeroplane.
 One thing the horses had failed
 to take into consideration the
 the birdlike or aereal proclivIties of dutchman. Upon nearing the
 top of the hill east of the Ranger station, they became disgusted with
 their inability 10 rid themselves of
 their driv,r and came t. stop.
 To most men this experience
 would have been q rather trying ordeal. Not so to the Flying
 Dutehman When Halls horse came foamihg up, Hall found Kees-
 lar roaring with laughter. The hum If the situation did not appeal to Hall. The pr spectivc i difficulty of collection dishcartcned him. Not SD much the collecting of tl.e bill as lhe collection cf tine wood and the parts f his wagon lad ut in one long string from near the muck hole to the present resting ! place of the remnant of the wagon