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The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

With Labor Day, the last holiday
of summer, checked off the calen-
dar and with the days becoming in
creasingly shorter and cooler, our
thoughts naturally turn to fall and
winter. Vacations are over; the
children are back to school and
many home owners consider the
early fall the open season for max
ing necessary repairs around the
home.
With thoughts of cooler weather
everybody naturally thinks of dig
ging in" for the winter and making
themselves as comfortable as pos
sible. The coal-bin must be filled.
Perhaps the heater needs a new
CRATE; maybe the house needs a
coat of paint or the old wood shin
gle roof has become so bad. that
it has been a source of much ad-
verse comment from the neighbors
Some of the shingles are loose, and
with the winter winds blowing,
they will flap in the wind and fin
ally be blown off the roof exposing
the interior of the home to the rain
and snow.
Notwithstanding the fact that
many homes need new roofs, the
property owner is very often re-
luctant to have the old leaky wood
shingles replaced with a new roof
on account of the annoyance caus-
ed by the dirt sitting down through
the house and the old broken
shingles and rusty nails littering up
the lawn and walks. Such fears
however are needless since it is
now possible to place an asphalt
shingle roof of beautiful design
right over your old, wood shingle
roof without any disturbance of the
old roof or discomfort of any kind.
This method of re-roofing is
made possible with a new type of
asphalt shingle known as the Gen
asco Latte Shingle manufactured
by the Barber Asphalt company,
Philadelphia. This type of shingle
is square except for a turned un-
der corner and it lays up to a
hexagonal shape on the roof. Be-
meath the folded corner is a gal
vanized metal band or "key'' which
serves as a device to lock the shin
giles together on the roof. This
feature, together with heavy coat
ing of Trinidad Lake Asphalt Ce-
ment on the under surface of the
shingle, which assists in the closer
adhesion of the shingles to each
other, and the two mailing points,
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

Americans and American products.
The Italians will have to pay US
enough so they will do a lot of
thinking before they get to fight
ing again.
These debts have been one of the
most difficult propositions the
American people ever had to deal
with. Naturally we expect those
nations to pay all they can. Yet
if asked to pay more than GER
tain amount, the tendency is for
them to restrict their imports from
this country so that exports shall
exceed their imports. Just how
much we gain if we carry out in
sistence on payment so far that it
cuts down the demand for our pro-
ducts, is not at all clear. The
American commissioners in this
case have taken a sensible course
without going to any extremes.
Payment of principal in full and
about one per cent interest will be
a substantial help toward our taxes
yet the interest rate is so low that
we have pleased the Italians and
made friends of them.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

prevent the shingle from curling
or warping and holds it tightly to
the roof.
These asphalt shingles are ar
tistic and attractive and their thick
butts give to the completed roof a
texture which entirely dispels the
fiat, monotonus appearance that is
noticed on a roof when old style
shingles are used. They will har-
monize with any type of architec-
ture. whether it be Spanish, Italian,
Tudor, Colonial or Dutch Colonial
and their attractive colors in rich
warm red, cool sage green and
blue-black are derived from a coat
ing of natural colored granulated
slate which will not fade and, OBJ
viously, it is not necessary to paint
or stain them from time to time in
order to retain their cOlOrs.
While discussing re-roofing today
Walter OIds, of the Olds Brothers
Lumber company. who handles
Genasco Latte Shingles locally,
said: "This improved asphalt shin
gle can be laid right over an old
wood shingle roof just as easily,
quickly and satisfactorily as over
a new roof deck. The result is that
you get an attractive. storm-tight,
fire-resistant, new roof without the
expense and trouble of having the
old shingles ripped off.
''Think of the vast amount of
trouble: waste of time and labor
involved in ripping off the old
shingles preparatory to putting on
a new roof. There is also the
possibility of a storm coming up
when the roof is off and damag-
ing the interior of the house.
"When this new method of re
roofing is followed, the house is
never exposed to the elements. The
roof of Genasco Latte Shingles
and the old wood shingles will in
sulate the interior of the house
against heat and cold. In other
words, the house will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter.
Many pleasing effects have been
obtained by using various combi-
nations of red, green or blue-black
shingles and some home owners
have added massiveness to their
roofs by raising the hips and
ridges.
In addition to giving beauty to
the roof, the coating Of granulat-
ed slate also makes the asphalt
shingles fire resistant so that the
roof is protected from sparks and
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES

THE United States forestry ser
vice declares that the joy given
by the Christmas trees to the chill
dren of the land is worth far more
than any damage done to economic
interests by the cutting of these
little saplings. So Billy and Bobby
and Mary and Jane can have their
trees just as usual, with no wise
sages shaking their heads and say
ing this awful waste of our re-
sources must stop.
The town child has from his
Christmas tree touch of the same
happiness that comes when he gets
out in the woodlands for a picnic
When to that tree are attached the
pretty sparkling ornaments and all
the mystery of unexpected gifts,
the spot seems a fairyland of hap
piness. We can sacrifice a little
wealth to give the youngsters that
experience.
Many farmers consider these
trees as regular crop. They grow
up rapidly, and if the owner gets
a fair price for them, it utilizes
land that would be worthless for
cultivation.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

burning embers, feature which is
most desirable since our annual
fire losses are appalling. Tests
have been made to prove the fire
reSiStancy of the Genasco Latte
Shingle and it has been found that
sparks and burning embers die out
on the hard slate surfacing of the
shingles. Many municipalities hav-
ing stringent fire prevention or
dinance, classify them as fire-safe
and cases have been known where
asphalt shingles have greatly re-
tarded the progress of an interior
fire.
Asphalt shingles are used in al
most every community in the coun-
try and it will be of interest to
know how they are manufactured.
In the first place, the felt base or
backbone of asphalt shingles is
made of rag felt. Cast off clothing
furnishes most of the material for
felt and is bought up by the rag
man" and then sorted into ten diff
ferent grades, the most valuable
grades are those consisting of cot
ton and wool and commercially
free from paper jute or MANILA
stock The rags are shipped in
bales to the felt manufacturer and
passed through cutter and re-
duced to pieces about 2 inches
square. The small pieces of rag.
are then placed in beater, an ell
liptical open top tank and mixed
with water. They are then reduc-
ed to a fine fibre by a series of
knives mounted on a wheel. Hav-
ing been reduced to a fibre, the
material is then pumped from the
beater to cylindrical shaped
screen on a felt machine where
most of the water is taken from the
fibre and the sheet of felt is form
ed The sheet is then thoroughly
dried on a drier blanket and by
being passed over a series of steam
heated drums. The felt is then slit
into various widths, weighed, pack
ed and shipped to manufacturers of
asphalt shingles. At the plant of
the shingle manufacturer the rolls
of rag felt are placed on an un-
winding bar and passed over a
festoon to be thoroughly dried be-
fore being run through the satura-
ton tank which is heated to con-
stant temperature of 400 F. While
being saturated, the felt is passed
over a series of rolls being dipped
s times and while in the tank the
weight of the felt is increased
about 1.8 times it's original weight
by the absorbed saturation which
insures non-curling shingle of
long life. A coating of Trinidad
Lake Asphalt Cement, made from
native Lake Asphalt mined in the
famous asphalt lake in the Island
of Trinidad, B. W. l. is then placed
on the underside of the shingle
This coating of asphalt cement is
known in the roofing industry as
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

MUCH of the superior prosperity
AA of America may be due to the
fact that we have one country COW
ering an enormous area. That en-
ables all sections to work together
for common ends. We do not have
to spend our money for great
armies as they do in Europe.
The recent Locarno agreement is
a sign that the nations of Europe
are getting sick of wars. This will
be a wonderful thing for world
peace, and it will eventually make
it possible for America to reduce
it's costly war preparation.
Europe would be better off if
those nations would unite in one
country like ours. Such develop
ment may come sometime, though
on account of differences in Ian
guage and traditions it will not
come in our day.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
ANTICIPATING CHRISTMAS

THE time has now come for peo-
- pie to begin to think seriously
about their Christmas gifts. And
not merely to think about them, but
to do something about them.
The annual rush of the people to
buy Christmas presents has very
eccentric features. All at once it
comes over them that they have
got to select and dispatch to their
friends long list of gifts and re-
membranes. Immediately possess
ed by the same one idea, they pro-
ceed to throng the stores and soon
clog the mails and express services
with great heaps of these parcels.
The result is to make period
OF great congestion, involving ner-
vous and physical strain for many
classes of workers. While it is
fine to see this expression of gen.
erosity, which proves that senti-
ment has not wholly disappeared
in this money getting age, yet this
manifestation would be more ap-
propriate if the people would
spread the time devoted to this eff
fort over longer period.
Christmas gift buying might we'll
be carried on all the year. People
should have the thing in the back
of their minds right along, and
when they see something appropri
ate for some friend, they should
buy the gift then and there. But
if they have failed to do this, they
ought to make out their list of de-
sired gifts by the middle or last OF
November, and have their pur-
chases pretty well made by the first
week in December.
Then they should start them off
early in the month, marking "Not
to be opened until Christmas" If
they did that, many thousands of
overWorked store clerks and mail
and express employees would sing
a hallelujah chorus, and Christmas
would be for them somewhere near
as happy a season as it is for the
rest of us. Let us cooperate in the
true Christmas spirit by doing that
thing here in Winslow.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

the "Sealbac" and has a tendency
to assist in the closer adhersion
of the shingles on the roof.
The upper coating of Trinidad
Lake Asphalt Cement is then ap-
piled. While the asphalt is still
hot, the sheet of felt is passed un-
der a slate distributing hopper and
the granulated slate comes down
in a cascade from the hopper and
is evenly distributed over the felt
The slate is firmly imbedded in the
felt by being passed over drums
and by squeeze rolls and there is
never any danger of it coming
loose. The finished fabric is then
cooled by cold air blasts and is
then sent to a machine to be cut
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
THE METEOR CITY

THE Cactus, the monthly publ
cation of the 103rd division of
the U. S. Army, published at Den
yer, contains the following editorial
in its November number:
fWinslow, Arizona, may point
with pride to some twenty reserve
officers. Behind those officers is
a citizenry with an eye single to
the welfare Of their country. What
these officers want for the Reserve
Corps or the Citizens Military
Training Camps, the citizens give
generously and gladly. The needs
of our reserve service have met
with response replete with sym
pathy and understanding.
"a meteor suggests a dazzling
display of light, dull thud, then
darkness. 1t is not true of Wins
low. While she mayhbe a shooting
star, she shoots high and holds
true to her course. The people of
Winslow are not volatile people
they believe in prepardness, and in
patient, consistent work to accom-
plish the desired ends. The results
obtained in the interests of reserve
training prove this. Morever, it re-
fleets zeal in the cause, and unity
of action"
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

into shingles.
An asphalt shingle roof, like all
other roofing can be no better than
the workmanship employed in lay
ing it and the greatest of care
should be exercised by the home
owner in the selection of a person
to roof or reroof his home. In
the matter of roofing, for example,
most leaks occur in valleys of e
roof or at flashing points aroy ID
the chimneys. A tight roof there
fore depends upon the skill and
care with which the workman ap-
plies the roofing; otherwise, unless
this is done, the best roofing ma
terial in the world will not make
a Watertight roof.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27

Thursdays issue of The Arizona
Republican contains a long account
of the secret marriage and annul
ment suit of Philip Kip Rhineland
er, New York aristocrat, who claims
he was deceived into believing that
his bride was white instead of part
negress. A two line item follows
the story, one of those little filters
of odd information or pungent
epigram, generally inserted with
out knowledge of the editors, put
into the paper by the makeup"
man to make the columns come out
even. The item reads: Faint
complexion never won fair lady
a husband" Mrs. Kip, the testi-
mony shows, is not exactly flair"
a tobacco brown in fact, but her
faint complexion seems to have
won her sort of a husband.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
Romance
(Written for The Mail)
BY JACK O'BRIEN

The clicking keys that pass the
word along
The highways of the world of busy
strife,
1t may be joy, or sorrow, or of
song
To Nap, the busy 'op', it's all in
life.
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
RE-ROOFING MADE EASY WITH
ASPHALT SHINGLES

Latest Development in Asphalt Shingles Makes disagreeabe Job
Tearing off Old Wood Shingles Unnecessary and Saves Time
and Money
The Winslow mail., 1925-11-27
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amount 10. anyway? Gloria told
herself shc would have given w a
dozen card parties for one drive
with stan wayburu. She
wished she had gone riding with
him this very afternoon
She picked up her cards.
She was what May called a
mean" player She played for the
prize. She sat there now. tight
tipped and hard.eyed she gathered
in her tricks. intent an king.
fisher killing fish At a rivers edge
Gone was tho Gloria OF tho Itmpld
eyes, sof, lips and babylsh chin
tho Gloria whom Dick loved.
well. Glory Grcgory's won the
prize. as usual" littlo Mrs. Wins
cried. when tho scores werc added
UP. two hours later.
And lt.s one that viii suit her q
IT, May added. She went into
the dining room. and returned carry
ing a dusty bottle Of French brandy
What do you know about thu,
for n SLANT She gives mo liquor
and says Il viii suit mo TO a t.
Gloria shrilled. what am / golnF
to do with tho stuff. girls7 II take
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You VIII spoil tho balloon IL you
20 on"
Suddenly n voice said. Feel us!
Just feel usF' The Twins looked
around, but saw no one. Then Nick
remembered that the thickct had not
been there when they had come that
way before. 1T must DO maggie" he
thought. And being magic, II is
the thicket talking"
SO he reached out and touched n
thorn. Instantly Il bent.
why. these thorns are made Of
rubber, Nancy" he said. Come
along. They can't prlclC tho bal
loon" And ho plunged right thru
tho thicket without so much as n
scratch.
But when they crossed the next
mountain. suddenly n fire sprang
out OF the top. throwing sparks all
around them.
"ItB a volcano" cried Nancy. "If
the sparks touch tho balloon II will
blow up. lie careful, Nick"
But Nick reached out his hand
and touched ono Of them as IT fell
starliko 10 tho ground.
They aro only Japanese spark
lors like wo put Off on the Fourth
Of July" he said. They're cold"
so on they went again right
thru the rain OF sparks But wher
they crossed tho last mountain, III,
one mado OF glass, n grcnt puff o
| wind almost wrenohed tho balloon
from his hnnd Tho string nigh
have broken, but Nick grabbed tn
balloon In his arms. Tho win'
lifted both boy and balloon or tn
mountain aud carried them up int
tho sky
'Nlckl Nlckr' called Nancy. Com
back"
= Tho Sour.Old Woman was RICH
Wind was dangerous thing.
, CT0 BE COntlnued)
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20. 5-THoRNs, SPARKS AND WIND

"WHAT do you want7" asked
w Twelve Toes. the sorcerer. as
Nancy and Nick appeared at his
front door.
I'VE came 10 get the ralnbow.col.
ored balloon for the Sour old.wom.
an Who Lives Under the Wa.
terfall." said Nick.
'Humphl ] don't care II you
came to get II for the Dear. Old Man.
Who Lives on the Moon" said
Twelve Toes. You can't have It."
That's too bad" said Nancy, for
we have TO get It some way"
Twelve Toe8 looked suspicious.
How can your" he asked. Have
you any magic along?"
Just our shoes" said Nick
brayely.
"oh, no! You don't carry things
with your feet" said Twelve Toes.
mo. but we run with them" said
Nick, who had spied the many-col.
ored balloon floating In dark cor.
ner near tho ceiling. Selling the
balloon by It's string. he was off
with ono bound, Nancy close at hF
heels.
Twelve Toes was 30 surprised that
ho almost forgot to gnnsh his teeth
MS he always did when he was dis
appolntod--or surprlsed--or cross.
Tho Twins were over tho Wobbll
Mountain before Twelve Toes quite
realized what had happened.
Then he was too far behind 70 FOL
low, 20 be waved his magic want
and muttered:
'Eier.brier timber lock,
Thorna grow thick, their way Il
block"
Instantly thIcket OF thorns al
reared before tho Twins, directly u
their path.
Remembering what the Sourolt
Woman had said about thorns, Mar
IS pulled Nick by the coat.tall
"You'n have Z stop" she said
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I'm just dizzy be all right
In n second"
Gloria went softly 20 the door DO
tween the two rooms. ana looked
into Dicks office
lie was bent forward over his
desk. with his head on hh folded
arms. Beside him stood Miss Briggs
ono OF her hands was almost on
his shoulder But sho did not quite
touch H.
Even az Gloria watched her. she
drew II away aud picked up a pen
eli. Then sho backed away from
Dick.
look here. Mr.. Gregory" she
said sharply IT'S none OF my 6usi-
ness. suppose. But have you had
Doctor You know. you've had
three OF these spells In a month
Dick raised his head His eyes
were dark and cireicd with pain.
"oh. don't keep talking. susY' he
groaned. MY heads humping Ike
trip hammer, ." lie dropped
il into hia hands again.
suayi so that was what he called
her whom they were there alone.
was n7-Gloria thought Not even
susan but suay! The Sc
date Mlu Briggs
Ana hho had all but pRitod Dicks
nhoulder when aho had lowered over
him moment agol Was hho IN
loyo with him this day
time wife" OF hia7
Probably sho was. Gloria decided
A tiny pln.prlek OF suspieion
stabbed her, And then u was gone,
almost before nhe felt H.
For Dick was one'woman man
| Gloria knew. And she wnH, for him
the ono womgnl
/ why worry about Miss Briggs
when Gloria was sure that DICK
wouldn't have looked a, prize
beauty when she. herself, was In
siEht7
Sometimes Gloria wished that he
would look more often at other
women. It would give her more
freedom.
She pushed tho door wide open
with her foot. and walked into the
room
The minute Dick raw her his face
changed. His eyes lighted W and
he grinned
Hello. old lady" he said.
Gloria ara not 10 much rs glance
al Miss Briggs. She walked cooliy
past her into Dicks waiting arms,
/ A. he bent his lips down TO hers
/ Gloria heard the secretary closlns
the door behind her.
Secretly. she smiled
she would show Miss Briggs how
little any woman meant In Dicks
lfo except herself Gloria,
some women might have 10 worr7
about their husbands stonographsrs
but not shsl That was for unat'
,ractiyo women. middlo-aged womer
no, for Gloria Gregory. witt
her face that wa, like pansyl
And yet Dick Ind cailef
Miss Briggs "susy" intimate
IL, almost as II sho had been hi
. witol Tho memory was most dis
auls,lng 10 Gloria. While Hhc wa
not actually jealous Of Dick. sh'
didn't want him 70 care tho lear
biz for anybody else ans
especially for Miss Briggs. who per
! haps loved hlml
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She pushed the door toide
open ioith her foot, and
icalked into the room.
Bu, Gloria turned her head away
from him.
Here's what wanted 90 give
YOU" she said. wanly. She handed
him the bottle OF brandy. II won 4,
playing cards"
some prize. I'll remarkT' Stan
said with enthusiasm.
lie took her face between his hands
and kissed her Sayageiy. again and
again.
'Duntl" Gloria cried. you mustn't
kiss me- Were forgetting I'm mar.
ried."
Good Lord. how 1 want you he
mu,,errd In a thick voice. And then
he was gone.
Gloria rubbed her bruised lips with
I her handkerchief.
What did Stan mean when
no aaid he wanted herr That ho
loved herr Surely. he must
II no didn't. would no kiss her tina,
way
/ And with tho memory OF those
kiEseg on her mouth. Gloria went ur
10 Dicks offices
In his private office Dick WINS die
E, ,ating 20 Miss Briggs Tho dooi
stood open
Gloria didn't SO In ut once. She
tiptotd over 10 tho mirror that huns
above Miss Briggs desk. and looked
at herself IN 4. sho wondered Of
Stan had mpsssd her hair OF
knocked her hat awry when h'
kissed her.
She powdered hsr little nose care
fully and drew moisiened finger
tip along her eyebrow
Then. all at once. Gloria became
aware Of Miss Briggs talking IN {
voice that was strangely Todd 70
her.
Please let me telephone for 4
taxicnb 20 take sou homer she wat
pleading with Dick.
mo. no. my wife's coming dowI
for me 10 her car Dick answere,
shortly. His voice was muffied