Evening star., 1925-11-16

has been awarded medals and other
| wise honored by many governments.
lie was retired as a photographer
| of the United States Geological Survey
| in 1900. since which time he had done
much work toward the development of
Photographic processes, and was the
inventor of a method of colortng trans
parencies so that they would not fade.
Was Native Of Germany.
Born in 1843. in Hanover. Germany,
Mr.. Killers was brought to this coun-
, try when he was 9 years old. He en-
! listed in the New York Naval Brigade
| at the outbreak of the Civil War, and
| later, when that unit declined to be
| transferred as body to Army duty,
| he and "A number of his companions
withdrew, entered the Army, saw serv-
| ice at Petersburg. Cold Harbor. and in
other engagements.
| At the close Of the war Mr.. Killers
again enlisted and remained In the
| Army until 1870. when he went to
| San Francisco. After this enlistment
he stopped at Salt Lake City, where he
! Joined the second expedition of the
| late Maj. John Wesley Powell, one OF
| the valiant men who traversed the
| Colorado River in rowboatS, making
the first survey of the river country.
Mr.. Killers took the first photographs
| in the Grand Canyon and became the
| expeditions photographer. after two
men taken along for that purpose had |
| resigned. In this expedition Mai. |
Powell. the one-armed leader, nearly /!
drowned and was rescued by Mr.. |
Killers.
Mountain Named for Him.
In southeastern Utah is Mount Hill |
ers, named for Mr.. Killers by Maj |
Powell.
Mr.. Killers took the first pictures of
Glen Canyon, Marble Canyon and of |
Moki Indian tribes in the days before |
the dry plate or the film. and although |
his photographs were taken by the |
old ''wet-plate" process, and developed |
in the field, many of them still are
used as the best portrayals of the wild |
scenery Of those regions. He was
noted for his daring and adventurous |
spirit, and climbed to places believed !
inaccessible to obtain the views he |!
His work in the field compelled him |
not only to be a photographer. but |
20 become yersed in mule driving, |
cookery and woodcraft. and he vas !,
an expert oarSman. y monument To |,
the memory of Maj. Powell Killers !
and other associates of the Colorado /
River expedition stands on a ledge
of the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. !
His notable work in photographing |
Indian tribes not only won him high !
commendation from the Governments,
bnt the Indians gave him a name !
which. translated, means Myself in
the Water" their idea being that a
photograph in which they could see !
themselves must be reflection.
His Largest Transparency. !
The biggest of the transparencies |
he made was for the Chicago world I,
fair, on glass 4 by feet, which i
vn1
and the location of the oil fields and |
retineries. His Indian photography |
ranged from tribes of the North |
Platte to the Rio Grande, and the /
collection of these photographs he |
took for the Government numbered |
more than 10000. Many of these are
highly priced as being the first pho
tographs taken of some tribes and |
the only ones of costumes and scenes !
which have passed with the introduc- /
ton of the white mans civiliza ton. /
Mr.. Killers also placed in Govern /
ment archives first photographs of !
the Bad Lands of the Dakotas, Of |
the temples in Zion Valley, where he !
was with the first party to enter; Of |
the Merced River. the Canon de
Chiefly and the Canon del Muerte
Tribute is paid his work in Frederick !
s. Dellenbaugh's epic of early West
ern exploration, 1.-The Romance of |
the Colorado River
He was a member of Kit Carson !
Post. No. 2, Grand Army Of the Re
public, and the Geological Society Of .
this city.
His Surviving Family.
He is survived by a son, John X
Killers. and three grandchildren Miss
Dorothy E. Killers. John X. Killers,
Sd, and Richard C. Killers. John X.
Killers. jr., has done valuable photo
graphic work with the Bureau OF
Public Roads, and is secretary of
Cathedral Lodge, +. A. A. NJ.
Funeral services will be conducted +;
at the residence tomorrow morning at
IL o'clock. Rev. DR.. John Weidley Of
the Church of the Reformation will |
officiate. Interment will be in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Charles C. Jones,
John Erback. Delaney Gill, James
Sellers, Burnes c. Downey and L. b.
White.