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The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
ELECTION DATE
new CHARTER SET
FOR SEPT. 10th

Voting to accept for the city the
new charter as presented by G. T.
Stevens, secretary of the Board of
Freeholders, the city council at
their Tuesday night meeting, nam
ed September 10th as the day for
the special election, and named an
election board to tabulate the re-
suits and handle the voting. The
complete charter is printed in the
second section of this issue of the
Mail"
The election board is made up of
Mrs. T. c. Garrett, Mrs. c. J. Nc
Quillan, Mrs. G. I. Peterson, Mrs.
Stanley E. Watkins, and Mrs. A. L.
Goode, with F. T. La Prade as in
spector and G. w. Marcum, mar
shall.
The charter will be published
three times before the election, as
required by law, in order to give
everyone an opportunity to fami-
liariZe themselves with it's provi-
sions.
Investigation shows that while
the charter is more complete and
more effective in form, it does not
vary greatly from the charter that
has been in use previously, as far
as power vested in any officer or
body of men is concerned. The same
form of administration, that is, sew
en- councilmen, with mayor cleo
ted by the council from among their
number, will govern Winslow un-
der the new charter.
Several important matters, such
as the purchase of new fire truck,
street improvements, and a lower
ing in electric rates were disposed
of by the council. Detailed stories
covering these three matters will
be found elsewhere in this issue.
A petition signed by thirty-five
residents of Winslow was read. ask
ing the council to open Mulberry
street from Warren to Kinsley, and
the matter was placed in the hands
of City Attorney P. A. Sawyer. The
street was fenced in by private
parties, but the fence has been
broken, and the thoroughfare is in
use at present. Reports of the city
engineer, sanitary inspector and
marshal were read and accepted
The engineer was instructed to
pour oil on ponds in or near Wins
low where mosquitoes breed, and
on his recommendation the council
voted to accept the bid Of Nickel
lips and Benton for placing new
roof on the city hal. The new roof
will be composition of asphalt and
felt, with a surface of crushed slate
and carries ten-year guarantee.
The city engineer was also in
structed to install or have installed
a water main between Hicks and
Berry on Oak street.
The liability of the city was dis
cussed in regard to an accident last
week in which one of the city's ice
trucks, driven by Ed Janeway, fig
ured. While backing the truck.
Janeway colIided with a car driven
by Mrs. H. A. Funk, injuring Mrs.
Funk's hand and doing some dam
age to the car. AS the city trucks
are insured completely the insuring
company will handle the claim.
City Clerk Murphy, who has
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The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
Stafford MAN HELD
ON LIQUOR CHARGE

Albert Roper, of Stafford, was ar
raigned in Flagstaff before U. s.
Commissioner Tom Reese this week
on a liquor charge. Officers found
a cache of liquor at Mormon Lake,
and Roper's arrest followed He is
out On bail and will be tried at the
next term of federal court in Pres
cOtt.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
FLAGSTAFF YOUTH HELD
ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT

After an all-night search, deputy
sheriffs located Leo Anspach, Flag
staff youth and former boxer. early
Sunday morning in deserted cabin
1S miles north of Flagstaff. An
spach was wanted on a charge of
attacking a fourteen-year-old Flag
staff girl. His preliminary hearing
was held this week.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
CHEWING GUM KING
PASSES THRU HERE

William Wrigley, Jr, the chewing
gum king, and Mrs. Wrigley, pass
ed through Winslow Monday night
enroute to Los Angeles. Mr.. Wrig-
ley has extensive interests on the
coast, owning among other things,
Catalina Island, and the Los An
geles baseball club.
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
SHOP AT FLAGSTAFF
LOOTED BY BURGLARS

Approximately 40 mems suits an
a dozen or more women's coats wero
stolen from the Loren Cress tailor
mig establishment in Flagstaff las
week, when burglars forced an er
trance into the building. Tb"
clothes were principally the pror
erty of Cress customers who hel
brought them there for cleaning
and nresSing
The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
CANDIDATES HERE

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New Britain herald., 1926-04-16
70 Year Old Woman Goes
 On Trial in Moscow Court

Moscow, April l 6 R'--Thc 70 year old woman. Mime. SieircDriakoya, known as the grandmother of Rus sian provocateurs, faced a revolu- tlouary tribunal yesterday. She is charged with the betrayal of sone Of the most prominent rcvolutionar- bs, including Anatoie Lunacharsky, the present soviet commissioner of education.
 The old woman entered the court leaning on a guards arm, and in scarcely audible voice pleaded not guilty. The indictment, charged in- uumcrabla botrayals of individual revolutionarits and whole groups, whosc plans were often frustrated hy tho woman who for years enjoyed tho confidence of the leaders Of tho revolutionary movement. Sha lived in Moscow, where sho maintainh1 an eirc,.nt salon frcqucntcd hy the hol- eh"Viki.
 The trial will continue today.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-16
Model Radio House Opened
 In Staten Island Room

New York, April i $ P'-A model radio hoYSe" was opened last night CT staten Tsland hy q dash Wir"- l.sscd from London h" Capt. E. r.. Cclrrsicy Of tn" iiri;ish BroadCast- ing company. Thc signal was inter- cop'ei at Tnckcrton, \. J., and sent over land wires 10 th" hous'. setting in motion q comrlc,e radio equip tu'nt.
 ! receiving installation was foa- fr,,, of 'ho hous" and spi'"hr& "cr" hniIt into tho walls to control the radio circuits in variouS rooms. Six loud Spoa&crS were located IlrouFh- out thc house and provision was made so they coujd hn plnEg"d into each circuit. Tim" clocks were ar ranc,d in th' circuits so they could bo sc; 10 turn the receiver on or oil at q given tilnH.
 The radio nouso" is tha new home Of J. l.. Bernard of the Radio Cooperation.
New Britain herald., 1926-04-16
OPEN SPACES ARE
 IN GRIP OF FIRE
One Life L0st Property De- Stroyed in ConHaeration

St. Paul. Minn,. April 16 P, .-- Prairie and forest fires in the north west, reported under control today, have caused one death and consider able property damage. Several fire fighters have been burns. two seri- ously.
 Minnesota and South Dakota had forest fires. North and South Da- kota had scores Of prairie fires, many of which burned throughout last night
 Mike Brochite of Near Brainerd, Minn, was overcome while fighting fires near his home. He dled of heart disease. S. A. Londakken, Braddock, N. D.. was seriously burn ed while fighting prairie fire. Robert Twaddle, 56, suffered serious burns while fighting a fire in Rice Lake Township. Minn., and was taken to Duluth hospital.
 A dozen forest fires burned over more than 12.0o0 acres In Crow Wing, Cass and Morrison counties in northern Minnesota. Buildings de- stroyed In this area included a school house. half a dozen farm homes and many barns and granaries.
 In at least eight counties in South Dakota volunteer crews battled prairie fires. In Campbell county, south Dakota, a grass fire five miles wide traversed a path forty miles long yesterday. Other fires were in McPherson, Faulk, Brown. Spink. Hand, Hughes and Pennington counties.
 One thousand acres of timber on farm island in the Missouri river, five miles from Pierre. $. D., was destroyed by fire which leaped to the mainland. Five hundred men from Pierre, and vicinity brought 1t under control, though it still smouldered today in the long grass.
 In North Dakota, grass fires were reported in Burleigh, Emmons, Mo Tntosh, Decker and Stutzman Coun- ties. Several rural school houses and other buildings were burned.
 Unusually warm April weather added 10 the discCmforts of the fire lighters. Two forests were reporte at Port Angels. Wash. A cigarette was blamed for one blaze forty miles west of Port Angels, which was halted before it reached 12,00( acres of rcforestation.
 The second threatened the Olym. pic National forest, but it was put out by forest rangers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23

delicious fruit like muskmelon,
growing almost twenty feet high.
Bananas grow luxuriantly. There
are tens of thousands of bearing
lcocoanuts along the shore line,
and when thirsty there is nothing
better than the cool milk readily
obtained by chopping off the husk
at the end nearest the tree with
/ a sharp Ratchet. The deer are
indigenous to the keys of South
lern Florida and are said to be a
different variety than those found
elsewhere.
From the mainland toward Key
West the road has already been
graded for several miles south of
Florida City. On Key Largo Island,
the first island after leaving the
mainland, thirty miles of road
have been put into shape. There
is a good road almost the length
Iof Matecumbe Key, where North
ern bankers have an exclusive
club. And another on Islamorada.
I In fact, more than two-thirds of
the marvellous highway is already
completed. A town is going up
on Key Largo, and an immense
amount of land has been cleared
for it.
Key West is splendid terminus
7 for the Overseas Auto Road. It has
several good hotels including the
fine Hotel Casa Marina, an Alham-
bra in solid concrete built by the
Florida East Coast Hotel Com
Epany and said by many to be
their finest hostelry. La Concha,
a new downtown hotel has re-
GENTLY been erected by Northern
capital. A new opera house has
been built. A club house and fine
golf links has been created on
Stock Island, two miles from Key
/ West along the Overseas auto
route. The city has put in scores
of improvements ard is stepping
along with the best of them. 1t
is one of ,the deep water ports in
the country with splendid docks
and railway terminals. There are
| 1900 automobile owners in Key
West and they can hardly wait un-
It'll the new overseas road is COM
pleted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23

tide moves with greatest velocity.
Fish of many sorts are now being
caught from the road by people
I.of Key West; even barracuda have
been taken besides scores of less
er prizes.
The most wonderful fish that
you can sometimes see from the
route is the shy, elusive bone fish,
which many sportsmen consider
positively the greatest small game
fish in the world. Great fisher
men of the Keys like Zane Grey,
Nat Jerlew, George Schultz, Meis-
setback and johnson, and Irving
Cobb, compare him to a young
torpedo operating with a high
charge of explosive. The bone fish
weighs up to twelve pounds but
is usually caught from three to
seven pounds. There are more
prizes up for bone fish at the Long
Key Fishing Club than for almost
any other fish, not excepting the
sail fish. He viii take out three
| to six hundred feet of line in a
straight rush SO fast it makes your
head swim. He is said by his adj
mirers to be the speeliest, gamest
small ocean fish in the world. He
is so shy that a sneeze or a turn
of the head will set him going like
a flash of blue lightning.
The reason you can see him from
the road is that he follows the ris-
ing tide over the shoals, being
caught in from eight inches to
two feet of water. | saw the silver
fins of a dozen the other evening
as they grubbed in the shallow
crystalline water, sometimes stand
ing on their heads with tails out
like silver banners, digging for the
shell fish on which they feed.
There are all sorts of sub-tropical
fish along this route. On Big Pine
Key is big shark works where
they turn sharks skin into COM
mercial leather. From 800 to l.
500 sharks are often taken in
heavy nets in a. night. The car
cases of the skinned sharks are
used as bait to the seines which
are buoyed with light cypress
cubes and weighted at the bottom
with leaden slugs. Nat Jerfaw,
famous fisherman, offers to pull
shark into shoal water, and to
kill him with a knife, and expects
to pull the stunt for the benefit
of a photographer very soon.
Plenty of Fish
The currents between the At
lantic and the Gulf slip through
the passes where all sorts of fish
find food. There are many non
commercial fish on which the big
fish prey, and as they have SO
many refugees in the coral rocks
which would cut nets and seines to
pieces, it is likely that the small
fish will never be driven out, and
thus the big game fish win not
have to go elsewhere to find food.
The keys will grow all sorts of
tropical fruits and trees. The
other day in the jungle / came
upon a wonderful specimen of
papaya, a tree which bears. a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23
Over Sea Highway Will
Leap Florida Sand Bars
All The Way To Key West

The following interesting
article about Key Vests great
Oversee highway to the main
land, accompanied by more than
half a newspaper page Of illustra-
lions, appeared in recent issue
Of the New York American. 1t
Eas written by Hamilton M.
Wright in a sincerely enthusiastic
way, and is a wonderfully fine
literary tcost for Key West and
the keys. It will be read with
appreciation by people of this
community, since it comes un-
solicited from an unexpected
sources and appearing in the great
New York newspapers, will be of
inestindable benefit to the region
Of the, Florida keys, and especial
IL Key West. The article fol-
lows:
1 have just been over COM
pleted section of the most mar
veIous automobile road projected
ia the. brief history of motors.
Even Julius Caesar, stellar road
builder of all time, never vision
ed 50 extraordinary highway,
and the Incas who skirted the An
dean cliffs with marvellous in
genuity never attempted so
stupendous a feat.
For the new road will leap
across 122 miles Of ocean where
swift tides rush between the Gulf
Of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
II win cross the greatest fishing
tidal grounds in the world, coral
studded seas and swift tidal pass
es. and isles filled with the rich
exotic fruits, palms and flowers
Of the. West Indies. II viii con-
meet the island of Key West with
the Florida mainland, and form
the last link in the Atlantic Coast
Highway from Maine to the
southern extremity Of Florida.
When this road is completed and
It's eompletion is expected to oc-
cur In. two and one-haIf years,
automobilists viii be abs to mo-
tor from Maine to Key West. Then
taking = six to seven hour journey
they may ferry their cars to Ha-
vana and ride over the roads of
Cuba 70 Santiago de Cuba, almost
700 miles from Havana by road.
The only feat in the world to
which the new overseas auto road
can be- compared is the building
Of the Florida East Coast Railway
70 Key West by the late Henry M.
Flaglers That achievement, COM
pleted IN 1912. cost fifty million
dollars.s In one section oil tie line
is the Long Key viadnet, solid
piece q massive concrete in inn
posing arches that raise the track
thirty feet above the limit Of high
tide, and sometimes descend far
through the rushing tides to q firm
foundation in the bedrock beneath.
The great Bahia Honda Bridge
along this route is an even more
marvellous piece Of work, for the
huge piers sometimes descend
through thirty feet Of water. 1t
required the contents Of seven
masted schooner, or its equivalent.
70 build q single pier. This won-
derful railroad. ridiculed at first
as an enormous example Of esk
frnvagance. today brings Key West
within 'forty-seven hours of New
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23

York, and Havana, by car ferry,
within fifty-three. 1t carries on a
huge business with Cuba, moving
thousands of cars of early Cuban
pineapples every season, and other
Cuban products, and carrying down
machinery and manufactured
goods.
The Overseas Highway
Key West, which through the
County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, is carrying on
THE Overseas Highway, calls at
tention to the immense success
of the Florida East Coast Rail-
way as an indication that the high
way will also prove profitable. So
far Monroe County has had two
bond issues for the, construction
Of the Overseas Highway. The
first, voted several years ago, was
for 100000. The second, voted
more than eighteen months ago,
was for $2,6O0,000. Other
amounts will be voted when re-
quired, spokesman for the road
said. Needing less heavy found
atoms and pursuing less direct
route than the railway, the Over
seas Auto Highway will not be so
expensive. 1t will take great adj
vantage of the contour of the
chain of small keys or islands that
stretch from the Florida mainland
to the Dry Tortugas. Simultane-
Gus building is going along on
many links Of the road. AS each
stretch is completed it win con-
meet with the stretch above or
below.
The biggest and latest news Of
the new Overseas Auto Road is
that the County Commissioners Of
Monroe County, Florida, in which
Key West is located, have taken
steps for the bridging Of two deep
gaps of water, seven and twelve
miles wide. respectively, where the
water is said to reach a depth of
thirty feet in some places. They
have let a provisional franchise
to a well-known engineering con-
Germ Of Minneapolis for the con-
|struction Of toll bridges over these
gaps. AT meeting Of the coun-
|ty Commissioners which / attend
ed, it was announced in the pre-
|liminary prospectus that charge
|of one dollar per passenger car
would be made at each Of the
bridges, and ten cents additional
per passenger. "A man who would
mot pay $500 to drive car
across these rainbow-hued keys
with their wealth of tropical water
birds, and innumerable millions of
great game fish nearby, with
their hundreds Of miles Of cocoa
nut-festooned shores. and wonder
full wild fruits and flowers, has a
soul small enough to slide through
"a needles eye.
Bridging the Gap
It is expected that when the
road is completed it will be for
nally opened BY . giant motor
|cade comprised Of cars from all
parts of the United States and
Canada. The great work of bridg-
ing this one hundred and twenty
two mile gap between the Florida
mainland and the city Of Key
West for the convenience Of mo-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23

torists has aroused the enthusiasm
Of car owners throughout the
United States. It will be a final
demonstration of the power of the
automobile to create good roads
under any circumstances, and the
cost of the road viii be many times
paid for by the motor tolls and
the immense appreciation of land
values in the fertile keys. Key
West is an important city, port
for ships trading with South Am
erica, Cuba, the West Indies,
Texas, Mexico, the lower Gulf
Coast of the United States and
Central America and Panama.
Undoubtedly there will be COM
mercial traffic along the new
road, though the heaviest sort of
trucking will likely not be per-
mitted. Primarily it will be for
the motorist and tourist, but the
sum of its receipts will more than
make a satisfactory return on the
investment, in the opinion of ex-
|perts who have studied its posi-
bilities.
st strongly did the economic
possibilities and the romance of
the road appeal to w. j. Corners,
steamship magnate and newspaper
proprietor of Buffalo, N. Y, that
he recently told members of the
Rotary Club of Key West that he
would be one of twelve men, each
of whom should contribute one
million dollars to bring the two
deep water gaps along the route.
AS the tentative franchise to the
engineering firm was then about
to be granted, it was not possible
for the commissioners to consider
Mr.. Corners proposal at that
time.
From Key West the road has al
ready been built about eight miles
toward the mainland, passing
across several islands on the way.
At its extremity is curious pile
driver which is now walking across
the water and islets, laying the
track upon which it proceeds. The
other day it was just proceeding
to walk over a vast jungle of man
groves on Bird Key. When the
pile driver has driven two huge
creosoted pilings into the earth,
the stringers are laid on them and
it draws itself forward by its own
power upon this new foundation.
Ahead of it you could see another
section of the road coming down
to fill the gap.s
Like Being At Sea
On some of the stretches al
ready built the low-lying islets APP
pear far on the horizon and the
motorist has the feeling he is out
on the sea. This illusion viii be
heightened on the longest bridge.
Almost always steamers can be
seen in the lane which follows the
Gulf Stream in its Northern turn
around Key West, and frequently
they are but a few miles distant.
Strong currents between the Gulf
of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
swirl beneath the road when the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-23
AN ExHILARATING EFFECT

A bottle of Herbine ON the shelf
at home is like having a doctor in
the house all the time. It gives
instant, relief when the digestion
gets out of order or the bowels
fail to act. One or two doses is
all that is necessary to start
things moving and restore that
fine feeling of exhilaration and
-buoyant of spirits which belongs
only to perfect health. Price. 60c.
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The Washington times., 1926-08-26
PROS
To PLAY

Twenty.nine golf professionals
will tee off tomorrow morning on
the Congressional Country Club
course In the Qualifying rounds for
the National Professional Golfers
Association tournament. Only two
of them can be successful for the
rules Of the organization permit
Virginia, Washington and Mary
land only two participants in the
P. G. n.
Practically every professional who
ever hooked a tee shot will be on
hand. While Tommy Armour's
entry is in. 1t is hardly possible
that he will play.
The pairings are:
s:9O-Willie Dunt. Sherwood Forest:
Duncan Cuthbert, Baltimore: George
Holebaugh. Rock Creek Park.
valley: Eddie Towns Indian Spring:
Danny Horgan. Racquet Club.
s:4S-Tommy Armour, Congressional:
c ca 1 Fred Mcleod. Columbia.
Robert T. Barnett Chevy Chase; VIII:
liam Wood, Washington Golf and
I0:o0-charles Betschler. Maryland
Country Club: A. B. Thorn, Town and
Country: James M. Roche; Eikridse
IO:10-Sandy Armour. Congressional;
Tony Sylvester, Congressional; Tom
Skipper, Baltimore.
PARK: Peter jackson, unattached; Car
roll T. MacMaster, Rolling Road.
1O:26-Ralph Beach, Burning Tree:
Frank Goss. Cumberland Country Cluo;
Kenneth Allen, Baltimore.
1O:34-wilfred Thompson, Hermitage
Richmond, Va; James Thompson,
Hermitage, Richmond, Va; r. Cliff
McKimmie. Beaver Dam.
1O:42-Warner Mather. Baltimore;
Leo McIrneny, unattached.
The Washington times., 1926-08-26
Rules For Free Trips
To World Series
Ball Games

Pick two pitchers, four in
fielders, three outfielders and a
catcher from players in the two
major leagues who have taken
part in at least one game this
season.
If possible, use the coupon
printed herewith for submitting
your team.
Write your reasons for pick
ing them in 80 words or more.
Choose as many teams as you
please, but follow above pro-
cedure in each case. The con-
test ends at midnight, Au-
gust 81.
Five winners will see the first
block of world series games
wherever played as guests of
The Washington Times. All
tied contestants will be in
Guided in the awards.
Babe Ruth will autograph a
baseball bat and a handsome
Babe Ruth desk blotter for
runners-up.
Address your letters to Babe
Ruth Contest Editor, Sporting
Department, Washington Times.