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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-12
LAS VEGAS REALTY
COMPANY INCREASES
ITS CAPITAL STOCK
Fine Acreage Acquired For
Subdivision. - Will Build
Attractive Bungalows.

The Las Vegas Realty Com
pany, which has been operating
| in Las Vegas for the past three
months with a capital of $4,000,
has found that there is a field
for activities for a much greater
capitalization. Mr.. d. Brinkhorst
has within the last thirty days
been added to the list of active
stockholders and has agreed to
underwrite the entire increase in
capital to 100000.
The company has made invest
| ment in what is probably as at
tractive a piece of close-in acre
age for subdivision as there is
about Las Vegas. This is the 5S
acres formerly owned by Mayor
Fred Hesse, c. S. Wengert and
A. c. Ronnow. located on Main
street directly south of town.
The ground has been plated and
number of the lots are already
spoken for.
The company also has negotia.
tions under way for another tract
equally suitable for subdivision
and it is the policy of the com
pany to subdivide only property
which is adjacent to the resi-.
dential sections of the city and
which can be improved immedi
ately
Arrangements have been made
with a contractor to build several
| four and five room modern, stuc
co bungalows with garage adjoin
ing. These will be offered to the
public at prices ranging from
$3,500 to S4,500. They viii be
strictly modern in type and in
terror finish, with lots graded
lawns and shrubbery planted
sidewalks and street curbs.
The policy of the company
with the able assistance of Mr.
Brinkhorst and his associates
will be to promote the best in
terests of the community by con
structive financial policies alonl
real estate lines. Mr. Brinkhorst
has wide experience as immigra
tion and industrial agent fol
several railroads and in coopera
ton with Chambers of Commerce
on colonization work. Based up
on his experience in colonizataion
of stump lands in Michigan, Mr.
Brinkhorst predicts that some OF
the rich and fertile lands in the
Vegas Valley can be made to
| flourish with the proper class OF
intensive cultivation on 20 and
40 acre plots The artesian water
supply is especially attractive in
such an enterprise.
With his associates who have
been with him in Las Vegas the
past week, Mr.. BrinkhOrst has
asked the Age to make it clear
that the activities of the com
pany will be based strictly upon
present local developments, with
an eye on the Boulder Dam
project only as it relates to the
future.
The local manager of the COM
pany is DR.. L. B. Sandal, with
an executive committee consist
ing of J. w. Wilson, DR.. L. B.
Sandal and S. r. Whitehead.
The Los Angeles offices of the
company will be on the eighth
floor Of the new Chester Viii
liams Building, Fifth and Broad
way
Mr.. Brinkhorst states that if
the thinking men of Las Vegas
will pull together Las Vegas will
grow with or without the Boulder
Dam development.
The legal matters pertaining to
the increase of capital stock of
the company were handled by
Frank A Stevens of the firm of
Stevens & Henderson, Las Vegas
attorneys.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-12
RECEIVES INJURIES
IN FALL FROM ENGINE

John J. Mcdonald, employed in
the shops here, had his spine
severely injured Wednesday
morning when he fell from a
locomotive and landed on his
back on a rail. He was taken to
the Railroad Hospital where he
was given aid. Mr.. Mcdonald is
much improved at this time but
viii not be able to return to work
for a few days.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-12
DIAMOND DUST

The P. Els put Bell in as a
pinch hitter in the 7th. but Smith
famed him easily. Bell is farm
ed by Portland to Ogden.
Lefty Cole has joined the local
team. He comes with an excel
lent record.
Muggs Lauffer deserted Holly
wood to join the Las Vegas taem
He is a star at second.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-12
MARRIAGE LICENSE

County Clerk Scott issued a
marriage license to Frank Her
bert GreenIeaf, aged 80, of Los
Angeles and Helen Daily, aged
2S, of New York City, Thursday.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-03-12
NEW CLUB HOUSE
BEING FURNISHED
All Work On Much Needed
Structure Done BY Fire
Bows.

A club house for the BOYS of
the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire De-
partment has just been finished
and is a credit to the boys. All
the work was done by the men
of the department under the di.
rection Of Jimmie Adams. The
expenses od the material going
into the building are paid by the
boys themselves.
For years such a place has
been needed Prior to the erec
tion of this place meetings OF
the department were held in the
old fire house. The fact that
there wer9 no doors en- the front
of the place made it impossible
to have a meeting during rainy
or cold weather If you ever
tried to hold a successful meet
ing where those present wers
obliged to sit on the running
board CT a truck and have the
rain beat down their necks yor
know what the fire boys were III
against.
Now they have a warm plac:
to meet and are rapidly acquiring
chairs to sit on. They did the
work themselves and paid for it
While the work was being done
the wives of those present served
a dinner which the boys claim
can't be beaten.
Such initiative is being reward
ed by the citizens of Las Vegas
the rewards being cash, with
which to buy furniture, or il
more convenient furniture itself
Thursday evening the follow
ing donations had been made:
Pacific Fruit Express Co. $50. .OC
First State Bank ....--...-.-...-.. 1000
NJ. M. Riley ----.....-........-......-.. 1000
Ed. Won Tobel .-.....-.-...........-.. 25.OO
Dr.. r. w. Martin ...-....,....... 1000
Frank Matzdorf .-........--.....-.. 1000
o. j. Smith ..-..-........-...-............ 1000
Fred Pennington. Writing desk
A. Corradetti Leather rocker
w. w. Dayis-..4 chairs and stool
Wallie Rhoads ds...........-.....-...-4 chairs
General Furni. Cos office chairs
w. H. Trele1se. Round table
City of Las Vegas---.-Gas heater
l.. " Hardware Paint for
Club House
w. II. Elwell Library table,
settee and three burner stove
Mrs. J. H. McChrystal. Victrola,
q records, desk, window shades
Carl Farrar .-----.-....--..-.....--2 Tables
c. A. Bryant Magazines
DR.. w. S. Park --............ Magazines
Mrs. l.. A. Rockwell Set of
Ash Trays
Las Vegas Review. Subscription
to paper
Las Vegas Age. Subscription
to paper
The men of the. fire depart
ment deeply appreciate these
gifts and express their thanks to
all.
However the club house isn't
fully furnished yet. More chairs
are needed. If you have anything
that you don't need and that will
help the boys out just notify
any member of the department.
The walls and floor are still
bare.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
KNOWN AS THE
SLEUTHING
INSTINCT

Types of detectives in real life
or in fiction vary from the astute
Sherlock Holmes model to the
burly, red.faced ex.polieeman plain
clothes man However. no matter
how widely different is the phys
ical aspect or mental ability a
man who is detective. or who
has been one, has a certain some
thing that he shares in common
with his fellow.trackers of crimi-
mails. Newspaper reporters, espe.
cially those who do routine or
police. work, also seem in many
cases to be marked with this in
definabIe stamp.
In the theatrical profession
throughout the world it is said
that American actors can play the
role of a detective better than
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
Gang to Amuse Vets

arrangements have been, per-
fected to send the members Of
Roxy's Gang to Walter Reed Hos
pital each week to entertain hos
pitalized veterans. Roxy's inter-
est in ex-service men. particu-
larly those who are disabled, was
evidenced in a practical manner
IN his drive to raise funds which
supplied radio sets to former
service men in institutions through.
nlTt the country, and the mem
bers of his Gang featured in
the stage presentations at the
Fox Theater have been instructed
by Mr. Rothafel, who is him.
self an ex-Marine officer, to give
freely of their time and talents
to entertain and cheer the boys.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
HE FELT AN URGE
AND SUCCESS
RESULTED

When George Jessel turned an
icy shoulder upon vaudeville and
musical comedy and Jared forth
into the emotional drama he
hardly could be accused of pick
ing soft spot upon which to lay
his talents. For a good many
trembling seasons Mr.. Jessei sang
and laughed himself into popu-
larity. He might have let well
enough alone and, following the
line Of least resistance, take the
profits as they came and let 1t go
at that. 1t would have been a
simple solution for a man of less
stirring ambition.
But Geor- Jessel felt a great
urge. Warfield had sprung from
burlesque into enduring fame: AL
Jolson had made a flying leap
from high-pitched warbling in Lew
Dockstader's minstrel troupe into
the greatest earning capacity the
theater of Broadway had ever
known. What Warfield and Jolson
had done with nothing more than
a little first-class talent gave
Jessel his inspiration. And when
ambition tagged and inspiration
diminished our newest emotional
actor was prodded into exhilara-
ton by a thousand friends.
The test of an actors ability Is
the power to compel response to
his emotions. In THE Jazz
Singer" in which Mr.. JesseI is
appearing and which win play
here at the National Theater for
one week, commencing Sunday
evening, October is. he makes his
audiences miserable and happy by
turns. There is nothing like
laughter nor deluge of tears to
bring auGtences and player to-
gether. Jessel has solved that
problem. 1t Is doubtful il any
actor has made his audience sob
more or lau n more delightedIy,
Warfield in hi prime wept dryly.
In THE Music Master" and in
The Grand Army Man" he wept
copiously, but never was his dis.
play of grief more sincere than
that which speaks in the genuine
tears of George Jessel. nor his
laughter more contagious.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
MOTHER NATURE,
ACCOMMODATING
SOUL

That the gods are not always
aligned against motion picture
companies was demonstrated to
Herbert Brenon by a sandstone
on the Great American Desert
during the filming of Beau
Geste," his latest effort for
Paramount. which opens today at
Loew's Columbia.
With Ronald Colman, Neil
Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Noah
Berry and Norman Trevor as the
principals, two thousand minor
players and an equal number of
horses and mules. Brenon and a
corps of assistants prepared for
the filming of an important sc.
quence in the perturbation OF
Percival G.. Wren's romantic
thriller of the French Foreign
Legion. A battery OF cameras
under the supervision of ]. Roy
Hunt was lined up to "shoot''
the action, supposedly transpir-
ing on the Sahara Desert.
Within five minutes after
starting. terrific sandstone had
blown up. sending great clouds
of sand from the dunes across
the foreground and nearly OBJ
securing the actors. Brenon con-
tinued grinding as the storm
merely heightened the realistic
effect of the action, and afforded
an opportunity for novel screen
effects. That particular Sc.
quence of the story required two
days, and in order to secure
scenes with a matching back
ground Of flying sand for the
succeeding days work, it would
be necessary to haul up to the
location, over sand trail diff
cult to negotiate, a fleet of heavy
wind machines to create an ar
tificial sand storm. Brenon an.
ticipated costly delay until the
machines with their aeroplane
propellors might be distributed
at the strategic points. In fact,
he was prepared to fill in the
lost time by photographing an
other portion Of the story.
But on the following day. as II
it had been ordered, a second
sandstone arose. Mother Ma
ture, duplicating her perform.
ance, put on a storm that even
a director as exacting as Her.
bert Brenon could not improve.
The order for wind machines
was cancelled, and the ink that
too frequently pursues film units
was routed.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
NAZIMOVA HERE
FOR A WEEK
AT KEITH'S

Nazimova is back in vaudeville
in one of the best sketches she
has ever had. 1t is called "A
Woman Of the Earth" a dramatic
playlet written for her by Edgar
Allan Woolf, and to be seen at
B. F. Keith's Theater this new
week.
The sketch deals with a Ru.
manian gypsy. suspected by the
townspeople of having killed the
priests brother. A mob of them
drag her from the gypsy camp
hurting both invectives and stones,
into the presence Of the priest.
He, at the time, is busy comfort.
Ing his sister-in-law. who. bereft
OF her husband, is left with two
little children to- rear.
Into his grey walled study the
town butcher. leader of the mob
outside, throws. Nazimova. The
priest manages to wiring from
tie gypsy girl the confession that
she killed his brother. At the
same time she discioses the fact
that the man she murdered was
her betrayer. nor was she aware
that he was married and the
father of two children.
In the end. with the crowd
outside yelling that she be thrown
to them. the priest saves her
life, and she in turn follows him
into his church, attracted by
new religion Of forgiveness.
Nazimova's sketch was held
for two weeks at the Palace,
New York, most unusual tri.
umph for a dramatic playlet.
During her two weeks, engage
ment at the Palace there were
priests and ministers at more
than half Of the performances.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08

HERE'S TREASON:
THE HERO GETS.
TROUJNCED!

There is a prize fight in the pic.
ture and the hero doesn't win it!
The picture is alias the Dea.
con-" starring Jean Hersholt,
which is the feature at the Rialto.
Few directors would admit that
the leading man couldn't stop
Gene Tunney or Jack Dempsey IL
they battled on the screen, but in
Alias the Deacon" logic prevails
instead of hackneyed moVieism.
The picture is unusual in many
ways. 1t presents Jean Hersholt,
the prominent character actor, In
sympathetic role, one of the few
he has ever played. Many stars
of the screen habitually play char.
acters much younger than them.
selves; Jean Hersholt is one of the
few real stars who deliberately
adds to his age when appearing
before the camera. "In Alias
the Deacon" Hersholt adds fifteen
years to his real age by the judi.
cious application of powder and
greasepaint, not relying upon the
faithful stand-bys of most actors
wigs and crepe whiskers-to create
the illusion of added years.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08

The latest director to utilize
the radio with tremendous sue.
cess Is Clarence Badger, engaged
In filming battle sequences for
Bebe Daniels latest farce of love
in the desert, "She's a Sheik. .
! Badgers problem was one of
having Touaregs and soldiers IN
battle on the desert photographed
at long range. The territory in.
volved extended over the dunes
for more than a mile. Obviously.
no other form of communication
was adequate to handle such a
situation.
The radio was called into play
A, portable broadcasting set and
twenty receiving sets were carried
across the sand dunes to location.
Strangely enough, 1t was the same
equipment that was used by
Cruze In directing the gigantic
sea battle sequences Of "Old Iron.
side" nearly two years ago.
At the base of = towering
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
RACCOON COATS,
SPORTS AND
GIRLS

THE College Widow" starring
Dolores Costello is announced by
Warner Brothers as the last pic
ture to complete their schedule of
26 Warner winners for 1926.1927.
1T will bring that seasons line
up to a close when it is released
to exhibitors on October 15-just
in time to reap the benefits of
public interest in football.
The College Widow" is adj
apted from the well.known story
by George AIDE. Archie Mayo
directed the screen version with
Miss Costello's supporting cast
including such names as William
Collier, ir., Anders Randolf. Doug
las Gerard, Grace Gordon,
Charles Males and Jess Hibbs.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
THE ADAPTABLE
AND STUDIOUS
MR.. LESTER

Elliott Lester, the author of
''The Medicine Man" the new
play which Sam :. Harris will
present at the Shubert-Belasco
Monday evening, is a curious ad-
mixture of the country boy and
the{city gentleman. He has divided
his. life between the rural country
and the pacing city. And he can
feel completely at home whether
he is staying at dingy hotel in
q small Texas town or whether
he is a guest at a palatial hotel
in any of the larger cities.
Mr.. Lester was born in the thriv-
ing town of Hoboken, N. j., but
don't hold that against him. At
the tender age Of three his family
froi Philadelphia. 1t was in this
country town that Elliott Lester
spent the early years of his life.
He attended the small country
schoolhouse and it was there that
he received his first intellectual
training.
Although of a studious DISPOSE
ton, he did not disregard the aged
maxim a ,ut "All work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy" So
Elliott Lester spent a good deal
of his time playing instead of
studying.
But later on he found time TO
study. In the natural course of
events, Mr.. Lester went to col
lege. Here he achieved one de-
gree, then another and he did not
etot educating himself until he
was the proud possessor of five
degrees. ranging in importance
from ALB. to a Ph.D. His alma
mater being the University of
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Lester naturally
spent most of his time in the city
of Philadelphia. He grew to love
the city, and since his college days
Philadelphia has been his home.
His second home is New York
city, and he commutes between
the two cities with an alarming
regularity.
AS professor of English in the
Philadelphia high schools, Mr..
Lester finds ample opportunity to
dabble in playwriting. In his
brief career he has turned out a
number of excellent manuscripts,
his best remembered being 1.-The
Mud Turtle" and "Wedlock." In
"Thc Medicine Man" Mr.. Lester
writes of people with whom he
had been in close contact during
his youth.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08


parallel, the broadcasting set was
installed. At the top, the micro.
phone was in the hands of
Director Badger. The receiving
sets were distributed at vantage
points, some OF them going to
the soldiers, some to the Touaregs
and others to various camera sta
tions.
With everything in readiness
for the filming of the battle,
Badger finished his instructions
by talking in an ordinary tone
of voice into the microphone.
Cameras started grinding at his
signal and from that time on
every bit of action was controlled
by the man at the top of the
parallel who lifted his voice not
once.
The filming for these sequences
for She's a Sheik" gave Badger
his first opportunity Of utilizing
the radio.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
TOuarges! Know En-?

The first featured appearance
on the screen of the Touaregs,
colorful mounted nomadie
"sheiks" of Algeria on the Sahara
Desert. is made in Beau Geste."
which is now showing at Loew's
Columbia Theater.
These romantic people, enacted
by hundreds of the finest riders
in western America, are shown
attacking French Foreign Legion
fort. At the present time the
Touaregs, former enemies of the
French, are their strong allies.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
Some Attractions
For the Week
Following

NATIoNAL-George Jessel
in THE jazz Singer"
KEITH'S-Julian Eltinge,
in new gowns and jewels.
GAYETY-"Jiggs, Maggie
and Dinty," a cartoon musical
comedy.
STRAND-'"The Naughty
Nifties," burlesque.
EARLE-Donald Kerr and
Effie Weston; others, and
pictures.
METROPOLITAN - "The
Rough Riders" with Noah
Berry, George Bancroft.
RIALTO-Adolphe Meniou
in "A Gentleman of Paris"
COLUMBIA ~ "Ben Hur."
following the current film.
Beau Geste."
PALACE-W. C. Fields in
Running Wild" Ted Lewis
on the stage.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08

obtained picture rights recently
for Fox, is considered likely.
With Movietone perfected to
a point where the human voice
is transmitted as though through
actual presence, only for the
physical absence, full length
takers are being earnestly con-
sidered as a permanent COM
modify on market rapidly grow
ing satiated with the usual in
films.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
III YOU'D BE AN
ACTOR BE
YOURSELF
BE yourself. "

This sounds like the title Of a
new comedy-but it. is not. It's
just a bit of advice by William
Haines. Incidentally it's the
secret Of his success-the secret
of his rise in a years time to
full.fleged screen stardom.
Haines' formula is simple-he
tries to be just as natural on
the screen as he is off it.
"If l had my say" remarked
Haines, between scenes in Spring
Fever" his new Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer vehicle now playing at
Lewis Palace. every one of my
pictures would be done in over.
alls. There's nothing so annoy.
ing to me as to have to stand
around all day in dinner clothes
because it makes me feel I'M
comfortable. and the more I'M
comfortable feel the less natural
| feel. Fear of spelling make
up-fear of relaxing for fear of
wrinkIing clothes-these are the
things that ruin the actors
chances.
but in overalls or sports
clothes-a man can do as he
pIeases. And, il he can be
natural he can't help succeed.
ing That's. the one thing that
gets across on the screen"
Haines' new picture il
romance of the golf links, with
Joan Crawford az the heroine
and cast that includes George
Fawcett, Lee Moran, Eileen
Percy, George K. Arthur, Ed
ward Earle. Bert Woodruff and
others of note. Edward Sergwick
is the director.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08


anyone else. The truth OF this
would be hard to definitely ascer-
tain, but it is fact that the OPP
portunity to play detective role
is usually eagerly seized at by
actors. .
This, of course, is due in great
measure to the fact that the role
of the detective Is generally
leading one or OF such Importance
in play that it allows the actor
to dominate any scene in which he
appears.
Now Thomas Mitchell. who has
the leading role Of Tom .Glennon. A
plain. everyday sort of detective
in the melodrama. 'One of the
Finest, !" is not only an American
actor of ability. but also has been a
newspaper man.,
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
THE GATE POST
q By Harold Philips :

heavy siege amparts
More than we've pleasantly afoo
Mrs sponsors 1.-THE Beggars' month
Early in November the fourth be precise Deems Tayo The
Kings Henchman which Edna St. Vincent May coabor
ated will be heard On November Z T. Arthur opens what
he will be successful light the President
Theater Some time in December Townsend will be
with Of December
the Abons will including
stellar lures, "Thas" "gnon" and "Hansel and Gree"
There also the possibility before Spring squats
winters lap, that will have visit from the Metropolitan
AS skilled harmOn player anxiety the first
boom is more than 81 4
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
g Mike Is Director 5
Adm Battle Doings

Radio, which proved such boon to the direction Of
motion pictures some time ago. is again demonstrating its
lndlspensabity Tried large scale for the first
time during the filming of Od Ironsides' which James
Crze directed for Paramount it recognized ss one
OF the essentials of motion picture production equipment
when large groups bodies active before the camera
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
IL Tons Of Family

The Waite Family Of five,
singers and dancers with Jimmie
Cooper's Black and White
Revue, at the Gayety Theater
this week. aggregate a total of
5000 pounds. None of the five
members of the family are
freaks, Notwithstanding their
flesh. All of them are frisky,
nimble and lightfooted.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
THUMBNAH DATA
ON PICTURE
FOLK

DOLA NEGRI. whose real name
il Is Appollonia Challupes, was
horn in Bromberg. Poland. Her
fathers business was practically
destroyed by the Polish revolu.
ton and she was unable to at.