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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-04
CONFESsES 30 ROBBERIEs

BU CNttCU PTcSS
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Richerd By
IS years old, Of Uniontown, Pa,
under arrest here today, followi
his seizure by police while i'm the !
Of blowing a theater safe. Byro q
fessed to the authorities that he co
mitted thirty robberies before leayi
Uniontown.
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SHUNS NEWSPAPERS

BIZ Jnited Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Andrews,
in charge Of prohibition enforcement,
never reads newspapers which print
so much about him and his work. He
spends his spare time reading books
on philosophy, which he believes aids
in his law enforcement work.
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Miscellaneous Wanted

HOUSE cleaning? Your surplus clothing.
furniture. magazines. papers will help
to help others saiyStio1 Army iF RiIsS
1922. 127 W. Georgia.
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FIRES MAY HALT TRAIT
Anderson Signs to Flash Red OF
Sides, Plan,
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special W
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 4.--CItyVt.l
ficials are working on plans whereas,
traffic signals may flash red on all
sides when the fire department IS
making 3, run.
Fire Chief c. G. Afford is advocate
ing the plan. While answering al
fire recently he ran through red
sign and collided with another ma
chine, driven by Clartnce Stanley,
Union Traction official.
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100000 LOSS IN FIRE
Explosions Add to Damage SusfN
BY Oil Company. MI
~ United Press

BIZ UHtted Press
ROSSLYN, Va, Jan. 4.-DaI haI
estimated at 100000 was Cd ust
here last night by fire and expld 80
which wrecked two buildings az I'll
Penn Oil Company and threatened
devastate the entire town. Mud
valuable machinery was destroyed
company officials said.
A slight breeze kept blazes frol
jumping to the company's nearH
storage tanks containing 100000 bal
rels Of gasoline and oil, until fireme|
arrived from Washington and AleI
andria. Five million gallons of gas4
line and oil were stored in a hak
mile radius. The fire is believed II
have started in a short circuit ind n
automobile tank truck. A
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Best Market for Homestead Estate for Sale Ads!
Automobiles for Sale

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Trucks
Legal Notices

LEGAL SALE
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the
statutes that the undersigned conducting
q public storage house will on Wednesday,
Feb. 2. 1927. sell for accrued charges the
household and other goods belonging to
the following named people:
Azelia Birdine B11372. Mrs. Flora
9 Bourne T Bl0IO9. I, i Buckles B55lS'
Sex SSss BS sb1 K1 MTs Shift MI K1
Milton B113OO, Everett Middaugh B10S32,
George Merritt B1121S, Mrs, Henrietta
Morgan B10542. Peter Freng B10933. w.
II. Thomas B1123S, H. NJ. Mitchell
B11022 Metro Loan Co. BlI3S4. Mrs.
ford B10633. Mrs. Elizabeth Smock
B10363.
SHANK FURNITURE AND STORAGE co.
227 n. New Jersey ST.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
SUPREME COURT ASKED
TO CONSIDER REVERSING
ITSELF in HOTEL CASE

The state supreme court has been
asked by E. s. Clark, attorney for Mr..
and Mrs. John Weatherford of this
city, to reconsider its verdict in the
Weatherford-Hal case and to grant a
hearing for argument by plaintiff
counsel.
The supreme court recently reversed
the decision of the local superior
court, the latter having broken the
five year renewal lease given Mrs. l..
R. Hall of the Weatherford hotel by
Mr.. Weatherford, on Mrs. Weather
ford's contention that she had not
signed the lease. The supreme court
unanimously decided Mrs. Halls lease
valid. In the meantime Mr. and Mrs.
Weatherford have possession of the
hotel
1t is believed by C. B. Wilson of
this city, attorney for Mrs. Hall, that
the final settlement of the case in
favor of his client will not be greatly
delayed by the motion for reconsider
alton of the verdict. 1t is pointed out
that the supreme court very seldom
reverses itself.
Mrs. Hall was here last week from
Kingman, where she is in charge of
the Beale hotel, for consultation with
Mr.. Wilson.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
STATE GAME PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION MEETS in .
FLAGSTAFF NEXT FRIDAY

Delegates from all over Arizona
will meet in Flagstaff on Friday,
October 81, for the fifth annual meet
ing of the Arizona Game Protective
association.
This association was organized in
1928 when the first annual meeting
was held. Since then, a healthy
growth resulted and today there are
fourteen locals with total member
ship of an excess of 1900 men interes-
ted in an increase of game and fish
and up-to-date laws.
Much has been accomplished the past
five years. The present major work
is to accomplish a revision of our OBJ
solete game and fish laws by secur-
ing an entirely new code that will fit
conditions found in Arizona today.
All local men are invited to attend
the meeting which will be called at
1000 a. M, October 21 at the Hotel
Monte Vista.
On Monday evening, October H.,
the Flagstaff G. p "A. will hold an
important meeting at the court house
at 7:45 m. All members and those
interested in intelligent game and
fish propagation work are urged to
be present.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
MRS. c. B. WILSON, MRS. F.C.
SPENCER FIRST WOMEN TO
FLY OVER GRAND CANYON

Mrs. c. B. Wilson of Flagstaff and
Mrs. f. C. Spencer Of Grand Canyon
are the first women ever TO fly over
Grand Canyon.
They went over Monday morning in
company with Mr. Wilson in the Scenic
Always Stinson-Detroit plane now at
Grand Canyon, SIR. Graham pilot.
Both the ladies-and Mr. Wilson as
well-were most enthusiastic over the
flight and the wonderful panorama
revealed to them during their trip
over the great gorge, which is II
miles wide at that point. The plane
went over the rim near El Tovar
hotel and to the other side, then
above the forest and the new hotel
being built on the north rim by the
Union Pacific railroad, and started
back The entire distance from the
new air-field IL miles south Of the
rim to the north rim and back took
only 35 minutes, and it seemed all too
short for the ladies', who said they
suffered no unpleasant sensation and
in a moment after they left the
ground were not afraid at ALL How
ever, they said, when they went over
the rim and the great depths Of the
canyon yawned suddenly beneath
them, they got thrill they never will
forget.
Victor Patrosso, manager Ell Tovar
hotel, and many others have recently
accompanied Pilot Graham-a genial
and interesting former war CORE
spondent-in his daily flights. George
Reed of Los Angeles, division super
intendent for the Harvey system, and
j. E. Shirley of Grand Canyon, trans
portation manager for the system,
also flew across on Monday, and that
evening it was great stuff to happen
on one of them and hear him casually
mention it.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
Plane on Ocean
Flight Drops In
Sea; Pilots Safe
PLANE is FORCED DOWN BY
BROKEN OIL PIPE 1000 MILES
OFF THE FRENCH SEACOAST

London, Oct. 13.-The text of a
radio message received from the Dutch
tanker Barendrecht, relayed by the
British steamer BayanO to the Deviz-
zes RADIO istatiOn, said:
Saved crew of flying engine NX-
1884 from New York to Paris. Both
well. Engine destroyed by fire while
saving. Trying to land both at Azores
Position 43.43 north, 21.39 west"
(The word engine was evidently
used in place of airplane.)
Wednesday the monoplane Amer.-
can Girl presumably was speeding
eastward over the Atlantic ocean to-
ward Paris, bearing Ruth Elder near
er to a realization of her ambition to
be the first woman to fly across the
Atlantic.
The comely 25-year-old Florida avi-
atrix, who said she was relying upon
God and the prayers of her mother for
successful termination of the ven-
ture, hoped off from Roosevelt Field
at 4:04 p. m Tuesday, with Captain
George Haldeman as co-pilot. If all
went well, they expected to reach their
goal in SO to AZ hours. A hop in 50
hours would put them in Paris at 7:04
a. m. Thursday, eastern standard time,
or 1904 p. m. Thursday, Paris time.
The flyers were following a course
that called for the longest over-water
hop on record, flight of nearly $500
miles along the shipping lanes adirect-
ly from Long Island to the French
coast.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
SEASON OPENS AGAINST
PRESCOTT HERE TODAY

Flagstaff High school football team
gets into action this afternoon when
it meets the strong Prescott high
team in game at City park field.
Flagstaff is somewhat handicapped
by getting late start but Coach
Preston has been working the boys
hard in their two weeks practice and
expects them to give a good account
of themselves. Prescott, although los
ing a game to Phoenix by a one-sided
score, are reported to be strong, and
in Hubbard, fullback, they have a
hard man to stop The down-state
team has held the edge over Flagstaff
in the past two years but followers of
the Green and Brown feel that this is
their year to turn the trick and turn
in win.
The game will be called at 3 p. m.
and there ought to be large crowd
on hand to watch the battle between
the Eagles" and the Badgers"
The probable Flagstaff lineup to
start the game: Caffey, le.; Wright,
Steinmetz or Hanse, It,; Slipher, l.g.;
Brandes, c.; Thomas, r.g.; Dunman,
r.t.; Wolf, re-; Mier or Freeman,
q.b.; June and Prochnow, h.b.; Capt.
"Babe" Cameron, f.b. Substitutes:
Martin, Dick Prochnow, jake, Nc
Cauley, Salas, Wright, Hilkins, Davis,
Solberg and Vow.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
STATE BANKERS HERE FOR
24TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

Flagstaff is full of bankers today.
They have come from all over this
state and from many of the larger
western cities to attend the Oath an
nual convention of the Arizona Bank
ers association here today and tomor-
row. Many of them are accompanied
by their ladies.
The business sessions will be held
at the courthouse, A. M. Gillespie,
president Nogales National bank,
president of the association, presiding.
The first meeting will be at 10 this
morning. Following the call to or
der, America" will be sung. Rev.
Edward L. Freeland will give the in
vocation. The address of welcome
will be by DR.. Grady Gammage Re-
sponse will be by George L. Ramsey,
president Consolidated National bank,
Tucson. President Gillespie will give
his annual report, to be followed by
other reports, then an address by w.
d. Ellis, president Federal Intermedi-
ate Credit bank of Berkeley, Calf.
Appointment of committees will pre-
cede noon adjournment.
This afternoon comes the reports of
the law and protective committees, an
address by Attorney C. B. Wilson of
this city, report of the agricultural
committee, address by Harry G. Sax
on, president Arizona Cattle Growers
association; report of educational COM
mittee.
Following adjournment of this ses-
sion, the members of the association
will elect a member of the executive
council of the American Bankers as
sociation, to serve for three years,
succeeding G.. ]. Walters of Kingman;
a state vice president to serve one
year, succeeding L. H. VanSpanck-
eren; member and alternate member
of the 1928 nominating committee and
state vice-presidents, each to serve
one year, for the following divisions
of the national association: National
bank, savings bank, state bank, trust
company.
The third session, at $50 tomorrow
morning, includes report auditing COM
mittee, address by Fred H. Olander,
vice president National Live Stock
Commission company, Kansas City;
address by Prof. E. C. Class Of Teach
ers college, reports of committees and.
election of officers.
The entertainment program in
cludes:
This afternoon at one, bridge lunch
can in honor of visiting ladies at Hotel
Monte Vista
This evening at eight, dinner dance
at Hotel Monte Vista. Arrangements
have been made with DIR. V. M. Sliph-
er of Lowell observatory, whereby any
visitors who do not attend the dance
may visit Lowell observatory at nine
tonight. Automobiles will be provid-
Continued on page 81
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
GETTING READY FOR
GRAND CANYON FILM

The Pathe- DeMille moving picture
company to navigate the Colorado
river from a point in Utah, through
Grand Canyon, this state, to Needles,
and which is to start soon, will go to
the boats by a northern route and it
is reported most of the company is al
ready there. f. c. LaRue is the guide
and Billie Boyd the star The desert
radio station which is to relay to the
news associations and the army the
daily radio reports from the boats has
been erected beyond the Gap and is
in charge of an army radio expert as
sisted by five men.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
Sanford ROWe Tells
HOIU Famous Well
Vas First Located

Sanford Rowe, the man who discov-
cred the only well along the south rim
of Grand Canyon, was in the city
Tuesday from his ranch in the Coco
nino Basin.
He discovered the well known
"Rowe's Well" over thirty-seven years
ago with the aid of Big jim, Supai
Indian. Mr. Rowe really discovered
the location through watching big
deer track A slight moisture gave
him a hunch that there might be wa
ter underneath, and he located the
spot and afterwards went back to test
out his discovery. This famous old
we'll has stood the test of time and is
now going better than ever, furnish
ing water for the Rowe's Well camp
grounds, now thriving little tourist
village.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
SCENIC AIRWAY OFFICIALS
HERE TOMORROW HOPING
TO SECURE LANDING FIELD


J. Parker VanZandt, president, and
B. Russell Shaw, builder Of airfields
for Scenic Airways, Inc, will be in
Flagstaff tomorrow TO ascend San
Francisco Peaks with the party at
tending the bankers convention here
today and tomorrow and from that
point to get an idea of the surround
ing country and attempt to select the
most available location for an air land
ing field here.
These gentlemen, who with their
associates are now building the big
new landing field south of Grand
Canyon, have been. operating their
Rainbow Route" planes successfully
for four years. In that time they
have carried $4,000 passengers be-
tween Detroit and Grand Rapids,
Mich, without single accident. In
all that time, operating there and else
where, there have been but three acci-
dents to any of the officers or en-
ployees. One was a slip walking on
the ice, another was when tool drop
ped and hit someone on the head.
The other was equally negligible and
none were received in connection with
flying.
One of the officials now at Grand
Canyon is an official of the Ford
Motor company, and it is understood
that Henry Ford is directly or indi-
rectly interested financially
1t is the hope of the officials to
find suitable landing field close to
Flagstaff They say that none of the
nearer fields either east or west are
large enough. Moreover, they want
a field at Flagstaff as they feel that
it is the most important city-as well
as the one most advantageously To-
Gated from a scenic standpoint-be-
tween Albuquerque and Los Angeles.
They plan to have d field near Rain
bow Natural bridge and at other
scenic points in northern Arizona, and
link the whole to0ether in compre-
hensiye trip schedule.
The plane now at Grand Canyon
carries five passengers and the driver.
1t is similar to the one Charles Lind
burgh flew across the Atlantic, a
Stinson-Detroit weighing 2100 pounds,
with single Wright whirlwind motor.
The seats are comfortable upholstered
cane, with plenty OF mead room.
A 25-passenger plane will be
brought here soon, to be the chief one
used in the flights, though one or
more OF the smaller planes will be
part of the equipment.
The Grand Canyon landing field is
next to the highway, II miles this
side of the canyon. A big tractor is
clearing runways. The two runways,
in the form of a cross, are a hundred
feet wide. One is about mile long,
Continued on page 81
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
WANT TO EARN SOME
EXTRA MONEY? HERE'S
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY

!. The Sun this week starts the
I. publication Of its Busy Ad Mans
:. page and each Friday for 10
!. weeks it will be published in The
!. Sun. Twenty of Flagstaff's
!. merchants will have a message
!. for you, and every week the
: Busy Ad Man will ask 10 ques-
I. tions, the answers to which will
I. be found after careful perusal
!. of the different advertisements
Z on that page.
!. For the three most successful
!. answers The Sun will each week
7. award three cash prizes of SIS,
!. SO, and 81. For example of the
:. kind of questions that will be
!. asked, we will use one from
: previous ad: 'In what advertise
!. ment is a name mentioned that is
;. identical with the ammunition
!. used in small guns ?" This
!. question was answered by the
!. headline in one of the advertise
!. ments which said, meet Miss
!. Irma Beebe." +"
: Anyone may participate in this
!. interesting game, except persons
: employed on The Sun, or immedi-
: ate members of their families.
: For more complete set of rules
governing the awarding of prizes
: see the Busy AID Mans page.
: Get into this interesting game.
!. The whole family will enjoy it
: and three or four pairs of eyes
: are better than one and the game
!. will be a profitable form Of
!. amusement clean-cut test of
: skill and observation. Turn now
). to the Busy Ad Mans page and
!. try to earn some Christmas
: money.
. ;. !. :. =. :. ,. !. :. :. !. !. :. !. :.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
COUNTY ENGINEER LOOKS
AFTER FREDONIA HIGHWAY

County Engineer J. B. Wright left
this week in his car by way of
Lees Ferry for Fredonia, there to
make arrangements for surfacing a
short link in the Fredonia- -Kanab
road.
Major Wright will visit Kanab to
confer with forest officials regarding
further road building by the service
of the road through the forest from
Fredonia to Houserock valley. The
service has built % miles of fine road
on that unit and there remains about
Is miles on the east end, including the
Buckskin mountains grade, to be
built. 1t is felt that this will be taken
care of by the forest service within a
short time.
Messrs. Hughes and Mcdonald, u
S. bureau of public roads officials, re-
Gently went over the road from Flag
staff to Lees Ferry and north and are
intensely interested in securing funds
for improving it. Major Wright be-
lieves that their enthusiasm over that
route, with the assured cooperation of
State Engineer Lefebyre, will result
in its being placed on the state seven
per cent system before long. He has
an idea that by the time the new
bridge at Lees. Ferry is completed
plans will be pretty well under way
for building an improved highway all
the way from Cameron to Fredonia,
through the cooperation Of the bureau
of public roads, the state, the Indian
department and the forest service.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
Bob Koch NOlU Here
With A. L. & r. Co.

Bob Koch came up from Phoenix
the last of last week and on Monday
assumed his new duties as outside as
sistant to his father, |. B. Koch, vice
president and general manager of the
Arizona Lumber & Timber Co.
George Myers, as during the last
several years, has general charge of
the office for Mr.. Koch.
Bob had intended permanently To-
eating in Phoenix, but finally yielded
to the requests of his father and of
T. A. and NJ. j. Riordan, respectively
president and secretary of the COM
pany, that he take the outside super
intendency for the company. His wife
will be here little later from their
Ventura home.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Koch are now in
Phoenix, arriving there a few days
ago from California, where Mr.. Koch
went about two weeks ago on vaca-
ton. They will return to their Flag
staff home in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob's many Flagstaff
friends are delighted over their COM
ing here to live.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
RUTH ELDER DROPS With PLANE IN SEA
STAY YOUR HAND! MAYBE
THEM DANCED PRAIRIE
DOGS WILL BE VALUABLE

That there may be the birth of a
new industry in this county soon is the
belief of Don Gilchrist, chief of rodent
control for this state, belief engen-
dered by receipt from a big fur house
on the coast for samples of our prai-
RE dog skins.
The request was made through Paul
G. Reddington, chief U. S. biological
survey, on his way through here re-
Gently to Alaska.
Don sent dozen skins to the fur
house last week. 1t cost him fourteen
20 calibre bullets at half a cent each
to get the IL dogs, two of them hav-
ing dropped into their holes after he
killed them. Skinning took five min
utes apiece, though he says probably
an expert would have skinned them
twice as fast. Then they were put on
wire stretchers and hung in the shade
couple weeks.
Iii 1913 samples of our prairie dog
skins were sent to various houses here
and abroad, nothing coming of it. But
fur conditions have changed lot since
then. In 1913 there was no market
for local rabbit skins, but there is
now. This because the Australian
supply is pretty well exhausted. An
other factor contributing to increase
of prices is the internal trouble both
Russia and China are having, those
countries formerly having produced a
great deal more fur than now.
In 1913 coyote skin brought SO;
now it brings from So to $12.
1t was thought by the furrier to
whom the skins were sent that they
might be used in place of rat skins,
which now are in great demand. A
great fault with the latter is that
they are frequently Scared, through
the rats fighting. Prairie dog skins
are seldom SCARED this way; also they
are much tougher than rabbit skins,
in that essential being about the same
as rat skins.
AS there are several million acres
in Coconino county where the biolog
ical survey hasn't killed any dogs, the
supply is great Probably there could
be a combination of marketing and
poisoning, should the hides prove mar
ketable, because when poisoned the
dogs do not as rule die in the bur-
rows. On one $40 acre tract in this
county the biological survey men
picked up 1900 dead dogs the day aft
er the tract had been poisoned.
Some of the big land-holders in this
section may have wealth in the hith-
erto despised prairie dog exceeding in
value the sheen and cattle they could
produce on the same range.
The Coconino sun., 1927-10-14
Wool Growers To
Meet Tomorrow

The state marketing committee of
the Arizona Wool Growers associa-
ton will meet here tomorrow to dis
cuss the seasons business and to for
mulate plans for the handling Of the
1928 wool clip, it was announced by
A. A. Johns, president of the associa-
ton. Among those expected to be
here are E. A. Sawyer, chairman of
the board of directors; T. f. Pollock,
C. J. Loe, executive vice president of
the Valley bank; H. ]. McClung, presi-
dent of the Arizona Central bank; M.
sB. Hazeltine, president of the Bank of
Arizona; H. " Watson, president Of
the Arizona Live Stock Loan COM
pany; A. A. Johns, president of the
Arizona Wool Growers association;
and H. B. Embach, secretary Of the
association.