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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-24
SCHOONER IN
ATLANTIC HAS
PLANE IN TOW
Believed to Be That of Com.
mander de Pinedo, En-
Route to Azores
DID NOT REACH ISLAND
Some Think Plane May Be
Nungesser's, Although Way
Off Route Planned
DID NOT REACH ISLAND

Lisbon, May 24-(AP)-A
radio message, received direct
ly from Comm ander francesca
de Pinedo here today, stated
he was being tOwed to the
A1orys and that he needed no
further assistance. The com.
mander suffered no injury in
the descent cf his plant to the
sea.
New York, May 24-(AP)
The first definite word that
Francesca de Pinedo, four con-
tinent aviator, was apparently
safe was reported this after.
noon by the Radio Corporation
Of America to The Associated
Press, in q radiogram picked
up by the Radio Corporations
coastal station at Chatham.
Mass, reporting 'all welT
with his plane. Santa Maria.
The Radio Corporation said
the message, originating with
the steamer CabO Torres, was
relayed through the Leviathan
and read:
Sailing vessel Infanta
Vesagres, bound southeast,
towing Italian hydroplane,
Santa Maria Savoia l0O16.
tAll WE'LL"
The CabO Torres was at lat
;tude ALPS north and lOngi-
tude 1928 west when the sail,
ing vessel towing the Italians
plane was sighted at 1880
G. NJ. T. or $50 eastern day
light time.
London, May 24.-tR)--An airplan!
n tow of a schooner in the Atlanti
Tot far from the Azores Islands wa
assumed today to be IN
,lanc Of Commander de Pincdo, tn
Italian four-contincnt flyer. He lef
rrepassey, N. F., early yesterda
n morning and was due to reach tn
Azores on the return flight to !tal
ast night, but so far as could b
earned here this morning, he ha
lot yet reached the islands.
The report of the plane in toy
came in radio message from tn
steamer Oilfield. A government
message from the Aquitani
read: 1.-THE steamship Oilfielt
latitude 4l.O6. longitude 33.39, o
May %, 1880 Greenwich time (l1:3
D. m.) sighted three-maste
schooner towing airplane, steerin
rast. Hailed schooner but, owing t
darkness, couldn't get any detail
from her.
"She continued on course; did nc
answer Morse lamp signals. Plan
believed to have twin engines. singi
wing, appeared to have tricolor ,
rudder."
Far Out Of Course
The position given in this mes
sage would indicate that, II the plan
in TOW is that Of De Pinedo, he &C
far out of his course, being consi(
crably southwest Of the Azores.
The message was received at abol
the time a dispatch came from Hort
capital Of Fayal, one Of the Azore
group, revealing that, as midnigt
approached, nothing had been hear
of the flyer and his two companion
The weather was rainy. althoug
the sea smooth.
Last night report came to Lol
don that a large white plane hs
been sighted at a point roughly 81
miles from the Azores, and it WI
believed this was the Italian plane.
While the "tri-color on rudde
gave rise to conjecture that tn
towed plane might be the nissin
Nungesser-C Coli TRANSATLANTIC plan
acronautic circles pointed that Il
section Of the ocean in question WI
far removed from the route taken
$ho Eronch flvars
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-24
Weather Report

Weather conditions at North Da-
kota points for the "a hours ending
at Z a. m. today:
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

the town and of the Santa Fe Railway
Company and the stockmen were to be
taken care of, proceeded on their own
account by the expenditure of approx
imately $4,000, to impound the
waters in the canyon southeast of
town by the building of a dam about.
1000 feet in length and 40 feet in
height, creating thereby the magni-
flcent, t,body of water seven miles long,
which is now known as Lake Mary.
This lake was named after the eldest
daughter Of 7. A. Riordan, president
of the company. While this body of
water has thus far benefited only
the stockmen and the railroad which
skirts its shores, it is wonderful
asset to Flagstaff in that it is assured
this additional water for itself and
the railroad when it might become
necessary to use it, And in addition
it has created one Of the most at
tractive summer tourist camping
grounds and fishing resorts in north
ern Arizona.
In 1920 negotiations were taken up
with the Santa Fe Railway company
looking toward the further develop
ment of the city's water system,
which it was felt necessary to under
take if we were to have a dependable
supply and storage, and at the same
time furnish the Santa Fe Railway
with its requirements at this point
In 1924 these negotiations were finally
concluded by the signing of contract
between Flagstaff and the Railway
company, which contract offered the
basis for the floating and sale of the
$475, 100000 bond issue by the City Of
Flagstaff, and the expenditure of this
sum in the development of the head
waters of the spring, the construction
Of 14-inch concrete flow line from
the springs to a new 50-million gallon
reservoir which gave Flagstaff flow
line with a capacity Of five million
gallons in "a hours, a storage capa-
city of close to los million gallons,
in addition to an entirely new distri-
button system from the reservoir to
the City, and large mains through
the principal streets, insuring ample
fire protection. Furthermore by the
completion of this new system the
city received from the Santa Fe rail
way company a deed in perpetuity to
the springs, the land upon which they
are located, the pipe line, the entire
reservoir system, old and new, the
city thereby coming into full owner
ship Of the entire system.
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STORAGE INCREASED FROM
THREE TO lO5,OOO,OO
GALLONS SINCE YEAR 1898.

the amount of water available. There
were few if any bath tubs in town.
The Old Town spring would go dry
occasionally but the Leroux Spring
has never been known to go entirely
dry. so that when the water was
hauled from Leroux Spring it was
scarce and expensive. Fire fighting
was a heroic task in those days An
old wooden tank, 500 gallons capacity,
which was kept up by the A. L. &
T. mill, would race down from the
mill and long line made up of any
one who was available would haul
the water from the tank and throw
it on the fire If the fire had gained
any headway at all it always meant
a total loss. In about 1895 the Town
purchased a twelve-man hand pump
and this was attached to the tank for
pumping purposes. Continual dry
spells and expensive water, added to
a growing community, induced the
people to look about for water supply
prospects. Jack Smith seemed to
offer the greatest advantages.
The Santa Fe Railway company
owned the land on which the Jack
6H1ACL sopI1tiS Wdo lCCdtCu anu lOdD-
bitt Brothers held a lease on the
spring for a short period in about
1886 or 1887. 1t was decided to in
vestigate the possibilities of a flow
line from the spring toward town,
and preliminary survey was made
by a Mr.. McWilliams in about 1895
He was backed by Mr. Fleming town.
er of the Fleming Building in Phoe-
nix), and their plan was to supply
the town with water at an annual
cost of s2,2000.00 for % fire hydrants.
This project never materialized, al
though the line as surveyed by Mr..
McWilliams was practically the same
as it exists today.
In 1893 julius Aubineau, mayor of
Flagstaff, and to his untiring efforts
are due in a large measure the final
construction of the flow line and the
first reservoir, engaged the Railroad
company engineers to make a survey
at cost of approximately 100000.
These engineers were George Burns,
Chief Engineer on the project, Mr.
Vanderworker, Edward Louns, Mr..
White, Mr.. Harris (now chief engi-
neer of the Santa Fe railroad), and
James Lamport. A bond election was
held and S95, 100000 voted to be ex-
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
RIVER De FLAG
SLOPS ALL OVER

(Coconino Sun Of April 4, 1909
Monday the River de Flag, as the
wash is called, that carries the waters
from the mountains through the town
started on rampage
The flow of water, due to the melt
ing snow and falling rain, increased
until four O'Clock Wednesday morning
when it reached its highest stage,
when that portion Of the town lying
between Leroux and Sitgreaves streets
in the flat part of town north of the
railroad tracks was under water from
an inch to fifteen feet deep, and the
country south of the railroad track
and west was a flood of muddy wa
ter.
The flood was unexpected and great
was the surprise of the residents of
the flat ON awakening on Wednesday
morning to find the water surround
ing their homes and in a number of
places running through their houses.
At midnight the stream broke over
the banks and as nearly as possible
took it's former course, carrying de
struction before it. Aspen avenue
suffered more than any other street,
it being washed impossible for dis
tance of five hundred feet. Sidewalks
were afloat all along the submerged
streets.
It is impossible to estimate the
damage done. Five foot bridges were
washed away, three wagon bridges.
will have to- be rebuilt, besides many
hundreds of feet of sidewalks, and
the rpnaiT Of Strepts which ware
washed into gullies.
The plumbing and tin shop of VIM.
Freidlien was damaged to a greater
extent than any other building in the
overflowed district, the water ran
through these buildings for hours, and
the contents were badly damaged. The
water stood in the residence of A. A.
Fisher to the depth of eleven inches,
and the carpets and furniture were
almost ruined. A couple of ladies oc-
cupying room on the lower floor
had the contents Of their trunks
ruined with water. The occupants
awoke in the morning to find the room
knee deep in water
The flood put fifteen inches Of wa
ter in the cellar Of the Hotel Wealth
erford, which was pumped out by the
hand fire engine in the afternoon.
The occupants in every residence in
the flooded district were imprisoned
in their homes for several hours dur
ing Wednesday morning, until the wa
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

ditional s10,500.00 in bonds was voted
to finish the project. All of these
bonds have been paid off with the
exception Of $4,000 worth, which
are due for retirement between 1926
and 1928, when the last of them will
be paid off.
As part Of this work a six-inch Wit
rified pipe line was constructed from
a dam at Jack Smith Spring to
a three-million gallon reservoir, which
still stands not far from the present
reservoir. This pipe was connected
with the dam up at the springs, but
the dam later became useless on
account Of leaks, and in the summer
of 1899 the present tunnels leading
to the water sources were dug by
John Marshall. From the reservoir
to the town there was laid an 8-inch
cast iron pipe. This system was
completed in 1899 and about 900
service connections were made.
In about the year 1900 it was found
the Flagstaff and Snowslide Springs
to the Jack Smith Spring intake, and
the Arizona Lumber e Timber Com
pany advanced the money for the de-
velopment Of these springs and the
installation of a four-inch riveted
steel line.
When the water system was COM
pleted into town hose carts were do
mated by Ed Aver, ID. NJ. Riordan
and Mr.. Nevin, and volunteer fire
companies were organized This
system continued in use until 1915
when the Santa re Railway Company
constructed 50-million gallon. re-
servoir and installed an eighE-inch
vitrified flow line to it from the
springs. This work was done under
the direction of Mr.. George Millett
of the Santa Fe Railway Company
Hes and his associates were very help
full to the town in this work. To
connect with this new reservoir the
town installed an eight-inch cast iron
line to the town limits.
About this time in 1903, the officials
of the Arizona Lumber & Timber
company, appreciating that the water
situation with the town as well as
the Railroad company was serious
and most important one and required
drastic measures if the industries of
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

spring on the Clark place, where on
the Fourth of July, 1876, they cele-
brated the occasion with a makeshift
flag on the old original flag pole
which they had improvised at that
time. Slow Wilson and Gorham A.
Bray (who later became the first
mayor of Flagstaff) were members Of
this party. Tom Mcmillan, Sr.,
claims to have buried a nickel at the
foot of this flag pole.
Bear Howard's home was on Oak
Creek, and he is grandfather of the
Purtyman boys.
About this time great fire burned
over the inner basin in the Peaks and
Frank Hart, for whom Hart Prairie
was named, described this fire as be-
ing most tremendous and spectacu-
lar one. He claims Indians started
the fire in order to drive the deer
down from the mountains.
In 1898 Jack Smith and Jim Lam
port located the spring which they
called the Jack Smith Spring. Lam
port sold his interest to Smith, who
later gave half interest to Mrs.
Smith. She later became the wife
Of Joe Treat. Smith sold his re-
naming interest to H. G. Lockett,
and Mrs Treat and Mr. Lockett later,
in about 1898, sold their entire in
terest to the Town for S1,400.00
During the period from 1883 to 1898
water was hauled to the people in
town from Leroux Spring out Fort
Valley way and from the Old Town
SpriY10. and sold at so cents. ST 90
and $3.50 per barrel, depending upon
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

In about the year 1875, Bear How
ard and Harry Melbourn were camped
in the vicinity of the San Francisco
Peaks on a bear hunt. Howard in
his search for game tracks drifted
into the inner basin canyon, followed
the creek in the bottom of this canyon
to its source and found a very large
spring The town of Flagstaff had
not yet been established, but the To-
cation where it now stands was known
as Antelope Park, having been so
called by Tom Mcmillan, John (Slow)
Wilson, and other early settlers. Nc
MILAN had a band of sheep in this
neighborhood, his ranch being out at
what is now known as the Clark
Ranch, owned by the city of Flagstaff, ;.
About this time a party of immi-
grants from Boston, who originally
intended to settle on the Little Colo
RADIO River, became dissatisfied with
the location and started for Prescott.
Their trail took them near the little
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25
Flagstaff Has Wonderful Water System

ters receded, and every cellar in the
district was flooded.
The channel of the river filled with
sand and gravel brought down by the
rapidly flowing water and this added
to the overflow. A new channel was
made in the rear of Hanna's residence.
The flood was something Of a sur.
prise to the newcomers here as dur
ing the past five years the river has
had but little water flowing through
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

it. The last big flood occurred seven
years ago, although prior to that date
high water had been frequent enough,
and the real old timers say that the
flood of 1888 was the biggest that
ever occurred and that the water be-
tween where the Hotel Weatherford
stands and the school house was deep
enough to swim a horse. The present
flood was big enough to satisfy those
who were in it and it is hard to con-
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

pended on the work. The Phoenix
Constructing Company through Mr.
Sturdevant, then Manager, took the
bonds for this work and sold them
at about 95 percent. Later an ad-
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

Mrs. Bridley (at a. n.y.: Oh, Jack,
mouse in the room"
Husband (drowsily); Well, just feel
there's cat, too, and go to sleep.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-25

vince them that bigger one ever oc-
CURED. (There was another flood
equally serious, in August of the same
year.-Ed note.)
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE.-Vic Foley, Vancouver,
beat Dixie La Hood. Butte 6).
DENVER.--Stewart Mclean, Min.
neapolis, fought to draw with Ted
Blatt, Denver 4). Johnny Clinic,
New York defeated Clyde Edmonston.
Denver t4).
PORTLAND, Oreg.-George God.
frey, negro heavyweight, won a tech.
nical Knockout over Ralph Smith, Los
Angeles 49,
SAN FRANCISCO.-Joe Roche, San
Francisco. beat Del Fontaine, Winni.
peg (10).
NEW YORK.--Johnny Risko, Cleves
land. knocked out Eddie Huffman,
California (S)
PARIS.-Al Brown, Panama, knock
ed out kid" Socks, England to).
CHICAGO.-Tommy Grogan. Omaha
beat Don Davis n0). Ernie Peters,
knocked out Kid Jap 3).
LOS ANGELES.-Ace Hudkins. Lin
coin, Nebr., defeated Bert Colima 00)
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.-Al Van
Ryan, st. Paul, knocked out Larry
Avera. Atlanta tS).
WEST PALM BEACH.-Joe Marks,
Philadelphia, weterweight, outpointed
Judge Horning, Savannah, Ga. Q0).
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Harris Speaker Ace: osby Showing Spirit Camp
KENNEDY TO START
GAME WITH BRUINS

CHICAGO. ILL.,. March 9.-The
Washington pro basketeers, minus
their former good chance of captur-
ing the American League pennant, but
still possessing all of their fighting
spirit, arrived here today for two
game series with Garry Schmeelk's re-
juvenated Chicago Bruins.
The two losses the Capital players
suffered in Fort Wayne have given
followers of the Windy City quint
high hopes of seeing the Bruins sweep
the series
Ray Kennedy. the Washington man.
ager whose infected thumb kept him
out of action until last night when
he entered the game for the last 10
minutes, will start tonight's contest at
guard with Teddy kearns moving over
to forward alongside Rusty Saunders.
This shift will send George Glasco to
the bench, while Elmer Ripley will
continue to play at guard, where he
has scintillated in all of the recent
games.
A different style of attack will be
met by Washington tonight from that
in the Fort Wayne clashes, as the
Bruins do their shooting from long
range. whereas the Hoosiers seldom
try any but closeup shoots. The Chi
cago offense will not cause any change
in Washing toms shooting. however.
AS Manager Kennedy is firm be-
lever in the shoyt-distance game
wherever its use is compatible with
the opposing clubs defensive play.
Benny Borgmann and Bill McE.lwain
were the big guns in Fort Wayne's
victory over Washington last night.
80 to %. Between these two, 26 of
the winners points were registered,
Elmer Ripley and Teddy Kearns led
the Washington attack.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
SIGMA NJ TOSSERS
TAKE FRAT HONORS

H. Burton Shipley. basket ball
and base ball coach at the Uni
versty of Maryland, today is re-
ceiving commendation upon the eftl-
cient manner in which he conducted
the fraternity basket ball champion
ship tournament. which ended last
night when Sigma Nu tossers
achieved the crown by triumphins
over Kappa Alpha, % to II. in the
last game of play-off series of three
between the finalists.
The tournament. which was con
Quoted along the lines of that OF the
Southern Conference, began several
weeks ago.
Triumph of Sigma Nu last night
was something of a surprise despite
that the team won the first class OF
the series, u to II. Kappa Alpha
tossers appeared to be suffering IN
the initial tilt from not having
played for some time, but when they
came back to trounCe Sigma NJ,
19 to -, in the second game they
were installed favorites.
The victorious basketers last night,
however, showed a keener eye for
the cords and exhibited defense
against which Kappa Alpha was able
to register but two floor goals.
koons and Dix were heaviest
scorers for the winners while Sim
mons counted both the losers z
pointers.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
BY FREDERICK G.. IIEB,
The Base Ball Dopester.

CT. PETERSBURG. Fla. March
9.-Down in Shis citrus belt
they already have decided that
. those two old rivals. Connie
Mack and John McGraw. will
hook up in the 1927 world series as
they did in 1905. 1911 and 1913. IL
the pennants already are in the bag.
then what Is all the shooting about?
/, too, will try to pick winners later
on, and, l trust. with something Of
my past success. having picked 10
Of the last ~ since 1921. My present
impression is that both the Athletics
and Giants are overrated. I do not
say that | will not eventually pick
one or both of these clubs. but | fail
to see where II is a breeze for either.
Spent week with the Giants at
Sarasota. and New York's National
League entry Is a confident crew
The club has some good new men
without doubt. Hornsby, Roush and
Grimes will help. but Hornsby must
he the Hornsby Of 1925 rather than
Of 1926 to be big Improvement over
Frisch.
HOrnsby Is HUstling Now.
Hornsby's spirit has been wonder
full, and he is going out OF his way
to hustle for his new team. In that
respect he has made a big hit with
his new manager. John McGraw.
II cannot say how well I am pleased
with Hornsbys actions" said Nc
Graw. Being traded off the Car
dinals after he had won st. Louis
first National League pennant and
the world series was tough blow
to Hornsby. Perhaps he felt 1t more
keenly than he has shown. Another
man might have suiked, but Hornsby
has adjusted himself TO his new po-
sition, and his only thought at pres
ent is how much service he can
render to the Giants"
Grimes, too, is a new man. He
was hog fat the last two Springs.
This year he is lighter than I ever
saw him, Spring or Summer. He sees
and already Is preparing for it. Nc
Grawl expects him to win 20 games.
or not very Ear from it.
McGraW will have a strong club, but
even with Grimes, there is no substan-
tia1 Improvement in his pitching de-
partment. He has let go of Ring and
Scott in Winter deals and has ac-
quired Grimes, Bentley and Dutch"
Henry. Virgil Barnes and McQuillan
are good pitchers, but something or
other always ails them. They are not
big winners, fellows who can go out
and win something like Is or 90 games.
Catching STAFF Doubtful.
The Giants catching staff must
prove itself under fire. At this time
al Devormer, former Yank, is regard
ed as first catcher. However, Nc
Graw seems to think that he has an
other Schalk or Cochrane In Cum
mings, a lad who Immediately can
step out and take his place among the
games catching stars.
The Giants may feel rather conf
dent, but over at Avon Park Bob
O'Farrell of the Cardinals also has a
pretty good opinion of his team. II
Hornsby is hustling for McGraw
frankie Frisch is hustling just as
hard for O'Farrell. frankie hates
Evening star., 1927-03-09
TWO BOUTS LISTED HERE
ATTRACTING ATTENTION

Washington boxing fans will get a
peep at two prominent contenders for
brace of world titles within the
next fortnight when Al Foreman,
featherweight, and Henry Lamar,
light heavyweight, show their wares
before members of two athletic clubs.
Foreman is billed to box Ruby
Stein i'm the feature bout of the AR
eadia Sporting Club show at the Ar.
cadia, March IS.
Lamar will swap punches with
Jeff Smith, one of the most feared
light heavyweights of the present
crop. at the auditorium the evening
Of March %, before the District
Athletic Club
Evening star., 1927-03-09
ITTING 1873 in the third game
of his set rolled for the Tenn
pie team last night in the
District League, Albert Dutch)

VI illS SCI fOllSu lOT Tie lSII-
pie team last night in the
l. 4 District League, Albert Dutch
Newman, set a new, high all.
time record for league game here
Newman turned the feat on the North
east Temple alleys. The former mark
--1S2--was made by Tip ONeill of
the old Treasury team of the former
Departmental League.
The best prior league game bowled
this season was that of 173. socked
by Earl McPhilomy
Newman's set last night was Ais,
four pins short of the record for
three games held by Glenn Wolsten
holme.
Newman in achieving his game raade
mark in each of the first nine boxes,
three strikes and six spares. He got
a 10 in the tenth frame.
In the sweepstakes this Winter a
game of lS5 was rolled by Freddie
Moore of the Meyer Davis team.
Newman's work was a big factor in
aiding the Temple team last night to
take the King Pin quint over the
jumps in the last two games after the
former had lost the initial brush.
Kappa Sigma athletes. who won the
George Washington fraternity basket
ball championship this Winter, added
the bowling title last night, when they
tr1umphed over Sigma Phi Epsilon on
the Convention Hall drives.
Some pretty shooting was done by
fair rollers In the Washington Ladies'
Leag0e last night. Lorraine Guilt
and Didine Franklin turned in high
sets for Columhians and Beeques. re-