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SET LAST RITES FOR
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Henry w. Morris, IS, Dies at Home
Of Son in City.

FUNERAL services for Henry w.
Morris, IS, Civil war veteran, who
died Saturday at the home Of his
son, Charles z. Morris, 2166 Barth
avenue, will be held at the sons
residence Tuesday afternoon at 2.
The body will be taken to Leaven-
worth, Kan, for burial.
Lifelong resident of Indiana,
Mr.. Morris was discharged honor
ably from the Union forces after
he was wounded in action at Port
Hudson, La, June IA, 1852. Later
he re-enlisted in the recruiting
service and served to the end of
the war.
Surviving him, beside the son,
are two daughters, Mrs. Annie
Quigley and Mrs. Efle NORM,
both Of Seattle, Wash.
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moved at the Indiana. The movie
is made from the novel by Charles
G. Norris and the director has not
attempted to do the silly trick Of
rewriting the novel. No serious
damage has been done to the story
in bringing it to the screen.
The story is great because two
women-Peggy Carter, as wife and
the mother Of five children Of Bart
Carter, and Mildred Bronson, q
high powered mental creature of the
literary world-hattle for complete
mastery Of Bart.
The wife Oois Wilson, is the ma
tural mother and she feels that her
love and the five children Will meet
every demand Of her husband.
The other woman considered Bart
only as a literary genius who must
be blasted from his home and fam
lily by the urge of becoming
famous.
Here is not a petty fight fought
by wife and a street walker. Here
are two normal women, one the
eternal mother and the other just
e high powered mental being who
has the ability to turn an ordinary
husband into a literary giant.
In course Of this battle, you find
both women fighting an honorable
fight. AS the mental power and in
dependence Of Bart grows, Peggy, his
wife, loses her grip.
She finds that at this stage Of the
game she and her children can not
hold the man. So divorce is the
first victory for Mildred and the
first big defeat for Peggy.
Up to this time, Lois Wilson has
played the natural role Of a mother
as a mother has never been played
upon the screen. I am not forget
ting the work Of Mary Carr in cover
The Hills" but Miss Wilson gives
a more Humankind a more natural
characterization.
On the other hand. Miss Gene
We've Tobin as Mildred Bronson
does not allow sex to enter into her
Characterization of Mildred. She
goes mentally fishing for Bart and
wins.
But when she does win, Mildred
discovers that there is a domestic
side even to a literary lion. And SC
when Mildred is Mrs. Carter anC
Peggy is a divorced woman working
to make fine men and women Of hel
five children, you will see the great
est concession of defeat ever admit
ted in a drama.
When Lois Wilson, alone, faces
the victorious Genevieve Tobin al
the end OF the picture and the two
women talk. over the battle-I be-
lieve the talking screen has recorded
the most remarkable dramatic scene
in the history Of the movies.
If you do not get wet around the
eyes, then something is wrong. ]
did and I confess it. Here is the
most appealing movie of every da1
home life I have ever seen on the
! screen.
John Boles, generally heard ii
song, IS Bart Carter and he does &
fine piece Of dramatic work. The
children are wonders at the various
stage Of their development.
Since the industry started, 7 have
placed only seven pictures in nay
hall Of fame. Seed is my eighth
and the first this year.
Brooke Johns has a corking gooc
stage show around him. Carlton
Emmy and his dogs win again. A
great act. Johns again sells Dessa
Byrd and the orchestra. That man
knows when he has gold mine and
ne allows the nuggets to sparkle
Wise boy.
Now at the Indiana.
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La Barba Is
Title Choice
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, May 18.-Fidel La
Barba Of California, former worlds
flyWeight champion, was a strong
favCrite today to defeat Champion
Bat Battalino Of Hartford, Conn, in
their ten-round title bout at Madi-
son Square Garden Friday night.
Battalino, regarded generally as q
cheese champion" turned in a
surprise victory over Kid Chocolate
Of Cuba in his last title defenss and
is confident that he will win recog-
milton as a worthy titleholder by
defeating La Barba.
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C4lGAV ~ - NOI ILL
just study the way the director got
around al Objectionable stuff and
yet the expression sounds like it is
there. You couldn't have 1.-THE
Front Page" without that ending.
Menjou proves that he is more than
a clothesrack for evening clothes.
He proves that he is q great actor.
Gosh, he makes this character ring
true and he let's Walter speak the
language of his profession.
Edward Everett Horton as Ben
singer, the lily white literary re-
porter, is a scream. He hands over
the comedy, as does all the rest Of
the tribe.
Clarence H. Wilson as Sheriff
Hartman walks away with the pic
ture in about dozen scenes which
are ripe with comedy.
Mae Clark turns loose the dra-
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THE BEST OF ALL
NEWSPAPER STORIES HERE

Tbs best story of newspaper life
ever filmed is 1.-THE Front Page, .
made from the stage play.
And my verdict is that the movie
version is better, funnier and great
er than the stage version. And that
is saying much, probably more than
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KING RACE VICTOR

b. Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind. May 49,
Howard King of Indianapolis won
Sundays flfteen-nile feature race,
at Single G oval here, with Red
Campbell OF St Louis second. and
Mark Billman of Indianapolis third.
King Bill Chittum Of Columbus o.,
and Roy Carey Of Noblesville. were
five-zaile winners. Carey and Lem
DeHart Of Indianapolis were injured
In accidents.
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Attack Follows Suit

By Times Special
PETERSBURG, Ind, May 10
ira Tooley, a merchant, is confined
to bed with injuries suffered when
attacked by Arley Russell, whose
wages he garnisheed. Russell is in
jail.
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Train Kills Youth

81 United Press
BEDFORD. Ind, May 18.-Roy
Taylor, co. living near Huron, was
killed instantly at crossing near
here when struck by a B. & O
freight train. His body was found
when his father started a search
for him.
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BARRYMORE HAS
ANCIENT VEHICLE

Admitting f1rsttIlat John Barry
more gives us a powerfully drawn
Characterization of a mad musical
genius in "Svengali," taken from
the ancient 'Trilby,"- and twisted
around in a vain effort to win
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TO
EXHIBIT PLANES,
CARS AT PLANT
Race Day Visitors Invited to
See Costly Display at
Factory.

Thousands Of visitors to indian
apolis Decoration day for the an
nual 5Oo-nlile Speedway classic will
have an added attraction for them
at the Deusenberg plant, it was an
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BY United Press

81 GATED Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 18-Eight
records were smashed in the annual
Hoosier collegiate track and field
championship carnival here Satur-
day, won by Coach .Nicholson's we'll
balanced Notre Dame squad, de-
tending champions, with 40 3-5
points.
Notre Danes strength in the
dashes and middle distance events
gave them the edge over Indiana,
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nounced today by
II. T. Ames, vice.
president of the
Duesenberg COM
pany.
A special exhibit
Of famous racing
cars, stock cars
and airplanes viii
be held directly
q ming the
Duesenberg plant
under a huge tent
coverin g Is, 600
square feet Of floor
space from May
% to June 8. It
49,
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that. The great
acting victory is
accomplished by
Adolphe Meniou
as Walter Burns,
the hard boiled
managing editor
who utters the
classic expression
about what a GER
tain so and so did
to his watch at the
very end Of The
play. And Menjou
utters that elias.
sic but startling
expression for al.
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WrlbLeQ u6WSpd per
story ever filmed.
The movie version
is better than The
stage play and
t h a t is going
some. Let us first
consider Seed"
and see why it is
moving large aud
fences as they
.,o--o-s 11un k1o-,
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TWO MOVIE LEADERS
ARE NOW WITH US
Seed and The Front Page Have Right to Be Considered
Two of the Outstanding Films of the Year
By WALTER D. HICKMAN

XHTEN the finest talking Of the
w week necessary to think in terms Of two.
Seed the Indiana and The Front Page at the Palace have the
right considered the outstanding movies OF the
Both will official list Of the best
the
mentality artistic development her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-18
BY DIXON STEWART,
T-nited press staH Correspondent

NEW YORK, May i8.--Strength
in the National League appears TO
be evenly divided this season be-
tween east and west, but Atlantic
coast teams hold q vide margin Of
superiority over their western rivals
ia the American League.
With four days Of play remaining
in the opening tntersectional series
Of the year, eastern and western
National League clubs are on an
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NH. Fixit-There is a lot at Six
tenth and Milburn streets that has
lot OF automobile parts on it. I
am not working and would like to
use it for garden if it were cleaned
up. I can not pay for the work.
JOBLESS.
Health board officials report they are
unable TO locate the owner to order this
lot cleaned. but the owners agent says
he would not object to any one else
cleaning it, Residents in the vicinity
have been notified 10 discontinue dump
ing trash there.
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Mr.. Fiixit

Write your troubles to mr.. Fixit. He
is The Times representative at the
city hall and will be glad TO present
your case to the proper city officials.
Write him in care Of The Times,
signing your full name and address.
Name win not be published.
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Other theaters today offer: 'The
Second Man." at the Civic, up
Pops The Devil" at English's, Her
man Timberg at the Lyric, Gun
Smoke" at the Ohio, and, "Follies
Bergere," at the Mutual.
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Results Yesterday
ASSOCIATION
49, y-.-.-.- rev Tr4s1f erz4

AAAE hlGtAN ADgoONyA4A J AO-F
(Firs1 Game, Ten Innings
Toledo .....-....... 100 GOO 9 o99 81 2 9
Columbus ,......... 600 0lO 600 IL
Mays and Kies. Dsvormer; Chapman and
lissecond Game. Ten Innings
Toled9s :..'.-. 9 o50 9 o99 i lq6 "a ~
Van Glider, Ryan. Ferguson and Pc
HFS@0'e4s-
MINNEAPOLIS .......... 100 Ot0 600 9 0
81. Paul -..e........ 600 04O 20x-s II
Hentick. Mccullough and Hargrave: Belts
and Fenner.
(First Camel
Milwaukee .......... III 600 02o-- 8 2
Kansas City ,....... 303 002 02X-l0 "A !
-qearln, ,.Ferren. Buckeye and Hunghng;
second Came Called In 18th Darkness)
Milwaukee ...... 900 40 600 Cos 9 l
Kansas City .... 002 200 100 000-5 II 5
Knott and Manlon. Thomas. Fette swift
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ch e5eis6Pa ga i55 9 9I6 1913 1913 iS Z
Earashaw. Mcdonald. Grove and Coch-
rane, FerreA Jablonowski, Brown and
Boston ....-........ 600 coo 00l-1 3
Chicago ..-.....-..... 0G0 0lO 00I-2 6 0
castor Moore ana Connolly; Thomas
New York s....... 900 102 1915 "A
Detroit .........-...- 600 COS 002-5 II
sherid and Dickey; sorrell, Herring,
sullivan and HeyUorth.
First Camel
Washington r.--....., 600 100 O10--l 8
81 Louis i.-.....-... l02 10l llX--7 g 0
Crowder and Spencer. Gray end Ferreu.
Second Gamel
Washington ....... 100 coo 003--4 10 0
81 LOUIS ....-....... 600 0ll 0l0-2 ?
Brown and Hargrave Spencer; Blae-
g. holder. Stewart and Ferrc,l.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
81 LOUIS ...,.-.....s 100 JOB 0l0-6 0
New York .....,..... 600 010 OoO-l 0
Grimes and wilson Fitzs.mmons.
DonohCe and Hogan. OFarrell.
Cincinnati .......... 500 o02 ooO-7 IS o
Brooklyn ............ 600 900 1915 IL 3
Rixey. Frey and sukeforth: Luque. Mat
tlngly. Clark, Gallivan. Quinn and Lopez
pittsburgh i!fs .....-..... goo o2o ooo-5 10 Q
Boston ......-..-.... 600 COO Soo-3 l
Meme. and Phillips. seibold, NlcAfee
CantWeu, Sherdel and Spohrer.
Only games scheduled
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BASEBALL
CALENDAR
A,rrH1cAN ASSOCIATION
AMrR1cAN LrAarE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

INDIANAPOLIS AZ Louisville.
Toledo at Columbus.
ST. Paul &C Minneapolis.
Milwaukee a. Kansas City; M game
played Ia twin hill Sunday.
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Semi-PrO and Amateur
Baseball Gossip

Dadv A. c. made it three in q row sun
6av bv defeating Frankfort. u to !. Reo
EgSS5en eITeRR us sat S and NJ Dadv led the
victoES ~ bat. Dadys want game 4ol
next Sunday.
Beech Grove Reds swanped Billy
Crimes Red wings Sunday, 81 to- Fox
Coeratee on the vict0rs mound II top form
Reds pIay Black sox i double,heaesE a.
PennSy park next SUNDAY. FOR Games
white n. E. Terhune. So South Eleventh
avenus. Beech Grove.
Idianapous bulldogs dowped willard 4;
Tor TIE winners WITH Mcclellan receiving.
Norman Whitney homered N the thlT4 n
ming to provide the batting tsaIuEs. Du1II !
dogs will meet Tuesday st I.SO p. NJ a.!
PLAYERS notice
west Side Monsrchs lest +, West Sly
sues s4na5a 1Z W. Gan II se f5SS o o5es-w
sitter $50. ask for Tomnlie
with Gilbert Smith leading the attack
gltA triple double ana PAL, o. s sling re
CLOS at Riverside sunday. u to 6. Despiet
T TTAS s PSainS I Bs a5 SsSyeSed h
support and an eighth-inning batting spree
put him over With the victory.
omesa .xls split a twin bill Sunday los
Ing 70 Phi Lambdas and defeating Delta
Rho kappa. Hitting by Joe Krutch and
pitching by Charlie Love feature the
tTiumph. Omega xis play. Delta Alpha
next Sunday. Practice viii Be held Tues
day.
sgpsE6 pitching snd hitting By Elmer
Howard enabled Indianapolis Cardinals 70
defeat Forester Cubs. Sc n a hectic
battle At Rhodius Sunday. Howard tanned
? fourteen Cubs. Howard also hit three
times IN I'VE attempts two OF which went
for extra bases. Benedict. Cub catcher
also PLAYED good game. Cards were
trailing. 4 70 0, until the seventh inning
went !, Cohen started 9 rally. which ac-
counted for i've TALES. Cubs scored twice
IN the eighth 70 PUT them out in front 81
o one-run margin. The Cards accounted
for three more IN their half ard Howard
retired t1e three Cub batsnen u tbs ninth
b. the strike out route. Cards meet
. Riverside Aces next Sunday at GarAelc,
indianapolis Triangles have en- open date
FOR SUNDAY and June II and desire to hear
from strong state teams at once Write
OF wire II. <. Eeplay. cal North Ritter
svenue. or phone Irvington 1887.
THREE-I LEAGUE
Evansville. 3: Danvllle, S.
Peoria. Z, Springfield us irninpsl
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston at Chicago.
Washington at st. Louis: no game;
PLAYED IN twin bill Sunday.
New York at Detroit.
PHILADELPHIA at Cleveland.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Boston.
ST.. Louis at New York.
Cincinnati at BROOKLYN.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
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Major Leaders
LEADING HrTTERs

Following averages, compiled by
United Press, include games played
Sunday May II:
LEADING HITTERs
PLAYER and Club G Alb r II Pet
Simmons. Athletics b.. % 90 % So .424
Roetteer. Reds. u 80 IS 1898
Rothergill, White SoX IS 81 6 "a 1893
Ruth. Yankees. ... 10 So 20 % 800
West. Senators. ....... 10 81 u 81 1913
HOME RUNS
Klein. Phillies. 8Arlett. Phillies 80. 5
Simmons. Athletics 1Gehrig. Yankees. s
Hornsby. Cubs. 81
runs BATTED IN
orQnin. Senators. 32Averill. Indians . %
Gehrlg. Yankees. 81 Arlett. Phillies. "a
Simmons. Athlet's 3oWebb. Red Sox... "a
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Mr.. Fixit-Please see if you can
have a vacant lot and alley in the
500 block Belmont avenue cleaned.
1t is just a dump. WEST SIDER.
health board officer found this lot
filled with trash and has ordered the
owner to remove it,. He also notified
tenants to stop dumping trash there, he
reported.
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Mr.. Fixit-Please see if you can
have vacant lot and alley in back
Of 500 block Belmont avenue
cleaned. It is just a dump.
MRS. L. G. B.
This has been referred to Truly Nolen.
sanitary board collection superintendent
for action.
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Dear Mr.. Fixit-In the back Of
property in the 21oo block North
Illinois street there is so much trash
it is awful. Please see about having
this removed. TIMES READER.
Truly NoIen, sanitary board collections
Superintendent. has ordered an investi-
CATION Of this condition.
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On the other hand, The FronG
Page" is the best acted and best
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Mr. FIxit-I wrote once before
about trash in. the rear OF certain
property in the 2100 block North
Illinois street and some men came
and removed g little but left most
Of it. Please see to its removal.
TIMES READER.
Truly NoIsn, sanitary board coHec-
tions superintendent. has promised to
investigate this situation in al effort
to learn why all the trash was not re-
moved.
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THREE-I LEAGUE

Evansville. 9: Danvllle. S.
Peoria. 2, Springfield 6 us irninzsl
Decatur, las. Terre Hsute. rs.
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Mr.. Fixit-The park board is tear
ing up the gravel walk on the north
drive of Pleasant Run boulevard,
scattering the gravel over the lawn.
We want this sidewalk completed, as
it was supposed to be when the
street contract was let. Also, 1 wish
to call attention to two eyesores, two
triangular pieces Of ground belong
ing to the park board, one just OF
Of Laurel street west Of the
boulevard, and the other east of
Laurel street. They have been made
public dumps.
J. E. Perry, park board engineer. ad-
vises that the sidewalks there are tenn
porary, and that for permanent walks
property owners should file a petition
with the city in the usual way. he
said the gravel will be cleaned from the
lawn, and said the triangular pieces
now have been cleaned Up.
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Dadv A. c. made 10 three IN q row sun
6sv bv defeating Frankfort u to !. Reo
RuSseu allowed but six hits and whitfield
sight kelly Russell and Il Dadv led the
victoTS .: bat. DadyS want game 4oI
next Sunday.
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Idianapols Bulldogs dovped willard A;
C. SUNDAY. 8 to 5. Egan and Horton hurled
Tor the winners with Mcclellan RECEIVING.
ning IA provide the batting feature. Bul! /.
dogs viii meet Tuesday st 7.S0 p. m. AL
PLAYERS notice.
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west side Monsrehs lost to West Six
SIues SUNDAY w. s. II. club wants q
same Tor SUNDAY. Call Belmont Oo6o-W
sitter $50. ask for Tomnlie.
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Beech Grove Reds swamped Billy
srimes' Red wings Sunday, 81 to- 5. FOX
operated on the victors mound N top form.
Reds pIav Black Sox in 3 double header at
Pennsv park next SUNDAY. For games
white n. E. Terhune. So South Eleventh
avenus. Beech Grove.
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1S,nneapolis ...... 100 Ot0 600 0
g. Paul ............. 600 04O 20x-s II !
Hentick. Mccullough and Harzrave; Belts
and Fenner.
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Dear Sir-Please have the owner
of the building at the corner of
Rochester and West Sixteenth
streets, move it back even with the
other peoples property.
H. NJ. M.
According to maps in the city plan
commission office, Rochester avenue does
not go through to Sixteenth street. OFF,
oials of this office said that unless the
building complained of is in process Of
construction. nothing can be done about
il. The complaint should be taken up
directly with the city plan commission
office, city hall, giving complete infor-
nation that was contained In the FIRST
letter.
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omega ks split twin bill Sunday. los
Ing 70 Phi Lambdas and defeating Delta
Rho kappa. Hitting by Joe Krutch and
triumph. Omega ks play Delta Alpha
next Sunday. Practice viii be held Tues
dav.
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columbus .......... 900 900 10 4-6 9 3
Van Glider. Ryan. Ferguson and De-
vormer: Welhereu. Baker and Alnkle,
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-18
CALIFORNIAN |S
 AN ENTHUSIASTIC
 ALASKA BOOSTER
HOPES TO LIVE TO SEE DAY INTERNATIONAL HIGH
 WAY COMPLETED

Dr. D. R. Smith, of Los Altos, Cal, is an enthusiastic booster of the Pacific Yukon Highway and the development of Alaska. Last summer he drove over the Cari- bou Highway section of the road to Alaska, together with his wife and daughter, in his "houSe-car" and was overtaken at Silver Creek, British Columbia, by the International Seattle Vancouver Hazelton Caravan, conducted last June by Premier Simon F. Tol- mic of British Columbia.
 If walking from Fairbanks to Valdez before the completion of the Richardson Highway makes one a true Alaskan, Dr. Smith earned that qualification in 1912 when he enjoyed p days of foot travel, accompanied by mosquitoes, and with ample opportunity for additional exercise on General Richardson,s tennis courts"
 That the memory of this hike is pleasing to Dr. Smith and his en- thusiasm for the Pacific Yukon Highway is active, may be seen from his letter to Major Malcolm Elliott, president of the Alaska Road Commission, of March 30.
 Dr. Smith practiced dentistry in India, tramped the Hiaalayas and 600 miles in Tibet, but he feels that Alaska is the greatest place for outing of any country on the globe"
 Dr. Smith writes:
 Dear Major Elliott:
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-18

to Dawson, so it looks like the U. s. will make the road to that point. I hope President Hoover will advocate the States bearing a good part of the 10 or Is mil lions to put the road through. I was sorry to hear of Samuel Hills death, as he might have invested in the Highway. Canada alone may not want to build all the road thru their territory in a couple of years The States should help them out.
 If you come down to visit "Fris- co" and this section with its new highways, we will appreciate your stopping in Almond Ave, Los Altos.
 I wish to thank you again for the several pamphlets and the travelogue of the Richardson Highway. The latter is very in- teresting in bringing back to me my tramp along that road. It was 378 miles according to the
Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-18

signboard, but now it is shortened to 371, so you have been straight ening the roadway.
 We are glad-especially my girI ito see our house-car in the, caravan crowd Our girl haG printed on the back with chalk From San Francisco to Hazel ton, B. O." We failed to get all the way, but if I can get some one to see to my little orchard and our home we will make an-. other effort to get as far as there, Is road. Your letter says "it IS not possible to drive as far as Alaska but when you do get the road heightened some I will get all the way by walking the gap distance.
 l am gladly sending to my old friends in Illinois and elsewhere some of the pamphlets, as they have inquired as to the Highway
 Thanking you for any informa- tion and with our kind regards. am. D. R. SMITH.