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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Alaskan Cruises
Will Start June 4

PLANS FOR 1941 Alaska
cruises are announced by Cana
dian Pacific steamship lines.
They include Is regular ga day
cruises June 4-September 4. of
the popular Princess liners sail
ing semi-weekly. especially built
for Alaska travel. Also there
will be three special de luxe
10Ia day cruises by the Princess
Charlotte, July l, July % and
August II.
These de luxe cruises include
calls at Ocean Falls, Prince
Rupert. Ketchikan. Taku Gla-
cier, attractive side trip through
the Benin Canal, near Ketchi-
kan, thence TO Juneau. Sitka.
Skagway. Thirty-six hours will
be allowed at Skayway. where
side trips have born. arranged
with the White Pass and Yukon
Route TO Lake Bennett, White
horse and West Taku Arm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Six-Gun The Law

In its earliest day the town
was Vinegaroon, aptly named
because its toughness and poison
Gus nature. was very like the
little desert scorpion for which
it was named. 1t was the gath
ering place Of cowboys and rus
tiers and the bad men who
gravitatcd into that part of the
country.
There was no law in that Sec
ton the siX-gun wrote its
own statutes :. there was no
appeal from a as slug.
Then the law came In when
Roy Bean arrived - Roy Bean,
who had fought with the Con-
federacy; Roy Bean. who broad
cast to the world that he was
The Law West OF The Peces.
and backed up his pronun-
ciamento with two SiN-Shooters.
He WAS the law in that coun-
try. He opened a saloon in Vine
garoon and named II the Jersey
Lilly in sincere tribute TO the
great Lillian Langtry, whose pic
ture he had first seen in maya
zine and who he declared was
the most beautiful woman in the
world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Fair Play in Bronze

You are quite welcome. no
smoking, drive slowly and don't
pet the horses unless attendants
are around. Or you drive
through incredibly beautiful
landscape up to rise in the
ground where stands a noble
statue of bronze.
For there on Georges Hill
stands replica of Fair Play.
sire of the great Man o War.
The statue marks the burying
ground of some of the great
Widener horses, such as Mabu-
bah, dam of the worlds most
famous horse, Stagecraft, and
many another.
But you keep on driving past
fields in which roam beautiful
horses that come whinnying to
the white fence in a gracious
welcome. 1t is like a moving
picture set. In fact the whole
southern countryside in Spring
is Just that.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Law West OF pecos

AZ the same time he had the
name Jersey Lilly lettered across
the front of the saloon. Bean
also had lettered the phrase
which he coined and which held
true through many years along
that section Of the Rio Grande.
In boXcar letters. which still
stand clear after all the years,
appeared this:
Roy Bean-Justice of the Peace
Law West of the Pecos
And there in his saloon, with
a volume of the Statutes of
Texas as his only law library
this ex-soldier and first-class
two-gun man did dispense the
law for many years--dispensed
it in a rough-and.tumble fash
ion. II is true, but il was the law
needed In that tough country.
Highwaymen and horse thieves
and cattle rustlers were the
main problems in that day. and
those who were rounded up
found short thrift in Roy Beans
court.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

1t is lambing season, and over
the fields roam huge flocks of
sheep with lambs frisking about,
black-faced ones now and then,
and sometimes there is a real
black sheep.
They seem TO be put in the
picturesque meadows just to add
to the pleasant picture, to give
added interest to the vistas from
the windows OF the great manor
houses up at the top of the hill,
And the fences. One could do
an entire treatise on the South's
love OF The fence, Stone, or
painted white, they help to give
the country a newly washed
look.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Try TO Keep Pace

They all had the same idea.
Hattiesburg. little fabber-
gaSted by it all, tried to meet
the emergency. They've set up
a roller rink in a tent, added
scores of restaurants which
ladle out homemade pies.
-ARd-the-mevies- ran midi
night show so more of the boys
could see the picture-"High
Sierra" by the way.
The boys all want to get into
Biloxi next pay day And
Biloxi plans to be ready for
them.
There is TO be a huge recrea-
tional center put up here by the
army. This Summer this will be
a perfect spot for them to swim.
They'll have the whole gulf
coast, and they'll find a welcome
waiting from the people down
here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
A Spree in Dixie

How would you like to meet
up with a $4,000, 900 pay roll on
a spree' A very mild spree to
be sure, for Mississippi is a dry
state.
Well, I did, In Hattiesburg.
They were the $4,000 boys from
Fort Shelby out after their first
pay day in Uncle Sans army,
and I'm sure all $4,000 were
trying TO eat in the restaurant
l picked for dinner.
1t was great experience. Ev-
erybody talked TO everybody else.
Service broke down, and nobody
cared. Somebody started a song.
and everybody joined. 1t was
Moonlight Bay"
The boys at my table were
from Cleveland, said they liked
Uncle Sans food. But as one
OF them put il:
You like to get into town on
pay day. It's just the idea of the
thing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

father of the Pan-American
Highway. will be in charge of
the group which returns to San
Antonio on April ID.
One of the first and most en-
thusastic boosters of Mexican
motor travel in this area,
Eddie" Matheson visited that
country more than five years
ago and Is responsible for much
of Mexico's popularity among
Michigan motorists.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Canada Woos Tourists

The Dominion of Canada doing everything possible to bring
back believed lost last through misunde
standings time the United States imposed restrictions
Finance Minister ey estimates the net revenue from tourist trade
100000 with added 100000 lost through the temporary
decline number of United States travellers in the Dominion
Interested organizations edoubng their efforts to lure tourists
TO Canada.
Many interested Winter sports find ski events
hockey sled exciting Joe Page who has
long ambassador Of goodwill for all kinds of sports writes
from Montreal Canadian Paefcs Laurenan division
carried than 1000 se into the 60me stretch OF
terrain from Shawbrdge Piedmont Ste Agathe St Jovte
ard Mont Trembant weekend This increase OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
7R4Ml14
States SmeIt and Trout
Lure Anglers Anew
BY c. VI. WAGNER
Times Travel Editor

MICHIGAN fishermen will day again. Boyne
N City eleventh annual Smelt Festival April
fishermen will whipping the streams April 26
Starting bell for the smet when temperature of the
and is arrived by weather wise old
Clippers than Just hobby to check lake
conditions year around and able to pick the
amazing accuracy
Although sne found many Michigan only three
communities make the time for celebration Other
City Jordan and Beuah usually all
three fall al about the time.
Baldwin many plans special
April Kakaska will celebrate starting
April %
will many nationally guides
taking part Newaygos Michigan Open Guides the Big
Muskegon The will close with l4mle boat from
Croton Newaygo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Pictures Still on Walls

Roy Bean died without seeing
Lillian Langtry. although a year
or so after his death she did
visit Langtry and the Jersey
Lilly Saloon with one OF Beans
sons.
Those who were there said
Nine. Langtry shed tears when
she saw on the walls of the old
saloons dozens OF photographs OF
her taken from papers and
magazines, Many OF the old pic
lures still are pasted on the
walls, although souvenir9hunters
have removed most OF them.
In the little grocery near by,
operated by the son of man
who was Roy Beans cloest friend,
reposes the two six-guns Roy
wore and the well-thumbed
volume OF the Texas Statutes
from which he got his law"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Vera Brown
Chained
In Southland
BY VERA BROWN
BILOXI, Miss. March IS.

THERE'S one thing OF which
L you may be certain In this
most uncertain world any time,
anywhere in the deep South.
That's a royal welcome.
That is the first thing the
tourist discovers when he crosses
the Mason-Dixon Line.
Never 60 touring unless you
get lost. ! got lost my first day.
Haven't any idea how. but I
ended up in some rolling acres OF
Kentucky and drove into some
pleasant stone-bordered gardens.
1t turned out to be Elmendorf
Farm, on Paris pike. Lexington.
II is the farm OF the great rae
ing fancier, Joseph z. Widener,
some 1900 rolling acres.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

the National
Travel Bureau
in st. Louis,
M a rch 2 a.
Matheson will
join the presi-
Dental tour in
San Antonio.
Tex, M a r C h
30. and the
e r o u p VIII
travel into the
interior of the
country where
officials W i'll
point out new
attra ctions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Auto Club Aide
To Visit Mexico

z. s. MATHESON. travel
manager of the Automobile Club
Of Michigan. will leave Detroit
shortly on a tour of Mexico,
during which he will be the
guest of President Manuel Avila
Camacho. the council of the City
of Mexico and the National
Tourist Commission of Mexico.
After attending a meeting OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
oy Bcan--Justice of the Peace
Law West of the Pecos
RustIer's Trial Short

The prisoner would be brought
into the town and handcuffed TO
a chain welded around a husky
mesquite tree so yards from the
saloon A jury WOULD be en-
panelled from patrons of the
saloon. Roy Bean The was pune
tilious about being addressed as
"JudgeD would mount the bench,
and the trial would commence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

which, through new road con-
struction are being opened for
the American motorist.
During their stay in Mexico
City. members of the tour will
discuss plans for the Secon
Inter-American Travel Congress
which will be held in that city
in September. Bill Furlong,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
DaffodiIs, A1sIeas

The daffodils are out, and so
arc the pear trees. They were
blooming all through Dixie. The
violets and the azaleas of course
are strutting their stuff.
But always you are reminded
that Uncle Sam Is getting his
house in order, In Laurel, Miss.
/ ran smack into q town cele-
hration in which 600 boys-30
mechanical units from Fort
Shelby-participated.
That afternoon on the road I
passed all 30 transport units.
The boys were having fun
betting on the license plate
which would next come into
view-and when plate from
their home state appeared down
the road, they won the jackpot.
They shouted greetings, and
everybody along the way shouted
back. They were nice kids, and
the mechanical units looked
pretty impressive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Crumb|ins Ldnstry, exds,
Adjournment to ,Judge

There was no middle-of-the-
road policy in the Langtry of
that day the prisoner was
either guilty or innocent.
II innocent, in the opinion of
the jury, he was unlocked from
the tree and brought in for
friendly drink -. no hard feel
ings, you know.
If guilty, the ensuing ritual
was just as simple. He was re-
leased from the tree and hoisted
10 the back of a horse a
-fariat was placed about his neck
and an end thrown over a limb
of the tree and attached to the
chain. Then Stetson Tipped
the flank of the horse and
justice had been served
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Action Dominion's Keynote

Always interested sports Joe that It looks if the
Provincial Baseball League is out for the duration.
Naturally ones mind although find they
visits the United States he
writes action the of
each all the citizens Canada.
no oerers on corners here tMontreaall
Visitors Canadian cites-and seek
theml within days note the change In
and figure out that this made by conditions
visitor likely himself whether this
think thing he be
victory 1t the spirit of the British
person. branch service
materials the word OF their
chief Churchill; GIVE Us THE TOOLS AND WE WILL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Beckons Novice Skiers :

Farther chief attraction Lac Trembant
2200-foo slalom
this introduced PARALLEL skiing which
promises % be novice, Joe writes
parallel skiing famous Lac BEAUFORT has built
It's hills useful the tribe of skiers
who visit the terrain The smaller tow serving the slopes OF Mont
a vertical lift of $50 feet The
longer lift has total length of 1900
800-foot level the
Trail begins.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

bling away in the Texas sun and
the Texas northers.
Unless something Is done TO
preserve II. there soon will be
only the legends Of this Roy
Bean !. Judge" Roy Bean
one Of the most fantastic OF the
many fantastic hombres who
helped write the history of the
great Lone Star State.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Monument TO Bean

The little ghost town. Of
Langtry stands today as a monu-
ment to the man whe introduced
The Law West of the Peees"
but the little town is crum-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
BY THE OLD AAA TRAVELLER

BY THE OLD AAA TRAVELLER
I Asst week I told you about
II Tombstone, Ariz.. and its
fabulous Boot Hill, the little
cemetery in which sleep the men
and women of early Tombstone
who died with their boots on"
Well, in that fantastic coun-
try there is another spot running
Tombstone a close second in its
unusualness and its picturesque
appeal.
Just off US-90 between San
derson and Del Rio, on the edge
of southern Texas, stands the
town" of Langtry, 1t isn't much
of town :. a couple of houses
store or so and the
weather-beaten gray she'll that
once was the Jersey Lilly Saloon.
It's about that old shell I'm
going to tell you, for in il was
written enthralling, albeit some
times bloody. history of the
young state of Texas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
New Orleans Sets Fiesta

part Old tribute Spring the New Orleans
Spring fiesta will be held March is 70 80
tvo-week program OF new and unique features will be
presented The background will be Vieux Care with
of glsmoous history with repetition of ~ Night
Old
past drama tableau dance and
odtme showboat party
the Mississippi River.
President Ava Camacho has just announced according TO
the -Four States Highway Association that the Mexican
ent has aocated S20O0O00 for additional the Inter-
national Pacific Highway extending along the West Of
Mexico TO GuadalajaTa and Mexico City.
splendid road opened last between Guadaaara
and Mexico City the between Nogae
Ariz and Guaynas are IN excellent condition.
Lucille Buregh Of Detroit Greyhound Travel
Bureau Washington hotel
those wishing blossoms although
st1 too early forecast date this floral show Miss
rgh has booklet setting forth all details of the from
expense TO sightseeing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Passenger Club Frolics

Railroad gathered at the Detroit
Leland night for the twenynnh annual Detroit
Passenger Club banquet X Tannahi travelling passenger
Pacific Railway presided and w E Fracke
ton assistant general agent of the New York Central
POSTMASTER.
Illinois Central that the city of
Miami Streamner will extend the TO the
Florida with the final outhbound May % and
turning from the South May 30
j. Thomann. city passenger agent Of the Great Northern
and number OF officials Of that presented coored
ton pictures Of Gracer National Park members of the Adcra
Club a Friday gathering
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
10 Dance on Air

Today the old mesquite tree
still stands and an occasional
group of tourists will spread their
midday lunch beneath its sparse
shade. Nobody knows how many
ruStlerS and horse thieves swung
from the tree. but old-timers in
that country will tell you that
at least 10 danced on air." as
the weSterner so elegantly de-
scribed a hanging
Little has been done TO pre-
serve Langtry, certainly one of
the most fabulous spots in Texas.
William Harrison Furlong.
known as Father of the Pan
American Highway" punched
cattle in the Langtry country
a good many years ago, and of
Roy Bean he says;
''fhere was no law west OF the
Pec0s River until Roy Bean
brought IL in. and, believe me, it
was needed in those days"
Uses His Pistols
Furlong tells many tales of
Roy Bean. The law dispensed at
Langtry was crude, Furlong adj
mits. but usually just tothe nth
degree. Occasionally. however.
-VerdictSIWere Changed TO meet
emergencies.
"Bean was proud Of two big
bone-handled siX-guns he wore
day and night" Furlong says,
but for q long time he never
had a chance to use them. Then
one day jury brought in a
verdict Of guilty and hanging in
case where Bean thought the
accused innocent.
Bean linn bed from his
bench, walked over to the fore
man and stuck the two big guns
in his stomach.
81 want another verdict in 10
minutes, he said.
mine minutes later the fore
man Of the jury stepped up to
the bench and said:
1.-THE verdict IL not guilty"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

(This is another yarn by The
Old AAA Traveller Of the Auto
mobile Club Of Michigan, who
hos been proioiing around the
Southeast for several weeks.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Seven Scenic Wonders

The Hotel of America made the first of OF
selections of scenic which will finally eliminate
the Seven Scenic Wonders of North America Styone
charters selecting what they consider the attractions
of their territories
Colorado Charter No the first TO contribute its choices
which drawn from the territory OF Colorado Wyoming and New
Mexico and consist of the following:
Rocky Mountain National Park
Mesa Verde National Park.
Yellowstone National Park
Carlsbad Caverns
Denver mountain parks
The worlds highest bridge
Canon City Colo
CITY of Santa Fe NJ second oldest CITY in United States
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
Kirby Picks List

Earl Kirby who bin Of travelling and is authority
where far Detroit is concerned doesn't hesitate
pick the attractions. Here his selections
Banh-Lske Louise. Canadian Rockies.
Bryce--Zion National Parks.
Belingrath Gardens. Mobile Ala.
Yosemite National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon.
San Francisco
$ a subject which should bring lot OF
the Detroit charters selections.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
Mothers Soma

Eulalia was born four and a
half months ago, and the Madr-
gueras brought her to Detroit
with them, rather than leave her
with nurse, or even with rela-
tiVeS.
When we were taking Eulalia s
picture, we tried TO get her 10
smile. The usual chin-chucking
and funny noise making failed
and so did a woolly toy goat, so
finally Patricia (who specializeS
in songs like Jim" Last Time
Saw Paris" and Cuban
YodelerD started 10 sing 10
Eulalia 10 make her gayer.
What she sang was, 'do-re-mi-
fa-sol-la-ti-do," Just the scale.
Then she sang It backward. No
dice. Finally she heaved a sigh
and tried it a different way.
"All right" she said. "Pll sing
II In swing time" So she sang
the scale in swing time, and
after a bit Eulalia began TO
smile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
vnxr
inside DETROIT IL
He Meets
Agreeable
People
INSIDE DETROIT:

Ing what Detroit is Like is Too
big n mouthful for any one
person. but we'd like 10 start
off this department 49, its FIRST
appearance in the Sunday Times
with this understanding:
Taking a mammoth city 4
piece az a time. we think We can
make IL an agreeable tour be-
cause there are a great many
agreeable people to meet. II We
talk about one subject. or one
group OF subjects this week,
that's no sign that Wen be talk
ing about the same kind next
week. In fact, it's a pretty good
guarantee that we won't he.
II might be about Patricia
Montieth Price and table tennis;
or Nick Londes announcing sadly
that once a man tried 10 get
him 10 take Marian AnderSon'S
contract, but he didn't know
what he'd do with a soprano
anyway. he didn't know then
that she was going to be world
famous.
II might be about the way
Marie. the check girl, keeps
everybody'S hat straight without
Using checks; or sbout- Mrs,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
Men Stars
Now Carry
The Torches

Continued From First Stage Pag,
break, I know he was hoping
that his argument, like all
others, might be bridged and he
and Annie 60 on together.
When Ginger Rogers made up
her mind, not long ago, that per-
haps she was seeing too much
of George Montgomery and that
their romance was getting too
much publicity, George was very
sad. I know because Montgom-
cry was with us on our trip to
Dixon and he told me that Gin
ger was the one girl in the world
for him.
When we boarded the train ne
sent telegram after telegram to
her. Now they're working to-
gether in a picture, "Roxie Hart"
at Twentieth--so we shall see
what we shall see about the out
come of this romance.
Mickey Rooney is the last per-
son in the world you would think
OF rs carrying around a torch
even a slight one. But happen
TO know that OF all the girls
Mickey has gone out with-he
liked Linda Darnell the best.
But Mickey still hasn't given up
hope. He's merely philosophical
when he says:
"We're both young yet--and
Linda hasn't definitely made mp
her mind about that chap In
Mexico City,"
Jamie Jorba is the handsome
Latin who supposedly has the
inside track to Linda's heart.
Last, but not least among the
male torch bearers is Kay Kyser,
who, they tell me. will never feel
the same way about any girl as
he feels about Ginny Simms.
1t was really a blow to Kay
when Ginny told him she wanted
to leave the band TO try her luck
in pictures. There can be no
doubt that at one time these
two were very much in love and
many people thought they were
married.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

We don't know what it'll be
about, except that it will be
about Detroiters, or the people
who pass through Detroit, and
about their affairs. And ours.
We won't try TO make il a
recital of world shattering
events. The front page is for
that. But we think that peo-
pie are important, and that ideas
are more lasting than monu-
ments. And that our place is
here, and that our time is now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
BULLETIN BOARD: P. ]

CURRIER-Even though Wash
Ington officials are refusing
10 give you the Wayne contract
for transportation low cost
housing, your firm has Just re-
ceived a letter from Australia
asking whether you can build
houses there. This is Just one,
isn't it, of 1000 orders that you
have received and can't promise
10 fill until you can find out
whether you can get priority on
building materials
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02

open Tuesday with a discussion
of Brazilian music, illustrated
by records of Elsie Houston,
Burle Marx and others. Kurtz
Myers of the library staff will
be the speaker.
The lectures this Winter will
be given Tuesday evenings at
7:45 in the auditorium of the
main library. Admission is free.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-02
DETROIT PULSE: The W

IL in everybody's bloodstream.
and 10 say so is like saying that
Winter is cold. But we think
we detect some overtones this
week-the visits Of Col. Frank
Knox and the Duke of Windsor
were made because Detroit's
place in the current world is a
key position.
The world is a gigantic see
saw. Ten thousand miles 10
the east and 10000 10 the west,
nations rise and fall, rocking
on n teeter-totter that is bal
anced on Detroit Probably
one of the most important meet
ings, though, was held without
fanfare in the d. A. G. when
ENJOYS from South America met
cross section Of the top motor
executives.