Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1922 — Page 7

TOLY 11, 1922

RAY BUCKS CUT IN FIFTEEN-DAY COP VACATIONS Councilman Opposes Proposal of Mayor for Ten-Day Period —Stand* by Ordinance. Ten Instead of fifteen-day vacations for policemen, proposed by Mayor Shank, are not satisfactory, declared Councilman Otto Flay today. Bay fathered the fifteen-day vacation ordinance and another providing an eight-hour day for policemen. His bill also gives fifteen days to firemen. Men in both departments now get seven days. The mayor said the eight-hour day for policemen and tenday vacation could be given if $35,000 were appropriated to pay salaries of fifty more patrolmen. “Mayor Shank promised the police and firemen in his campaign he would give them fifteen-day vacations, and I'm going to see that he does, if I can," said Ray.

Historic Coach Again Carries Mail Over Highways of West

SHERIDAN. Wyo.. July 11.—A stage coach that played an Important part In the early development of that great section of the Northwest that radiates toward the four winds from Sheridan. Wyo., today is en route on a 900-mile journey to Omaha, Neb., carrying United States mail and a passenger, as it did forty-two years ago. when it made its last run into Sheridan over the Rock Creek, Fort Custer and Etchetah Stage and Express Line, braving the perils of an undeveloped frontier country and protected by armed guards, who rode the stage to safeguard its passengers and valuables from surprise attacks by bandits or hostile Indian bands. With a crack from a long blacksnake whip, four pinto ponies, drawing the old stage, dashed over the Fifth Ave. hill, the Custer Battlefield Highway’s entrance to Sheridan from the East, and were on their way to Omaha. hundreds of persons gathered in the City Hall square to watch the departure of the stage from Sheridan. Cowboys Drive Coach Swinging the ponies in toward the curbing, the coach's drivers —T. J. and George N. Ostrom. cowboys and pioneers of the Sheridan country—dropped from their lofty seats on top of the stage and. as cameras clicked, were handed greetings from Mayor C. W. Sheldon to the city of Omaha and a huge consignment of mail—all letters that were enclosed in special envelopes bearing an artist's drawing of the stage and stamped with the stage's cancel, showing that the letter had been carried aboard the coach. These letters also carried descriptive literature of the coach’s mission in the interest of the Custer Highway and of the historical and scenic beauty features of the five States the highway traverses. Paul Hudson, a native of Black Hawk, S. D., a town on the Custer Highway, and one closely associated with the early history of the stage, was the sole passenger carried by the teach when it left Sheridan. He was en route East on business. Will Interest East It was W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Custer Battlefield Highway Association and the road's founder, that saw the possibilities of interesting the East in the historical past of this section of the West and —having met with phenomenal success in sending White Eagle, Sioux Indian chief, American scout and writer of poems of Indian life on a nineteen months’ tour of the East, with the special objective of carrying greetings to Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow of the great general who lost his life on the Custer Battlefield the highway memorializes decided to send the old stage on another mission to the East. First interest, of course, in the stage is its venerable past. No information as to the date of its construction is available, but for more than forty years it has stood in a neglected bam lot of a former Sheridan hostelry, where in the days when this was one of the few centers of civilization in a vast plain the inn was a haven of good cheer and at times the scene of actions that gave this section of the United States the cognomen, "Wild and Woolly West.” Carried Well-Known Men Previous to 1880, when its last run was made into Sheridan, the old stage saw many years in the express service, and it carried many of the West's best-known men to some frontier mining claim, a homestead, on a Government land grant, and from these small beginnings of livelihood they have risen to places of prominence in the life of the West, and seme have added glory to their nation's name. Its drivers and guards skirmished with the Indians and bandits, braved the hardships of frontier life and cheered many Easterners on in their ambition to make their "stake” in the mountain ranges of the West. On its last run from Rapid City to Sheridan the old coach received hard punishment, which, because it was not ft 'oe used again, was never repaired. Coach Is Strengthened With the purchase of the coach by the Custer Battlefield Highway Association began the task of making it ready for the hard trip East. The stout oaken frames, the canvas top, the hickory wheels and the long leather rockers upon which the coa<*h body swung, instead of on steel springs, as more modern vehicles do, all needed to be practically rebuilt It was with this overhauling that many of the interesting discoveries about the past of the stage came to light. A hole in the canvas above the rear seat had evidently made it uncomfortable for the passengers when it rained, or when the heavy night air of thd Black Hills crept in. and the drivers had obliged their patrons i by stopping at a homestead in the hills and borrowing a burlap sack to repair the hole In the canvas. In tearing thia loose In the repairing cf the seat it was discovered that the burUtp bore the name of one "J. D. Williams,” who, inquiry reveals.

Atlantic City Flier Crash

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This shows what was left of the midnight flyer, Philadelphia & Reading train, which, loaded with returning Atlantic City excursionists, left the rails and plunged over an embankment at Winslow Junction, near Atlantic City. Seven were killed and more than fifty injured. Investigators say the switch at the junction had been set improperly, sending the flier onto a sidetrack and a sharp curve which threw it from the rails. John DeWalt, 67-year-old towerman at the junction, was hysterical after the crash.

was a homesteader near Rapid City, S. D., in the late eighties. Schedule Sheets Found Although it can not be ascertained who drove the stage into Sheridan, a slit in the upholstering of the driver’s seat revealed several schedule sheets that were used to check express and passengers carried and provide a record of trips, and whether the driver was forgetful and never remembered where he placed his schedules he hid them well, and, although dimmed with the ravages of time, some of the writing is still legible and gives an idnteresting sidelight on the express rates in vogue forty-two years ago. A violin was one of the articles of express shown on the schedule, and it cost 50 cents to carry it from Custer to Sheridan. In 1880 Sheridan was only a cluster of cabins in Wyoming's vast territory- Near the junction of Little and Big Goose Creeks nestled in the sheltering foothills of the Big Horn Mountains, a few squatters had selected cabins and were making plans for the days when a surveyor might come through and lay out a town site.

Left in Log Hut It was here that some family, e.ther more enterprising than the others or more optimistic of the settlement's future, had erected a sign, "Hotel and Bar,” over a rude clapboard and long structure adjoining their cabin, and here the drivers of the old stage left it forty-two years ago. When it left Sheridan it bade farewell to Sheridan Inn, a modern hotel structure erected by the late Buffalo Bill a few years before his death, j From the hilltop east of the city its beautiful mountain town of 13.000 ! inhabitants. Between tall trees white! lines in checkerboard fashion indi- j rated miles of paved streets, upon | which motor cars sped and along j which are hundreds of beautiful residences.

RIDDLE SOLVED! WOOSTER, Ohio, July 11—Police found a still In the main office of a telephone office here. Investigating, the officers learned that telephone girls were drinking its product. ‘That's why I always get the wrong number," declared a cop. Consultation with the manager, however, revealed that the still was put in because the company's drinking water was not deemed satisfactory without purification. Distilled water, cooled by lee, the entire process being handled through a single operation, gives Wooster’s “hello" girls a perfect thirst quencher, it is claimed.

Paris Style

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One of the latest Paris styles was recently Introduced in this country by Mrs. Sylvannus Stokes. Her stylish sweater costume has a triangular cutout In which her monogram is elaborately woven. She introduced this costume at Bailey’s Beach to the fashionable Newport colony.

Slain Marshal Buried With Pomp

The funeral cortege at London of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, assassinated British military and po litical leader. The coffin is mounted on a gun carriage, followed by the marshal's riderless charger. High officers bear on velvet cushions the marshal's baton, medals and orders.

Rapiers Put Home Complete on Wheels of Old Flivver

By NORA KAY. Lots of people may think the “home complete” requires a roomy city lot and all the accessories, but the Rapier family, at present encamped In the tourist's camp at Riverside Park, can prove it takes only an old sliver chassis and the true home-making spirit to have a home as complete as any in Indianapolis. In fact, the Rapier bungalow on wheels possesses touches which many LOCUSTS INFEST FARMS Seventeen-Year Variety Will Ravage Mid-Wyst. [ WASHINGTON, July 11.—The feven-tenn-year locusts will be uninvited guests this year In Illinois and southern Wisconsin, according to pre- ; dictions by Agriculture Department ! experts. The characteristic whirring noise I of the insect also will be heard in In- ; diaria, on the border of Lake Michigan, and in the southern tier of ! counties in the State of Michigan, it was said, while a big brood will appear in eastern lowa. •_ | Gold was discovered at Placerville, j Cal., in 1848, only eight mile3 from | the present Lincoln Highway. The first city in the United States i to have open-air schools was Providence, R. I. Beethox'en was an organist in a church in Bonn. Germany, when he was 12 years old. Badges, symbolical of the name, are being supplied to many ships tn the British navy'. Fuchsias received their name from Leonard Fuchs, who discovered this species of house plants. The left shoulder of a human being is almost Invariably higher than the right. Whist, played as long ago as 1500, was originally called "triumph.” Monks in the middle ages possessed not a single article of their own. The white fur with black tipped tail known as "ermine” comes from the mountain weasel.

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permanent homes lack—for instance, the crest on the door—three crossed rapiers, with three R's, denoting the three members who occupy the travel ing residence, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Rapier and their son, Roland, 17, who designed and built it. Wolf, the Rapier dog, is also a member of the family, even if his initial was not put on the door, and rides right along with the rest In com plete comfort. Just how complete the little French gray bungalow is can be Judged by a glimpse In the interior, where blue walls. white cupboards and furniture.

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Bertillon System Now Is To Be Applied to Noses of Cows

LOS ANGELES, July 11. The moo-cow-moo has a tall like a rope, And it’s raveled down where it grows; And it's just like feeling a piece of soap All over the end of the moo-cow’s nose. —Edmund Vance Cooke. Quick, Watson, the needle! And now comes anew method —a certain method—of identifying the neighbor's cow that ate up the turnips in the vegetable natch. Dr. E. M. Keefe, veterinarian in charge of the local office of the State Department of Agriculture, declares that science has discovered a real "Bertillon system” of Identifying bovines —by their nose prints. And before very long dairymen, or any one else who keeps a cow, will probably be forced by law to photograph the animal and then keep an ink imprint of the slippery end of the cow's face on the back of the picture for purposes of full identification. A cow’s nose print is just as certain an identification as the finger print of a human being. Dr. Keefe says, and furthermore, there are no

and blue and white linoleum make up a delightful kitchen and dining room in one. The bedroom is a delightful comer with two screened windows, hung with draperies of rose and white which also makes up the dainty cover for the folding couch. The wide front seat forms a third sleeping place. And when mealtime comes Mrs, Ra pier goes to the little -white pantry and to the diminutive white icebox then takes out the oven from its place in the corner, mounts it on the camp stove, let 9 the dining table down from the wall and is prepared to serve anything from home-made pies to stewed chicken. "All the comforts of home? You 1 tell 'em!" says Mr. Rapier.

two noses alike In the entire bovine family. The discovery of this fact by Dr. Keefe, who is said to be formerly of fthe University of Minnesota, will prove of great value in preventing the falsification of records showing the animal’s heritage. It also wifi prevent any fraud In milk production as well, it is claimed, as the nose prints of each will be chocked on the page of the dairy-

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Hah! Sports Shoes at $5.85 Black and white low shoes for sports wearthink of that. Also gray suede, trimmed with gray or black; all new models, and all only $5.85. This looks like a real opportunity. —Ayres—Shoes, second floor.

Dotted Swiss, 89c (In Colors) St. Gall swiss, this is, and 32 inches wide. It comes in henna, red, brown and light blue, with white dots, in black and brown with red dots. Very Special Also 40-lnch imported swiss in brown, red, hello, cadet, with white dots. —Ayres—Wash goods, second floor.

Toilet Preparations Sale Continues a Second Day With Special Pnces Mary Garden com- Shell combs, 500. Mary Garden toilet Auditorium bath pacts, 750. Mirror nail polish, water, 750 oz. soap, 79£ dozen. Composition white 150- Colgate’s dental- Prophylactic toothivory mirrors, 750- Composition white powder, 150. brushes, 18^. Colorlte for hats, ivory hair brushes, Mavis talcum, Lustoria for hata, 100- $1.50. 140- 150. —Ayres—Taj let goods, street floor.

I I DOWNSTAIRS af AYRES' 1 200 Cool Dresses I Exceptionally Good Values in I Warm Weather Apparel 8 It is pretty well established that we keep abreast of the styles in the Downstairs Store. These dresses are up to the standard in that respect; 11 up to the minute, ard present a good selection for the miss as well as for H her mother. There are dresses of Canton crepe, crepe de chine, printed crepe, wool ft crepe, shantung, pongee, dotted Normandies, well suited for vacation jpj wear; all specially purchased. Sizes range from 16 to 46. Strap Slippers and Pumps — 1 P Women’s and Misses * 1 | $| .95 1 687 Pairs of them, suitable for dress, evening and street wear; patent pumps, with 1 Cuban and low heels; patent “Mary Jane” slippers with broad toes and flat heels; black Ej H soft kid lace oxfords, with flexible soles and rubber heels, are included in this selling. Play Oxfords and Barefoot Sandals, all sizes, sto 2,98 c pr. L. S. AYRES & CO.—DOWNSTAIRS STORE

man's ledger pearing the Bertillon Identification. The question confronting veterinarians now is Just how readily will Mrs. Cow take to having her nose prints registered. Interviewed on the subject, one Jersey cow chewed her cud reflectively for a moment and then softly said "moo-o-o.” All of which means in the bovine tongue, "I should worry.” The question has now arisen in scientific circles that if science had known this method of identification fifty years ago could it have been proved that after all it was not Mrs.

Pretty, Inexpensive DRESSES

For the Stout Woman - for Summer IN summer one prefers less fine dresses and a number of them so that one can change frequently, have variety, and , no great expense to any one garment. In This Class —Foulards For the stout woman these are made along long lines, some with paneled skirts and simple blouses, with perhaps a vestee of net and lace or dark Georgette. Others use the Georgette more generously. Priced at $25.00 and $35.00. In sizes from 42 1 ,4 to 521£. —Ayres—Gray shop, third floor.

A Special Elastic Girdle Made of hea\-y pink elastic with pink satin front and bone casing and pink satin ribbon finish at top. this desirable new girdle, 14 inches long, is ideal for golf, motoring. dancing and general warm weather wear. Priced at $5. —Ayres—Corsets, third floor.

O’Leary's cow that waa responsible for the great Chicago fire? Who knows? Nobody but the cow's nose! In the British Museum there Is s Bible that measures only one Inch long and two-fifths of an inch wide. There are 30,000,000 grade and scrub dairy animals in this countryExports from the United States amount to about 10 per cent of the Nation's total production. The Autee Sandling, a mountain in Australia, is collapsing so rapidly that It Is discernible.

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The Guimpe With the Bertha Collar This guimpe is new; it la 6hown along with some smart new organdy guimpes, all daintily trimmed with VaL lace or with lace and embroidery, and some others in severe tailored styles. Prices range from $3.50 to $4,95. —Ayr e s—N eck wear, street floor.

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