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About Ashland American. (Ashland, Jackson County, Or.) 1927-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1927)
Mayor Walker and a Bunch o f Admirals Mayor James J. Walker of New Yor« surrounded on the steps of the city hall by the admirals and aides who arrived there with the Meet. The largest array of battle cruisers In history entered the Hudson river. The war ships In the fleet numbered lid, and they carried more than 30,000 sailors and 2,327 officers. The men had a fine time ashore for some days. They and their vessels were fresh from the war maneuvers In the Carrlbean sea. Saving the Vicksburg Railroad Transfer Big Offer for This Monstrance Theresa Moser of New York holding a monstrance said to contain part of the holy cross. An art dealer has offered $100,000 for the relic, but the girl has not yet decided to part with It. Her forebears received It 150 years ago from Joseph II, Austrian monarch. When the West Bank Dikes Broke I The railroad transfer of Vicksburg was In great danger of destruction by the flood waters of the Mississippi and on army of men was put to work reinforcing the levee with thousands of sacks of dirt. Some of the Flood Victims for Whom Aid Is Needed Great tracts of central Louisiana were inundated when the levees on the vest bank of the Mississippi river gave way. This picture, made across from \ leksburg, shows the flood waters rushing over the Dixie highway. Apple Blossom Parade Prize Float lb fi - rs from the Mlf'.'Sippt flood areas and part of the Red Cross tent city in the background. The train see, In the (»holograph brings supplies to this little tent city near Forrest City, Ark. Explosion Cripples the Langley MICHIGAN BEAUTY w.m first prize in the Apple Blossom parade at W inchester. Vn. ie Shenandoah valley w ere garbed in old-fashioned dresses in mm colors, pink, white and green. e C. 8. 8. Langley, flagship of the ««•et a air forces, being to wed Into drool >n navy yard for repairs after the explosion off Ambn-se Light. Electric UOMti • ry ub. ,ird the craft was paralysed, but no out was uurt. Miss Lillian Rowett, seventeen year-old high school jj L I, eh sen |,j the Bessemer (Mich.) Chamber o; Commerce to represent Bessemer li> the International Beauty contest at Galveston. Texas, May 21-23, U n re lia b le A ••quarter horse” |8 a term applied <» an individual who can make spec- acalar records but cannot be relied • pon for a good, steady pace In his indertakingx. The term was orlgt- ally used on the race course, mean- ng a horse in a race which was ca- •able of terrific speed for a short dis- ance, such as one-quarter of a mile, md which ended the other three^qunr- •rs of the mile at greatly reduced peed. H u g o ’s N otion of G e n iu s W hat! No critics? No. No cen sure? No. You explain everything? Yes. Genius Is on entity like nature, and, like it. must be accepted purely and simply. A mountain is a thing to take or leave. . . . In genius every thing has Its reason for existing. It is because It is. Its shadow Is the re verse of its clarity, existing. I* 1» be cause It Is. Its precipice Is the con- dltioL of Its height—Victor Hugo. G rea t F in a n c ia l C o n ce rn <>ue of America's large life Insor te* companies has asseta greats' aa those of the Bank of Lnglaud. Some of the cypress used by the Egyptians to make mummy cases Is three thousand years old and Is still 1» a good state of preservation. Cypress 3,000 Years O ld