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Show UTAH STATESMAN Tichita Suffers ;.FromvAiudser,.Bad. Flood American Mothers Revive French Flame i For tbi third time la teas than a month North Wichita, Kaa, u Inundated by flood ntm of aad tbo Llttlo Arkansas Htot. Tho plctoro wao mado la tho heart of tho tadoatrial dlatrict whore away were forced to abaadoa their homes aad where much property waa damaged Prize Winning Poster for the American Legion Touching scenes were wltaeseed at tho grave of. France's Unknown 8oldicr la Parla when methera of tbo American aoldlera who fought la France revived the flame at the Are da Trlompho. Mrs. Robinson, represent) Ing the mothers, la ahowa holding the reviving sword at the flamei Reconditioned Battleship Texas Now Flag Ship Thla la --he poater la the conteat of the American Leglpn for the beat poeter ahowlag the canae foe which the member of the Legion fought and the I deala which they represent It la the work of J. If. UKcheU. prlao-wlool- Monroe House b Sold at Auction I ON THE HAGUE COURT i This United States battleship Texas passing wider the Manhattan bridge. New York, oa her way to tike her place as flagship of tba United States fleet, replacing tba Seattle. The Texas baa Just passed through a long process of reconditioning, at a coot of more than $2,000,000. She has been converted from a coal burner to an oil burner and fitted with blisters tor protection against torpedo attack, and also provided with new deck armor to give additional protection agitnif bombs from the air. Her masts have been changed; the old foremast, of the cage type, baa been altered to a tripod, resembling the British masts, and the other mast has been converted from the cage" type le the ordinary type; r COLUMN OF FRUIT Tia Juana Becomes a Gretna Green Judge Benjamin Cardosa of the New York Court of Appeals, who has been named by President Coolldge to represent the United States at The Hague as a member of tba Interna tlonal Court of Arbitration. BIGGEST WATERMELON Thla photograph ahowa the' fruit column which waa erected annual Canstatter at the Fifty-fourt- h vaUufeat, held by the Canstatter Folkafeat Tereln of Philadelphia. The Mtamn contained three tons of fruit The dilapidated manalon at 86 Crosby street New fork, In which President James llonroe died on July 4, 1831, was sold at public auction, tbs other day. The American Scenic and Historic Preservation society, which bought It several years ago, waa onabla to provide for Its upkeep.' WINS GRAND AMERICAN Governor Ritchie b Now Ohe Tomka Califomlai sew law requiring a couple to post three days notice of Intention before receiving a license to marry haa tnrned Tla Jnana, Mexico, Into a Gretna Green. The law there requires no notice whatever, and hundreds of con plea have taken advantage of that fact. Judge Francisco Miranda to seen above Joining a couple from Sen Diego; Warner Is Learning to Fly i This la thought to be the largest watermelon ever grown. It weighs 143 pounds, has a circumference of 72tt Inches lengthwise and waa grown on the farm of IL L Dudley near Hope; Ark. Judge Ita alia by comparison with the little darkey standr lug behind IL Self--Complacency to a marked de wsa shown by a woman who; asked whether her child wsa like his father or mother, reOh, he's more like me. Rut I rather think It's a pretty good thing, for 1 don't see that I can complain of myself any." gree, when more plied, Governor Ritchie of Maryland, at the right, with the Indian chief of the Susquchannock tribe of Indluns oi the Woodcraft League' of America, after the governor waa given tba name of Oha Tomka, or Stalwart One, at the Tlmnnlnm fair. Bankrupt Sometimes a man who claims he li as good aa his word suddenly becomes speechless. Farm and Fireside Otto Newlln, formerly a Ihim'IkiIi pitcher but now retired from the game; won the highest honors In trapshooting In the Grand American championship it Dayton, Ohio, What made Hewlln'a victory the more remarkable wasthe fact that he won after taking pert In only one other Grand American handicap, lie la n resident of Baorgctowa, 1H. UndarwMd a UadcrwaoS Assistant Secretary of the Navy Warner has decided to try his wings and la now taking flying lessons at the An coo tla naval nation near Washington Thla photograph) ahowa Ur. Warner In the cockpit of hi training plafln |