Show IF SCOTTY INVITES US TO HIS CASTLE interests interesting Inter estl ng to flagstaff people bo be causo ause c death valley scotty formerly punched cows cowa near flagstaff staff bobor 0 lie he became celebrated bd 8 ides being real news to many whoso choso ideas of death valley aro are vague the following c lipped front from a pomona calm calif paper Is worth reading luxury of death valley scottye scottys Scott Sc ottys ya i castlo castle in tile the wastes 0 of tho the desert was interestingly described by dr welles ley reagan of covina ono one of a party narty that flow flew ovey death valley and visited the famous castle during tile tho christmas holidays last year in an illustrated I 1 talk at yesterdays daya regular meeting of the rotary notary club in tile tho community building millions already havo have boon been spent on this castlo castle and its surroundings and still moro more millions will bo be ox ex bonded before the elaborate construct ion is completed the speaker said an aa lie told of the vast sums that this desert character has poured into commerce throughout the world to bring to death valley the things lie he wanted for the castlo castle in a brief historical sketch of death valley val ie Y scotty catty S the speaker told of a friendship which developed between scotty and a man named johnson years ago scotty took care of john son bon tor for several banri lhnn anim I 1 en son eon a chicago man made a huge fortune from this source came tho the nill mil aitio kven wt finance the castle it was ex plat plainer ned m f at the dr reagan w was a di a g and using a small motto a number ot at pictures in and around the building cheso were N ere shown to help describe the al neiff nes of the castle A wall of concrete and stool 10 feet high and 17 miles long ions surrounds tho the castle and an a permanent staff ot of 70 people Is in employed to take caro care of the place according to the speaker alt all of the floors are of tile construction st and all rugs purchased or being purchased are oriental cost of the rugs to furnish tho the castle will about the speaker estimated ti scotty now has a man in algeria who Is buying a shIp shipload loaa of shrubs to be set out around tho the grounds in tho the music room dr reagan said there is a huge pipe organ which can ho be played by bya a person sitting at the manual of which can bo be mechanically operated by pressing a button in any of the many towns of at tho the castle the woodwork throughout the castle the guest house houe and stables la Is hand carved all glass furnishings are hand polished french importations all pieces of furniture forn iture aro are daf ferent and the handiwork of at master craftsman the ille speaker sald eald the plunge Is x feet and made of tile according to dr reagan who also pointed out that a glass tunnel has boon been installed beneath the plunge so one can watch swimmers from the bottom of oc the pool the speaker also described a lavishly tiled and decorated fountain tile the liand hand hammered brass over the fireplace and the scenes of scotty flipping flapjack flap jacks on the desert as patterned in in the brass by the craftsmen the castle has been under construction st ot ruction for several veara nn sid erable time will be retired required before it la Is completed as aa planed when this castle is finished another Is to be built in designs still more elaborate than the present structure the speaker was told many 0 of jhb pictures close up views of the interior of the castle coconino sun |