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Evening star., 1923-04-02

The excavation of $4,000 cubic yards
8of earth was required for the founda-
#tions of the big stand and bleach
hrs. Before the work of putting the
|Rield In order was completed an up-to-
Hate drainage system-conSisting of
sleven large pipes around the outrield,
p network of pipes under the infield
& Ind concrete gutter in front of
he grandstand-was installed.
4 Some of the figures on the material
#equiIed for the Yankee stadium are
s follows:
Concrete, 10000 yards. This is
&nent. 10000 yards of gravel and 15,-
200 yards OF sand.
Il Structural steel. $500 tons.
Reinforcing steel, 900 tons.
n Lumber for bleachers and concrete
Worms. 1000 T. B. NJ.
A Lumber for grandstand seats, 500
II 90 lineal feet.
Piping for rails in boxes, reserved
Beats and bleachers, about four miles.
~ Iron in seats. 500 tons.
III Time spent in construction, eleven
&uonths,
8naHtpnum
II Nearly Half Mile Round.
n Other figures on the plant, besides
khose involving material in construc-
ltion. tend further to impress one with
&the magnitude of work. The plot
Htakes in about ten acres. and from
HeXtreme points on eitHeF sue ~ nloso
Hures about 700 feet. The distance
: around the outer edge of stand and
/ lbleachers figures 2.59l feet or about
nifty feet less than halt mile he
tween the playing field and STANDS IS
h la running track, twenty-fou teet
4 wide and 400 yards in length. with a
of l20 yards IN front or
4 the third base wing Of the grand
Y stand. This track has been measured
hoy officials OF the Amateur Athletic
4 Cnion and pronounced o: Il. SO any
RECORDS made there will be official.
4 The front of the big Grandstand.
from the right field bleacher to the
Ableacher front in left center. meas
ures 1.l16 feet. The lower deck.
deepest Of the three tiers. is l27
feet from front to rear. The run
wavs in the rear of the stands meas
ure twenty feet in width, the most
*commodious of any ball park ever
built. Wide aisles, wide seats and
plenty of space between rows of seats
are other features which Will be
#appreciated by the fans. There are
#siXteen toilet rooms within the park,
#eight for men and eight for women.
There are no stairs between the
&tIecks All are reached by ramps,
which are so concentrated near the
*entrances as to give the fan mini
#Inum amount of climbing. AT the
#main entrance there are two duplex,
or scissors ramps, which really con-
@ttute Tour FaIlpS--I"o ~ tiiC A4leH
8 canine and upper Grandstand and
two to the lower stand. They are
so arranged that all can feed any
+ one particular deck or all decks at
the same time. At the entrance at
157th street and River avenue is
\ 8one duplex ramp, while a 16lst street
and Doughty street the exit. which
can be converted into an entrance,
\ is also a duplex ramp. The capacity
4 of the combined ramps is estimated
at a minimum of 5000 persons per
minute. Every major league park
In the country was inspected. the
style of each was studied, so that
the Yankee stadium would combine
the best features of each and all.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
Home Monster Proposition Hagen Nov Greatest ofAH Golfers
AMATEUR GOLF STARS
IN NCRTH-SOUTH EVENT

PTNEHURsT,r N. c.. April 2-
Henry j. Topping, Greenwich,
Conn, north and south amateur
golf champion, has a formidable
field against him I'm the annual
title tournament starting today.
Among the lending cOntenders
are Willie Hunter, former British
amateur cham piOny Gardiner w.
White, 1921 metropolitan titIehold-
er, and Warren X. Wood of Pei
ham.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
TWO CORNELL PLAYERS
ON ALL-STAR QUINTET

Corneil's basket ball stars cap
fured two places on the 1922-23
ALTAR intercollegiate quintet
formed from the consensus of Sc
icctiOns from among league teams
made by coaches and sporting
writer's in the east. Dartmouth,
Princeton and Yale, winner of the
Intercollegiate title, landed the
other places ON the first team.
First and second all star teams,
bnsed upon the consensus follows
First team. Second team.
ptte, Yale p. StrOm. Column.
Cullen, Dnrt.. r. Suisman, Yale
Luther. Cornell & Friedman, Dart.
Crabtree, C'nelI. G. GibIitz, Yale
Loeb, Princet'n G. Bergen, Princet'n
Evening star., 1923-04-02
TEN ACRES USED TO MAKE
BALL PARK In NEW YORK
10000 Square Feet of Sod, 10000 Yards of Con-
crete, $500 Tons of Steel Required by 500 Work
! men to Construct Stadium in Months.

EW YORK, April 2Converng unused
modern ball park undertaking appreciate
until brought with
difficult realize task what
labor H
York
stadium during the week the
work material required
bit had been poured
fill
filing bring required
special
Evening star., 1923-04-02

1t is interesting to note that Joe
Kirkwood the Australian. finished in
the money at Pinehurst, landing d
sol for seventh place. 1t is not TO be
doubted that Hagen and kirkwood
have accumulated satisfactory bank
balances since they have been in the
money and high at that, in some one
hundred odd matches and tourna-
ments.
Gene Sarazen and Jock Hutchisor,
who were travelling s a pair, albeit
not over territory so great and occu-
pying much less time, met the Hagen
Kirkwood combination six times and
were successful upon two occasions
at eighteen holes only by very small
margins. We're beaten three times by
Kirkwood and Hagen and one match
was halved. SO to date. the honors
are with the international pair. We
shall see what the future brings.
AS the writer predicted. Gene has
received permission from the club TO
go to Troon in May.
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1923-04-02
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION
is AT TOP OF HIS FORM
IL Present Pace Is Maintained He Will Occupv Same
Position in Golf That Ruth Does in Base Ball
and Dempsey i'm the Ring.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK, April 2Whaever future OF the gof
show there doubt that the outstanding golfer this
not in
Pnhurst
Beear
Ahevie of
records
Unquestionaby and
months If shall be called
Dempsey
and Gould out II theirs.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
PREPARES FOR CENTRAL.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, April >.
University of Virginia's freshmen
base ball nine has begun intensive
ing game with Central High School
Thursday The first-year squad has
been reduced to twenty five men.
Coach Herbert plans to give the Blue
and White of Washington strong OPP
rnSifInn
Evening star., 1923-04-02
FoRDHAM NINE IN SOUTH.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Fordham
University's base ball squad is in
Richmond. Va. on the first lap in its
annual spring trip. The team will
play the University of Richmond to-
DAY and will compete with teams at
Charlottesville. Va; Washington
Quantico. Annapolis and Philadelphia
eforn returning.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
TRIP FOR MICHIGAN NINE.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 2.-Uni-
versity of Michigan's base ball team
Will leave Friday for the south to
play eight games with teams repre-
senting schools below the Mason
Dixon line.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
INSIDE GOLF
BY George O'Neil,

I-by george y ONeH---l
We shall now go back TO the
beginning of the drive stroke md
take up the tnsk OF Introducing
"touchs md "feeI."
Heretofore our efforts with the
club hnve been wholly TO the point
of getting the club up, down and
through the ball with a degree OF
rhythm more or leSS-the more
you have accomplished in the way
of rhythm the better OF you are,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26
Russell Street OF Long Ago

The accompanying picture is one of
Russell street taken in the early COS.
The first building on the left was a
cobblers shop, owned and operated
by John McCrillis. The building
stood where the present building now
owned by w. p. Ordway and occupi-
ed by w. II. Fowler as paint shop
is located. The blacksmith shop ad-
Joining was operated by Mark Har-
Vile, this location now being the open
area surrounded by poplar trees and
belonging to the futile Bros. The
building to the west is that OF the
old Elm House, now the New Skowhe-
gan House, Asher Savage being pro-
prietor at that time. Some OF the
proprietors up to the present time
have been Messrs. Getchell Il Spring
err, Fred Dore, II. w. Hafnes and
Washburn Bros, who later sold to
futile Bros. Further to the left was
the home of Octave Morse, and in the
original photograph he can be seen
standing in front of the house. Or
all the trees that were standing at
that time, is the one elm by the band
stand today. The last building to
| be distinguished on this street on the
left is that of a store occupied by a
Mr.. Thomas, the father of Nathan
| Thomas, now residing on Madison
avenue, this town The building to
be seen in the rear center is that
of Charles Snow. Adjoining the
Snow place is that formerly occupied
by the Somerset Reporter. now own
| ed by NJ. B. Heselton and occupied
by the Waterville Motor Co., and the
American Express office. The flag
pole stands about where the little
building occupied by the gate tend
err of the NJ. C. r. R. is situated
The building to the west of the rail-
road tracks is that of George Went
worth, then occupied as store.
| Coming westerly is the Neil store.
| The trees in the unoccupied area,
were situated where the Phil
brick block now stands. The sec
ond building on the right from Madi-
son avenue, a portion of the roof OF
which shows very dimly, looking like
| 4 continuation of the present Fair
grieve building. is that formerly &C.
! cupied by Otis harrington, a carpen-
ter and Wheelwright. The first
| house to be seen on Russell street to
the right is that of G.. b. Fairgrieve,
who purchased same from DR.. Rich
who formerly occupied the premises
and conducted a livery stable in the
rear. In the distance and over the
roof of the old Elm House can be seen
a steeple. probably that of the old
Christian Church on High street, long
| since torn down.
This picture was evidently taken on
a Sunday, for we have been Informed
by some of the older inhabitants that
Russell street was very busy thor
oughfare in times past, and it was a
very unusual sight not to see more
business on week day than shown
| here.
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N. f. Tel. 2Os-31
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26
The First Hotel and Other
"Reminiscences
NV Geo. A. Lovejoy)

The first hotel in Skowhegan was
that OF Jerry Webb at the corner OF
Elm and Madison streets 1t had a
large hall and the dances were nearly
all held there The leagues fur
nished music in those days. Scratch
league and you always had a mu-
stefan. On great occasions Mr.. Nor
ton played horn. S. b. Brewster
took it then, | think. "Sambo' Ly-
ford had a hotel on Russell street,
and also had the first billiard tables
for hire. Opposite the Lyford Ho-
tel was Otis Farington's carriage
shop. Otis was said to be the most
even tempered man in town. He
lived next to the depot. Just across
the street resided Thomas Ross. also
carriage maker. The bowling al
leys were on the river bank, back
of the town hall The entrance was
between the hall and John V. Dorro-
thys carriage shop.
The Turner House was for many
years the leading hotel. Just across
the street p. Lane had a dry goods
store, his family living overhead. He
later went to Portland and was a
member of the firm of Lane q Little
on Middle street.
/ We must not forget the Varney fam
| lily of blacksmiths and carriage max
ers: father. son and grandson IN the
same shop on Madison avenue tor
nearly hundred years; Many is
the night | have seen the sparks NY
ing from the iron with which their
apprentices were making horseshoe
nails by hand.
! Nv first school was on Madison
avenue. We pupils got dry during
the hot June days and two OF us
would take a pail, and go a long dis
lance to the home Of Chandler Dyer
and get water After we returned to
the school one of US passed the water
around, all drinking from the same
dipper-no bugs then.
| Just opposite the school building
was the pond and mill OF John Whlt-
| ten, where he ground the bark Tor
his tanning operations on the BROOK
short distance below. the pohd
furnished us with brook trout in sum-
mer and fine skating In winter. Ihe
brook from this emptied into the riv-
err under Elm street, near the nome
OF Henry A. Wyman, one of our prom
inent lawyers. Judge White sold MS
place on Madison avenue TO Judge
Bell and moved up near the foot OF
Dyer Hill. Stephen Coburn and Col
Kidder were also lawyers and Alon-
20 Coburn was a LAWYER. He was a
fine man to go to for advice.
| %
The above is furnished us thru the
courtesy of George A. Loyejoy' So
Braintree, Mass.
The first hotel referred to by Mr.
Lovejoy stood on the location al pre-
sent occupied by Hotel Coburn' Ei-
kther before or after MIR. Webbs own
ership it was kept by man by the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26

| figuring The dressed birds at 321st
per pound, which was much too low
This year sixteen such demonstra-
tons have been held.
CIOTHING--Dres forms made.
cost $475. value $50.50, saved 345.25;
garments fitted on form. 4; foundation
waist patterns made AZ, cost $9.03
value $31 80, saving $2247: founda-
ton dress patterns, II; cost. sl.54,
value s1700; dresses cut from pat
tern, IL. foundation petticoats draft
ed, 9S, cost 65c. value $3.50; petit
coats cut from draft; number dress
finishes used. 40; new hats AIDE. 3.
cost s6.4l. value $3.50. ga, rg 1000;
hats remodeled Sc cost s. H.. value
$3.50. saving STATS: sowing kits
equipped, 20: number of persons to
whom information has been passed,
90.
FOODS-1n practically every COM
munity, there are to be two foods
meetings, dealing with food selection,
food habits; from these meetings
home demonstrations in the serving
of fruit and vegetables, milk, coarse
cereals, yeast breads, corrective. con-
stipation diet, will start.
HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT--Ac-
count books given out, 81: account
books kept to date 40; fireless cook
ers made. 2. cost 1854, value $4,000,
saving $13.46; floor pail coasters
made, /, cost 35c, value $1.0O, saving
CSC; number of persons to whom i'm
formation has been passed. IL. Sixty
women are carrying dish washing
demonstrations. Six of the COM
munities are to form testing circles;
four of these have already been start
ed. This is the testing of labor saving
decives that can be useful in the home
These are groups of five or six wo-
men. Lists of articles that the wo-
men desired to test were taken at
planning meetings. These articles
are furnished by the dealers with the
understanding that II they are satis-
fed they will purchase article which
they tested. The fireless cooker
campaign Is to be held In each of the
communities during the month Of
May. Work was begun during March
when survey was made; during April
the women are asked to enroll. The
cookers will be made during May.
Some of the data regarding the CAM
paign is as follows: no. names in Of
fee, COS; no. survey cards sent, 10;
no. returned, 81 no. sheets sent, 544;
quotas sent in county for campaign,
1T.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26
SK0WHEGAN LOCALS

Mrs. B. T. Steward returna
Waterville Friday after a Short
in town.
Henry Talbot of Boston who
been the guest of his daughter, N
Fred Fellows returned home FfasI
Arthur r. McQuillan. a student
Harvard Medical School was 1
Waterville Friday calling on dners)
physicians in that city. Mrs
Quillian did not come to Skowhet
at this time but her mother, Mrs
A. Abbey is visiting her in Boston
vicinity.
Mrs. J. Wallace Blunt left Fria
morning to visit with Mr., Blunt
Westfield, Mass. and then was cd,
to New York to meet her mother, VI
Sarah S. Marston and her daughld
Miss Molly V. Blunt. Mrs. Maraa
and Miss Blunt have been spenfl
the winter in the Hawaiian Islan
and will continue to remain in NJ
York for a time after Mrs. Blum
return to Maine. 's''"to@ fo t,ito.
The Town Improvement Soel,
will have a spring luncheon in
Federated Church dining room, N
3 at 1.30. The committee in chsI
is composed of Mrs. Nellie N. hs
kins, Mrs. Jennie Ford, Mrs. Ell
Smiley. Mrs. Georgia A. Goodwin a
Mrs. Emma Simpson, The guest
honor will be Mrs. Roselle Huddles
of Oreno. president of the Maine n
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
J. ID. Symons. local agent oil
Cleveland automobiles, was uno'
ing three cars yesterday, one DeLt
sedan, one an ordinary sedan and
touring car. These are for the
of himself and his two sons, X, a
l.. w. Symons.
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FOR SALE

Second sized potato seed Green
Mountain Variety heavy yielders; also
few of my extra quality table
stock. Dressed year old poultry
ready for the oven 35c per pound de-
livered daily. A cream separator
300 pound capacity in use three
months at one-half price.
WALLACE B. HAFEY,
r. F. ID. No. 7.
n. T.. Tel. 203-31
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Friends of MIR. and Mrs. Hugh F.
Kelley of Randolph tnee Amanda
Turcotte) formerly OF Skowhegan,
will be sorry to hear of the death of
one of the twins born to them Satur-
day. April 21st. The surviving child
and mother are doing as well as can
he expected.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26

beside a pool watching the surface
of the water very intently. When
the trout would come up within reach
she would frisk them out with her paw
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26

Friends of Mrs. Robert Wentworth
will regret to learn of her illness last
week which resulted in surgical
operation OF the Kennebec Valley
Hospital
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-10

acy, as porter and bootblack in the
examination of q. Il. Mason, special
agent of the Treasury Department,
who, in company with Prohibition
Agent ]. ii. Mckay, raided the cold
drink stand.
Agent Mason testified that during
a raid on the cold drink stand, he
found n trap door leading to a small
cellar in which he found large guam
tity Of liquor. Agent Mason was on the
stand at the time Of the noon recess.
Had Altered Floor.
The negro porter testified that he
had seen Chris C. Terrell. one of the
defendants bring whiskey two or three
times to the cold drink stand. He also
testified that he had seen the defend
ant sell liquor. He also testified that
certain construction work was done
under the supervision of McElhenny
and that he did not see any Of the
other defendants direct the construc-
ton work.
During the afternoon session, Mon
day, W. c. Proctor, a carpenter, tes-
titled that he had made alterations in
'NN iioot anu VAIN VI dH upstdlfs room
OF cold dring stand on New Braun
fels avenue. He asserted that the work
was done under the direction Of Al
Norton. another Of the defendants.
In the testimony, Tuesday morn
ing. Agent Mason testified that when
he visited the place in the tower, the
only occupants were r. Schleyer and
another man whom Agent Mason
thought was a customer. He later
learned, he testified, that Frank G.
Fuller. another of the defendants
named in the indictment, was owner
of the place.
Ask Continuance.
The sensational testimony OF the
case is yet 10 be heard, according to in
dications from both attorneys for the
defense and the government. II was
Indicated Monday during the noon re-
cess. by one of the defendants. that
testimony might develop tending to
show the details of airplane smuggling
activities between San Antonio and
the border. If such testimony develops.
it is believed. the chances are that Il
will come from witnesses for the de-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-10
MASONS HIGH
IN PRAISE Of
DECREE WORK
Historical and Religious
Degrees Being
Given.
HONOR JUDGE FLY
Veteran Mason Is Present
ed With Watch and
Praised.
HONOR JUDGE FLY

Work in the historical and religious
.,Ssgrees Of Scottish Rite Freemasonry,
Fifteenth to the eighteenth inclusive.
started Tuesday morning, the second
day Of the 22nd semi-annual reunion
of the valley of San Antonio being
held here, with 1874 candidates regis
tered.
The fifteenth and sixteenth degrees
were exemplified in the forenoon, and
the work in the seventeenth and
eighteenth starting at 1 80 and > 80,
respectively.
The first two of the philosophical
and chivalric degrees, the nineteenth
and twentieth, are TO be exemplified
at 5 and Tuesday evening. Follow
ing is the musical program that ac-
companied the exemplification of the
degrees Tuesday: Fifteenth, organ,
prelude to 1.-The Deluge,' tenor solo,
by the Waters of Babylon" organ !;
"Home. Sweet Home" organ "Nearer
My God to Thee; seventeenth, organ,
"An6ante, Firth symphony; duet,
"God Shall Wipe Away All Tears" !;
eighteenth, duet, zone Sweetly Solemn
Thought; alto solo, abide With
Me-" The program of music for the
nineteenth and twentieth degrees is
as follows: Nineteenth, special music
by Arthur Hershey Ball, quartette,
"Sanctus"; male choir, "Pilgrims
Chorus. Tannhauser;" chant, the
Lords Prayer; organ, "Andante Rig
lioso": chant, amen; quartette,
"Miserere, II Trovatore"; chant,
"Hear Our Prayer; chant. "Grant
Our Prayer; tenor solo. "The Holy
City,: twentieth. quartette, 30 Lord,
Rebuke .fe Not
Honor Judge Fly.
Just preceding the work in the
fourteenth degree Monday evening.
Justice w. S. Fly, 33d, past grand
master, was presented with watch.
The speech of presentation was made
by p. ID. Mathis. who paid high trib-
ute to Justice Fly. and to the part he
had played in building up the Masonic
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-10
FOR BETTER MARKETS
Cooperative Plan To Be Discussed
at Meeting Here.

One step nearer cooperative mar
keting in Texas will be taken at the
Fiesta de San Jacinto, April 10 TO
81. when the state conference on CO.
operative marketing meets at 0 O'Clock
Tuesday morning in the Chamber of
Commerce auditorium. State experts
will attend this conference in response
TO invitations issued by Charles III.
Alvord. manager Of the agriculture
department of the Chamber of Com
mercc.
Among those who will be present
and help thrash out details and diff
culties connected with the organiza-
ton of the farmers and truck farmers
OF the state on a cooperative basis
will be Cyrus Il. Lucas, president of
the Texas Southwestern Cattleman's
Association; /. r. Cherry, manager of
the Bee County Livestock Shipping
Association; NJ. r. Hays, secretary
Of the Texas Farm Bureau Fedora
ton; John Orr, president of Texas
Farm Bureau Cotton Marketing As
ISOLATION: and the manager of the
Southwest Texas Onion Growers As
sociation.
This plan of cooperative selling
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-10
MAN MAY
BE BLAMED IN
LIQUOR TRIAL
Questions in Conspiracy
Case Tend to Show
I Hand of Defense.
TEN BEFORE COURT
Trial Results From Raid
on Cold Drink Stand
on Grayson Street.

Questions asked government wit
nesses by attorneys for the defense in
the liquor conspiracy case under which
10 defendants are now standing trial
in the federal court for an alleged CON
spiracy TO violate the national prohibit
ton laws. indicates the defense will
endeavor to show that Fern McElhen-
ny, one of the salleged conspirators
who died subsequent to the return Of
the Indictment, was solely response
BILE for 500 one-half pint bottles of
liquor and several gallons of alcohol
found in a Grayson street cold stand
by federal agents.
The morning was largely occupied
in the cross-examination of Lavender
McKinnon. a negro porter employed
during the time of the alleged conspir-