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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
Bill Doak, Now Golf Pro, Presents Star in Young Son
Lad of Par BusrJons Hard
Jimmy Foxx says the short left.

Jimmy Foxx says the short left.
field fence in Boston should be
right down his alley A statis-
tician reports Jimmy's 10-year
average at Fenway Park is Just 1888
-. You pay your money and you
take your choice Just like Tom
Yawkey did Bobby Jones has
gone back to Atlanta after burning
up the Florida courses Watch
him In the invitation tournament
at Augusta next month Sam
Marion, Cardinal catcher, Is the
only base bali school graduate with
major league team He's a
product of the Ray Doan method at
Hot Springs :. Dizzy Deans home
at Bradenton remains boarded up.
Jimmy Foxx can drive q golf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
TUMBLERS ON PROGRAM
Legion Post to See Show Given by
Washington Boys Club.

A tumbling exhibition by the newly
oreanized team of the Washington
Boys Club will be given before the
members of the Takoma Park Post OF
the American Legion tomorrow night.
Bill Bush, tumbling director, has ar
ranged special routine Of stunts for
the occasion.
Wrestling teams of the club will per-
form at home tomorrow night when
the Junior and senior grapplers meet
the Police Boys Club. No. 4, and the
J. G. G. teams, starting at 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ut. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
Aground and about the
Grapefruit League: Bill
- Doak the old Cardinal
pitcher, is golf pro at a Braden-
ton club Bill has a 14-year-
old son, Bobby, who can 60 around
the old mans course in par or less
like nobody's business i. Al SIM
mons is getting good results from
q lighter bat over at Lakeland -.
Boston base ball writer's can't get
used to calling the Braves Bees"
to save their lives :. Kid Elber-
field, who started all this base ball
school business. has opened an
other one-in Atlanta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
Sabo Gets Eye of Nat Pilots
In Battle for Catching Job;
Only Stone No,v Is Unsigned

digit. Estalella, forgetting all about
the infield drill. rushed to his side.
Catcher Floyd Perryman. however.
was unaware of the injury and whip
ped the ball back to third base Esta-
leila. back toward the plate, offered
his head as perfect target for the
whistling heave. but Lewis, slipping
on his glove in fraction of second.
made sensational one-handed catch
with his injured hand to prevent pos
sibly serious injury to the sawed
off Cuban
Buddy then retired for first-aid
treatment. Trainer Mike Martin
slipped the finger back into place
and except for little soreness Buddy
was as good as new today.
JOHNNY STONE. regular right
fielder last year, remained the only
unsigned National today. but, if he re-
ports to camp as per schedule and goes
into confab with Griffith. it is likely
that by this afternoon Stone will fall
in line.
Griffith. enjoying a verbal winning
streak of four straight salary tussles,
eliminated Earl Whitehill after a
lengthy discussion yesterday. The
veteran southpaw pitcher, who had
talked in the manner of stubborn
holdout, succumbed in tine to take
part in the days workout. Whitehill
followed Buck Newsom. Buddy Myer
and Jack Russell as recalcitrant gents
who fell in line after tete-a-tetes with
the Old Fox.
0SsIE BLUEGE, veteran utility in
fielder. blew into town last night
for his fifteenth major league training
season, all with the Washington club.
Ossie was accompanied by Mrs.
Bluege.
Bluege isn't slated to play regularly
this season. despite his fine work at
shortstop during the early part of the
1885 campaign, but Ossie. realizing as
we'll as any one that full season is
tough on a gent of his aging bones, is
showing the right spirit. He has VOL
unteered to impart as much of his in
field learning as possible to Lewis and
Travis, and his addition to the squad
was welcomed by Harris and McNeely,
who have been bearing the brunt of
the tutoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
W. B. c. GROUP VICTOR.

In Boys Club game last night the
Washington group smeared the COM
bination from Northeast by a 1913
count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

AVALON, Calif.-The Chicago Cubs
today faced the opening of three days
of intra camp warfare. Manager Charlie
Grimm named Fabian Kowalik and
Roy Henshaw to pitch against the
regulars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

LAND Alvin (GeneraD
Crowder is the first of the Tiger
hurting staff to suffer wing trouble.
The veteran. who showed up in camp
minus his tonsils and 10 pounds heav-
Ter. kinked his arm while trying for
double play in a scrub game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

FORT MYERS, Fla.-The Athletics
planned their second a-camp game
today, with the Reds" out for VEN
geance after their ii to 0 licking at
the hands of the blues" yesterday.
Higgins and Warstler still were hold
outs and Wally Moses, reported signed,
still had not shown up In camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

SAN AUTOMOBILES Pirates hos
pital list is being rubbed out. and Pie
Traynor Is glad. Hal Finney, out for
a year with bad eyes, is on the way
for a comeback as catcher, while
Aubrey Epps, also catcher. seems to
have recovered fully from a siege of
pneumonia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
STENCIL Busiest Dodger,

CLEARWATER. Fla.-Casey Stenge]
is getting more exercise than his
Dodgers, it would seem. With more
than 20 pitchers in camp, including
rockies, Casey hit more than 400
grounders to them with a fungoe bat.
knocking down 20 for each one to
field.
This batting effort. along with his
chatter. makes for a real afternoons
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Leroy
Mahaffey took turn on the mound
and had fellow Browns talking to-
day as though they thought he would
be regular on the St. Louis pitching
staff. With Philadelphia Athletics
last year. Mahaffey won eight, lost
four.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
HAAS FLASHES OLD
FORM FOR CH|SOX
Veteran Expected to Start
in 0utfieId-Mahaffey
Impresses Browns.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
~ ASADENA, Calf. George
- Haas. veteran outfelder. whose
career appeared to be on the
- wane last season, has looked
so good in training that he is ex-
pected to start the season in center
field for the Chicago White Sox.
Recovered from injuries, he has
been setting the pace in hitting drills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04
Gehrig's Eye Not Tuned.

CT. PETERSBURG. Fla.-Lou Gehrig
was anxious to get the hickory in
his hands at the Yankee training camp
today to see if he could do a little bet
ter in the way of giving the ball ride
than he did yesterday.
Steve Sundra made Lou miss five
successive balls that would have been
called strikes in any league yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS, lathe Cleve-
land Indians had long workout be-
fore them today as they began train
ing for their game Saturday with New
Orleans of the Southern Association.
Willie Hudlin, pitcher, has been in
special training at Hot Springs. Ark,
and Manager Steve O'Neill says he has
orders to report to camp when he feels
fit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
~ RLANDO. Fla. March 4-Alec
Sabo. dark horse" In the
race for one of the Wash
~ ington ball club catching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-03-04

Jimmy Foxx can drive a golf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
British Sailors Slang
Covers All Conditions

Sailors have a unique vocabulary,
observes a writer in Parsons London
Weekly.
"Barrabas' or Scotland Yard" gives
warning Of the approach of a regulat-
Ing petty officer. A Bow Street Run
ner'' is his messenger. An officers ma
rine servant Is known as "Jeeves" or
"Flunkey,' the signalman is addressed
as Bunting" or Rag Tearer" The
Idle Rich" are the engine-room arti-
ficers. Jimmy" is the senior lieu
tenant
The culinary department has its own
particular phraseology. "Grave-chaser"
or Pantry" Is the affectionate term
applied to the cook. A Train Smash"
means bacon and tomatoes, sausage
rolls are Dogs in Blankets" while
Two Airships in Cloud" means that
the menu includes sausages and mash.
The quarter deck, that part of the
vessel reserved for officers, is known
as the Holy OF Holies," and If you
Score a Rattle or are an the Jug
in the course OF time you are que to
appear before the captain as a de-
faulter.
The Banner" is the ships ensign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

Harold /. ickes, secretary of the in
terror, changed the name of the dam
from "HooVer" to "BouIder"
than any other, until the present Sec
rotary of the interior renamed it
Boulder DAM on May 4, 1898.
President Dedicates Dam.
Construction contracts were awarded
to the Six Companies, Inc, in 1881,
and the actual work began on March
IL of that year. Diversion of the river
was completed the following year, and
the first concrete placed in the dam in
rne"- z7<r-S e-~@~z- III ..~-l -i.-a
1888. PWA funds were allotted to the
project in 1884, to make possible its
completion two years ahead Of sched-
uled time. The dam was completed
and the storage Of water begun last
year, and on September 80 President
Roosevelt dedicated it.
A pleasant result incidental to the
construction Of the dam will be the
opening up Of vast recreatiOnal and
scenic wonderland along the waters of
the artificial lake and the river above
it. The lake is excellent for fishing,
boating and swimming, and added to
the attraction of the dam for curl
osity seekers are the presence nearby
of the Grand, Zion and Bryce canyons.
Already visitors are arriving in con-
siderable number. The average is
about 1000 a day. Last years total
was approximately 100000. and dam
officials estimate that it will not be
long before they increase to half
million a year.
The dam, although in far-removed
spot, is actually pretty easy Of access
70 the tourist. The highway from
Kingman, Ariz., to Las Vegas, New,
which crosses it, is now open several
hours every day, and will soon be open
all the time. This fine road may be
reached easily from principal trans
continental and southern highways.
Vast Playground Opened.
Until the great artificial lake at
Boulder Dam was built. the waters Of
the Colorado. lined by rugged, colorful
mountains. had been navigated only a
few times, by bold explorers. No one
had even so much as tried an upstream
passage. Now the lake has smoothed
out the cataracts for 80 miles, and
when completed will make it easy sail
ing for another % miles. There viii
be countless canyons and sub-canyons
accessible as the water fills them.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

the Six Companies, Inc, the contrac-
tors on the job. It's a great dam,
Ralph"
We'll, you ought to know, Frank"
replied Ralph Lowry, engineer of the
United States reclamation service. And
that brief remark was Uncle Sans
speech of acceptance.
Boulder Dam was completed two and
one-half years ahead of schedule. 1t
cost the government S16j,000,OOO, in
GLIDING both the dam itself and the
power stations OF this amount S54,-
100000 will represent the gross earn
ings of the Six Companies, Inc. After
reductions have been made for services
like the supplying of power to the con-
tractor, and rentals at Boulder City,
the actual amount of money paid for
the construction job will be about $52,-
100000. Other projects associated
with Boulder Dam will cost approx
nateIy S23OOOO,OOO when completed.
Is 727 Feet High.
The great mass of concrete towers
727 feet from the bottom of the canyon,
making it about the same height as the
Eiffel tower in Paris. Into, the gigan-
tic molds which shaped the great gate
that will hold nature prisoner in her
own widest and most fearful lair
have been poured 100000 cubic yards
of concrete, made from 100000 bar
rels of cement. This vast quantity of
material could have built standard
highway across the entire continent.
Instead, it has built great wall 1,1SO
feet long, 653 feet thick at the base
and 45 feet thick at the top.
anu ItuI IuIUn- urrU- UUg.' -
The finish of construction was
hailed by Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes in Washington, D. c.,
as another milestone" in the history
of the West.
Man has asserted his mastery over
great and dangerous river, one which
endangered tens of thousands while ii
was unregulated, but which will be an
active benefit to millions, now that ii
has been harnessed." said Ickes.
1.-THE people of southern California,
Arizona and Nevada are TO be congrat,
ulated, for the security Of their futures
has been vastly increased. Water sup
plies have been guaranteed for their
farms and cities. A source of a ire,
mendous amount of cheap power has
been provided for use in increasing
their comforts and developing their in
dustries."
Worth Found Already.
In more than one instance, the i'm
portance Of Ickes' statements has been
demonstrated already. 1t was only a
few months after the diversion tunnels
were first closed that Boulder Dam as
serted it's supremacy over the mos
dangerous river In America; that was
in February of 1885, when it caught
and stored the waters of what would
have been a devastating food. During
the summer of 1885, the dam worked
the other way, and used some of the
stored-up flood waters TO prevent dis
astrous drouth in the irrigated valley:
along the lower Colorado. With the
water stored above the dam in Mead
lake, which is already the worlds larg
est artificial lake, despite the fac
that it is only one-sixth full, it wa:
possible TO release more water thai
the river carried last summer and fall
In 1884, a drouth like that which we:
averted cost the valley s10.0O0,0O0.
There are five purposes, in reality
behind the construction Of Boulde
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
Government Takes Over Boulder Dam

done. There still remains the work of
plugging up one Of the diversion tun-
nels. but until the power plant is placed
In operation this tunnel will be used to
regulate irrigation water. When the
time is right, the bureau of reclama-
ton will have it plugged up by day
laborers.
Uncle Sam Cleans Up
In ordinary cases the construction
company would remain on the job to
perform all the cleaning-up operations
and to remove all equipment no long
er needed, but in this instance the bu-
reau of reclamation has agreed to take
over the work The bureau will occu-
by the administration buildings of the
Six Companies, Inc, until October 1
to facilitate the installation of the
equipment in the power house.
For nearly thirty years irrigation
and flood control projects on the Colo
RADIO river have been talked about in
the circles of government In 1857 an
army officer sent out to find the head
of navigation of the Colorado wrote:
at seems intended by nature that the
Colorado river along the greater por-
ton of its lone and majestic way shall
be forever unvisited and unmOlested."
And not until 1907 was the first note
of defiance to this attitude sounded-by
President Theodore Roosevelt.
Then in 1918 Arthur P. Davis, civil
engineer, conceived the idea of build
ing the worlds largest dam to stem
the Colorado. Herbert Hoover, as
secretary of commerce, in 1921 created
the Colorado river commission. On
November "a, 1922, the states of Cali
fornia, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming and Utah signed a compact.
A survey authorized by congress Sc
lected Black Canyon as the site. Two
years later the bureau of reclamation
recommended Boulder Canyon as bet
ter site, and this site was accepted in
the Boulder Canyon act passed by both
houses and signed by President Coo
lidge in 1923. President Hoover's proc
lamation in 1929 declared the act in eff
feet.
In 1890 contracts to deliver water
and provide electric power were
signed. On September II of that year,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the
interior, drove the first spike in the
construction of railroad to the dam
site, then and there giving the project
the name Hoover Dam" This name
it bore, in honor of the man who had
had more to do with it's realization
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

Angeles will take over operation of the
generating plant May 1, but it will
probably be more than a year before
all the power required by the city will
be generated there. About May 1 the
Southern Nevada Power company will
begin serving cheap Boulder Dam pow
er to Las Vegas and the adjoining ter
ritory in Nevada. The company has
contracted with the state of Nevada
for 100000 kilowatt hours per year,
at rates which will begin at 90 mills
per kilowatt hour. 1t is expected that
these rates will be decreased as time
goes on.
Cost of Making Power.
The primary cost of generating pow
er at the dam is estimated at 1.63 mills
per kilowatt hour, and secondary pow
er at 5 mill per kilowatt hour. Capac-
ity is 10000 horsepower primary and
10000 horsepower secondary. Towers
100 feet high carry the electricity 90
miles from the dam into California,
Nevada and Arizona.
Inc most expensive OF the addluOn-
al projects in connection with the dam
is the aqueduct which will carry
drinking water to the city of Los An
geles. The great duct, when complet-
ed. will be more than 200 miles long
and will cost 500, 900. An ambitious
undertaking, it is intended to care for
the needs of water of the greatly in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
Texas First Settled by
Spaniards, Near FL Paso

Texas. named for Indians, was ex-
plOred by Spanish expeditions under
Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco de
Coronado between 1928 and 1912 and
was first settled by the Spaniards near
FL Paso in 1852. La Sale established
a French colony at Matagorda Bay in
1856. which, although its life was
only a few years and it was volun-
tarily abandoned. had the effect of
squirting the Spanish to efforts to Sc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

forces, indicated Enthusiastically the fu-
ture course of events.
In spite Of the objection Of the Span
ish Texans to Americans, however, the
Mexican government In 1921 granted
a large tract of land to Moses Austin,
a Missourian, and to this tract his
son, Stephen F. Austin. soon after his
fathers death the same year. led the
first band of American settlers They
founded the town of San Fflipe de
Austin on the Brazos river and from
that time Stephen F. Austin was
leader in Texan affairs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

Dam. The project will regulate flood
water. control silt, irrigate the thirsty
valleys, create cheap electric power
and provide a supply of water for the
cities in the southwestern area which
it serves.
It will be about six weeks before the
power generated at the plant will be
used The power plant, which will be
operated by the city of Los Angeles
and the Southern California Edison
company, will eventually generate
6,O00, 100000 kilowatt hours of energy
every year. The installed capacity will
be 1855, 600 horsepower, which may be
compared with the 515,5OO horsepower
which the United States generates at
Niagara Falls.
1t is expected that the city of Los
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
Payment in Own Coin

The universe pays every man In his
own coin; IL you smile. IL smiles upon
you In return; II you sing. you will
be invited into gay company; If you
think, you will be entertained by think
ers; and If you love the world and
earnestly seek for the good that is
therein, 1t will pour into your lap the
treasure of the earth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

cure the territory. Consequently mis-
sions were established throughout the
area, one Of which was the Alamo,
built by the Franciscans at San An
tonic in Ills.
As long as Louisiana was under
French or Spanish control, the Span
ish colonists in Texas lived in peace,
notes a writer In the New York Her
ald-Tribune. but. following the Louisi-
ana Purchase in 1903, in fact few
years earlier, adventurous Americans
began incursions into Texas which. al
though easily repulsed by the Spanish
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
SS5;,l5;(|s||b,es
~ about:
Corned Beef and Plagiarism

HOLLYWOOD, CALF. =
L L The luncheon of our Writ
ers' Club, Inc, (Red Inc.) is a
weekly function, with corned
beef and cabbage and plagiarism
charges. This week we had with
us the leading fiction writer OF
the Pacifice slope-Mr. Daingerheld,
the local weather forecaster.
Another guest was William A. Brady.
the grand old man of the American
stage, with great tales Of the ancient
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

creased populations which are expect
ed in Los Angeles and other southern
California cities in the future.
Ii is through the sale Of power that
the government expects to get back all
of the taxpayers money which will
have been spent on Boulder Dam. Ac-
cording TO Secretary Ickes, 1t will be
repaid TO the federal government with
4 per cent interest In so years. Esti-
mates have it that the sale of electric
ity will bring an average of 100000
a year. This would be total Of $751;
100000 in fifty years, with an operat-
ing surplus of s166OOO,OOO.
Having accepted the dam, the gov
eminent now operates and maintains
ii. as well as the reservoir, the pres
sure tunnels, the outlet works and pen
stocks to the valves at the inlets to
the turbine cases in the power plant.
The dam has really not all been COM
pleted, but 1t is nearly so. At least the
work of the construction company is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

Table mountain, near Cape Town, In
Africa, Is sometimes suddenly enveI-
oped by famous cloud phenomenon
called the Tablecloth. very dangerous
to climbers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19

I'd ., hC4s "
ify as a trouper, one
had to be a pedestri-
an. Before they asked
you whether you could
act, they found out
what kind of a walk
er you were. But how
many of those sure
footed California be-
ginners counted cross
ties as they trudged
into enduring fame2
Belasco and Tom Wise
anI Franz RgcoD and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
invisible Powers

Is II not a curious thing to think
about that all the chief powers in the
world are invisible ones?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
BY WILLIAM c. uTIEY

IOU are now part owner OF
" Boulder Dam, the sentinel of
the Colorado, and the biggest
contract construction job ever
completed and turned over to the Unit
ed States government. 1t was turned
over to the government-which is you
just five years, minus a few days,
since construction began March IL,
1881.
The ceremony of presentation was
indeed a simple one for the completion
Of task so large and long. Its par
Elephants were two big. husky engineer
Boulder City. New.
Take ii, it's yours now" said Frank
Grove. construction superintendent Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-03-19
Politicians Making Claims


TN CONGRESS these mad March days
L are being much used for plain and
fancy claiming.
The Republicans claim the Demo-
cratic party is to blame for the recent
bad times and deserves no credit for
the better times now prevalent, the
Republican theory being that the good
fairies must have brought EN-
The Democrats claim that such bad
times as we've had since they moved
in were really inherited from the final
stretch of the previous administration,
which, as they seem to recall, was one
of the best times for bad times any
body ever saw.
If there are any little odds and ends
of unclassified times floating around,
both parties are willing for Senator La
Toilette to claim them for his very own.
IRWIN S. COBB.
-ZyrT-