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Evening star., 1936-02-09
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The first artificially constructed
course was the old, famous Cresta
run at St. Moritz, in Switzerland. To-
boggan racing began there in the late
eighties - and a dangerous business
it was, though done on single sleds.
The old Cresta was a break neck affair
with a history of broken bones, frac-
tured skulls and deaths. The walls
were of glare ice. running over violent
curves down the steep gully between
St. Moritz and Cresta Village.
1t was an American who improved
upon the game. In 1890 a gentleman
named Wilson Smith startled St. Nor
itz by initiating something like what
we used to do at Cripple Creek. He
brought two American-made sleds and
had them joined together with long
planks. He could not try it on the
Cresta run because the course was too
narrow for such a contraption. But
with parties of others he tried it out
on any convenient mountainside that
seemed suitable. His example appealed
to the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club.
the official organization of the district.
The result was a widening of the
Cresta run to accommodate the larger
sleds. But it was still too dangerous.
However, mere danger never has been
enough to kill any sport.
George M. Lattimer of Lake Placid
tells me that the first official race was
run at St. Moritz on January S, 1898.
The course was down public high
way and some of the rules are quite
Illuminating. One of them informed
competitors that "As far as possible
the traffic will be directed so as to
give each bob clear course. But no
allowance can be made for the fact
that bob has been delayed owing to
meeting sleigh or for any other
reasons"
The teams took off from standing
start at three minute intervals. They
were timed by two synchronized stop
watches. One of the rules specified
that each bob must carry at least two
ladies'. All in all, it is astonishing to
learn that there were no casualties in
such a contest.
Toward the beginning of the GEN.
tury number of members seeded
from the parent organization and
formed the St. Moritz Bobsleigh Club.
BY 1904 it had accumulated sufficient
funds to build a new course and in
that year the old Cresta Road run
Evening star., 1936-02-09

fireplace, but his illness kept him
abed. And though the door to his
room was open. his deafness gave
them privacy.
You needn't worry about Miles,"
she said.
Alden stirred uneasily. who says I
worry about him?"
Barbara is to marry him."
He started. "Impossible!'
''She was telling me about it today"
John Alden for once grew angry.
Then why did he ash: me to ask for
your"
That's what I'd like to known
John Alden grew still more per-
picked.
But suppose you had accepted
him, and then learned he was to marry
Barbara!"
Precisely" said Priscilla. Sup
pose hadr'
John Alden turned his head toward
the fire, and pondered in silence. Pris-
ella watched him. You don't mind
being made a fool of, do you, John"
He looked up, offended.
Il begin to fear" she said. that
anyone can make you do what he
wants. Most men wouldn't have come
on that errand - not unless they were
sure their friend was in earnest"
II could have sworn he vast"
well. there you are!" said Priscilla.
What are you going to do about it?"
"I'll have it out with him!"
She went over to his chair and kissed
his forehead. That's more like my
man.
Barbara kept the cabin tidy, John
Alden spent his evenings with Pris-
ella. and the savages detained the
Captain from answering these ques-
tions. until poor Mr.. Mullins passed
Evening star., 1936-02-09

around the toes of our shoes, which
had to be renewed every few days.
The leading spirit of one four-man
team at Cripple Creek was an engag-
ing youth called Stubs" He was so
called because he had lost two fingers
off his right hand in a brawl. But in
his thumb and one of his remaining
fingers he had such strength as never
since encountered. happen to know
because he had chatty habit of put
ting his thumb under my chin, one
finger on my nose and then squeezing.
For some reason he thought l needed
cutting down, and that was his idea
of doing it. The last heard of Stubs"
he was doing stretch in the sneezer"
at Canon City, Colorado - but it was
not for trying to alter the shape of
my map.
Another member of our team was a
lad called Dutch. I remember him
particularly because l used to be able
to lick him. Once, however. l picked
the wrong place to do it - right out
side his own home. His mother came
out to rescue him - with butchers
knife. The scrimmage ended with me
landing in the cooler for few hours.
However, not all the fellows in our
crowd went to Canon City or had ex-
cessively protective mothers with but
cher knives. For instance, there was
Don Kennedy. He was an object of
great admiration to every youngster
in Cripple Creek because he had been
born with his heart on the wrong side
of his body. You may imagine what
mark of distinction that was. Don be-
came distinguished mining engineer
and today is in charge of. the great
San Antonio gold mines in Canada.
We had one advantage on our home
made slide down Squaw Mountain and
Bull Hill "a long winter season.
There were years when we had winter
sports until late in June. In fact, it is
not extraordinary to see fairly heavy
snow on the fourth of July.
Ihave been tempted to these juven-
lie recollections because they must be
typical of millions of Americans who
have grown up where snow flies. Con-
sidering all this. it seems curious that
bobsledding is the youngest of all COM
petitive sports and as such originated
not in this hemisphere but in Europe.
We never thought of clocking each
other down the slide or challenging
rival teams.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
THIS WEEK
Mile Minute Shedding
Magazine Section

Stevens. What could do? 1t was too
late to back out gracefully. So with
knocking knees l clambered in.
of we went. with my heart where
my tonsils should have been. Presently
noticed we were going so fast that
there was no time to be frightened. The
speed of those contraptions is terrific,
even when you are not trying for a rec
ord. The only way knew that Hubert
Stevens was applying the brake was
by seeing a cloud Of snow and pow
dered ice following US as we rounded
the curves. And l saw that only out of
the corner of my eye.
Presently l gained confidence and
shouted to Hubert to take off the
brake. We got down okay and then
they insisted do it again. So up the
mountain we went, and down again
we whizzed. But on the second run.
with the brakes off, when we got to
the Zig-zag I went in" too late, as
they say, and "came out" too soon
The consequence was that began to
weave and wobble - and there's not
much room to weave and wobble on
that slide! But Lady Luck was with
me and l didn't jump the track. In
spite of my blunder they let me try it
again. This time took the ice wall at
Shady Corner too high and came pre-
cious near to having the same accident
as Werner Zahn had in 1882. Up at the
top, Just as we seemed ready to take
off into space, the bob lost flying speed
and we slid thirty feet or so straight
down into the ice trough.
"You see?" said Stevens afterwards:
THE trick is having men on the sled
who know how to use their weight"
Yes. though the man at the controls
gets most of the credit and his name
is printed at the top of the list in the
newspaper records. he would be lost
if he did not have behind him beefy
fellows who can balance their pound
age to nicely.
After that third dash down Mt.
Van Hoevenberg had to confess that
tobogganing down Squaw Mountain
in the Rockies never was anything
like that. Not even when we had forty
people aboard one sled. Also, the mod
ern way is infinitely safer. for all its
70 mile-an.hour speed. I have to mar
vel now that we did not come to grief
more often on those homemade af-
fairs in Colorado. On their long steel
runners they stood high up off the
ground. For steering as we'll as for
brakes we had our feet. with steel plates
Evening star., 1936-02-09

was finally abandoned. The new course.
about mile long, was the parent
of all modern runs as we know them.
The St. Moritz course was the only
one until 1908, when the Austrians
built another at Semmering and there
held the first national championship
races. The war stopped everything for
a while, and it was not until 1924 that
the first Olympic Winter Games were
held at Chamonix.
Meanwhile bobsledding in this coun-
try was still confined to such institu-
tions as Our old slide on Squaw Noun
tain. But the affair at Chamonix made
our winter sports enthusiasts sit up.
Decidedly. they said among them
selves, this business will bear investi-
eating. So American sledders made
their debut at St. Moritz in 1928, with
Billy Fiske at the controls. And the
debutants ran away with both the
skeleton and the five-man events.
When the Olympics for 1882 we're
awarded to the United States serious
problem cropped up. How could we
entertain the worlds champion bob
sledders when we had not single
course worthy of an international
meet? The answer was that we had
to build one, cost what it might. The
result was the Mt. Van Hoevenberg
course. probably the fastest in the
world. Also a double win for American
colors in the 1882 Winter Olympics.
The Lake Placid course remains the
only one in America. though am in
formed that its prestige has stimu-
lated other communities to follow
suit. In Europe there are nine slides
of international championship calibre,
including that at Garmisch- -Partenkir-
chen where Billy Fiske. Donna Fox,
the Stevenses and their mates are now
doing their stuff. If we include runs
not used for international affairs,
Europe has more than forty.
But there's nothing like few cham
pions to make us conscious of any par
ticular sport. Consider how much Bill
Tilden. Winnie Richards and Ellis
worth Vines have contributed to null
tiply tennis players and tennis courts!
BY that same token Billy Fiske, Jack
Heaton. Donna Fox and the Stevens
boys have made us all sit up and take
notice of bobsled racing. So what hap
pens on and around the Riessersee
during these next few days will mean
something more than the winning or
losing of few more Olympic points.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
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Evening star., 1936-03-13
Geese Stay All Winter.

ROCHESTER, Minn. CP.-Most
Minnesota lakes and streams were
frozen solid by the bitter Winter, but
200 Canadian geese found q haven at
Mayowood, country estate OF DR..
Charles H. Mayo, and refused to 60
South.
They made their headquarters in
the open water below dam and
when DR.. Mayo fed them daily they
were Joined by several domesticated
geese.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Japanese Donate City Hall.

People of Kobe, Japan, have con-
tributed $4,000 In small amounts to
O fund for construction Of q new city
bail
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Doctors 1ndorse New Style.

GREENVILLE, S. C. C49-Comfort
rather than style for men is the pre-
scription of Drs. Irving S. Barksdale
and Baylis H. Earle, for the hot Sum-
mer months.
Its high time men woke up," they
said, as they indorsed hot-weather
attire consisting of duck trousers,
shirt and pith helmet.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

philanthropic institutions. her win as
filed for probate here yesterday dis
closed.
Miss Colgate died October "a In
Yonkers at the age of so. Attorneys
for the estate said 1t would exceed
s1.700,000.
Bequests included: Eastern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Philadelphia,
$3.50 900: the Ministers and Mission
Evening star., 1936-11-10

aries Benefit Board Of the Northern
Baptist Convention, New York. $780,
600; the Association of Baptists for
Evangelism In the Orient, Philadel-
phia, 100000; the Women's Ameri-
can Baptist Foreign Mission Society
OF New York. 100000.
Miss Colgate's brother, James Colby
Colgate Of Bennington, VT. receives
$500. 900 outright and O life interest in
Evening star., 1936-11-10

J. r. Corcoran, c. 8. c., Q member
Of the faculty Of Holy Cross College.
Catholic University. and Rev. M. J.
Finnerty, pastor Of st. Martins
Church, was the celebrant at the high
mass. The choir Of Trinity Prepara-
tory School, nlchester, Nd, furnished
the music at both the high mass and
confirmation, under direction of Sis
ters Of the Notre Dame de Namur
Evening star., 1936-11-10

approximately 40 men. women and
children In st. Martins Catholic
Church here yesterday morning. The
prelate also preached the con11rma-
ton sermon and oficiated at solemn
benediction which brought the serv-
ices to . close.
Archbishop Curley was assisted by
Rev. John J. Donlan, pastor Of st.
Johns Church, Frederick, ana Rev.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

Other priests present were Rev. John
J. Coady, pastor of st. Mary's Church,
Rockville, and Rev. Joseph r. Ken
nedy Of st. Johns Church, Forest
Glen.
Evening star., 1936-11-10
MISS COLGATE WILLS
$4,000 TO CHARITY
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, November
10.-Miss Mary Colgate. grand
daughter of the founder of the soap
and cosmetics manufacturers, left
more than 100000 to religious and
Evening star., 1936-11-10
ARCHBISHOP CURLEY
AT GAITHERSBURG RITES

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, November
10-Archbishop Michael J. Curley Of
Baltimore administered the sacra-
ment of confirmation to q class of
Evening star., 1936-11-10
Passes Fool Hoosiers.

The first four touchdowns scored
on Indiana this Fall were all made
on forward passes thrown on fourth
down.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

Germany Is manufacturing more
than at any time since the World
War.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

the residue. Margaret Colgate Dennis
Of Bennington receives $4,000 and
contingent interest In the residue.
Evening star., 1936-11-10

Wine, grey, white, cork, noturol.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-11
Thomas Clarifies
Farmers Program
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page y
instance, to tighten the debt
burden of plantation owners in
the cotton country who have been
proved both unable and unwill-
ing to pass on any benefits in
adequate fashion to their most
exploited sharecrOppers and field
hands.
81 am heartily in favor of
seeing that farmers get the cost
of production. This .shOnld, of
course, include remuneration for
labor. like the idea Of remun-
Grafton for labor better than the
old slogan, "COst of production
plus profit" because it is the
profit system which we are try
ing to change. / do not believe
that it is possible under capital
ism to find any formula which
will really and satisfactorily
guarantee the farmer cost of
production. / think efforts in
that direction are thoroughly
worth while. But in order to
accomplish this end no terms Of
mutual benefit to all workers l
am certain that we must proceed
with Socialism. In particular we
must proceed with the business
of sOcializing the machinery of
marketing both what the farmer
buys and sells.
"At the moment, it is impOr-
tant to point out, for example
that there is not going to be
any solution for the problem of
the dairy farmer so long as the
great trusts between them con-
troll the business of processing
and distributing milk We have
to have a specialization of this
essential industry This can be
brought about by cooperation of
bona fide COOperatives with gov
eminent agencies.
''In brief, this is my position
which you are at liberty to
quote. l am sending a copy OF
it to George A. Nelson, to whom
/ have talked all too briefly on
the subject. l shall, of course,
largely follow his advice and his
expert knowledge. / may ampli.
fy the whole matter later, as
have already said. Meanwhile
want to express my enthusiastic
interest in the growth of aggres
sive farmers organizations fol
their own emancipation.
Sincerely yours,
NORMAN THOMAS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-11
Thomas Leading
In Straw Vote

DARIEN, Conn.-(LSP).-The
"Darien Review" published in
Republican community carried the
following item in its paper last
week:
THOMAS is REVIEW LEADER
'The local poll conducted by the
'Darien Review took a surprising
turn of affairs this week when Is
votes were sent in for Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate; while
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
remained the same as last week
with ten votes. The avalanche of
Thomas votes puts him in the lead
in the poll with 90; Landon is Sec
ond with II, and Roosevelt, third
with 10. Lemke received one
vote, and Browder and Colvin,
none"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-09-11

"The average owner-operatOr
with farm mortgage had a cash
income of SIS per month. p in
the prosperous" year of 1880, ac-
cording to data furnished a House
Subcommittee by the Department
of Agriculture.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-04-24

Coulson was a thriving village strug-
gig hopefully toward It's ambition as
the metropolis Of the west while Bill
ings, destined to be its successful
rival, was but a wilderness. Mr.. Sander
son remembered shooting antelope on
th9;,1 spot w where the Congregational d
often jostled elbows with Calamity
Jane, Yellowstone Kelly, Muggins Tay-
lor and Liver-eating johnson. He
CHANGED to be a witness of the shooting
tragedy climaxing the quarrel between
Anderson and Currier when Anderson
killed Currier in self defense and gave
to Boot Hill cemetery its first occupant.
Frank Sanderson was n of the
members Of the pony express carrying
mail from Fort Custer to LaVigne. That
was an important and often perilouS
job. We who casually accept the eff
cient service Of trains and airplanes
can scarcely conceive of the courage,
and endurance needed by those first
security Of his: Billings home, Mr.. San
derson relived one memorable night
when he was lost in a blizzard out on
the prairie: He felt the cold biting into
his bones. He began to grow numb. He
was completely beWildered as to direc-
ton by the sWirling pellets of snow. He
oAAS AtSeAtA46 oo AAoSI4 GO w AO
down and sleep, but that, he knew,
meant death. And so, fighting off the
fatal inertia, he tramped a circle in
the snow about his horse and hour
after hour during that long night he
forced his aching limbs to carry him
around that circle. When morning came
he saw familiar landmarks that di-
rected him to Fort Custer.
Another time the soldiers waited long
for Frank with the mail. He was over
due. In vain they looked out over the
white plains for a dark, moving speck
that would be pony and rider. Finally
some of them set out in search of the
boy. Towards morning they found a
tired pony plodding through, the snow
toward the fort and, tied securely in
the saddle, Franks dropping, uncon-
scious form. That had been his last in
stinctive impulse, to fasten himself on,
before cold quite numbed him, hoping
his horse might carry him and the
mail sack to safety. OF such stuff
courage, endurance, trustworthiness-
were our stalwart Montana pioneers
made.
In 1880 Frank, with his brother, II.
B., set up a blacksmith shop in Cou1-
son. Although business was good and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-04-24

posing a game of one steer ante, two
steers come and no limit" The Maioe
agreed to play on this basis.
Major Drumm dealt. The gentleman
from Texas antied one steer. Both
came and the game opened with four
steers on the table. The Major drew
two tens. In the draw he drew an UNI
expected full. The Texan struck q foot
ball snag and passed out. The rest of
the story as the reporter wrote u
follows:
The third deal was a jack pot, and
1t took three deals to open it. The gen.
tleman from Texas finally drew two
jacks and opened the pot with q fins
breeding bull, which counted six. Ma
jor Drumm covered with five steers and
a two-year-old heifer, and went him
IL better. The gentleman from Texas.
who drew another jack, saw the II
cows and went so steers, 20 two-yeax-
old heifers, four bulls and Is heifeu
better. Major Drumm looked at hf1
hand and placed upon the table Six
fine Alderney COWS, five imported Dur
ham bulls, 100 grass-fed two-year-oldH,
30 prime to medium corn-fed Colorado
half-breed steers, with a side bet Of q
Normandy gelding to the bar BIN.
THE man from Texas made his bet
good with an even $50 straight Kansas
winter Texas half breeds and 10 Scotch
polled cattle, IA mustangs, and the
northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 10 of the Panhandle
of Texas, and called.
Major Drumm held three aces, and
put in his pocket $50 steers, heifer1L
etc., and a big stock ranch"