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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16
MILLIONS PAID EMPLOYMENT
AT GRAND COU1EE DAM

In the pay envelopes Of an army
of workers seven million dollars were
dispersed in payrolls at Grand Coulee
Dam in 1889, bringing the total pro
ject payroll to $28,734,42S25 up to
January 1, 1889, according to records
compiled by the Bureau of Reclama-
ton. The peak of employment last
year was in October, when a maximum
OF 6,176 men were employed at the
dam but many more were employed
because of this project elsewhere
The greatest outlay, in any year
since the beginning of work at the
project was made in 1887, reaching
nearly seven and half million dol
lars. Though not as many men may be
employed in 1889, the expenditure in
wages is expected to exceed that of
1887, because relatively more skilled
men will be employed and the wage
rates were advanced at the beginning
of the past year.
The average wage in 1887 was sc
cents per hour. In 1898 it was LOO,
The law limits working time to a
maximum of 40 hours a week. In
1888 the average working time per
week was 36.9 hours, and the aver
age earning $40.16. October 1898
was not only the month Of maximum
employment for the year, but the
month of maximum payroll on the
project $1,O71,O 23.56 notwith.
standing that greater number of
men were employed in one month in
1887.
Although over 1000 men are still
employed, activity is at a minimum
now, for employment here as on other
construction projects varies with the
weather. The driving of the 17-foot
tunnels for the pumping plant, the
twelve to have a combined length of
NEARLY a mile. will continue through
out the winter. During the usual low
water period winter, the last remnants
of the cofferdams by which the river
was diverted will be removed, and the
entire construction plant will be re-
conditioned.
The placing of concrete will be re-
sumed in early spring, and new re-
cords are expected to exceed the all.
time high, made on the base of the
dam, when in a single day there was
mixed and placed enough concrete to
build seven and quarter miles of
20-foot standard highway pavement.
Employment at the dam does not
account for all the employment from
the Columbia Basin Reclamation Pro
ject At Newport News,Va., three tur-
bines, the largest ever built, are now
under constructions; and at Pittsburgh
three mammoth generators that will
require million man-hours of labor
in their production. Orders for small
or machinery and metal parts for the
dam are scattered from coast to coast.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

mates of the districts in Washington
revealed contemplated usage of
S21,540 kilowatts by 1914, while
Oregon public agencies fixed 21,578
as their probable requirements.
Requests for power allotmenrs came
from numerous counties which con.
template formation of public districts.
Included among these were Adams
Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla
Walla, and Yakima counties in Wash
ington; and Linn, Polk Yamhill, Ben
ton, Marion, Lincoln, Clatsop, Wash
ington and Wasco counties in Oregon.
Their requests, which are not included
in the 215,542 kilowatts mentioned
above, total 35,7S5 for the Washing
ton public agencies and 24,950 for
the proposed districts in Oregon.
Engineers on the Administrator s
staff pointed out that the dam s pres
ent capacity of s6,4O0 kilowatts will
not be enlarged for nearly two years.
By the latter part of 1910 two new
generators will raise the tota. output
of the Bonneville plant to 10000
Power not required for the
use Of public districts may
be disposed of temporarily to other
agencies.
Revenue Bonds Essential
The predominance of power reser
vations from Washington is attributed
to the present law which permits
quick negotiations with private COM
panies for purchasing their systems
through issuance of revenue bonds.
Two Southwest Washington districts
already have reached agreements with
the local power companies on nearly
all details for acquiring the properties
Ten other systems in that State are
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

permanently durable and disable,
Goodyear was puttering in his wifes
kitchen on bitter day in Janu-
airy, 1889.
In his CONSERVATION at her sud
den return from foodbargain hunt
ing, Goodyear dropped a mixture of
crude rubber and sulphur on top the
stove. To his surprise and gratiflca-
ton he found that the rubber had
not melted but, charred. retained its
fleXibility.
From that point he labored on
until he had perfected his process
Of vulcanization From it has
evolved the billion-dollar rubber in
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

THE little New England town Of
Woburn, Mass, founded near
4, Boston almost 800 years ago, is
sponsoring this winter a national
centenary commemoration of it's
most notable day in history.
1t is the site of the discovery
by Charles Goodyear, poverty and
debt-ridden Yankee inventor, of the
process for the vulcanization of rub
ber-a discovery which was to bene-
1T the lives of millions who lived
after him.
After years of Disappointing ex-
Fermentation to find a compound
which would make gum elastic"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

Washington beet sugar is as good for
table and commercial purposes as cane
sugar, leaders of the industry offe.
the statement of the U. S. Depa, tment
OF Agriculture that "by no chemical
test can the pure crystalized sugar
from these different sources be dis
tinguished.
The growth Of Washington sugar
industry was recognized when Gov.
Clarence D. Martin proclaimed the
first Washington Sugar Week" last
year.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

dustry which today gives employ
ment to thousands OF wage-earners
and through 10000 products bene-
fcially affects the lives of all of us
through transportation. communica-
ton and sanitation--to name but
three of the manifold uses.
The house in which Goodyear's
discovery was made still stands in
excellent condition in Woburn In
the room which formerly was the
Goodyear kitchen the three children
of Mrs. Frances Fitzler. present
occupant, study the life Of the truly
great American who labored there
a century ago.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16
DISTRICTS RESERVE
BONNEVILLE POWER

Public utility districts and cities
in the Northwest have called upon
Administrator J. D. Ross for the res
ervation of 215,542 kilowatts of
bonneville power-considerably more
electricity than will be available from
the Columbia River dam in the next
two years. Under the federal law,
half of Bonneville's hydroelectric
power must be reserved for such pub.
lie agencies until January 1, 1941.
Delivery This Month
Twenty-Five of Washington s rs
countrywide districts hurried to avail
themselves of the preference when
the Bonneville chief disclosed he was
accepting reservations for delivery Of
power over the broad transmission
network planned for the area. A total
of 202,431 Of the 215,542 kilowatts
were asked by the Washington dis
tricts for use by the end of 1910.
Nearly all of the district commission
ers called for delivery of power dur
ing the present year, as soon as the
transmission lines are constructed and
negotiations to acquire private dis
tribution systems are completed.
Oregon public authorities have ask
ed for 1901 kilowatts, which is
slightly more than SO of the total
reservations of non-profit agencies en-
titled to priority in the sale of Bonnie
vile power.
1914 Needs Given
Reservations to date do not include
a number of public power systems
which have previously indicated their
desire for Bonneville energy. Esti-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16
Notice To Taxpayers

The Grant County Real and Personal Property
for the 1898 Office at EpI1aa
for collection.
The 1898 Real Property payable on or
after February Is, 1889 Taxes become delinquent
and draw interest at the of 10
from June LIST and the
paid
The 1888 Personal Property due and payable
February 49, 1882 personal tax paid bv
May 81, 1899 the other
until November 3d. However of
paid by May 81 1889 the DELINQUENT at
that time and draws interest 10 per cent until
paid
rebate of per cent is allowed of
taxes for 1888 if paid March 49, 1899
If receive of taxes please return it
with your
Sidney jackson, County Treasurer
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

relief program began" said Abel
and we look forward confidently to
winning our share of the safety
trophy awards during this interest ng
and worthwhile contest.''
The state WPA organization win
ming the trophy will retain it until
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

SEND BROKEN GLASSES direct
to Alfred L. Jones, Box 1916, Spo-
kane. All glasses and repairs manu-
featured by recognized dispensers. If
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

the winner of the next months Gin
test is announced.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-02-16

The power unit, built around a
Ford VS. one-ton truck, is designed
to look like an elephant. Instead of
the conventional cab, it has chow
dab" where the driver will ride.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Nelson Is Favorite
As 81 Contest in
Anthracite Open
GuIdohI, Sneod, Cooper
And Many Other Noted
Pros at Scranton
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, June 23.-Seek-
ing his first major golf title since he
won the national open, Byron Mel
son Of Reading, Pa, was favored to-
day as he and 81 others teed of in
the first annual $1,000 Anthracite
open.
Nelson will have plenty of COM
petition in the three-day, 72-hole
medal tourney over the par 10
Scranton Country Club course.
Ralph Guldahl, Jimmy Thomson,
Denny Shute, Sam Byrd. Sammy
Snead, Ed Dudley, Henry Picard,
Jimmy Hines, Leo Diegel, Gene
Sarazen, Horton Smith, Harry Coop
er. Gene Kunes, Lloyd Mangrum
and Ted Turner are among the top
flight golfers seeking the $1,000 first
prize.
Thomson. who failed to qualify for
the open, served notice in a final
practice round yesterday that he
must not be overlooked. Long hit
ting Jimmy went around in SO, one
under par.
Thomson, paired with Denny
Shute and Sammy Byrd, is the first
of the better known golfers to tee
of. The three are scheduled to start
at pm. (E. S. T.) three hours after
the first shot is made at 10 am.
Nelson starts at 2:12 pm, and will
go around with Gene Sarazen and
Henry Picard.
Eighteen holes will be played to-
day and tomorrow with the low so
professionals and Is low amateurs
qualifying for the final SO holes on
Sunday.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Hader, 'Gent|eman|y
Methods Discarded,
Loses on Foul

Jack Hader's widely heralded ca
reer of gentleman wrestler" is over
today, and the mangle-eared mat
artist is lounging about in the more
familiar role of villain.
Hader entered the ring against
Laverne Baxter at Turner's Arena
last night apparently with good in
tentions, but squirmed uncomfort-
ably in his white collar part fully
minute, then reverted to type. His
villainous character gushed to the
fore so violently. as matter of
record. he finally was disqualified
after "a minutes.
Baxter, of course, was no angel
himself, calling upon all sorts of
foul and illegal devices to torment
his opponent. He, in the eyes of
the fans, who vociferously voiced
their disapproval ofs the decision,
committed more fouls than the loser.
In the preliminaries Jim Clinstock
disposed of Ed White in 101a min
utes; Pete Managoff won over King
Kong on disqualification; Nanjo
Singh tossed Tigah Joe Marsh in
IA minutes, and Jules Strongbow
put the quietus on Chief Chewaki
in 81 minutes.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press,

Today a year ago-Cleveland
Indians defeated New York Yam
KEGS. 81 and I'll, before 67,459
at Cleveland stadium to stretch
American League lead to 31z
games and drop New York into
third.
Three years ago-Sarah Pal
frey Fabyan, No. 2 ranking play
er in United States, eliminated
in first days play of British
championships by Marie Horn
Of Germany.
Five years ago-Southern Cali
fornia, with 13 qualifiers, led
N. C. A. A. eliminations at Los
Angeles as. John Lyman, STAN
ford, and Jack Torrance, L. S. u,
both bettered world shotput mark
with heaves of SO feet 7 inches.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Lewis 10 Fight Until
light-HeaN Title
Is Lost in Ring
Challenges Authority
ON. B. A. to Deprive
Him of His Crown
By the Associated Press.

oS ellc ASoOCldleQ FIeSS.
PITTSBURGH, June 23.-John
Henry Lewis today proclaimed him
self still champion Of the light
heavyweights despite lifting of his
title by the National Boxing Associa-
ton.
Challenging the N. B. AS au-
thority to dethrone him, the 25-
year-old Negro declared he would
keep on fighting until he lost his
crown in the ring or became con-
vinced he wasn't capable of beating
most of the 175-pounders and heavy
weights of the game.
He previously announced he would
retire and enter business.
Still Champ in St. Louis.
With Lewis announcement came
the report an unidentified Pittsburgh
promoter had advanced a PROPOSE
ton for the Negro to fight here
Another prospective match is in st
Louis, where Lewis still retains the
status of a champion. Three other
offers came from men who promote
in States affiliated with the N. B. A
The kingpin of the light heavies
was separated from his title because
three physicians found him blind
in the left eye and because he failed
to defend the championship within
the required six months.
Lewis Tricked, Says Pilot.
Manager Gus Greenlee charged
"the cards were stacked" and that
sit was a trick to remove Lewis who
could beat them ALL"
Il am just as good fighter today
as was the night I won the light
heavyweight title" asserted Lewis.
my eyesight is as good today as it
has been at any time in the past
five years."
Evening star., 1939-06-23
From the
PRESS Box
Louis Is Worried Sick
But Sleeps, Eats Well
BY JOHN LARDNER,

POMPTON LAKES, N. j., June
% N.AN.AD.-At Tony Galento's
training camp they tell you that
this is one fight that Joe Louis
is worried about, he sure is.
Don't kid yourself" says Man
ager Joseph Jacobs, urging one and
all not to kid themselves. "A guy
with punch like Tony's will always
worry Louis. Louis don't take a
punch so good, you know, and it's
no secret that he's up against
the hardest hitter he ever faced.
You may quote for Joe Jacobs" says
Mr.. Jacobs, falling into position
for public statement No. II, that
he says that Louis probably is over
there at Pompton Lakes chewing up
the sheets on his bed with nervous
comprehension"
Your correspondent promptly
leaped upon his motor cycle and
went over to Pompton Lakes to
see if this was true 1t sounded
interesting, because these sheets of
Louis cost S185 a copy. Joe's chef
puts certain amount of roughage
on the bill of fare, but it usually
takes the form of lettuce salad. If
Joe was chewing sheets, containing
vitamins D to L, inclusive, it prob
ably was setting him back a pretty
penny, whether he put mayonnaise
on them or not.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Cubs Close 10 Third
As Dir Beats Bees
For 4th in Row
Cardinals Rally Upsets
PhiIs; Yonks Sweep
White Sox Series
BY JUDSON BAILEY,


That $185,00O lemon Philip K.
Wrigley purchased last year for his
sweet -toothed Chicago Cubs is be-
ginning to ripen into a mighty Juicy
fruit and possibly the only reason
Wrigley has checked his chuckles
this long is to make sure his laugh
is last.
At time when the rest of Chi
cagos vaunted pitching staff has
splattered all over the National
League, Jerome Herman Dean has
confounded his critics by winning
four games without a setback.
He held the Boston Bees to six
hits yesterday as the Bruins won,
IL. They haven't been defeated
in six games, although tied Mon
day, and if this seems a puny per-
formance compared with the strings
of the Reds, or Giants, or Cardinals.
1t nevertheless is the Cubs longest
undefeated stretch of the season.
Dean started it Sunday and gave
it some moral Cor oraD support
during the week by way of showing
that he is rounding into his old
form as a pop-off, too.
Cubs Help Diz Generously.
The Cubs gave ole Diz plenty Of
help at the plate yesterday, pre-
senting him a f1ve-run start in the
second inning, during which Augie
Galan hit a home run with the
bases loaded. He nursed this lead
well, losing shutout when the Bees
punched half of their hits in the
fifth frame.
The champions closed the gap be-
tween them and the third-place
New York Giants to half a game,
as the Terrible Terrymen lost a
rainy melee at Pittsburgh, 9-8. The
Pirates piled up six-run lead in
the first three innings and then
squandered it. But with two out
and one on in the ninth Catcher
Ray Mueller and Pitcher Joe Bow
man doubled successfully to win the
game. Rain delayed the contest for
an hour and five minutes in the
second inning and fell again during
the uprising in the ninth.
The second-place st. Louis
Cardinals spotted the Phillies five
runs in the first four innings and
then reused themselves to win, LIS.
Mort Cooper got most of the credit
for the victory. because he pitched
five scoreless innings in relieving
Lon Warneke and made three hits in
three times at bat.
Cincinnati and Brooklyn were
idle.
Eight in Row for Donald.
The New York Yankees routed
the Chicago White Sox again, 81,
to sweep their three-game series
and give Rookie Alley Donald his
eighth victory without defeat. The
American League rulers got only one
more hit than the eight Donald per-
mttted the Sox, but as usual spotted
them In the right places George
Selkirk hit his 18th homer.
Jack Wilson subdued the st. Louis
HrnWns on six hits as the Boston
Red Sox slammed out a 7-3 victory.
Two runs in the first inning put
Wilson in front and he stayed there.
The Philadelphia Athletics over
came the vaunted Detroit power at
tack to win, 6-5. Three home runs
helped the Tigers to take 4-run
lead in the first four innings, but
the AS caught up in the eighth
when Catcher Frank Hayes singled
with the bases loaded, and Pinch
hitter Chubby Dean won the game
in the ninth on a sacrifice fly with
the sacks again filled.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Minor Results


INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Buffalo, II; Rochester, 6.
Jersey City 10: Newark. g.
Montreal at Toronto and Baltimore At
Syracuse, rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo. 4: Indianapolis g.
MinneapoIis. haes oils IS; Milwaukee. Mi aux 5-5.
Louisville at Columbus, rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Oakland. s.: San Diego. 5.
HOLLYWOOD. 3; Sacramento, 2.
San Francisco, :: Seattle. l.
Los Angeles, 9; Portland, 3.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Elmira, 9: Binghamton. 3.
Scranton. 6; Springfield. 3.
Williamsport, g; Albany, Z.
Only games scheduled.
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE.
fredericksburg. -; Salisbury. o.
Cambridge. 3: Centreville. 0.
Milford 3; Pocomoke. l.
Dover, g. Easton. 4.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Winston-Salem, 81. Durham. 2.
Portsmouth, 10: Rocky Mount, 8.
Norfolk, 6; Charlotte, 2.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Salem. 16; Harrisonburg. Z.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Savannah, 12; Columbia. 7.
Columbus, T; Spartanburg, 8.
Greenville, 3-3: Jacksonville, p.
Augusta, 6: Macon, 4.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Lincoln. Z: Worthington, 3.
Sioux Falls, IA; Norfolk. s.
Mitchell, Al; Sioux City, IA.
THREE EYE LEAGUE.
Waterloo. 3: Bloomington. /.
Springfield, 7; Cedar Rapids, 8.
NORTHERN LEAGUE.
Duluth. l. Winnipeg. o.
Eau Claire, 6: Fargo-Moorhead, 0.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Pastor Is Second to GoIento
As Challenger for Heavy
Title nm. B. A. List

With plausible explanations tor its
decisions, the National Boxing Asso-
citation today released its quarterly
ratings of pugilists, and, probably
for the last time, globular Tony
Galento was seeded No. / among
the heavyweight challengers.
The second leading challenger for
Joe Louis crown, in the N. B. A. s
scheme of things, is Bob Pastor,
New York heavy, who was restored
to good standing less than six
months ago after being under sus-
pension--and, therefore. not ranked
for his failure to fulfill an en-
gagement in New Jersey.
Pastor, who has beaten most of
the present crop of heavyweights
and lost 10-round decision to
Louis, was placed ahead of Cali
fornia Lou Nova, recent conqueror
of Max Baer.
The rest of the first 10 is more
ordinary than imaginable. Baer is
placed fourth. ahead of Tommy
Farr, Red Burman. Willie Reddish,
Roscoe Toles and Johnny Paycheck.
The lone newcomer to the group
is Tom Kenneally of Illinois.
George Abrams. District middle
weight, campaigning in New York,
and who busted of Lou Brouillard
at the ball park last Monday, is
rated f1fth among the middle.
weights, while Steve Mamakos is
similarly honored in the velter-
weight division. s-a
Evening star., 1939-06-23
0'DonneII
5andIot Fray Goes
On Air Tomorrow
PIoy-by-PIoy Broadcast
Of Big industrial Tilt
Sponsored by Stor

Hottest clash on tomorrow's sand
lot baseball schedule figures to be
the tilt in which the Old Milwaukee
Brewers match their highly touted
batting strength against the equally
strong boys representing ODonnells
Sea Grill on the East Ellipse dia-
mond, starting at @
Currently the Industrial League,
OF which both are members, is all
tied up in a knot. ODonnells,
Heurich's and Seven-Up are dead
locked for first place in the second
half race, each with two victories
against one defeat. A whisker be-
hlnd them is the Brewing outfit.
Play-by-Play Broadcast.
The idea behind tomorrow's game,
as far as the Grillmen are con-
cerned, is to smear Milwaukee and
take undisputed possession of first
place. The MilWaukeemen figure to
ascend the league ladder by stomp
ing on ODonnells and using it as
stepping stone into higher brackets.
~ q eooouP,
some hot baseball.
The game has been selected for
the regular, Saturday broadcast of
the weeks outstanding sandlot base
ball game. Bill Coyle, Star staff
sports commentator, and Ray Mi
chael of the N. B. G. staff will give
play-by-play description. The
series of sandlot broadcasts is spon-
sored by The Evening Star and the
National Broadcasting Co. and is
heard every Saturday over WMAL at
2 o'clock.
Grillmen to Hurl Ace.
John De Bettencourt, one of the
towns ace sandlot hurlers, will start
for ODonnell's. Opposing him will
be either Jarboe or Clements, both
lefthanders, for Old Milwaukee.
One of the best sandlot games this
year with a fiction finish was sup
piled by the Grillmen. That was
early in the first-haf race when
they met Heurichs. In the last
half of the ninth inning ODonnells
was two runs behind. Two men
were on base when Archy Via came
to the plate, and Archy connected
| with the first pitch for a home run.