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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Louis Not Great
Puncher, Max
Contends
I'm Better Man Now
Ex-Chomp Declares;
Rates Nova Easy
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. April 13.-By the
very power and speed of his own
arguments, Max Baer appears to
have convinced himself that he is a
better fighter than Joe Louis and
that he is destined to knock the
crown Of the Negroes head no later
than next September.
Nine-tenths of Max's conversation,
Of course, is not to be taken seriously
but believe has leveling about this
At least. he kept coming back to it
during two hours Of florid talk yes
terday when he stopped off here on
his way up to Ferndale to begin
training for his fight with Lou Nova
on June /.
Just put it down." said the former
champion between flights Of pure
oratory, that / will beat Nova and
then Louis, and that I will be the
first man ever to win back the
heavyweight title. I'm not fooling
about this.
Sure, Louis stopped me the last
time, but what of it? I took that
fight for the money and didn't have
an idea in the world I would win.
But I took everything he handed
out, didn't I, and I wasn't on my
back when they stopped it.
Louis Punch Discounted.
Hes not such a great hitter.
Schmeling hurt me more with one
punch on the nose than all the blows
Louis hit me. Who has Louis
knocked out? I mean knocked out
so that they went down kicking, like
Dempsey used to hit them, and they
had to be carried out of the joint.
Nobody. Louis can't hit that way
But, some one interpreted, Louis
sure seemed to get results.
"Results?" yelled Make. who's
talking about results? Anybody can
get results against hams like he's
been fighting. Sure, I know you're
all laughing to yourselves about
what he did to me. Go ahead and
laugh, but wait until you see us in
that ring the next time.
i've been fighting II years already.
I've been champion, but know I'm a
better man now at 80 than I ever
was. only hope Louis will think
I'm afraid of him this time. There's
just chance that he will. Thatu be
wonderful"
Max was brought out of his reverie
by the reminder that he still had to
lick Nova before he could get at the
Bomber.
Don't try to bother me about that.
III put up $4,000 even money on my
self right now"
Max in Fine Trim.
For all his talking, Max still is a
fine figure of a man. He weighs 2l8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Champs Most Improved Club in League

1t Is entirely reasonable view Of what he has showed this
that Indifferent
On at
have the
Buddy Outfelders
highly
League batting bapaye
Nrl Hoag
Hidebrand,
Wesley Ferre having undergone operation,
the Terrell DID,
when he 10
Baseman Joe Gordon his
than
Red Rung Maggie Dickey
the other key figures
in all
departments At
hitter Higgins bostered
Wade to show for
the Mats rookie Williams
recruit Jim Tabor will take
by
Jimmy Fox and
winning IA out of his first 10 games
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Only Gehriq Seems to Be Slowing Up

develop that another contributing
the Red Sox
Horse Gehg
Is beginning
Lou ball
Gehrig the Yankees? the
1888 failed
star Aheld he comparatively slow and uncertain
Yet the Yankees
the
best earnedr They the
most hitters They
singuarly low
They hung records too mention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
By EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, April 13.-Ford c.
Prick opposes breaking up the
Yankees Says time and the
National League will catch up
with 'em some day Some OF
those who can afford to know
about polo will not be surprised
II Stewart Iglehart, one of our
four 10-goal men is not on the
team that battles the British next
June They'll use two time
keepers in the Louis-R Roper bout
one to clock Joe's right and the
other his left Prediction: Lou
Gehrig will play more than 100
games for the Yanks this year
and hit better than 800.
Dear Sir department.
Get this line set up for June
%:
Here lies what's left of Two
ton Tony
"A battered bulk of bruised
baloney. LIS.
Colgate is busy denying Andy
Kerr has resigned effective at
the close of next season and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Exhibition Baseball
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Games Today.
At Washington: Washington tAo VS..
Boston (No.
At Knoxville. Tenn: New York (N.) VS..
Cleveland tAO.
At Portsmouth. Ohio: Cincinnati (N)
VS.. Detroit (Ao.
At owensboro, KY: Pittsburgh tN) VS..
At Greenville. s. c.: Philadelphia (N.)
VS.: Greenville IS, A. ID.
At Evansville. Ind: st. Louis (N) VS..
Evansville t3-ID.
At Norfolk, Va: Brooklyn (N) VS.. New
York tAO.
At Tarboro. N. c.: Philadelphia (A) VS..
At CharIotte' N e C.: philadelphia a.
seconds VS. Charlotte tP. LIZ.
At Newark; N. j.: Boston (A.) VS.. New
ark II. L..
At Topeka. Kans: st. Louis (A) VS.. To-
peka.
Yesterday Results.
At washington: Boston tNo. 10; Wash
ington "a, Z.
At Greenville, Miss: New York fN0. IL:
Cleveland (A.). s 90 innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

2 up on Bob Pastor =. Mike
Jacobs took one look at the
Roper-Louis advance sale and
went away from there muttering
"Oi, OF"
Dodger doings: Poffenberger
denies he's q screwball ..
Durocher says his boys don't
know who they're playing half
the time and don't care y. but
they beat the Yankees again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Wusn't Much of q Race Lost Year

O. My boy, pupil You indeed
cite instances percentage playing?
A. Yes, Unkey left-handed hiter
ball club build plate
they downhll
But what the beginning that baseball is
the Yankees the
Red The
They overdue to And they the
gravity with them the Yankees will
But this the percentage still Is with
1t this
by nine
of if will recall. Old got
start winning IA of suddenly
taken with seniity that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Minor Results
By the Associated Press

BY the AS6ociated PreSS.
Coast Lesgue.
Oakland. 8; Seattle. 4.
8 Sacramento, 8: Hollywood. z.
Los Angeles. 8: Portland. 5.
San Diego, l; San Francisco, 8.
Texas League.
Dallas. i; Fort Worth, I'll In
nings)
shreveport. Z: San Antonio. 3.
Beaumont. 4; Houston. 8.
Oklahoma City.Tulsa, cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Bae Be First Ever Win Back Heavy Ring T He Stout Maintains
Win, Lose or Draw
Bv FRANCIS & STAN.
Percentage Team
By FRANCIS E. STAN.

pick
least competent
critics Yankees and 1t Is
f, mayhap betting odds the
quoted Doyle of Broadway 2to5
lot people don't like bet their bob 2o-5 choices
months embracing
baseball find
picked
Clark Griffith
disciple this Mccarthy McIlecn all of
the other minds Mr. Old Griffith first
cellar
What writer's and especially baseball writer's
Calvin?
A.. Necessary
@ How the maximum from minimum lad?
A. Hire Cubans and play the percentages, Unkey.
@. heyday
cite example where played percentages?
Well a
lived shaved down the pitching until lower home
plate This Johnson the bat
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

RENE MONTEAGUDO (Center) CHARLEY GILBERT.
SOME NAT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is rookie right-hand
pitcher from Caracas Venezuela Monteagudo Cuban south
paw finished the year; Colbert
Cardinal shortstop who of baseball for several
to gunshot wound his leg while hunting Early
is recruit catcher who hit 317 for the Charlotte farm club
in 1885, Star Staff Photos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

At Kansas City: St. Louis "a. IL: Chi
cago tN), T.
Chicago (N). T.
At Roanoke. Va: Boston (A.), II; Gin
cinnati (ND, IA.
At Paragould. Ark: Chicago "a. 6:
Pittsburgh M. 2.
At Charlotte, N. c.: BROOKLYN M 70;
New York (A). 7
At Birmingham, Ala: Philadelphia (N.)
VS.. Birmingham IS. Al. cold.
At Atlanta. Ga: Detroit a.. 10: At
lanta Is. Al. 6.
At Chattanooga Tenn: Chattanoosa
IS. A.. 4: st. Louis CN.). 3.
At Greenville. N. c.: Philadelphia (A).
IA; Williamsport tE. L.. ID 10 in
nirgs).
At Spartanburg s. c.: Philadelphia
(A.) seconds. 10; Spartanburs Is. A..
10 q innings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

Five years ago-Frank Shields
defeated Wilmer Allison, 1913,
14-12, 60. to win North and
South singles championship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21

There's no distinction between
professional rodeo cowboys" and
cowboys from the ranches-except
the boys who ride the rodeo cir
cult are better, Eddie Curtis, Ell
Reno, Okla, bronc peeler, said at
Livingston during the recent
roundup there. Curtis, one of the
better lads who makes lot of
equine dynamite gentle, was the
official representative of the Cowboys
Turtle association at the Livingston
roundup.
His comment was provoked by state
mentS credited to DOC" Pardee IN
Prescott, Ariz., who said the Prescott
show was giving the contests back to
the cowboys"
There's no difference between tur-
ties and other cowboys" Curtis said
except maybe the turtles are better
Most of them are so much better
they've been able to buy ranches and
run 'em on what they make takin' a
chance on their neckS rodeoing.
They organized the Turtles to see
they got square breaks from the people
who were putting on shows and to pro-
tect show managers.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
BOY RISKS LIFE TO SAVE DOG, AND
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUES BOTH

Edward LeCompte, 19-year-old
New York city youth who is
tramping the country in search of
work, became the owner of
curly haired brown dog one night
recently in Great Falls. Had not
a within of chance favored him,
the price might easily have been
his life.
It was the sympathy of the boy for
dog marooned on a pier Of the Great
Northern railroad bridge across the
Missouri river that produced this
drama about II o'clock at night How
the dog got there is uncertain. He
and jumped from the bridge or he
may have swan through the swift
current and gained temporary safety
on tree roots at the pier.
LeCompte. was one of those who
heard the dogs. howls. He located the
animal and going to the rondhouse
obtained a piece Of electric cable, With
rail. the youth let himself down. As
he neared the goal, the cable broke.
Instead of striking the cement pier
base or falling into the water, Le-
Compile landed on the tree roots.
Ills SHOUTS LOT help gained attention.
Inc city fire department was called,
responding with a boat and ropes. A
stout rope was let down. LeCompte
with the dog in his arms was pulled
up.
rs it your dog?" he was asked.
guess it's my dog now" LeCompte
replied as he petted the dog. "Anyone
with heart wouldn't leave a dog
down there"
LeCompte has a temporary Job pull
Great Falls brewery. Shivering from
the drenching he received, he went
to his employers house for dry CLOTH
ing. The curly haired brown dog went
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
RODEO COWBOYS ARE BEST RIDERS
SAYS PROFESSIONAL BRONC PEELER

TT used to be a show would put
up $500 prize money in bronze riding
and the entrance fees would be double
that. We were riding against our own
money all the time.
1--WE cleaned out the deadbeats that
used to beat hotel bills and give any
body black eye that wore boots.
Another thing, the Turtles really
protect the amateurs from compete
ton from a lot of boys that have
been rodeoing for years. They keep
their boys out of amateur contests and
let the local boys win the money in
stead Of an old hand at rodeo pitch
ing (bronc riding) taking the entrance
money from the home guard.
"As for Doc Pardee's rules for pro-
tecting livestock they're no different
than rules Of the Rodeo Association
of America.
Most of the R. A. A. rules protect
the cattle. Most places there's PEN
atty for pulling down a calf by. the
horse in the roping. All shows have
similar rules for protecting cattle in
the steer roping.
There's a penalty of Disqualified
ton of 10 seconds for breaking a steers
horn in bulldogging And 10-second
penalty in logging just about means
disqualification"
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Sting of Bee Proves Fatal
to Frank A. EHazelbaker, GIL

Frank A. Hazelbaker, 81, for
mer lieutenant governor of Mon
tana who succumbed recently at
his home in Dillon 20 minutes aft
er being stung by bee, had been
prominent in Montana business,
livestock and political circles for
many years past. His death is
mourned by wide circle of friends
and acquaintance.
Just prior to his death Hazelbaker
had been out in the garden, gathering
flowers for the dinner table.
Walking into the house, he said to
by bee"
toward an upstairs bedroom, then COL
lapsed. He died 20 minutes later.
DR.. W: E. Stephan, after a confer
ence with two other physicians, said:
I'VE figure it an accidental death,
due to an allergy to the bee sting"
candidate for governor in 1886, served
Beayerhead county and Montana in
public office for many years.
He was clerk of the district court
in Beaverhead county from January,
1905, until Dec. 81, 1912. He was the
state in 1912.
Once State Senator
Eight years later he was elected
state senator and reelected in 1924.
He was chosen lieutenant governor
in 1928 and was his party's candidate
for governor in 1882 and 1886. In the
republican a. primary I'M y.t Of 5 5s 1ss he
He was born on farm near Mound
City, Kan, Feb. IS, 1873, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney j. Hazelbaker.
He attended school in Linn county,
Kansas, and in 1897 was graduated
from the Kansas Normal college at
Fort Scott.
In April. 1898, he came to Montana
where he had since made his home.
After teaching school and holding pub
lie office, he launched a real estate
and insurance business at Dillon, which
he operated until his death. Since 1917
his activities included operation OF an
became rancher in the Big Hole
basin.
In Charge of Exhibits
Hazelbaker was the executive COM
mitteeman from Montana in charge of
exhibits at the Panama Pacific inter-
national exposition at San Francisco
and at similar fair in San Diego,
both in 1918.
He had been a member of the Ma
sonic, Odd Fellows, Woodmen. Red
Men and Elks lodges, and the Order
of Eastern Star.
He was married in 1905 to Carrie
E. Woodwork, daughter of Big Hole
basin pioneer family. She died Jan. l,
1919.
His second wife was Lois Brown
Brantly, daughter of the late Judge
Theodore Brantly of Helena, for many
years chief justice of the Montana su-
preme court.
Survivors besides his widow include
two children, Lois, 10, and Theodore
B., g. by the second marriage, and a
son, Frank Woodwork Hazelbaker OF
Dillon, by his first marriage.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21

many years by horse Dankowski had
house car built, two-cylinder ma
chine with solid rubber tires, complete
with stove, folding bed and other ia
cilities for housekeeping. That was In
1917. A second similar car was pur-
chased in 1916, and in 1928 the couple
purchased their "nomad" home which
they had used until the accident.
The couple visited in Butte last
summer, spending several weeks with
their o!d-time friends. They Travelled
to Florida for the winter, and then
started their annual tour to the north
ern section. They had planned to visit
Europe. Mrs. Dankowski told friends
last year.
An article in a Chicago paper the
last week in June, as the couple head
ed west, was written about the couple,
carrying head "Nomand and Wife
Expect to Die Travelling"
Funeral services for Mrs. Dankowski
were conducted in Ogden and inter-
ment made in an Ogden cemetery.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
KNIGHT OF ROAD
READY TO QUIT
WIFE'S DEATH FOLLOWING ACCI-
DENT DECIDES DANKOWSKL
FORMER BUTTE TAILOR
Couple Had Spent Greater Part Of Al
Years in Horse and Wagon and Auto
Trailer Travel, Covering in That
Time $4,000 Miles,

Fred v. Dankowski, "a, follow
ing the death of his wife as the
result of a collision between their
trailer-car home and an Omaha
police car, declared that he is
ready to quit the highways which
he and his wife travelled the great
er part of the time for al years
and distance of $4,000 miles.
The Dankowskis formerly lived in
Butte. where Dankowski was known
shop in the early 1900s.
Mrs. Dankowskis' death was the re-
suit of the first accident they had had
in their years and miles of travel The
DankowSkis took to the road in 1895,
the year they were married, with horses
and wagon, 1t was during the few
years that they left the highways that
they lived in Butte, where Dankowski,
master workman at his craft, OPP
Grated a fashionable tailor establish
ment. In 1912 they turned to the auto
mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dankowsh had been
living a gypsy" life since leaving
Butte, making their home in a trailer
as they crisscrossed the continent more
than so times.
Mrs. Dankowski was born in Ogden,
Utah. She met Dankowski in 1887,
when as a youth of % he moved from
Chicago, called, as he expressed it,
by the siren song of the Rockies"
Their wedding trip was horse and
wagon journey into the wilds bordering
Yellowstone national park over an
abandoned government trail
Following their honeymoon they
travelled to Butte where he established
a tailor shop: For a number of years
the couple called Butte home, although
they Travelled six months a year. While
away Dankowski placed an assistant in
charge OF his shop He retired and
closed his Butte shop in 1921.
Mrs. Dankowski loved the trailer life
Butte friends recalled After travelling
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Native BOr1, Daughter
of Dakota Aids Golden
Jubilee at mdrck

A native of Dakota who has seen
both the CORY and glamOrous days
of the frontier. Mrs. J. Frank Wag-
goner of Keldron, S. D., and her
husband, who constructed Sitting
Bulls coffin, will attend the North
Dakota's golden jubilee at Bis
marck Aug. FL to rs.
Josephine F. Waggoner was born
on the banks of Apple creek a few
miles south of what Is now Bis
marck. Her father was Charles H.
McCarty, a member of the Dakota
territory legislatures Of 1866 and
1866-67, and later the first elected
sheriff of Burlefgh county. Her
mother was Sioux, fact which
saved Mrs. Waggoner's life on more
than one occasion.
Her father was elected sheriff
of Burleigh county in 1874. He
died a few months later when he
and his deputy, J. C. Miller, and a
prisoner crashed through ice on
Burnt creek near its confluence
with the Missouri in what is now
Bfsmarck's Pioneer park.
Charles McCarty and John Dill
Ion were two Bismarck settlers who
furnished logs for the construction
Of old Fort Abraham Lincoln. They
also were the men, who, with 9TH
ers, employed party to trail Gen.
George A. Clusters Black Hills ex-
petition Of 1874.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Board of Equalization
ReceiDts on Increase

An increase Of SIG ,573.61 in receipts
of the state board Of equalization dur
ing the last fiscal year as compared
Earnings of the 1889 fiscal year
totaled S7,604 1868 as compared with
SLABS, 1885 the previous year.
The board also reported that the
total does not include S225 ,O08.24 in in
heritance taxes collected during the
year through various clerks OF district
courts.
The boards report showed an in
crease for June, with income of S793,-
837.87, or $50657.35 more than June,
1898.
Largest increase for the fiscal year
was reported in collection OF the states
147.45 from s5,419, 248.23 a year ago
to IS 636 1876 SO.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21

IODINE FOE SCRATCHES
II your dark furniture shoWS any
u &c sase sno which =. funis sge,p oiti s6
scratch With iodine.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
CANADA-PLENTYWOOD
BUS SERVICE PLANNED

Possibilities Of bus line from Can
ada through Plentywood, connecting
with the Intermountain line at Gull
bertson, looms closer with sanction Of
the plan by Canadian officials and
consideration given the proposal by
the state public service commission.
r. J. Duncan Of the Arrow Coach
Plentywood Lions club, outlined the
plan. He was enroute to Helena to
present the proposal to the state COM
mission.
The bus line would connect with
buses from Prince Albert, Sask., other
Canadian points and from Regina on
highway to Plentywood.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21

the 80 years he had spent in that
country he had never had trouble with
head of El Triumpho OH Co., and
declared the oil men of Mexico, out
side of two large companies, were un-
molested by the government and that
friendly relations exist between the
government and the oil industry in
general.
Mexico City some day will be known
as the play spot of the world Switzer
amazing DEVELOPMENT T &C of 7 that city It in
the last few years. He said the city
was not expanding in size but was
rebuilding its structures into a modern
metropolis. He motored to Great Falls
from Mexico City and was not off
hard surfaced highways on any portion
of the trip.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
PIONEER RECALLS
RUSSELL INCIDENT
WAX MODEL MADE BY COWBOY
ARTIST IN CASCADE TURNS
UP IN NEW YORK
As Part of J. Pierpont Morgan Collec-
tion, But the Maker Unknown, It
Was Identified by Esmundo C. Swift
ger, Whose Initials Were On Base.

Tales of the early days were re-
counted in Great Falls recently by
Esmundo c. Switzer, native Mon
tanan, friend of the late Charley
Russell and for the last 80 years
head of an oil business in Mexico
City. Switzer's father, Tom Swift
ger, was one of the pioneer mining
men of the state. He quit his job
as sergeant in the Canadian mount
ed police in 1874 to come to Mon
tana and settled in the Sun river
country. Later he went to Helena where
he entered the mining business. From
there he went to Cascade and built
the first residence there.
The son was born in Helena and
was old enough to recall wildly the
pioneer days of that area. He told
how Russell sat on the steps of the
Sheppard & Flynn store in Cascade
and modelled from wax, wood and
horsehair an Indian posed with rifle
resting in arms akimbo.
Russell asked the young Esmundo
to get him a block of wood to mount
the modelled specimen upon. AS the
Esmundo carved his initials in the
base.
Now Owned by Morgan
In 1907 Switzer was a guest at a
private art showing by the senior ].
Pierpont Morgan in the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art in New York city. In
a case of curios he saw the wax model
fashioned by Russell Calling to the
younger j.. P; Morgan, he. urged him
to see If his initials were in the base.
Morgan summoned an attendant and
when the case was opened it was
found it was the same piece of wax
he had seen Russell model. The model
had been procured by the museum as
an excellent specimen of modelling, but
there was no record of its author
SwitZer was able to give to Morgan the
details of the model.
Switzer spent several hours as guest
of Sid Willis, examining the many
relics of Russell, owned by Willis, and
discussing with Willis the early days
of Montana and Great Falls. The Wis
itor recalled his father had turned
down an opportunity to homestead in
the Great Falls area because he was
convinced the Cascade area would prove
more productive. He also spurned an
opportunity given him by Paris Gibson
to buy the site of the Park hotel and
six other lots for $500.
Loyal to Mexico
Switzer paid high tribute to Mexico
and Mexico City. He asserted that ir
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Glacier Park Visitors
ShOlUi1ag Biz Increase

In spite Of rainy weather most Of
the month, Glacier park was host in
June to almost / 1000 more visitors than
10 June, 1898, figures reported by
chief Ranger George W. Miller reveal
The official count for June, 1899, was
31.06 persons, the report shows, as
. Usually heavy preseason travel &C
counted for large part Of this In
crease, which may be expected to level
on somewhat Is the summer pro-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
G. N. PLANS MUCH WORK
ON LINES IN MONTANA

Thirteen IMPROVEMENT projects, es-
way on Great Northern railway lines
in Montana by July IS.
Largest project will be relaying of
rails on a 22-mile stretch of the roads
main line between Dodson and Mata-
dor.
been employed to aid in the recon-
struction and improvement program,
to be completed by early fall.