Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1930, Page 7

THE EVENING AR, WALLINGIUN, D. « £ I URSDAY, 11, 1930. A7 WILBUR 70 START HUGE DAM PROJECT Silver Spike to Be Driven September 17 in Boulder Dam Construction. Becretary of the Interior Wiljur will officially start construction of the $165,000,000 Boulder Dam project on September 17 by driving a silver spike tnto the desert soil near Las Vegas, Nev. From this point the first phase of the great engineering project, building of & branch line railroad some 22 miles o the summit of the Divide, will begin. The next phase of the project will be the establishment of a new town in the desert, to be inhabited by several thousand workmen, and the construc- tion of a wagon road to the dam site. ‘The railroad, bids for which already have been opened by the Union Pacific, will extend from a point seven miles from Las Vegas to within six miles of the dam site. The new city will rise at_the latter point. Elaborate ceremonies have been plan- med for the occasion by the Interior De- partment, with the Governors of the Colorado Basin States, members of the Colorado River and other officials invited to attend. Reclamation ommissioner Eldwood Mead will assist Wilbur in officially initiating the project Another of the preliminary steps, that of securing an adequate supply of electric power for the actual construc- tion work, has been undertaken by the department, which has called for bids from power companies to supply this energy. They are to be opened Sep- tember 29. vaterways Association | 4th Largest Bell Hoisted to Belfry Of Riverside Church By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 11.— The world's fourth largest bell, which weighs 20 times as much as the Liberty Bell and can be heard five miles away, was hoisted Tuesday 360 feet up into the belfry of the $4,000,000 Riverside Church, now nearing completion on Riverside Drive, opposite Grant’s Tomb. ‘The Carillon, & gift of John D. Rockefeller, jr., in memory of his mother, all” installed now save for one 14-ton bell, is the largest in the world. It has 72 bells and A range of six octaves, only about one octave less than & piano. The bells in the carillon range from this big fellow, which weighs a little more than 20 tons, down to little treble bells that weigh only 12 pounds and are 18 inches tall. Nobel Prize Urged for Kellogg. COPENHAGEN, September 11 ().— | The name of Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, is included among others put forward for the Nobel prize of 1930, it is learned here. BULBS 109 Discount 10% Discount Bulbs bought in This 6—25, 40, 50 or 60 W. Bulbs $1.08 Phone Your Order and We Deliver C. A. Muddiman Co. 911 G St. NW. Nat. 0140 KIDNAPING CHARGE | ON LONG DROPPED Alleged Victims Appear in Court and Deny Claims of Mistreatment. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La. 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States Senate, who had been accused of having the men kidnaped to prevent their filing suits against him in the closing days of his campaign, Irby said he and Terrell had been down on Grand Isle, off the Loulsiana coast. since they left Shreveport last Thursday and had not been mistreated. ‘Through counsel, Irby asked that the case be dismissed and a statement was presented to the court as signed by the men, saying that they had not been held and that Terrell was then on his way to his home in Eldorado, Ark. In the statement, the men were | quoted as saying they wished the whole case dismissed as they never had been in custody and the statements that they planned to sue Gov. Long were “ab- surd.” After listening to the testimony, Judge Wayne G. Borah dismissed the application for “lack of evidence.” SEAESR b A movement to stop back-seat driving has been started in Enlgand. Governor Winthrop Mahogany Secretary uine mahogany compartment _and three drawers A high-grade 4450 veneer. 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