Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1931, Page 7

WORK CREWS BEGIN DAM CONSTRUCTION Clearing of Right of Way to Site of Huge Project Is First Task. By the Assoclated Press. LAS VEGAS, Nev, March 12.—The faming of the mighty Colorado River got under way today. Actual work started on Hoover Dam, a monumental engineering effort, fittingly placed in a wild section that has been a land of romance since the sixteenth century. ‘The turbulent stream which draws its volume from seven States before emptying into the Gulf of California has been the object of study by Gov- ernment engineers more than 40 years. Out of 40 years of study and 10 years of fighting came the Swing- Johnson bill, providing for an expendi- ture of $165,000,000 for the great dam project, but even as the “bard-rock” crews went on the job today the fight was still on in Washington. Arizona, dissatisfied with provisions of the Swing-Johnson bill, filed suit in the United States Supreme Court to prevent its consummation on the ground that it discriminated against the State. | Clear Right .of Way. | Waving aside Arizona's opposition, | the six remaining States of the Colo- rado River basin entered a compact under which the development now pro- ceeds. The Supreme Court case still is pending. When Secretary Wilbur of the In- terior Department yesterday accepted the bid of the Six Companies, Inc., of San Francisco for construction of the dam for slightly less than $50,000,000, officials in charge announced work would start immediately. Skeleton crews were called on the Job to clear a right of way for a rail line that will carry supplies ta the dam site. Four hundred years ago gold-seeking ‘Spanish explorers entered the South- west. Later Mormons came down the Colo- rado, found rich mineral deposits and established colonies. But it remained for engineers to discover the real treas- ure house of the West, locked up in the Colorado. River. A great desert, once the Salton Sea, was reclaimed near the delta of the Colorado. This now is the Imperial Valley of California, from whose 2,000 square miles early fruits and vegetables speed by express to all parts of the| United States. | Flow Equals Niagara. | _But like a' whimsical giant, the 1,700- | mile_river of sand and water contin- | uously threatened to turn the rich val: Jey back into a sea. More than $7,000,~ 000 have been spent on levees and flood mtzctlnn. Each day the Colorado lds up its bed, high above the Im- perial Valley, depositing enough sedi- ment each year to cover a hundred thousand acres a foot deep. The flow of the Colorado at Yuma, Ariz., has reached 200,000 cubic feet per second, equivalent to that over Niagara Falls. Imperial Valley leaders, faced con- | tinuously with annihilation by the flood menace, were joined by thirsty, fast- growing Southern _California _ cities, Whiclr sought the water for irrigation mfi domestic use. jow - diamond - drills w are ready to bite into the walls of Boulder Canyon. explosives mile-high A_carved Burmese temple was sold in London recently for only $110. . 50c¢ tube Town of 8 Voters Elects Democrat In Record Turnout By the Associated Press. HARTS LOCATION, N. H, March 12—In the heaviest vote cast here in 20 years, the resi- dents of this town Tuesday elected a Democrat to a town office. A series of recounts of the eight ballots cast showed that there was no _mistake—that James Monahan, Democrat, had been elected road agent. The other five offices were filled by Republicans. The increase in voting popula- tion from six to eight was due to the arrival of two new residents since the last town meeting. The voters decided to adver- tise this as a growing and up- and-coming community and to spend $100 for street lights. D. C. MAN’S FATHER DIES POTTSVILLE, Pa, March 11 (#)— Howard Leopold, 81, father of Mrs. Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, whose husband was Secretary of War during the Wilscn administration, died at his home here today. Other surviving chil- dren are Leroy Leopold, Washington, D. C., and Ralph Leopold, New York. TRADE MARK it REGISTERED Oriental Importer’s Sale of a Large and Varied Collection [ THE EVENING S’J‘AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1931. | |WOMAN EVANGELIST DIES Mrs. Hortense Ropp Drops After Sermon in Stephens City. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, March 12.— Mrs. Hortense Ropp, evangelist of Roancke, Va., died suddenly last night in a theater at Stephens City, near here, immediately after concluding her sermon. Doctors said death was due to a heart attack. Mrs. Ropp had been conducting evangelistic services for Rev. H. Eugene Richardson, United Brethren clergyman, preaching to large crowds. She was gifted as an orator. Modern Sanitation Italy is becoming “spotless town” conscious. Heretofore famed for the insanitary condition of its towns and cities, it is now becoming equally noted for its efficient methods of refuse col- lection and disposal. Even Venice, where bridges are high and usually provided with steps so that no vehicles can_cross, i5 solving the garbage and trash problem by removing it in small covered, metal hand carts to covered barges. In other cities metal bins are sunk in the strest to receive sweepings. ese are emptied at night, as are also the covered cans containing household discards. TRADE MARK e REGISTERED f Rugs and Carpets Embracing many extra large carpets and representing al| the renowned rug weaving districts of the Far East. TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION Within Our Galleries 715 13th Street Today and Tomorrow, March 12th and 13th, 1931, at 2 PM. Each Day ALSO Special Night Session Tonight, March 12th, at 8 P.M. On Free View Up to Hour of Sale Each Day TRADE MARK it Terms: Note: The above sale offers the Washing- ton public a wonderful opportunity to obtain high-elass floor coverings at prac- tically their own prices. Positively Cash. uasTe0 C, G, Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts, 35¢ Analgesic Balm « . BOY FIREBUG SENT TO TRAINING SCHOOL Youth Who Set Blazes to See En- gines Run Sentenced to Mary- land Institution. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 12.—Ar- raigned before Judge Robert B. Peter in Juvenile Court yesterday afternoon, Melvin Wheeler, 14 years old, was found guilty of starting the $10,000 fire on his father’s farm Saturday night and was sentenced to the Maryland Train- ing School for Boys, pending further order of the court. Judge Peter ordered the boy placed under observation and it was intimated that if mental examinations justified it, the request of the boy's parents that he be sent to St. Mary's Industrial Special Night Phones For Delivery Tomorrow Phone Us, Tonight Nat’l 3068 Met. 4500 School in Baltimore probably would be! granted. Melvin confessed Sunday .to Sergt. Guy L. Jones of the Montgomery Coun- ty police that he started the fire be- cause he liked to see the engines run and the firemen work. He admitted slashing himself across the body to bear out the story he later told of see- ing a colored man set fire to a barn land of being attacked when he at- tempted to drive away the incendiary. Melvin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Wheeler of Colesville. o More than 600,000 pounds of Russian honey were eaten in England last year. MATTRESSES RENOVATFD Best Service and Prices COLUMBIA BEDDING CO., INC. G s KW, NAtional 5528 COAL to 11 P.M. 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