railroad made
FOR PRESIDENT
Rushed to Completion in 87 j
Day?* ut Tremendous Cost to
he Ready for Hardin^'* \ is
it to Utah Recently.
Salt Lake City, July 25.?A forty
mile railroad over the desert between I
Lund and Cedar City, rushed to com-1
pletion in 87 days at a cost of $l.-i
049.000, was one of the incidentals i
In the recent reception by the state I
,? Ot Vt*U tQ President Harding.
1 On April 2, last, the right of way
men, acting for the 'Union Pacific!
railroad, secured possession bf the!
needed ground for the construction
of the railway from the Salt Lake
route main line at Lund to the en- ,
trance of Zlon National Park, and on i
the same day the first scraperful of
earth turned on the grade.
The contractor strung his men out ;
in sections and as fast as a section j
was completed, the track-laying j
crew took possession and the ties
and rails were set in place. Crowd
ing upon their heels was the ballast |
crew. And so the work was rushed f
toward Cedar City.
Jn the midst of this orgy of toll !
came word that the President of the j
United States would visit Zlon Park, j
providing the track was in shape for i
his big special train upon his arrival
in the west. Every man on the sys- |
tem from the highest executive to the
lowliest section hand plunged into
the work with redoubled energy.
Whereupon there came .the an
nouncement that President Harding's
trip to southern Utah had been can
celled, and the work dragged.
But again came cheering news, |
definite this time, that the president
would come. Ignoring dust aud
desert heat, the men plunged into
the job again, determined to finish
the road in time.
Only forty-eight hours before the
arrival of the president's train the
depot ?ite at Cedar City was strewn |
with foundations and debris left |
from the removal of houses that had:
?been carted away or torn down. Bal-1
last trains brought In clean white
gravel: An approach * twenty feet
wide for automobile travel was grad
ed and surfaced and grounds were
roped off. *- ^ j
__Xwetve hours -before the preM-1
denf*& train was due the electricians
were erecting poles and stringing the (
lights along the railway track and
the station yard.
The superintendent of the work
rode Into Cedar City on a pilot train
ahead of the presidential train and j
. jnet his .yard foreman, who was Just
. finishing his second continuous 24
iiour shift that week. He was cov
ered with dirt and grime and a half
Inch growth of rough beard bristled
on his face. The superintendent
prevailed upon him. to get cleaned up
and take a little nap'before the pres
ident arrived. The man dragged
himself into a car within 500 feet of
the spot where the president's special
was "parked," and slept so soundly
that he never even saw the highest
executive.
During the construction of the new
branch, ballast trains bringing grav
el were given right of way over ev
ery other train on the Salt Lake
route main line. The biggest day's I
output wb8 119 cars. In the 87 days j
nearly one-half million tons of grav
el were hauled an average distance
of 100 miles. ?
1
CIVILIAN FLIERS TO
HOLD A BIG AIK MEET
St. Louis, July 25.?Elaborate
plans to stimulate commercial avia
tion among civilians are being made
by the St. Louis Air Board and Fly
ing clubr in connection with the In
ternational air races to be held here
October 1,2, and 3.
Three of the events will be open
to civilians only, although they may
enter two of the other?. Boy manu
facturers of model airplanes pro
pelled by only a rubber band h#*e
not been forgotten In the list of
events. The Mulvlhlll trophy and
$300 in prizes are offered to the
member of the Junior Flying league
whose home made airplane model
flies the farthest in a total of three
trials. The only motive power will
be that derived from the use of rub
ber bands.
STETHOSCOPE IS
NEW COAL SAVER
Chicago. July 25 ? The leaky
radiator that sounds like a strike in
a boiler factor ymust go. The re
search committee of the National
Association of Building Owners and
Manager* declares It has discovered
means of saving thousands of tons
of coal a year by preventing wastage
of steam.
The committee has Invented a
stethoscope. It works quite like
the one the doctor uses when he
tests your lungs or your heart. The
escape of steam In the radiator
traps can be found the way the
way the doctor find about a malfunc- (
. tioning heart. The stethoscope Is
placed against the radiator trap and
tho operator listens to the music of
the stpam Whether ft murmurs,
gurgles or pounds, the radiator trap
doctor knows Immediately what the
matter Is by using bis stethoscope, it
Is claimed.
The committee in charge of the
work was headed by Col. Gordon
Strong of Chicago, assisted by pro
fessors and students of Lewis Insti
tute, where the actual testing was
done.
FOR TIRES
Howl, Ol.lfl.1,1 und Mlrhelln ? the
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Economy Tire Co.
Training Camps to
Open August First i
Bathing Suit*, Ukelele*. and
Tennis Racket* are Weapon*
of The*e Peaceful Citizen*
Atlanta. Ga.,- July 25?The fuss
and fury ia over.
The barrage of mimeograph
sheets, pamphetn. posters and orders
is completed. The artillery prepara
tion for the battle is finished.- The
staff at headquarters of the Fourth I
Corps area sits back in its dugout,
helpless now to help or to hinder.
Now and then messenger boys ]
dash in with frantic telegrams from
bova seized with measles at the last
moment, who can't go. Now and
then somebody wires in for addition
al ammunition in the form of appli
cation blanks.
But the big Job for the staff Is
over, and now the troops must bear
the brunt of the battle, and do their:
Job. The orders for Citizen's Mili
tary Training Camp, sending more
than 4,400 men from the eighti
Southeastern states are at last out.1
and Bill Jones, clear down in the tip
of Florida, or Tom Hirks way up in'
|the mountain* of North Carolina,!
j now is able to eat another meal in
comfort, for he knows that he is]
really and truly accepted to go to
camp.
There Is a general overhauling of.
bathing suits all over the South, and.
hundreds of tennis racketa are be-'
ing re-strung, It is expected that the
mortality of ukeleles at camp will be
appalling, but the troops, out for the
months camp provided by Uncle
Sam will try to stand even such
heavy losaea without flinching.
They will battle old General ^En
nui bravely, while mastering the'dif
ferences between reveille and mess
call, and finding out what a long tall
a mess kit has. According to good
old army custom, these 4,400 will
counter-attack again and again, with
out sign of faltering, every time the
.advance scouts say the enemy Chow
is approaching.
All camps are ready, and on Aug
Jist 1, will commence the third year
I of these Citizens' Military Training
Camps.
OLYMPIC PROGRAM
FOR 192 I IS READY
New York, Jul y25?The official
program for the eighth Olympic
games at Paris, France, in 1924. haa
been Issued by the French Olympic,
committee, as follows:
Winter sports. Including Ice hock
ey, Jan. 24 to Feb. 5, at Chamoix.
May 3 to May 19, Rugby.
j May 15, to June 9, football.
June 19 to July 4, polo, except
July 3.
June 21 to June 29, rifle and gun,
'except JUne 23.
| June 23, morning, ceremony at
[Notre Dame. Afternoon, Sorbonne.
June 24, opera.
June 28 to July 8, fencing after
noon and evening, except July 3 and
8.
July 3, morning. Congress of Per
manent Bureau of International Fed
eration. Afternoon, reception at the
Elysee. Evening, banquet to the In
ternational Federation.
July 5. opening ceremonies of the
games; march past of nations.
July 5 to 13, athletics, afternoon.
July 6 to 19, Greco-Roman wrest
ling.
July 10 to 13, free wrestling.
July 10 to 14, rowing.
July 12 to 17. modern Penthalon
July 13, evening, banquet to In
ternational Olympic Committee.
July 13 to 20. lawn tenuis.
* July 13 to 20. swimming.
July 15 to 20. boxing.
July 17 to 23. gymnastics.
July 17 to 23, popular games,
demonstration.
July 20. demonstration of French
boxing.
July 21 to 24, demonstration of
basque pelote. *
July 21 to 24, weights and dumb
bells. .
July 21 to 27. Equestrian games. '
July 23 to 27, cycling.
July 24 to 27, yachting.
July 27, closing of games.
July 28, congress of International!
Olympic Committee and Olympic i
Committees.
Wants Recognition
in American: Opera;
Mrs. Freer Plead* for Encouragc-j
m?it of National Productions
ill the United States
Chicago, July 25.?American ar
tists and opera must be encouraged
if more production is expected, and !
one of the best means of such en- .
couragement is an immediate change !
of system In companies incorporated 1
In the United States, said Mrs. Elean- J
or Everest Freer, national co-chair- I
man of the opera department, Nat- I
ional Federation of Music Clubs, in
a statement here today.
"The adoption of our own lan
guage for foreign operas will place
American opera on an equal footing
with those erf old world, and also will
encourage a closer study of our own
productions," Mrs. Freer asserted.
"America has opera and music all its
own, but Americans have not yet ful
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"Operas indigenous to our soil, in
their subjects, are of great impor
tance. although no one advocates
their exclusive performance. The
choice of the subject, however, should
be entirely a personal matter with
the composer. If we do not en
courage our artists we cannot expect
much production, and we cannot af
ford not to leave art treasures be
hind us for coming generations."
More than operas by some of
the best musicians in the country
have been published. Mrs. Freer add
ed. "and we as Americans should in
sist that they be presented along
with the time-honored classics."
Yacht Starts on Long Cruise
Kingstown. Ireland. July 25.?
Amidst hearty cheers and escorted
by a fleet of yachts, the 25 ton yacht
"Saorise" recently left Kingstown on
a trip round th world.
The crew, composed of Conor
O'Brien, owner and captain; H. S.
Hodges, mate, and S. D. Lavelle, hope
to compete the Journey under can-,
vass by way of New Zealand, which
they anticipated reaching before
Christmas. From there they wiU I
proceed by Cape Horn to several Ar- j
gentine ports, and expect to reach
Ireland again by September, 1924. I
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