Show 1 j I l HI WALTER CAlM CAlMON CALMON ON APPOINTMENT DE DENVER BENVER YER Colo Cob Dec Tc 29 9 A CAP AD A quiet unobtrusive man sat at poring over a n. pile of blue prints In his office hero here today entirely unc t- t over the tho fact that he ho had been chosen to superintendent construction construction construction con con- of ot one of the worlds world's greatest dam darn and irrigation projects Boulder Boulder canyon dam m. HeIs Heis He Ho HoIs Is Raymond F. F Walter alter chief engineer engineer engi engl- n neer r of ot tho the United States reclamation reclamation tion offices in Denver Hum Is that so O I haven't heard of ot the appointment ho announced when informed that he lie had been en n given the chol choicest st assignment that could be bo given ghen an engineer If It Mr r. r Walter received the news with any feeling of elation he failed to be betray betray betray be- be tray It Its going to be bo a n. bl big Job ho mused as reporters sought from him the stor story of ot his life lire and its achieve ments It will be a a. year seven task and will vilL cost Tho The Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama canal was the only comparable project that cost more ho contin contin- ned The Tho government spent nearly nearly nearly near near- ly on that job Headquarters for the administrative tive and supervising work will be maintained in Denver Don Sir Mr Ir Walter alter said The engineering staff of ot the reclamation bureau in Denver numbering numbering num nurn- bering about sixty men will be the nucleus of the tho organization of engineers engineers engi engi- that will build the dam but the thc staff will bo doubled to handle the the- Job the chief engineer said Mr Ir Walter alter entered the reclamation reclamation tion service of or the government in 1903 His lIis first job was a a month assignment that kept him in inthe inthe the tho Black Hills of South Dakota for five years on the Belle project Since then he has worked on various other projects of ot the ser sen vice Last spring ho was a a. member member mem mem- ber of or the commission of or engineers who 1 Investigated the tho St. St Francis dam darn disaster r In California A of Chicago Walter Valler came cameto cameto cameto to Colorado with his family when he was I 6 years old The family went to Fort Collins to live lire an and he was educated In tho the public schools and entered the agricultural college college college col col- col- col lege there Immediately after graduation graduation graduation grad grad- from the public high school I |