Show the big hoover daro dam celebration by J ED PAXTON one of the participants tho the delegation of park city elks who had planned the las as trip with the salt bait lake elks elka left park paris city saturday evening piloted by george rosevear who safely landed us at the elks club where we were received by salt lake clas s and tickets secured and pullman reservations made we then journeyed on to the anka pacific depot where a tull full pullman train trail awaited the elks and the union pact pa 1 l fic alc band from ogden that made up the jovial party that will go down in lc L I c history as one ot of its most memorable events the train was in motion at abou p m and soon thereafter we wera vets called to enjoy one of 0 those famous fk ei banquets prepared by that caterer BLO connoisseur ol of good things to eat cessere ot of rotisserie inn fame we arrived in las vegas at 8 a 96 ra sunday morning and were received ty 17 city and lodge officials and the american legion drum corps we marched dowil maln main street to the elks club where we were officially received by exalted ruler buler R W thomas and his officers we registered gist ered received an outline of the program and then used the time intervening before the parade to visit around the city olle one george looked over the post postoffice office another visited the meat markets rome investigated the banks sam the police department to learn some traffic Is laws bill and glen inspected impacted the atre department part ment and ed stayed with the club to learn the routine ot of the secre secretary work two p m we all gathered at the clark county courthouse where the tha parade was formed and headed by george washington on his white charger followed by the fifer drummer and flag bearer ot of the spirit ot of 76 ogden U P band floats american legion drum corps and elks from all over the land marched over the streets ot of the city ending tn in front ot of the elks club the queen ol of the day led the singing ot of the star spangled banner five p m found us all at the meadows a famous night club where we were served a wonderful banquet augmented by a group of professional entertainers six thirty p m back to the lodge room where the ritual was exemplified to forty five candidates with las vegas and salt lake officers in charge dance tor for elks and ladles ladies followed las vegas Is a substantially built city having wide streets and fine business blocks population which Is 13 raised to by transients who are looking tor for work on the dam and many others who just travel to be in a warmer climate in traveling up and down the streets we did not see a vacant buil building din 1 nor in any of the occupied buildings did we see a free soup kitchen monday in the morning the elks and guests gathered at the elks club where eighty cars and two big buses carried people to lookout t point on the colorado where the services commemorating mem orating the birthday of george washington was held the impressive Impress he ceremony was conducted by the officers of salt lake lodge no 85 and its exalted ruler harry joseph the fla flag was raised on a 65 foot pole set ln in a lis concrete monument the base of which Is encased in plaques made of utah copper and designed by T F jennings superintendent perin of foundries for the utah copper company program chairman of the day judge wm E F orr selection by the band elks ritualistic ceremony and flag raising officers of salt lake lodge NL N 85 5 and las vegas lodge no 1468 Un furling the flag marjorie Marj orle williams daughter of U S marshal claude williams chorus glee club of las vegas high school oration E W kelly of salt lake Music ogden band reading farewell address douglas dashiel Dash lel athletic director las vegas high school chorus glee club address hon fred B balzar governor of nevada address harry joseph personal depre continued on page four the big hoover dam C celebration 1 eb ration continued from page one tentative ol of governor dern of utah address lion hon walter R young engineer bureau of reclamation in charge of 01 construction ol of hoover dam address col carlos huntington personal representative of governor rolph ot of california selection band closing exercises exalted ruler harry aseph ald salt lake lodge ot of elks i song america assemblage benediction monsignor Glovanni oni following the exercises at the hag flag raising all cars vies loaded and proceeded to observation point where mr norman Ga gallison Gall Illson lson of 0 six sl companies pointed out all features of interest on the project we looked out on oil a vast expanse of wasteland and into a natural basin tor for the impounded water which will rise to a hei height glit of feet at the dam bit 0 will flood the area tor for miles storing thirty and a halt half million acre teet feet of 0 water and will form an artificial lake half the size ot of lake superior and will have a shore chore ol of miles turning from observation point we took the 1 lower 0 w e r portal road to the river we dis e embarked m b a aked at the first aid hospital while ahil e our escorts drove the cars bade back to the s summit u and then down the road via Williams williamsville ville to the six companies mess ball above the upper portals ot of the diversion tunnels to await their passengers who walked from the lower to the upper portals we crossed the colorado river on the new truck bridge to the arizona side band and visited the lower portals on that side i I 1 and again crossed the river on a huspen 1 s ton slon bridge which Is all that the name implies about two teet feet wide and carrying airlines tor for tunnel work and ana affording quick passage from one side to the other for the employees various opinions as to the distance were from to teet feet but ed swears that he knows that it Is 2000 traveling upstream up stream on the nevada side we pass the concrete mixing machine the greatest in the world where a shovel will be as useful as a pitchfork in a snow bank grav gravel e I 1 1 in train loads will be dumped in specially special 1 y constructed bins and carried to the top of the plant on a large conveyor below and the cement win will be blown to the mixers from the floor of the plant and the mixture carried ried away in cars to the dam we stood on the exact spot where this gigantic bulk ol of concrete will reach leet feet skyward tills barricade will be a highway connection link aluk between nev ana ariz arizona 0 na and the highway on the nevada side ide ls Is already constructed to the canyon wall and Is being used as an observation point the next point of interest was the upper portals ot of the diversion tunnels here wo we saw a g giant lant steam shovel dipping down into the liver clearing away wreckage it caused by a lecent freshet Ire shet which filled these tunnels with sixteen feet of water two large coffer dams are being constructed in front of these tA tunnels Innes to avert a recurrence of high water to give an idea of these openings figures must be used we were told that the openings w will ill be efty fifty feet by twenty tet feet walled by t three feet on concrete drilling in the face of the tunnel Is handled on a ten i ton truck equipped with all the machinery necessary for a fun full round of holes the last part of our five mile launt jaunt was through the truck and railroad tunnel which will be used to transport material to the dam thence on to our waiting cars and then on to boulder city followed by a lunch at andeeson An deison brothers mess hall even here hurry seems to be the slogan two large dining rooms with kitchen between serve 1000 men to meals three times a day the city Is paved and all buildings are brick or concrete and has been built tor for a population of the six companies have their ow own city it chich house their employees it and nc 1 has a ins as population ot of after lunch we visited te d with government officials list listened to band concert then back to our cars car and las vegas to await the departure of f oar our train for home lookout point the site of the monument commemorating the tha birthday cf george washington father of his country is 1000 feet above the river directly over the dam and affords an e excellent view up and down the river this monument erected by the elks of the seven basin states reflects great honor bonor ort this fraternal order and to the th officers and members who carried the program forward to its fitting culmination on february 22 1932 to harry joseph exalted ruler of salt lake lodge no 85 must be given most of the credit as it was in his fertile brain that the idea was first conceived and through his in 1 bessant work of 0 lour four months duration closed another chapter in elk history on above mentioned date we predict that before the year ol of 1932 wanes this monument will be visited by elks from every state in the union in III the minds ot of the many men and women who were ere fortunate enough to make this trip to the hoover dam a memory of its grandeur will linger and we sug ug gest to those who contemplate a trip this summer that they visit hoover dam boulder city las vegas and especially the elks monument on lookout point side lights in our short stay in las vegas we were able to renew old friendships with former Par kites who still belll have a feeling lor for dear old park city and who asked us to kindly extend greeting to those who may inquire about them george murphy and walter murphy school chums to most of us clarence E R drake famous in elk minstrel ry in bygone days ambrose murphy brother ot of city sexton wm win murphy ed keyes the rover A R ingram ingrain one of skaggs sate safe way boys formerly connected with the local store charles ward robert mcdonald dasil barker judge miner chas julian and parents terry vorhees school day pal of len and bill mcgarry 11 J gallaher secretary las vegas lodge no 1468 once miner at silver king coalition we 11 ere told that las vegas Is reel feet above anova eca level that the elevation at the kocner hooler dam site is feet that las vegas water Is supplied by artesian wells that gambling Is legall legalized zd in nevada that boulder C lity city Is 25 miles from las lar vegas and the river seven miles beyond that all the work we view viewed ed at the hoover dam had been accomplished since february 1931 including highways and boulder city that the temperature registers US degrees during july and august that it registered degrees at the river last summer that the six companies are ten bomba ahead of schedule that the hoodei hoover dam and boulder city are government reserves and cannot be entered without permit that six companies have seven yeara tears to complete the dam that they will try to finish in five years companies pay the government that the ste six per month ground rental that all fillin fillings gs and build bia site ings must be removed front from dara before acceptance by the government that permanent high tension U line have been constructed and electric electricity ty being being furnished from southern califor na nia that hat these these same lines will carry electricity back to california alter after completion of the dam the that the highway which win will c oss to w ta hoover dam has been cogul completed feted A canyon wall and has bee teen highway lilg hway number that boulder city has not with business in las vegas d cf that las vegas Is the playground in nevada and that you are cordially kited to vacation there tills this surn suni lit er |