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Grand Coulee. 2nd Laraest Piece Of Man's Masonry By ELIZABETH DUBOIS COULEE DAM, Wash. I.P) Grand Coulee dam, the world's largest power producer, forms 'he iop step of a giant stairway of water planned to quench the Pa. cific Northwest's thirst for elec tricity. Endowed with only minor depos its of coal and oil, the northwest has something better the Co lumbia river. Together with ts tributaries, this river contains about one-third of the potential water power of the United States Grand Coulee dam is second only to the great wall of China as man's biggest piece of mas onry. Construction on it began in 1934 to provide future power and irri galion water, and to give jobs to men made idle by the drpesssion. By the end of next year, its POWer hMlSPK Wilt hi, vnmnlvt-.A and 18 outsized generators will ue turning out almost two million kilowatts of clectrictiy. Tho fnllnwino ik :..! gation water of the Columbia basin project win start lowing to more than one million acres of land in the "Big Bend" area of Central Washington. Coulee dam intersects the Co lumbia at the northern edge of an area known as the Grand Coulee Here, water pouring from a big ice cap thousands of years back, gouged ut a tremendous river basin through many layers of black lava rock. When the glacier receded, it left this yawning valley 27 miles long and from one to five miles wide Perpendicular cliffs a thousand feet high are the sides. The dam itself stands 370 feet above the water level of the river. That's as high as the Canadian boundary, 1M miles away will per mit. Lake Roosevelt formed by the dam ends at the border. In winter months, the entire flow of the Columbia is diverted through generators in two powerhouses at the base of the dam. in the spring and summer when the river crests with water from ice fields in moun tains to the east and north, the dam becomes a scenic delight. Surnlus watpr ra face of it makes a waterfall Twice as high and half as wide as the famed Niagara. i Despite rigid securitv measures necessary to protect this "achil le's heel" of the northwest, visitors are welcomed every day of the year but Christmas and New Year's day. Electricity from Coulee dam courses over high tension wires into five stales: Washington, Ore gon, Idaho. Montana and Utah It is the master plant of the north west power pool, a power-sharing arrangement which permits power systems of the five states to bor row and loan power as the need arises. About 50 miles down stream from Coulee dam, construction of Chief Joseph dam, which will have the second largest power plant on the river, already has started. It's cap acity will be slightly less than half that of Grand Coulee. Construction also has started on the third largest, Mc,Naiy dam. and Bonneville dam, at the bottom of the "water stairway." has been a major northwest power producer for many years. The only privately-owned plant in the stairway is Rock Island dam, built bv the Puget Sound Power and Light compnay. Six other dams proposed by the army engineers will make almost full use of the 1646 foot fall of the Columbia between its entrance to the United States and its exit to the Pacific ocean. Sports In Brief IBr Tht Auorlite4 Pros) GENERAL Madison, Wis. The Pacific Coast all-star track team defeated the Big Ten's best in a meet which saw Wisconsin's Don Gehrmann run the fastest half mile of the year 1:50.7. New York The International Boxing club said it may move into the wrestling field this fall. Tapma, Fla. Sam Bailey was signed as head basketball coach at University of Tampa. RACING New York Titien 2nd 3 90) captured the $10,000 added Ami- gansett hurdle handicap at Aque duct. BATON BEAUTY "America's most beautiful baton twirler is the title won by Rachel lkard, 17, of Casper, Wyo., among 600 entrants in a contest conducted by a school magazine. Besides strutting as drum major, Rachel plays the drum, dances and sings. She's a June high school ffrad. Joltin' Joe Kisses Ball After Getting 2000th Hit CLEVELAND, June 21. UP) Joe DiMaggio's usual poker face cracked into a broad grin as he favored photographers by kissing th baseball he belted over little Marino Pieretti's head for his 2, 000th msjtr league hit. Jollin' Joe sent the looper over Pieretti's head in a game with the Cleveland Indians, Only two other active players in the major leagues have ac- Barkers, Thovsons Drop 2 Bowling League Games The Barkers and tha Thovsons dropped two games in Tuesday evening's Mixed Summer bowling league activity but continued to lead the league with a total ot is wins and 9 losses. Number four team, composed of Helen Joiner, Harold Mobley, Mary Circle and Bill Teancy, was the only team to win all three of their games. Bill Teaney bowled the high in dividual game with a 187 score. He also collected the high indiv idual series score with 535. The ladies high gme score was bowled by Helen Ryan with 186. Mary Circle took the high individual ser ies score for the ladies with 474. Mixed Summer League Standinbs W L Barkers, Thovsons 18 9 Harris and Ryans 13 14 Joiner, Mobley, Circle and Teaney 12 15 Halls and Davies 11 16 LACROSSE DESIGN Ernie Baer, former Penn State scoring ace, models a lacrosse mask he designed with Coach Nick ThieL It improves visibility, gives more protection. Attach ed to standard football helmet, it reduces athletic expense. cumulated 2.000 hits. They are Luke Appling, 41, Chicago White Sox inficlder who has 2,734 for 20 sea sons, and Wally Moses. Philadel phia Athletics outfielder, who has 2,0(54 in his 16th season. , Eighty-five other big league bats men previously attained the 2, 000-mark before retiring. The brii liant Ty Cobb holds the high mark of 4,191 hits for a 24-year span with Detroit and Philadelphia. TRUMAN 'BOOTED' WASHINGTON, June 20.-;p)-Tresident Truman Monday was given a pair of $150 fine-leather highheeled cowboy boots. The presentation was made by the National Press club. The hoots were brought to the White House because the Presi dent was unable to attend the club's annual outing and barbecue Saturday. LOGGERS -MILL OPERATORS... OLYMPIA SUPPLY OPEN 'TILL 6 P. M. EVERY SATURDAY MILL AND LOGGING SUPPLIES PHONE 238 FOR FREE DELIVERY Wo 803 WINCHESTER ST. ! ROSEBURG. ORE. B mi i minima I r ri Since the legalization of pari-mu- tuels in the state in 1932. Hialeah race track has contributed $32,000,- 000 in taxes lo Florida. West Germany's Key Roads, Bridges Being Mined To Stall Any Possible Russian Attack FRANKFURT, Germany (,P The western allies are reported mining key roads and bridges throughout west Germany and other parts of Europe to Mall any possible Soviety attack. These preparations came to light when a German mat nine uuh- lished pictures of a winding high way around famed Lorelei moun tain on the Rhine river in the French tone. The pictures showed a row of holes being drilled in the road and then covered with concrete caps. Explosive charges dropped into the holes would tum ble the highway into the Rhine at one of its narrowest points. American headquarters declined to comment. But a French source in the Kobleni area said: "It is not only on this route on which such measures are taken and not only the French who are making such preparations. It is the allied high command which order ed this." Plans have been in the books for more than a year for allied occupation forces in westers Ger many to fight a delaying action, if trouble comes. The plans call for evacuation of civilians as rapidly as possible. Emergency signals have been giv en all dependents of U.S. army and air force officials to be pre pared to pull out if and when an alarm is flashed. Indications are that th western defense chiei's have drawn un a master plan for similar defense preparations in other European countries. The pictures touched off a furor in the Russian-controlled east Ger man press. The Communist newspapers did not mention any oossibiiitv of Russian attack, but declared the planned destructions were "part of an American aggressor's plan xt marcn against ine soviet union." One newspaper said the Ameri cana are preparing te follow Hit ler s scorched earth policy. The Red press also claimed the W4., June 2!, 1950 Th Nwt-RWw, Restaurs, Or. 1 French planned to blow uo the side of Lorelei mountain, damming the Kfltne and flooding the country for miles around. A French spokesman described this report as "nonsense." News-Review classified ads bring results. Phone 100. The last foreigner lo win th U.S. Open golf championship was Ted Ray ef England who triumphed in 1320. Between 1S25 and JS30, Bob Jones won three U.S. open golf champion ships and lost two others in playoffs. it Flex Tubing, ail sizes it 0. I. 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