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The Omaha Guidites } “The Door of Expression” — - Edited by ‘UNCLE GIL’ ..........' Uncle £il Visits At Boulder Dam Dear nieces and nephews, Un cle Gil was one of thousands of sight seers who viewed the most wonderful engineering feats ever attempted in the world last week. The mammouth project known to the world as Boulder Dam Now, dear friends, Uncle Gil is going to tell you in a series of ar- | tides all he has been able to finti out about this wonderful engineer ing feat. Chartering a car, Unde Gil in company with Messrs. H. Lee, F. Gardner, L. Johnson, and H- White side, motored from Las Vegas, No vada, down through the town known as Boulder City, a town which grew in a year from a deser waste into a community of a thou sand homes, a dozen dormitories, four churches, a grade school, si.ops, stores, restaurants, garages, a 700 seat theatre, tourist camps recreation halls, r. beautiful hotel and many other trade facilities. Af ter viewing this b autifully govern ment owned town, the party jour t neyed on to Boulder Dam, where the following facts were learned about America’s foremost dam. That the. dam is 727 feet in height, the third largest piece of construc tion in the world. The other two being, Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.;' which is 948 feet and the Empire State building of New York City, which towers 1,248 feet in the air. ’ ,If all the visitors to Boulder Dam each day came by air they would fill to capacity a fleet of 130 ten passenger air transportation. The 4,400,00 cubic yards of con crete used in Boulder Dam nnd its adjoining structures would be suf ficient to bild a concrete walk four feet wide and two and three-four ths inches thick, entirely around the earth at the equator. Every two and one third minute of the day and night, for 625 days, a giant bucket holding 16 tons of concrete was poured into Boulder Dam It would take a freight r lin, 160 miles long to haul the • ment used in mixing the concrete for Boulder Dam. Built in a pyramid on the base of the Empire State Building, the concrete used in Boulder Dam would rise 2% times higher than this giant building. If all the dirt moved in the con structions of the dam were hauled by huge dump trucks, there would bo enough loads to form continu ous simultaneous truck parades from Boulder City to New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seat tle. and Chicago. « Now, my dear friends, I invite you to read next weeks Guide and learn more about Boulder Dam, the world’s greatest engineering struc ture -o IMPORTANT NOTICE! Notice to Subscribers— Please notify the Omaha Guide office, by mail or telephone, as to your change of address. The post al authorities make a charge for the change of address when we are not notified, in time to prevent de livery to the wrong address. The Omaha Guide will be forced to charge a small fee of five cents for each change of address with out notice. Please call WE 1517 or mail us a post card with your new address on it’, at one week before you move. This will prevent a du plication of papers and the five cents charge. Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter, THE OMAHA GUIDE PUB. CO. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Who Knows? 1. What was first in this country servitude or slavery ? 2. Who was the first Negro fight er in this country ? 3. Who was the first Negro editor of a newspaper in this country! 4. When did President Lincoln or der back into slavery a half mil lion Negroes? 5. Who founded the African Me thodist church? 6. What Bibical character mar ried an Ethiopian woman ? 7. Who was Petro Alonzo ? 8. Who was the father of the American Revolution? f). Who was the greatest jockey of all times? 10. How many amendments in the constitution concerning the Ne gro? 1. Servitude—Carter G- Woodson, historian. 2. Bill Richmond of New York. 3. John Brown Russworm. 4. After they had been declared free by one of his subordinates. 5. Richard Allen. 6. Moses. 7. The Negro, who piloted the N ina and made the charts and maps for Columbus 8. Crispus Attucks. 9. Isaac Murphy—In 55 years of racing from 1875 to [929, the only colored jockey w ho won the Ken tucky Derby by three times was a Negro. 10. Three. 13, 14, and 15 ——..—o Jokes To Many Misses Roy:—Highljalls nearly ruined me once upon a time. Joe:—I'll bet you guzzled too many. Roy:—No, I missed too many. 1 wras an outfielder on a baseball team. Gladys:—I haven’t the least in terest in men. Louise:—No, I suppose wV' you’ve got is pretty near the most. V.r’fe (at phone):—How woa! you ’ike to talk to my mother? F :bby:—Through a spirit me limn. SOME SAY “Are you old enough—and bright — to walk all alone when right is right?” Have you seen the scheen version of the “Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain? New children entering your school would appreciate it if you would be kind to them. But if you are not especially kind to them do not an noy them. Remember your own first day at a new school. Since school is opening the lull is about to leave our life. Celebrated Negro Inventors 1. Who invented the machine for lasting shoes? 2. Who invented the Automatic Car Coupling device. 3. Who invented the Automatic Gauging and sorting machine for Ford V-8 ^piston pins? 4. Who invented the Evaporat ing pan for refining sugar? 5. Who invented the. Electrical Air Brakes? Answers 1. Jon. E. Melzeliger of Massa chusetts. 2. Andrew J. Beard of Alabama. 3. Claude. Harvard of Georgia. 4. Noibert Rillicux of Louisiana. f>. Grantville T. 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A APPLICATION-GUIDITE CLUB Please enroll me in The GUIDITE CLUB, I promise to abide by the rules as set forth in The Omaha Guide. My Name is_Age__ My Address is___ City-State_ School Grade _ Name of School_ Parents’ Name_ Date of Birth ___ Cut this out and bring or mail to “Uncle Gil”, Omaha Guide, OMAHA, NEBRASKA ■■ y'.~HW i - , ■! ,<t* ' r- A* JnJPsjf-. _4».ELt<ytT' > ,j$ Fall Electrical Show . Opens September 13 Omaha’s opening festival of the fall season will be the Electrical Exposition, whidh will be held in the city auditorium during the five days starting September 13th. This will be one of the most ela borate expositions of thckind ever held in the midwest. The entire electrical industry is trying to out do itself in putting on a show wl.ich will lie long remembered through out the territory. The industry is proud of the pro gress it has made over tilts past ten years, proud of the invention of new devices and the perfection of others which have become house hold necesities. Latest in radio, kitchen appli ances, air conditioning, house and factory lighting and all such things will be on display in the exhibits arranged by the factories and local dealers. One booth we'l worth taking in will be the one devoted to the “New American Better Living Contest,” shown by the Nebraska Power com pany. This will explain all details in connection with a new national contest in which more than $40,000 in prizes will be distributed. Entry blanks for the contest will he. avail able at this booth, and the’, e will be illustrations of the $12,000 “New American” home which will be. the grand prize and the $8,000 “New American” home which will be awarded to the second place win ner in the contest. These homes and $20,000, in weekly prizes will be awarded in a simple essay contest, details of which can be learned at the “Better Living wth Electricity” booth at the Omaha Electrical Exposition. All kinds of entertainment fea tures have been lined up for the exposition, chief of which will he the nationally famed Red Nichols orchestra. This musical group is well known to radio audiences. On Tuesday and Thursday night of the exposition, there will le a national broadcast from the expos ition over the Mutual chain. The program will originate through station KOIL. DOUBLE COLA IDEAL BOTTLING COMPANY WEbster 3043 Cole Circus Is Sued such people, especially minors, ev en though the hazzard be human degenerates, and not merely a phy sical defect or wild animal. The circus lawyers have filed a special appearance in an attempt to have the case thrown out before trial, on the ground that service was defective and improper. The plaintiff lawyers had waited two years for an opportunity to sorve the circus managers personally. When the opportunity to serve the circus managers personally. When the opportunity came on the cir cus’ last visit to Omaha, July 25th, a Sunday, the question of legality of Sunday service on a foreign cor poration temporarily in the state became :n o v d. . ervice cn another day was impossible, in that the cir cus arrived in Omaha from Sioux City, after midnight Sunday morn ing, and left for Lincoln before midnight Sunday night. The situa tion is an unustr 1 one and is in viting the attention of members of the bar in this state. Attorney Adams believes Mrs. Butler will prevail FLORIDA A. & M. GETS $367,282 FROM WPA Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 9 (ANP) —President J. R. E. Lee has been notified by the Works Propress Administration that $267,282 has been approved for the erection of two dormitories at Florida A. and M. college with $198,192 to be ex pended for the erection of a girls’ dormitory to house approximately 200 women and tJhe balance, 169, 090, for a boys’ dormitory to care for about 150 male students. State architects have completed plans for hose two buildings and it ia expected tihat work on these dormitories will begin within a comparatively short time. Tho erection of the e buildings will relieve the serious housing pro blem that the admnistration has faced for tlbe past few years re. suiting from the increased enroll ments in both regular and shmmer sessions of the Florida A. ai d M. college. I NEBRASKA P R O n IT C E I‘ 2202-4-6 North 24th Street Phone WE 4137 Poultry and Egg Dealers Oui prices are rcasonsable, see us first. I ' DO YOU KNOW WHY - • •’Pa Isn't TicklBd To Oostti Wlien School Opons ? Drawn for ttiis papw Of Flslior' tea.-' * •iMrJ pw 1»L_ i ^ is 1—x ? u i JPfaa rtBiL. . ®aJ^ l‘^J (»> ^ ’ ' " <V I __ tVTOlNATlONAL CARIXXJN C&N. Y, /?/ The Stream of Life There are millions of people in this gray stream of Life, Passing onward in search of some goal Some pause by the way, midst the tulmult and strife, As though seeking contentment for their souls. There are scars that have healed, there are tears that have dried, There ure memories full of remorse, And some as they pause conacienoe stricken have tried, To alter a new trodden course. As this stream passes on countless years without end, With all actions, recorded tit. last. So the things we do. now, as our life road we trend Are indelibly stamped on the past.. —Gayle, Shannon Ilardigrav -o-—. Bessie:—Don’t you know you will ruin your stomach by drinking, Ted:—Oh that’s all right; it won’t show with my coat on. Carl Niffro Shoe Repairing Best Material Expert Workmanship i Service 3118 North 24th Street NORTH SIDE TRANSFER Long Distance Hauling Moving and Storage Phone WE565S 2414 (Jrant 8t Johnson Drug Co. Liquors, Wines and Beer Prescriptions WE. 0998 .. 1904 N. 24th Si OLE’S Battery Station WE SPECIALIZE ON BAT TERY SERVICE 2934N. 24th Ja 9999 IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL ^MAYO'S BARBER SHOP Ladie*' and Children’« Work A Specialty. 2422 Lake Street. 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