Word: canyon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mint Canyon, Calif, one day last week, Mrs. Clara Weiss's chickens and turkeys were thrown into panic by a huge bird which roared across the henyard only a few feet above the ground. Few minutes later, Mrs. Weiss heard a "terrible clattering sound." The bird, an $80,000 Lockheed 14, had perched violently on the crest of 3,000-ft. Mount Stroh, had carried nine to their deaths...
March, "Flag of Victory"Blon *Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart *Largo from "Xerxes" Handel *Ouverture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky *French Military March, from the "Algerian" Suite Saint-Saens *Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini" Berlioz *"Where the Citrons Bloom," Waltzes Strauss *Divertissement Ibert *"On the Trail," from the "Grand Canyon" Suite Grofe "Turkey in the Straw" Arranged by Guion Torch Dance from "Henry VIII" German *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...were able to tell where his feet had broken through the crust of the old snow. So they followed his trail, every few feet digging down to the crust to confirm their soundings. All that day and half the next they followed his confused, straggling steps deep into Sand Canyon...
Sirs: Clark Alvord of Eldorado Canyon, Nev., oldtime prospector and desert rat, whose recent death was noted in your issue of Jan. 24 because of the fact that Miss Marion Davies had been made residuary legatee of his estate, was a man of original ideas. When I first met him, some 20 years ago, he tried to sell me a group of undeveloped mining claims he owned. They did not impress me favorably, but to humor him I asked the price. He scratched his head and pondered. "Well," he said finally, "I've held those claims for 20 years...
...Falls View Bridge. Closest to the falls of the three bridges that span the Niagara River in that area, it was something of a wonder itself. It trembled in the wind, shook under heavy loads, but for 39 years managed to keep from crashing into the 200-ft. canyon below...