SALES BEGUN AT TOWN SITE

     [Unfortunately, many of the early clippings collected by my mother in the early 1930s were not well labled.  This article from the Spokesman-Review was most likely in 1933.]

Julius C. Johnson, Almira Banker, Offering Lots at "Franklin"--Lumber Yard In.

DRILLS TO CROSS RIVER

Lynch Brothers to Take Cores on East Side of Dam Site--Pits Seek Bedrock.

     COULEE DAM SITE, Wash., Oct. 27.--Among the towns springing up like mushrooms near here must be numbered that of Julius C. Johnson, Almira banker, who has his real estate shingle up at "Franklin," three miles away, on the floor of Grand Coulee.
     Mr. Johnson has platted 40 acres in town lots, which he is selling at $70 to $100.  Water for domestic purposes has been found at a shallow level and the promoter said that the reservoir to be established later under the reclamation plans will be just 100 yards from the "city limits."  A lumber yard is going in on the plot.

          Drills Dig Down.

     At the dam site proper today, Field Engineer C. M. Cole said he was well satisfied with the showings of the core drillers and test pit contractors.
     Lynch brothers, diamond drill contractors, Seattle, will move their equipment to the east bank of the Columbia river next week, said "Dusty" Rhodes, foreman.
     Set-ups for two 800-foot 45-degree angle holes and one straight hole in the river will be the next operations.
     The diamond drills have completed or are at work on nine holes of a total of 58 to be sunk.  Hole No. 71 is the deepest to date, 798 feet, with bedrock reached at 129 feet on a 45 degree angle.  That hole, near the shore line, is far below the bed of the river.
     [Table of Figures on Holes omitted here]
     All of the holes sunk so far are on the west side of the river.  Surveys of the holes to determine whether they are adhering to the angle are accomplished through the hydro-fluoric acid method.
     A small glass tube containing the fluid is lowered into thehole and left at a measured depth 25 minutes.  By that time it has etched itself into the glass sufficiently to be read by the engineers.  The precision of the drilliers is shown by the fact that none of the holes has been off more than a degree or two.

          Pits Seek Bedrock.

     Test pit hole A, far up the side of the mountain above the road leading away from the dam, is down 205 feet with no bedrock, according to Rumsey Brothers, contractors.
     Hole B is down 120 feet, with no bedrock, but it also is high up above the river on the west side.
     Two holes have reached bedrock at shallow depths on the east side.  A third hole, D, is being started.

          Beer Licenses Needed.

     Al Meyers and L. Corilla were bisited by the Grant county commissioners today, the latter declaring that neither had a county license to sell beer.
     Mr. Corilla, at the New Deal, took out a Douglas county license, only to learn from the commissioners that his building was on the line of both counties.  Both men agreed to take out proper licenses at once.