Boone County Recorder . n thetop story, which will lean 100 feet fromthe perpendicular. This tower, heclaims, could be built in eight months,including the shop work and plan is for the tower to be in theform of a gigantic letter L, of which thelower part acts as a foot to counteractthe lean of the superstructure. Ha The general idea oi the scheme,said Mr. Smith to a newspaper man,is to make a permanent octagonaltower of severely plain contour, aboutsix hundred feet high, and surmount itwith a sheet metal statue of Columbusabout one hundred and twenty-five feethigh statue sh
Boone County Recorder . n thetop story, which will lean 100 feet fromthe perpendicular. This tower, heclaims, could be built in eight months,including the shop work and plan is for the tower to be in theform of a gigantic letter L, of which thelower part acts as a foot to counteractthe lean of the superstructure. Ha The general idea oi the scheme,said Mr. Smith to a newspaper man,is to make a permanent octagonaltower of severely plain contour, aboutsix hundred feet high, and surmount itwith a sheet metal statue of Columbusabout one hundred and twenty-five feethigh statue should look west-ward. The dome-shaped top would beabout a hundred feet in diameter, rivet-ed together from plate steel. Theposts at each angle of the octagonwould be shells of steel plate ten ortwelve feet in diameter, riveted up likea boiler shell and tapering somewhattoward the top by placing each sectioninside of the one below. The crosspieces and braces wouldably be of channel iron, teeiron, etc. An interior skeleton. FRONT VIEW—WITH BEAM INCLINED. shaft, containing an elevator, might beerected vertically in the center. Piv-oted to the tower there would be, dur-ing the exposition, at least a hugeoscillating beam, swinging after themanner of a walking beam on a steam-boat Its extreme length wou+4 he An Exciting Game is now ready; each rider has hiseye on his favorite side, an old priestrides in advance and sprinkles sacredmeal over the course, the starters kickthe sticks, and the wildest excitementprevails. As each racer left his homehe put into his mouth two shell beads—the one. he drops as a sacrifice as hestarts, the other when he has coveredabout one-half the course. The stickis tossed rather than kicked, and agood racer will toss It. from eighty toc>/e-1: .adred feet Over the heads*iU~ Banners it goes and falls beyondthe first man. He simply points towhere it lights, and runs on. The nextman tries to kick it, but should he failto get under it he g
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