Alf Engen newspaper clippings, photographs, and telegrams, 1934 - 1942

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FREDAG DEN 14. DECEMBER 1934 • , 1 "Slig som den staar ldag er den EN S K'l B'A K K E , oppe 1 tolv 'l'usen Dollars. Jeg vil · benytte Anledningen til . at gi de Hv-o R·H .0 . p AA Sklkl~bber som omgaaes med Pla- ner om at by ge egen Bakke at ha . alt paa det · med det financlelle ~ · ff6r de gir;; Opgaven. I 3 2 5 FT TRUER ;:.J~~~byg~~ Ba:iev:~s::= j · • . tydnlng uden at man raadS , er omiQing t1 Tusen Dollarf,.~ air The Utah Ski Club 'udbed~er' 1 Strand. sin Kjaempebakke saa man ECker-Bakken er en Hjl)ifjelds-nu kan Ievere Hop paa ad- bakU, Idet den li~ger 7.:_gooo Fod ' skillig over 300 F od _ En over Havet. Vititerveiret ·eJ: stadlg Bakke med naturlig og ub~- .og Bakken ligger lunt til, saa Ho- · graenset Till"'h---Naar naar 1 vedbetingelserne cr tllstede for at ., kunne arrangere Hopljijb i stor man Graensen? 1 Stil. Bne har man nok av og Sre- Skisportens Udvikling paa denne songen varer 1 mindst sy'v Maane .. Side av Havet h ar foregaat i ame- der. Snemrengden kan l Vinterens rikansk Stil. I de saakaldte gode ~b bli saa stor· a t . Strand ftere gamle Dage njljiet man sig med be- Gange har vreret n ~dt til at gaa 1 • skedne Hop paa 70-80 Fod, og ind i sin Sportshytte fra Vinduet i syntes det var enestaaende. Men 2den Etage. Det har hrendt sig at · det var 1 de Dage da .Hesten frem- han har gaat direkte fra Snekan­deles var et moderne Fremkomst-' ~· ten og ind gjenn em Vinduet. Ef ­niiddel. Udviklingen er gaat i Ret- terpaa har han saa maattet skufle ! ning av stjljrre Bakker og lrengre sig Vei ud. ' Hop. 4-I Europa har man .nu mange Strand gj9)r sig orhaabninger ' Kjrempebakker, ikke mlndst i Nor - I om at Det Amerlkanske Skiforbunct 1 ge, og her i Landet har man Hop- t . vil henlregge Udtagnlngen av de ! bakker som grrenser op mod det t 1 Skilpbere so,m skal repr~tel,'e De . Stewart ·cosgriff Named Chairma bf Wa­satch Outdoor Group; Meeting to: Discuss Olympics Planned lutrolige. ! Forenede Stater 1 de oplY,h}piske Forrest i Rrekken paa det Felt ' Vinterlege 1 Tysklan~·. :til Ecker­' 6taar idag the Utah Ski Club, Salt ,· Bakken. Han erklrerl- uden rin­! Lake City, som har den kjendte . geste Tvll at denne Batie· er den . , Ecker ~ill. Sidste Vinter blev der 1 ideelle for en saadan Udtagnlng da I By PHIL McLEESE . opnaadd usredvanlige Resultater 1 1 den er meget Yg.1936-0lympladens ! A definite step toward making Salt Lake Cit9" and the i den Bakke. A~f Engen hoppet som tyske Hopbakke. Saa vidt vidfl er surrounding territory embraced by the Wasatch nat ional lor- ! bekjendt 281 Fod staaende, og der €ndnu ikke truffet nogen ende- est "the Winter Sports Center of Ame_rica" was ta~en Thurs- 1 1 mange andre har leveret Hop paa lig Bestemmelse om. hvor Udtag- day at the chamber of commerce. · · omkring 250 Fod. Der var imid- ningen skal foregaa. At a meeting of the chamber and the junior chamber of , lertid dam som mente at Ecker !1 Man har allerede dyrket Skispor - commerce with a number of the city's leading figures in the 1 Bakl;ten kunde gj9)res endnu st~r- 1 n 1 flere. Uger i '(Jtah, og om ikke sports and recreational field, the Wasatch outdoor recre- .1 re, og i Lpbet av Sommeren har the · g Tid vil der vel forellgge nogen ationa l committee was formed. The purpo.se of this organ!~ 1 · utah Ski Club benyttet Tiden godt. M ldin tion in the words of Gus P . Backman, secretary of the cham- Martin A. Strand, en av Skispor- psigtsvrekkende e ger 0 m I ' ouer ~f ctirtlmerce, whO- presided ;;1.t th~ meeting, wi~l be to fle-tens Fredre i Saltsj9)staden, melder staaende Hop paa over 30° Fod, og ,\, velop the natural recreational facilities of the section until til "Ska~dinaven" at Ecker Bakken I da er man vel naadd frem til Ski- · they shall h ave become second to none-in this country. 1 sin nut ierende Stand glr de Ski.- J , hopningens yderste Grrense. . . On this commitl\\e will be repre· • ljijbere SOI:Il har F&!rdlghed nok, An- ---- .sentatlves ·of every organization in the the cooper~tion of the agencies which 1e d n 1n g ~~J1 a t 1e vere H op paa 325 ·.w,· asatch sect w· n. con~e~ne d WI' th ~po rts thePy. ;Hre. p~regsgeinnt., comm' ission\!r of parks Fod. Ba.kken bar saa at si ube- and recreatwnal achv1he~. Its rmme· and lllliJ:>lic property; Ray Forsberg, grrenset ~~rtend. Fra Hoppet t il diate purpose will be to develop win· super11Bor of city recreation, and sev· Flade-Over.-f. t<~-en er der 525 Fod ter sports but the organizers Thurs· er* otner I?ro~inent public figures, ....,:""11> ' w<!te enthus1ashc about the new com· I og saa har :tbatl en .Flade paa 2000 day expressed the hope that the com· mittee plan, ;md assured those preseJ;Jt Fod, eller sal'i lan gt son'l L~beren mittee would fu.~ion throughout the at ttft! meeting that they would do ' vil la Sklene ~~:11 .. I _Fj'ora.llrets_ R~- year. · everything in their power to as~ist i?- I "{ Ste art Cosgriff of the chamber of the development of the comm1ttee s ( ;\ "'dba~"'~\.~ ~j~;r,.~ -~ll£;" ~-1~~-...~ 1 "'ig t>U~ 1 w ' . . program. · . · 1 Fod t ilveirs. 'Nac.r bruger det j commerce, was named cha~.rman of Thursday's meeting was held princi· - I junior chamber, v1ce cha1rman;, and committee, bU,t chamber leaders have nybyggede Hop kommer man ikke I the committee; Jos~ph Bu~ler,~f the pally for the purpose of organizing the ] '-'mere" end tyve Fgd tilveirs, og det ve n Woodhead, also of . the .Junwr expressed the intention of seeking sev· i:an synes hpit n~ Den Fart man gr0ufl, se.cretary. . eral skating rinks for the city, and · 0 nd t bli 1 t t 'l This Wasatch Outdoor Recreatwnal of promoting the development of one opnaar 1 verre e r ans aa 1 I committee will s·erve as a sort of or two .winter recreational· centers in seksti Mil 1. Tim naar f~ret er . clearing house. It will coordinate the nearby .canyons. godt . efforts of the affiliated organizations, - - --- I Ecker-Bakken har man nu t re and delegate to the proper groups Hop. Selve Bakken er bygget helt tasks as they develop. 1\feeting Planned eft er Skiforbundets Planer. Paa A. meeting of the committee will be "Skandinaven"s Foresp9)rsel om det held in the immediate future for the er Tilfreldet a't mange Skil9)bere er purpose of outlining plans for the blit skadet i Ecker-Bakken, svarer United States Olympic ski jumping trials, recently awarded to the Utah 1 Hr. Strand at det er bare Munds- Ski club. The trials are scheduled for 1j eir. I alle Bakker kan der ind- March 3 on Eckq hill. l(owever, the trreffe trheld, selv 1 de mindste. Utah Ski club is att~ptmg to have Ecker-Bakken er let at staa ·;, Det the date moved up t~the latter part " of February. kan ikke vrere "halsbrrekkende" Inasmuch as Utah may also get all naar en Uten 15 Aars amerikansk six events of the regional Olympic Gut er istand til at levere Hop paa ttariianl sa, npdl acnrso ssto c ohuonldtr yt heev ednotws np-mroobua~!J·. ikke langt fra 200 Fod. Det skulde ly will be discussed at the meeting. 1 tale for sig selv, sir Hr. Strand. M. A. Strand, a member of the Utah Ski club1 a11d president of the Western The Utah Ski Club har nu om- Ski association, will put in Utah's bid kring 50 aktivc L9)bere. Blandt den for the regional events at a meeting ' saa.kaldte Professionistklasse finder in Den\ter ·s aturday. • · man Alf og sverre Engen. Einar ThaJeUtah is equipped to handle all ~ix even¥ no one in Utah doubts, and Fredbo er atter at tnde i Ama- I pilW:l..t.e.r•!i ,obServe.~§. w.h.Q.."\ hl!v. t¢rklassen. Saa h ar li Kaare En - ~kie4 at both Brighton and Mt. C Rainier, where the Cown·mountain gen, u~ S. Western hamplon i . .Olympic fiJ;Ials will be held, say that B-Klassen, som lever~ bedre Hop Brighton offers far superior oppor· ,og fik h~iere, Karaktlt end den tuniQes. · 1 t 1 M te k b t A Kl I Utah agenclal. alrea. have begun som se re es rs a e s - as-' I) actually to clel!'1the way for the down se, og en Rrekke andre - rsk:..Ame- mountain evepts. At the Thursday rikanere. I SaJt Lake City h ar meeting, q r~solution was adopted man tre Skiklubber. De al'l.dre to thank'!bg Cou!Jty Commissioner E. E. Howe for ke.epin.J the road clear to har amerikansk Medlemsskab som Brighton. Tlii!; commissioner has hovedsagelil\,. in t eresserer sig for promised to keep the road to the Udforrend og" Slalom. ' , faqwus section in Big Cottonwood as long as possible. I Hvor meget koster Ecker-Bakken, I Olsen Present sp~r "Skandinaven ". · The new supervisor of the Wasatch national forest, Chester J. Olsen, was also present at the meeting. He said that the recreational plans of his or· ganization for some time have in· eluded winter sports, and he promised to cooperate in every way possible. J.I W. Stokes of the regional forester's ann Paul R. Arentz, of the lanning board, also promise6 , I ,.. = " . .,.