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had eighteen holes, the fairways were about 3’ – 6’’ wide 20’ – 0’’ long and some kind of hazard to get in the cup, the base of the greens was clay and screened sand the finish was saw dust sprayed with green paint it was a lot of work to keep them in shape, if we had a heavy rain that gave us a lot of trouble, we put up a nice office for the balls and putters and a fence all around the course, the lighting system was very costly, we had to put up 4’’ x 4’’ ports for the wires the project cost us about three thousand dollars, we had 5,000 score cards printed for $24.50, Martin, Phil and I would take care of the cource at night, one of us each night. Martin’s wife and Buddy took care of things in the day time, when we opened about Aug. 1, 1930 the fees