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FACE FOUR DAILY EAST OHEGQXUN, t SKELETON, CHEdON, MONDAY EV&TOSg, FEBRUARY U, lMk -ry Xji'i ij iQreftonlan AN INDKl'EXDEXT NEWSPAPER rubllnhM Ttly and ftomt-Wrekly, nt IVndlfirn. Oregon, hy the east iiii:i!oxiax pi ni.i'sinxo ro. Kntered at the pout office at I'endle ton, Oregon, aecond-clusa mail mat ter. OX SALE IN OTHER CITIES Imperial Hotel N'ewa stnnd, Portland. XK KIl.K AT Chlmiro riureau. ftti tiecurttr Pudding-. Warning-ton, 1. , Uur.!u 6ul Four teenth Mi-ret, X. W. Member f the Arlnrl Pri-. Thii Asaociuted I'rcM in exclusively n titled to the ue for republication of 11 ncwa riiepatchea credited to It or Hot OthrWiMA rrriiui in .......... nd also tba local ne published herein. EUBSCniPTlON RATES (IN AHVANCE) Dally, one. year, by mall Intilv. six montlta. hv hv mall O.iily, three months by mail Daily, one. month by niail...... l.-idy, one year by carrier.,........, Dally. ix months by carrier Daily, three mnnths liv carrier..... 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CHANCE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE WORK ' T HERE is a joint resolution before the Oregon legislature I providing for submitting to the people at the next elec-M- tion a constitutional amendment authorizing the state to issue bonds for water power development. The measure is sponsored by Speaker Bean, Representative Woodson of this district, and Senators Joseph and Norblad. The plan is along the line favored by Speaker Bean in his talk before the Umatilla liapids Power.Site Association at its meeting a week ago. The general idea is sound and if adopted and properly handled can be made of wonderful influence in the development of the state's greatest unused resource. While this, measure was not fathered by the Umatilla Rapids association it is needless to say that future developments may reveal that some such action as this by the state may be come essential to the success, of Umatilla For instance the federal government maybe found unwilling! to finance our oroiect in its entirety. Thp fprlprnl wafer muw l-oard may rule that the project is one requiring cooperation be tween the United States and the two states directly affected. If bo the states of Oregon and Washington will be obliged to do their part and in that event we will need just such authority as is contemplated by the measure now before the legislature. Cer tainly it can do no harm to have the measure on the ballot so that the people will have an avenue for obtaining state aid if such, becomes necessary. If the legislature does not see fit to pass Senate Joint Resolu tion No. 10 as it stands there can assuredly be no valid objection to the passage of a measure authorizing state aid on hydro electric projects financed in part .by the federal government with a view to fostering irrigation or Improved river navigation or both. In the case of the Umatilla rapids project if the federal government should take care of one half the total cost or more as it would be thoroughly justified in doing, it would be an easy task for Oregon and Washington to handle the remainder of the expense through bond issues repayable from the income de rived from sale of power. The financial obligations for the states would be comparatively light and the reimbursable pro vision would absolve taxpayers from any cast whatsoever. The states would be justified in extending such help because every foot of territory in both states would be within the transmission radius of the project and there would be material benefits to all from such an industrial development. The province of Ontario, Canada, has tried self help in the matter of hydro electric development and has succeeded. On tario has an abundance of power for cities and farms at low rates ajid the plan is costing the taxpayers nothing because the bonds are redeemable out of the income derived from sale of power. Industries formerly located on the American side have moved over into Canada to obtain cheap power and the state of New York is waging an uphill fight to adopt something like the Ontario plan. There are those of course who will say that hydro electric development should be left to private capital. We have done that in this territory for 100 years and not a drop of water from the Columbia, one of the world's mightiest power streams, has been utilized. It is hard for private capital to handle such big projects and furthermore, there is grave question if private capital is what we want. By the nature of things private capital when engaged in such development seeks a minimum expendi ture and a maximum charge for current. We need the reverse, maximum development and the lowest possible charge for elec tricity. These can be had only through federal or state aid or a combination of the two. If our legislators want this session to go.down in history with a record for constructive legislation it can find no better field for activity than in that of hydro electric development. It is all very well to have galleys of talk about teacher tenure and other Eubjects but after all such matters get us nowhere. We want development and we have the chance to obtain it if we show " the proper gumption. Let us go forward and put this old state really upon the map. The appeal' of Senator Lodge against any anti-Japanese legislation for fear of embarrassing the new administration has a familiar sound. That same appeal has been made before in behalf of various administrations of different political com plexions. Since we are shortly to have a new man in the white house the request is worthy of attention and doubtless should be granted. Nevertheless the time is at hand when western states must take a firm and united stand to see that the interests of the west upon this subject are thoroughly respected. Otherwise the day will come when the west, will be "embarrassed" by a race problem of large proportions. On a basis of maximum engine efficiency which is never at tained in practical railroad operation, the minimum continuous horse power at Umatilla rapids w hen measured in terms of coal, at an estimate of $8 per ton, is worth more than-$5,000,000 a year. In other words we are throwing that great sum away annually through failure to use this power opportunity. It is an economic crime in view of the great fchortage of coal and oil. . CASCADES DEERSLAYER ' M'AKinN-.TX. Fch. 14 A mighty deeolnM r. w ith a Hide line taKie for Kltccp 1h to be ehibiU'd kooh at th" naiicinal nut lure. 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