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VOLUME 43
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 1, 1930
NUMBER 31
Ml illPEIJDEHU
TO BE lira
Either Julius Meier or Rut
us Holman Will Oppose
s Phil Metschan.
Portland. Through ' the 1 drifting
smoke still unsettled from Saturday's
convention an independent candidate
for governor clearly may be seen
Julius L. Meier or Rufus C. Holman,
as circumstances may develop.
Meier Monday explained his incline
lion by the cryptic quotation of the
ballot slogan of the late George W.
Joseph, saying he is For Oregon, its
people, its welfare and its prosperity."
He went no further than that either
in affirmation or denial of the sug
gestlon that he might yield to im
I portunity.
1 ' Holman, returned from a week-end
, visit to the whispering sea, comes
1 forth with a statement bluntly prom-
ising that "there will be an inde
; pendent Lincoln (not Harding) Re
s' publican candidate for governor at
the election in . November who will
present the people's side of the one
i great issue now before the Voters of
Oregon."
Holman further laid the foundation
for his own candidacy when he on
Friday last returned to Chairman
Metschan the quota of reserved seat
tickets to the Elks' temple meeting
because they had been sent to him as
? "an announced candidate" and closed
, that letter with the statement that
he would; not be a candidate except
through a movement not initiated or
"I promoted by himself. There remains
but little if any doubt in the minds
of political observers that Holman
will run if Meier does not.
I Ralph C. Clyde, president of the
Municipal Ownership league comes
, definitely into the field with the
.: reiteration of his prior statement that
' there will be a state-wide convention
' or assembly .pf electors called '".at
which an independent candidate will
be named. "Either Meier or Hoi
,. man will be acceptable to us," ' he
. adds. '
Two candidates for the chairman
ship now are out in the open for con
sideration at Saturday's meeting, one
Carl C. Donaugh and the other. Dr. J.
W. Morrow, both of Portland. So far
as reported Jack T. Summerville has
no opposition for reelection as sec
i retary for another term.
The Holman statement issued Mon
day morning says: . . ! i
There will be an independent Lin
coln (not Harding) Republican can
didate for governor at the election in
November who will present the pec
: pie's side of the one great issue now
before the voters of Oregon. That
issue is, shall our state , government
be conducted for and by the people
. or for the special interests by their
serving men.
George W. Joseph was' the cham
pion of the people's cause in this
contest and gave his life battling the
special privilege-seeking crowd.
. ' His associates and followers for
the purpose of giving the Republican
state central committee an opportun
, ity to adhere to principles rather
than to politics united in presenting
' Julius L. Meier's candidacy to the
; committee because Mr. Meier had
'dedicated his candidacy to the polit
ical principles ennunciated by the
late Senator Joseph.
; ; Subsequent events the result, the
scrapping of, the Joseph platform,
" the rejection of Mr. Meier's candi
dacy, (and Senator Upton's candidacy
as well), the secret balloting, " the
manipulations of machine politics,'
'and all the intrigues of the political
.trade have demonstrated that the
majority members of the recent con
tention of the Republican state cen
ftral committee had no thought for
, the public welfare and the rights of
jthe common people but were - only
concerned with the " personal and
' purely selfish ambitions of the par
ticipating politicians and their allies,
; the vested interests. , "
. Therefore, as far as the people are
concerned, the convention was a fail
ure in that it Teversed the result of
the recent primary election which ap
proved of Senator Joseph and the
public policies advocated by him and
his associates.' ; ;. '.: ' j
The convention repudiated the act
of the people! Think of it! Less than
25 men and some of them hand-
picked set aside the expressed will
of over 60,000 registered and voting
Republicans! ' ' ' '"
When a political party through the
intrigues of the politicians in posses
sion of its organization fails to func
tion in the interest of the people, it
is time for the people, themselves,
to organize in their own interests,
i That time is now. : .
i A legal organization will be effected
as rapidly as means and popular co
operation will permit and it is hoped
' it will present to the people a candi
dU fai.lul fo to best iQfeY&ttf of
State Road Crew Is In-
creasing wiuui oi Aine
; na-Milton Sector 6 Feet
A state road crew is increasing the
standard 20 footwide highway on the
Athena-Milton sector of the state
highway to a 26 foot width. Heavy
stage and freight truck traffic has
made it necessary to increase ' the
width of the shoulders on each side
of the 16 foot blacktop, finish three
feet, so as to make the passing of
traffic safer. .
The cost of the new work is esti
mated to be about $27,000, accord
ing to a report from R. H. Baldock,
assistant styte highway engineer in
his report to the office at Salem.
Like all standard state highways in
Oregon the main paved roadway is
only 16 feet wide. With the old
shoulders, two feet on each side, it
wag 20 feet wide. "The large motor
trucks and stages are eight feet wide,
making it necessary for them to veer
from pavement to graveled shoulders
whenever they meet another vehicle.
Those having dualpneumatic tires on
the rear, as many do, it is said, al
most continuously have one tire on
the shoulder. This means a constant
sucking, and consequent wearing out
of the shoulder at a rapid rate.
Shoulder maintenance, Baldock said,
is constantly becoming more expen
sive . .;;, , is
The state crew on the Athena-Mil
ton section , is laying shoulders of
quarry rock and binding it with vol
canic ash. Next year an oil top prob
ably will be added. ..... , ,.. .
Baldock said the department is con
stantly modernizing its work to carry
on reconstruction with the least pos
sible inconvenience for traffic and is
developing new methods each year.
Oiling operations have been perfect
ed so vehicles are rarely in contact
with the newly laid oil and practical
ly no complaints are received from
motorists.
University of Oregon Dads Meet at Crater Lake
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the executive committee of the Oregon Dads, an organization of fathers of university students, was recentl!
entertained by O. L. Price, lodge manager, who Is a mem ber of the organization. ! JfreMnt,
Left to right: Mr. and Mra. J. C. Stevens, Portland; Mr. Price; Paul T. Shaw. Portland nr.Mt t h
Dads; R. K. Keller, Portland; Ml.a Helen Laugaard, Ml. Martna SteUns, of Ported, d Mll Mrtl. Phv "
aeoretary to Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, prealdent of the University of Oregon. " P
Boise Family Starves
Within Reach of Food
Chinese Meets Death In
. An Automobile Accident
Walla Walla. Jim Wong, 57-year-
old Chinese gardener, of Walla Wal
la, was killed Saturday night when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by Allen Bean, Freewater youth. The
accident occurred on the Ninth street
highway about two miles from Wal
la Walla. Young Bean reported that
the Chinese was riding a bicycle with
out lights. He picked up the man
and rushed with him to a hospital but
the Celestial was dead when the in
stitution' was reached.
At the coroner's inquest held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon, the jury
returned a unanimous decision of un
avoidable accident. Wong was killed
while riding a bicycle when struck
by an automobile driven by R. Allen
Bean, son of R. E. Bean, Umatilla
County commissioner, on the south
Ninth street highway beyond Locust
station. Young Bean was in no way
blamed for the accident, as the night.
was dark, Wong was dressed in dark
clothes and the tail light on the bi
cyele reflected light very, poorly. ,.
New Cylinder Boring Machine
J. E. Gallagher has added a new
model cylinder boring machine to his
equipment in the mechanical depart
ment of his garage. The new ma
chine is manufactured in St Louis
and is one that is highly recommend
ed in the Ford and General Motors
shops. Mr. Gallagher announces that
his mechanic, Mr. Smith, is prepared
to regrind automobile engine cylin
ders on short notice at reasonable
prices, and hopes that local automo
bile owners will patronize this home
enterprise instead of letting this
class of work go to shops in other
towns. A new piston lining machine
has also been installed by Mr. Gal
lagher lately. ;
Fred Earp, Newspaper Man
Frederick L. Earp, a well known
newspaper writer of the Northwest,
who spent his boyhood at Weston,
was a visitor in the county this week.
Mr. Earp, who is the son of D. D.
Earp, Eastern Oregon pioneer piano
dealer, has been connected with the
leading metropolitan newspapers on
the Pacific coast. He is a recognized
special writer of. note, and as the
representative of a newspaper syndi
cate was a member of the first Wil
kins , Arctic .expedition four years
ago. i- -. . ,.. 'i ... ,
Prisoners To Work
Hard labor will mean something in
Walla Walla. Commissioners have
approved an ordinance establishing a
chain gang for city prisoners. Those
who work are to be given $5 daily
credit on their fines.
the great unorganized mass of toiling
citizens.
The crux of the political issue para
mount under present local economic
conditions was specifically and ex
plicitly stated in Senator Joseph's
brief platform.
Most certainly the people shall not
be denied the right of affirming the
decision which they made in the pri
mary election last May and of adopt
ing the policies of Senator Joseph.
Surely ternal vjgilanc is the pride
lit liberty; .- v-,,- -
Boise, Idaho. Almost within walk
ing distance of plenty and yet too
weak to walk, a family of six has
been discovered in the mountains
above Boise slowly starving to death.
The case of the four children and
their parents was taken up by the
governor's office and arrangements
were being made to care for them
here. ;
Campers who came upon the family
in an isolated meadow near Trout
dale, 60 miles from Boise, said the
woman was so weak she could hardly
stand and the children, from 4 to 13
years, were rapidly weakening.
In a letter to the governor Long
said he had been compelled to move
the family into the mountains to re
lieve his wife's asthma.
"We have tried to work out a
little gold," Long wrote the gover
nor, "but the water is too low and
we are getting too weak to ,. work
more than a few hours a day and
can't cash what we have as it is
less than they take at the assay, of
fice. -
"I mean to say we are right down
hungry."
He said they had lived on berries
and woodchucks for three months.
Legge and Hyde Coming
For Pendleton Meeting
Oregon State College. Wheat
farmers of Oregon are to have op
portunity on August 9 to hear first
hand the ideas of the federal farm
board' leaders on the present and fu
true market outlook for wheat the
world over. . On that date Secretary
Arthur Hyde of the department of
agriculture and Chairman Alexander
Legge of the farm board will address
a meeting of farmers, bankers and
college extension men at Pendleton.
The Pendleton meeting and one in
Spokane are the only two scheduled
in the Pacific northwest by the farm
leaders who are starting on a tour of
the far west in the interests of farm
marketing. Arrangements - for the
Oregon meeting were made by the
federal extension service through
Paul V. Maris, director of Extension
at O. S. C. "
Grass Fire Causes Alarm
A grass fire in the yard of a va
cant house on upper Third street
caused an alarm to be sent in which
the local firemen answered. One of
the hose carts made, the run to the
fire which was put out by the time
the firemen reached the scene. Care
lessness in setting fire to dead grass
at this time is dangerous to sur
rounding property and the authorities
desire that extreme caution be ex
ercised by anyone burning grass or
rubbish. -
Is All Right Now
J. E. Jones, rural mail carrier, suf
fered a dizzy spell while driving his
car on Main street, Monday after
noon on his return from mail de
livery. Fortunately he stopped his
car before any accident transpired
and was taken from the machine to
the Athena Hotel nearby, where in
a short time he was able to proceed
to his home. He recovered and is
carrying the mail as usual.
More High Temperature
Higher temperature prevailed again
this week throughout the Eastern
Oregon country. At Pendleton the
registration went up to 103 Tuesday
afternoon. Is Athena 97 was ( re
corded at o'clock in the afternoon.
Deer Season Conference
To Be Held With Gover
nor At Capitol "Today
Salem. With the object of fore
stalling the inconvenience caused in
former years by. postponing the deer
hunting season as precaution against
forest fires ' just about the . time
sportsmen are ready to take to the
woods, Governor Norblad has called
a conference at the Multnomah hotel,
Portland, for this evening at 6:30
o'clock. Meeting with the governor
will be State Forester Lynn F. Crone
miller and representatives of sports
men's organizations. . v ' r -y
If the season is such that it appears
to be necessary to keep the forests
closed to hunting during the season
which normally opens September 15
the governor hopes to make arrange
ments whereby the closing proclama
tion can be issued some time in ad
vance of that date. This will leave
the situation, it is explained, so that
only an - extraordinary emergency
would necessitate, the order after
hunters have made all preparations
to enter the woods.
Young Fire Herb Awarded
Badge For His Bravery
Eugene. Bernard Knight, 14-year
old Eugene boy who on the night of
July 14 rushed into a blazing home
in search of his little sister whom he
thought to be trapped in her bed
room has received a badge from State
Fire . Marshal Lee at Salem, giving
him life membership in the junior fire
marshal organization of Oregon. In
addition he received a letter of com
mendation from the fire marshal.
The burns on the boy's face which
he received at the time have 'prac
tically healed and have left no scars.
A few will show in his back and
arms but the . burned places have
healed slowly and are leaving only
slight scars. His hands are healed
and are ready to have the bandages
taken off for the last time after two
weeks. t
Water Service Restrictions
It has been found necessary to
place restrictions on the use of water
for lawn sprinkling in Athena, tem
porarily, on account of a decrease in
the source of supply of the municipal
system. ' Consequently notices have
been distributed to water consumers
which restrict the use of water for
sprinkling to the period from 5:30 p.
m. to 7:00 p. m., each day. Until
this restriction was decided upon
users have had the option of using all
the water they wished at any time,
under meter rates. Other towns in
the county have for some time been
holding use of water under restric
tion. Helix Grain Field Fire
A fire caused from the exhaust
from a wheat truck did considerable
damace in the field of Frank Stanton,
near Helix. A small fire spread in
to the field of Udney Richardson also
but the fighters got it under control
before it spread very much. There
was quite a hard wind blowing which
made it very hard to fight. The
farmers of the Stanton community as
well as lots of others helped to fight
the fire. . .?-.
Red Elk, Well Known '
Umatilla Indian, Dead
Red Elk, a member of the Umatil
la Indian family of Joshua, died at
his home near Thorn Hollow on the
reservation at 10 o'clock Saturday
forenoon at the age of 66 years.
The cause of death was paralysis,
the well known Indian had suffered
the first stroke several months ago.
However, he was able with the as
sistance of a cane to be about and
only week before last was in Athena,
transacting business. Death follow
ed shortly after the second . stroke,
which came on-him Saturday morn
ing. . , . , !
Red Elk was one of the leading In
dians on the reservation and early in
life formed an attachment for the
ways of the white man, with the re
sult that up to a few years ago he
farmed his wheat land, employing
both white and Indian labor as re
quired. He was an expert horseman and at
Round-Up parades delighted in riding
his finest saddle horse caparisoned in
the richest of Indian equipage. An ex
pert marksman, he was an inveterate
hunter and many was the elk, deer
and bear to fall before his unerring
aim.
He was buried at the Indian burial
ground, south of Thorn Hollow, Tues
day forenoon at 10 o'clock.
Night Baseball May
Start in Other Parks
: ' Rankin Escapes Death
Tex Rankin, . formerly of . Walla
Walla, now of Portland, had a narrow
escape from death at Yakima while
stunting this week, the propeller of
his plane shattering when he was
4000 feet ip the air. He manae'd to
land vi&y.
Night baseball at Sacramento in the
Pacific Coast league is proving suf
ficiently popular to turn the attention
of the magnates to the installation of
lighting in other parks".
From the player's viewpoint, "owl
baseball" is "not so hot" Russell
"Buzz" Artlett, Oakland outfielder,
claims "grounders are hard to see and
it is difficult to gauge the speed of
the ball." :
Jimmy McLaughlin, Sacramento
third baseman, unburdened himself as
follows: "It is not natural. . The heat
from the big lights is more enervat
ing than the sun on the warmest day
and I have trouble locating ground
balls." .. ;
Purchases Blacksmith" Shop
Bruno Weber of Weston, has pur
chased the tools and machinery and
leased the blacksmith shop building
from Jens Jensen, who has been in
business here for several years. Mr.
Weber will move his family, wife and
six children, here from Weston as
soon as he can secure a dwelling
house. Mr, Jensen has decided to
visit his aged parents at the old
home in Denmark during the com
ing fall and winter, if he can arrange
his affairs satisfactorily. He has
not seen his relatives for twenty
years.
Sitters Start Third Week
With a telephone installed in their
arboreal perch, Bremerton's 15-year-old
record aKpii itig tree-sitters, Pres
ton Leard and Stewart Babbitt, will
start their third week in the branches
in possible communication with all
the world. The phone was hooked up
and at noon they had been aloft 327
hours and intend to stay up until
pnmrwfitfir evervwhere are down. A
'.microphone to permit the boys to
(broadcast was installed by a Tacoma
radio station.
Lockjaw Sufferer Better
: Elden Hamper, Umapine boy who
has been suffering from a mild form
of lockjaw as a result of powder
burns on Jul 4, was reported as im
proviifz at a Walla Wall bvftjl
r
State Tax From Sale
Of Gasoline May Ex
ceed Mark Set in 1929
Salem. Secretary of State Hal
Hoss estimates that Oregon's gaso
line tax this year will total over $7,
000,000 exceeding last year by at
least 12,100,000.
The estimate is based on gasoline
and distillate sales in the state for
the first six months of the year, with
the period of heaviest sales still
ahead. The gain indicated it the
most remarkable the state has yet ex.
perienced. s, : r .
Total gasoline sales last year were
259,415,365 : gallons and distillate
4,256,973 gallons, which brought a
total tax of $4,888,885.48. This year
it is estimated that gasoline sales will
run over 175,000,000 gallons. (
The gasoline tax, , since January 1
last, is 4 cents a gallon and distillate
3 cents.' Prior to that it was 1
cent less on each.
' For the six months from January 1
to June 30 motor fuel taxes amount
ed to $3,047,008.45, representing a
tax on 74,326.777 gallons of gasoline
and 2,129,001 gallons of distillate.
For the same period last year the
tax collected was $2,098,473.84 for 68,
021,135 gallons of gasoline and 2,313,
585 of, distillate. The use of gaso
line increased 6,305,641 and distillate
decreased 184,584.
HARVEST
PEA
IS
PASSED OVER HERE
Work Finished by Many Ma
chinesElevator Pushed
; To Capacity.
Loss From Falling Prunes
Reports from the Milton-Freewater
fruit- district are to the effect that
shipments of summer apples are be
ing made at. this time. The Union
has shipped five cars and the Shields
Fruit company have shipped one car
of summer apples. The outlook for
prunes is not so good as there will be
about half a crop this year owing to
the heavy drop. During the last
three weeks about half of the prunes
have fallen from the trees, so that
in some cases the trees are entirely
barren of fruit
Former Athenaites Annual
Picnic Held Is At Portland
Mrs. Alma Koontz, secretary, gives
the following account of the annual
picnic, o..iOTri AthenrM!idnt,
now living in Portland, which was re
cently held in Laurejhurst Park:
Former Athena residents living in
and near Portland held their annual
picnic in Laurelhurst Park eft- Satur
day afternoon and evening bf 9une
28th. Officers of the past year be
ing reelected are: president, Mrs.
Osburn; treasurer, Iva L. Callender
Kilthan, and secretary, Alma Koontz.
Each year we have the pleasure of
having with us some who live away
from Portland. A surprise to all this
year was Rex Barnett former Athe
na boy but who has made his liome
for several years in Los Angeles. He
was visiting his mother, Mrs. ' Nora
Barnett of 545 Tillamook St Others
from a distance were Mrs. M. M.
Johns of Athena, Mrs. Effie Eding
ton Smith and Jesse Edington and
two daughters of Hood River.
Last year the president asked all
to tell some funny thing that had
happened them during their residence
in Athena and some funny stories
were told.
In a way it was repeated this year
but in picture form as ' several
brought old pictures of Athena and
Athena people of years ago, ine
days of real sport." . These pictures
afforded a great deal of fun as we
all know those things do.
Since our picnic of 1929, five mem
bers have passed away, Mrs. N. A.
Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Norris, L.
B. Reeder and J. H. Clark, ana since
our last picnic, Mrs. Fred Rosenzweig
of Spokane, who with Mr. Rosenzweig
and son Harry, were with us three
years ago,
Children BitUn By Dob
Walla WallaWithin a week five
children have been bitten by German
nolice dogs and parents of children
are demanding protection, it was re
ported to the city commissioners by
Perry Blackburn, poundmaster. The
board immediately ordered an ordi
nance prepared to provide penalties
for cwners of vicious dogs. Black
burn said that bands of these dogs
roam around at night, upset gar
bage cans, scratch flowers out of
parks, frighten people and bite any
who try to chase them away.
' Bad Check Artist Appears
, A bad check artist made his ap
pearance at the Huggins service sta
tion at corner of Main and Jifth
streets, where he made a puihasa
amounting to several dollaio. He
presented a check in payment, say
ing that he would be back in the
stuff he had bought in a little while.
He received about an equal iinpount
of the purchase in change from. Mr.
Huggins, and of course he never(came
back. - , ,j
; .The peak of harvesting the 1930
whea .croP in the Athena - district
was passed the first of the week
and many machines have pulled into
the sheds to remain until next season.
Yields in this district have a wide
range in average production this sea
son, caused undoubtedly by cold
weather at the beginning of the grow
ing season. , From a 62 bushel per
acre yield in a field east of town,
one field three miles west of Athena
fell down to 16 bushels per acre.
Grain in this field showed a good
stand in early spring but the plants
were retarded in growth by cold, wet
weather while the tar weed outdis
tanced it. , ...
Approximately 40.000 bushels of
wheat have been Durehaspd hv
Lee Wilson at the : Farmers' Grain
Elevator company plant, at nrices
ranging from 70 to 75 cents per bush
el, he reports to The Press.
The big elevator has been rushed
to capacity in receiving grain, which
is nearly all being delivered in bulk
this year. By shinnine out oraln '
regularly the elevator has been able
so far to handle all deliveries. ,
The price offered for grain at this
time la not attractive to growers,
and sales are not spirited by any
means. The market seems to be very
unstable. Foreign demand for north
west wheat during the past week has
been exceedingly small. Sales in a4l
positions for Wednesday totalled only
700,000 bushels, and are reported
mainly for Manitoba wheat.
Semi-demoralization prevailed on
the Chicago market, where July
wheat touched 83 c, or with 5c of
tha-Jnsida figure . of July, 1914 the
lowest for the past 16 years.
Harvest Notes :.
Henry Koepke's threshing crew
holds the record for most grain de
livered at the Farmers Elevator for
one day so far this season; 134,680
pounds or 2244 bushels of bulk wheat
The largest yield yet reported to
The Press is 62 bushels per acre
from one of Sheldon Taylor's fields,
east of town. His other field made
over 60 bushels per acre.
Henry Barrett reports 33 bushels
from one field and that of another at
53 bushels average.
H. A. Street, east of Athena,
figures on having a 50-bushel ave
rage: The crop on the A. L. Swaggart
farm north of Athena, cropped 55
bushels per acre,
Two machines are being operated
in harvesting the Washington-Idaho
Seed company's seed pea crop on the
Barney Foster ranch, south of Athe
na.' ' .
Numerous fields of gram awaged
from 35 to 45 bushels per acre in this
vicinity.
Federal Engineers Making
Progress On River Survey
Senator McNary who is home from
Washington brings word that steps
looking to the development of the Co-
lumbia river by Federal engineers
are progressing. : It U estimated that
the preliminary work will cost the
government in excess oi i,vuu,uuu
for the project which will cost ap
proximately $45,000,000. a
"At a conference wiin no iuru u
army engineers the day beforo 1 left
Washington I waa advised that this
ovton.iv. mirvev and study would be
completed in the summer of 1931,"
says the Senator.
"The bills pending ror tne oeveiop-
ment of Umatilla Kapias contem
plate a proposed power installation
of commanding size, to be linked with
the canalization y of the , Columbia,
thereby creating a commercial water
way from fortiana to on nw,
distance of 250 miles. Like the pro
ject at Boulder canyon," continued
Senator McNary, "it I purely
government undertaking.
"The aggregate amount w "v""-"
bv the government is estimasea
. . I I A At. J. NAlf.
$45,000,000 to Do repaiu w m ad
ornment at tno r 01
year within DO years, with a further
provibion that all revenues received
. .mounts to be repaid to
the government shall be paid pif
gon and Washington,
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' As it involves m la
ments of navigation and national de
fense, " which factors are present in
the Muscles Shoals and Boulder Can
yon projects and comes within tha
sanction of the federal constitution,
the proposed development on the Co
lumbia is of interest to the federal
,nvrnmnt. In mv opinion, Presi-
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Worst Drought Experienced!
The searing drought which, ior
weeks and months has baked large
areas' between the Rocky mo'rntaimj
and the east coast was listed at Was- dent Hoover and congress wm giv
inion as tbe worst the coun'ry has sympathetic consideration to we, full
exnerienced sinfe Btattf-Yide. eath'tY utilization ef the Columhia
recorfc pVgaU' " :' ' " ) ' 'tributaries.''.-