The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-03-29
A STORED REGION

III A PROGRESSIVE REPOBLlNAN WEENL1
A STORED REGION
WATER POWER Of the great Columbia Basln as listed oy the
United States Geological Survey recently published report
tremendous the volume OF which stagges the I'M
agnaton and brings human conception to halt
report this river the Pacific Watershed has
drainage 600 miles, its British Columbia
and with oruos wndngs among dark dees and hidden
ordered by Nature drain the greatest possible
forth the where its beginnings ie
and draws from Montana Wyoming, Idaho
Nevada Washington Oregon like devious until its
are finally buried in the bitter moon-mad sea.
The navgabe Columbia and tributaries 2136
miles in length within drained the largest forest
world The variations the climate Of this region extend from the
extreme go the mdness of the Oregon and Washington
coast.
Alphabetically speaking this equally varied and
recamabe ary and forbddng mountain fast
semardy where irrigation works its miracle the great
the humid lands where the clouds rrgate the there
lis wide and diversified range.
great traved by the Columbia contains at least third
the available power United States the deve
opment which practically in the future When reflect
holds the applied electricity and that develop
this dependable this
comprehend family the development which the century
The Of the work the Geological
Survey this region both interesting and instructive deals with
heretofore almost remote from human knowledge the
canals of Mars and the study of which fascinating because
its theories susceptible proof 1t stored region the of
which, in detail, remains to be told.-Oegonian
RAILROADS evidently convinced that of
at hand for of them preparing for it, General Traffic
Manager Cakns the Chicago Milwaukee Puget railway
just returned from conference with the heads the road in the East
and brings back optimistic views His May h
will install additional Chicago
Seattle. given orders locomotives 5000 cars
the rush business Railroads
lof business hence this activity is taken a good sign
ARE about 600 rural mail carriers, who altogether
nearly million miles each day. dropping mail into about
million mail boxes. This government
about half million dollars each week The outward load of
the rural mail carrier only about 25 pounds and the load
than five pounds With the parcels this load would be
several fold The farmers would have
Meeting them with the villages and Cities great
present imperfect rural mail service would be wiped
RAILROAD FATALITIES
statistics published by the Interstate Commerce Commission
show that during the ending June 3Oh nearly
people killed railroads and 600 injured
should be borne mind that 1924 the killed injured
and presumably the blame for their deaths charge
able to themselves and not to the railroads.
FTER his election the Presidency Thos Jefferson said Gener-
al Washington the example, Of retirement of eight
shall follow it, and few precdens will oppose the OBJ
stacle habit anyone who shall his term
Thomas Jefferson did later explain that ito extend
his consecuvy Yet his election for third was loudly
demanded.
SOCIALIST RULE IN n1ILwAUxEE
highly significant that the report League which
small organization financed by citizens whose
place opposition should contain tho
acknowledgement that the Democratic in the
has been distinct improvement its predecessors
waukee Leader
LONGING
announced that this will strawberries nacd
the market in finer condition before That old