Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-05-16
RMEN DROWNED
in Big SOU|X RIVER
DURING ATTEMPT TO SHOOT"
FLOODED DAM near
SOUIx FALLS.
Small Rowboats Capsize in Whirling
Current-Expert Swimmer and Guy
Beck, Holder Of Navy and Carnegie
Hero Medals, Goes Down Trying to
Save the Other Men-Not Recovered.

Sioux Falls, 8. D.-A daring at
tempt to "shoot" the flooded dam in
the big Sioux river here Sunday in
small rowboats cost the lives of four
men. Matt Yost and Guy Beck passed
over the dam successfully in their boat.
William Dahl and John Meehan, in an
other boat, were caught in the whirling
current and their boat capsized. The
first boat returned to rescue the men
in the water, dragging Meehan aboard.
In an effort to help Dahl the boat was
whirled about in the current and cap
sled, all four sinking Immediately.
Beck was recently discharged from
the United States navy after serving
an enlistment in the Pacific feet and
holds United States navy gold medal
for expert swimming. He also holds
Carnegie medal for heroic rescue Of a
drowning sailor two years ago.
Northwest Development Congress.
Seven governors of northwestern
states last Saturday issued joint
proclamation calling Northwestern
Development congress-" to be held in
Seattle June to s. The remarkable
proclamation was made public by Gov
ernor M. +. Hay Of this state and for
four days Seattle will be the. capital
of the American Northwest, with seven
governors and hundreds Of citizens in
attendance at the conference.
The congress is to plan a campaign
and suggest legislation which will assist
the northwestern states in more rapid
development and to stem the tide of
immigration to Canada. This fact is
set forth by the governors in the procla-
nation when they say "not realizing
the opportunities in their own country,
thousands of people from the United
States, with hundreds of thousands Of
dollars in wealth, have developed farms
and built new homes under foreign
flag"
States which expect to perfect an or
ganization to work for the American
Northwest are Minnesota, North Da.
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon The follow
ing is the proclamation issued by the
governors:
"That an era of new and complex
development is opening in the Ameri-
can Northwest there is no doubt, untold
resources of wealth, not for the multi
Millionaire alone, but chiefly for the
community at large, are awaiting the
coming of second pioneers.
"The soil and climate are second to
none, there exists within the borders
of these seven states untold opportuni-
ties for the development Of farms,
mines, waterpowers, the utilization of
forests, the construction of good roads
and the extension of rail transportation.
Eighty-fiv millions of acres of public
lands still await the homeseeker. Thou
sands of acres of logged off lands, the
most productive on which the sun has
ever shown, are offered for sale at the
lowest possible price. Great ranches
are being cut up into smaller farms.
Millions of acres of grazing lands are
tired of growing buffalo grass and want
to produce wheat In short, success
still awaits the willing worker toward
the sunset.
"a spirit of unrest exists in the
older sections of the United States and
in Europe. Five millions of people have
returned to the land during the last
four years. Not realizing the oppor-
tunities Of their own country, thousands
of people from the United States, with
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars in
wealth, have developed farms and built
new homes under foreign flag.
"During the present decade men and
women will come into the American
Northwest as never before if we can
but point out to them how radical are
the possibilities Of progress in our coun.
try; how abundant the opportunities in
the northwest and that they will not
have to face the hardships endured by
the first pioneers.
Chow to carry this message to
human millions and how to assist them
to the advantages enjoyed by the older
and more highly developed regions is
the problem which the people who know
about the American Northwest must
solve.
"To determine by congress Of rep
resentative men and women interested
in all lines of business and social en-