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also suggested that a rall meeting of

also suggested that fall meeting of
the organization be held.
At business session this after
noon the officers for the next year
will be reelected. A motion was
made and seconded this morning
that all of the old officers be re-
elected and action to that end would .
have probably been taken had it not |
been headed off by President w d. |
Lyman of Walla Walla, who stated .
that because of his position as Wash !
ingtOn director of the National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress and because |
he is not a business man, that he !
would not care to accept another term. |
He recommended Vice President r.. |
c. Beach of Lewiston for the office |
but Mr. Beach declared Lewiston has |
no wish to play the hog and inasmuch
as he desired to see Secretary Wal !
lace r. Struble, also of his city, re-
tanned in his present position, he
must decline to be candidate for
president
a nominating committee consisting
of E. A. Munger of Pasco. !. V. Tall
man of Pendleton and L. l. Wheeler
of Waitsburg, was finally appointed
upon motion and the report of the
committee will be made and acted
upon this afternoon.
Astoria Man Speaks.
A. :. SkyleS who is representing
the Astoria Chamber of Commerce. in
place of Judge j. Q. A. Bowlsby, was
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touched just briefly upon the atti-
tude of the lower river people toward
the question of upper river develop
ment assuring the convention that
Astoria is Vitally interested in secur-
ing an open river to the inland en-
pire | the course of his remarks he
stated that his city would soon in
all probability, vote $1,O0O,0OO bonds
for the construction of a public dock
which would afford all ships dockage
room.
Vice President Talks.
X. e. Beach, vice president of the
organization, was the second speaker.
His subject was The Past and Future
of Snake River Navigation" He re-
counted briefly the various steps in
the development of this river from its
| first navigation by Lewis and Clarke,
down to the present day. He read
letter from Captain f. w. Bouton, an
old river captain who was the first
to take a boat into the Clear Water
country. In this letter was some in
teresting history. The first boat
reached what is now Lewiston in 1861.
! In
mot made on a basis of weight but of
cubic measurement. The old captains
letter would indicate that the early
day ships made big profits out of their
ventures.
Mr.. Beach declared the Snake river
is to be one of the most important
rivers in the United States eventually
Even now, he said, its waters are
transforming thousands of acres of
arid lands into gardens while the
power potentialities in the Shoshone
and Twin Falls We're immense. Ad-
ded to this the utilization of the river
channel for transportation and the
stream is made to do a triple service.
Mr.. Beach also took occasion to de-
clare that the use of the waters of
the river for irrigation will not have
any effect upon the navigation of the
lstream. Engineers assure me-" he
said, that practically all of the water
diverted on to the lands, finds its way
back into the river"
Captain Gray also bore testimony to
this statement, stating that he was at
Lewiston at the time the entire Snake
river was divered into the ditch at
Twin Falls and that he observed only
a three inch fall in the river at Lew
ston
II. y. Dryer of Umatlla made one of
the most interesting addresses Of the
morning A large portion of it will
he found in another part of this pa
per.
Judge Mariner.
Judge J. 4. Mariner, of Blalock, a
i,-ata,.aD 1yorlyar i'm tha cause of an