East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-07
WATERWAYS MEETING
TO Be SEPT. l7-l8
SEVERAL HUNDRED DELEGATES
WILL ATTEND FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept THE
program for the convention OF the
Columbia and Snake Rivers Water
ways association TO be held In Spo-
kane September IT and IS, has been
announced. Captain w. p. Gray,
president of the association. will pre-
side and the theme of the convention
will be Improvement OF the Columbia
river from Priest Rapids TO the inter-
national boundary"
Several hundred delegates from
Oregon, Washington and Idaho are
expected TO attend. They will be
guests OF the Spokane chamber OF
commerce on an automobile trip ar
ound the city, and at the Finland
Empire banquet" the evening of Sep
| tember IS. All sessions will be held
| In the Elizabethan convention hall al
Davenports. spokane.s new s2.500.00
hotel. The program. which includes
addresses by Joseph n. Teal and
Charles Z, Warner Of Portland as fol
lows:
Thursday, september IL.
10 a. m.-Delegates Will assemble
| and be registered in the Elizabethah
convention hall OF the Davenport no.
vel. Officers of the association and
reception committee from Spokane
chamber OF commerce win be on hand
to greet out-of-town delegates.
Address OF welcome by William j
Hindley mayor OF Spokane.
Greetings from Spokane by Thorn
as S. Griffith. president, Spokane
| chamber OF Commerce.
Address by Captain w. p. Gray o.
Pasco president OF the Columbia anC
Snake River Waterways association
"open River Boat Service from az
Mouth OF the Columbia to the In
terror" Leading paper by F. J
Walsh. engineer Port of Astoria com
mission. Astoria. Wash.
Afternoon Session.
2 D. m.-"Columbla and Snake Riv
er improvements Not In the 'Pori
Barrel Class" Leading paper by r
c. Beach. president of the Idah'
State League OF Commercial Bodie
at Lewiston. Idaho.
Effect OF the Adamson Bill ol
| Hydro Electric Development o
Northwestern Rivers" Leading pa
per by n. w. Durham OF Spokane.
i Meeting OF the board of director
OF the association. Reports of Off
GERS and committees.
4:30-Automobile ride around bou
leyards and parks as guests OF Spo
L. t.a laar Of
Evening Session.
sp. m-"Practical Uses of Hydro
Electric Power" Leading paper b
Charles E. Warner. engineer of PORT
land.
Hydro Electric Development o
the Columbia River Between Pasc
and the International Boundary.
Leading paper by y. II. Sawyer, Ell
gineer OF Spokane. This dlscussio
will be illustrated by lantern slide
Friday. september IS.
. 1000 a. m.-'Present Navigatio
Conditions on the Columbia Betwee
wenatchee and Kettle Falls" Lead
ing paper by Captain Fred MeDermo
of Bridgeport.
what the Improvement OF the Ie
lumbia Above Pasco VIII Mean
the Tributary Country" Leading pl
per by c. W. Barringer Of Marcus
: Wash.
why the People of the Inlan
Empire should All Work for tn
open and Improved Rivers" Leadin
paper l,y Joseph y. Teal
: Hydro Electric Development q
the Snake River" Leading paper /
Barry Dibble of Minidoka. Idaho.
Noon luncheon discussion, "Polit
cal Aspects OF River improvements
!: Candidates for the United States SCI
. ate and congress from the northwes
: ern states to be invited to address tt
. delegates at this luncheon,
Afternoon Session.
Delegates will be guests OF &
: Spokane Chamber. of Commerce
. the interstate fair