Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-04
Great PICNIC TO
BE ATTENDED BY
!. The CANDIDATES
Aspirants to Offices of Gov
ernor and United States
Senator to Be at Greenlief
on Aug. 20.

w. r. Corners, chairman Of the
Boise Payette Water Users associa-
ton, when in the city the other day
from Greenleaf, announced that the
people of Greenleaf have arranged for
an immense picnic Aug. 20, at which all
the leading political candidates of the
state are expected to be present and
participate Among those already in
vited are H. E. McElroy, John M.
Haines, NJ. Alexander, James H. Haw-
ley. James H. Brady, Paul Clagstone,
John Nugent and others.
f. r. Weymouth will deliver an adj
dress upon Power at the Dam" 1t is
said that already there is being sold.
electric power from the diversion dam
which brings from S1S to $40 a day,
which should be applied to the main
tenance and construction cost of the
government system. Mr. Weymouth
win discuss the possibilities of power
at the Arrowrock dam, and its appli
cation to a reduction in the cost of the
irriagtion system to the settlers.
Mr.. Corners is intensely interested
in the subject of cheaper power and
cheaper transportation for the products
of Idaho, a subject which he has
studied and upon which he is well
posted.
Millions for Improvements.
1.-THE Latin American countries to
the south Of us" said Mr.. Corners
ARE spending millions of dollars in the
Improvement of their harbors, rivers
and docking facilities. The cities on
water routes are doing likewise, nota-
bly, on the Pacific coast at Seattle
Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles The great cities and states
bordering on the Mississippi are CO.
operating with the federal government
for the improvement of the navigation
of that river and its tributaries, all in
anticipation of the opening of the
Panama canal and the great changes 1t
will make in the worlds commerce,
while Idaho with one of the great
water routes to the seaboard for the
movement of the products of the farm,
factory forest and mine, sits dormant
and IS going to let the other fellows
reap the benefits which the opening of
the Panama canal will make in the
worlds commerce.
Idaho to become prosperous, must
have cheap transportation and the
cheapest way to move freight is by
water. Now we have the Snake river
running across southern Idaho for
about 500 miles. which should be made
navigable so we can ship our pro-
ducts to tide water on river boats and
then be trans shipped to ocean lines to
all markets of the world"
Has Facts and Figures.
Mr.. Corners is full of facts and figures
to back up his declarations of the i'm
portance to Idaho of this water trans
portation and more than that he is
fully fortified with expert opinion TO
show the feasibility of making the
Snake river navigable from southern
Idaho to the Columbia and from the
Columbia to the sea. He presents a
copy of a paper delivered by State
Engineer John H. Lewis of Oregon be-
fore the Columbia Snake River Water
ways association on Sept IS. 1918.
Among other things stated by State
Engineer Lewis in this address, he
said:
Il am informed by a discouraged
citizen of the great Snake river baslr
in Idaho that he sold this year 60C
tons of alfalfa hay at S3.25 in the stack
and that he knows of much hay in hi.
community which has been sold as low
as SO per ton. The cost OF cutting ant
stacking Is about 1925 per ton and fol-
baling and hauling six miles to thu
railroad about So per ton in addition
It is no wonder that many of the
private irrigation projects are going
broke, and it viii be difficult for tn,
settlers on the government projects t.
pay out, even though no interest /.
charged.
7''What transportation means to tn,