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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
HURLED BENEATH
WHEELS OF TRAIN
John nrfttsa- CAiea<s. Meet. WIN 4e-
efa~nt ar Fsarts~Hth street
CrsssinE. Mslins.
cHaycx ToE EIcovEET SLIGHT
10 ETrwifa~..~. % HIsAaD Have E~ss
Foasd and Details Are
LaTkfnz.

Hsrfsf anssr ta@ wheels - a. east
boaad Rock Island frsiEas trala a.
go last ~ysnlax AZ the Faartssass
ssrs~t crossing foEa Bristor. CsleaE9.
sF-si ~ Years. IL today sgFrrIeE freca
ths toss af bofh les. They were an
pusat~f this 1orninn ~ nf a. tf Nrp
enc b~fnE taEsn oF mldwav besweee
ne ss-s aaG hi9 sad Ehs etser bsiaE
removed r4ss above tH~ knee
Eyewrrssses 90 tse ssfsaae. q
sh@r- are SAY. eoui8 roc BE- found ssf
6etaiis - fhs acchisrt are roe teasu.
q we learned frenn those whs arrived
on th~ sesne shortly after Hrifr9a vas
sfrurE that Gs haf ltst ter tss bar
Der shop ~ tn~ SOUR site % regrts
avenas ant hsd started across shs
trscss Sis apBer limbs were tsfrI DIV
nanxf-f ssd ere bones we're Eregrf
bsfweer tfs wheels ard Fails.
Relatives NstiHsd-
Relatives Of me iaured man were
ffnmsdIafeig 6ot.fef ssf eats rs9rsisE
has parents. Sc asd Mes E r Urfs-
tan Vtafa "a sister Wrs Jessie Car
YER anf r. brother FRED. both ~ Pre-
@npfiar. arrived af ere hospital a
tstearam seaf f1 Erfsf1a.s wfr- Ease
evening sviderfiT mfs-arr.-f ss 70
rsufg hsf come g8 t1 f1 tbfs warutaE
nrittau hsd beer ta chicago 10 tlstfs
more man 81 months. Prior t1 tsaf
time b. haf tlVef fs Vtala Cor re- rsr5r
Der % wears sis ehanrrs fFr rrerf-
cry are stEhf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
0. {. M'LAUCALM
is GIVEN WATCH
Yoan< Peoples Societies Of Moline
Honor Secretary 81 \. NJ e
a. at Banquet
rRcEs PERMANEST FEDERATION
Head II Association Tells 81 Results
Obtained In Past and Oifers
Suggestions.

- = sa-rueiI banquet given IN his
h1zos a. th~ Moline =. n e. A. last
rFerinz. o. =. Mct-agEhiln. general
secretary % tk@ association. recon
mradrd that q permanent federation
% ire FogrE peoples societies % the
churct-s Cf Moline b. organized. SIR
wctaszhiin vas the prime mover IN
the coop~rztior and union % these so
cities that has bseu brought about
GarirE che three years that he has
been Or Moiis~ and bis EaEEestion %
tfsTiy % b. adopted. ~ uay - In
saFirE that an organization 81 some
s5rf is kept irtarf. John Lindhiafr
~ rh~ Ftrss Baptist church VAS nam
81 temporary Chairman and Miss r.
g. AnGerson Of the Ftrs; ConEreEa-
U1aaf ekuFrh. Temporary secretary-
YeunE People Interested.
DarisE ere last thrcs years - 40
cities have h@~n eai.str1. ~ % which
have affiliated with che movement
s~Ve1 F~f-saErth~r events with total
attendance 90 ISIS have beer held. th@
largest ATTENDANCE being 700 az the
=gsrf o. lass October This dos unt
lsel1E~ numerous committee meet
.rEs- az uHtet tHe ats~1a4ne~ mas aN-
rraerd between 20 and 90 younE
people
We wetauEhiis. vho gave resume
% ere w1rs. declared that large
r1rabFr % ygueE people not others iss
connected With the s1eifiTs have been
reached
fr behalf % ths young peoples 50
~E=sf=s o. Moline. Rev !. ~ Miller
presented Mr wetauEhiir With a sol
if sold uateh. Appreciation % his
,z1rE was voiced By ths pastor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
BOARD PLANS FOR
JUNE EXERCISES

Graduation exercises OF East Mo
line will be held Friday evening. June
:. Announcements Is definitely made
that 80 viii graduate this year. OF
this class the high school is expect ed
10 have Is ana the grade schools viii
send out 20.
a commencement speaker viii be
secured by the text book and course
OF study committee. acting with Su-
perintendent ID. b. Hoffman.
Thomas r. Alderman occupied the
presidents chair AT the meeting OF the
board Thursday Night. he being handed
the gavei by Or. K. Don Taylor. retir-
ing president. Mrs. Grant Fair re-
Tired as secretary OF the board. posi-
tion that she has held for the last
four years. Both officials were voted
thanks for the efficient manner in
which they had carried out the duties
% their respective Offices.
To succeed Mrs. Fair as secretary
the board elected Mrs. s. a Cart
wright Standing committees for the.
ensuing year were named as follows:
Teachers and salaries-Cartwrigh
SchiIlng.
Supplies 80 Cartwright, Ellis. Deite-
rich.
Building and Grounds - Peterson.
Schilling. Ellis.
Notwithstanding. Ellis. Taylor
Fiuance-Dieterich. Cartwright. Pc
terson. Taylor.
Textbooks and course OF study
Ellis, Dieterich. Taylor
Go-to-school week is set for the first
week in May. To accommodate visi-
tors the committee on supplies was
10 provide extra chairs for
the various school buildings
The board decided 70 change its
night from the first Monday
TO the second Monday of eaeh month.
the change being made to insure all
bills for the previous month being
handed in before the board meets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
GOLD MEDAL Is
WON BY MAXSON
VIII Esrressnt Nsiins Hf<h >ehssi
o. Biz Ftzhf Ceatsst a. EssHif
q yictsry-

Leslie Nassor Iasf evening son
frss place aaG thr baaor OF represent
iHE N1Jiar tiza sebaot ir the BIS
t.tE1s ~Ers@p1re apeaEirE event iu
1toine two weess hence. The tople
aEi-s tfaEsou spoke upon vHs The
pram1tior % Colonel Goetfafs.~ Hia
tbegEht ast delivery wsre both ex-
rrt-eat and THE marooa and white o.
sure t1 be- ably represented in COM
petition with other schools
8a winner Of FIRST place W1Is6n vas
AWARDED sold medal. while the lit
era-y -tf- Viii 60 fo htm By virtue %
rrpeeserr.rE TIRE Moline high school
in eompetiti1r wtfh other schools.
Roy WorsE1uerV won second place
ana rs- silver medal He spoke upon
The Prospect for World Peace The
contest % tast evening was the FIRST
9lhrr eTtempo-@ sreat 60 b. held Oh
IRE tt1riEr high school
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24

chamber OF commerce and was &C
tive in the project for exchanges Of
commercial students between Harvard
university and the French CONNER
ciai university, was notified yesterday
that the third OF fou- sons in tne ar-
my had been killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
william Tha- Not Slain.

Pittsburgh. April 7&.-Fears for
William Tha~ II. Who Is serving a.
an aviator With the foreign volunteers
h<htinE for France we're 80; a. res;
yesterday When his father. BENJAMIN
Thaw. received q eabieEram from n
relative n Paris. which read wi
liam safe Tha~ bad been reported
killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24

foundation than ever before We feel
that when business conditions do set
tie down, as they are commencing to
do. we viii have a greater and longer
period of prosperity than we bave
ever known. The implement business
is improving. people are paying their
obligations, money is moving and
there is a more optimistic tendency
everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
Loses Three Sons ~ war.

Paris. April es.-chariss I.cErand.
who formerly was president OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24

All ths news GIL the ams-Ths
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24
REYNOLDS.

TIE lecture Etveu BY katherine
sewysrs fa the Baptist eharch ou
Moneay night was well attended. ALI
enjoyed che lecture and also TIRE duet
given D. Mrs Oscar Perry aad Hiss
Verne Mayhsw
VT and Mrs MsiEs Kendall. Mrs
Ella WEIGH. VIII wheaton ant Hiss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-24

Winchester. TIl.-In casting lots 10
decide the tie vote for MAYOR, Dr.
Il. II. Fletcher. present mayor. won
over George z. Thomas.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15
Monte Vista Holds Cup for Another
Year.

The seventeenth annual track
meet and oratorical contest between
the valley schools was held last Sat
urday at Alamosa. A special train
was run from Del Norte and a large
crowd of visitors attended the events
Fourteen students entered the ora
torical contest and the judges named
four places, but only two medals
were awarded, one gold and one sill
yer, first and second awards. The
winners:
Essay-First, Peace vs.. War"
Jenny Best, Alamosa; second, Am
erica, Gods Melting Pot" Rose X
Arbour, Del Norte; third, "The Land
of the Hereafter" Emma Martin,
Monte Vista; fourth, The Battle of
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15
FIELD MEET OF VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLS
Life" Amy Woodland, saguache.

Life" Amy Woodland, Saguache.
Oration-First, Americas Watch
word" Marion Jackson, Del Norte;
second, SIS War Justifiable?" Myron
Schall, Monte Vista: third, Present
Opportunities" Ray Woodland. Sagu-
ache; fourth, Graft, Peril to Dem
ocracy," Joseph Brouillet, Alamosa.
Declamation-First Modification
of the Flesh" Gayle Taylor, Monte
Vista; second, THE French Tenor"
Manette Kinch, Alamosa; third, 1.-THE
Fiddle Told" Lucian Freddie, Sagu-
ache; fourth, The Fiddle Told"
Dorothy B. Stone. Del Norte.
Monte Vista won in both track
and oratorical contests and estab-
lished a valley record in the relay
race. The points won by each school
in the various events are given in
the following table:
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

w. w. Saunders and wife and 7
burlington accompanied Geo. OIL
niger in motor trip from Mosca to
Monte Vista Thursday. Mr.. OIL
niger says the hundreds of acres of
alfalfa in the Mosca vicinity are
making a fine showing at this time.
He will have about 200 acres of al
falfa on his ranches near Mosca.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

Henry Beaver returned from an
extended trip to Missouri Monday
morning, where he has been visiting
his old home and looking over his
farm in that state.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
IMPLICIT FAITH IN WILSON
TO HANDLE GERMAN CRISIS

The sinking of the Lusitania pas
senger vessel last Friday by Ger
man submarine, when over 100 Am
erican lives were lost has aroused
the entire country over the action of
cultured nation making war upon
neutral people and the murder Of
women and children.
TheUnited States in a note sent
to Germany demands a guarantee
that there will be no further attacks
by submarines on merchant ships
carrying noncombatants. 1t serves
notice also that full reparation will
be sought for the loss of life in the
sinking of the Lusitania and for
other violations of American rights
in the sea zones of war. While no
indication is given of the steps to be
taken by the United States in the
event Of an unfavorable German re-
ply, the note clearly indicates that
the American government will leave
nothing undone either in diplomatic
representations or other action to OBJ
tain a compliance with its requests.
The masses of American people
have confidence in President Wilson
in the crisis, believing that he will
not only safeguard their honor but
that his purpose is to. spare them
from things worse than death"
Former President William II.
Taft talked patience and calmness
in the present international situa-
ton and called upon the citizens Of
the country to stand by President
Wilson in an address in Philadel-
phia Tuesday night. Referring to
the sinking of the Lusitania Profess
sor Taft said: THE inhumanity Of
the circumstances in the case presses
us on but in the heat of even just
indignation, is not the best time to
act when action involves such mo-
mentous consequences and means
untold loss of life and property.
There are things worse than
war" Mr.. Taft declared, but delay
due to calm elaboration cannot
change the situation or minimize the
effect Of what we finally conclude to
do. With the present condition of
the war in Europe, our action If it
is to be extreme, will not lose efficacy
by giving time to people whose war
it will be, to know what they are
facing.
THE president" he said, was
acting like Washington, Lincoln and
Mckinley in trying to avoid war. In
the present situation 1t was impera-
tive that he should know the opin-
ion of the country without regard to
prejudice.
In England, the Lusitania Incl
dent has caused the hatred for the
Germans to come to climax and
great many German stores and es-
Establishments were demolished and
the proprietors severely handled In
spite of efforts at police protection.
Mr.. George Corlett was in Alamosa
on business Tuesday evening of this
week
C. M. Corlett went to Moffat We'd
nesday evening, expecting to be gone
about three days.
Jas. Veerkamp went to Conejos
Wednesday evening to confer with
Attorney Pitcher of Alamosa in re-
gard to another hearing in the Valen-
tine case of La lara
HORSEMEN ATTENTION
will open my barn to the public
May is, with the good old reliable
horses and Jacks.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

LLOYD Telinde and wife left We'd
|day evening for oklahoma, where
Telinde is to run his threshing
chine for the coming season.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

Mr.. Miller, of the International
tvester Co., from Denver, was
Illness visitor in Monte Vista the
h of the week.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

Jas. yeerkamp went to Conejos
Wednesday evening to confer with
Attorney Pitcher of Alamosa in re-
gard to another hearing In the Valen-
tine case of La lara.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

Mrs lack Allen, from the Soldiers
me spent Tuesday and Wednesday
IN her daughters, Mrs. Glatz and
5. J. Busch.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15
HORsEMEN ATTENTION

/ will open my barn to the public
Nav is. with the good old reliable
horses and Jacks.
W. A. MAGILL.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15

Mr. George Corlett was in Alamosa
on business Tuesday evening of this
week.
C. M. Corlett went to Moffat We'd
nesday evening. expecting to be gone
about three days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Notes From Louis Corners.

A very interesting district fair was
held in the school house of Dist. it I
town OF Schleswig, last Thursday
evening. 1t was the first affair Of the
kind ever attempted, and much credit
Is due to the teacher Miss Martha
kamman, the pupils and the patrons
OF the school for the excellent exhibit
displayed.
The agricultural exhibit was judged
by Mr. Herman Roethel OF kiel and
the sewing and cooking exhibits were
Judged by Miss Catherine Doolan OF
Meme, and Miss Lillian Chloupek of
Manitowoc. Miss Chloupek gave a
short address after the program. In
teresting contests in connection with
the program were a nail.driving con-
test and saving contest for the boys
and Notwithstanding contest for the
girls After the program sandwich
and cake lunch was served to the audi
ence. The size of the crowd, which
filled the school house to its capacity,
and the interest manifested are eyiden-
ces that the district fair will be proba-
bly, an annual event in it. Dist. /.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Ignorance of the Bible.

One thing is undeniable. Known
edge of the Bible is far less general
now than it was in the days of my
childhood. That amazing familiarity
with the sacred book with which John
Richard Green credits the people Of
England in the days of the common
wealth, had persisted until my boy
hood among the sons Of the Puritans
and the SCotch-Irish in New England
and in New York state. 1t was not
universal, but it was general. The
kind OF tests by which college stu.
dents ana students in secondary
schools are frequently, in these days,
made to display an ignorance of the
Bible which is astounding. could have
been passed with credit by the ma,
jority of country boys and girls sixty
or seventy years ago. But this thor,
ough acquaintance of earlier genera.
tons with the Bible was not due, TO
any considerable extent, to the public
school, All that we learned about the
Bible in school would have added very
little to our store of religious knowl'
edge. 1t was in our churches and our
Sunday schools, but chiefly in our
homes, that most of us learned what
we knew about the Bible.-Washing
ton GLADDEN., in the Atlantic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
MAY "CUT OUT LUNCHEON
Londoners Discuss Idea of Giving Up
Meal That Can Be Dis
pensed With.

Hearing that Berlin is giving up five
O'clock tea as an unnecessary, expen-
sive and English meal, a Londoner
suggests that If there is talk of re-
prisals luncheon should be dropped,
for the habit was. introduced from
Germany by the prince consort.
Is this true? In the first half OF
the nineteenth century Holland house
was regarded, as Mr.. Russell put it, as
the every ark and sanctuary Of re-
fined luxury" but at the breakfast
parties only tea, coffee, eggs, rolls and
butter were served. Luncheon or
luncheon" was a mere mouthful in
those days, Philip Hale observes in
the Boston Herald. Men went out
shooting with a sandwich in their
pocket; the ladies who sat at home
had some cold chicken and wine and
water brought into the dining room
on a tray" In Miss Austen's novels
the midday meal is not fully described;
she speaks of "cold meat but Doctor
Kitchener wrote in 1925; your lunch
con may consist Of a bit of roasted
poultry, a basin Of beef tea, or eggs
poached, or boiled in the shell; fish
plainly dressed, or a sandwich; stale
bread; and a half a pint OF good,
home brewed beer, or toast and wa.
ter, with about one-fourth or one-third
part Of its measure of wine" The
doctor is the man that after solid
dinner at seven o'clock, prescribed a
supper of "gruei, or little bread and
cheese, or pounded cheese and glass
Of beer"
OF course the word luncheon Is old
II originally meant piece, thick
piece, a hunk And so we read Of a
seventeenth century person eating
great lump of bread and butter with
a luncheon of cheese" We find this
use in one of SCOTS novels: Little
Benjie was examining huge lunch
con of pie crust into his mouth The
word as we now use 1t was at frs
applied only to a Slight" repast be
tween two Of the ordinary meal times
especially between breakfast and mid
day dinner. The German slice Of but
tered bread with glass OF beer takei
at 1920 or IL n. m.-we speak o
household life In the Berlin and ORES
den of the last eighties-was lunch
, con in this earlier English sense.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Action Misunderstood.

An English Tommy" while sta
toned in a Flemish village, wanted to
buy a toothbrush. Being unable to
speak either French or Flemish he
could not manage to make the people
understand what he wanted. After
several unsuccessful attempts, he hit
on brilliant idea and, entering a little
shop, he proceeded to initiate the &C.
ton of brushing his teeth.
At first the old dame shook her head
then her face suddenly lit up with a
smile. Placing ladder against the
wall, she searched several minutes in
some cardboard boxes on top shelf
She at last found what she wanted and
triumphantly handed him, not a tooth
brush, but jew's-harp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Notes From MlShicOt

Mrs. Fred lrucmmer Of Kewaunee
is visiting IN thI. village.
Many friends Of Mrs. Fred Drews
gathered at her home Saturday to help
her celebrate her birthday anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs Alfonso Rhein are the
proud parents Of baby girl.
MIR and Mrs. Jens lIaIberg and MIR,
and Mrs Louis Leyenhagen spent sun
day and Monday with relatives at Green
Bay
County Supt &. ", Meisneot and
Fred Christensen, principal Of the
Manitowoc Training school visited our
school Monday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Jonas and son
Fred. and Mrs Louis Ieyroth and sor
Arthur motored To Kewaunee SUNDAY
70 visit relatives and friends,
WIN Blum spent several days 81 las
week at Sheboygan.
Miss Sophia Eisenman who laugh
school at Little Black, has returne,
home.
Mrs. John Feest, who was visiting
relatives in this bury, returned 70 he
home at Racine.
Mrs. John Schimmel and children
have returned from Forestyiile wher'
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
BODY OF MISSING MAN FOUND.

Louis Schurmeyer, of Two Rivers,
disappeared September oath. His
body was found in thcket in the
woods near the Two Rivers ball park
yesterday with bullet wound in the
head.
Schurmeyer was resident of this
city until about two years ago. When
he last left home he said he was going
to work but told others that he was
going to Sheboygan, where he had a
mason contract. A thorough search
was made for him beginning few days
later.
Yesterday Mr.. Lubke was out train
ing a dog and saw hat and pair OF
eyeglasses on a stump. This caused
him to look about and he soon made his
grewsome find. The matter was SO
clearly suicide that no inquest was
held. Mr.. Schurmeyer was 81 years OF
age. He leaves n widow and one child.
The funeral took place here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Concrete for Churches.

Reinforced concrete is often used
to advantage in church construction,
and in some parts Of Europe there are
even examples of entire buildings be-
ing erected, such as the cathedral Of
Poti, in Russia. Another use is for
adding towers or spires in order to
complete the unfinished church. 1t
often happens that a church remains
for a long time without towers or bell
fries, and these are built at a later
date. In order not to add an unduly
heavy load on the already existing
foundation, REINFORCED concrete has
an advantage over stonework, and is
besides less expensive. A good ex-
ample is found in the cathedral of Tu-
mis-, which was recently completed by
putting on two high belfries in re-
enforced concrete, and these make up
good architectural ensemble with
the former stone work. Scientific
American.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
NEWS FROM COUNTY
Notes From Melnik.

The Misses Alice and Lillian Pech
are on the sick list this week.
Practically all the farmers aronno
here have completed cutting their corr
and filling silos.
Local teachers attended the teachers,
convention at Manitowoc Friday ano
Saturday.
Mrs. Nels Anderson of Manitowoc
spent a few days last week here win
her mother, Mrs. Francis kovariE.
The congregation of the local Pres
byterian church are identifying the APP
pearance OF their church by giving 1t a
coat of paint,
John D. Speyacek and family were
visitors at Manitowoc last Saturday
on their return they were accompan
led by Mr.. Naiemnik of Mani.owoc
who visited here with relatives over
Sunday
Mrs. Miroslav Dushek is laid up with
an injured foot at this writing,
The mushroom picking season Is al
hand. Local pickers report that muSh'
rooms are plentiful.
The Festival ball held here last sun
day was we'll attended despite the
threatening weather.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Columbia River Basin Is Vast.

The Columbia river has drainage
area of 100000 square miles. Its
source is in British Columbia, and its
basin occupies enormous areas in that
province and in Montana, Wyoming.
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Ne
yada. Few river basins in the country
are so diverse. 1t contains some Of
the highest peaks in America and
some of the most fertile valleys in the
world. Some idea of the resources Of
the basin may be had from the state
ment that the nayigable waters of the
Columbia and its tributaries aggregate
length of 2136 miles. Within the
Columbia river drainage basin are at
least one-third of the available water
powers in the United States, but de-
velopments of this resource have
scarcely begun.