Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-02-18
CELEBRATION At
LEWISTON
Ce CITRATE Completion 100000
canzF At Lewiston, Idaho, May 2,
1915.

Tie people Of TIE Lewiston sec
ton are cooperating with the ciIie'
q Portland, Astoria, The DaAes
Paseo-KerneE5ck, PendIeton, WeA
walk. sJoEzne AID O-her pcints Il
sr.azgng z Letting ecmneIo orar q
o< the completion Of the Ce 10 Ca
al. which opens the watez-sy 4rcn
The sea 70 the great Interior NoETa-
vest tre initial feature Of this coz
uerc-stlon viii be Al Le~istcn cn
Nay sId, tbs year
In NAY the eueEEiye work Enlcn
hss received the attention OF the
Fede.aI Goveruent fCr years al
Cello On The CeIUmbiz river -ayoaF-
ing the construction OF what Is
known as the Cello canal vii 0e
omuIetec- al q cost 70 the Govern
neut Of avrrozimately $3.50 900. Ths
eourlstion Of this work vii enable
beats from tie sea ot ezpzcly up
70 four hundred tous to make the
un 70 Lewiston. apQEoxiEately fiFe
hundred niles n'sE6. While sin ar
tsstznees can he reached o. Lne II
Uer Columbia The coasunEztion 6
the work hss teen viewed Is peng
OF such vast Industrial lmpcrta1ee Q
tbs enti-e Nc-thvest thzt III q
the cities located uroa ard tri6u5a-y
10 he Columbia cnd snake have +o-n
ed N the celebration plan TIE 1nt
tia7 fest.re Of vhch VIZ te he'd
a LszEtcn, I62bc. G. May sr2,
Ehen : large feet Ct riser neaEs
VII assantle after having made
the run through the Czral rcn the
lover river. The celebration VII De
uTaoffzclaEy Un6e- the auspices OF
the War Department 6 tie Fe5e-1l
Government, as the river work Is
carried cut undez th-t brz1zh Il
the GoveuEeat- Tie GoTe-uo-s q
the four NcrthveE- states Ea-e sig
nified thei- intention OF atzeod n.
with The prsserce sssured also q
SCORES q Un.tzd States Seo2to-s
and Rep-essrta5ives, the RiTe-s azd
Harbors Committee Of Cong-e o-d
men of Ike rro-zcence CT l1rze in
dustriel counercisl organization A
tentative fesCre oS the rro-r N Tro-
vides fer excursions frcn Lewiston
10 the sea at the conclusion Of the
ceiet1ar1C 1Cu here The IN crest diz-
played ttrcughcUt the fc1r sases
places the courletion q the Ce'io
canal ard the DEVELOPMENTS losiesl-
" to follow in the way Of vste--
power 6eyelcruent o1 the ERPe-
river streams as the grestEs1 indus
-ri7I development IN the history =
the North Pacific re-ion ord oo2Ei-
iors indscete the LrEest gat2e-rs
Of prominent uer of the Ma ion ever
held in the Northwes-.
The completion Of the Cello Can
al az this tire. Just when TIE E7e-t
Panama waterway IS 70 be placed
IN service, gives TO the Northwest
waterways interests an sd6itton1
prcninerce ard vast benefits II is
felt are TO sccrue through o2To-tunf
y GO direct the attention OF tie
.hovssr6s e visitors Who vii be
Tassirg throtsh the vest 70 the
st san Francisco 10 the
sdvo ntases found here.
In planning the oe'etration. IeTis-
ton IS co-oreratiRg VIII the Coume--
cisl organizations e Poz lsnd. A.
toEs. TIE Ds'les. Pssco-NsroewSc.
Spoksue, Wells Walls. Pe- 'e'cr.
ard other cities. ard her1e 5e'e-s-
tors from ohose roiu-s VIII mare
the trip TO Lewiston either by boTt
OF train. TIE program viii include
n e,7ho-ste ntsht water fete. pSrtk-
ciroted In by oosts representing the
seversl cities Of the lower Coiuu-
oSa with uuiCre eSecsrscsi effects ard
rsry other fsstures ct interest