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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09


improvements
Many of the main roads of Lauder
dale county, Mississippi, have been
improved with the proceeds OF BOND
issues and are kept improved by an
annual road maintenance tax. A local
paper sent inquiries to many of its
subscribers for their views on the
Improvement, and the following is
a typical reply: 81 live miles from
the city and 2 miles from the school.
This has been the worst winter l
have ever seen, but there hasn't been
a single day when my children have
MT walked to school and not single
day have they come home with wet
feet; and to think they walked down
the middle of the road! Not one OF
them has been sick with a cold even,
while heretofore my Doctors bills
have been more than my road tax.
Talk to me about paying taxes to
build roads! I am willing to pay
taxes on my pack Of fox hounds, my
bird dog, my chickens, my horses,
and II necessary, my wife and child
rem, il they will use 1t in extending
roads like this all over the country!
I would rather have my house and
10 acres of land on this road like
it is now than have my whole farm
on the old road like 1t was before
Improvement" And here is typical
letter from man on an unimproved
road: There hasn't been time
since the first Of December that
have been able to get anything haul
ed to my place from Meridian, just
4 miles, for less than rs cents per
hundred; in the majority of cases it
has cost me as high as so cents,
and a good many times it has been
impossible to get 1t at any price. The
people in my community have &C
tually had to go without oil for their
lamps for week at the time because
they couldn't get it. If these condi-
lions are mot a heavier tax on the
people than paying for the construc-
ton Of roads, then I am a bad Judge
and q had mathematician"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
Indirect Cost is Greater

Poor roads put a much more SER
ious drain on the townman's pocket
book, however. His food is costing
him more every year, and he there
fore has a very close. personal in
terest in having the agricultural
lands farmed in such way that
they yield their largest returns at
the lowest working cost. This means
more than producing milk and veget-
ables at low cost; it also includes
raising at low expense the wheat and
corn from which his flour and meal
are made, producing fowls and hogs
economical, and reducing the cost
of growing cotton, How many in
telligent young men, able to earn a
good living in a city, will live IN
the country if they have to travel
thru miles of mud or dust, at decided
physical discomfort, in order to
market their products, meet their
friends or buy their supplies? How
many young women will be willing
to live in the country, where bad
roads isolate them with only the
sparrows for companions, with the
doctor almost inaccessible, the
schools hard for the children to reach
and church-going real labor? Yet
if the townsman is to have the things
he eats grown for him efficiently and
economically he must take his part
in making country life agreeable and
profitable to these intelligent young
people. 1t means saving OF dollars
and cents to him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09

one team, and the three other teams
return home. These instances show
that while it is desirable, of course,
to have improved roads to each farm,
where this is impracticable all farm
ers derive considerable benefit from
the improvements which 1t is possible
to make with the available funds.
The Popularity of Good Roads In
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-09
Reducing the Cost of Hauling Milk

ANCuuSAMSS UNIV OSO ~
There is farmer in Franklin
county, N. Y, who is a great advo-
cate of road improvements. He has
a plant for condensing milk at Fort
Covington and a creamery at North
Pangor. Before the 15-mile road be-
tween these two places was improved
he was able to haul rs cans OF milk
in a load at a cost of % cents per
ton-mile. When the roads were i'm
proved, he could haul 40 cans in a
load, which cut the cost down to 12.5
cents per ton-mile. In the spring
of 1914 he bought motor truck that
will haul SO cans of milk at a very
much higher rate of speed than the
teams attained and with this he has
reduced his expense to 1926 cents per
ton-mile. This includes interest, in
surance, depreciation, driver, garage,
repairs and all supplies. Good roads
are therefore saving him the tidy
sum of $4,000 a year. 1t is perfectly
safe to say that his taxes for road
purposes equal only small percent
age of this amount.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

state xradea consolidated scaeso,s.
LAST year there mere enrolled ia IN.
consolidated schools e&s1o farm cai}-
6~ea. which gives an Increase Of $50
per cent for the FIVE years preceding.
OF the total number enrolled Ass did
high school work. giving sR increase
here ot as per cent during this Eve.
wear period Al the present time
North Dakota stands second in TIRE
number ef consolidated schools. and
In proportion 10 rs population IL heads
the list No other state in the union
can show 8 like growth during the
same period. and il speaks volumes
,or the enterprise and good iadsmen,
az the PEOPLE os the STATE.
North Dakota stands thlrty-ssyents
n population. We, according 20 the
Russell Sage Foundation, which re
Gently ranked the p4bliC schools ~ a.
.hs states on ten points for eli
cisacy, North Dakota Nas the eish
tsa1,h. This is d record to Re proal
.. when vs rsTrer hsr hat csgr stats
ranked ahead o. such elder states as
Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsla u ,al
Rat.e- Q. It's DgsAc schoo.A
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

o., ainec. Many lelds Throughout tie
state compare fagora0ly with the
yields from high-priced, irrigated iaAd
in other states, and experience las
succeeded in producing seed Whfa
sells a, the highest price on the con-
tinent and which is capable Of VIA
standing the coolest Of winters unds'
every condition Of absence OF SNOW =
otherwise The crop is here 10 sa'
and is the most valuable addition %
onr stocs-fseiins vatlcLs.
indications point 70 the fact lhh
the farmers of the state are oeslhhias
TO realize 10 some extent on the VI
products o. their rax crop Leas''
from eastern manufactures sac.
there is growing demand toF Da'ea
Aax ssraw TO oe used for insuIsuA'
packing and upholste~.ng purposes
fairly good prices North paAo'|
raises nearly cne-hat 0. a.! the a''|
Grown in the United States ana N W
products should 3e valuable Il plOps1
care IN taken OF that commonly. "Ha|
the advent Of .ow ElSlls SAlch :"
TO come in tine, local markets WIZ
established to the ADVANTAGE oI
growers. The inquiries noted may
screranners Of new conditions SUM
prevail. tut n ans event, are en''
aging as indicating aoW the ihle.'.
o. large corporations and 'ne WV
nako,s farmer are r1nu.ns along
al,el lines
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

Ncrgh pAko,s has eight hasae- \.
solutions o: learning, covering 5rsc.
tscxlly erery phase o. higher s1aca
tion The enrolment . these teg
1918 Sas s4i1 Yhess higher inst5
,G;socs> Ike gAe public seheals hxs-
also sr tacouas ~aics 70 derived troal
TIE federal isr3 E-sEt Fer the lss.
sisEcixa .s-aei this Igco1le ass ssSs
.&.12 Daring .se LAST tao years
there was seSas ugc- these trstGiu
tsoas tie 'et&i sun q s. >-t-44ls
IL sss Ass seze-sl election. a. AZ
6..ioaa, ro-Eai scAcsol zas provided
Tor by a. amendment 10 the co1s;it2
trc.a- Ta.s North nsssE.A s-,ly pr
ys3es tcr the AiAhs- @6ge2tscz .. ser
yczts.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
ecnOOlS ARE UP TO DATE
EDUCATION OF NoRT- oASoTANs
= WELL PROVIDED FOR
Lar Rank Given State b. Sssse /
SAGE reSnos.ier - Cause 'sr
II Sea- Congratulated.
~ n c. Ncperaia, Sacerints~ cert
" 81 raeis I-araettor-

ESNorih Dakota has reason 20 -
Soad ot its public school system.
ale rspor, % the state s8per3nfeEd.
ent o. public Instruction for the schcsl
WaAr enainS jane s.. 1918, shows ttAi
.khrth Dakota hAs ,&a* paelae schools
NTH sE enrollmsB; % l51e+- psHts>
"a an average dstly attendance IT,
.t4 .ssS Ia these schools s#@z 'eAga-
,1ys were employed The average 81
o per n,eafh for al teachers ~
sSsSA and the tnssl srsoar' .&at t,s
Hehers salaries fer the year Ne,
Asss s.ss s. TIE xTsnG total 4Eao4a,
q warrant. issasa :or the s4gEorg as
exe schools during the Nes~. tzs1Ess.
fH the aE1eaEs o9tsaEtsas a. t6s ez
xautas 81 the wear, sas ssatt SIS s.
- the fetal income 'or t&s yea 's
ecdias cxss % hand s: lae heSau-iu-
~ the year, Was slaS.S@sA-h. IL"
UsAl sAlas ot ne scAoo, .ryIps.ty "a
..lls.eSass TIE stste iEStsaa IT
cone ~hicA 70 practically a. &c
est troE tas .sssvx. lana S-A-.s, .eg
IL JAS; .sxr .u I.lks.G... - TAs
-ss9re<eats AZ IncreS>s @. aN-r o. De-
j., .e- the last ;sz,ytsr us- II
Las, year there we-e 80 stare ssz.
kAacls With ST. e2real31sat ~ >-s-
eateats IL a43s.1oa - tbs EaEaas-
.tla tis htsa .eAoa. ~a-k .1 ,sN+-
0sli< scAae1s Esss.s te*a - IL
pate -s May cs-ss tcs;.c Sec. =
- tAeEe are rev sl cansSs2 ate.
.Ass--ses = this S,sEs wAae1 E2k =
p. -sase - -. g.er ceSt la .Kt
Id - sAts number s. are esSSs5
Ees As STATE s. seAa.ezs sd - :.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
OUR ALFALFA AND fllx CROPS
NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS FINE
BOTH PROFITABLE.
Former Aas Become Nos. valua Ole
scraee-6y-rroouets Of Latter are
In Demand.

The past biennial period has again
proved that North Dzkota is pre-enI
Eenils suited for the successful culture
of alfalfa. valuable forage cron
Whatever may have been the effect OF
abnormal climatic conditions upon
rorn and some Of the small grain crops.
alfalfa has consistently s,ocd ali the
sbcissitndes referred to and demon.
s;rated its complete sdaPtaeilits 10
our soils and other conditions. Wher-
ever seeding has been undertaken on
proper soil, ttGinsfs prepared and in
oealated, splendid results have beer
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

General Funston Tie regiment Is
under the command Of Ccloasl Frame.
ard better commander could not 10
tcg-G- There Are fourteen veterans
II the Philippine can palsn ROW with
the regiment.
% Nc. S4---gr as Neglect.
TIE North Dakota regiment. IKE
al other organizations of the National
Guard. aAs oeeG shAnesuliy lssiecss..
II 1855 the food VAS had. there VAS 4
lssk % >loIaius ammunition. arms.
ie1taee AID everything which xss
needed Msny Qs the soldiers entered
Manila x their citizens clothes be-
cause The seTsTrlasa; could nc, 81
them cat Nth The proper ciothing.
Afser - years he same ,youhl. arsx
experienced II ISIS Hhen the guard
~2s called though the roue,rian.
we're Ect - had There VAS uo~-
tll lack OF c3o,hins. espsAg lall, shoe.
and E1dsr~a&r. LoEs after the hovs
arrived On the aa-3er under The boil.
ing sun cf ih2, climate. fh4s vera
csoza gs82es3 10 epy their oar shoaS ara
underwear, and wsHr ths hol fsrn u
closkizs vhtch hsG been 4ssaas in
fhSs northern climate The hes; hurr.
- their bodies III vhss- condition "a
ks-soss Erhssz -zhse
Rsa- tse BOYS neTs- Tarrra-s.s Thsv
Sid .Ae5r plan 6Sty They drilled aus
s-eaches- repaired ro@s> dsd patrol
duty On The river 6znk. gus s-s,~s ,ne
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

NSrte D&ao.s caa maintain tao~
@-ss q sheep wisAogE rxs2zcias 80
yield q sEA- gram creFs tcV market
a-S there Is a. cd Sa1l2g aEaezt
sAeeg EeA is; - sheep asye- Ssss
= .s.. I, YoA
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24

hig pumping stations. the cities and
the farmers homes on the border
When on inspection they carried them.
selves in q soidier-like manner. far
axeellinS ma0y 81 The regiments u
he ssrytSA
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
CHRISTMAS WEDDING

Miss Margaret Olive Williams and
Neal F. Harper, of this city were mar
ried at two thirty Tuesday afternoon
at the home Of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Williams, Rev. ].
C. Harvey, of the Methodist church of
ficiating.
Pink and white carnations We'd with
the holly and mistletoe in the decora-
tions thrucut the rooms, while Christ
mas bells and evergreens formed q
pretty bower for the wedding cere-
mony.
The bride wore travelling suit OF
pray and carried an arm bouquet Of
pink and white carnations. After the
wedding a delightful dinner was serv.
ed. Only the immediate relatives o.
the bridal couple were present. Aftel
a short honeymoon spent in SPOKANE
Mr.. and Mrs. Harper will be at home
to their friends in apartments IN th'
King block. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Har
per have practically grown up ner'
and have many friends who will wlsl
them long and happy life together
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
NEW YEAR NOT GOING TO
SLIP in WITHOUT DANCE
Festivities are Not Many but Music
and Dancing will Greet the
Coming of 1918

Altho the holiday season is slipping
by with many Of the usual festivities
eliminated the Old and New Year are
not going to be permitted to change
places on the calendar without the old
time New Year dance.
Monday. New Years Eve, dance
is to be given in the K. of P. hall by
H. E. Munday, who has been giving
series of dances during the fall and
winter. Music will be furnished by
the Munday trio, who are rapidly
gaining a reputation as the real
dance artists of the Columbia Valley
They furnished the music for the big
Red Cross dance in Pasco last week
and according to the Pasco Express
they are the best dance music organ
ization that has ever played in that
city. Mr.. Munday has added just 8
few extra touches to the music pro
gram for Monday evening and expect:
to make this the big dance of the year
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27

membership fee, but had their contri-
buttons recorded as annual member
ships for some soldier or sailor.
In many families every member Of
the household, old and young, were
made Red Cross members. The high
honor in this respect reported to'date
belongs to w. F. Ashby, of Route 1,
who took out memberships for him
self and wife and seven children. The
home of C.. E. Nicoson has six crosses
on its service flag and there are many
others where there is a cross for the
little tots as well as for the adults.
Until the close of the campaign
memberships may be secured from
Miss Harlow, at the N. P. I. company's
Office, at the Columbia Clothing COM
pany or the Courier-Reporter Office.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
DIR. SUZZALLO TO
SPEAK NEXT WEEK
Many Other High Class Num-
bers on Program for Annual
Horticultural Meeting

DR.. Henry Suzzallo, president of
the state university and chairman Of
the state council Of defense, is to be a
speaker at the fourteenth annual
meeting of the Washington State
Horticultural association to be held
in this city Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of next week. DR.. Suzzallo
will speak at the afternoon session
Friday on "How the Rancher Can I'm
prove his Labor Conditions"
Secretary Luke Powell, who was in
the city today s6s the address of DR..
Suzzallo is only one of the many high
class features on the program.
He says the talk of Prof. Geo.
A. Olson, Of the state college, at the
opening session Thursday morning
should be heard by every woman in
the community, whether she lives in
town or country. Prof. Olson will
speak on Economical Cereals in the
Home" His talk will be Of especial
interest in view of the present neces-
sity for the conservation of food.
Mr.. Powell wishes to impress the
local fruit growers with the feeling
that this is their meeting and that
they in measure should assume
some of the responsibilities of hosts.
They should make it their business to
become acquainted with the visiting
growers and where possible invite
them to visit their homes and or
chards. The interchange of ideas is
one of the big features Of these an
nual meetings and visit of an out
side grower to a local orchard may
be the means of effectively solving
some of the problems which the grow
er has to meet.
The meeting will open Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock and there will
be morning and afternoon sessions
each day with evening sessions Fri.
day and Saturday. All sessions will
be in the high school gymnasium.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
IRRIGATION
DISTRICT Is
EASY WINNER
But Few Votes are Cast i'm OPP
position to Waterusers'
Organization
MUST RUSH THINGS ALONG
If Amy Change in System is TO be
Made this Year Directors
Must Work Fast

With only 49 votes cast against it,
the Columbia Irrigation district was
legally created at the special election
held Monday in the territory now serv-
ed by the Northern Pacific Irrigation
copany's gravity canal.
Altho tke election was one Of vital
Importance to every resident Of the
community and in spite of the lively
prediction interest shown, the vote
was a light one, there being only 276
votes cast on the question, of which
227 were for the creation Of the dis
trict.
H. S. Hughes, of Hover; A. s. Goss,
of Finley, and L. E. johnson Of the
city, whose names were printed on
the ballot, were elected directors with
but little opposition. Goss was low
man of the three with 1876 votes, while
the next highest was Geo. e. Finley,
who received about 20 votes.
The vote follows:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
MUST BUY COAL AT HOME
Can't Ship Wyoming or Utah Coal to
This State Says Garfield

In answer to numerous requests for
Utah Coal, Manager H. w. Nelson Of
the st. Paul e. Tacoma Lumber COM
pany, cites the following from the
columns of Portland paper:
National Fuel Administrator Gar
field has finally agreed to the propos-
al Of the fuel administrators Of the
northwest states to exclude all inn
ported coal from the entire state Of
Washington, part of Idaho, Oregon
west of La Grande and California,
of Sacramento. Aatelegram to this
effect was received by Oregon Fuel
Administrator Fred G. Holmes, We'd
nesday afternoon.
Seven coal mines in western WASH
ington are closed down owing TO lack
of orders, while the demands upon the
mines Of Utah and Wyoming are
greater than they can supply. Under
the new ruling residents in the barred
zones will be obliged to order coal
from Washington or Coos Bay mines
or use other fuel.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
ROWE-BROWN

Miss Grace Brown and Mr.. George
Rowe were married Monday at the
home of the bride in Auburn, and af-
ter spending Christmas there, went
to their home in Stevensville, Mon
tana. The young people are well
known in Kennewick, where Mrs.
Rowe has been a teacher in the grade
schools for three years, while Mr..
Rowe was engaged in the well-drilling
business here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
MRs.J.M.NYE PASSES AWAY
Former Kennewick Woman Dies al
Bryant-Ill More Than a Year

Mrs. j. M. Nye died at her home in
Bryant, Wash, Sunday morning. She
had been ir, ill health for more than a
year and while her complete recovery
was not expected her death came as
a surprise to her friends here and to
her son Clark Mauk, who had left Bry-
ant only the week before and had come
here to visit at the home of Mrs.
Mauk's mother, Mrs. E. Shanafelt.
Upon the receipt of the news of his
mothers death Mr.. Mauk left imme-
diately to attend the funeral which
was held Wednesday under the aus
pices of the Rebekah lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nye made their home
on the Kennewick Highlands for sew
eral years and left here only few
months ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
SALUSKIN, LAST CHIEF OF
THE YAKIMA INDIANS, DIES
Aged Tribal Leader Starves to Death
in this Valley of Plenty
Lived Nearly Century

Surrounded by those priced posses
sions which he wished to carry with
him to the Happy Hunting Grounds,
where, instead of being an old, infirm
and withered chief, he shall once more
be young and strong, the body Of Salu-
skin, the last chief of the Yakimas Of
the royal line of Ow-hi, lies in state
his shabby home in Parker Bottom,
=. the Yakima Republic.
- the wailing Of the Indian wo-
>fVa with the tribal ceremonies,
lin will be buried on Friday
! ing at the Indian burial ground
y nion Gap. The chiefs last rest
- 11Gcc overlooks the battle-ground
lGs mhich the hopes of the Yakima
l1dians, as they were driven back by
the whites in their last great battle,
fell. Till Friday, as BELTS a great tri-
bal leader, Saluskin's body Willie in
state.
Saluskin's death, which took place
last night at about 6 o'clock, is as
tragic in It's loneliness and suffering as
much of his life has been. 1t is the
passing of one of the great men in
the Indian history of Washington.
Afflicted with an incurable cancer of
the threat, which kept him from TAX
ing any solid food, the chief actually
starved to death in the valley of plen-
ty.
Yesterday, when his weakness be.
came so great he knew the end was
near, he sent his son, Jim Saluskin,. tc
call upon his white friends in NORTH
Yakima to ask them to come to him
The son was unable to find them anl
SO, without any of the white friends
upon whom he had leaned in his grow
ing frailness, the old chief, in stoica
silence and dignity, wrapped his blan
kets closer end presently passed away
He leaves his wife, for whom he once
paid all his earthly goods, three daugh
ters and two sons.
There will be other leaders of tn
Yakima Indian clan, but there will b
no chief such as Saluskin. A triba
leader, in accordance with custom, viii
be selected by the remnant of Indian
living on the bottom land near Parker
lbut as the tribal organization wa
broken up when the Indians becam
Preservation men, the new chief Wi
only be sort of spokesman for tn
tribe, and not in any sense chief a
Saluskin was.
| Saluskin- who boasted of his descen
from the greatest Indian of whom tn
Yakima legends tell, and who was re
lated by ties of blood to the equall
famous Leschi of the Puget Sound In
dams, has full claim to the honor {
being the last chief of the Yakimas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27
KENNEWICK CAN NOW GET
CURRENT FROM SPOKANE
Connection Between Lines of p. p. &
L. and w. w. Company is
Made at Lind

VIM. Voegtly, ST., visited friends
in Kennewick the first of the week
and LEFT later for his home in Port
land. Mr.. Voegtly has been employ
ed by the Pacific Power & Light COM
pany on the construction of the line
from Pasco to Lind to connect with the
lines of the Washington Water Power
company.
Mr.. Voegtly says that while the
high line is capable of carrying up to
10, 900 kilowatts, or about 1890 horse
power, the construction was put thru
merely as precautionary measure
agaist possible future complications.
The line is 65 miles long and touches
Kahlotus, the only town on the route
1t runs some distance east of Connell
While the construction work between
Pasco and Lind was completed or
November IL, final contact was not
made until December %, as the Pacific
Power & Light men found it necessary
to replace 10 miles of light-guage wire
beyond Ritzville with the heavy power
wire.
The local company is now well for
tilted against interruption in powe,
and lighting service. Besides th'
Spokane connection the company cal
obtain power from hydroelectric plant
at Naches, Priest Rapids and Walls
Walla and can use its steam auxiliar,
plants here and in North Yakima.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-27

AS soon as the result of the election
has been canvassed by the board Of
county commissioners, the directors
will meet and organize and begin plans
for ascertaining what it will cost to
enlarge and repair the canal and to
arrive at definite figure for taking
over the system. When this has been
done the question Of taking over the
system and voting bonds for the neces-
sary expense will be submitted to the
waterusers for their approval at
another special election.
If anything in the way of improved
service is to be had this year the di-
rectors must put on full speed ahead
for at best it will be at least a month
before a bonding election can be held,
which will allow only two months for
work on the canal before it is time to
turn on the water.