Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-27

Senator Jones Says |
Congress Alone Is rs
Blame For Water Power /,
Going To Waste In I. s.
Continued from Pas. \,
country. 1 am glad to be able to sey
that congress has never made a polit-
tcal question OF this great national
problem-itS has been merely a differ
ence Of opinion on details. Let us take
q broad View Of the Question-not
bubble over details. Congress thougfS
Developments would take place in the
navigable streams under the law OF
1910, but II was mistaken. That law
was too restrictive and development
has not taken placegunder - and new
er will. Germany and Austria have
developed 9Oao5of their water powers,
and we but 1910 of ours.
II will describe to you the results
which would follow the development
Of just n of our now wasting water
powers Il refer to one contained in the
Priest Rapids Of the Columbia 'riveTf
located In the central part OF the
state of Washington. At the present
time there arc not over 100 people
living within re radius Of twenty
miles Of the locality to which l refer.
The river is bordered by hundreds OF
thousands OF acres Of volcanic ash
soil, q desert now, owing to- the. an
nual rainfall being less than five inch
es. "A land which his 325 days of
oI...ian. sumsI1ne. anu o4. 81 Gays OF
cioua ana ram but give that
oesert sou wafer ana M.wiii q
every crop a Known 70 me temperate
h heats suen. as S., got.o =. 'tpoDacco, sugar
oes.s, eve.s Wiley - Deslns' altaiIas'
anu az k!nas OF sraln and fruits.
hnelv .a.uas iias asse.nDleu Inc lano.
tne water ana the poWer.all useless
d. eMe presell' tlile, put oy
- sle pvwe, ~ ;us.is ~ ny tne
Maeer ~ .ns iano. Inat now silent val.
icy h WIZ pe nroashl 70 IRE, peopled
~ nr eIUusa - Mo.nes. ,ana maze
~ p.Uuu.e asr,cultura prouucts OF
$1,000 sss LINES sIeater man suMl-
OH, S,a q th = ,o.a, popu!a.lon. Inc
:. otu,l.piat - me tweItn laIeest RIVER
,"no .ne .woaiu, Anu Is havisaple ior
900 49, ,..lias >. tson. tne iacInc
o - an'o wnIcn ~ noWs. 70 the loot
ra;,as Tha As sa a uis y 81 4oV
- :" ne an wI.'cn ~ Is
- uuliu acIoss the river at the foot
, =. asp,us woul1' WIN the instal.
a1ulN oA =. loeks anu tne removal OF
~. hiinoI oosCac!es ABOVE the mead
uah,n aap.uS, snueE Lune river navl.
n na;ias III. q lu.sneI uisIance O. zOO
hliaes lnlanu aiMost 70 n
pouIoary, !Iaverslns a region now al
most devoid OF transportation %facilir
t'es. 3
The dam. 80 feet high and one
mile long, would cost approximately
t~Wenty.nVf million dollars, and would
horse.poweT This noU,e,. u,n,id us
used tor a diversity Of nYrnoses s,,ch
as the oneraf inn ~ ;nff',str;a, n, su.n
fol, nyodnctinn ~ .
notterv-asheatn ,na+eri.I ,,,nnI ..s,s
paner and heat s,,nsr. In ~ sna tu. I'LL
Of lead ana silver ores nna 20. nthns
metallureical& and also for
the electrifcation inf near.hv din,s,au.
of three ira nsrontinanfa r:,aesa
"Thus the dAvelnnmen - .Sis :.
d ter mower would hrine az ,rS.,.4",a,
and aericultnrai nnn,,,e;,om - ~ 'aaa.
10000 people 10 a nnw silent go.
would open 10 naviration sno na;,a..
OF inland waterway thro,eh . raa,om
almost devoid Sof t,na t 81 s.9a
ties: womb save 'tha cnai lon
to propei the trains OF three ire &c.
continental. raiiroads. ncrass snss
part or the state ~ wash;nra e'sS
the river would team VIII H. 80 e, -
resulting from the -deveIonnert - =
now almost uninhabited rae;nn r =
are many other water nowers . 1s
ing development In he ea starr and
western parts Of the co,,ntrv n,h;nh
would bring ma heneaciai r"s,its
and which have been held ha ~ >Yrnns
development for wears mast sois,v pal
cause of the restrictive lava nnv IN
force, - ="
Z T,r,o a. A.. ~"D
.n .inle 70 ACT. t IN
The time Is ripe to act. Legislation
ana administrators are taking a
broader attitude than yer before. We
are ready to make concessions to get
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