East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-01-18

OovERNOR OLCoTS request for repeal Of the quarter
mill road tax is founded desire that needed
improvements be made the boys training school, That
the school poorly equipped probably true and the
ernor's humanitarian is to be commended.
But who Oregon must curta road work in order to
provide fit training school for unfortunate ncoigbe
boys? this state hard pressed duty
department without cutting down other work that is vtay
needed?
The East oregonan refuses to believe it. oregons not as
impoverished would the world believe Besides
there other forms of economy aside from starving state
Institutions or crimping the highway program.
We letting of best assets-water powergo to
waste Twenty million horse in the Columbia basin
unused while buy expensive coal and oil which
high freight rates The sacrifice in this respect would
build thousand boys training schools.
Does Oregon have to endure this colossal waste? If them
Cf the people of Canada
The province of Ontario Canada solving this problem
Just how it done is not clear this paper but New Lork
newspaper on january IL published the following Of
what has been accomplished and those results speak volumes:
supplied power to six municipalities.
In 1920 250 municipalities supplied with power at
Private company Toronto Ontario before the advent of
the public commission charged IL cents per kowatt hour
commercial lighting The rate under the hydro-ecctric
plan is 2 cents per kiowatt hour
For electricity used by manufacturers the price has been
price for the same power is from $50 to S75.N
The saving to of electricity for household purposes
Cheap electric power reduced the consumption of btu
minous coal in the Province of Ontario five
1T has reduced the freight haul all this coal and em
mated obnoxious smoke to that degree
ut has made electricity available the farmers by taking
the place of engines and other and used by the
farmers wives for household purposes
Provides that the municipalities shall pay the powerrate
bonds in thirty years and at the end of that time the hydro
electric plant free of debt"
Il Ontario do such things, why cannot Oregon and
Washington especially if federal help
maton purposes? The Columbia basin power sites
the best in the world and constitute oned the poten
tial hydro-electric energy of the nation.
Why not busy with developing our resources
then will not have to fuss much economy places
where we already operate on parsunonious basis
President-elect Harding going to wait month after his
Inauguration before calling into special
the nation and the world from democratic msule now an
nounced This startling, indeed Most of the anti Wilson
atory and editorial effort prior November indicated
the fate of Uncle Sam most critical and that nothing short
Of swift G. o. operation could his fe Then why wait
a whole long month?
Through action of the public service commission Portland
homeownes face increase of 70 per the price of gas
The advance in rates is attributed the that gas in Port
land made from oil imported from California and the price
of this oil four times what pre- days The Rose
City should devote attention to the matter generating
electric power Bonneville and Cello practical to heat
houses and cook with electricity if you have the electricity