The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-11-16
Editor-Power Men
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prospects of marketing the major
portion of their power to mining and
other industrial enterprises to bet
ter advantage than they are now
marketing it among towns, villages
and farmers, whether it is true that
the further development of power at
Shoshone Falls would further de-
stroy the scenic beauty of the
cataract, whether it was not possible
to preserve the natural beauty of
the millions Of springs constituting
the feathery cataracts stretching
for such great distances in the
Snake river canyon and still gener-
ate all the power that is needed,
whether it will exhaust the power
resources of the Snake river canyon
If the prospective pumping projects
are built and the Oregon Short Line
shall electrify its engines, whether
the construction of the American
Falls reservoir would seriously i'm
pair the power plants in the canyon
below it, where the waters come
from that supply the Thousand
Springs, whether the American Falls
reservoir is geologically sound and
safe from leaks into the lava mass,
how the underground water plane
and it's variations in height in the
upper valley affects the return flow
into the river, how many times it is
possible for water to be used for
reclamation and to appear as return
flow in one trip thru Idaho, how the
exchange of waters is to be made in
the group of projects drawing from
the Jackson Lake, the Blackfoot
reservoir for the Greater Fort Hall
project and the American Falls res
ervoir, how the water is to be con-
Quoted from Snake river if it is
used for retaining the country
west of Wood river and in Owyhee
county, how the expenditure of eight
10 thirteen millions of dollars for
construction at American Falls will
affect the farm markets and the
labor markets of southern Idaho,
how it will affect immigration and
settlement and how that in turn wifi
affect local farm markets and the
price of land, electric service, the
upkeep of roads, schools and canals
and the reduction Of taxes, whether
or not farmer buying supple
mental water right in the American
Falls reservoir might not make it
back by the increased market for his
crops during the period of construc-
ton, whether il he should d This
It would increase his opportunities
10 sell his lands or part of them at
increased prices or sell products
more readily to the new settlers
while they are building and getting
settled, whether the specialists sent
out by the bonding houses and the
investment departments of the
great life insurance companies to
study the permanence of our Idaho
civilization and agriculture, report
favorably or unfavorably on the
prospects for continued production
Of wealth by the union of sun, soil
and water, whether the prospective
revival of the mines in Idaho and
adjoining states will tend to make
electricity higher in price thru
scarcity and how will it affect the
price farm produce and livestock to
have nearby markets consuming
what we have usually been shipping
to the seaboard The party would
finish their evening meal and then
sit far into the night listening to
speakers giving the analysis of these
subjects as they understood them,
and at in the morning they would
all be in the big motor buses for the
days trip over the plains and
plateaus, thru the gorges and can
y0ns, irrigated projects and the
towns that serve them.
Inspecting power plants is gen.
orally only half satisfactory because
one never sees the wheels that do
the work, there are danger signals
at every turn and nobody has time
to explain the mysteries Of the place
with its massive machines and
focks OF fine instruments, trans
formers and automatic death traps
that do business right If left alone
Or deal out dead bodies If their UNI
seen forces are violated. But the
trip OF the editors was made diff
ferent by the presence of every kind
pf experts to show them, to explain
/ to them In the noise of the power