East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-25
FEDERAL AID FOR OTHERS RETARDATIoN FOR
OREGON?

NHE Portland Oregonan takes with the East Orego
nan the subject of Columbia development
The Portland paper thinks much being done it thinks
we can safely rely on private capital harness the power the
ent for the northwest and other things that are equal
ly untrue.
That trouble with Oregon. There too much compa
cency Too people asleep and don't know it. It is RI
dculous to list the SmithMcNary bill northwest affair If
it passes, which hope it will it will be of north
west accomplishment than achievement OF the southwest
It IS distinctly national measure Oregons chances for ecur
ing something under that bill all hinge upon having proJec
ready for action the bill carries The Umata rapids
is the only project of any size in the ofng This project the
Portland Oregonan would anxious to discourage the
theory il should be left to private capital
private capital to harness the Columbia and not kowat of
has been developed There private compa
les figuring on development OF power at Umatla RAPIDS Ce
Bonneville 1t appears unreasonable to expect private deve
opment First because the canazaon of the river one of
interested improvement That is the function of the
general Second private capital has not been high
have too frequently been marked by financial trouble specula
ton and graft On the other hand the government projects that
have undertaken built and well built The
amaon service has its faults but does not IN hot air
enterprises Its reservoirs hold water and SO do its bitches
is noteworthy that the people of Washington are not
lying private capital to build the Columbia basin project
ton They just secured $00 900 from for sur
and the Oregonan has been helping the along How
does come the Portland paper can assist great pro-
ject Washington the line federal aid in Oregon?
The Oregonan refers to the Muscle Shoals project as showing
the government development But there nothing
wrong with the Muscle Shoals project except that reaconary
and incompetent has the behes of electric inter
e refused to complete the project and refuses sell 1t
will complete it. The trouble there due to lack
of government action, not to governmental work.
Federal aid is needed in the development of the Columbia
and is hard to how get anywhere without it.
that fights federal aid fighting the development
of country and is distinctly hostile to the best interests OF
Portland The railroads into Puget sound cities being cleo
trfied why should Portland newspaper oppose that
invites elecrcation the Union Pacific line into Portland?
The point that the southwest eXces us both in development
work and in saesmanshp well taken and everyone knows it.
1t useless deny the fact The Oregonan great newspa
but should throw off its mossbacksm and learn that the
civil evidently afraid That federal aid in power
development may interfere with the electric companies But it
won't do should help those companies and else
The electric companies would distribute the deve
oped and having larger volume of power to handle would do
more business than they do now.
Why not throw prejudice aside and work together to bring
great into usefulness Why decry federal aid and
pec private capital do something know it won't do?
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While Russians starving not by the thousands but by the
millions because of the bohevk there and the main
reliance of the Russian children food provided by the Am
ecan relief force Lenn sends emaes here to get the United
States into the fix Such belong jail and thefed-
era detectives have done good work rounding the radicals
in Michigan.
Vacation about people returning home
TO enjoy our beautiful weather and rest up.
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