Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-03-17
WILL H. GIBSON
GETS IMPORTANT
APPOINTMENT
Goes to Idaho Public Utili-
ties Commission Term
of Six Years
THE GOVERNORS
BIGGEST PLUM
Will Take UP New Duties
on 18th of April

The appointment made by Cover
nor C. G. Moore of Will H. Gibson
as member of the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission is another evil
dence that the Governor is seeking
the best interests of the State in his
appointments.
The Public Utilities Commission is
the most important office in the
appointive power of the States Chief
Executive. The powers and peroga-
tives of this Commission are great
and far reaching and this commiss-
ion can lay the foundation for the
greatest program of empire build
ing or it can retard the growth and
industrial development of our fair
state for generations.
1t stands guardian at the store
house gates of our great common
wealth to prevent the exploitation
of our natural resources, and to stay
the hands of designing interests who
would sell the birth right of the
people for mess of pottage.
On the other hand it stands at the
threshold of our great domain invit- |
ing the millions of honest capital
seeking investment, guaranteeing to
them the right to develop our match
less resources, and serve our people |
with power, transportation, and
every every sort of modern service
and be assured of the safety of their
investment and fair return on the
capital invested.
1t takes elbow grease and money
working hand in hand 10 build an
empire that will meet the challenge
of civilizations modern program. The
red hands of destruction and tyranny
are Just as relentless as the clutches
of despotic money power.
Mr.. Gibson is appointed for six
year term as one of the three mem
bers of the Public Utilities Com
mission, and will assume the duties
of his new office April Is, 1928.
The outstanding feature of Mr.. 9
Gibson's appointment is the fact OF ,
his iminent fitness for this import
ant office. Not only does his sterl- ,
ing qualities of character mex him
an ideal appointee, but his life's '
training and success as a civil en- S
gineer fits him for the most in a
.elligent and effective service to the q
state.
Mr.. Gibson was born and educated h
Meadville, Pa, and after complet- g
ng his engineering course, came C
With his bride to Idaho, in February $
1894. locating at St. Anthony. D
Specializing in construction and t
irrigation engineering, Mr.. Gibson b
ollowed his chosen profession until
S99, when he was called into the il
,ffice of the secretary of state as a
hief deputy for two years, after S,
Yards elected as secretary of state, fl
Which important office he held four t,
ears O.
After the orgies of the Garrett M
t al regime in Mountain Home, and rC
he defunct irrigation project was
urchased by Senator Brady, Mr.. P
iibson was engeged as Chief En-
ineer of construction and recon
truction of this project m
In 1916 after the completion of h,
he construction work, Mr. Gibson g,
ras elected president and general o,
lanager of the Mountain Home Co de-
perative Irrigation Company, in tv
.hch capacity he has remained un-
/ the present time. fiji
There have been intricate prob IN
ms and almost any number of in da
difficulties incident to
lie company program here and Mr.. M
ibson has by his energy and genius so
management brought the project re
the highest possible point of of
'ficiency. He has gone under the Ia
srsonal problems of the people on an
le tract and at the time of his tn
resent appointment was working me-
/ the development of an industrial wa
'ogram that will bring success to ch
e Mountain Home project. of
The vast amount of the big DO
'oblems put up to the Public pc