White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-01-07

Not a great population to be sure
when compared with that of the old
er eastern portion Of the country, but
the growth of the nine, Pacific Coast
states is bound to be relatively the
fastest growing part of the United
States from now on. The public do
main consistino Of 76S,O00,00o acres,
an a-'ea larger than all the United
States east OF the Mississippi river,
is contained within these states.
They contain also 10, per cent of the
water power resources of the coun-
try. The manufacturers who locate
at Priest Rapirs will have for thei-'
expert market half the population OF
the world which faces us across the
Pacific. Practically none of the great
staples are now manufactured on the
tactic Coast. Not ton Of pig iron
is made there though 100000 tons
o. finished ion and steel products
were consumed there in 1921. A re-
port has been made by a well known
expert as to the pract1bility Of estab-
lishing an iron and steel industry at
Priest Rapids which shows that pig
iron and steel can be produced there to
compete successfully with eastern
products delivered in this field. AS
is well known, half horse power per
ton is required in turning pig iron into
completely finished products. Here,
therefore, is apparently use for large
amount Of the primary power to be
produced at Priest Rapids. It is
proposed to coke the coal used by in
dustries at Priest Rapids in by-prod-
uct ovens. This will mean a Senet-
Solvay plant. 1t will also provide the
gas for heat in production Of glass and
pottery, none Of which is now made on
the Pacific Coast. ALI ingredients for
making exist in quantity within few
miles of Priest Rapids. The lpro-
poses Of the power project own
limestone deposit, Of which it is es-
timated ten million dons are in sight,
and 800 samples taken from different
parts of the property average SO IL
per cent pure carbonate of lime, there
are also large deposits Of sodium
sulphate in Grant County in which
Priest Rapids is located This material
is used in making glass and pottery.
1t is estimated that the consumption
of glass in Washington and Oregon
alone, exclusive of window and plate
glass, is 1000 carloads annually, all
of which is shipped from the east.
1t is the desire OF t.sose who have
the Priest Rapids project in hand to
see diversified use of the power, a
diverity of manufacturing, whether
much or little power is used.
The following are among the me-
tallic and non-metallic substances
which exist in the northwestern
states and in British Columbia, and
within 500 miles of Priest Rapids.
Anthony, chromium, cobalt, cop
per, lead, manganese, molybdenum,
nickel, platinum, quicksilver. silver,
tungsten vanadiunl, zinc, alunite, ar
senic,. common, china, fire, pottery
and porcelain clay, vitrifing clay,
cement clay, coal, diatomaceous earth.
feldspar, flucrspar, Fullers earth.
Garnet, graphite, gypsum, infusicial
earth, kaolin, limestone, marble, mica,
phosphate rock, pyrites, quartz, soda,
silica, soda, carbonate, sodium sulph-
ate, sandstone, sulphur, talc timb.G
products.
1t is hoped that P.iest Rapids pow
or will be used for many elector-
chemical and elector-metallurgical
purposes; for the manufacture, OF
a br asives and ferro-alloys; the
refining of steel, the treatment of zinc,
lead and other mine ais ele,:torolyti-
cally; the manufacture of wood pulp
and paper from the vast stands OF
wood pulp amber existing within 1875
miles of Priest Rapids; cement, cal
cium carbide; flour from the wheat
of the wheat fields Of eastern Wash
ington. Ninety per cent Of the g.
100000 900 tons of high grade phos-
phate rock estimated to exist in the
United States is contained within the
state of Idaho, Montana and Wyom-
ing. 1t is thought that quantities Of
phosphate may be produced
at Priest Rapids. principally for cx-
port. Over 100000 tons of crude phos-
pi,atn rock was shipped to Japan dur
ing 1920
All necessary rights and permits
'cy development OF the Priest Rapids
water power have been secured from
th1 state and federal governments.
TIE mower site and the 200 acres
g lad. -yl,ich will be overf'owed by
he instal'at Of the dam hcye been