Montana labor news., 1937-08-12
POWER PROJECT AT
FORT PECK DESIRED
BY MONIANAp PEOPLE
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and produce power at Fort Peck, al
the earliest possible date.
Members of the board are Cover
nor Ayers, chairman; lockwood
Brown, vice-chairman; J. S. James,
secretary-treasurer; o. S. Warden
and d. B. Fabrick.
Action of the Water Board CO.
meides closely with the fight for
power at Fort Peck, being waged in
Washington by Senator Wheeler,
who has pushed through the Senate
a bill for Fort Peck power. Presi-
dent Roosevelt's comment on the
proposal refers to the statements of
the army engineers that there is no
demand for the power, but Wheeler
pointed out that the history of every
power installation by the Reclama-
ton Department has proved that the
market always develops as rapidly
as power becomes available.
Communities Unite
Communities along the Upper Mis-
souri, Valley have formed an associa-
ton to push demands for Fort Peck
power. At a meeting last Tuesday
at Wolf Point, the Association named
w. L. Young its president and laid
plans to raise $1,000 to finance its
efforts. This fund will be used to
promote a drive for support from
railways, manufacturers, sugar beet
interests and others. Towns cooper
in the movement are Nashua,
Wolf Point, Frazer, Oswego, Poplar,
.ulbertson, Bainville and Brockton.
The resolution passed by the Water
Board, follows:
The Resolution
WHEREAS, the production of
hydro-electric power at the Fort.
Peck dam will be of inestimable
value to the people of Montana, and
WHEREAS, vast areas in eastern
Montana may be stabilized and thus
offer opportunity for a large num-
Ger of people for this and other states
o build prosperous homes, through
use of this power for irrigation, as
20 well expressed by the President
If the United States in his speech at
Fort Peck in 1885, which was in part
Is follows:
One Of the things that makes me
lappiest is that downstream from
his point they are going to be able
o place under irrigation some $4,000
lcres of land-land which today is
not particularly fit for human habi-
alton and which, when we get water
N it, will be the means of support
md honest livelihood for thousands
# American families.
Before American men and women
.et through with this job, we are
to make every ounce and every
,allon of water that falls from the
ieaven and the hills count before it
makes its way down to the Gulf of
.Texico."
And
WHEREAS, the State Water Con
ervation Board, acting as the State
flaming Board has heretofore SUBJ
lifted a discussion of this problem
) Colonel R. c.. Moore, Division En-
ineer, copy Of which discussion is
ttached, and
WHEREAS, as shown by this dis
assion use Of this power for irriga-
on win build up a commercial load
, economically justify its installa-
on,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RE-
OLVED, that the State Water Con
srvation Board does hereby urge the
lstallation of power machinery and
roductloh Oh hydro-electrlc power
Fort Peck dam at the earliest pos
bic date.
Demand for Power
In his study Of the potential power
larket from Fort Peck, Engineer
has pointed out to the army
lgineers that development of irriga-
on projects will provide a prime
over market and with the stabiliza-
on Of the country, the development
prosperous towns, communities
I'd rural areas will provide an ever
.creasing demand. AS the commu-
ties develop, new industries spring. {
new power outlets develop and
e demand grows accordingly. /
A number of rural electrification {
would also provide new t
'wer outlets and increase the living
andards Of the rural residents. In c
eased irrigation will increase the 7
Of these projects.
EVERY effort sho111d he ,oada col