The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-07-01
Fort Peck Power Is
Now Aiding Nations
WarProduction Task
GATHERING AT CIVIC CENTER HEARS
HUGE TURBINE START AT SIGNAL
FROM COLONEL FREEMAN

Bringing the message of Col.
Lewis A. Pick of Omaha, Neb.,
Missouri river division engineer,
Lieut.. Col. Delbert B. Freeman OF
Omaha, executive officer of the
Missouri river division, paid tribute
to the Fort Peck project as a "wor-
thy example of a multiple purpose
development in the Glasgow civic
center Wednesday night just before
he gave the signal throwing the
Fort Peck power plant into oper-
alton.
1T is an example of the many
more multiple purpose projects
which must follow if the needs OF
irrigation, power, flood control,
navigation and other purposes are
to be provided for" Colonel Free
man continued.
The Fort Peck dam was the log
ical first step in a comprehensive
plan of development for the Mis-
souri, river basin. The generation OF
power marks another step in the
multiple use of the reservoir"
mo More Important Event"
o. S. Warden of Great Falls,
president of the National Reclaim
alton association. expressed the
thoughts Of those at the public
ceremony in the civic center here
when he said, There has been no
more important event since Mon
tana became a state" He added,
I'VE are Just about halfway through
so far as reclamation construction
is concerned in this nation and in
Montana. We have immense things
to hope for"
Colonel Freeman was the final
speaker and over a phone circuit
to Fort Peck he gave the order,
Throw the switch" In seconds
the crowd heard the order repeated
at the Fort Peck powerhouse and
a moment later the hum of the
generator, amplified by loudspeaker,
filled the room.
The program concluded with
! Colonel Freeman'S words THE Fort
Peck power plant is now in opera
ton"
Eens0n Presides
E. D. Benson, Glasgow Chamber
of Commerce president, presided at
the ceremony, which heralded many
years efforts by Montana power
and irrigation supporters. The pow
err. for the present, will be avail
able to switch into the engineers
1854. OOO-volt line to Great Falls,
there to be relayed over the net
work of the Montana Power COM
pany to provide electrical energy
for war industry in this and other
states.
Mayor E. j. Kjelstrup welcomed
the group and paid tribute to the
corps of engineers and the con-
tracing companies for completing
the power project ahead Of schedule
in spite of difficulties.
Mr.. Benson read congratulatory
letters from Gov. Sam c. Ford, Sen.
B. K. Wheeler, Sen. James Muir
ray and Rep. James F.. O'Connor-
Roberts Here in '33
Mr.. Warden recalled his first news
of the Fort Peck project at a meet
ing in Glasgow almost ten years
ago at which the then Capt. Theo-
dore Wyman il. spoke. Colonel
Howard H. Roberts, present Fort
Peck district engineer and then an
engineer in the Kansas City Of
flee of the corps of engineers, was
present at that same meeting.
Other speakers were Harry E.
Polk of Williston, N. D., director
of the National Reclamation as
ISOLATION; Carl M. Lundhagen OF
Sidney, travelling freight agent for
the Great Northern; H. H. Johnson
of Great Falls, Montana director
for the bureau of reclamation, who
brought a congratulatory message
to the corps of engineers from H
w. BaShore. acting commissioner
of reclamation, and Dan B. Thur
Der, president of the Great Falls
Chamber of Commerce. josef
Sklower. Glasgow Chamber of Com
merce secretary, was also on the
program,
Mr.. Benson then turned the pro-
gram to Capt. L. o. Cleveland, eX-
ecutive assistant at Fort Peck and
personal representative of Colonel
Roberts, whom circumstances made
impossible to attend.
Call on Officials
Captain Cleveland paid tribute to
the many organizations who made
the completion of the Fort Peck
powerhouse possible. He called on
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