The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-10-13
Bureaus Begin Retreating
Governor FIGHT Beginning to Pay-Off

Governors Fl ght Beginning to Pay-Off
Federal bureaus like foreignowned corporations hare
instruments with which to do business In either instance the
tendency The Public be the people become
aroused that the offending bureau corporation decides
discretion the better part of valor To the point:
For than five since the shotgun wedding
of the Army Engineers
aeo tnese TWO agencies nave oeen attempting TO 60 helr
developing the of the Missouri
Basin The wishes the people the basin have been
only grudgng The Army would have its g.
foot flowing navigation channel and the upwards of II million
feet of potential irrigation sphon
Bureau OF Reclamation said that was all right by The farm
of Montana the Dakotas and Wyoming finally awakening
the plot 90 of their precious
under the impetus of exhaustive engineering research done
by Col Jerome Locke began bringing federal
state officials to crmp the sails of the federal bureaus
Then October last year his first appearances
at Missouri Basin InterAgency Committee meeting Mon
ana's Governor Bonner gained rather comprehensive
preston OF what Being strong irrigation for Mon
ana water for Montana people, he quickly perceived that
unless something Armys pet
mel would forecose possibility of Montana securing
thing than token of the water needed bring
irrigation all arabic east of the divide although the
major portion OF the Missouri runof originated in this state
Upon learning what up the Governor figuratively
speaking, raised = and put prop under it, Montanas
whole agricultural dependent upon
upwards of 900 navigation channel
will the water from to rrgae the several hundred thous
remaining Montana? Question after
ton the Governor raised month after he
revision of the PcSloan plan bit by bit the bureaus
treated-and then new development-just last week.
On project in Montana alone he Missouri
Souristhe Bureau of Reclamation, in rechecking its
cheering found that 20 ner cent more could
be irrigated than they had previously estimated Instead
of 100000 of rgabIe land, they admit the feas
Utility of putting water on 10000 acres!
But this only beginning AS proven Col Locke, and
subsaniaed by the Hoover Commission the survey
Quoted by the Public Affairs Institute there approximately
million of rrigabe land the four upper basin
states The Sloan end of PckSoan contemplated irrigation
OF 100000 Cat and one-ha feet per acre.
reality and because of channel needs would be avail
able for less than million land Thus while
this additional 10000 looms large important gain
project it must be considered only initial
and admission by the PckSoaner that original esti
mates not as infallble claimed.
For his efforts to date the Governor
and also the solid backing of Montana people
the fight to not 20 revision
least 1909 Increase aoments the Bureau
around to- Montana is to anything like proper
tomato share of Montana water for Montana
Black Is White, and White Is Black
No Ralph Y. McGnns of lacking
satty in his campaign for district congressman
before last he vigorously accusing Cong Mansfield
ing taking stands the Brannan Pan CVA-MVA Then
something apparently happened for last week. just
vigorously condemning Mansfield support
such fair deal proposals the Brannan plan valley
thorities >" Nv
Incidentally Candidate McGinn has this week
that he is all for TaHartey Act and that he's opposed
valley authorities 1t him give with
how he feels about the Sedon Laws of 1850
Re Cong. DEwart's Record re
Last week pointed that Congressman DEwart had
voted for the Basng Point bill That only half right it