The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-01-27
so YEARS INDUSTRIAL DEvEL 0PmEnT
in Is, ACC0MPL IShED UNDER iva
16OPage Jubilee Edition of Nashville Tenessean Points Up
Phenomenal Progress Made By Tennessee Valley

I Tennessee was one of the most I'M
practicable, most devastating rivers
in all America, and yet flood control
by it's multiple purpose dams has
been achieved and now is $50 mile
navigation channel which carries traf-
fic, which the Tennessean says is in
creasing about 80 per cent in the first
six month of 1913. 1t does all this
and produces about Is kilowatt hours
of electricity too.
Soil Erosion
1t took care of soil erosion, not
only along the banks of the river,
but in sleeper land in the Tennessee
watershed. Check dams have been
built across gulleys. Bank protection
has been developed. Diversion ditch
ing, drainage, sowing of grass and
protective vegetative cover and the
planting of trees has brought more
and more land into reforestation and
thus prevented run-offs which eroded
the land.
Fertilizer Value Proven On
Test Farms
Fertilizer research is going on all
the time. IVA now has about one
sixth of the national production. New
it is only pilot plant OPP
Grafton, an operation for fertilizer de-
velopment to restore the fertility of
the Tennessee lands.
Test farms in 48 states have bene-
fitted from fertilizer distributed by
IVA. AS result, soil conservation
experts say that more than million
Tennessee valley acres have been
shifted from soil depicting row crops
such as corn and cotton to hay, small
grain and pasture. Terracing has
brought about another million acres
IF farm land into production and
hey have had 100000 acre increase
n pasture coverage. This has been
brought about by cooperation with
he local farmer co-operatives, with
he programs of the University of
Tennessee, the department of agricul-
ure soil conservation and other con-
ervation programs.
Recreation
Nor has recreational facilities been
verlooked. Fishing, boating, swim
ming, camping, an the vast lakes that
ave backed up behind the dams in
he Tennessee River have made an
rea that is admirably adapted to
ecreation. They have 100000 acres
f lakes. State park agencies have CO.
perated by the opening of nine
tate parks in the area. Large invest
rents have been made in docks,
eating equipment, boat houses, etc.
his is in addition to the development
valuable facilities for such organi-
atoms as the Boy and Girl Scouts,
lie YMCA, church groups and other
Outh organizations.
industrial Development And Taxes
According to the Nashville Ten
industrial development in
e past ten years has been greater
an was anticipated for the next
fly years. The availability of cheap
'wer, of recreational facilities, of
flood control and the
tier living conditions has made it
ideal spot for diversified industry
locate. In spite of all this the Ten
see Valley Authority has paid in
eal taxes $1,460,000 more than the
mbined private utilities that pre-
ded it.
State Sovereignty Maintained
Governor Gordon Browning of Ten
see said that all this had been
compllshed without interference
Tn state sovereignty of Tennessee.
added: Our feeling is that the
"A has not tried to revolutionize
social order but has taken the in
tutlons and customs found here to
lid on
IVA has worked in the Tennessee
Hey. Here IN the Pacific North
st we have one of the greatest de-
sits of phosphate ore on earth.
undeveloped. The 1913 floods
the Columbia River highlighted
need for flood control. In North
st Montana is one of the finest un-
eloped recreational areas in Ameri-
we nave potential power that is
ClmeS greater than tbo+ &c H.