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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24

ing with many projects in the lower
or eastern end of the valley.
MURRAYS' SERIES OF MvA
BILLS
The first MVA bill was introduce
ed in congress August Is, 1914, by
Sen. James Murray, Montana demo-
crat, and liberal. Like it's success
sors to date, it failed to progress
The second bill, in 1915, was refer
red by President Truman, then Vice
President, to unfriendly Senate COM
mittees, an action for which he was
roundly criticized by MVA hackers.
The measure did not reach the Sen
ate floor. Truman in the electoral
campaign of 1914 and since he be-
came President, has made state
ments seeming to give some support
to the MVA idea, not backed by ac-
ton.
A third bill followed, then, in 1949,
the fourth and, finally, the fifth, pre-
sented last July %.
President Roosevelt approved
the 1914 Flood Control Act with
the distinct understanding that it
is not to be interpreted as jeo-
pardizing in any way the creation
of Missouri Valley Authority"
Roosevelt died in the spring of
1945, while the second MVA bill
was pending. He had been the
vigorous hacker of the long efforts
of the late George w. Norris to
create the Tennessee Valley Auth
ority.
VARIOUS OBJECTIONS MET
In the course of the series of MVA
bills various changes have been made
o e re m objections. Opponents
still maintain that powers of the
MVA, as they have been proposed,
would be too broad and far-reaching.
One of the favorite attacks on MVA
has been that it would be a social
istic superstate, based at Washing
ton, out of reach of the people,
whereas the interagency method is
as the essence of de-
mocracy.
AS a matter of fact, the MVA
scheme would require direct re-
gional administration, subject only
to the normal powers of congress,
whereas the Interageney constitu-
ents are part of the federalized sys-
tenn of government wholly dependent
On Washington. The last MVA bill |
specifically provided that MVA, a
agency, could arrange
With existing agencies, such as the
Army Engineers and Reclamation
Bureau, to handle construction of
projects for which they are especial
Y qualified.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24

tration. An essential difference at
this point of development, as between
interagency and MVA, for example,
is the form of management, rather
than the general characteristics of
the plan. Any plan that would meet
with general public approval now I'M
doubtedly would have to take all as
poets of development into consid-
Grafton.
There has been no definitive
breakdown or ALLEGATION of eventual
costs as between the various func-
tons of the interagency plan, but a
start in this direction was contained
in the report early this year of the
Presidents Water Resources Policy
Commission. This division was as
follows:
Flood control - 81, 100000
Irrigation 2,585,00O,0OO
Agriculture program
(other than irrig)
federal only 2,860,OOO,OOO
Hylroelec. power - 849,0OO,O0O
Navigation - 350,00O,OOO
Muncip. water sup. 43,50O,0OO
TOTAL commencement $7,692,5OO,OOO
Such ALLEGATIONS as the foregoing
are essentially arbitrary, being relat-
ed to the so-called benefits of the
various functions. Much flood-con-
troll effect is obtained from multi
dams, and it would be
impossible to segregate ex-
act physical costs by functions.
The plan of what control-by just
what means and at just what loca-
tons floods could be curbed- might
be changed under some change of
1t could be changed
under the existing form. Indeed, it
has been alterated markedly in the
Usage subbasin of Missouri and Kan
'as and is under process of radical
change in the Grand river subbasin
If northern Missouri. A proposal |
FOR extensive enlargement of the |
plan in Kansas is pending in congress.
The Army Engineers, who have the
egal responsibility for flood control
low, have said that design of prof.
'cts presently proposed might be
hanged as result of findings in the
'ecent flood.
Background of the failure to build
flood-control projects in
he rich, populous lower end of the
Missouri basin, especially in Missouri
md Kansas, was told recently in con-
iderable detail in two articles in the
last July 8 and July
10.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24

the demands for doing something
about the great, unruly stream.
Early in 1914 the Pick plan was
issued by the Army's Corps of En-
gineers. 1t dealt essentially with
flood control in the humid eastern
end of the valley. This was follow
ed speedily by the Sloan plan of the
Interior departments bureau of
reclamation, dealing chiefly with ir-
rigation in the dry western portion.
The authors were Lewis A. Pick, then
Missouri river division engineer for
the Army Engineers, and w. G.
Sloan, then an assistant regional di-
rector of the Reclamation Bureau,
now retired.
1t was at once apparent that there
were conflicts of ideas and jurisdic-
ton. 1t was then that the Post
Dispatch devoted it's entire editorial
space, Sunday, May IA, 1914, to
now famous editorial. This was It'll
ed CONE RIVER-ONE PROBLEM"
and addressed to one of the editors
of the Missouri valley. 1t proposed
creation of Missouri Valley Auth
GRITTY, a government corporation, to
carry out the development of this
basin in the pattern of the successful
Tennessee Valley Authority, estab-
lished in 1888.
"The time has come" said the
opening statement of the editroial,
"to recognize that the Missouri river
is one big river presenting one big
problem"
ESSENTIALS OF MVA IDEA
1t cited the following essentials
of the IVA idea" as the design for
an MVA:
ga federal autonomous agency,
with full authority to make decisions
within the region.
Responsibility to deal with re-
sources as a unified whole, clearly |
fixed in the regional agency, not d. |
vided among several centralized ag-
encies.
ga policy, fixed by law, that the |
federal, regional agency work CO.
operatively with and through local |
and state agencies"
"This newspaper" the editorial
added, "confesses an error of the
pasta preoccupation with the inter
ests of its own section, to the exclu-
sion of those of Montana, Kansas,
Nebraska, and the Dakotas."
Widespread attention was attract
I'd by the editorial and by the con-
;istent policy of the Post-Dispatch
ever since in reporting comprehen-
ively and effectively news develop
nents in the MVA movement and
activities and in maintain
ng editorial demands for unified re-
sional administration. The appeal
@ editors in the original editorial,
however, attracted more support
rom newspapers and magazines in
'ther parts of the country than in
he Missouri basin.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24
SOIL CONSERVATION NOT
ENOUGH

Repeatedly through recent years
the argument has been made by some
persons that thorough-going soil con-
servation would abate floods, as it
would appreciably reduce the runoff
of storm water and melting snow as
well as preserve needed land. How
ever, even the federal Department
of Agriculture-which has had ire
mendous program for soil control
and related measures throughout the
Missouri basin pending in congress
without action for almost two years
does not claim that soil conserva-
tion alone could prevent floods 1t
is generally agreed by engineers and
other well-informed specialists that
dams and levees are vital elements
in flood control
There also is general acceptance
throughout the Missouri valley of
the idea that flood control is only
one of numerous undertakings to be
dovetailed in conserving and devel-
oping all natural resources of this
area. The basin covers a sixth of
nation, but has only about a TWEEN
tieth of the country's population.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24
AROUSED PUBLIC SUPPORT
NEEDED

For a time there was a vigorous
organization backing MVA, the re-
gional committee for a Missouri Val
ley Authority. It's main support
came from labor and liberal ele-
ments. A principal financial hacker
was the CLIO, while much of it's push
came from the National Farmers
Union. This organization has become
dormant. Senator Murray, leading
congressional hacker of MVA, has
become preoccupied with various
other interests, especially since he
became chairman of the Senate's
Labor and Public Welfare Commit
tee in the current session.
Members of the st. Louis Chamber
of Commerce voted 776 to 700 in fav-
or of an MVA in a secret vote taken
among the 3,270 members in April,
1915.
The question now is whether the
impetus of the disastrous flood will
be sufficient to arouse support for
funds for flood control and support
of a unified regional management of
the basins development.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24
EVENTUAL SIS BILLION
EXPENDITURE

This means that the existing Off
cial plan calls for eventual total ex-
penditure of about Is and one-third
billion dollars. This would be mainly
federal money, but nearly one-third
would represent private investments
on the land of the basin, and the bal
ance would be expended by the states
and local government units.
The program includes flood con-
troll; irrigation; hydroelectric pow
er; navigation; extensive soil con-
servation and many other related
measures dealing with the land; ex-
tensive sterilization of small water
courses; recreation facilities; fish and
wildlife promotion, and many lesser
related subjects.
Expenditures on the program so
far are estimated to have exceeded
$1,358, 285, 900. This is largely for
work since 1915, but includes some
old projects such as Fort Peck Dam,
also all past navigation work.
Principal divisions of the latest,
or 1949 compilation of the program,
are:
Corps of Engineers 50 2,40O,751
Bur. of Reclaim. - 3,290,579,217
Other Int. Dept Bur's 23,777,159
Agriculture Dept. for
extensive basin pro-
gram awaiting appro-
val by Congress - $685. $4,000
Private eXpen. connec-
ton with above agri-
culture program - 5000, 100000
State and local govt
eXpen. on above agri-
culture program - 38O,638,575
Misc. State eXpen. 1926, 900
TOTAL --$ 13, 93O,538, TOP
The Agriculture departments pro-
gram contemplates total expendi-
lures, federal, private, state and loo
al, as above, of $8,503,516,575. A
considerable part of this huge und-
ertaking would have important in
cidental effects contributing to flood
abatement; this refers to soil con-
servation, small watercourse stabil-
ization and forest and range land
improvement measures.
The interagency plan contemplates
comprehensive development, dealing
with all major resource needs of the
basin. That is the ideal also for an
MVA or any other form of admins
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-08-24
DEMANDS FOR VALLEY
AUTHORITY

The Missouri Valley Authority has
long been the outstanding specific
proposal for unified regional admin
istration. Severe floods in the Mis-
souri, river in 1943 and again in
1914, during World War ii, started
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Juneau, AL aska up to and including P. M. August 28, 1951, for all merchant able dead timber, standing or down, and all live timber marked or de- signated for cutting, on an area totaling approximately 40 acres, on Yank Island, TIaet D, Tongass National Forest, Alaska estimated to be 1,220,000 feet B.M. more or less of Sitka spruce and Western hemloek. No bid Of less than S3.25 per Nj feet B.M. for spruce sawtim- Der, and $1.1O per M feet BM. tor hemlock sawtimber will be eonsld- cred. $500 must accompany each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained in part as liquidated damages, according to the conditions of sale. Primary manufacture outside of tie Terri tory of Alaska of any part of the timber is subject to the consent of the Regional Forester. The right is reserved to reject any O. all bids received Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, the condition of sale, and the submission of bids shoulI be obtained from the Division Super visor, Petersburg, Alaska, or the Regional Forester, Juneau, Alaska. lWrangen Sentinel: July 27, 1851; August 3, 1851; August IT, 1851.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received by Donald R. Wilson, District Direc- tor, Department of the Interior. office of Territories, Alaska Pub lie Works, Main Office of Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.,, P. o. Box .2749, Juneau. Alaska, until 5.0O P. M.. Pacific Standard Time on August 29. 1851, for constructing and equipping a reinforced con- crete and frame addition to the school building at Wrangell, Al aska. At which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after closing time of bid opening will be returned unopened. Plans and Spec ifications and other proposed con tract documents are open for pub lie inspection at the District Dir ectors office, AIaska-Juneau Gold Mining Co. office, Juneau, Alaska;
 at the office of the Associated General Contractors of America,
 Seattle Chapter, Construction Cen ter. 3rd Avenue West and Harri- son Street; at the office of the As sociated General Contractors of A merica, Mountain Pacific Chapter, I219 Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Se- attle, Washington: at the office of
 the Associated General Contractors
 of America, Anchorage, Alaska; at
 the office of the City Clerk, Wran- gell, Alaska; at the office of the
 Associated General Contractors.
 Suite 112, Multnomah Hotel, Port
 land, Oregon; and at Room 2723,
 Interior Building, Washington, D.
 c. A set of such documents may be procured from the office of Donald ! R. Wilson, District Director, at Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of I$10.00, all of which will be refund
 ed to bona fide bidders upon the
 return of the plans and specified ,tions within ten (1O) days from
 date of bid opening. To parties
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
WkANGELL GETS MORE STATESIDE PUBLICITY
 BOTH KINDS!

Since the visit ot the National EdILorlaI AssocIatlon to Alaska tne 1lrst or June, the Territory mas been receIYIng puDlclty h all parts oI the country have returned none to give tnelr Hist hand impressions or the country, IncluuIng Nrangeu.
 The correspondent for the Chris tian Science Monitor was parLlcu- larry ana IaYoia aDly impressed with our totems and Snakes Island. The editor o1 tue Canon City Daily Re cord (CoIo.) also mentions the na- tive art but was especially impress sed by the size of the oandenons and the flowers in the gardens From AIDIa, Iowa they nouced our shrimp cannerIes and the remodel ing and painting, but from Usage, Iowa-ugh!
 Lester G. Benz, editor of the Mitchell County Press & Usage News, has only the following to report on Wrangen ill hls large, ten-page booklet, Alaska i'll 1901, including two columns on Iowa:
 This little town was perhaps the most unattractive place we had ever visited Abandoned houses. stores, ships, sawmills, and equip ment were everywhere. The tide was out and the tidal flats seemed to be nothing more than filthy holes. Much of the Indian and na- tive population was housed in in- adequate shacks along the water front, although there were some attractive homes higher up on the hillside"
 From that we would gather that Lester was suffering from Ketch- ikan hangover when the boat arr rived here at z am. that particular morning, and he never left the ship. We say that because by the time he got to Juneau he was say ing as follows:
 Like all of the Alaska cities,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
FIR. HOCH BACK

Father M. E. Hoch, Pastor-in- Charge of the local Catholic Church, arrived back in Wrangell Monday by plane from the states
 Several months ago he went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on the advice of the local doctor for specialists treatment for an eye infection.
 After short stay at Mayo's he went to Los Angeles to visit his family and friends and take fly ing lessons. He now has private pilots certificate. -
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17

who procure plans and specified tions upon payment of the above stated amount, and who do not submit a bid s10.O0 will be refund ed upon the return thereof within ten Q0) days from the date of the bid opening. No refund will be made for return after that time. Each bid must be accompanied by satisfactory bid security tcerli- fled check Or bid bond) in an a. mount of not less than per cent of the total bid. The successful bid-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
BRIDGE PARTY TUESDAY

Mrs. II. B. Thornquist was host ess for dessert bridge party Tues aay evening at the ThornqulsC home. Guests included Mesdame4 John slyertsen, Charles Moore, ben Engdal, Doris Barnes, Einar Otte- son, Chet SIeear, Eugene Wheeler and Margaret Gresham. Mrs. Gre snaln Is visiting here from Juneau.
 High score was won by Mrs. Barnes, and Mrs. Gresham took the low prize. ----
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17

Date First Publication: August
 3, 1851 -
 Date Last Publication: September 28, 1851 --
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17

der will be required to furnish a performance bond and payment bond. each in the amount of 100 per cent of the contract price. No bid may be withdrawn until thirty l30l days after the scheduled clos ing time for tea receipt Of bids. The Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities with respect thereto
 DONALD R. WILSON
 Contracting Officer
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17

Juneau has more bars and saloons than comparable cities in the States. One of the pastimes of our party is to count the number of liquor stores and bars per block
 Lester then devotes more space to Juneau's Red Dog Saloon than he gives the town of Wrangell.
 ##
 For an abandoned town of 1900 we are doing alright. This week We are printing notices warning children away from two eonstruc- tion jobs, We have two Calls for Bids tone fer a $350,O0O school edition), a notice for a timber sale by the Forest Service because a local logger ran out Of logs, and the ceiling prices on canned sal- mon (page 4) which conservative ly show the value of the local can nery's pack of 50,0O0 cases mid way in the season to be better than "a million dollars. If things get much worse We may have to start raising hogs and corn to break Ieven-like they do in Iowa.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
DOWN THE RIVER

MT. and Mrs. John Bowen, Mrs. Ida Garner, Capt. Al Ritchie and Betty Moore arrived here Satur- day fom Telegraph Creek on the rive. boat of the Ritchie Transport ation Company. Mrs. Ritchie and daughter Judy are guests at Balls Ranch on the Stikine River.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
STENSLANDS HERE

MT. and Mrs. Ken Stenslands, former Wrangellites and now of Salem, Oregon, arrived here by plane Tuesday on a vacation and business trip. They operate a bak- cry in Salem and own but lease out the Wrangell bakery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
SIGNS OF THE TIMES! !

Since the sawmin started dls- playing the Men Wanted signs the Sentinel printed for it two weeks ago, we have sold five more of the signs. Four of the five pur- chasers were women, though not businesswomen.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Anchorage seriaI OI0zl4

Anchorage Serial Ulozz4
 Notlue Is hereby given that Ed ward Crook IreyerCon, mas made appucauon for a homesite, under tue act or May 26, 1884 JAS Stat. oUsJ for lots and g, Plat of U. 5. survey No. 2321, W1angeu Group or Homesites, situated on limoYla Strait, near Wrangell, con- talnlng l.26 acres, latitude 56o 27 10" N. longitude 1920 2S W. and Lot z A, Plat of U, $. Survey No, 1906, Wrangell Highway Homesite Group, situated near Wrangell highway, approximately 342 miles south of WrangeIl, Alaska and ad- joining U. $. Survey No. 2321, con- tanning 1.56 acres, latitude 56o 25' 23' N. longitude 1920 21' 20" W. at Corner No. l, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above men, toned land should file their ad- verse claim in the local land office, within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-08-17
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Evening star., 1951-12-16
Christmas Group Show

The Whyte Gallery is pre-
senting its annual group ex-
hibftion of paintings it con-
siders suitable for Christmas
gifts. This years collection Of
26 oils and watercolors i'm
pressed me as offering a wider
choice than any previous COL
lection here. Prices start at $45,
with some of the most generally
appealing paintings having the
most modest prices.
Carl Nyquist's beautiful wa
ter colors of "Cabris" and Col
lioure" with their old-world
atmosphere, Sarah Bakers
still life of fruit and flowers in
warm colors. Harold Giese's
Lowering Sum-" John Ger
nand's Thistle" John Lewis
subtle Eastern Shore" Lois
Mailou Jones "Montmartre,"
Margaret Gates "Seashore,"
Leonard Maurer's Snow" and
Marguerite Burgess architec-
tural theme in a blue tonality,
are all paintings which, it seems
to me, would be pleasant wall
companions in many homes.
There also is an attractive
little painting by the late Mrs.
Hugo Black, a stylization of
flowers, and Jack Perlmutter's
Farm" very naturalistic for
him. Alfred McAdams' semi
abstract "Parlor" has arabesuue
Evening star., 1951-12-16
ChiIdren's S Books
By SolIy Greenland

THE HORSE WHO HAD HIS
PICTURE IN THE PAPER. BY
Phyllis Mckinley q. B. Lippin-
colt; $2)-Joey loved his work,
pulling Mr.. Polaski's vegetable
wagon. but wished he could do
something heroic to help Mr..
Polaski. So, after trying very
hard to be heroic he finally gets
his picture in the paper. Illus
trated by Helen Stone.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF
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CLOUD GIRL. BY Olive w.
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JUST TAMMIE! BY Dorothy
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