The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-03
Editorial
Montana Power Company Advertising
What SO-CALLED Partnerships
REALLY MEAN

advertisements in the of the state extol
ing - power partnerships between Uncle
Sam private utility companies replete with cowboy
buckng horses and tengaon hats emphasizing the
theme likes to have partners when there's job to be
done
Since then the Montana Chamber of Commerce, which
often acts mouthpece for the power trust crowd mas come
with fearful statement how much construction of the
Says Montana c. of Ca cool S142957 would be the
Montana would have to divvy for the
$465,O00,000 project on the Snake river in Idaho.
course all the expensive propaganda (paid by
you electric through excessively high rae)
and the stuff put out by the state Chamber of Commerce. has
kid Montana people into actively opposing
only Hes Canyon but also such federal
projects Yeowtail and Paradise Dams.
The why of such propaganda obvious Canyon Ferry
example The built the dam and installed the
power producing facilities AS originally planned CT
revenues would not only have paid for the cost Of the dam in
so but would also have paid for irrigation systems for
two large in the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Clark and
would have paid NET profit of estimated twelve million
dollars into the federal treasury during the SO after all
costs of the mupepurpose development had been retired
Canyon Ferry will do of these things today Because of
deal between the Administration Montana Power
wards of MPCo is getting the entire power
output Canyon Ferry at dump power nterrupbe power
rates of somewhere around 25 mills XVIII Canyon Ferry
having thus been robbed of its major producing
partnership will be lucky pays out for consruc
ton of its dam-andpower installations.
The next two major plums being coveted by the power
trust Yellowai in southeastern Montana which MPCo
and Pacific Power Light seeking partnership
has been trying capture for than two by offering
to build from to three small owhead singepurpose
power dams
interesting figures available Hes Can
IPCos proposed Brownlee dam result of the
(See "Hels Canyon Examiner -, ID.
The following abulation may help bring home what is
stake in this continuing controversy whether the
the shall develop potentially
power Hels Canyon Yelowai and Paradise
Hels Canyon Broxnlee
Max. KioWatt Potential 100000 $4,000 II
Cost of Power per XVIII 26 mills 7.6 mills
Cost per XIV Year $2268 $66.58 3
Irrigation Benefits Fin o help NONE II
irrig. almost 2 mil
lion t
Flood Control Ben. S1459800 annually NONE
est by Army Engs)
Recreation Facilities S1000000 NONE b
Indignation with NV c
Power Grid YES NO F
Note carefully that item cost of klowatt hour
Examiner Costello his findings that the TO mills
of IPCo Brownee will always the upper
limit of the sales price for wholesale the Bonneve
Northwest The will always exceed limit of p
wholesale sales price What does that mean? Simply this
Should financial be successful killing Hes
Canyon construction of Brownlee price wholesale
will be high it will be impossible industries
heavily dependent lowcost aluminium phosphate lie
fertilizer, etc. to into the Northwest That
of the colonial material producing status
the northern Rocky Mountain comprising Montana
Idaho Washington etc. Orin other words connu-
ing limitation job business and profit opportunities the
region C
vigorous support federal Hes Canyon Vel
lowta Paradise The $1442957 the state of c. walls
very small investment for the people of Montana
countless thousands of additional
opportunities the region Hungry
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