Show CLEAR navigation war departments reply to governor mcconnells McCon nells request boise ida aug sl SI some time a ago 90 governor cConnell ai Al sent a communication to the secretary of war urging the necessity of opening and improving clear water river and asking that an ail engineer of the government be sent out to make the preliminary surveys the governor pointed out that a large amount of land would soon be thrown open to settlement by the opening of the nez perce reservation and that the clear water was the only means of conveying produce to market front from a large section also that unless it werl were made navigable the cost of taking produce to market would eat up the profits yesterday the governor received a reply from secretary lamont lament inclosing the governors letter with tile the following indorsement endorsement Indor of the acting engineer ot of the department ev by the terms of the and harbor act of august 17 the examination within requested is prohibited section 13 of that act provides that no preliminary examinations survey project or estimate for new wo work rk other than those designated in this act shall be made |