Show OUTBURST I IRS I IT MH WITH bITH f I fc ram mm SHOUTS OF APPROVAL Idaho Settler Said Things Might Happen to Spokane in the Future WASHINGTON POWER I COMPANY DENOUNCED I DR R PARDEE TOOK ANOTHER FALL OUT OF BALLINGER AT ATTHE ATTHE ATTHE THE CONVENTION Spokane Wash Ants Aug IS John Wil Wg Wilson w son soe former fOnDer United States tata senator from Washington and John Farson FanIon million millionaire Rl aire ire banker of or Chinn o today cant cam ea to I Ithe the defense of Secretary of fit the tho Inferior Ballinger before the National tion congress sand and in n keeping the tile t feud In the public p eye ye Discussion about the hotels last night seemed to Indicate that both aides of the reclamation controversy were con tent to let matters mat test t ing ins the rumors rumon that the Ballinger sup porters intended to make a detailed re reply reo reply ply to the charges offer by Former Governor George Georae C Pardee Pt nl e of Califor California nia nL The forepart of session SUB did not offer seemingly the proper open I II Ing I for a continuation of the tro ble until Dr Pardee rose ro e to question a statement made by the speaker speak Dr Pardee Pard warmed to his hie h l subject to such neb an extent that soon he had brought b in his charges against a Secretary Ba lager and again accused that official of per permitting permitting permitting the opening for entry of ble water power sites Specific Charges Demanded I This brought Mr Farson 1 arson to his life feet teet asking Dr Pardee if It he meant to In Insinuate sinuate that the secretary was dishon dishonest dishonest est With Dr Pardee reply that he meant no suck such accusation the incident was dropped only however r after sev several se seera several eral era other Ballinger supporters had taken occasion to demand specific charges charses of the Californian California The session on was hardly un under under under der way when W W Ferrell of or Fer Ferrell Ferrell Ferrell rell Ida took the floor and during the time allowed for discussion attacked I severely the Washington Power com corn company company pany pony the concern which supplies power pow to the city ity of A At the he expiration of his U lowance there th a were cries f U rt u of the bu for Mr F Fes to Go Got Goi GotA j jI A I i ken and finally k JHa Ida alto te ell he e l rO andre dy fashion that brough repeated cheers What May Happen I have been a settler in Idaho for years he shouted and there are many who have bave lived there therewith therewith therewith with me during that time They have worked hard to make homes And now after a quarter of ot a century the Wash Washington Washington ington Power company comp ny one of or the many which threaten our very lives has dammed up our valley overflowed our lands land a drowned out our crops and many are about to lose their very means of Im not an an anarchist anarchist anarchist and I want to see the law obeyed but I want to say that there are men in my town who ho will wm smash that dam with dynamite and send a wall of water down this val vat valley valley ley and what will happen to Spokane will wiD make the Johnstown flood look Jook like a common shedding s of ot tears if some something something something thing is not dose done The old man trembled with excite excitement excitement excitement ment as u he spoke and cheers and cries of Good followed his outburst The gavel stopped him Defense of Ballinger Former Senator Wilson of Washing Washington ton was seemingly in a less leas ben bellicose e mood He started reading from tram a type typewritten typewritten written manuscript but it became evi evident evident sin dent as he proceeded that he had some BOrne something thins thing on his hia mind aside from type typewritten typewritten typewritten written paper Suddenly he be flung aside the notes on irrigation peaceful homes and deserts that blossom blo as the rose There may jfe e those that who do wrong in this land he shouted There may be water power companies compan that disobey the law But I want to say SlY here that I stand for Richard A Bal Ballinger Ballinger Ballinger linger and I shall hear heer no man say he be heis beis is II dishonest T too am an early settler I 1 have haver acre r suffering toil peace and happiness Continued on Page 2 OUTBURST OUTBURST MET WITH SHOUTS OF APPROVAL Continued from Page 1 in tn this state itt but b rit today for the first time tUne his finger at Mr Ferrell FerrellI I have Me heard beRm anarchy preached from a platform in Washington For Private Enterprise I 1 am here In defense defens of Ballinger and If It It Is r I am here hete to de do defend defend fend tend his superior President T Taft ft Whet What they have hae done doea d e they have done under the law Ja because they believe bellee in the law It for th the people to support the government t and not BOt the government the people and for lor this reason I say that private enterprises should reclaim these deserts de erts There was Wall wild cheering choosing at the con conclusion elusion of this outburst and as Mr Wilson resumed his manuscript there were cri cries a ot of Throw th the papers away Tk Take off your glasses and just Juat talk But the speaker evidently had had his say sa for he continued his reading about peaceful valleys alleys without Inter Interruption interruption and the final Anal Ballinger Incident or of the day was concluded One of the interesting Ung addresses of the day was wa that by Mrs Emmons Crocker a delegate from the Federation of Yemen Clubs She said that wom woes women en eel first came on a par with men wh when n President invited Mrs Sarah Platt Decker to attend the gathering of or governors to discuss national con conservation conservation Other Addresses Dr A C True director of the office ottice of experiment exp stations spoke on the scope cope and purpose of ot the national irrigation gatlon gation Former Governor F T R it Gooding of Idaho told of ot the work done In his state stat under th the Carey act He said that In live five years year the Ute land and under ditch in the Twin Falls projects h bs come seome to a point where the th best beet fruit crops in the Ute west western ers ern states s are arc produced through Don Paul speaker of the th Idaho house of representatives representative made a for aid from the congress in obtaining drainage for the th lands In northern Ida Idaho Idaho Idaho ho not only to aid in reclaiming the theland theland land and but to fight the malarial m mos moe mosquito mosquito quito pst poL in that region |