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Show TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Forest Engineer Called to Washington on Power Ste D scuss on Spec al to The Tribune OGDLN March 2 W hlle passing t rough t s citv recent j Fran n K Lane, secretary of tl e Un ted sta es de partment of the nterior declared in an -nterv ew that the peop e of Ltah were not taking sufficient interest in b s be fore congress that tend toward the up bu lding of t e west One of these ho asserted vas the water power bill pro vidlng for additional prt leges for de ve oping watepower on pub lo lands Today J P Martin of the og neenng department of the Fourth forest d str c received a call to attend a conference in Washington D C that is being he d tor I the purpose of obtaining furthe infor ! mation on water power sites in the na tloral fore ts Accord ng to the not ce rece ved here engineers of everv forest d strict of the west will attend the on ference which has been al ed bj the ch ef forester The Information obtained from the ar ous forest serv ce eng neers s for u e of the departn ents of the interior and agriculture During his recent islt Secretary Lane asserted that under the provisions of the bill then pending be fore congress mill ons of outside capital would be invested in water power and r rigatlon projects made possible through uti ization of the streams on the public domain |