Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-30 | Page 2 | Girls Rescue Idaho Project Win Praise from F. K. Lane

Girls Rescue Idaho Project a ... a ; ' ' -'",-. m Win Praise From F. K. Lane HERE is a' roup of brave younjr women comprising a power house crew on the Minidoka irrigation project in Idaho. r sfcf A : Z z ; I -'.-4 " ' iff AhS: "4ri h'Xv i ' Wl ' j.v Girl War Worker, Help to Open Thousand of Acres. By Newspsper Enterprise Association. WAHHINOTI1N, Nov. SO. When the war hit the Minidoka Irrigation project pro-ject In Idaho, the men were either called to tho colors or pressed Into service as guards against any possible possi-ble German plot to destroy the Irrigation Irri-gation system. Trial left the office, power house and surveying Instruments without men. The call went through Idaho for girls. They responded. Many left high school to enlist. The office force waa reorganised with girls and they were placed In the power house and pumping ststlons. Thsy pumped the water, for 60.000 aorea of land, which other girls and women assisted In cultivating. Other girls were recruited for sur- veylng gttngs, aa the work of recla- j mat Ion was csrrled on without pause. There, gtrls alone surveyed snd laid out lbO.lH'O seres Isst spring snd sum- ! mer. Thut beat anything mere men ' hsd done. j The project manager writes to say ; the girls have hamlL'.l tne )od every : hit as Rood as men had dons it be- fore; thut they were getting the same wages, and wohlil stuy on ths Job as long as they wanted to; Thoss girl war workers do not fesr being thrown -out of work, now that peace hes corns, ss do many thousands thou-sands of girl war workers in Washington Wash-ington and othsr big Eastern cities. The Idaho girls will have opened for food production snd sp rofitable livelihood thotlaands of new acres for their brothers and sweethearts who are to come back from ramp and trench. Secretary l.ane says the Minidoka girls will go. right on duplicating their efforts. ef-forts. If not Improving 'hem.