Show I I I S A I WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS A 1 By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE 9 Y South Dakotas Dakota's tamed Black Hills s may turn out to be the scene of President Coolidge's summer summer I Wh te House in 1927 He gave the same suggestion some sO consideration this tern tely cap capacity of reservoir feet acre-feet height of dam 00 teet approximate te cost 2000 ACRE i The area of ot the watershed tributary trib to this site is twenty square miles The rhe quantity of ot water available available avail avail- able for storage is 2000 acre At the Elbow Elbow CapacIty Capacity of reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir 1000 feet acre height of dam feet teet The area ajea of ot the watershed tributary to this site is eight square miles The quantity of ot water available available avail avail- able for tor storage is 1000 acre All of ot the water is taken out of the canyon at the Utah Power and Light J-Ight intake to the lower low low- er plant so that for tor the greater part of the year the creek channel is dr dry below that point At the Hoy Boy ScoUt camp site therefore under present conditions there would De be t e no in inI inflow inflow in- in flow now during the corresponding ur time e. e I Arrangements could probably be made whereby the power t Dower ower company any would ouid c construct str a plant at the the the- upper upper upper up up up- per end of the reservoir site an and d turn turn Lurn the water into the reservoir thus hus creating a circulation A new Intake could then oe De Constructed constructed constructed con con- at the bullet outlet of the reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir and the water conveyed from there to the power plant now located lo located located lo- lo at the mouth of the canyon The cost of ot the additional power unit would of course be involved but it is possible that the power company would be tae e actual horsepower horsepower horsepower horse horse- power ahe ahead d by this arrangement J owing to the tile storage in the reser reser- voir Storage possibilities at both sites lies are complicated by power filings fil- fil ril- ril ings ings From this superficial investigation ion tion It would seem seem that the most feasible proposition is a foot toot dam at the Elbow site I. I b byear year as the result of a conference with the delegation that Senators Norbeck and McMaster escorted to the White House for that purpose Hardys Hardy's Peak is the campsite in question There the state of ot South Dakota maintains a residential lodge that is comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able and adequate claimed In all essential respects Hardys Hardy's Peak Is the loftiest mountain top anywhere in the United States be between between between be- be tween the Atlantic and the The Black Hills are hills hUls In name name only They're honest to goodness mountains In tact fact The particular region in which South Dakotans would like Mr oIl and Mrs CoolIdge to rusticate next summer Is healthful and picturesque with modern motor highways all around it t. t The west has Its heart set on bringing the president to the open spaces The political advantages of such a migration with 1928 in the offing are not to be sneezed at Western Republicans are saying From New England heretical as the suggestion might seem comes the proposal that Charles E. E Hughes be nominated for tor president by the Republicans two years ears hence From Irom I I. I I the same quarter Issues the thought that the Democrats ought to put up an equally high grade candidate inthe in inthe inthe the person of Newton D D. Baker The patentee of the bipartisan brain brainwave brainwave wave wae justifies it on the ground that whoever won the victory would be bo greeted by millions of earnest earnestI men and women in both parties I alike aUke with gratitude and Joy There are certain which enshroud the Hughes Baker idea with difficulties The forme tar tary of state avows avers hd affirms affirms af at- af- af firms with recurring vigor and vehemence vehemence ve ve- ve that he is out of politics and in law for keeps The former secretary of war is handicapped by byr bythe bythe the fact that Ohio already has two official favorite sons sons Governor Governor Donahey and former Senator Pomerene It has been said that If Newton Baker had six more inches of or height he would be an irresIstible irresistible irresistible ible presidential candidate What he lacks in stature he more than makes up uP for In brain Colonel George E. E Ijams hams s of ot the adjudication division of the veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vete vete- i rans' rans bureau is one of the champion I life Insurance men of ot the age age He lie was a member of the group which the late Major l Willard D D. Straight took to France In 1917 and 1918 1915 lor tor the purpose of selling the A. A E E. F. F the governments government's generous scheme of ot policies for service men Ijams hams a professional Insurance man himself himself him him- self was assigned to the I First di di- di vision Before he was through he had placed Personal suasion ender thrilling circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances did the trick Often it was exercised in dugouts with German shells screeching overhead Following Following Following Fol Fol- lowing his brilliant service in the Insurance realm Hams Ijams s whose name is pronounced Imes was commandeered by Pers Peri ings ing's G G. H.Q. H.Q. H H. Q for General Gener l Charles G G. Dawes' Dawes general purchasing a agent ent staff Ijams will have a lot tb lb with th the administration of th bonus which is about abou to b eai 1 5 Representative eP se Johnson Albert lbert J of Washington st state te is of the latest latest latest lat lat- lat lat- est arrivals for th the session and comes conies laurel crowned cro after election to his tenth successive term in the house This time lime he won without opposition on election day his only fight tight having taken place in the primaries primaries PI maries which he carried triumphantly triumphantly triumph triumph- antly Johnson beat a Republican named Jonez for the nomination A constituent told the chairman of the house immigration committee that he saw no virtue in substituting for fora a congressman named Johnson a aman aman aman man named Jones who spelled It with a z It was an accident not Jonez that nearly prevented Johnson's Johnsons Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's return to Washington A few v weel weeks s before election while in inspecting inspecting inspecting in- in a new mechanical plant athis at athIs athis his newspaper property In Hoquiam Wash Vash the representative tumbled headlong into a twel twelve foot foot e-foot pit es escaping escaping escaping es- es I caping miraculously with minor in In- In juries Secretaries Kellogg Mellon rellon and Hoover and the other members of the American debt funding commIssion commission commission commis commIs- sion ar are are gratified that M M. Berenger er retiring French ambassador at Washington Is going to devote himself himself himself him him- self to securing ratification of ot the Franco American pact in his home parliament Berenger's influence in that particular direction is enor enor- No Noman man man either in his own j 1 f branch of parliament the Senate orin or orIn orIn In the chamber of deputies wields i I anything like his power especially in the realm pf finance In that field Berenger Is without a peer An acknowledged exp expert rt and au authority authority authority au- au his Judgment is seldom challenged He commonly commands commands commands com com- mands a majority in the senate for any project he supports William Green president of ot the American Federation of ot Labor takes strong Issue with the London Times on the alleged pitiful weakness weakness weakness weak weak- ness of organized labor in hi the United States The calls British labors labor's attention to that weakness and warns it to beware of patterning American methods The recent anthracite strike says Green which lasted six months hardly Indicates any weakness among American miners Our printing trades skilled railroad workers and many other departments departments departments depart depart- ments of ot Industry are strongly or organized or- or Among the metal l trades and In the automobile Industry it Is true there is little organization But even eyen in those fields the existence existence existence exist exist- it ence of strong labor organizations in adjacent departments of industry Is very potent Labor leaders in America unlike those of ot Great Britain dont don't become political r leaders Neither as a rule do our employers Both groups prefer to d deal together on the strict basis of ot economics appealing to the government government govern- govern ment meat when necessary for tor its good R offices and co Judge l Milton t Elliott i witty Virginia Virgin fa Democrat former counsel of f the federal reserve board and now a member of ot the District of or Columbia bar has hag a scheme for taking out of politics in 1928 He has evolved e planks for both parties which ought In his Judgment to meet all the exigencies of or the wet and dry situa- situa j I tion Hon Let the Republicans adopt a a plank says Elliott reading got all he wants so I why kick Let the Democrats have havea a plank to this effect Improve the t grade and reduce the price Copyright 1926 1920 |