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Show AAAIAIALbAA A AA , , &A A & l1 + A A AAA AAA4 ' WHO'S WHOS ' NEWS NEV-JS NEV JS EWiI EWiITHIS - ITHIS ! . THIS WEEK WEED WEIE ! ( . . . By Lemuel F . Parton Parten PartonrYTVYTTTTT 'TTVYT'fVnV'fVTVVV TTVYTfVnVfVTVVV 1 ' rYTVYTTTTT 19V oYYir ' V ti f T7TWYT ' ( T7TWYTNJEW VTV11 9 9NEW NIW NEW NJEW : YORKYoung YORK -Young Young - Young James Delmage Delmage Del mage Ross rode a bicycle blcycle from fromChatham fromChatham fromChatham Chatham , Ont Oat , to New York city to toget toget toget get a job asi as - i 1 -i " chemist He got thePestling the thatPestling thatPestlmg . isob Job ] ) ob , , but noted thatE thateverybody that Pestlmg Pestling E Iseverybody Is everybody in the thePifflinr7 thePiffling thePiffling Pifflinr7 Piffling to f-ictory f ictory f1ctory factory - did nothYoung noth- noth nothYounsRoss - - . YounsRoss Y Youn Young oun ; Ross Rossing ing but VI work workpestles workpestles 0 r k kpestles pestles Pesthngseemed Pestlingseemed Pestling Pesthng Pestlingseemed seemed pifTIing pifThng purling , so he pcdillcd pcdUed pedalled , back backto backto backto to Chatham and kept I.ept Iept . on going gomg , on onhis onhis onhis his bicycle , on foot and on boatsHe's boatsHe's boats boatsHe's He's Hes ' been around a lot and now , at atsixty atsixty atsixty sixty four , the President Presldent hands 111m him hima 111ma a job lob which no mere pestler pesUcr or pede ped- ped pedeaer pedaller ped-aller ped aller - - aer aller ) ] could handle - boss of the theBonnevle theBonneville theBonneville Bonnevle Bonneville ) ] project proJcct , the biggest dam damIn damin damIn In the world He will resign from fromhis fromhis fromhis his SEe S E C pot po.t post * . to become admin admm admin- administrator administrator - . istrator lstrator of the huge power pO\ler pO ler poster \ plantMr plantMr plant plantMr Mr Ross was for 20 years head of ofthe ofthe ofthe the municipal power development developmentof of Seattle His H1S selection for Bonne Bonne- BonnevIlle Bonneville Bonneville - ville is taken tahen as an admlmstration administration admlmstrationdeclaration administrationdeclaration administrationdeclaration declaration that it is going all theway the theway theway way through on its power plansHe plansHe plans plansHe He has not only been a vIgorous vIgorouschampIon vigorouschampion vigorouschampion champIon of public development developmentbut , , but he has fought for public distribu dlstribu distribu- distribution distribution . - tion hon Here , he says , is the kernel kernelof kernelof kernelof of the tho whole business He says pn- pn pri- pri pnate private pn-yate pn yate - vate ate companies compames could manufacture manufacturepower manufacturepower manufacturepower power at possibly posslbly a lower cost than thancould thancould thancould could the government , and mahes makes maheshIS makeshis makeshis hIS fight on distribution dlstnbutIon costs He Hestakes Hestakes Hestakes stakes out big regional power hook hook- hookups hookups hookups - ups through the NOI Noithwest Northwest thwest , , e"Cistmg eCistmg existing e"Cistmgmd existingand existingand " md and : planned His H1S policies POhClCS are arc age ag- ag agegresslve aggressive ag aggressive - gressive gresslve and tar far reaching reachmg and hlS his hlSapPoIntment hisappointment hisappointment apPoIntment would seem to sharpen sharpenthe sharpenthe sharpenthe the disagreement dlsagreement between the Presi Pres Presi- President President l ' - : dent lent and the power companies compames compamesHe companiesHe companiesHe He has taken and administered a alot alot alot lot of punishment Several yearsago yearsago years ago , a newly elect elect- - . clect-Knows clect Knows electKnows ? , , Knows Howed How gd ed Seattle mayor mayorfa mayorfo mayorto fa fo Absorb tossed him out ofPunishment ofPunishment of ofPunishment Punishment PunishmenthlS Punishmenthis hls his poviir power ( plant plantJob plantjob P13 " ; job They recalledthe recalledthe recalled recalledthe the mayor and named a mountam mountain mountainafter mountainafter 9 after tcr Mr Ross , a rocky peak over-nanging over nanging over- over overClangmg overnanging - Clangmg nanging the Skagit river nver , which Mr MrRoss MrRoss MrRoss Ross wants to rope and hog tie fOJ for fOJthe forthe foithe the good of all concerned , as he heees hesees hesees sees ) ees ItThen itThen it itThen Then his hlS partisans , just to show showthat showthat showthat that theylere theyere they \ were \lere lere /ere ere / with him , spotted up upa upa 9 a mountain side slde , on the Cascades CascadesCor , Cor for a n Gutzon Borglum has bas relIef relictlike , lhe like ( the sculptures of Presidents Presldents m in mSouth inSouth inSouth South Dakota Dahota The project is s1111 still s1111beIng stillbeing stillbeing beIng worked upHIs uphis up upHis His was one of those "roll roll " your yourawn yourawn awn ; ) wn ' ' educations After his hlS bIcycle bIcyclelnp bicycletrip bicycletrip lnp trip to New York , , he headed he.Ided heIded . for forthe forthe forthe the Alaska gold fields in 1893 bi- bi bicycling bi bl bicycling - ' : cycling yclmg to the fade out of the road roadtramping , trampmg tramping up through Edmonton Edmontonmaking , makmg making his own boat tor for the rest o1the 0 oT oTthe ' the tnpLater tripLater trip tnp tripLater Later , in m Seattle he helped de- de design de design - . sign slgn the first municipal munlcipal power plant plant9nd plantand plantand 9nd and stayed on the job 32 yearsHe yearsHe years yearsHe He loves kllowa kilowatts Us and amuses amuses'iimsclf amuses'limself amuseslimself 1imsel 'iimsclf iimsclf ' ' ! in m his rambling old house bykeeping by . , keeping heepmg a copper Keeps copperKeeps Trick TrIckball ban ball m In the air alr WlthGadgets withGadgets with Wlth withGadgets Gadgets in no visible supportHis supportHis support supportHis His Houseand House and by frylng frymg frying eggs eggsm eggsin eggsin m in an electrified electnfied electnfiedpan electrifiedpan electrifiedpan pan held in m his hand On his hvmg living hvmgroom livingroom livingroom room table is a book booh on the natural naturalClCnces naturalsciences naturalsciences ClCnces sciences ) published pubh.hed pubhhed : . in m 1832 He says saysIt saysIt saysIt It started him on his career and he5ecps heseeps he seeps 5ecps : on reading ItHe itHe it itHe He was consulting engineer for the theNew theNeiv theNew New Neiv York power authority authonty .hen hen then thenFranklin , whenFranklin . .henE'ranhhn E'ranhhn Eranhhn Franklin ' D Roosevelt was gover gover- governor governor - . nor oor , also consultant tor for the St Law Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence rence seaway and power project He Hewent Hewent Hewent went to Washington Washmgton as consultant consultantCor consultantfor consultantCor Cor for PW PWA A power development and andlater andlater andlater later was appointed a member of ofthe ofthe ofthe the S E I : C . 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