Show NEW POWER PLANT AND IRRIGATION PROJECT American Falls Is Ie not the only site elte of ot a II vast lake to be created In the tho west according to a correspondent correspondent of an eastern paper Ono One I of oC the largest power plants and lr ir irrigation projects Is ie to be on the Columbia rh er at t Priest rapids I near the center of oC Washington be- be between be between en tween Spokane and Seattle SeattIe The I expenditure Is to bo made by the Washington Irrigation and Deel De DM De el ci company a subsidiary of oC the General Electric com compani compan pan or of which Henry J Pierce of New York Is in president A quartel billion dol dollars lars lats la is the estimated cost of ot whIch will be ho spent on the dam alone This It Is la reported II will be the largest power dam In Inthe inthe Inthe 1 the world ISO feet Ceet high and three thre mIles long Ion The water backed up be behind It will make a lake 10 s song long by four our miles milea wide Except during hIgh bish water in the pring and ond summer months horse horse- horsepower horsepower horsepower power will ba bo developed during hIgh water irater horsepower er ad additional is expected It Is la esti estimated mated 70 acres ot of sagebrush land will bo ho brought under cultivation cultivation tion ion These developments are to be e encouraged as they help to build the entire sost est |