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_ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATUR ISLA SLLSLLLSSLSSLL ALLL LLLLIL ASSIS U. S. WILL RECLAIM VAST WESTERN LAND Irrigation To Make Columbia River Basin Larger Than the State of Massachusetts Spokane, Wash.--The irrigation of a vast desert land, larger in area than the state of Massachusetts and more fertile than any in the United States, in eastern Washington, is to be ac- complished when water is turned upon 1,750,000 acres of the land. This known as the Columbia river basin, land has heretofore yielded a large crop of sagebrush. The great sand- ed tract has waited since the begin- ning of time for the ingenuity of en- gineers to quench its thirst. The plans for the irrigation of the Columbia basin have been completed by A. J. Turner, veteran reclamation engineer, | and have been approved by state and | federal authorities. i The watering of the desert land of | the eastern Washington valleys has long been the dream of its settlers. | Acres of ruined orchards and wheat | fields gone to waste attest the hardy | efforts of farmers for decades to} make the great basin productive of | wheat. Solve Great Problem | The engineers looked to the Co-| lumbia river, winding its swollen | flood for centuries at the very doors of the great basin, but they were unable to raise the water from the river bed to the plains above. They | looked to Lake Crelan, one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, but there were insurmounta- ble difficulties presented here. But modern engineers looked farther to| the great Pend Oreille river, fifty miles north of Spokane, and saw the water that is soon to course through | an intricate system of canals and | now over the Columbia basin, hit] the burning plains and make it pos- | sible to produce there enough wheat, | corn and alfalfa to feed the world. | The Pacific northwest looks upon the reclamation of this great arid tract as one of the most important | events in its history. | Fifty-six moles of concrete-lined | main canal will be built; thirty-four | miles of tunnels, eight in number. | the longest of which will be fifteen | and three-quarter miles and the shortest one mile. Forty miles of artificial and natural lakes will be | utilized along the route. The vast] plan of distribution calls for 10,00 miles of concrete-lined lateral canals branching from the mains. : PL LLLLLSSSSLIS SSSI LLL LLL LSSS SSS SILLS SSS LSS S SSS SILLS SSIS SSSI SSS SSIS SSIS ASSIS SSS SS VSS SY | Alaska one of the greatest sources | of paper for the United States, but SAYS ALASKA WILL AID PAPER FAMINE | Washington, D. C--That the short- | age of newsprint will be overcome by | new paper mills in Alaska was pre- | dicted by Col. W. B.. Greeley, chief | of the forest service, who has just] returned from a month's inspection | of timber and water power on the Tongass national forest. "The na-| tional forests of Alaska," said Col. | Greeley, "contain resources sufficient | to produce 1,500,000 tons of paper an- | nually in perpetuity, and a paper in- | dustry in the territory is now as- sured." Col. Greeley believes that the administration of Alaska's great re- sources should be put in the hands of men on the ground, but it opposed to the transfer of all federal interests to a local commission. A sale of 100,000,000 feet of pulp timber has been made, and a second | sale of 1,500,000 feet, which will sup- ply a large paper plant for 30 years, is now being arranged. "The nation- al forests of Alaska," said Col. Gree- ley. "offer paper manufacturers an ample supply of pulp timber, avail- able under long term contracts at low prices and subject to very simple and reasonable cutting requirements. The forest service is doing its ut- most to develop this resource of the territory. We will not only make we will make the industry per- manent, as it is in Norway, by keep- ing the cut of timber within what our forests are growing. Paper manu- facturers who go to Alaska can count upon an assured supply of raw material indefinitely." COLLECTIVE BARGAINING The term "collective bargaining" 772d ddd d Led dddddddiidd 7rzir7rriziiiiiddiiiiiiiiiiiiid means that wage-workers shall have the right to organize, and through their chosen representatives, make bargains with their employers con- cerning wages and other phases of their work. During the war this method of governing employment oained full official recognition, and former President Taft was chairman of the War Labor board that put teeth into the enforcement of the principle in industry. Railroad employers and wage- workers reached the progressive viewpoint that the government chould be taken into consideration as the logical protector of the pub- lic interest, and more than two mil- lion railroad men agreed with their employers to an adjustment of wage relations by the federal government. Other industries have been asking the government to adjudicate their affairs, and through the plan of "collective bargaining" the process Tunnel Under City | has been making rapid progress. The tunnels through which the! water will flow will be double, each thirty-three feet in diameter. One of | these sets of tunnels will penetrate | beneath the city of Spokane. The] maximum demand capacity of the canal will. be 20,000 cubic feet of water per second, and the irigation | season will be seven months. The! Pend Areille river, which is to be en tapped for this irrigation purposes, £1 now has an annual flow of about 19.- 000.000 acre-feet. Only one-third of this. or 6,000,000 acre-feet will be needed to irrigate this tremendous | desert. : Soil expert Guy C. Finlay, in fed- eral reclamation work for twelve years reports that the soil of the Columbia basin, a volcanic ash, is twelve feet deep. The value of the land can be determined when it 1s known that the great Yakima coun- try, where 300,000 irrigated acres yielded crops valued at $45,000,000 last vear, has a soil depth of only four feet. Federal Undertaking The great Pend Oreille is flowing across a countryside today to no pur- pose. The irrigation project is a fed- eral undertaking. Western members of congress and the senate are goin before the congress at the next ses- sion to ask for the suitable appro- priation. Experts who have investigated the project and all who have seen the basin believe the proposed reclama- tion of these 1,750,000 acres of twelve- foot deep volcanic ash land to be one of the greatest undertakings ever conceived. Sure Thing. Naggsby--""What would you think tf you got a letter containing the most abject praise of yourself and which ended without asking any sort of fa- vor?" Wauggsby--*I should think I en. The coal miners have been persis- tent in their demands upon Washing- ton, and the government has been rendering the fullest assistance in settling the troubles that have aris- However, it appsars to be up to the coal miners to rid their organiz- ations of anarchists, bolshevists and I. W. W.s since that element is prominent in leadership among them. And public opinion has passed the point where it will sustain such leaders. WRECK IVERSON GARAGE Wreckers were engaged this week in razing the Iverson building, known as the Iverson garage, on Gage street, Hubbard Woods. Um oS 1 vee Gi) / £ £ Vi All AES i Clients Not every business has a show window. If youwant to winmore clients, use more printing and use the kind of printing that faithfully represents your business policy. You save money and make money for your patrons. Do the same for yourself by using an economical high grade paper -- Hammermill Bond --and good printing, both of which we can give you. If you want printing service and was asleep and dreaming." --Fasm Life. economy -- give use a trial. il i NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE MOST ACTIVE IN COUNTY Realty Dealers Claim Greater Num- ber of Sales Have $25,000 in Price Averaged It is claimed by some of our north shore real estate brokers the morth shore real estate has been more active during the past few months than real estate in any other section of Cook county. The greater number of sales have been homes ranging in price around $25,000. The largest sale of the season was the Blackwood home located at 334 Warwick road, Kenilworth. to E. L. Essley of Rogers Park. Consideration said to be around $60,000. This deal was con- summated by Hill and Wheeler who report a waiting list of buyers willing to pay from $50,000 to $150,000 for north shore homes. Hill and Wheeler also report sale of Old English home on Sheridan road and Forest avenue to Edward W. Flanagan for a con- sideration of $25,000. | BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED | TO WINNETKA RESIDENTS | | The following building permits have been issued to Winnetka residents: hy the Village Department of Public Works: W. H. Anderson, 555 Provident ave- | nue; garage. | W. F. Wallace, 915 Mt. Pleasant | road; garage. | William Remy will build a res-| idence and garage valued at $20,000 at 208 Sunset road. BUYS NEIMANN RESIDENCE Arthur Randolph, 671 Willow | street, has purchased the Carl Nei- | mann residence at 1040 Willow | street and will take possession | October 1. Advertising Is Progress List your Property with ZZ ZZ a a EE LZ zzzzzzzrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz HOMES for SALE FROM INDIAN HILL TO HUBBARD WOODS AND GLENCOE NEW LISTINGS EVERY DAY iririiiina aan idl IFYOU ARE RENTING it will pay you to find out NOW what we have to offer for next Spring possession. Don't make the mistake of procrastina- ting. PHONE US TODAY and let us keep you posted. WINNETKA OFFICE: 524 Linden Street Telephone WIN. 1544 WwiLMeTTE OFFICE: 404 Linden Avenue Telephone WIL. 1644 ABE RUTH wears the smile "that won't come off" every time he hits a home run. We cannot all be BABE RUTHS, but one thing is sure, you can and will wear the "smile that won't come off,' if you become a member of our HAPPY. FAMILY of clients. If you wish to purchase or sell a property, the one logical thing to do is CONSULT US. Tf is Real Estate on the North Shore, see HILL & WHEELER TWO Wilmette, Phcne 93 or 364 OFFICES:} Winnetka, Phone 142 or 422 A. R. EDDINGTON 71 he Dealer in the Main Business Section Opposite Village Theater 1157 Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE Phone Wilmette 640 r you plan to build or repair this fall-- || first see EDWARD HINES LUMBER CO. 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