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<br />. WASHINGTON REI'ORT
<br />Big Struggle in Nortkwest
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<br />By WM. $, BO.B1m'l'S._Ec1!tor
<br />Bw'a1 E1eotr1flcaUon Magazln6
<br />TIlE ,DIG STRUGGLE IN, THE PAoiFIc NQRTllWESl' JS,NOT "PRI-
<br />VATE, POWER VB. PUB_L10 POWER" A$ It Is now d81'eloplng. The argument
<br />Is (attlol' doWn to a question btitween private, uWlty_lntel'il!lts and pubUc in-
<br />terest In natural re&ouroe 4evell)pment. 'l'he Federal POW(!r ~Ion Is
<br />beIng ftIjked to alldlcl\te Federal development 'of the Nl.lZ Peroo-cS1to 80 that
<br />a private utlUly S7bdlcate can Ubderta~ a' s"",ller developlnent In the SIUIte
<br />area. II Is eDcUy the same Issue as Wfls decided in 'Id,aho J:>ower Oompany>s
<br />tavor",tUteRell's(lanyonfllte. '
<br />Meantime. whateVer limIted, oppor- Northwest Congressional delega.
<br />tunitles pubUc bodies had to partlcl. tiODS will make a strong appeal,
<br />pate tn the Admh1l.8tra"Qn's "part- more united than ever, for preserVa-
<br />nershlp" developmep.ts are disaPl>ear- tiOD of their river resourcea as a tnat-
<br />Ing ll$ Interest rates soar. At least '
<br />two public utility dlstrlcts ar& 1'& ter the whole - country_ should be tn.
<br />consld~r1ng their pr.oposals tor bund. terested in. 'There are already signs
<br />Ing dsms. f&ced with Interest r~te9 that the Administration realizes this
<br />up to 4,94% despite the lIecl111ty be- outgrowth of '<partnership", should be
<br />. hind their bonds. Thus, thl! only part. checked. Current studies by Interior,
<br />ners left to bid for dam sites !I.~ prl. however, are halfway measur'es and
<br />vate Utilities. may involve leaslna: the JlQwer f!l.cll.
<br />Onlle prlVllII) W&rnl a1'(l buDt, thll Itles tIf Federally<<mstru~ted hydro
<br />bigger daml to hold' back mor:e flood dams to private companies tor oper-
<br />water_. and develop more power are atlon It not ownership.
<br />foreVer eacrlflced. -.Both Nez J:>8rce For rural electric consumers thIs
<br />and Hells Canyon' demOtll,tratEI the will stm amount to' estaQlIslUng: a
<br />.. power com-p.anles have no -intention private toll.gate between publilly de-
<br />of providing comprehensive develop. veloped hydro resources and theJr
<br />ment tof dMl sites. rural electric cooperatives.
<br />ASIDE FROM: 'l'HE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, T1m- DIS'l'BICT ,OF
<br />COLUMBIA'S PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IS PROVID~ BY TRADE' ASSO.
<br />C1A'1'IO~S, Most of_ them, speq~ a_t l~t pari of thelr time lobbylng.-
<br />In a survey of more than 600 or.
<br />ganlzatlons made by the U. S, <;:harn. risen as- a symbol of the suceeSs
<br />. bel' of ComTllerce recently, more,than and permanence of the REA'l'urat
<br />150 separate and distinct kinds of ao- electrtficatlOi'1 program.
<br />tlVltics were revealed. SOme of them
<br />most usually reported are: Meetlrigs
<br />97%; publlcatlons-,!K%: government
<br />relations 90%; pubIlclty 84%; ,taUs-
<br />tics 73%: legal services 71,.-c; educa.
<br />tIon 70%; pUblic servlce 62%.
<br />Rep'. Wrlaht Patman has said:
<br />''There has never been a time In ~e
<br />history of this C(luntry whe_n there
<br />was such a necessity for good organ.
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<br />_9rderto have a v:olce In the atfalrs
<br />of your government, it Is necessary
<br />that you have yo,*, voice join III with
<br />hundreds at thousands of others, in
<br />order that your volce may be heard."
<br />'That means plenty of Intense compe-
<br />tition for the attention and favor of
<br />the public and government.
<br />Rural electrification hIlS grown to
<br />II as.hUUon bltslness. BEA's non.
<br />profit bor~owel'll. both .~pen&tlve
<br />and public, are banded together In
<br />one of the mOlt iepresenta.t1ve of all
<br />tJle,mdo Or service orgnnlzllUons,ln
<br />tho Natlqnal BUl'llI Eleotrl.o Coopsra-
<br />ave AsIoelatlon. It 'Cll.lT!es on all of
<br />tile principal actlvltles the CluUnber
<br />of Commeroe foo:nd that Otllll~ trade
<br />o"rganlMtlons do. For less than one
<br />cent a month, ruhll eleetrlo consum-
<br />ers are p",vlded repre&entatlon, re-
<br />searel1, protoctlon ef their Interests
<br />by NRECA, and many othet 1lUV1ces.
<br />This mOl1th marked on~ o( the his-
<br />torical milestones of 'NRECA when'
<br />the organi:zatlon moved Into Its new
<br />office building at 2000 Florida - Ave-
<br />nue. The bulldlna was 'lnade- possible
<br />by Interest'bearlng revenue bond .fl.
<br />:w.ncJng, entirely prcvk1ed through
<br />the 930 member, systems. The slm.
<br />ple.m~ernelght.storystructurehas
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<br />Name Senate
<br />Chairmen
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<br />Let Machines
<br />Do HeaVy Work
<br />Ten cents. a day ,Is a small :return
<br />for heavy. labOr. Yet that Is ab()ut
<br />. What ~ou get when you _carry, utt
<br />or move farm produce, feedstuffs or
<br />fertUlzets With _ your. own muSCles
<br />when an ele<ltrfc motor driving an
<br />elevator or_conveyor will do the sa:me
<br />job.
<br />0, J. Trenary, eXtensloll: ,R&TlcUJ.
<br />tunJ. engineer at _ Colorado A & _'fJl
<br />College, _ says a ,strong. ,maJI Mil: de.
<br />velop .a~ut'R ~nth ..ot a hOrs8J;lOW61'
<br />at continuous work. . On- the, other
<br />hand; It. one.horsejlower motor l:lim
<br />. do 16 times flUl work (or one kUo-
<br />watt huur of eIootrl.o energy whlell
<br />costs abOut three cents.
<br />At the 'cost of manpower, a fa~er
<br />can h",rdly afford doing by hand what
<br />a motor-operated machine can do as
<br />well, 'T1'enary says.
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<br />aural Color&dans wlll be interest
<br />In thIs, list' of the chal1:men ot the
<br />commIttees- 0% the Colorado State
<br />Senate which will 'be in seSsion at
<br />Denver durlng January and ~bf\la:ry.
<br />The-chairmen: are 'as follows:
<br />Agrleultufe _ Clarence Hocker,
<br />Monte--VIsta.
<br />~uslness Affairs - Neal Bishop,
<br />Denver. '
<br />Edl1~tlen ...;.. Donald P. Dunklee,
<br />Denver;.
<br />Fln~oe - James W. ,MowbI:aY,
<br />Delta,
<br />Game and FIsh-David, L. Clarke,
<br />Deriver.: '
<br />Health' and Wel1m.e-Dr. J, Wil.
<br />liam -Wells, Brighton.
<br />~du;strlal Affalrs- _ Peter Culig,
<br />Jr.(Pueblo.
<br />InteJ:'state Cooperatlon _ Walter
<br />> W. 'JohnSoi'i. Pueblo.
<br />JUdICIary-Ray Danks, Denver.
<br />Lllbor-Charles' E. Bennett. Denver.
<br />Lh;eetOek-;-Charl~ T. Por~er, Lewis.
<br />Local Government-Dr, James E,
<br />" Iionnelly~ Tr1hldad.
<br />, -!DnlDg-George Wilson, NucIa,
<br />.. StaUl \AUalu-"":"Walter W; JOhllson,
<br />'.?ueblo. '
<br />St4\te lnstltutlona ~ Publlo Bulld.
<br />, blis-:---Herrlek S., Rlith, Denver.
<br />Transportation _ Floyd-ORver,
<br />"Greeley. '
<br />-VefuI'ails: Ilnd nlffitary Affairs-
<br />R~I\~~~C;;te~~o=:::-Wil.
<br />. kle Ha,m, Lalnar.
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<br />'Man 01 the Year'
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<br />"Man ot the- -Year", last' month by
<br />delegates 01 the South Dakota Rural"
<br />Eleclric AssOclation'S annual meet.
<br />ing.
<br />SeDate Services - T. Everett Cook,
<br />Canon City.
<br />SupPll<<:I, Expenditures and Plll'$On-
<br />,liel--Sam T, Taylor. WaJsenburg.
<br />Membership on the vltally Impor-
<br />tant joint appropriations committee-
<br />Roth and 'Mowbray.
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<br />Entertaining
<br />Y oun9sters
<br />Entertainlng,pre.school children on .
<br />shut.ln days can be fun and here are
<br />saine suggestions:
<br />SaVe pia dough. noodle l>r any.
<br />thing of this type for the small fry
<br />to mold or play cook WIth,
<br />For young seamstresses use heavy
<br />paper or -plain scraps. of inater1a1.
<br />MaI,e dots in shapes of squares OJ.'
<br />circles or some simple design. Give
<br />a child bright thread or yarn to
<br />stitch between dots.
<br />Save all old ;Ie\Veir3> and give to
<br />the youngsters to play with.
<br />- ..save old bottles and jars. The kld-
<br />dies aeeJ1\l to deUght In taking lids
<br />qn and off. A ~all dilld l~arns to
<br />open and close and assOciate correct
<br />Ud with container. Wll stwnbled on
<br />thts when our daughter- was a tot.
<br />(She also Is bllnd -artd we really feel
<br />the botUes served as a type of
<br />therapy for her,)
<br />MQS. L. BERGER,
<br />Boute" LongmODt, Colo.
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<br />. 8, ~Io. Rvrallleddc News JIln., 19$7
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<br />OUR ElECTRIC
<br />SYSTEMS SPEND
<br />TttOV.IMN OF
<br />DOIJ.ARSEACH
<br />YfAR OUETO SUCH
<br />VANDALISM!
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<br />LOOK! LOOK WHAT HI DID!I I WAS PERCHED
<br />UP THERE HEXTTO THAT INSOLA'TOR AND PflWHI
<br />SAY, D~~U SUPPOSE Ht: AIMED I<< ME OR THAT.'"
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