V. S. Reclamation Head Will Confer Here Today With Columbia Irrigation League.
Mr. Weymouth and Mr. Cannon will
be guests of the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce at its weekly luncheon in
the assembly room and all have con
sented to speak. It will probably be
their only public appearances while
In Spokane.
The finance committee of the
league held a meeting yesterday in
view of the fact that C. C. Colt, Port
land, chairman, had to leave for the
east last night en route to the annual
D. W. Davis, United States commissioner of reclamation, former governor of Idaho, and his party of reclamation service officials, will reach
Spokane at 7:25 o'clock this morning
to spend three days in the city on
Columbia basin business. This is the
first visit of Mr. Davis to Spokane
since his appointment as head of the
United States reclamation service.
Mr. Davis will be accompanied by
F. E. Weymouth, chief engineer; Ot-
tamar Hamele, chief counsel: Miles
Cannon, field commission!
Armijo, special inspector for Dr. Hubert Work, secretary of the interior; B. E. Stoutemyer,
district counsel, and T. E. Brown,
head of the stenographic division.
A special meeting of the board of
directors of the Columbia Basin Irrigation league has been called for this
morning at 10 o'clock at the Daven-
Davis and the members of his party.
will run through the afternoon,
a luncheon at noon.
Guest of Chamber Tomorrow.
Tonight the Columbia basin leagm
directors will tender a dinner ii
honor of the federal officials at th<
Davenport, subject to the approval o
Commissioner Davis when he arrives
Tomorrow noon. Cominissionor DavH
Colt and John W.
Langdon, Walla Walla; Hervey Lind-
ley, Seattle, president of the league:
J. A. Ford, Spokane, secretary; Fred
Adams, supervisor; Roy R. Gill and
Charles Hebberd, Spokane directors.
and C. E. McBroom, chairman of the
Spokane finance committee. The
discussing plans for financing the
Columbia basin project.
Davis to See Bnsln.
Homer J. Gault. chief engineer in
charge of field work for the federal
Investigating committee, is making
arrangements to take Commissioner
Davis and Mr. Weymouth out over
naissance will probably be made this
afternoon by automobile.
The visiting directors conferred informally yesterday with Mr. Gill, who
is chairman of the league's executive
committee, and also of the Spokane
Columbia basin committee, Mr. Hebberd and other Spokane boosters of ]
the basin project.
"Sir. Davis for Frank Publicity.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept 16.—"I am not [
In accord with any policy ,designed
to keep secret the conditions on our
government projects," said D. W.
Davis, United States commissioner of
reclamation and former governor of
Idaho, Just before leaving for Caldwell. The federal official spoke to
water users there Saturday night.
"It is much better for all concerned
that every phase of the water users'
condition be given the fullest publicity," he said, "as far as it relates to
any business transaction between
them and^he government."
Mr. Davis says the government
fully appreciates the unsatisfactory
which confront the pro-
