Organization Seeks Appointment of Fred Weil and Ray-
Clark on State Publicity Commission; O'Sullivan
Says Power Angle of Project Must be Stressed
Ephrata was well represented by commTittTee T waS *W°™ted bv
Roy E. Harris, vice president; Wil- President H L. Johnson of Qu.ncy to
liam M. Clapp, Chas. E. Anderson, investigate the speculation talk and
Dr. J. M. Robinson, T. E. Jenkins, J?
Harry Pierson, and J. P. Simpson at
the meeting of the Four County ..
Council, called for Grand Coulee by tlon- The committee will attempt t
Harry L. Johnson of Quincy, who pre- Pro™ that the,re 1S, Poetically n„
sided at the meeting held at the Profiteering taking place.
Castle cafe at noon council also passed another
William M. Clapp was one of. the resolution offering cooperation in
featured speakers and Billy gave one controlling possible speculation and
of the best talks of his life, asking m anv.steP the government may take
for reclamation now, action on the
ditches and the canals on the project _ O Sullivan's work on the Columbiaarid demanding that all specula-
Basin commission was roundly
plauded at the session.
tion be stopped by the federal govern-
forced to end because of lack of
ment buying the county, state and „ UP°n "earing that the work of the
Columbia Basm commission had been
large holdings on the project now and
in this way assuring everybody that ' .,...„
no speculation or undue profit would appropriation and that $20,000 had
accrue to any corporation or bidivid- beel\s aslde for J basin acttlvlty *
ual. Mr. Clapp pleaded for a united t,he department of conservation and
uniform program of water, power development, the club voted unam-
flood control, reclamation each help
ing the other element to make thi
find a place for O'Sullivan to take a
best all round project in the world. Part m the *20'000 Promotion
"There is less speculation here othel, resolutions backed the con-
than in any project in the history of struction of the Brewster-Pearl hill
reclamation," Billy Clapp of Ephrata road this summer.j the eariy com.
told the group. "You can buy land pletion o£ the Dry Falls park system
cheaper now than ever before. Where and supported Fred M. Weil of Grand
did this talk of speculation come Coulee and Ray Ciark of Yakima for
from?" asked Charles Anderson of
positions on the seven-man board to
Ephrata, an owner of some of the be appointed by the governor to han.
land there. "It's more propaganda 61e the $250,000 advertising campaign
spread by the power trust to injure for the state
the dam," charged James O'Sullivan, Tnroughout the mewting O'Sullivan
lefl^!;ry °f thC Columbia Basin COm" impressed upon those attending the
