Workers  Cheered  by Ke- 
ception Accorded When
Presented at Capital.      
"Prospects for federal adpot
ion of the Columbia basin project Avere never so bright as at 
the present time." 
Following this assertion by 
Attorney W. S. Gilbert, who, in.
company with Mrs. Gilbert returned from Washington, D. C, 
this morning, members of the
Washington congressional delegation today called upon President Coolidge for the purpose of
enlisting his support for passage of the basin authorization
bill in the pending session of
ression is that the bill will
enate,   but  our hard  fight
President  Coolidge  did  not  c
adoption of the Columbia basin
act at a meeting at the White
this morning. He did ask a n
of questions that showed his in
These  questions  related  
Der development of enw reclamation pro-
5st. jects until a policy has been worked
Db- out whereby the water users will re-
;ed "Representative Cramton and I are
ize college classmates, and I had a talk
nt-iivlth him," said Mr. Gilbert. "He be-
be lleves  it  is a  mistake   to  permit  the
1 be a great relief to them. T
lent   was   told   that   it   will
"0 yei.rs before the project c