Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation House of Representatives seventy-eighth Congress first session under H. Res. 262 A resolution authorizing the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, to make an investigation of the plans for the improvement of the Columbia River and its Tributaries for the utilization of its waters for reclamation. Flood control, navigation, and hydroelectric power generation, and the cost and effect of proposed water storage in Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho and Flathead Lake in Montana Part 1 Hearings at Kalispell, Mont. August 26-27, 1943
COLUMBIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
UNDER
H. Res. 262
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON IRRI-
GATION AND RECLAMATION, ACTING AS A WHOLE OR BY
SUBCOMMITTEE, TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF ITS
WATERS FOR RECLAMATION, FLOOD CONTROL, NAVIGA-
TION, AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, AND
THE COST AND EFFECT OF PROPOSED WATER STORAGE
IN LAKE PEND OREILLE IN IDAHO AND FLATHEAD
LAKE IN MONTANA
PART 1
HEARINGS AT KALISPELL, MONT.
AUGUST 26-27, 1943
Printed for the use of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 91731 WASHINGTON : 1943
COLUMBIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
UNDER
H. Res. 262
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON IRRI-
GATION AND RECLAMATION, ACTING AS A WHOLE OR BY
SUBCOMMITTEE, TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF ITS
WATERS FOR RECLAMATION, FLOOD CONTROL, NAVIGA-
TION, AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, AND
THE COST AND EFFECT OF PROPOSED WATER STORAGE
IN LAKE PEND OREILLE IN IDAHO AND FLATHEAD
LAKE IN MONTANA
PART 1
HEARINGS AT KALISPELL, MONT.
AUGUST 26-27, 1943
Printed for the use of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 91731 WASHINGTON : 1943