Montana: No, Thank You

For a state governor, there can be few juicier plums than a massive, federally financed dam. But last week Republican Governor Tim Babcock of Montana showed up before a Senate Public Works subcommittee to oppose the Government's plan to build a dam in his state. The proposed Knowles Dam on the Flathead River, said Babcock, was an "unsound expenditure of the taxpayers' dollars that would cost the people of this country $259 million they do not need to spend."

Endorsed by the Army Engineers. Knowles Dam is part of the huge development...

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