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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
2
The piece recounts the Colorado river's clash with nature and man's triumph in saving Imperial valley California. It highlights rugged men uniting for life and property, loyal women, and others who fail the test, framed as a Western history moment.
Rickard agrees to lead the Desert Reclamation project, replacing Hardin, to save the Colorado River valley. Marshall presses for action, urging immediate dispatch and no budget limits. Rickard privately hesitates but yields to the broader goal and the river’s fate.
Marshall throws his hat and cigar, scatters papers, and orders a clerk to Smythe. Richard sits as tensions rise over a reported river problem described as a “mess.”
Rickard goes in and begins to grasp the challenges of the project. He learns why the valley distrusts the D R the company Hardin fathered and which peopled the desert. Go in with Rickard in the next installment.
A reflective piece argues that virtues like selflessness and complaisance are admirable yet can become irritating faults when carried to excess, warning against excessive politeness and virtue signaling.
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