The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., June 1, 1911, page 8

POWER COMPANIES BUILD ON KLICKITAT

     The Northwestern Electric Company and interests allies with the Lyle Townsite Company, supposed to be the Pacific Light and Power Co., have two crews of men at work on the Big Klickitat above Lyle for the purpose of holding down certain power rights which they claim there. Some time ago the Northwestern Company had engineers in the field and they recommended that they buy the land on one side of the river belonging to an Indian woman by the name of Emma Dave, whose land is on the Big Klickitat. Later the Lyle Townsite interests started condemnation proceedings against the Indian woman for the land on the opposite side of the river from the Northwestern Electric Company. They also asked to have the deed canceled given the Northwestern Company by the Indian woman claiming that she did not understand what she had sold the right for. The Northwestern Company had made a deal for the Hill and Spokane interests on the Big Klickitat and after the Lyle people started condemnation proceedings against the Indian woman, proceedings were at once filed by the Northwestern Company for the Hill and Spokane Capitalists Holdings.
    This fight may mean quite a legal battle to determine who shall get the power rights. The proposed power right is just above Lyle on the rapids, and one company will have to give way to the other. The Northwestern Company had proposed the construction of a 5000 H.P. plant for the first unit.
     There is considerable activity on the White Salmon river also over power but will not be as interesting as that started on the Big Klickitat.

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