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'''1935 xx Page 0:'''
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[[file:1935-xx-p0-aj-turner-to-direct-columbia-basin-project.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]'''Builder of Long Lake Dam Will Direct Survey of Big Project.'''
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A. J. Turner, one of the most widely
known construction engineers in
the Pacific northwest, Friday was
named engineer of the Columbia basin
commission. Mr. Turner arrived
evening and was in conference with
the commissioners last evening and
Friday. His election was not announced
until Friday.

Mr. Turner will be in full charge
of the engineering features of the
preliminary survey which the Columbia
basin commission is about to
launch upon. He will make a hurried
trip to Seattle to close up his
business affairs before returning to
Spokane about April 1 to assume
charge of the field work of the survey.

Turner made his home in Spokane
for 10 years, being associated
with the Washington Water Power
Company as engineer in charge of the
construction of the Long Lake and
Little Falls dams and power plants.
In 1916 he moved to Seattle, where
was associated with the engineering
department of the city of Seattle
until 1917 when he entered the service
of the government in the personnel
department of the army. Mr. Turner
was in charge of the classification
of enlisted men at a number
of western camps, including Camp
Lewis.

'''Pleased Over Selection.'''

"We feel especially gratified in
securing the services of Mr. Turner,"
said Marvin Chase, state hydraulic
engineer and chairman of the commission.
"Mr. Turner is on of the ablest
engineers in the entire west, and we
are might lucky to have been able
to get him to serve as engineer
for the commission. He feels that
the possibilities are so great for serving
the state that he joins most
heartily with us in giving his time in
the investigation and preliminary
survey which we all hope will lead
to the development of one of the
greatest reclamation projects in the
world."
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