Email Record: John Day River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting pursuant to section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved January 21, 1927, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated May 23, 1932, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, containing a general plan for the improvement of John Day River, Oreg., for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of its water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation.