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Show Willard Willard People Cleaned Up Country That Was Once Flat After Floods; Then Acted Constant Threat Of Tearing Torrent Kicked Out In Exemplary Land Conservation As fat, muddy streams lnau-laapprehenshe eye cn the al dated northern Utah into soggy pine canyon aimed at their the havoc this spring, residents of small community frcm Willard, Box Elder county kept giant Wasatch peak just beyond n GLA$S5-- h Crystal Clear Water Trickles Over Spillway attesting to the success of the soil conservation program. The clear water indicates there is no erosion in the mountains above, once ravaged by sudden heavy downpours on land skinned of vegetation. The elevated earth over which the water pours was once flat and filled in a terrific k flood. their west forty. Before 1923 experts in soil green cemetery on the edge of They have sound reason to be conservation had warned that th creek be ripped apart and leery of the fickle elements for Willard Basin, the giant funnel buried. Only a single headstone within a span of 13 years de- that shed iis waterfall into the withstood the wrath of the ansmall creek edges its way gry river and it is there today, vastating flods smashed of their property into use- around the north end of Willard, aa little north of the spillway, was being skinned dangerously silent reminder of the viclessness. bare. Immense herds of sheep ious flpod of 23. In the spring of 1952, though, on the owned land had Houses and barns and chickthere was no rumbling river of chewed privately the vegeen coops were either washed mud and tation on the steep slopes to the away or buried. Farms were biulders pouring over their roots. There had never been be made useless and fruit orchards community only the small, fore anything to worry about obliterated. And when the flood normal size stream, clear and and the grazers smiled at the was over and Corinne people cool, splashed down the canyon soil experts advice, reasoning tallied their losses they not only from Wilard basin. that the conservation program marked down hundreds of thouThat trickling stream is bet- was fine for Farmer Jones in sands of dollars damage but ter than a million dollar insur- Iowa. the lives of two of their people ance policy, for Willard and to In 1923 the argument was set as well. the U. 'S. Forest service. It is tied. A black thick cloud emp In two hours soil in the cana signed,, sealed and delivered tied tons of water in Willard that had taken nature 500 certificate for a job in soil con- Basin on slopes that could no yon to 2,000 years to make went servation well done. longer suck in the moisture. down the drain like the dirt Rivulets were slicing streams in from a potato in a sink. In a hundred feet and the canyon spite of the obvious erosion, peodisgorged a smashing flow of ple of Willard crossed their finmud and boulders at its mouth. gers and hoped there will nevThe flow, as it is er be another flood like that described in the records of the again, rather than take con- ... in Willard, MIRRORS mud-roc- PLATE AND WINDOW AUTO GLASS Box Elder county, STOREFRONTS $350,-00- Prompt Installation Reasonable Rates FREE ESTIMATES water-savin- lava-thic- k Phone 696-- OLIENS GLASS SERVICE Glen R. Hansen, Owner 179 N. Main 0 Corner 2nd North and Main car-siz- g e mud-roc- Forest Service, was so powerful it heaved a 500 ton boulder the size of a barn, a dozen rods. A bam with 150 tons of hay in it was shoved across the road then nearly buried in silt, rocks and debris. Willard people watched their crete' action. Then every animal should have been taken from the Willard water-shenew vegetation planted. To get to the root of their trouble they needed to put the roots of thousands of plants in their on Following Paje) moun-(Continu- ed Pedse... help people be more careful 1 1 VISIT BRIGHAM CITY'S FAMILY SHOPPING CENTER Clothing Needs, Let us take care of all your vacation and and for all occasions, for the Entire Family. Swim Suits and Trunks . . . ' Jackets Tee Shirts Sport Shirts Womens and MensSlacks QUALITY Western Apparel. Sweaters Shoes CapsandHats ! away-from-hom- CLOTHES AT LOW COST. ! e Shop here and save Samsonite Luggage in Overnite Cases and Fitted Cases lor Men and Ladies ; Van Engelens ' t Right Under-Th- e fi&kmfa-6niv.xm'c- gn Brigham Sign . . . Center of Business Section on the West Side. pQrivIooGSiPinniv |