Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-11 | Page 16 | Citizens View Work of C C C

CITIZENS VIEW WORK OF C CC C C PROVO PROVO PROVO-Provo Provo citizens inspected the work of C C C camp No encamped encamped encamped en en- camped at the Utah county fair fairgrounds fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds since last November at a public field day Friday near the mouth o of Slate canyon The erosion control project in m the mouth of that canyon canon was the subject of the inspection inspection tion sponsored by the forest and flood control committee of the Provo chamber of commerce under direction direction tion of ot Dr Vasco M. M Tanner chair chair- man An urgent plea for erosion and flood lood control was sounded by Reed Bailey dire director tor of the intermountain forest and experiment station with headquarters at Ogden The same conditions that caused damage in Davis county count from 1923 to 1930 are bein being formed here said Mr Bailey Something must be done to stop it and through the erosion control work of the C CC CC CC C C something is being done Mr Bailey traced causes of or erosion erosion ero ero- sion mainly overgrazing and destruction destruction destruction de de- de- de of vegetation tation he said He declared the breakwaters and dams being constructed now as an emergency emergency emer emer- gency measure would be worthless ina ina in ina a few years ears i if something were not done to restore the vegetation to the watershed area Lieutenant H. H B. B Powell Salt Lake Cit City welfare officer of the C C C Fort Douglas district spoke briefly representing enting Colonel Walter C. C Sweeney S commander of the Thirty Thirty- eighth infantry The army has no ax to grind In administering the C C C program said Lieutenant Powell Our only concern is the welfare of ot the boys oos and through them the welfare of the country Other speakers were Captain Alvin Alvia Al Al- yin via Sessions commander of the local lo lC- cal camp Charles De Dc Moisy superintendent of the Uintah national forest D. D L. L Pack educational advisor of the local camp I. I E. E Brockbank president pres ident of or the local chamber of ot commerce com corn merce and Dr Tanner who ed A short program was presented by boys boys' of the C C C camp