Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-07 | Page 5 | Flood Control Work Planned

FLOOD CONTROL WORK PLANNED C C C labor to Be Used in n Davis County if Land Landis is Acquired An extensive c flood control program will be carrIed out this summer over overa overlarge a large area of the watershed lands land in i n D Davis v county by C C C camp work e ers rs i if President Roosevelt si signs ns the e executive order placing acres o or f land Sn in that county under control o of f the forest service Senator William H. H King informed Gus P. P Backman s secretary of the chamber of oC commerce com merce Monday The executive order has been pro pre pared and presented to the president but is being held up in hop hopes that an appropriation might be obtaIned to purchase privately owned lands to be added to the forest reserves reserve Senator i King said If the large area of hillside land between be be- tween Bountiful ul and Farmington is placed under control of at the forest foreJt service it is planned to have a large reforestation program carrIed out by members of the C CC with materials material furnished by the forest servIce Mr Backman pointed out At the present I time the camp workers are carrying ut a flood control program with ma materials furnished by Davis county and the state road commission he said