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Show iv ! 'j j ' U Ul % 1br > .rr rr . ; r . ; l.l ll . 4:1 41 4:1Flood : I Flood Control Work WorkAt WorkAt FloodControlWorkAt At Moab MoabStarted MoabStartedBliss Started StartedBliss Bliss BIIs BII s Canyon Pioject PloJect Project Under Underhhen Undert Undertiken hhen t iken b bv br " Grazing Service ServiceWith ServiceWith ServiceWith With Citv City Clt ) and andountvJHelp Count County ountvJHelp ountvJHelpA ) Help HelpA A flood control project in BlISS BlISScanyon Blisscanyon Blisscanyon canyon which almost every e\ery e ery esery \ year yearunloads ear earunloads earunloads unloads rivers of sand and rock rocks rocksinto rocksinto ! > Into city streets and yards will be beundertaken b bundertaken undertaken at once by the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States grazing grazmg serV1ceIth service serV1ce \ with \\Ith Ith th the the thecooperation . . cooperation of Moab city dty and andGrand andGrand andGrand Grand countyBliss countyBliss county countyBliss Bliss canyon drains drams a slick roc- roc rock rocarea rockarea rockarea ' - : area northeast of town and when heavy whenheavy rains rams strike across the ws dos wstrict dostrict district trict huge torrents of \ water ater mud mudand mudand mudand and rock S\\ S sweep Seep \ eep into the city caus taus causmg tausing causing mg ing untold damage Last s m.me mme mine mnie-two mnie two . ' ' - t\\ t t0 two \ 0 floods fleods came dow-n dow n dovm down - , the canyon flooding canyonflooding gutters homes , washing \ ashlng out gut ters and filling streets \ with ith sand sandj sandand sandand sandand j and rocks to a dep h of se'era seera seseraL seseraLI severa1feet ' I feet The expense of c1eaninO cleanin cleanta"aw cleantaaw " ' I Ia bawdy a \ dY iy the sand and debris raIT ram raITmto raminto rarrmto mto into several thousand dollarsThe dollarsThe dollars dollarsThe The Dalton Wells CCC camp of ofthe ofthe ofthe the grazing grazmg service111 service will \\111 111 \ provide the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor in m constructing a number of ofI offlood offlood offlood flood barriers barners and the county and andcity andcity I ' 'city city and'city city \ will ill provide proV1de the ma materials materialsSuperintendent materialiiSuperintendent teriab teriabSupermtendent Supermtendent Superintendent Fred C Jewkes Jewkesand Jewkesand Jewkesand and Engineer : E C West of Dal Daltcn Dalton Dalten tcn ton Wells Wes ) have made a study of the thearea th tharea area and are convinced cominced consinced that thatseeral thatses thatseveral seeral ses , eral retaining retaming dams combinedwi combmed1 combinedwr combmed combined \\1 1 wr \ h contour furro ighmg ighrng and re reseedmg reseeding reseeding seedmg seeding seedmg111 \ will \\111 111 soh solve solse e the tbe troubleAt troubleAt trouble troubleAt At a joint Jomt meeting meetmg of the cltv city cltvcouncil citycouncil citvcouncil council and board of county com cam commlsslOnes cammissoones cornmissiones mlsslOnes missoones held Tuesday e\ e es eenmg eveningdefinit \ enmg- enmg enmgdefimto enmgdefinite - defimto definite decision to proceed v.lth vlth 'situr situr v.lththe 'siturthe . ' withthe the theork \ work \\ork ork at onceas once \ was \\as as reached reachedSupenntendent reachedSuperintendent reachedSuperintendent Supenntendent Superintendent Jewkes Je"kes Jekes " and EngI EngIneer Engineer Enineer : ? neer Westere West were \\ere ere \ present and statedthat statedthat stated statedthat that theyere they ' were \ere ere \ prepared to com corn commence cornmence coinmence I weekI mence operations this tms week |