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Finished Finished by Fall FallPlan F I Plan to Store Water inHug-e inHug e in inHuge I Huge - Reservolr Reservoir ReservoirFor Re ervoirFor , For Valley FarmsWork Farms I IWork Work is js toinc going along alon { nicely at athe athe he Buck Pasture Pasturt " reservoir reservOlr on onBrush onBrush II onII IIBrush Brush creek mountain The large largetractor largetractori largetractorh tractor tractori ! . , and carry alls ails havQ 2iave } iav al- al all already already al already - - l ready put one . third t.hird of the required required"mount requiredmount required"mount requiredmount \"mount "mount mount \ " mount of earth In the dam and andlit anc ancit andit it Is i'l il ' expected to have the project projectcompleted projectcompleted projectcompleted completed so that water can be bestored bestored b bstored lit stored In the thp reservoir this wmter winter wmteraccording winteraccording winteraccordtne according to Engineer L P Chris ChrIstensen Christensen ChristensenWith tensen tensenWith With approximately 8000 8 000 acre acrefeet acr acrfeet feet of water stored at the site sitenext sitenext lfnext next year as a supplemental water watersupply watersupply watersupply supply to be drawn on by Ashley AshleyValley AshleyValley Valley farmers for late watering wateringagriculture waterinfagriculture agriculture will wUl take on a much muchbrighter muchbrighter muchbrighter brighter aspect a'lpect alpect ' than dm-inf dm inf during - the thepast thepast thepast past number of years when crops cropshave cropshave I have withered for the want of wa- wa Water wa water - Iter waIter IterThe ter terThe The reservoir site Is a hive of ofindustry ofindustry ofIndustry industry with tractors carry-aIls carry aIls carryaIlstrucks carry-allstrucks carry allstrucks - trucks and workmen busllv busUv busily engag engageli enficd ed eli bulldlnr buUdlng building up the dam The ma materiaJ materta1 materialaf teriaJ terta1 wd l'lSed llSed ted ' and the process by bywhich bywhich bywhich which the dam Is packed Is be- be - believed believed be believed - lieved by englners enginers en < lners to mak , . the thestructure thestructure thestructure structure as s .tolld tolld solid . as rock or ce cement cement cement cementLast ment mentLast Last year a cement lined tun tun1el tuniel tunicl 1el iel was constructed construct.ed . running thruItpe thrutl'e thru Itpe | the tl'e tle ' solid rock of the west abutI abutmf'nt abutment abut I ] ment mf'nt mfnt ' of the reservoir and thent thenI then I rn rnlriR rning Ing to\\ to toward toard totiard \ ard the south and con conI coneing coneying coneying I eing eying } theater the \ water \\ater ater stater to 'he he ( ' he canal beow beow be I ow Lving Lvlng Lying immediately Immf'diately Immfdiately ' south ofhe of ofI ofhe ofhe he inlet of the tunnel the maindam main maindam maindarn I dam darn is b to < ( inR ing in constructed The devdcpment de devrlcpment develcpnient ' vrlcpment velcpnient of this dam darn In the lastfew last lastI lastfew lastfew few weeks steeks \ 'ek ek ! ' . has ha'l hal ' oeen oecn neerl almost phenomenal phe phenom1al phenoinenal I nom1al noinenal ! ' Tlie 'TIll TIll The ' ' base lise Ins ) ( ' if 1f ) f this thi " projectis project 1 is < ; 1100 feet fef't feft ' lone long and 300 feet fet't fett ' wide wlde wideBrfore I wideI wldeI Before Drfore Brfore D placlnR placing ] clnir ' this tl1l . dirt an exca f'xca fxca ' allan ation stas \ ciS made on an average of 117 i n 17 feet deep below the tlw level ofthe of ofI ofthe ofthe the bottom of the reservoir reseroir rf ' < ; 'r\olr 'r r olr ! ' \ downto down downto downto I to bedrock On the tht ' west . side of ofhis ofhis ofhis his excavation It . was made over100 over 100 feet wide By means of large largebulldozers largebulldozers larpebulldozers bulldozers and rippers rlppers trees andodes andocks and andocks ocks odes are being belng ' removed from the theadjacent theadjacent theadjacent adjacent west bank Then carry carry- carryal.s carryaLa carryalls - alls al.s als aLa . with twelve yard capacity capaclty load loadwith loadwith loadwith I carryI with dirt from the west bank and andmo andmole 110\ 110 mo 110e ' \ ' e It to the dam site lte First this this'earth thisearth thisearth earth was placed Into the excava excavalion excavaUon excavatlon 'earth earth ' lion Uon and tamped taniped solidlyAs solidly soUdly solidlyAs As another precaution against againstleaking talnstleakinr leaking rocks are removed from fromthe fromthe fromthe the dirt and by ' "means means 'means " eans of a large largemachine largemachine larremachine , machine called a sheep foot tamp txmper tamppr tamper pr er each load loai of dirt dlrt . Is carefully carefullypacked carefullypacked carefullypacked packed down In addition to this thisan thisan thl thlan < an air compressor tamper Is used usednear usednear usednear near the west abutment to insure insureab'Iolute insureabsolute Insureabsolute ab'Iolute abIolute absolute . ' safety In making ; the dIrt dIrtoolld dirtsolid dirtsolid oolld solid ; , I I The engineers estimate that . 2000 2000yards 2000yards yards of dirt are placed In the dam darn darnevery dajnevery 'very very every ! ' 24 hours Since the hure huge ma machinery machlnery : chinery was placed on the ground groundfour groundfour ( roundfour four the1required weeks BKO ago one third thlrd of the1 the therequired therequired required amount of dirt has been beenplaced beenplaced beenplaced placed A diesel dte'lel dtelel ' electric plant sup supplies supplies supplies plies the lliht light for Hood tlood flood Hints lIght.s lIghts . us uspd used us"d usd pd ed " In nitht nIght workThe workThe work workThe The major part of the work ork Is Isbeing isbelni Ibeing IsIbeing being done by 62 2 WPA workers worken But But"Ihls Butthis Butthis "Ihls Ihls " this force la fa is omewhat somewhat Inadequate Inadequateto to keep thints things movlne moving aa as fast as asdesirable asdesirable asdesirable desirable However flowever it Is hoped to tohae tohate tohave ha\e ha e hate \ the project projf'Ct projfCt ' completed beforefreezing beforefreeilng before freezing freeilng ; weather weatht'r weathtr ' setm setThe seta set- set . - , inThe In m InThe The dam will be approximately approximately80 60 feet hith hIgh when completed and andwill andwill andwill will be urfaccd surfaced on the upper side sidewith sidewith sidewith with rocka rocks . . - - - - |