| Show 5 4 yZ S' S r t. t Lis t r. r r COBBLE ROCKS BY THE THOUSANDS have been smoothed out by US U.S. Corps of Army Engineers at the Ft Thornburg diversion of Ashley Creek Ten dozers Army Engineers Take On More County Flood Projects Officials of the Corps of US U.S. Army Engineers met with the County Commissioners Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day afternoon and announced that they had approved four more locations for emergency clearing and snagging work on Indian lands Robert L. L Coleman chief flood control section and Lee J. J project planning representative both of the US U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento district stated they have already received permission of right of entry on Indian lands by the Ute Tribal Council to do flood control control control con con- work on the Uinta and Whiterock rivera PROJECTS Will take about two weeks to finish stated stated stat stat- ed d Mr Coleman A D 9 and anda a D D-d dozer will be hired from D. D E. E Casada Construction to todo todo todo do the work on the Whiterocks Whiterocks White White- rocks river will be improved One is three miles north of White Whiterocks rocks settlement have been occupied for the last three weeks In flood control of Ashley Creek ing building bunding up the bank along Whiterocks river The other ocher location on the the White Whiterocks rocks river is to prote protect t the waterline waterline waterline water- water line serving Whiterocks where it crosses the river THE UINTA river projects include work in the vicinity of the Uriah Heep Springs by the station This work Includes in includes includes In- In protecting the water pipelines in this area The second Uinta Uita river flood work will be done where state highway crosses the river This work will be mostly snagging snagging snagging snag snag- ging and clearing the officIals officials officials offic offic- stated The Us Engineers also made a tour of If Ashley Creek from the the V Vernal MUnicIpal Municipal MunICIpal Golf Course to where it crosses highway US U.S. 40 After the tour the approved doing more work in this section section section sec sec- tion of of Ashley Creek TH THE CORPS was also petitioned petitioned pet pet- to do more work in the canyon area arcs of Ashley Creek above Merkley Park by the Vernal City At It t present time the Corps has almost completely cleared clear clear- cd ed Ashley Creek from State Highway 44 to Merkley Park The work has been of such sucha a superior nature that other landowners who beforehand were reluctant in letting the Corps enter their property now want the work done stated stated stated stat stat- ed the County Commissioners THE CORPS pas has as done an excellent job and received ed much praise and appreciation appreciation appreciation for the work performed under the capable direction of Stew Bonnemort la is s the Commissioners Tuesday morning the County road department dozer dozer doz doz- er en and patrol Into the i Diamond iamond Mountain area area to open this road to and ranch ranch- ers Snow drifts will be cleared cleared cleared clear clear- ed so the road will be open open- travel |
