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Show CCC CAMP P. E. 216 DESERVES PRAISE The town of Washington, near St. George in southern Utah, owes a lasting debt of gratitude to CCC camp P. E. 216 for the large dam which the men have built above the town. This dam and diversion canal will store and divert into the proper channel chan-nel the devastating flood waters which threatened the homes and lives of the people every summer. Another dam below the town will protect the farming lands from being gullied and washed into the Virgin River. An idea of the labor performed may be gleaned from the following actual ac-tual measurements: Earth fill 11080 cubic yards. Earth excavation 3300 cu. yds. Rock excavation 2000 cu. yds. Rubble facing 2900 cu. yds. In addition, the men of the camp have built jetties in the Virgin River which protects from further destruction some six miles of valuable farming lands on either bank. The jetties are six feet wide and four feet high (Continued on page five) CCC CAMP P. E. 216 (Continued from page one) and are constructed of rock hauled haul-ed from nearby quarries, and held In place with heavy steel wire; 4600 cubic yards of rock being used In these jetties, and they range in length from 7 5 feet to 700 feet and If placed end to end would reach over a mile. Life in the camp has been made Interesting and profitable through the wise and sympathetic sympa-thetic guidance of Captain P. Morgan, the loyalty of the men and splendid cooperation of the citizens of Washington County. The boys were taken on frequent excursions to points of interest in Southern Utah and Nevada. The site of the . camp is a historica' spot to Utahns. The barracks are located on all sides of the old cotton mill built by Brlgham Young. Here In early days, cotton locally grown was manufactured Into clo':h. Woolens Wool-ens were also spun here. Washington Wash-ington settlement was first established es-tablished in 1857. The old stone building is now being used by the camp for storage, for a smithy smi-thy and a garage. The camp moves soon to Hobble Creek near Sprlngdale. The boys will take with them pleasant memories of a delightful winter spent in Utah's Dixie among a most hospitable hos-pitable people and in a land of geologic wond"rg . and scenic beauty. |