Show Conservation On The Local Scene From Soil Conservation Office Manti ManU Paul Schaffer Biologist visited the Sanpete District last week and gave recommendations on improving ponds for or fish pro pro- Ponds visited while while- in inthe inthe inthe the district were those on the Hal Lowry Joseph and Vail Nielson Nielson Niel Niel- son farms forms Details for designing ponds for fish culture are at at hand in the local offices I Gunnison Gordon Hansen Engineer has completed preliminary estimates estimates es es- es- es on cost of improving the Gunnison City Canal Company system Studies and investigations have been made from time timeto to time for several years by personnel Ephraim Rulon Peterson visited the office of fice flee last week Rulon reported an excellent stand of Russian Wild Rye started but is skeptical as to its survival with continuing drouth and heat Rulon also applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied for assistance o 0 on n nth t the h e Horseshoe Irrigation Company system I Green Booth Cook is building a new overnight pond Owen Gregerson Greger- Greger son is doing the work for him Mt Pleasant Pleasant- Paul Schaffer Biologist visited the George Crisp farmand farm farmand farmand and gave recommendations to George on fish culture George has one pond stocked with trout and one stocked with bass blue bass blue bluegill gill combination George also plans to build another pond and stock it with trout He has bas just recently completed 12 acres of land leveling Fairview Gordon Marsh manager of the theold theold theold old Tucker farm plans to build an overnight pond and develop it for fish culture Pleasant Creek Watershed Bids will be reissued on the Pleasant Creek project which will include de a pipe across Pleasant Pleasant Pleasant Pleas Pleas- ant Creek inlet and outlet structures structures tures to the debris basin and about 11 additional small tures Willis Candland was low bidder bid bid- der on the original bid which did not include the pipe across Pleasant Creek The brush burner is being overhauled for preparation of ground for seeding in the Pleas- Pleas and Creek Watershed The burner bur bur- burner ner pulled by a truck or tractor has hns a compressor and burns No 2 fuel oil and burns brush and weeds to clear the land for drilling Remember Jl July y 13 1890 Cloudburst 3 or 4 miles up Manti Canyon Road Rond in canyon covered with rocks and mud Bridges washed away awny Street flooded Chief harvest of the land landis is is isman isman isman man himself |