Show Conservation On The Local Scene From Soil Conservation Office Gunnison Construction work in conservation conservation conservation conser conser- is virtually at a stand standstill standstill still in the Gunnison Valley Growing crops demand the attention attention at- at of farmers and they have little time lime to lo do improve improve- ment This docs does not keep them from planning for the future Crops are better betler than expected This is due to lo constant vigilance vigilance lance ance of water waler users who have stretched supplies beyond theIr expectations In doing have lave found many ways to save water valer Last w wee week e e k I walked many miles of canals Most of them are surprisingly ly y fr free e of moss and other debris that thai usually retards the flow Leaks are uncommon and everything indicates indIcates indi- indi cates cales good care S Soil o 0 i 1 Conservation Service technicians are busy working on plans for fall work You may maybe be je surprised to 10 know that Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete County has 65 irrigation irrigations s systems stems M Ili o 0 s t I of these companies com com- panics are planning to lo do improvement im- im provement work Many of them involve planned programs of progressive improvement The Gunnison City Canal Co Is s one of these They plan the first phase this fall when they will vill line the upper section of their heir canal with concrete Henry Henry Heny Hen- Hen ry y Bartholomew is arranging finance and is being furnished cost ost estimates by the Sanpete Soil Conservation DistrIct Henry Henty Heny Hen- Hen ty ry y and Merrill Whitlock chained and staked slaked 21 2 2 miles of the canal anal last week The GunnIson-Fayette GunnIson Canal Company has a large number of measuring devices ready for forI I installation along their canal I Smith Machine and Repair are constructing a number of I Parshall flumes to lo be be installed on the lower section of the I Pluto Pi ute canal Mt 1 Pleasant PleasantOn I On request of George Faux of f Moroni Gordon Hansen area areo I engineer met with officials of I Ithe the he Cedar Creek Irrigation Co durIng luring the week to go over I their heir system and make estimates for or concrete ditch lining It was vas estimated one cf s was lowing flowing at the mouth of t the h e canyon anyon and half was lost before it I reached the Aiken Ditch Most of this was lost in a mile 2 section section sec- sec tion ion east of the Mt Ml Pleasant Pleasant- Spring pring City Cily highway it il was be- be Another meeting was planned for or August to lo go over estimates and get views from the rest resl of the company Green and Fairview The Watershed Planning crew is scheduled here the week lof of September to make a preliminary investigation of the Birch Creek watershed of Fairview Fairview Fairview Fair- Fair view and the Tid's Canyon of Green This group will hold lold meetings with wilh the respective respect- respect ive ve e watershed committees to discuss their findings and get views and suggestions from the committees The Sanpete County Coun- Coun ty y Soil Conservation District supervisors will set the time and dates rO for the meetings 1946 Flood Mt Pleasant Remember the flood on July 24 1946 There was an estimated ed damage to the town lown of Mt Ml Pleasant and agricultural al property properly below town lown The peak discharge of this flood was estimated to lo be about aboul 2300 Pleasant Creek has flooded 20 times limes since 1893 or an av average average average av- av of once every 3 years During this period there have been 4 major floods 1893 1918 1936 1036 and 1946 o o |