Show committee is selected to avert spring flood appointment of a committee to meet with officials of the east canyon reservoir in an attempt to prevent damage to crops and property by flood was made at a meeting 0 of f the morgan soil conservation committee monday night at mondays meeting the morgan county water users association was represented by george florence and aaron creechley Creech ly they requested the assistance of the district in making a preliminary survey for a reservoir in hardscrabble canyon the committee named to work with the district and make a general survey of the east canyon creek from richville lane down is composed of john compton earl butters C E rich rich waldron and 11 II H crouch monday nights meeting was an outgrowth of a similar meeting held march 7 by nine morgan county farmers to discuss ways and means of controlling east canyon creek to prevent flooding in that area men present at this meeting were glen butters morris newbold richard fry george fry clarence little john A compton newel waldron lee durrant frank turner and vaughn A clayton of the soil conservation service all men present agreed that if proper control is to be assured all farmers in the flood area must cooperate and push the action to completion ion mr waldron stated that the only effective effects ve and lasting control is the deepening and straightening of the channel by use of a richard fry stressed the importance of reaching an agreement with the committee in charge of filling the east canyon reservoir to drain all water possible be for the high water season 1 if I f this is not done we are in in for a flood in this area these floods ruin land for a year and in addition the flood waters bring down noxious weeds mr fry asserted it was pointed out that east canyon reservoir is now full and that tha t with an unprecedented amount of snow and moisture on the water shed at this time of year heavy spring rains will sure surely I 1 bring flood waters to the land below be r w if a certain amount of water is not drained from the reservoir at the present time morgan soil conservation district supervisors are mark Tb thackery ackery chairman IV V shaw vice chairman herbert whittier secretary clair rich equipment supervisor and sam hopkin member b |