Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-12-04 | Page 12 | Plan Dams to Avoid Floods

PL PLAN N DAMS TO TOI t I AVOID FLOODS 6 Aggie Engineer Aims to toI I Prevent Further Utah Disasters I I To prevent such lIuch disastrous I floods as occurred occurred at Farmington and willerd during August last L I IM M lII Windsor Irrigation engineer of the service of ot the depart department ment meat of agriculture with head head- headquarter quarten quarter s tt It t the tho Agricultural college at Logan Logun has arranged for tor the building of crib dams in those can can- canyons canyons can canyons ont anc anc n oth other r portions of the tho state M Windsor was VIlS In Ogden Mon Mon- on- on day Monday night and conferred with for for- forest for forest est Oct I i officials at the dl district offices relative to timber needed for the tha construction of the tho dams Assistant District Forester C B Mores announced today that the forest set pel PC vice w operate co-operate to fo lothe the limit of its ability in furnish ing furnishing timber to aid In the prevention of future floods lIe He also pointed out that everything possible was being Jone done along the same line In calling attention of li-io li various to the need of better supers upen Islon of grazing it tt the areas where the floods doubtlessly ly be- be began began be began gan due dUl to overgrazing and ond tire fire causing cau unnatural erosion HE pointed point out that without sufficient vegetation covering on area areas the water had nothing to Impede Its Irl progress rese and continued falling down slopes lopes it merged merSed In ln to rag rag-nc rag ras- nv torrents M- M Windsor pointed out that thit a adam adam dam was as bring being constructed across Shoal Shell creek abo above Enterprise where disastrous floods were frequent fl that on one onn was waa being planned at Mt two on eon SUt It CI creek cicek eel abo above aboe abo e Nephi and that dam dams were to bp be constructed in th the Willerd and and l ays ays can can- ions can Ions The dams Cams are built in the tI form of cribs In which the tho debris consisting con con- consisting con consisting of boulders and ond gravel and such material Is ta caught forming a 11 sort of lake lale that finally de clops Into a delta Tha 11 communities under the plan d proposed by Mr Windsor furnish the labor and materials and Mr Windsor or supervises the tile construe construction construction tion lion work vork ork no