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Show Ohio Towns in Miami Valley 1 H Are Spared Devastation jl of 1913 ; 2 N. E. A. Staff Special. 5 1 I DAYTON, O., April 28. The 550,- 000, Miami conservancy flood preyen- H tion project has proved its worth to i (JH Dayton and other Miami Valley towns. 1 H The demonstration came with -the j terrific spring flqods of April 20-22T. Residents of the "valley" are awak- IH ening to a realization of tho fact. They IH have not yet recovered from the 1H "thrill' the 17-foot river stage gave " them. Many are still busy moving I IH their household good back to tho first r IH floor. RH Despite assurance of conservancy a H officials that "there was no danger," IH people in the "valley" all remembered ' 1913 in the valley, with its toll- of H scores of dead and millions of dollars property loss. And they took precau- - ;H tlons. 1 H What It Saved. f J H Now comes realization of what H would have happened had not flood U prevention work been done, suclr as channel straightened and widening f ; 1 and building of dams and sluiceways. In Uie words of Arthur Morgan, chief conservatory engineer, Daytonfans I have the conservancy to thank ! 1 That the Miami River did '.not ; rise another two feet at Dayton, thus L reaching flood stage. )Ji 2 That it did not again flood Ctho i H business section of Miamisburg, i 10 H miles helow Dayton. , - H 3 That it did not spread over thou- r I sands of acres of land above andrbe- J low Dayton, killing livestock andre- H newing the 1913 "reign of terror.''; H "If it had not have been for the & flood prevention work thus far doge," , H said Morgan, as the river receded a fH Wednesday night, "the water would ; IJM have been probably two feet higher III in Dayton." : j Most of tho protection thus far"af- I forded has been by channel improve- ments an the Germantown dam. . Other Dams in 1921. ' I ' The conservancy dams are not 'et t I ready to function as flood barriers, but they will be by another year. , The 17-foot s"tago reached by theyiv- ! j or at Dayton was the highest since ' ! the 1913 flood. . : Persons who thought that the Miami 1 would never "get angry" again have j now been corfvinced of the need of the j conservancy project. j Conservancy tax assessments will I now bo paid more cheerfully. ; jj |