| Show r Beavers Deavers Build Dams for City But Fail fair to Follow Plans ST. ST HELENS ORE The city water department fired its four beavers after a years year's employment and said from now on it would hire strictly human help The beavers did almost everything everything everything every every- thing that was hoped for They built dams in th city watershed they charged no salaries they worked longer hours than any human human hunnan hu- hu man would But they But they simply wouldn't follow the city's engineering plans A year ago St. St Helens turned the beavers loose on Milton creek It expected them to build dams Impounding impounding impounding Im im- im- im pounding water to be used during the le dry season They did build dams ams too But Butth th they y built them m all in the wrong places Instead of helping to store water the beavers diverted small springs which had been flowing into the ther r reservoir No mattes matter how often men followed the beavers around and destroyed their dams the animals put them right back again in the wrong place |
