Show me dike at navajo lake Is completed Com pItted iron county record the dike across acro as navajo like wa completed last week and assures a definite water level in the lake a all times which has been the only obstacle in the way of making the lake one ot of the finest fishing retorts not only in the state lil but in it the entire west the completion of this dike makes a reality ot of a dream that has been in minds of sport men and commar aty ty boosters boasters bo tor for a 11 long time and marks the successful completion ot of another cooperative project undertaken by cedar city people assisted by people from other communities this project is of 0 gigantic proportions both in lublic benefit and effort for its completion the seep holes in the east end of the lake have always made the supply ot of water in the lake an uncertainty that has stood in the way of proper development and sufficient planting ot of fish although in every other respect the lake Is ideal tor for a fishing paradise fish eap exp arts maintain that they know of no other lake where food abounds is it does here and there Is no question us UK to the beauty for or the setting abich all adds to its attractiveness before the bull building ding of a dike was kingi undertaken much heart brea breaking effort was expended to plug the I 1 seep holes many were plugged and i held satisfactorily but the water repeatedly repeats adly broke out in other places the east end of 0 the lake covers a large bed ot of lava rock and this is overlaid with about ten or twelve feet of sand and clay through which the water breaks and escapes into the rocks in 1926 when the lake was so low that the water covered only the deep part ot of the lake on oil the south side arthur fife rv avelyn elyn tarry john P fuller and heber C jen ten sell visited the lake and the plan to build a dike across the deepest channel was decided upon esporti men interested in conserving the water were appealed to with the result that a group of them responded and a dike about teet feet long iong was constructed by hauling gravel in wheelbarrows a task that looked hopeless at the beginning but which when comp completed letea gave inspiration tor for carrying the work on t its present stage of completion building that dike took fourteen days day of strenuous effort this dike was about 3 teet feet high at each end and about 9 teet feet high in the center where the water was deepest in 1930 the cedar fish and game came protective organization with fred 11 dellerman Bel Del derman as aa president undertook to construct tho dike across the entire width of the lake and this was givans a dike three feet beet high from each side of the lake in 1931 the dike was war raised another toot foot the same organization taking the lead in the project of the state fish ind game department seeing the feasibility of the project and appreciating the enthusiasm and determination shown by the cedar people gave some valuable assistance in both 1930 and 1931 during the winter of 1932 the snow fall was exceptionally heavy and the supply of water increased so that the dike was covered last winters extra heavy frosts came and tho the resultant freezing of the small supply of water killed thousands ands of fish this spring the cedar city chamber ot of coan commerce backed by the fish and game Protect protective association determined to again raise the dike this time to a height that would give assurance that this would not reoccur re occur A drive wlas started with remarkable response from business men and sport alike and assistance from the state fish and oame game department was also promis id cd and received after the work had been carried forward by contribution the forest service was appeal td id to and through the efforts ot james E gurr supervisor of the dixie dixi national forest the forest officials agreed to take over the dike as a project with the result that it was successfully completed the dike was raised six feet till ahli year and although still not up to the high water mark it Is high enough to guarantee a water level that will justify great development of tho the lake as a resort the dike Is approximately Z tiet feet long lone about 18 feet wide at the top and 26 feet wide at ohp th bottom the like Is tip alp rapped on both sides with lava rock to protect it from the waves and from washing out when nhen the lake Is high the work done this summer has ha necessitated the expenditure of |