Show safety sam says by lowell 3 ranner farmer great men sometimes live and lie die bitout very many people appreciating precia ting or 01 even hearin hearing g about them such a man was father crowley crow ley whose story was told in the last saturday satin day evening post ile he was great because lie restored stored le the faith and hope of the people who settled owens valley countless other valleys need a father crowley crow ley the city of los angeles needed owens valley alley water and perhaps without realizing what they were doing to some healthy communities muni ties began buying land and water in owens v valley alley until most of the settlers had moved out leaving leading only a shell containing a few disillusioned people without enough water to irrigate their laud land father crowley and his churches went with the rest to greener fields he c could 0 u 1 d not get the valley out of his mind and several years later when told that he was about to die he said he would like to go back and die in owens valley from the day he got back lie he began to recover its his health and gradually became possessed of a burning desire to re restore sto re his beloved valley As lie he worked hard to build his parishes be carefully laid his plans building from the bottom he organized the people to sell the valley to themselves and t to 0 the lest of the country he visualized a great greet t dam project which would conserve the spring runoff water and provide enough for valley irrigation As the organization grew under his keen leadership much capital was bi ought brought in through its his ingenious advertising schemes finally when the time was ripe lie he sold his plan tor for the dam lock stock and barrel to the city of los angeles ile he met an untimely death lu it a collision with a lumber truck before the dam was built and they have named the waters behind the alie dam crowley lake tho the valley is green again a nationally known tourist mecca the communities mun muni ties ittes with ath their churches and schools are thriving and an other epic inspired leadership has been written many kinds ot of tributes have been written rather father crowleys Crow leys is in green plants and clear waters |