Show THE FLOOD SEASON disanti disastrous aus floods lowing leaving in it their path bodies of the dead and property losses of millions have devastated various sections of the country with in recent weeks it la Is the usual toll taken by spring freshets fresh ets the same thing that happens ayery yetar and that has been happening for foi a long ions period of time engineers and statesmen not too much under the influence of politics have tor for years preached the importance of defense against these floods yet nothing worth while in the way of protection has been accomplished here and there communities have spent their dmn wn money in constructing dams and reservoirs and deepening channels thie the U S government while spending millions annually on sin an army or and id navy to defend us its agal lost outride out tide attacks goes peacefully on suffering these at nicks from an agency as deadly as war it is a mutter matter of nationwide nation wide im po trance tills this thing of flood prevention a matter of bf concern here in It Kan andolph dolph anything Any thine that that destroys human life and property property in one section affects all other sections in indirectly III any kind of tragedy for tine ine community is a tragedy for all surely the events of the few weeks and others that are almost certain to follow at this season of the year should be sufficient to awaken us and especially our public servant 4 to a duty we ive have already too long neglected let us hope that the year 1929 will witness a start toward one of the gravest problems with which our nation hii to wrestle the pr problem of flood prevention ven tion |