Show WAR ON SOIL EROSION nature which steals some fifty minion tons of rich palouse wheat land every year for no good purpose Is bein being 9 handcuffed by science in the war on soil erosion numerous small dams are arc being built in erosion gullies to check the aull runoff run off of spring freshets fresh ets which carry away the soi intricate of planted wheat are spread over the ields fields to cheek check both wind and water erosion I 1 and virile heavy grasses are planted to form a thick mat the afie work Is being done by civilian conservation corns acorns wo workers ryers under the direction of rocke and a staff of scientists as well velt as experts of the federal de apartment part ment of df agriculture in southern california the ir S soil erosion service aies uses trees e expensively x ton in an t hald the soil more than t chine ll 11 UR se elms huntington e elms black y locusts ocus ts coulter pines aleppo pines alne arizona ash arizona cypress black walnut and holly have been planted there in add addi addiks en to willow willo w cutti cuttings byr by these ese means and others to be developed farmers hope to avoid aveld soil losses in ather of the nation threaten to cabbe cause abandonment of vast areas senator donart of washington in 1932 introduces duc 1 es abill a bill to abolish the cabinet form of government governa nt s the bill passed both houses but was vetoed A still more drastic bill has now been put before the senate the bill abolishes the department of law enforcement transfers the department of public investments to the department of finance it abolished the department part ment of public welfare giving its duties to the state auditor it gives to the department of public works the duties of the department of reclamation A constitutional amendment would be required to abolish the departments that are left warrensburg N Y floods of water and huge ice floes does submerged roads destroyed property and disi dis 1 i erupted communication through a serious ice jam in the hudson river i near lake george here is 4 a narrow I 1 I 1 stretch of the hudson river riva which never freezes over because of too swiftly flowing water large blocks t of ice 1 ce piled up here and sent a flood of water over a 7 milo mile alia area many roads were blocked |