Show PERSONAL ON ws by elwyn blake g p i HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION A aw 1 EROSION CONT CONTROL ito k AND SILT CONTENT OF RIVERS in making the surveys and estimates of capacity of the boulder Bould erve rea engineers considered the th very rv vital factor cl 0 silt ailt content of the waters to be impounded behind the great dam it was figured that after a number of years the capace of ther reservoir eser voir would be greatly I 1 impaired impaired mp aired b by Y ille aie accumulation of mud mu d n the reservoir and eventual eventually liF the dam dain might become useless as a storage reservoir at that time 0 no o serious thou thought t had been agven to erosion control WW now that the question of controlling the removal of top soil from our land by br the action of natural run off katr 0 the life of dam as a storage project may be prolonged proon ged indefinitely this of course I 1 is based on the prompt action of erosion control ap af enches which may be used at the heads of small streams and derainge areas where most of the river silt gathered athal ed for its downward trip ed ie the great rivers i we ve have never heard erosion control enthusiasts mention anat anything hing about sil silt control but nevertheless silt control is a vital factor ir in all great ani flood crit rol projects it seems to tn us that it is about time to tc rail rad attention to this anole angle of the cre proposition as always a clance that much talked of eros ji 11 l work now contemplated may fall thru as soma othe measures for the lie lic benefit have done we believe however that any project ai its object so lasting and valuable art an aim will not be allowed to die heres hoping public gain and not narrow minded politics is the governing factor |