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DAM BUILDING By T. W. FERGUSON ; (Continued from last Issue) Two small villages, vis: Ronda tnd Roaring River between ^orth Wilkeaboro and Elkln are Sam P. Mitchell | Civil Engineer CRT W) FARM SURVEYS PROPERTY PLATS Office lad Floor Baak of Nortk JzF. Office Phone 227 Residence 566 nearly all abovehighwater reach. The two concrete bridges span ning the Yadkin River at North Wilkesboro and Elkln were not damaged in the flood of 1940 and they were not constructed at the time of the 1916 flood. Any bridge where substantially built regardless of location would not have been effected. Seventy-five per cent of the contemplated protection in this project is de signed for industry and only 25 per cent for agriculture. If we were to double and treble the flood damages the end would not justify the means. The photo graphs submitted of points be low the dams Will bear us out ip the above facts. Statistics show that only 10 per cent of our soil is of the al luvial or river bottom type, while 90 per cent is of the hill and mountain type. Will we act to protect the 10 per cent and do nothing to protect the other 90 per cent? There 1b nothing more true than the farther away we get from nature the more we are handicapped by artificial lim itations. It is always unwise to try to control water unless you have a complete syBtem of flood control. We farmers know by ex perience and observation. 5W, Venetian Blinds of \ ? How often you've wished for a Venetian Blind like this...Lrgj&f? made of a special aluminum alloy, no heavier than your hard to lift. Flexible?bends to fit your brush as you whisk the dust away, then snaps right back to place. Lovely?its satin-smooth plastic finish blends with every color scheme, resists stains and soil. 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The fact is we do not have any more rain fall now than 100 years ago; the waters simply run in to the channel faster due to fewer obstructions on the land. We can hold this water back by a system of contour farming, strip cropping, terracing, plant ing soil holding crops, grazing our bottom lands more, alearing the main channels of obstruc tions, building of thousands of farm fish ponds and reservoirs and by a systematic timber pro tection. We know that farm lands have been depleted by constant row cropping and our timber lands have been mutilated by the swing of a million axes and saws and by making logging rpads down the mountain sides. Much of the water absorbing leaf mould and the spongy grassy I slopes that used to hold the ex cess water and cause it to soak into the earth making the water run off more slowly is^now like a tin roof. When the water falls it rushes rapidly into the chan nel causing flash floods. The whole scheme Is to hold the wat er back where it falls and make it run slowly until it gets into' the channel, then let it run off as rapidly as possible. It does not have time to overflow. Farm ers all over the country have shown a willingness to cooperate in a program of this kipd if giv en the proper encouragement. Many in this section of the Yad kin Valley have demonstrated they can put these practices into effect on their own farms. Its not a whirlwind affair but it is sure and permanent. Louis Bromfield, the celebrated farm expert and author has ?demonstrated con clusively on his farm in an Ohio valley similar to the Yadkin val ley that such a system can be carried out completely in eight years. Before he started his work floods were a common occurence; now the river runs fairly clear and floods are practically un known. No dams were built. If water can be made to run slowly on one farm, then why not on a number of farms, a district, a state and nation? One hundred years ago when nature had not been disturbed the Yadkin ran j practically clear and translucent 6,T year8 ago *hen ram fell in abundance, it took several day8 for the stream to rise and several to fall. Now it rises over nfght and falls in like manner. Building detention dams o this size an<i dimension ig" not going to remedy the situation or hold our soil and water where I?hT be" A11 the? can pos, sibly doMs to give a little tem porary relief to those immedi FEEftS LIN BUMGARNER 3 Miles West Ob Highway 411 24-F-21 Nerth WHY? Do Without the Comforts of INSULATION? It Pays For Itself! &3X. Johns-Manville BLOWN HOME INSUUTION iiiT] JLTtON ?T 15 Degrees Cooler 40% Fuel Saving Hie Beet Is Always the Cheapest ? J. D. Shields Engineer WILKESBORO MFG. COMPANY LOCAL REPRESHNTATTVH Telephone 7 ately below the dame. We hare proved concflusively by accepted statistics that the cost does not justify the means. Let's not rush blindly Into a futile money spend ing spree In order to offset the mistakes and crimes against na ture of the last fifty or more years. Our farmers will do a far moj^s effective Job if given the proper cooperation and1 one tenth of the money requested in this proposed project. It is admitted that this is strictly a flood control area with soil and tmfber conservation as the base. We should treat it as such. The primary object should he to protect first the section where the disease originates. Oet at the root of the trouble else the remedy is worse than the disease.' If the project fails in this it can never be anything but an eco nomical blunder. These dams cannot protect something they do not touch, soil and timber. The fundamental error, therefore, in this proposed project is destroy ing one section of fine natural resources to give questionable protection to another section. The place .to start flood control is in the hills and mountains and the sooner both rural and ur ban dwellers learn this the soon er we will have real flood con trol. Observation shows that a bout all the average urgan dwel ler knows about handling water is his ability to turn a water faucet off and on or In the handling of a fire hose. , (Continued next Issue) : -o GAUD QF THANKS We wish to thank the friends and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness during the death of our son and brother. MR. AND MRS. ED DANCT AND FAMILY. In 1946 the property loss from fire Vas $661,487,000, an in crease of 28 per cent over 1946. Support the Y. M. C. A. NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkeg County. The undersigned, having quali fied as administrator of the estate of W. A. Payne, deceased, late of Wilkes county, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the un dersigned at Boomer, N. C., on or before the 14th day of July, 1948, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will mAlr? prompt payment to the under signed administrator. This 14th day of July, 1947. JOHN PAYNE, Admr. estate of W. A. Payne, dec'd. 8-18-6tM PRESSURE COOKERS V6 QUART Easy To Use ? Built To Last ' This sturdy, attractive 16-qaast Pressure Cooker will cut your canning tine in half and in just one-third of the usual time you can prepare a whole meal that is moee nutritious and more tasty than ever. WILKES F. C.X. STORE * F. W. ABSHER, MANAGER 'Phone 271 North Wilkesboro, N. C. TH? AMERICAN WILL IS _THI WILL TO VI "3 URI PACE of PROGRESS Penelope with her strands of tlax . . . the Hebrew woman spinning wool . . . the ancient Aztec skilled in cotton craft . . . each had a different tool for spinning. But ... for each . . . enough thread to make a garment required hours of hand labor. For 7,000 years spinning remained a hand craft . . . achieved on primitive tools. Then men in England began to venture in industry as ... in an earlier century . . . they had ventured on the high seas. Seven English working men . . . each trying to find an easier way to' do his work . . . built the tools of a new industry . . . John Wyatt and Lewis Paul made rollers twist their cotton. John Kay made a shuttle James Hargreaves made a several spindles at oncfe. 2 Richard A combined achievements, and made water drive his machine. Finally, a farm boy, Samuel Crompton, listened thoughtfully to his mother's complaint that the new machine-spun thread was too coarse for fine weaving. He resolved to find a way to spin thread ' that wbs both fine and strong. "Often baffled ... as often I renewed my attempt," he records, "at the expense of every shilling I had in the world." But he found a better way. Instead of taking away men's jobs, his machine multipliad them a thousand-fold. The creative forae of these men . . . and thousands like them who have tolled and risked to find a bet ter way . . . Have made tools set the paee of ? fJrogrees. TLaJ. ew>eeln-Illoi In ] wppominmn to ?flinirv ana infff dhonee m win aie ffce eeieere of ear Me ^ .?ft DUK& POWER "COMPANY 4 Adrnmi OU~4 J -
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