day's rain is still standing in the ditches. An arrange- 

 ment of baffles about IS or 18 inches high, or drop inlets to 

 culverts, keeps back some of the flow and does not let all of 

 it get into the river and down stream. They let the water 

 soak in. The experts told the people not to rush every bit 

 of water straight to the river; to keep back as much as they 

 could and let it infiltrate. It is reported that the people in 

 the city where the little river joins the river below notice a 

 difference in the flow there; their floods are not so high in 

 the spring, and the river does not get so low in the summer, 

 and is cleaner. It is also reported that the people in the 

 city are enjoying fishing and boating again; the people of 

 the Valley are certainly getting good fishing. 



After you have taken a tramp over one of these farms, 

 go to the buildings, visit the dairy. You will find plenty 

 of clean, cold running water; and if you visit one of the houses 

 you will find running water in the kitchen and a complete 

 bathroom. Stop at one of the "Tourists Accommodated" 

 places up the road and see something unusual rooms with 

 shower baths. 



Since they have had electricity in the Valley it is like 

 living in town. They had to wait a long time for it, but 

 finally it came. You have noticed the distribution lines as 

 you came up the road. In the house, of course, comfortable 

 lights in the evening, a refrigerator, washing machine, iron- 

 ing machine, and other devices; and every house has its 

 radio. A few of the farmers have electric stoves; they say 

 that farther south, a much larger number have electric stoves. 

 As for the men, there are electric lights in the barns and sheds, 

 and electric pumping of water from the reservoir or creek for 

 the stables, the dairy, and the watering trough; and most of 

 the farms use portable power machines for a variety of 

 things sawing wood, cutting ensilage, grinding feed. 



The power comes two ways: During a considerable part 

 of the year the farmers get it from the little station at the 

 reservoir at Valley Center, but in the summer when the 

 water is more precious for irrigation, they get it from a 

 hook-up with the company station on the river below. The 



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