I vcellent way to go about making the most of the 

 pcAenlial development. If flood damages have 

 changed soils on some fields, they may need a 

 r.ewsoil survey and this should be scheduled 

 End done prior to the current planning. 



The Great Plains Conservation Program, through 

 a development and management program, with 

 total cost shai-ing up to $25, 000 is no douby the 

 most comprehensive and business like way to 

 carry out the conservation and economic 

 development program on a farm or ranch. This 

 can be especially fitting after immediate flood 

 damage repair work is done this year. Here the 

 producer can' do practices progressively as fast 

 as his funds and manpower allow. It is entirely 

 flexible, allowing scheduled changes to meet 

 the land ovraer's needs. 



BOX ELDER CREEK WATERSHED PROJECT 

 DEDICATED 



Many interested people attended the dedication 

 ceremoney of the Box Elder Creek Watershed 

 Project held in Plentywood on July 14th. 



Among those taking part in the ceremony were 

 Sheldon Haroldsen, Councilman representing the 

 city of Plentywood and Glenn Jacobsen, Chairman 

 of the Sheridan County Soil and Water Conservation 

 District. Other representatives included Oscar 

 Hippe, Vice-president of the National Ass'n. of 

 Conservation Districts, Carl Hunter, member of 

 the Montana State Soil Conservation Committee, 

 Raymon d Smith, Engineer with the Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service, Wes Woodgard, District Supervisor, 

 Montana State Fish & Game Commission, and 

 Harold Desilva, member of the local steering 

 committee. Gordon Holte of Plentywood served as 

 Master of Ceremonies for the event. Lowell Purdy, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and member of the 

 State Soil Conservation Committee who was to be 

 the main speaker was unavoidably detained from 

 attending because of transportation difficulties. 



This dam is the first flood control dam to be 

 built in Montan under P,L. 566. A secondary 

 object is the establishment of many kinds of 

 recreation such as fishing, boating, swimming, 

 simply loafin g and enjoying God's nature. All 

 rejoice to see the fruit of five years waiting finally 

 accomplished. 



The men on the park bench 

 looked up as a shapely girl came 

 down the path. 



"How old does a man have to be 

 before he loses interest in women?" 

 asked one of the younger men. 

 From the other end of the bench 

 came a quavering reply. 



"Over 82 anyway, sonny." 



CASCADE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION 

 DISTRICT SUPERVISORS ISSUE STATEMENT ON 

 FLOOD CONTROL IN THE SUN RIVER VALLEY 



The most disastrous flood in history has recently 

 occurred in the Sun River Valley with very heavy 

 losses sustained by all the farmers and ranchers 

 operating in the Valley. These losses could have 

 been largely prevented if sufficient upstream storage 

 had been constructed and placed in operation. 



Studies by the Bureau of Reclamation show that if 

 the proposed Upper Sun Butte dam had been in 

 existence and the outlet valve capacity of the Gibson 

 dam had been increased from 2,500 to 7,500 c.f.s. 

 that the two dams could have been operated to reduce 

 the peak flow from the Gibson dam to around 7, 500 

 c.f.s. instead of the 50,000 to 60,000 which prob- 

 ably occurred. Damage in the Valley would have 

 been light with a flow of 7, 500 c.f. s. from Gibson 

 dam even though the tributaries coming into the 

 river below were at high flood flows. 



The istudiesi necessary for construction of the Sun 

 Butte dam were stopped by the Secretary of the 

 Interior years ago because of strong pressure from 

 recreational and sportsman groups who used intrusion 

 of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area as one of 

 their main arguments. The reservoir created by 

 the dam would cover around 2, 500 acres of the 

 950, 000 acres in the wildreness area. 



We understand that Senator Mansfield has asked 

 the Bureau of Reclamation to submit estimates 

 of the amount needed to resume studies of the 

 flood control potentials in the Sun River Basin 

 and we want to thank him for this action. 



The Upper Sun Butte dam in addition to making 

 much more effective flood control possible. would 

 also supply irrigation water which will be 

 needed in the future. We are convined that the 

 construction of this dam for flood control and 

 water conservation along with the enlargement of 

 the valve capacity of the Gibson dam would 

 result in prevention of flooding in most years and 

 in great reduction of flood crests in seasons 

 of especially heavy rainfall. This would be the 

 most beneficial action which could be taken for 

 the people in our district who live in the Sun 

 River Valley. 



We respectfuly request the help of our Congres- 

 sional Delegation and Governor in bringing about 

 the action needed- 



If you stop praising a woman, 

 she'll think you don't love her any- 

 more . . . overdo it and you'll con- 

 vince her she's too good for you. 



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