name of the law ia more apt to carry weight and respect 

 rith the position than the average citizen. 



In conclusion, let us be "fr.ir and square", usin^r 

 our "best Judgment, and preventing violations, rather thr.n 

 merely being active members of "the strong arm of the lav?". 

 In punishing violations when they come to our notice and 

 acting without fear or favor in enforcing the laws we irill 

 lose the friendship of no lar-respecting citizen. 



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 Plan for Chocking Zrosion of Mountain Meadows 



by 

 W. H. Babbitt 



In several of the papers published by the dif- 

 ferent Forests, the subject of the destruction of the 

 mountain meadows by erosion has been ably discussed. I 

 have had considerable experience in checking erosion In 

 such meadows in HOT? Mexico, Arizona, and the southern part 

 of the State. The erosion in these meadows was, in years 

 long past, checked and held by beaver dans, the remnants of 

 rhich nay yet be found in many localities. The logical con- 

 clusion is, therefore, to imitate the beaver as nearly as 

 practicable. The most suitable dams for the purpose, from 

 my observation, are those constructed by the use of sacks 

 of clay, sand, gravel or even loose li^ht soils, if nothing 

 heavier is available. These dams properly laid up rank 

 next in peraanence to those constructed of cement. They are 

 readily made from material always at hand and v^ith smell 

 expense. Willov/s, vvhich usually abound in these meadows, 

 should be cut and laid in the dam in the course of con- 

 struction. If this is done in the Spring or early Summer, 

 the v/illo7;8 trill rov/ and quickly bind the dam into a oolid 

 body of great strength. I have seen such a dam withstand 

 a flood that would have demolished a pile and lumber 

 structure. At the worst the top is only washed over end 

 helps to strengthen the base, which will always remain, 

 making reconstruction a natter of little labor or expense. 

 I can recommend this construction in reclaiming washed land 

 of any nature, and for a dam of any kind that must be con- 

 structed rithout a bed rock or solid abutments. 



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