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before it is too late, follow in the footsteps of those 
men in South Dakota and other places who have 
set such good example. 
Apart from the conserving of water, the dams 
play another and almost equally important part. 
Floods, as already stated, are a source of almost 
unlimited trouble to both the farmer, the lumber- 
man, and the villages. In fact everyone may 
indirectly suffer from the effects of too much 
water. Bridges are destroyed, roads rendered 
impassable and endless confusion is the result. The 
following piece of news is more eloquent than any 
words of mine on the subject. It appeared in the 
Gazette (Montreal) in the issue of September 9th, 
1913. Curiously enough, I was on my way to 
carry on my studies of beaver in Ontario when it 
happened to catch my eye. 
BuRSTING OF BEAVER Dam. 
CAUSE OF BIG SLIDES ON CANADIAN PACIFIC. 
“ VANCOUVER, B.C., September 8.—AIl trains 
held up on the main line of the Canadian Pacific by 
slides are now on their way east and west. The 
line was finally cleared at eleven o'clock this 
morning. Yesterday the population of Field, the 
town nearest the slide, which occurred between 
Pallises and Glenogle, 25 miles west of Field, was 
increased by the addition of 2,000 passengers who 
were held up by the delay. 
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