The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 22, 1920, Page 9

Y ,‘“ -~ el \ By e 17 st L= de - ‘Red River Flood Control in Slght Congress Expected to Act Favorably on Bill by Congress- man John M. Baer Washmgton Bureau, Nonpartisan Leader. HE system of reservoirs and channel improve- ments for the prevention of floods in the Red River valley, toward which the first favorable action in congress has just been taken, promlses to be the greatest Thing of its kind in the United States. Eleven million acres in Minnesota, North Da- kota and South Dakota wxll be affect- ed when this improvement: is carried through. Direct benefits will go to 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 acres and about 1000 000 acres of land will actually be reclaimed for cultivation. For years the hopes of the people of the three states have been raised and then disappointed by congress’ failure to start this work of flood con- trol. At times local schemes for tak- ing care of small sections of the whole project were brought up. However, congress seems now about to order a preliminary examination of the whole valley, this to be followed by the de- tailed survey and estimates which must be presented to congress before an appropriation is made for construc- tion. Congressman Baer of North Dakota and Herbert A. Hard, chief engineer for the North Dakota state flood con- trol and drainage commission, were heard by the house committee on flood control and drainage a few days ago on the Baer bhill, which ¢alls for an appropriation of $25,000,000 to con- struct the necessary reservoirs, dams and channel improvements. Engmeer Hard had conferred with the engineer board of the war department, which has charge of river and harbor work for the government, and had found sympathy with the plan for treating the whole problem, rather than deal- ing with it piecemeal. But it was urged upon him that the government' will' demand a preliminary examina- tion first of all; that a survey in de- tail will then be authorized if the first opinion_is favorable, and that con- struction will have to await the re- port of the board on the detmled sur- vey. MONEY APPROPRIATED MANY YEARS AGO’ At the house committee hearing it was shown that money for the pre- . . liminary investigation and survey was appropriated some years ago, and was held up by the war. Mr. Baer has of- fered a resolution making this fund immediately available. = To this the committee will agree. Representatives Steenerson and Vol- stead appeared before the committee, each in .support of a separate local project. - Mr. Steenerson wanted a separate appropriation to immediately care for his Red Lake project, while Mr. Volstead wanted the Lake Trav- erse project handled without refer- ence to the rest of the problem. Mr, Baer argued that these small units would only aggravate the condition in the rest of the wvalley, and that the welfare of the people on the North Dakota side should not be sacrificed. He urged the necessity of getting . more wheat lands under cultivation, due Yo the falling off in production per acre, and also the need of land for sol- diers. Mr. Hard stated that about three- fourths of the proposed construction would consist in reservoirs and dams among the Minnesota lakes and in the gorges of the tributaries of the Red - river in North Dakota. The improve- - .ment will prevent spring floods, with ~the water to run into it. ~then start in on Wall street? theu- resultant damage to land, Crops, sanitary conditions, etc., and W111 give a steady flow of water during the summer. It will furnish a main trunk sewer for all the cities and towns along the river, and will add enor- mously to land values as well as to crop production. Mr. Hard was chosen to come to Washington on this errand by the North Dakota Flood Control association, which acted under the policy adopted by the Tri-State Flood Control - and Drainage association. Minnesota and South Dakota dele- gates were to have been heard in Jan- uary, and then on Februiry 12, but they failed to appear. A further hear— ing has now been arranged, when the Minnesota and South Dakota spokes- men will plead for the improvement. An unfortunate circumstance is that several Minnesota congressmen seem determined to break up the project into small parts and to use their power in the house to get these small units approved ahead of the rest. To the extent that this is accomplished, the |- plans for ridding the Red River valley of its annual flood menace will be de-‘ layed and discouraged. Mr. Baer proposes to keep the issue before congress—the -issue as to whether it is common sense to improve ‘only one side of a stream to safe- guard the land of the valley from flood waters. The army engineers are with him. Minnesota congressmen have thus far failed to co-operate. -GUMBO SOIL Gumbo soil is made up of very fine -soil particles and is wusually found in low places. It often contains alkali. The water from the surrounding ter- ritory has flowed to these low places. The . soil particles being fine, and packing close together, but little of the water could sweep away, So it was left to evaporate, and in so domg‘ the alkali 'was left behind. One way of handling gumbo is to get some organic matter into it, so as to loosen it up.- Manure is the best; partly rotted straw is. good; plowing under a green crop also helps; drainage -is good, but it is often dif- ficult or expensive. Standing water can often be gotten rid of by digging a well 10 or 15 feet deep and allowing In case it strikes a layer of sand or gravel it works fine. The point to remember is that gum- bo needs to have something put into it “to bind the fine soil grains into gran- ules; this is done by drainage and by adding organic matter. ; AMERICANIZE CONGRESS Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Why not Americanize part of congress, I am 44 years old; in all my life I have never heard of such grafting done by special privilege all over the country. To my mind the best and only solution is to'digsolve the trusts and take over the railroads at cost. They say it can’t be done, but it can if the right bunch goes after them. I have written my congressman, W. E. Andrews, as follows: “The public will not stand for any military training, compulsory or ‘oth- erwise, and as our representative we expect you to fight such vicious legis- - lation. 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