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 soLae little lime ago t was s.g geGted that the ped (. tne Lla- sogrl river be pioBghed, ssraeiailr Dal., wats to be employed .a th. work l, E zow suggested tha: after the actual cutting Of iae river bed has been accom oli2aed, ao.hias 7 snould he done to The Miss is.! ,pl aa:n mattresses of willows C. Ian.- ter have been placed on the bos- tom ot the Missouri from the high est narigabie point 10 i,s con nuence with the Nig.!ssippi.
 1, has been brought 10 the alter tIen Of the federal authorities Dy river men who have spent years in the river trasfc that the river chan rel between Fort Benton and New Orleans half century ago was det per by Is feet than it is today iks vas due in great measure .o the fact that the Mississippi river in those days was the main artery Of commerce for the great Mir .iA6ippi valley and the constant ch1rning Of gide-wheel steamers kept in motion the sand that was washed down from the Missouri and it was swept along to the gulf. With the passing Of the steamers this sand for1ned bars agalne: which lumber. logs and other float ing debris found lodgrnent, event ua,iy becoming islands These un- charted Instructions have made .n- land waterway navigation p-e- carions undertaking.
 Although the prosperity Q. what Preaident Roosevelt termed the richest agricultural empire of the world even know"has been phenom- naal. there is little doubt that i': prosperity would have been even greater had the fleets of steamboat r that once piled the Mississippi, N!s- souri and Ohio rivers not been completely driven out by the rail- roads. The national rivers and harbors congress Is seeking 10 re- store these fleets to the great in- land streams This organization recognize that with the rapid growth Of the nations foreign trade a cheaper means of reaching the ocean is necessary. In addition the railroads have been so con- gested with freight that the need for an auxiliary system Of transpor-