The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-24

need not always be at points where
branches join the main stream, and
may be done in such way as to pre-
vent backwater from hurting many
acres along branches. The basins
could hive adjustable outlets.
True the flood plain need not take
all the care of itself no more than ex-
pect too much. Throughout the en-
tire territory drained by each main |
as we'll as branch the utmost care to
hold detritus. ETC., should be taken |
Black orchards should be abandoned |
and system of tax reduction adopt
ed for those who by terraces, contour
lines, partition lines, division lines
and highway lines seek to divert and
retain waters both by planting so as
to maintain untrampled areas and by
construction of open bitches and tile
drains so as to avoid carrying detritrs.
1t is likely as much can be done this
way as by reservoirs to lessen bulk of
flood. With diminished volume at
certain places cut-offs can be OF use
in increasing the amount of flow In a
given time and so lessening the area
overflowed, and SO also quickening
/ the return to normal-such planting
only as will have other present and
prospective values should be encourag-
ed. A prospect running over fifteen
years would come under the forester
and not the horticulturist Highway
supervisors and roadmasters should
be required to sod brush or wall all
banks of whatever soil or slope that
are made or disordered every fall and
spring. 1t is only by merit seen In
each region that the big pull altogeth-
er can be expected and the figures
need not be given now to see that nor
to show just what substitutes for for
estry and leveling mean
i Fortunately Iowa is really less IN
terested in such subjects than other
states. She has vast area where
waters flow too slow to carry much
detritus, but is not free from hilly
land. She has never needed selfish
considerations to rouse her interest.
She could not escape from considering
the effect If any adjoining state chose
to so levee as to get rid of water
!, rather than to control it, incidentally
giving her an undue share. 1t so turns
to national concern. The future city
, of Keokuk already has an interest in
two border streams, one for deep
water landing and one for shallow
water landing and access thereto
through an area now affected by
!, leyees in two states one not as high
: as the other, and both approaching
: the channel at will and making set
: thing basin on the Iowa side, as vel
= not at all drained. Travel is virtually
: left to the will of those with a com
: promise rather than law and science
: spirit. Development, notwithstanding
: is at hand Here internal improve
. ments by sort Of political Difference
is left to the private interests ant
= virtually anyone can make a NOV
= right or wrong. This situation is no
because we have 80 much love Of in
dividual liberty or corporate rights
:. for indeed it depends on who say
: aye, and the corporation interested
:, the city to be interested and tn
= county acting or seeking to act mere
y " nominally and the state not at al
= save to provide from time to time
= crude and an i'll considered chapte
: or two Of law.
= The rectangular system of surve
! and laying out of roads on artifcia
: lines stands at the head of evil
- causes preventing soil control but tn
:. cause exists even along chosen routes
= Failure to study soil slopes make
- the human element cause. Failur
= to heed the lessons of soil physic
= and relation to spells OF dry and We
: is the reason of much soil run or Ian
- slide. Soil too wet runs and TIL
- means drains to prevent that We
. stage Retaining walls may be the
. enough lighter to pay for tile drain