Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-22
FACE LARGE PROBLEM IN CURING WATERS
 EROSIONS OF BANKS
Salt River Valley People inveStl- gating Some Means By Which They Can Prevent EXienSiVe Damage.

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 They Can Prevent ExienSNe
 Damage.
 PHOENIX. May 2l-The problem of keeping the rivers of Arizona from eating away their banks and rampag. ing over a considerable portion of the state. is being demonstrated as a very simple matter by the River Current Control company western representa- tives of Tho Dean River Current De Hector.
 For some time past the rancher5 in the Buckeye valley have been hay ing trouble keeping the Gila river com fined to it's banks. and preventing the rayaees of the current on their canal system The present main canal is situated some distance north ol the old one which was destroyed by the river The heavy rains in the valley and the extreme depth of the snow in the mountains has raised the Gila river beyound its normal heighth and created a current that has played hay cc with the river banks in the vicinity of Buckeye
 A week or ten days ago the board of directors of the Buckeye Irrigation company. which controls and owns the canals. became alarmed over the a- mount of land daily dropping into the river Nearer and nearer the current swept towards the canal until at last 1t was evident that something must be done of a permanent nature to stop the trausgressions of the river
 It was decided to install three river current dehoctors, the patents for which are held by the Dean Co. ]. II Burren, of The River Current Co.,, was seen on the ground and had a gan of men at work, constructing the de- lcctors. It took about a week to put the three into the water, and obtain results
 The detilector5 are triangular in shape, about l2 feet long and are built of inch blanks and heavy timbers. They extend about five feet into the water, but do not touch the bed of the river thus permitting the current tC be slowed up, but not stopped The dehectors are not of such construction as to stop the flow of the current which strikes them, as the blanks are about a half inch apart No whirlpool is created.
 The water in between the three de- factors is quiet compared with the current farther out in the river Piec- es of wood thrown into the water above them, barely are moved while similar pieces thrown farther out be- yond their influence. dash madly down the river
 An anchorage of half inch cables. Eastened solidly to the bank. and a weight composed of a barrel of con- crete, tends to hold the point of the dehector at it's proper depth in the water. The construction is of such a solid nature, that there is no danger of the current being strong enough to harm them, and debris of all sizes registers an antipathy to coming in contact with them In fact, it was proven yesterday in the demOnstra- ton to the directors, that it is im- possible to sa throw a piece of wood SO that 1t will float down and strike the dehectors.
 The directors representing the stock holders in the project of the Buckeye Valley, were more than pleased with the results demonstrated yesterday The ease with which the dehectors are put together makes it possible for Fritz Holmquist, who win be the Arizona representative of the River Current Co.,, to put one in operation in time to stop the strongest and . swiftest of currents in any portion oi the state.