Arizona sentinel., 1917-05-31
PURCHASE A LIBERTY LOAN BOND
PROJECT MANAGER SCHLECHT AND HIS ASSIST
 ANTS WRESTLING WITH THE COLORADO RIVER.

ANTS WRESTLING WITH THE COLORADO RIVER
 The Colorado will reach gauge of 28 or 2e feet Y- ma by the 29th'
 Such the terse report by telegraph from Weather Forecaser Brandenbeg Denver to Local Observer Hack May 25 This information transmitted to Project Manager Schecht who lost redoublng his efforts hold the Colorado in its regular channel though that time the gauge Yuma fraction less than 22 feet All during the month of May the has been acting rather badly particular points, the first just below Bard station between Yuma and Laguna da and the other between the 17 and 8 mile posts Gadsden At each of these places the full force of the striking the evee squarey in the face the result being that required day and night work by large force of handle the train load after train load of rock that fed to the mad dened these points, All in all from the first day of May up last Monday something like 25O loads of rock had been used at these points, each train Ssng of 20 cars and each containing least 2 cubic yards of rock approximately 10000 cubic yards of rock which that all this rock converted into side walk yard wide and foot in thickness it would make walk nearly 40 miles in length
 Superintendent of Construction Ray M. Priest has charge of the upper evee work while the lower evee der the supervision of Master Mechanic Jack Levake Each of these trusted officials has we'll trained force of river
 fighters and they fighting day and night prevent the
 river from eating its way through the evee the points named Nor is it any childs play to curb the abnormal greediness of the river who knows nothing of the eccentrices of the Colorado would have about much chance prevent from eating away these evees jack rabbit has of whipping bulldog The project therefore, has much be thankful or that fighters like awake and Priest here to conduct the present fight This be fully appreciated you will but take the trouble visit the evee and what be and what being done withstand the Colorado flood Down on the lower levee the has probably away 100 since the first of the monh All this land waste land however the Colorado has robbed of anything of value Between the 17 and IS mile posts the ground is be- ing eaten away if it much sugar in melting pot thing for 20 loads of rock to be dump ed into place of cars length When that done the current immediately car-ength below when the process of dumping rock must be repeated else the would way under the evee and then rush into Yuma Valley.
 We were here first Let her come on" was the way Jack Lavake replied the question whether he would be able hold the river in its present channel In the time Project Manager Schlecht is taking chances As he got the Brandenberg report he immediately ord cred additional engine another steam shovel and more dump This will give him another train between Yuma and the lower evee which that instead of four trains
 day he will now be running eight trains of 20 each The haul practically 20 miles while the haul the upper evee is about miles.
 Unless the river reaches higher stage than indicated there absolutely danger of overflow Several feet ad dtiona rise can also be successfully whsood provided the present equipment han cau rock fast enough prevent evee from being up There is need be alarmed but be on your guard.
 If the corporation commission had the good of Yuma at heart the board would not be dy daying all this tme but
 would here and grant the relief the people entitled But another trip to Los Angeles in company with the nq bee" of the highbinders by two of the com