New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-01-28
FEBRUARY 9Th IS
SET FOR MEETING
TRI-sTATE FLOOD CONTROL
ASS. N. TO TAKE MATTERS
IN HAND.
STATE ENGINEER E. w. WILLARD
TO SUBMIT DATA COL .
LECTED BY HIM.

Another Meeting for the discussion of
food control in the Minnesota valley
has been called. 1t will be held at New
Ulmin the. Lecture Room Of the Turner
Hall, on Friday, Feb-6, at 2 p. m. The
call has been issued by the TIi-State Flood
Control Association for the purpose Of
the farmers Of the Minnesota
river water shed into single district.
A large attendance is anticipated.
The meeting will be part Of the out
come of a conference held at the Office of
the State Drainage Engineer E. W.
Willard at, St. Paul, Saturday, January
II. It was understood that j. Mortar
ty, secretary of the Minnesota Valley
Drainage Association, and other officers
of that organization were to be present
at this conference, but not one of them
attended the meeting, according to
reliable information An explanation
for their absence is not given.
Go To Washington.
Representative men Of the Tri-State
Flood Control Association will be pres
ent at the New Ulm meeting On Feb
ruarys 6, among them A. B. Kaercher,
president Of. the organization, State
Senator F. L. Cliff, both of Ortonville,
Representative 0. G. Neuman OF Whea-
ton, and Dan L. Williams Of Cam bria.
State Drainage Engineer E. w Willard
also will be resent. These men propose
to organize this district for the purpose
Of having the necessary backing to go
further with their plans as soon as the
report Of the Federal government has
been made. This report may be- expect
ed in the near future On February
9, joint delegation from the three
states Minnesota North and South
Dakota will go to Washington to confer
with the Iproper authorities on the
flood control needs in the Minnesota
valley. The State of Minnesota will be
represented by five members Of the
legislature, North Dakota has appointed
two delegates and aSouth Dakota two
delegates. The president of the North
Dakota Flood Control Association will
accompany the delegation.
What Report Shows.
A compilation of data made by the
state drainage engineer together with
plans based on a thorough investi cation
seem to show that practically every
thing above New Ulm can be saved
According to this report, it is proposed
to construct three dams at points of the
Minnesota river and to deepen and widen
the river bed. The diversion Of two
other rivers to new waters is also included
in the plans. The proposed dams would
be constructed at the following places
y dam and controlling works at the,
foot of the Big Stone Lake, which will
make of the lake an impounding reser-
voir, in which the flood waters of the
little Minnesota river and the Whet-
stone river may be retarded in time of
floods; y, another dam at the foot Of
Lac qui Parle Lake, of sufficient height
to create an impounding reservoir Of Lac
squi Parle, in which to retard the food
waters from the Yellow Bank, Pomme
the Terre, Lac qui Parle and Chippewa
rivers; - An additional dam at some
point above the Redwood river, with
a view Of further retarding the floods
that come from the Yellow Medicine
river. This latter dam offers a rare
opportunity of combining the develop
ment OF water power with flood control.
It is further proposed to divert the
Chippewa river through what is COM
monty known as the Watson Sag, by
means of the construction of dam on
the Chippewa river, and the excavation
of relief channel through the upper
end Of the Sag. Finally the MILESTONE
river is to be diverted into Big Stone
Lake. The estimated cost of these
would be about 81, $50, 900.