The Holt County sentinel., 1921-09-23

as 10 make the sale value Of wonder
fully fertile farm lands especially low.
Woods Brothers company bought a
u act of 230O acres along the river near
Hamburg, investing approximately
$3.50. 900 and then installed their pro-
lection. saving these lands from fur.
ther destruction and developing bar
land Of considerable proportions oppo-
site their decided land. Through this
venture hey have more than doubled
their Investment including the cost of
the protection.
The town Of Decatur, Nebraska, had
been threatened by the Missouri river
to such and extent that buildings were
lost and others moved back from the
river bank. At the time Woods Broth
ers' protection was installed the river
had eaten it, way through a 30 foot
bank to within 40 or 30 feet of a &C.
ment block auto shop on the main
street of the town. Since the construc-
ton of the protection, however, not an
acre of land has been lost.
At Manawa, near Council Bluffs, Ia,
the river cut into the bank through a
levee, destroying more than 1000 acres
of land. Due to the protection con-
structed last year by Woods Brothers,
this immensely valuable farming dis
trict l. being saved. At this place Il
was a group Of farmers who banded
together and made voluntary contribu-
tions to a fund large enough to pay for
the protection. Similar methods have
been used at Cradle, Iowa, by a group
Of farmers in protecting their lands
and has since been used at many other
place salong the river by farm owners.
The Illinois Central railroad sent its
entire engineering staff out from Chi
cago TO make a thorough study Of this
system and after two years investiga-
ton they employed Woods Brothers to
protect their right Of way near Coun-
Gil Bluffs and their drawbiidge cross
ing the river from Nebraska TO Iowa.
Only this year the legislature Of the
states along the Missouri River, at
ttacted by the results accomplished
through this protection, and dire need
OF the land owners in the valley for
assistance, passed laws permitting the
e.tahli shment Of district organizations
which would. first OF all give the own
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