Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-06-30
Levees. VS.. Outlets
Opinions on Both Sides of this Much!y DIS
cuSsed Question

in this most just csuse an Of the ai
and as1istancs we can rally.
> 1--WE have been told the Mississipy
River Commission stands for levee
; and levees alone.
1--WE have reached the coneiusio
such . policy can only result from n
strictsd authority and limited juril
diction. In no other way can We q
count for~so restricted policy Wit
relation { 20 great . msnace and .
! greatea problen.
"Creat floods form In the Ohio, q,
Missouri and other Tributaries, IN,
join In the Miiiisaippi. There an,
there only they become respond
bility Of the Missinippi River Con
mission. Your CohmisSiofif hss NJ
s, jurisdiction over the source screams
nor the drainage basins 81 the.
source streams. therefore cannot III.
such aetton u may be neeessariy' y q
cheek flood forhati6ns III the jsaInssIJs,
streams high up. thus in some meas.
ure reducing the f!oed menaes love,
down.
"Under thsse eirsui;iisitalniees eirsui;iisi w ean
understand your past policy 'of Ieveea
/ only as Ievees alone ere possible u
!, . nnsans of flood control. betxesn
Cairo and the mouth Of Red River.
1--WE cannot, however. unds15tGzEd
your reluctance to consider the In
, stallation Of spillways on the lower
reaches of the river where tide water
outl6ts are near at hand. Il seems
b us that regulated and controlled
relief % ths liver down here would
protect N and ct the came time b
far better Tor tle river itself than the
|inyariabls erseass1s which the river
itself makss IN d. Isvses whenever
il chooses.
I'VE h4vs watebsl ths denudatiou
of Our forest aseos tIrousAout the
source stream country. and the eonse-
quent hastsninyef tie flosd run off.
Thus far nothing sdsqusts hes been
dong b any sesney of the Federal
cov6rnmsnt b replant the forests,
thus retarding the run off and crsat-
ing IN opptrtaity for the rainfall
and tie melting AAow 70 soak into tie
ground.
1--WE have Known fer many ysazs|
that the srsuSd vatse lsvsl through
ieut Tie sssat Valley = drspBing n
the time, and that the reserve moist-
iurs supply ID II seil \ nov - lin
tied ~ 70 - the eauss Of serious con-
eev.- 10 agricultarists thruugheut Tie
upland region Of the valley. Yeti
NO adequate move has been nads by]
any agency ef H. Federal Govern !,
msnt to start the Seatorst1pn Of the1
most necessary rssssvs s1pply Of
moaSture in tks agrieo1tdiAl soil of)
the VALLEY. w ~ told thet conteur|
blowing whsn sesnsrslly rtseEtsd to
win lestess t1iD moisturo supply,j
cheek son ersdleu, md fsduee feed
fernation IN - sdfGfss str6Ais II ths!
lljsG61ir1f.
NIn tsf3 t. P1E*sbursh 11eed Cen!
snppbresd nl6ly ~ - eiti;
- of Rittubsfk, rad ~ rspeEt,sI
moving 1at ~ bsiidipg : lsw d. |
IN IL slrshlis 1ssding tks n5dSk-
gahela and Ansghansy Rivers, vhieh |
form. TIE Ohie e Pittsbursh, esn-
gestion ean ~ greatly reduced, and
the fIoodb thsFs - beeuOht undse |
control. Il = SsasenAbls Ter u tsI
assume tAat sGh1r tributaries of ths
0his can bs'no6s - - 1aE control |
he flood psak n ~ 0his - 70 great !
y reduce ths velnne Of water psss- |
Inc into the Mississippi 1t any time |
during great Aoed flow. |
I'VE are assursd b. men vhe havs /,
nada . &tudy II the Missouri River !
ssnditieas, 1T . greet dsal ef TIE |
uurJ1us dood vaten which now reach !!
ths Missouri fr6m its seures streams
e6n Be divsrtsd and soaked ints dry
lsnds fsr removed from the Missis- !
lind. n tia nv unfillahla landa |