The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-03
MlNOT WOULD
BUILD DAM TO
STOP FLOODS
Water Thus Held Under Con"
trCl Could Also BE Used
For Irrigation

Organization Of farmers and o, nnr
persons living in the Mouse river
valley for the purpose Of promoting
work to protect Minot from floods,
and at the same time irriga:c large
portions Of Ward and McHcnry coun-
ties is being backed by the Minot
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Would Provide Irrigation
In addition to giving MinOt ade-
uuatc flood protection, MCMahaN
and Fellows agreed, it would permit
the diversion Of water for the Irr'-
CATION of several thousand a"reS o.
land in the valley below the daIA' a.,
though that would he an lnc'"e"t"'
to the flood protection project.
The Mcllenry county irrigation
project, which IS planned to pr"Vi1G1
water for 3O,ooo acres OF iahd' ""ui" "
call for the construction OF an e"Ltn-
en- diversion dam at EefehuFSe' -
ter will flow INTO the irrigation
bitches by gravity.
Even now, McMahan said, some IT.
rigation is being done IN the Mouse
and Des Lacs river valleys ny per-
sons who pump water Tor the Pur-
pose. Henry Stammen mas hech II
rigatlng large tract 1of l" Eeai >
ue.ng a centrHuga pump TO get 'he
water from the river TO 'he IF' ga
tion ditches. 1t has proved pF"''t-
able venture, McMahan SAID
James Johnson, Nlnot lawyer h"'
been irrlgatlng tract along th'
Dcs Lacs river IN the same manner
and l.. 5. Foote Is another "no hd>
been irrigatlng successfully al"hE th'
Mouse. In both rivers small rtta'"'
ing dams are found at snort ihtHt-
walls. having been cohSIFuc'c" "s
farmers who have begun IrrIGRuo"
on their own initiative.
Could Control Water
nv constructing dam above Nj
not the amount of water flowing
through the Mouse river at flood time
could be controlled McMahan point
cd ont and at the same time enough
water could be retained behind The
dam TO insure an ample supply to1
irrigation purposes even IN the drleS'
season. This water could be released
as desired to flow down the stream
past Minot and be used IN lrrlgaIlh
the McHenry county district; IN an
dition to this storage, McMahan sara
sufficient storage could be nad II
Buffalo Lake to insure an ample sup
ply for irrigation purposes even u
no dam were constructed above Nlno
although the two-dam system Woui
be ideal. The level OF the water II
the lake would be raised by d!FeF
sion from the river at 1000 time "H'
the water released As needed.