Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-05
CAMP MORGAN ACTIVITIES
PERMANENT BUILDING PLANS
(By lin McMillenl

President Roosevelt's recovery
program has assumed definite shane
In Morgan county, with permanent
| construction at Camp Morgan en-
! ploying 21 carpenters and heIpers.
to assist civilian conservation corps
! enrollees in the huge program of
erosion work, which will eventual
ly control the food waters of the
Muskingum river.
Free Grass Seed and Fertilizer
Not only has Uncle Sam provided
jobs for residents of McConnels-
vile and Malta, but he also will
furnish grass seed and fertilizer.
free of all charge, to those farmers
on whose land erosion dams have
been constructed. AS first outlined.
/ the program of blocking gullies was
one of rather simple dam construc-
tion, but the announcement of the
government that all of these gullies
be grass seeded and held by locust
seedlings means that the pasture
lands of this rolling country will
practically be rebuilt, as one wit put
lt-"a golf course for every farm
err Already the grass seed has ar
rived at Camp Morgan for distribu-
tion and this with fertilizer and
lime will be brought to the farms
where dams have already been con-
structed. The government will al
low 20 pounds of grass seed, 800
pounds of four-twelve-four fertiliz-
er, and one ton and half of lime
meal for every acre of reconstruct
ed land.
When it is taken into considera-
tion that already 492 dams have
been built on 63S acres, it can be
seen that thousands of dollars will
be expended by the government to
the benefit of Morgan county farm
ers. Five thousand acres of land
in the county have been signed for
this erosion program and definite
word has reached the authorities at
Camp Morgan that the camp will be
maintained into next summer.
The authorized quota of 200 men
will be reached by the middle of
November, with another enlistment
for the unemployed scheduled for
this month.
Up to date work has been done
on the farms of Carlos Northrup in
Bloom township; Mile Miller Gra-
ham, Frank Northrup, Malta. G. E.
Nelson, c. I. Porter, H. w. Gordon,
Deerfield; Emery Updike, Everett
Updike, Albert Updike, Jess Chap
pelear and Ray Chappelear, Union:
George Bailey, Penn, and Frank
Smith, Morgan township.
Permanent Construction Plans
Permanent construction plans at
the erosion camp call for five bar
racks for enrollees, a hospital and
recreation building, officers quar-
ters and administrative office and a
state building for tools and admin
istration. The state will stand the
expense of their own building in
which foresters will work, but the
balance of the buildings is charged
to the government. The first con-
signment of lumber for this work
has arrived and includes $4,000
board feet of lumber. Enrollees at
the camp are completing the con-
crete foundations for these build
ings. The civilian force will start
Thursday on the sidewalks and will
finish their job in five
weeks. These buildings will be of
the demountable type and easily re-
Officers at the camp wish to thank
those citizens of Morgan county
who have donated gravel and other
wise expedited the erection of this
permanent industrial recovery CEN
,er. Specifications for the barracks
which will house AZ men each, call
or pine or fir structure 112 feet
ong, sealed inside and out, and
heated by two large stoves. A large
ness hall and bath house have al
'eady been completed at the camp.
Adequate winter clothing has been
ssued to the enrollees and the ex-
service men Are ready again to .'dig
n" for the winter of the great war
against depression.