The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-05
ny r. Roy Robinson, Garrison, N. D.,

dIS, 10 COIloeIV8ClO0lSGS, UNDERTAKING
and completing. In the Bottineau
camp, the first camp to be establish.
ed In the state, and where the work
Is well advanced, nineteen dams have
already been finished. According te
J. F. Dillon, camp superintendent II
the Bottineau camp, more than 75,.
600 cubic yards Of dirt will have beer
moved before they pull stakes thi.
fall and IN time as much work will
have been accomplished in the si1
other camps Of the state that were
set up shortly after the establishment
Of the Bottineau camp.
The impounded water areas created
by the construction Of these dams will
serve In . multiplicity Of functions
as: Advance movement for tree Is.
tablishment, drawing moisture, caus.
ing water seapage to replenish wells
and raising ground water levels, At.
fecting erosion and floor control, pro.
viding game refugees, hunting areas
fishing waters and other general rec.
reation grounds.
Reforestation Projects
Three forest nursery projects arr
included In the emergency conserva.
ton program for the state. One q,
the State Forest Nursery ct Bottin.
eau, one at the U. 8. Field Station
at Mandan, and one at the Denbigt
Dunes Branch Station ct Denbigh
These nurseries viii contribute to thu
tree planting stock that will be need.
ed In planting and landscaping thu
newly created water reservoirs. It !!
hoped that tree planting will be start.
ed next spring as soon as soil ane
weather conditions are favorable fol
such work.
The men working on the forestr!
detail. here, have been engaged II
tree planting, wedding, tree pruning
and all those various jobs connected
with forest nursery work. Later Thu
fall these forest nursery men expect
to collect about two hundred bushell
Of tree seeds. More power to them
because North Dakota certainly need.
trees.
Orrie Hanson Is the forester II
charge Of the reforestation at this
camp, as well as the Forestry train.
ing" activities for the camps In thu
state, to include writing Of the week.
" forestry lectures and editing thu
weekly Forestry News Letter."
Dam Construction
As said before, conservation of wa.
ter Is Of primary importance in North
Dakota, and must obviously be under.
taken hand in hand with the fores.
tation projects.
We the Foresters and Conservation.
lists at the Bottineau camp have com.
pleted more dams than any othe,
camp in North Dakota. partly be.
cause we got q head start on them
but also should some credit 60 to oul
smooth running organization. Al
least everything seems to be hi-ball-
ing right along to me.
The average dimensions Of these
earth and rockfilled dams that We ore
building Is about one hundred feel
in length and about sixty feet II
width ct the base. The earth Is faced
with rock from the bottom to four
feet above the water line. spillwaya
Of the dam are Of the natural over
flow type. The material for the dam
comes from the excavation out Of the
stream bed In front Of the dam. Be.
sides this, dirt Is hauled from ada
cent borrow pits. Most Of the dirt
Is moved BY wheelbarrows except II
few cases where distant hauling q
dirt would obviously prove Impractical
Il hauled II wheelbarrows. Where THU
y true. teams and scrapers are en-
ployed.. They could probably build
these dams faster with machinery;
but Uncle Sam Is giving W . break
and he says imam power this time.
In return, We are constructing hand
made daus. too.
The 10 dams mentioned previously
include: Seven ct Mohall on Cut
Bank Greek that were constructed BY
. sub-camp established there from
July 10 to August 10; two at Dun
seth: two ct Bottineau: two ct VIII.
low City: one on Deep Greek south
west Of Kramer: and five southwest
Of West Hope.
just to prove that We can do more
than build dams, We are digging 4
canal, Or rather several canals. Ont
Of these projects, the Butte Lake Di.
version projects, Is well under way and
believe It o. not. We ore handling Thu
ourselves even 70 the supervising per-
sounel g Clifford Carroll and Ally
Brown, two platoon leaders from thu
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