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<br /> <br />Wnittb ~tatt~ ~o~t elUtt <br /> <br />CLASS <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Walsenburg, Colo. <br />September 7, 1937 <br /> <br />IN REPLYING <br />MENTION INITIALS AND DATE <br /> <br />U. S. War Department, <br />Gay Building, <br />Broadway at Third, <br />Little Rock, Arkansas. <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />Since coming to Huerfano County in 1909 I have been <br /> <br />closely conne~ted with the irrigation service and stock raising <br /> <br />and have watched wi th a great deal of intel'est the annual erosion <br /> <br />of soil'caused by flood waters of the Huerfa"lo and Cucharas <br /> <br />Ri vers and it seems to tha t our crying need is government aid <br /> <br />in the control of these floods. <br /> <br />Too much of the grazing land has been plowed and <br /> <br />allowed to blow away, almost all sections of the County have <br /> <br />been overgrazed, the timber has been cut from our hills and <br />river beds, thus allowing the water to rush m!i\dly down the <br /> <br />stream beds and wash away much valuable land annually. <br /> <br />The construction of small daMS on side streams and <br /> <br />arroyas, the building of dams on the vucharas and Huerfano <br /> <br />Rivers, thus empounr1ing these waters, will in a large measure <br /> <br />solve the problem. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Geo. S. Niebuhr <br />