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<br />Flood-control im-provsmOOlti!.._Construotion of inadequate levees
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<br />of parte of the ohannel have been accomplishod by local interests'during
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<br />the period of flood recordR Local interests haVe spent about $150000 for
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<br />single expenditures was for construction of a levee ~,300 feet in length
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<br />43d Other improvemsnts,--Local interests have constructed a diversion
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<br />west of Craig: the other croBge~ Fortification Creek by means of a siphon
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<br />Conservation Se~1ce constructed a series of small brush-and-earth dams for
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<br />stream mile 2.6. Some of these dams have bee~ washed out; others have had
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