July 5, 1961 (12 pages)

ive ity NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, Wednesday, July 5, (1961 . Page @ Rapid Progress In Flood Control Noted In California With New Reservoirs By William E. Warne, Director, Department of Water Resources, (One of A Series) not #0 apt to occupy our No peat ago than 1955, in December, a great flood crest swept down the Feather River, breached levees at Yuba City, inundated 100,000 acres and took 38 lives. Similar crests from the same storms were prevented from doing further and more wi damage by the SHiasta Dam on the Sacramento River and Folsom Dam on the American River. At Shasta Dam 1,168,000 & acre-feet of water poured in behind the dam between December 16 and December 26 during the storm, the peak flow reached on December22, Between16 and 24, newly completed Folsom Dam stored 670,893 acrefeet of water. Had Big Oroville Dam, now going inte construction on the Feather River asa part. of the State Water Project, . been in existence in 1955, the Feather River flood probably never would have been written into the records as a killer. The big multiple-purpose . reservoirs on the major streams go a long way toward mitigation of floods, They will not eliminate floods, however, nor eliminate all possibilities ofdamage. Small streams can also raise havoc, Some floods are of great magnitude, and high flows may pass over the spillways of even our large dams to cause flooding downstream. Thesewillbe quite rare, Eleven inches of rain fell in the foothills of Southern . California in five days around New Years of 1938, Montrose, La Canada, and other communities were hard hit by dashing flood waters and debris flows. Deathstotalled 81, No great rivers were involved, but mostly arroyos and washes, some so small as to have been given no names, Cloudburst type storms can strike anywhere in the desert regions, and one has to see to believe what one of these storms can do, I have seen them make torrents of dry washes so shallow as to be hardly detectable when dry and at points miles from any mountains; make temporary broad lakes in the desert; and in canyons roll rocks around as big as trucks. One of the greatest deluges recorded in California came in 1861-62, when it rained most of a month following Christmas. Vineyards were washed away. . Adobe store buildings meltedin Los Angeles, Anaheim at one time had four feet of water in the streets, Ewing Young, one of the { early explorers of the Sacramento Valley, was marooned by floods in 1832, J. J. Warner, a member of the par ty, left this account: "Finally after months of of experience in amphibious life, the party reached dry lands of the Putah River, leaving behind a deluged world in which for weeks it had wallowed., " In 1850, Lt. George Darby's expedition had a different experience with Putah Creek, He had explored to theButtes on dry plains, but he was caught between Sacramento and Benicia in November in a flood from Putah Creek and lost his wagons, but saved his mules and records. The great Delta, now so’ rich and inviting with its levees and the streams largely controlled, is repeatedly deseribed in early records as a swamp with many square miles of tules growing around the edges. Flood control has progressed rapidlyin California, Now 980 miles of levees protect the Delta, most of them built and owned by local reclamation agencies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has carried on extensive channel dredging, and has also completed many levees shaping and slope protection projects as part of the "Old Project" on the Sacramento River, one of the oldest river flood control pro,/ jectsinthe nation, initiated ‘: by Congress in 1957. These improvements have made possible a rich productive agriculture, a popular recreation area, as well as a giant industrial complex. Big truck gardens, fields of milo corn, alfalfa, sugar beets and other crops abound along the endless miles of scenic water courses, The 1945 Act of the Legislature, providing for state underwriting of costs of rights of-way and easements for flood control projects carried out by local agencies has stimulated the construction of flood control works throughout California. Local flood control and reclamation districts and the State Reclamation Board will continue to play a big role in building flood control projects in the future in cooperation with the State and the Corps of Engineers and the U.S, Reclamation Bureau. These works together with the great reservoirs to be constructed as part of the State Water Project, the already existing dams of the Federal Center Valley Project and other reservoirs owned by ie ae & us the — YOUR PURITY MANAGER SAVES YOu $1.85 ON THESE 99° SPECIALS ALONE. . OLGER’S t COFFEE aaa Golden Cube , POST CEREALS — 40% Bran, Grape Nuts, Raisin Bran or Post Toasties PRESERVES Chevy Chase Strawberry or Apricot-Pineapple laor he \Or 4 CANNED MILK sg Glen Maid Evaporated SAVE 24c¢ ROYAL DANISH imitation Ice Milk SAVE 36e¢ FRESH EGGS.n0" GRADE AA Purity's Own Large AA 2 Doz 99c. SAVE 24c =99, 99 3}-lb Jar SAVE! DAY AFTER DAY.THE FINEST MEATS AND POULTRY.AT PURITY! 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ive ity NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET, Wednesday, July 5, (1961 . Page @ Rapid Progress In Flood Control Noted In California With New Reservoirs By William E. Warne, Director, Department of Water Resources, (One of A Series) not #0 apt to occupy our No peat ago than 1955, in December, a great flood crest swept down the Feather River, breached levees at Yuba City, inundated 100,000 acres and took 38 lives. Similar crests from the same storms were prevented from doing further and more wi damage by the SHiasta Dam on the Sacramento River and Folsom Dam on the American River. At Shasta Dam 1,168,000 & acre-feet of water poured in behind the dam between December 16 and December 26 during the storm, the peak flow reached on December22, Between16 and 24, newly completed Folsom Dam stored 670,893 acrefeet of water. Had Big Oroville Dam, now going inte construction on the Feather River asa part. of the State Water Project, . been in existence in 1955, the Feather River flood probably never would have been written into the records as a killer. The big multiple-purpose . reservoirs on the major streams go a long way toward mitigation of floods, They will not eliminate floods, however, nor eliminate all possibilities ofdamage. Small streams can also raise havoc, Some floods are of great magnitude, and high flows may pass over the spillways of even our large dams to cause flooding downstream. Thesewillbe quite rare, Eleven inches of rain fell in the foothills of Southern . California in five days around New Years of 1938, Montrose, La Canada, and other communities were hard hit by dashing flood waters and debris flows. Deathstotalled 81, No great rivers were involved, but mostly arroyos and washes, some so small as to have been given no names, Cloudburst type storms can strike anywhere in the desert regions, and one has to see to believe what one of these storms can do, I have seen them make torrents of dry washes so shallow as to be hardly detectable when dry and at points miles from any mountains; make temporary broad lakes in the desert; and in canyons roll rocks around as big as trucks. One of the greatest deluges recorded in California came in 1861-62, when it rained most of a month following Christmas. Vineyards were washed away. . Adobe store buildings meltedin Los Angeles, Anaheim at one time had four feet of water in the streets, Ewing Young, one of the { early explorers of the Sacramento Valley, was marooned by floods in 1832, J. J. Warner, a member of the par ty, left this account: "Finally after months of of experience in amphibious life, the party reached dry lands of the Putah River, leaving behind a deluged world in which for weeks it had wallowed., " In 1850, Lt. George Darby's expedition had a different experience with Putah Creek, He had explored to theButtes on dry plains, but he was caught between Sacramento and Benicia in November in a flood from Putah Creek and lost his wagons, but saved his mules and records. The great Delta, now so’ rich and inviting with its levees and the streams largely controlled, is repeatedly deseribed in early records as

a swamp with many square miles of tules growing around the edges. Flood control has progressed rapidlyin California, Now 980 miles of levees protect the Delta, most of them built and owned by local reclamation agencies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has carried on extensive channel dredging, and has also completed many levees shaping and slope protection projects as part of the "Old Project" on the Sacramento River, one of the oldest river flood control pro,/ jectsinthe nation, initiated ‘: by Congress in 1957. These improvements have made possible a rich productive agriculture, a popular recreation area, as well as a giant industrial complex. Big truck gardens, fields of milo corn, alfalfa, sugar beets and other crops abound along the endless miles of scenic water courses, The 1945 Act of the Legislature, providing for state underwriting of costs of rights of-way and easements for flood control projects carried out by local agencies has stimulated the construction of flood control works throughout California. Local flood control and reclamation districts and the State Reclamation Board will continue to play a big role in building flood control projects in the future in cooperation with the State and the Corps of Engineers and the U.S, Reclamation Bureau. These works together with the great reservoirs to be constructed as part of the State Water Project, the already existing dams of the Federal Center Valley Project and other reservoirs owned by ie ae & us the — YOUR PURITY MANAGER SAVES YOu $1.85 ON THESE 99° SPECIALS ALONE. . OLGER’S t COFFEE aaa Golden Cube , POST CEREALS — 40% Bran, Grape Nuts, Raisin Bran or Post Toasties PRESERVES Chevy Chase Strawberry or Apricot-Pineapple laor he \Or 4 CANNED MILK sg Glen Maid Evaporated SAVE 24c¢ ROYAL DANISH imitation Ice Milk SAVE 36e¢ FRESH EGGS.n0" GRADE AA Purity's Own Large AA 2 Doz 99c. SAVE 24c =99, 99 3}-lb Jar SAVE! DAY AFTER DAY..THE FINEST MEATS AND POULTRY..AT PURITY! F ee a RM ast 3 ROTISSERIE ROASTS » 79: Boneless Beef Rump, Top or Bottom Round FRESH! TOP QUALITY SLICED BACON ‘2 3 59% dni wil in me bring protection from sudden, dis‘ang = LUNCH MEAT 22 3% 89 steer ret gs Legs & Thighs «49° Split . 31° FILET OF SOLE «=: «59% Thur. Sat. MEAT PIES 2%": 4 t= 99° . ALWAYS THE BIG SELECTION! ( F . FROZEN PEAS =: 6 = 99° T WEBERG LETTUCE . ait Bae G ue oe resh, Crisp, Solid Heads bby C "aise. Cans 99 : Vets Des Foe 4 Sis } oun oa raaeonegd a oa a an Le JUMBO SIZE! COMPARE! CRISP CARROTS KEN ADAMS Ritz Crackers gu? Pe 35 pg mee Py:Fresh, Clip Tops, Coreless YOUR MONY MAN QreoCremes —sistwin gee 49% == July 6, thru Sat., 5 :. Bag SS l 1 i rene eg cS Ca a ae ste Sales STRAWBERRIES £ bs MORTGAGE PROTECTION Swiss Ch rg i a tele Rt for ACC. & SICK, COVERAGE Y A Vou Ya-Pt 24: & Baskets ey eye Produice Pri Effective J eS a sk for f; f f. d — ogurt ® ai oo a ths SS ff sar ot fe Wed., thru Sat., Child Raising. Mutual Of New York . GRASS VALLEY. 273-2494 MILL STREET, GRASS VALLEY . BROAD STREET, NEVADA CITY