How Dynamite
Crooked streams are a menace to life and crops in the areas bordering on their bannks. The twisting
and turning of the channel retards the flow and reduces the capacity of the stream to handle large volumes
of water. Floods result. Crops are ruined. Lives are lost. Banks are undermined, causing cave-ins that steal
valuable acreage.
In many instances straightening out a stream has doubled its capacity for disposing of run-off water.
DYNAMITE may be used most efficiently and economically in taking the kinks out of a crooked stream. The dynamite
is loaded along the length of "cut-off" channel. When fired, the dirt and other debris is heaved high in the
air and is scattered over the adjoining territory - leaving practically no spoil-banks. In addition to the
material actually thrown out, much dirt is loosened and is later scoured out by the water which rushes swiftly
through the straightened channel.
Du Pont Dynamite has straightened many thousands of miles of crooked streams. Du Pont engineers have worked for
years to develop the best blasting methods for the cleaning out and staightening of streams. All their data is in
a 48-page book, "Ditching with Dynamite." It is for your use. Write for it.
Dynamite can help you do other jobs, too. It can help you build high-ways, dams; fight soil erosion; work quarries.
Du Pont has an explosive for every purpose.
Wow, I have so much to say, and at the same time, I’m speechless. (Which is rare for me.)
Streams are still used as ditches though, so please don’t assume that we have come very far from 1935.
"Ditching with Dynamite" = 48 pages of engineering data, that pretty much says it all doesn’t it?
Let’s add a few more book titles shall we. How about "Gravel Bars as Toilets", "Canoeing, the New Rave", "Floodplains as Backyards",
"How to Make Meth Along Riparian Buffers", "Stream Bridges as Dumpsters", "Fishing with Used Tires",
"Be Cool: How to Stand in a Canoe, Urinate in the River, Hold on to Your Beer, Light a Smoke, and Yell at Your Woman ALL AT THE SAME TIME."
Different titles, same mentality.
Heather Hoggard
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