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Show I LEHI PREPARING I FOR FLOOD WATERS I MASS MEETING HELD MONDAY AND TUE8DAY EVENING, HELP PROFFERED TOT PUT CHANNELS IN SHAPE. With reports coming dally from nearly ovory section of tho country of flood damages, Lohi Is awakening to tho need of preparing for our Hood watcrn, which usually coma noma ten days later than sections under tho lower water sheds. A mass meeting was called last Monday evening and because of tho small crowd out was adjourned unlll Tuesday evening. Tho latter call received a much bottor re-jjionsc re-jjionsc and work in a big way Is now going forth to put tho Wasto Ditch and Dry Creek channqls In shapo to bandlo tho expected high waters. Tho meotlng was presided over by D. 0. Wobb, president of tho Lohl Irrigation Doard. Somo 300 citizens ere prosont. Following talks by board members and cltlzons wherein the urgent need of proparlng for ox-ceptlonally ox-ceptlonally high wator was emphasized em-phasized actual organizing was effected effect-ed to get the neoded work done. It was decided that the best' plan to follow was to clean out and strengthen tho wasto ditch so as to carry tho most water possible. It was pointed out that tho culvort Under Un-der tho State Road, must bo enlarged ,iod the channel strengthened to present pre-sent Its breaking and lotting the itream back into tho old creek channel. chan-nel. A commlttea consisting of Pres. A. J.Evaus, Prof. A. D. Andorson and Mayor Joseph S. JBroadbent wai named to got in touch with tho County Commissioners with regards to enlarging tho flume. Volunteers (or preparing the channel was thon called for with the result that forty trams and twenty slnglo hands wero promised for yesterday and additional kelp for tho following day (today, Thursday). The work was to bo dono under the 1am direction of tho water board' and a VB special commlttoo of flvo appointed by the board president. This com- 'OOtkl mltteo as namcd included Parley .uww AuJllni w w CJnrk IIyrum Andor. ' ton, D. C. Lott and Q. L. Comer. I Old residents and people who havo I ll occaslon to go Into tho moun- (163B tl'nB are vory fearfu' n t th J orst flood seasons wo havo had In this section for years. Thoro Is an oter abundance of snow almost to tho I W h,lls wn,cn when warm wenthor Iju comes Ib suro to como out rapidly. I The lake has already reached a ro-(ord ro-(ord height. It Is over its usual banks In many places "and is covering farm-I farm-I tag and pasture lands. It Is now causing much anxiety at tho Jordan yPw pumping plant. Tho wator has encircled tho residences thoro and Is lx high as to como up through tho jloor In tho pumping station. Tho jTAJre,eDt ,0VI could bo contondod with Wbtn with jllttle damage but tho ""otlclpatod additional rise may cause SMwisIdorablo damajro. |