| Show BIGGEST FLOOD YET FILLMORE city day dam W hed il out e times Fill mores flood season Is still raging tuesday by far the largest flood this year rushed unexpectedly down chalk creek canyon routing men who were employed there on a W P A project the muddy torrent three fourths of which poured out of the left hand foik according to ranger bert L robins soon filled the flood control reservoir ranger robins phoned nir mr nichols Nl chols tile the C C C camp engineer at kandah who arrived on the scene at the flood control dam and measured the stream going over the sixty foot spillway at 1800 second feet the natural channel of chalk creek in the northwest part of town ton wai unable to hold the stream and it flowed down lower main street sur bounded houses and covered gardens garden a toot foot deep with the muddy water several hundred dollars worth of damage as aa well as much inconvenience was caused by the flood every day since then smaller floods and heavy valley storms have visited the vicinity ranger hanger robins reports that he does not believe the floods of this season are due to over grazing in the mountains lie ile says that the water sheds are in better than normal condition ile he admits that they are not perfect but sayi that any reduction in cattle would result in an increase of game and also increase the tire fire hazard due to dry grass in the fall mr air robins believes bel levei that the rains this year would cause it the mountains were covered with heavy grass sod when it rains as hard as 33 some of the storms that we me have had this summer nothing can keep the water from running oft off the mountain sides while water and precipitation la the lifeblood life blood of this semi desert country the amount of storm we are now getting lg Is doing more harm than good hoth both hay and grain need to be harvested and the weather will not permit much expense Is being caused irrigation companies by the damage of flood waters in fillmore city the city dam which diverts the irrigation water atno town has been washed three times this season already these expenses cannot help but add to water assessments |
