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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA. UTAH News Notes From All Parts of UTAH j ! Provo. An expenditure of $44,000 for rebuilding and rerouting all telephone lines on the east side of Provo has been authorized by officials of the Mountain States Telephone k Telegraph company. Provo. ork on the new Alpine scenic highway, which connects American Pork and Provo, via their canyons, is well under way, and by early next week the round trip can be made without difficulty. Ogden. That the motorman of a street car had started the car with such violence and force as to throw him agrainst a seat back, thereby Injuring him internally, is alleged in the suit for $2.8,409 damages filed in the district court by Ii. C. F. Hart- Motor to Church in Comfort SUPERIOR E-P- ass. A Sedan 860 f. o. b. Flint, Mich. The Chevrolet Sedan is most popular for family use, because it affords comfort, weather protection and the home atmosphere all the year round for five people yet may be economically operated with only one or two passengers. Its power, reliability and low up- keep appeal to men. Women like it3 handsome lines, fine upholstery, plate glass windows with Ternstedt regulators, and fine finish. Everybody appreciates its great at $860, f. o. b. Flint, Mich. value Prices f. o. b. Flint, Michigan man. Ogden. About $t!000 damage was done to the freight elevator, shaft and motor in a witrehouse ot the Ogden Furniture & Carpet company when lightning struck the cupola of the shafthouse. Vice President Logan. First A. Robert Larsen of Sandy was elected to head the Utah State Fireman's association at the annual convention here. Moah. The highway was severely damaged by tlie worst flood in Grand county for several years, last week. The bridge spanning what is known a3 Seven-Mil- e Wash. Is wrecked Moab-Thompso- Chevrolet Motor Company of Corporation Division General SMotors Salt Lake City. Dealers in Salt f.ake have announced a drop of 2 Detroit, Michigan cents in the price of gasoline, making it 24 cents a gallon retail. Stamlardville. W. It. Abbot, 38, After Ten Years. Worse, and More of It. deputy sheriff of Standardville, was For twenty years two business men Buddie admires ponies and set's no accidentally shot when a gun which in Vienna met every day nt the reason why such a steed should not he wais carrying exploded, the bullet enfe for luncheon, and after disport Itself on tbe few square feet the dishes were cleared awny, they of ids hack yard. In an unguarded passing through the groin. would indulge in a gume of chess. moment he had obtained a partial American Fork. By an order of Sheriff J. I?. I!oyd all candy wheels, And every day for ten years a young promise that Santa would bring him man, a stranger to both the players, a pony for a Christinas present. Dad punchlioards and other games of would draw up a chair and watch was put to his wits end to pacify the chance will be discontinued in Utah them in silence. young man without creating a scene. county pleasure resorts. So on the night before Christmas he Finally one day one of the old gen tlemcn failed to make an appearance, said to Buddie, I was down to the Ogden Ogden Rotary club members have planned to raise $2500 for and, Hfter waiting a decent length of stock yards today and they had no the relief of the homeless nt Willard time, the other turned to tbe young ponies, nothing but cows. man who sat waiting for the game to Buddie replied, Well, then, I guess and Farmington. begin, speaking to him for the first Ill take a cow." Provo. A large number of the time since he hud been spectator. My students of Professor S. W. Willaims, partner tnny not appear today. Would The Camel. well known local music teacher, will you care to play a game with me? The camel is hard worked." appear In weekly recitals in the ner the young man replied, .Sorry, Yes, to me he looks like a beast auditorium of the Provo high. but I dont know the game. Metro- which has been humping Itself too much. Fork Joseph F. Skinner, politan. Spanish Ed. Money and Elisha Warner, memThe less some men know about a bers of the Spanish Fork Rotary club, CRY given subject the more they try to hwe voluntarily constructed six show off. tables for the tourist camping grounds. Boys who dont like fighting are FOR Delta Louis Workman, 13 years of dangerous when cornered. age, lost parts of both thumbs and parts of two fingrs when a dynamite Especially Prepared for Infants stick exploded in his hands. and Children of All Ages Price The Modern Woodmen of FOR INDIGESTION Ameiea have organized a lodge in Mother! Fletchers Cnstorla has Price under the direction of S. T. In use for over 30 years to relieve Query of Ogden, state deputy for the been babies and children of Constipation, order. Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; Logan. The Utah Agricultural col- allaying Feverishness arising therelege completed the fiscal year ending from. and, by regulating the Stomach June 30, 1023, with a small balance and Bowels, aids the assimilation of in its general fund and with every Fond ; giving natural sleep without merchandising department allowing a opiates. The genuine bears signature . Sclinit-zelplat- z No. 1 Rock above power plant, size perhaps 24x30 feet, carried by the floor to present resting place from point about 100 yards up the stream. No. 2 Wrecked home of Orson Hyde, east of viaduct. No. 3 Rocks on concrete highway. No. 4 Same as No. 3 after rocks had been partially removed. No. 5 Debris on tracks of Bamberger Electric railroad, looking north from viaduct. No. 6 Barn and yard of the home of Nephi Hayes south of Slate road. No. 7 Volunteers clearing State highway. No. 8 What was left of Utah Power & Light power house in rarmington canyon. The above scenes show but a small part of the heavy loss which was caused on Monday night August 13th when a terrific flood visited the small towns of Farmington and Willard, which are located upon the state highway between Salt Lake and Ogden and caused a loss of property running close onto a million dollars and taking the lives of many persons. The storm was the most disastrous that has visted the Salt Lake valley since the advent of the pioneers. The great, black, low lying storm clouds, the heart of the mountain, and the by Dan Harding and Bishop J. Hub-terrible thunder and lightning, the ab bard. Her body is cut and bruised sence of electric lights and lack of from be;ng dashed against the rocks. The body of her aunt, Mrs. Earl telephone communication, the knowledge that many people were up in Ward, was uncovered Tuesday at 3:30 the canyon, drove the people of Farm- p. m., after an y search of the ington frantic. Within a few min- mud banks. The body of the elder utes the tracks of the Bamberger Mrs. Ward has been previously found Electric railroad were submerged and in the morning. buried under thousands of tons of Each side of the small Willard u debris and Farmington creek, gorged was struck by the with trees and boulders at the small which then swooped down upon the bridge at the east end of the state town. The crest of the water which road viaduct, was rushing under the swept upon the town was from 15 to viaduct bridge and southeast by the 20 feet high. A mass of mud now encompasses water tank, down into Lagoon where 500 merry makers were hurried into the center of town, in some places the dancing pavillion, by Manager it being four feet; high. Furniture Christensen. The dancing pavillion and other household effects were scatproved a safe refuge from the flood tered promiscuously about. The home of Leonard Wells was and after the storm had subsided, all those who so desired were piloted to struck down by the waters and he and the Oregon Short Line depot and sent his family barely rescued. Samuel N. Cook was the heaviest to Salt Lake City and Ogden over that line. The Bamberger road was 'oser n Willard. His large brick also covered with deep mud, sand and dcnce new barn, two automobiles and gravel from the flood which came a. numl)er of implements are prac- down from Hess, Davis and Ford tic1Iy a comPl?te loss, creeks, south of Farmington Thus I, To tbe west side of the road are the Reubpn Benjamin and Farmington was cut off from the, onies.of and south along the state road fepb A Hardint surrounded by a layer of mud, with the houses in ruins. and the Bamberger electric After the first shock of the greatleav7 losars to the north were John catastophe which brought death and i?slTer Sr John Kanser. Jr., and Lowe. disaster down Farmington canyon Tb? ll.amag1 done to the water-th- e and into the valley ""Monday Plant lin and th? people of Farmington and Davis or?1,p,Se Illard at the mouth Pwe,r of the county responded as one in the work of of succor and humanity. But two of y?u Yasu caused by a boulder weighing tbre t?ns' those who lost their lives were Farm-a- b lhe !?hard and farm croPS of the ington or Davis county people, but the effort to recover the remains of jtown suffered the next greatest dam-t- o those carried down to death was un-- , age ther than that to the homes. A drowned and tiring until the search was rewarded au,mber of hrses were In all this work the people af 7er,e sht because of broken into took the lead and have labored ;le or broken backsalmost constantly night and day since .,A "arrow escape was had by Morris Abrahamson and daughter of Garland the flood It is estimated that the damage a? tbey :30ere dri ,throuh Wjllard playdone to the town of Willard bv the Upon hear- u,8 tbe roar f water up the flood was to the extent of $500 000 ln families are homeless r.nd the yor they Jumped from the machine loss in other property besideThouses is a,nJ W0lnt: acro:ss tbe street to a store, sfruc by the water, the ,er great. The sanitary conditions are!"antmtbile was carr,t'l two blocks also none the best as a result of the west of the road on a peach orchard flood. covered with mud d,'r?ction of the state The following proclamation has all-da- can-yo- cloud-burs- t, accompanied by terrifying electrical display which tore the clouds asunder, drifted in over the Great Salt Lake and collapsed on the top and along the west slopes of the Wasatch range which borders the valley on the east, Immediately every canyon from the northern portion of Salt Lake City to Brigham City a distance of nearly 70 miles, became a torrent. On .the streets leading into Salt Lake City the north, sand gravel and mud obstructed the highway in places to a depth of a foot or more. In Ogden and in Ogden canyon the downpour was heavy and debris was washed into the streets and onto the roads in many places. In North Ogden and the vicinity of Ogden Hot Springs, there was more or less damage from the downpour. Great quantities of rock and debris was brought down from Bears t and Webbs canyons east of Kaysville and from the canyons on to the Weber Near 250 feet of the supply pipe of the Kaysville water system was carried away at the intake and the creek cut for itself a new channel the south of the bridge. The storm struck with terrific force Farm-l,otheat Farmington, the county seat of Davis county, and at Willard in Box Elder county. At Farmington, the great cloud sucked up Farmington canyon, which pierces the range to the north and east of the city The fury of the storm was such, and the rainfall so heavy, that the placid and brush grown trout stream became a raging torrent. The boulders which foimed the bed of the creek and in some places the bedrock itself was torn asunder, the brush and trees in the bottom of the canyon, the steel d"rAW0,rkme?fcbe?an lues; reinforced concrete dam at the Utah tv,1 Power & Ligh power house, every wayfwevtate and any living thing which was struck Jen, Will i the flood, was carried down the by 3 completion. canyon and down into the valley to ine home of the Wards was the destruction and death. So far as is first one struck by the rushing wall known no form of life escaped which Wa3 came in contact with the flood before at thftime ndr aX ?ndt wTrp rntLerCavd(t, e re- its force was broken by the concrete Of hU bridge and slab which form the state house n ow a few J-ni-'h- rs rlal raffJ h,f - wrd Sered .efcPt highway. Acres and acres of clean, water was locatedCnear Themouthof the washed boulders now cover the floor canyon and Ward and his wife had of the valley from the mouth of theirecent'y started in the poultry busi canyon to the state highway. Where iness trees and grass stood is now solid Sylvia Ward, 11, daughter of Mrs. boulder mass. It was in this vortex, Agnes Mason Ward, of Elba, Ida., laden with millions and millions of who was recovered from the wreck- tons of rock and debris, that Mr. and ap'ej'4-0ndin an unconscious niat Mrs. Walter J. Wright of Ogden and was removed to the Dee four Salt Lake City boy scouts, who memorial hospital at Ogden, where were camping in the canyon were she is reported recovering caught and carried down to death. The girl was recovered from the The roar of the flood, tearing at flood two blocks from the Ward house resi-fro- m CHILDREN CASTORIA Sure Relief profit. Clearfield Thomas Muir of Clearfield was severely cut on the head and arms when his automobile ran into a telephone pole. Ogden. About two million dollars worth of city improvements will he completed in Ogden before snow flies according to reports from the 25,t AND 75 PACK;GS EVERYWHERE Grave for Dead Letters. The dead letter office is in WashReduces Borsal Enlargeington, D. C., and branches are mainments, Thickened, Swollen tained at New York, Chicago and s San Francisco, whore Tissues, Cor bs, Filled undeTendons Soreness from livered matter, not returnable to city administration. Braises or Strains; stops Parcel post and sender, is forwarded. Logan The home of the baby valuable third-clas- s Spavin Lameness, allays pain. matter which canDoes not blister, remove the Elk lodge of Utah, outdid her- not lie delivered or returned to sender hair or lay up tbe horse. Or.y here in welcoming the delegates are forwarded to the self r. headquarters a few drops required at each to the state Elks convention, which of the railway mail service division in application. $2.50 a bottle at opened at the Elks' home. which the office of address is located. druggists or delivered. Book 1 A lt'CC. Mm. Salt Lake City. A charge of driv- There are fifteen of these divisions, lyFTOUNCjBcJi ing a car while intoxicated made with headquarters at t lie following against Gene Sullivan of Park City, points: Boston, New York, Washingwas dismissed by City Judge N. II. ton. Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cleveland, St. Tanner because of insufficient Iiitd, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Omaha and Pittsburgh. IndiNow Is the Time to Gel Rid of These Bingham Seven contracting firms anapolis News. Ugly Spots submitted bids on the proposed pavTheres no longer the slightest need ot feelinir of your freckles, as Oi..i a ashamed ed highway between Art well station double strength la to remove SWAMP-ROO- T FOR and Dalton on the Salt these homely spots. guaranteed Simply get an ounce of Othlne from an highway to the county comdruKsrlHt and apply a little of it night mil missioners. morning and you should soon see that even KIDNEY AILMENTS the worwt freckles have begun to diiia.pj';r, while tbe lighter ones have vanished Salt Lake City Mrs. Aildie Miller, It ie eeldora that more than an cf American Fork, was struck and ounce it needed to completely clear the There is only one medicine that really skin and gain a beautiful, clear complexion. b-n isued by Governor Mabey of rendered unconscious by a street ear. stands out as a medicine for He sure to ask for double-strnh Utab urnL'' the citizens to conie to She was taken to the hospital, wnere curable ailments of the kidneys, liver and Othine, as this Is sold the under guarantee of money back if it falls to remove freckles. bladder. the rescue of the homeless and needy she received treatment. stands the and from a!1 Teports the response has I)r. Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t Provo. W. I). Stewart was fined highest for the reason that it has proven been nobly met and contributions are $10 by City Judge J. B. Tucker on a to be just the remedy Deeded in thousands being received daily: cases. AMATTOM charge of having illegally taken irri- upon thousands of distressing PROP! friends quickly bemakes Swamp-Roo- t Pereas the citizens of Willard and gation water. Stewart pleaded guilty. cause its mild and immediate effect is those residing near Farmington and soon realized in most cases. It is a genhave been Iieber City. Ialmer Witt, was tle. witt, calamitous storms healing vegetable compound. that havdevas- - electrocuted when the end of a teleStart treatment at once. Sold at all Saap 25c, Ointment 25 sni! 50c, Talcum 25c. &m.stheir hmeS a"d kid Wast the'r phone wire which he was stringing drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. over onto a wire I, Charles R. Mabey, Governor of slipped However, if you wish first to test this died Witt instantly. Utah, do hereby call upon all the great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Ogden. I'ians for the piping of wa. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a citizens of this state to demonstrate their sympathy and affection for their ter from the Ogden Bench canal, with sample bottle. When writing be sure and DISFIGURE YOUR stricken fellows by coming to their a view to using it for the lawns of mention this paper. Advertisement. Dont experiment on aid with that unbounded generosity so the Looks thn. use M ITCH El, h city parks and other purposes, characteristic of our people, CYK 9AXVE for Classified. was ordered by tile city commission. relief. Absolutely safe. Money is needed to right the havitc Edith How does Jack make love? Fark City. Three large stills, all in r5f done. I know the people of Utah will at ail druggists. I should define It as Ethel operation were found and confiscated unskilled Well, respond. labor. W. N. In the vicinity of Tark City by federal CHARLES R. MABEY, U., Salt Lake City. No. Governorprohibition agents. Jo-nor- th VV first-clas- can-rive- - can-Enti- e. re m Cuticura Soap The Velvet T ouch For the Skin viid high-tensi- EYES t 34-19- 23. - |