Show COOL WEATHER AIDS STRUGGLE AGAINST FLOOD Provo Reports Drop o f 3 1 Inches in River Level Leve Bridge on n Detour From Gunnison Ro Road d Goes Out t The cool coos spell which Utah has e experienced ex ex- ex in tho past two days h has s saved property owners throughout the tho state thou thousands ands of dollars accordi according to officials observing the battles tattles b being be- be ins ins- waged b by communIties throughout through through- ou out the state against the rH- rH rapidly these InS InS' streams stams and lh the havoc oc ensuing as ns streams overflowed o their banks and Inundated the surrounding coun coun- try The rapid melting of ot snow in tho timo mountains has hag been checked and thus has materially decreased d the tho water fed Into the tho alread ad streams rivers ms and Advices Ad from Provo where considerable consid consid- erable apprehension has been felt that the Provo river which Is r re to- to ported to be he within a few inches of or Its bank would overflow indicate a a. drop of or three Inches within the past fort forty eight hours Officials leading the time fight against the spread of the flood waters say that if it the tIme cool spell continues for tor another ten da days s 's the dan danger er of ot add addi spreading of or the flood waters will be over 0 Farm m Flooded ti Water from th the Provo river which overflowed d Its ban banks s west of ot the city Is still flooding farm lands In that section and those battling against as th further spread of tho the water say th that t It wilt will be several days das before the flood can he ch checked Corps of volunteer workers ha have hac c been blen battling against the threatened threaten fl washout of oC the dam at the mouth o of Little Dry creek Hundreds of or loa loads 8 of dirt have been dumped at athan- athan ta points alon along the dam In an effort to strengthen then the In the event that the dam would go o out officials f say l. l the tho entire section of or th the city at the thc head of ot Se ent Seventh W st street t would be Inundated Shifts of workers orl are h battling against the waters vaters at the tho dam twenty twenty- four tour hours a day clay A shift In the Provo Prove river west cst west west-of atthe nr at the thc railway bridges V was Vs s report reported cd l la lati t last nl ht and additional forces emergency wor workers pr were rushed rushed to to W. sc scene ne in an endeavor to prevent h water from flowing into the hundred of acres s of or lowlands planted In beets bee and ana fruits On of ot D Destroyed d Considerable light on the flood conditions south sonth of here was gleaned In a a. letter received here yesterday from Crom Deputy Secretary of State E. E C. C Penrose who is in the south on bu business bustness bust busi f- f ness connected d with Ith the time thet enforcement of oC the state stale automobile license t law Mr r. r Penrose's s 's letter states that 1500 acres of or beets have hac l been eon n destroyed IntHe bv liv the flood nood waters southwest of Provo and that water Is covering these lands at t n t depth of from one to three feet Th The temporary bridge e between Gunnison Gun Gun- nison Tilson and Sterling has S been washed out according to Mr fr Penrose This was Intended to care for the traffic on the detour ro road ul between the thc two towns town and according to the tho letter the only wa way possible to get between the time two tco places now no is to ford th the creek at the now nw brid bridge t SIgns of ot the clos- clos liac have be been hE n posted telling inc ine of or tIme the detour road Mr Ir Penrose In his letter how however states that dry farm crops In th south Fouth bid fair to have C a record yea yea- on account of Jf th the the- largo large amount amountS of r f moisture contained in the tho ground ro Wheat heat in Juab county count will iU break brcak It a record this year oear according to the lett let let- t ter C r. r In City hinder r Control A Water under control in every even canal passing through h Salt Lake was the time report of oC str street t department yesterday e to T T. T. T Burton Durton city commissioner com corn mi missioner of or streets Cool wen weather of the time last tow few dav day 11 has re reduced the water In the time streams although h the present flow now is at len least t normal third one greater grater than the spring prin now How according to Commissioner Commis- Commis Burton Tn time the Camps Camp's Lane district across the Jordan river In the northwest section section sec ace tion of the city the thc street department water completed pumping has hns ju Just t from from approximately three sections of or time the water was more land In places ces than three feet deep when the pumping pump pumping in ing started The district is lo lower r than the time present water level of the time beIn be being be- be Jordan river an and precautions are aro water from In ing taken to prevent ent the seeping r back hack The water was and carried In pipes to several feet tho the river |