Show I RICHfiElD RESIDENTS FEAR FlOOD DAMAGE State Land Board Being Petitioned to Provide Measures of Precaution Special to The Richfield March 6 The prospect o ot of floods and the resultant damage t to property Is causing considerable anxiety among city officials The Tha enlargement o othe of the SevIer Valley canal along and above the west wes side eido of the city makes the dan danger danger danger ger greater than It ever was Andrew Jensen a member of the Richfield city council Is in Salt Lake take at present trying to Induce the state land board to adopt precautionary measures to avoid any flood trouble The canal crosses th the spring where the city olty draws Its water wate supply and one of the floods last sum summer summer summer mer swept away part of ot the new em embankment embankment of the canal and the city wa water water water ter system was polluted with the filth from the tho canal and the freshet As a result of ot this damage there tare pre I re two suits filed flIed against the land board and the canal company for damage to toland toland toland land and crops The Tho land is owned by Sam Bam Ball Dall and Walter Wilkinson The latter asks 1200 and the former IJ damages These eases cases will decide wether wethe the canal company and land board wll will willbe be compelled to take care of ot floor wa water water Water ter which they have no control over |