Show DESERET DAM GOES OUT Gradually Washed Away Otherwise Damage to Property Properly Would Have Been Much Greater Richfield June was received out of the big dam of the Deseret reservoir which was located about three miles above the theton town ton of Deseret In Millard county The darn dam dId not go out with a crash but gradually washed away which was a for fortunate fortunate thing for the people of that val valley valley ley for had the water aU all gone out at once it would have caused consIderablY more damage and the loss 1058 of many numy lives In Deseret While the town of Deseret and other small places were wre badly dam damaged damaged aged by water and hundreds of acres of farming Ian land were deluged the damage Is comparatively light to what it would have been boen had the dam given ghen way ay all at once The dam was about feet long Jong and was about 1 1 or Ii 1 fe fec high The water ater was backed up for six or seven miles I The lucerne lurerne yield In this county w will 11 not be much more than Sl a half balf crop this season so tar far as the first cutting is con concerned concerned The yield around Richfield will not b b much more than that ot of previous years In other places such as Sauna Salina Monroe and Elsinore the yield will not be more than 15 to ao 30 per cent of oC the usual crop Similar conditions fX cx 1st in Sanpete Wayne and Plute counties which have hae heretofore produced ver very crops A root di disease seems to be the cause of the blight bt all over this section but what has bas caused the disease is not known Some attrIbute it to too much water ater and others to the long Jong cold weather veather which prevailed this spring and sum summer summer mer Some parties are trying an experiment with an automobile for stage and pas pan passenger and Pan Panguitch A trial run TUn was wan made mad one day last week but the machine went wrong and the parties have bave not Dot been able to tomake tomake make another trip on account of some repairs Another run will be made about July 1st |