Show 1 j t hi LESSON JESSON L ESSON Olf Oi OF THE FLOODS F I A survey of ot the damage done by the floods of or the past ten days da s ought to toI convince everybody that some perma permanent permanent I nent neat work is necessary to avoid avold a rep repe repetition N I of et the hoes loes Nothing but the good pod fortune oC of an unexpected drop In 18 tern tem temperature ri f I l I i and consequent check to the ue I melting snows SROS has hae saved the communities I ties In this and in Utah valley valte from 1 much heavier damage and It H would I seem eem the part of wisdom wl dom to plan now j i fer tor such b emergencies in the future I Heretofore the towns to and communities 11 f ties at the foot of ot the mountains have ha haI I I 4 been a good goo deal like the Arkansas Arkan as I 1 traveler who wo tx ti hie h root roof of when i U It I was raining and need to It Iti i I when iten It was fair The past pant few days day dayI j Ii I hare haft seen reen D thousands of people threat threatened 11 i ened enod with Irreparable hoes loes because no DO DOt noir ir effort t had beer made to anticipate te such sucha 31 a situation and s nd such lIu h work as has been done has cost a dosen times tunes over what J permanent restraining banks bank and aDd watts walk aile I would have ha e ro t if f done leisurely i ISalt Salt Lake suffer huffer because the con e conI I for a 8 conduit to carry earry City creek C k j I Iwas was badly mismanaged OtI Provo and Pro Prevo bench barely bare escaped an a awful inundation and damage to lands an an escape pe which points clearly to the ne me necessity nes 1 s for tor work which shall hall obviate oblate I any need for or alarm In the future I Wherever a mountain issues i I from the he Wasatch there be an anI I Inspection by b competent engineers to tn I determine whether a repetition of this water ter calls tor for iu YOu oars s high iou nn I precautions and if I there is such a need J Ji 1 i there should be bt no hesitancy in doing doln th thc work at once The interest on the outlay cannot possibly equal the dam darn damage damage age that could be done by b a single die dis disastrous outbreak and the people of Utah flab have had too much muck experience to tobe tobe be 1 guided by b the Arkansas Arkan as travelers trailers i theory theor of precaution |