Show DAVIS COUNTYS BIG STORM Hcajy Gale Visits Farmin ton and Centerville Uprooting Trees and Overturning Many Frail Buildings Davis county and particularly that portion occupied by i the towns of Farm Ington and Centerville has l always been noted for Us gales It was even that way before the famous blacksmith black-smith orator who was recently ejected from Congress took up his residence there If there Is a place where at times within the confines of Utah a miniature cyclone rages it is in Davis county Oldtimers tell of sudden LUaUs that have plowed furrows in the frozen earth In winter and strip I fled the earth bare from several feet of snow in a short time They also remember re-member that trains were blown off the track by vhat they call ulhe east itifld The east wind Is I supposed to collect 1 on the surface of the Iakc then rush up against the Wasatch range I and sweep backward with a Jerk No matter whether or not this theory Iii tho correct one the wind at times gets In Its deadly work and when it does something happen So something Imp ported hue Saturday evening At J1rn it few clouds gathered around the en irnneL tn Farmlngtou 1 toJl canyon then a I I lucaty mint sflthed uver the lake End al iJni the gUll began It increased In severity from that hour up till mid night when there was a whurt lull fol lowed by a brece that routed tven iho oldest Inhabitants from their bods mid caused them t to onuVr nhcHhr or not the end prophesied by MOtht J Shiplon had cpme Great trees swayed before the wind and then went to the I earth with a crash limbs were stripped from nearly nil the trees that had any I foliage on them and sent scurrying across the road the water on the La I goon was lashed Into fury and thrown over the banks In such a manner as to remind one of a storm at sea and those who had been awakened dressed and ss nndercU how long the storm would last Just about dnnn there was u short cessation and then did the good people I of Farmlngton go out to discover what damage had been done There was scarcely u street in town lhat did not Buffer from the storm Even If the trees were not blown down they vycro loosened in a manner that makes them I i easy victims the next time a gale I comes along The earth Is cracked set I eral feet from the roots and hundreds I of the trees will need a great deal 1 of j bracing before they CUt be counted as secure from another assault Tire rain too came down In orients and tho I atreetH of the pivtiy little town w rr I i riven of mud during the early morn I lug hours Bui wink deploring tire I i damage done by wind to the trees the I farniora especially those who have any 1 dn land an rejoicing over tlu ttO29Ig the earth has received At the I i I sarw titus however they are paying considerable att ntion ip overturned barns sheds und nuthouses u has I been neviral years Klncc a willd storm I i has viylioU i Davis oounly i ppreiaijv nt I this time of the year I 1 |