Show OSDEN DEPARTMENT Tlie Benr Biver Canal Break Mi W C Weaver receiver of the Bear R r Irrigation and Ogdon WaterworkH company returned yesierIay from tho Bear River valley and reported that in break In the great Bear Rlvpr canal was much worse than had at Una bocn known Ono cntiro flume at the mouth f the r auyon had been swept iway Tuo destroyed de-stroyed section Is 350 foot Ions nnd tho ES damace was caused I5y seepage from the canal weakening tho Iuile > fcundntlyn on which ihe flume rcslod The flume was twelve feet wide at the bottom eighteen foot on top and carried a depth 01 eight foot of water wh n iho break came Tho oncrs are on tho scone and work will at once bo commenced repairing tho break but Mr Woacr ostlmalea that It will require about nix weeks before water win again be supplied lo tho farmers This meansthai ihe io s lo the farmers of that valley Will bo ailmoit beyond cal pultltlon n the coining six weeks covor tho most of the time when Irrigation water wa-ter Is the most greatly needed David Evanfc ono 01 Ihe owners of tho canal camo down lo Ogden from the Benr Rivr vnlloy last night and stated that the orctk in the Bear River canal TouUl be repaired within a week Ho iavri that only islxtysevon feet of the 1352 cfmul was Washed out and thai the repairing re-pairing of It will be but a matter of a short time |