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Show TALKS OF SITUATION II FLOOOISTRIGTS From th district affec"d by the break in the Hatrhiown dam. W. D. Candlar.d of Mount Pleasant, presldiit of the state board of land commissioners, who arrived m SaJt Lake last night, brines optimistic reports. The damage, Mr. Candland declares, de-clares, will not be nearly so rrat as the original estimates placed it, and it is more than probable tha t there will be practically no o& lo the farmers under the Ha ten town project. Mr Candland pointed out that much of the reported damaee done by th floods was mnre apparent than rea'h ith the receding of th flood waters it has ben discovered that the irrowin? . crops sufferexl little from the inundation Tne alialfa looked bright and gren after its wetting and practicailv none of it was washed out. The farmers were at first apprehensive about their grain crops', but mot of them now believp that these crops will come up ail right with about the normal yield. When the first 'news of the break in the Hatch town dam reached Mr. Candland Cand-land a week ago, he ordered the flood gates of the dams opened and notified the men at the Piute and Sevir bridgp dams to prepare to handle thf. flnori wa ters. The next day Mr. Candland himself him-self went to the Piute dam and othr points in the flood zone, visiting th inundated in-undated farms at Junction and cfrcle-vilie, cfrcle-vilie, and observing first-hand the flood damage in these sections. Ha did not visit the Hatchtown dam itself, as it was impossible at that time to get through to tne scene of the break on account of the flooded roads. However, Judge John F. Chidester. member of the state land board, and State Engineer W. r Beers have succeeded In getting through to Hatchtown and are todav examining the scene of the break. Thev are expected to report in a day or two. At (he state land board mating tomorrow to-morrow the Hatchtown flood will be discussed. dis-cussed. The action of the board will depend de-pend upon the report to be received from Judge Chidester and State "Engineer Beers. Judge Chidester has been excused ex-cused from this meeting of the board and will remain in the vicinity of Hatch-town Hatch-town for a day or two. It Is probable that the board will decide to hold a special spe-cial meeting at the scene of the break. Speaking of the flood damage, Sir. Candland said last night: The supposed damage occasioned by the flood Is more apparent than real. The day after the flood visited the farms it appeared that the loss would be very heavy. The next day the farmers found that the damage was not as great as at first believed. Today they are congratulating themselves them-selves on the fact that t heir looses will be almost nomina 1. The heaviest loss was. of course, to the dam itself. The extent of this loss cannot be accurately estimated tin til wo receive the engineer's report. re-port. At the Piute dam we have large sluicing plant. The Piute dam in practically completed, so that wo are in a. position to send tills plant to the Hatchtown reservoir at once If needed. With this plant wp will ; be able to reconstruct lhe Hatchtown i dam and place it in better shape than It way originally at a minimum of expense. I am satisfied that there will bo no loss to the farmers under the. Hatchtown project hy reason of t lie break of the dam. the farmers will be supplied with water direct from the river and from other sources, so that the Irrigation of their crops ill not be interrupted. Damage to the crops In the flooded districts will not be heavy. In six weeks there will scarcely bp anv evidence evi-dence that the valley has been flooded. flood-ed. The cost of rebuilding the bridges that went out and of repairing repair-ing the farm buildings and the fences will not be great. |