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Show PRCVOAN FEARS .SPRING FLOODS A warning, to beware of the spring floods is being broadcasted by Walter Cox. well known truck 'gardener and inventor of Provo, who has just returned from a two weeks' sojourn in Los Angeles and other southern California cities. "The spring floods in the Prfrvo river will he greater this year tjtan they have ever been before in the past 52 years," said Walter Cox."I have carefully watched Timpanoos for the last 52 years and I have never seen so much snow there since then as there is this yean The menace of a disastrous flood is threatening the residents along the Provo river as never before. j ''If the county commission would only employ some of the men who are now walking around here without with-out work and have them take out about four bars of gravel in the Irovo river, a flood disaster may be averted. Otherwise we will be seriously ser-iously damaged." he declared. '"Had Eos Angeles had proper gutter facilities to carry off the waters in the recent floods the dam-jage dam-jage would have been minimized. I ! talked over the mater with the Eos i.geles authorities tnd they agreed 'with me. They can see their mistake mis-take now. If tlie I'tah county officials offic-ials will follow my advice we will save thousands of dollars this spring. ' 'I arrived home Monday from the cr.ast where. I succeeded in interesting interest-ing many in my window adjuster. I planted my Spanish onions Thursday." Thurs-day." I |