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Show Property Owners To Receive Help On Flood Control Property owners on the streams of Utah County have been organized organ-ized for flood control, according to announcement made today by Burton Adams, Chairman, Utah County Commissioners and S. R. Boswell, Utah County Agent Assistance has been given and suggestions have been made in the organization of districts on all dangerous streams including Hobble Creek. The county has given all groups some aid, and splendid cooperation has been received from the boards of supervisors of the three Soil Conservation districts in the county, coun-ty, by furnishing , large scale machinery ma-chinery at minimum cost under the direciton of Frank Carnesecca, equipment supervisor for the districts. dis-tricts. Property owners have been ready and willing to help themselves them-selves and have manifested the true spirit of cooperation in attaining at-taining their objectives since organization, or-ganization, which is highly commendable. com-mendable. They have helped themselves as far as possible before be-fore they sought County aid. The U. S. Army Engineers, under un-der the Direction of Francis McGregor Mc-Gregor engineer from Salt Lake City have given much advise and engineering aid and have let contracts con-tracts to help take care of the most threatening areas where much property and civilian life is at stake. Mr. Adams was asked if he expected floods this year. He said, "The snow cover of the ranges East of Utah County is about 25 above the 10 year average. We expect high water if certain conditions prevail. Records of the Weather Bureau show what happened hap-pened at the time of the flood on the Spanish Fork River in May, 1944. Four four days in a row, the temperature ranged from 82 degrees to 86 degress F. followed by four days of rain. If this combination com-bination of circumstances should prevail again, there probably will be high water." |