Show Soaking Rain Assures Wheal Crop rop ropA A slow soaking rain which left up to an inch or more of rainfall at points in n northern Utah and southern Idaho was hailed Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day as I a Godsend to a famine famine- threatened w world V The storm assures a good dry land wheat crop in this area even if it doesn't rain ram again until harvest harvest harvest har har- vest time commented Frank G. G Shelley executive secretary Utah State Farm Bureau fed federation ration He said the rain came at an especially especially especially espe espe- opportune time as far as asI I the wheat crop is concerned Other crops crops' and range and forest forest for for- est eat land also will benefit from the moisture officials pointed out Aids Ahls Food Fr Production While farmers and others who keep their thelt eyes on the food tood production production production pro pro- aspects of the d downpour rejoiced Salt Lake City street de department crews fared forth at 7 a. a m. m to attempt to keep the city's inadequate storm sewer system functioning Despite their efforts streets throughout the city w were re flooded to to various depths with the worst situations s reported In m the area centering on West Vest and th South Sixth and South on West Vest lower State st et and other sections of the city also were re re- re Trouble arose not only inadequate storm sewers sew sew- em ers but fr from flumes clogged with rubbish washed hed into them from th the gutters utters Ordinance Against g ln t Debris It If people ob obeyed city ordinances ordinances nances against again t. t placing debris debri in gutters flood conditions would be only one-fourth one as bad in the eastern eastern east east- em ern part of ot the city Streets Commissioner Com Corn missioner John B. B Matheson com corn On the west vest side how- how See Page Pago J 12 2 Co Column 2 Rainfall Assures Wheat Wheal Crop Cropin rop in Utah Idaho Continued from Page Pago One ever It is another p problem blem There the city's storm sewers arc are quate Mr Mathe Matheson on pointed out a sur survey survey sur- sur vey ey Is being made under direction of ot W. W D. D Beers Beer city engineer for tor fora tora a supplemental storm sewer in the area bounded by 1st South and South and 2nd East ast and the Jordan river Mr Beers commented that dredging and nd straightening the Jordan river would help solve the drainage pr problem blem He said it is estimated in the last 14 years the river bed has been built bunt up three or four lour feet leet by silt In the channel Survey Suney of River Tho The army engineers arc are making making making mak mak- ing a n s survey of the tho river dredgIng dredging dredging ing project which it is estimated would cost I IThe The city commission Is is now studying three proposals of Mr r Beers Beers' concerning 1 Jordan river Improvement as an outlet for tor flood lood waters wa wa- 2 Determination of f steps necessary necessary necessary essary to protect the city against damage from surface runoff 3 Study of the ge geology geology- and topography of at mountains adjacent ent to the city from Parleys Parley's ca canyon yol on the south to City creek canyon to determine to what extent flash floods might b be controlled on rolle No Trouble In C COl County onn nt t State and county road departments departments depart depart- men ments reported there was no trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble resulting from the storm The weatherman said rainfall was chiefly In th the northern h half f of the state The storm the weatherman explained explained ex ex- was caused when K It slowly moving low pressure area developed devel devel developed east of ot the continental dl- dl dl 1 vide Moist air speeding into the thelow thelow thelow low pressure area gave rise to the precipitation Th The clouds will continue through Wednesday the weatherman n said with showers Tuesday and Wednesday It will be s slightly wanner warmer Wednesday a and d cooler again Friday and ana Saturday More showers are arc predicted for Thursday Thursday Thursy Thurs Thurs- day and Friday 58 Inch of Rain To a. a m m. the thre Salt Lake air air- port weather station reported 58 inch of ot rainfall The Utah Power Light Co terminal l substation reported 50 Inch to 7 a a. a m m. Other U UP P L stations reported American Falls Ida Cutler Cutler Cutter Cut Cut- ler ter Utah 84 Logan 82 Ogden 90 Bingham 75 Provo 82 Eu Eu- reka 87 Soldier Summit 06 Helper 03 |