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Show FLOOD CONDITION . Ill' Cltf. is- BETTER Continued Low Temperature in Mountain Bring Stream Down Permanent aolutian af th annual apHng flood aituation I ta ba aaught by Cmmiaainr T. T. Burton, haad of tha eity atrt deportment, and City Engineer Sylvaatar Q. Cannon In a urvy which w rdrd by th city commiaaion today. Cemmiefnr Burton aid aftor th urvy waa rdrd that ho aaeeoted t mak it eamplete and t lay fce- for th ity aommiasion a oomplat pregram, whioh. if followed, will alim-Inat alim-Inat th annual apring faar af ever-flow ever-flow from th various mountain trsimi that run through th city. Mambar of th mmiaaln hv n-naunead n-naunead that thay favor mapping aut a dafinit program and pushing it t completion a that thar can ba no recurrence re-currence of th flood aituatlan that ha prevailed In th aouthorn portion of th eity during th laat faw da ye. Purthar flood a In Weber, Davie and Salt Lake eeuntie ara predicted by W a I tar M. Boyden ef Coalville, fermer state food and dairy mmiaeionert who wea vieitor at th capital today. Mr. Boyden eaidi "You're going to have come water later en. The present flood ie a big one, but that which le t esme later, particularly in the Weber river, will be a bigger en. On th upper part af th river farmer are feeding steak from aleigh and anw I three feet deep. Veu knew whet that mean and thee In th valley af th river knew what to )." Marked Improvement In th local flood aituation waa noted today as a result of continued free sing temperature tempera-ture alone the watershed. The Jordan river la several inebee below the high point reached early Tuesday and canyon can-yon atreama flowing through the eity have fallen way below flood level. Con-, Con-, tlnuatlon of the cold apall for another I weak or tan day should permanently relieve any danger of further Inundation Inunda-tion and the aituation In the pouth-weetarn pouth-weetarn and northweatern sections, where more than one hundred reel-.eneee reel-.eneee are marooned, la on the mend, according to Commissioner T. T. Burton, Bur-ton, who la directing the fight against high water. There I i.tlll a considerable volume of molature In the mountalna Leunbe canyon, tributary to Parlay'a creak, ha r.ot yat carried Ha apring load ana other feeders of this etream had not reached capacity when the felling tem-(eraturee tem-(eraturee checked their flow. Por Ihle reason, a warm apell within the neat few days, before the mild weather run-i run-i ff haa reduced the aurplua, would mAn additional flooding. It la believed. Heavy anows have been reported In both Cottonwood and these streams et eipected to tun a new high record rec-ord thla year. But thav alao are held In check and because of a more sheltered shel-tered water ehru never come In until rfter the Parlor runoff, so that any danger from these streams causing an overflow of tl.e Jordan In the west end of the city la at least delayed. 1 "resent Indication are. according to city officials, of-ficials, that the disastrous flood threat, sned by the warm spell ten days aero has been averted and that the danger lioint la pasaed unleaa a audden change lit weather cause another htavy thaw. TRICK, May li. Dyking of thoprlc river will be neceesary to prevent property prop-erty damage and danger to homes along tha stream within the next faw dare. It la believed. The heaviest flood on record are predicted In thla district. The river haa been rlalnu rapidly for several days and heavy snow yesterday Is expected to swt.ll the stream to danger point. 1.1CIIFIE1.D, Mav 11 Revler river Is raging and settlements along the entire streem are unessy over threatened threat-ened Inundation. During the past few Iw.ura ths Hevler has risen nearly ten Inches with ralnfsll and snowfsll adding add-ing to the already overburdened watt wa-tt i shed. Reports that the Junction-Kingston bridge had gone out were confirmed terterday. Tills la tli second crossing to be carried away and three othere are In grave danger. Hlghwater I not expected for at least ten day, Meanwhll. email streams feeding the Hevler near here have commenced to rise and In placee have overflowed their banka, Inundating a considerable urea. BRIGHAM OITV. May It. Report are to the effect that Bear river la higher this ysar than for many yeara. At tha Corlnne crossing, ths watar la overflowing Its banks, and the channel and aloughs are f.lled to overflowing with water. This is partly caused by the watera running from th valleys caussd by malting snow along th course of the river. The real high water time of the year ha not been reached, and It Is thought that the water will be of greater volume when the snow In Jackeun Hoi and th Bear Lak country melt. |