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Show FLOOD BELIEF FUND PUSSES 550,000 MARK . , . i Committee Confident That . . $75,000 Set as Minimum Will Be Reached by ; End of Day's Work OCDEN'S $16,300 r EXCEEDS QUOTA Utah Power and Light and Utah Copper Companies Turn in $1000 Checks; Willard Road Open - The hambe f aammaea an-neunoed an-neunoed today that word had been received from aha Amerkan Red Crete through Ha San Franio f-fic f-fic authenred the Venetian ef $2000 h Utah, flood surferer1. relief fung. . , f At noon today contributions to tha flood relief fund being ralaed for the aulfereqa In the deluge that awapt death , and destruction through Fannlngton and Willard "ona week ago approximated tSS.ao, It waa announced at tha chamber of commerce. No report had been received . from local committee canvaeelng- bualnea tnatltutlone and individual and member of ' the executive commltUe of th relief re-lief fund commltte efpresaed confidence con-fidence that by tonight the full t7.00e gat a minimum would b at hand. Among th larg contribution today were checks from th Utah vPower and Light :and th Ulan 1 Copper companies, each for $100. The Utah Power and Light waa among th heaviest loaero in tha flood. Ita power planta In Karm-Ington Karm-Ington and Willard canyon being practically demotiihed by the huge bouldera craahtng down in the torrent, tor-rent, according to Markham rheever; chief engineer for th company. DODEN EXCEEDS QUOTA. ,' Official report from Ogden to the oommtttee today , placed the amount raised ta that city at 11.-100, 11.-100, 10 per cent more than the quota allotted. From MUford came 1241 tL , The Helper dumber of a ; commerce transmitted 25.2. - tM . : of which was taken from Its treasury treas-ury for tn fund and th balance Individual contributions. Th Pay-son Pay-son Red Cross aent In $50. Eureka Elk 1100 and thawKiwanla club of Price S0. SevaralMarg Individual rontrlbutlona ar expected from today' to-day' collection. It I aald. Tn a letter ta bank of th atat today. Governor Mabey referred to hla proclamation of Tuesday. In which he called upon th people of th atat to contribute to th fund; through any bank. Th letter ask th bank ta forward Immediately whatever fulfil they have collected, directing the fund to H. M. Chamber Cham-ber lain of Walker Brother Bank-era, Bank-era, who-la serving aa treasurer of th fund. , In hi dally report to th relief commute today. K. C. Wright, captain of relief at Willard. informed in-formed th chamber of commerce that the atat - highway throoch that eettlement has been suffl- clently cleared of dabria to .permit of vehicular traffic Tranaporta-- Tranaporta-- tlon north and south of Willard was restored this morning. It 1 reported. .... It I estimated that more than 21.000 persona, led by a desire ta see with their eyes-what they hav only read en th prlntad Pg. Journeyed to th flood stricken area yesterday ta gat a (limp of th destruction. AUTOS JAM HIGHWAYS- "' ' Th crowd to visit tha Fanalng-ton Fanalng-ton dlatrlct - yesterday was th largest since th day of th flood. It la claimed -by Robert Miller. Aiember of th relief committee la I'avia county, wnowaia tnat easily 11,000 person Jammed th highway high-way on Sunday. Since last Monday Mon-day It la eatlmated that more than 100.000 have passed to and from Farmlngton In an ffort te see the destruction wroughtX Every night the highway haa been a gleaming string of light from dark antll after midnight v So numerous wr the -car) yes-L. yes-L. terday attempting ta paa along tlM one-way route cut through the mud that long delay were caueed by motorist, whotrld to - rush through shead of th ethers. |