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Show STATE TO AID ; IN REPAIR DF: ' WATER PLANTS Commissioners of Two Counties Will1 Meet to . Discuss Restoration Plan for State Highway ' . " At a private caucus held In In office of Governor Mabey early this morning and .prior to his departure depar-ture for th day. It was decided to ask ths board of examiners to ereat a deficit of from 12600 to 1(00- to provld funds with which ths slat will ssslst ths people of Wlllsrd and Karmington In lb restoration .of water ayatema. de.. strayed by the recent flood, it wee learned Secretary of Stale H. K. Crockett. Attorney General H. H. fluff. Adjutant Oeneral W. - O Williams, and Dr. T. B. Beatty of the atate board of health were the oflfclals called in by the governor to discuss th feasibility of this plan.. A meeting between lists officials offi-cials and the county commissioners of Davis and Boselder counties hss been called for the governor's office at o'clock Thursday afternoon. after-noon. Thla session will discuss wsys snd means for reetorlng the state highway through the stricken area, estimates of wbtrh rise th coat at flesa.l2o.00' to U,u0. SHORTAGE Of FUNDS. At lite renfei-SMWe with members of tha relief commltte Tueoday, Governor Mabey Indicated that -the etate would aeeume direction of the repalra to watr eyetema and atate roada and tha maintenance of aan-ttatlon. aan-ttatlon. Tha atat road com ml a a ion. It la aaid, will furnish equip ment and tnn for th repair work. Malntonanc oft atat roada la a county obligation and, unleae action ac-tion la taken atmilar to that with regard to tha water eyetema, there win be no atat fundi available tur thla purpos, it la eald. I Contribution's to the general relief re-lief fund being raised to ameliorate amelio-rate tha condition of those who euf-fered euf-fered hoary -loaaea In the flood e lumped off today. At noon a care- ful eurvey of all aubacrlptlona ao far ' tranemllted to th eonunitte a ho wad tha total to ha between M.OOO and $0.00. aocording to Joaeph H. Ra burn, aecretary of th chamber of commerce and of th relief fund committee. Several aec-tlono aec-tlono hav not yet reported th re- i eatts -ewf the eolicltaUon, but tree- eat Indications aro that when complet. th fund will b at leaai tlO.OOO ehort of th 976,000 minimum mini-mum fixed ae abaolutely necewwiry. It' la aald. In view of this, 'the aubacriptlon it at a will b open Indefinitely, In-definitely, In th hop that la t contributors con-tributors wlU'maJt up tha required mount i . , . . , BOYS WERE WARNED. Tha four boya Wilfred Lang ton. George Jackson, Vernon and Ted Rudy- who met their death In the water of the Farm Inert on canyon flood on August It. were warned to move to higher ground, fifteen minutes before the cloudburst, by Israel Yeatee, keeper of the Baldwin Bald-win radio ntlne in Karmington canyon. can-yon. It became known today, according ac-cording to a atory told by B. A. K arm ode. aupertn ten dent for the Utah Light and Tower plant la tha canyon. Testes, who Is an old timer and familiar with other floods In the canyon, told Kermod that h was Krocding up the canyon with his ore and wagon when he noticed the approach of the threatening storm. When he came across the boy ha told them to seek for higher ground and look out for th Increased In-creased water In the canyon stream. ifter he left the boye he proceed-to proceed-to hie quarters and aiarted to unhitch un-hitch hla team when the water came down the can yea 4a a wall approximately approx-imately twenty -two feet high, which ewept away part of hi barn and his two horses. FLOOD WASHES UF ' UNNAMED MONSTER. . , Workers engaged In excavating at th horn of Joe Harding In Wli-iard Wli-iard early today unearthed the head of an unnamed mo aster. The head had evidently been torn off Its body by the grinding of tree and bourder racing; down the Wlllard creek torrent, and then washed Into the Harding home as the waters subsided. It waa encountered Just Inside tha door under several feet of debris. The relic measured eight Inches across ths Jew and the moath. opened, measured elx Inches The upper Jawe wer art with a single raw of sharp teeth, but th lower Jaw held a doubt set of teeth. Thla arrangement hsa ao far atumped amateur naturalist. From the skull formation seme have pronounced it the head of a monster snake, bat others Incline to the opinion that ita odd ahspe waa occasioned by the grinding of flood debrlav . - , ' BAMBERGER RECOGNIZEE i EMPLOYES' LOYALTY In a letter forwarded ta the employe em-ploye of the Bamberger Electric railroad, who served in opening the line after the flood at Karmington, Bubetantla! recognition of their loyalty loy-alty was expressed by ex-Gtwernor Simon Bamberger. Along with tha following letter waa sent a check for time they expended In assist log In opening the road: "Tour- extraordinary effort In aaetetlng in getting our line open to service after the terrlKl catastrophe catas-trophe of August IS are very much appreciated, and I am pleased to Inclose herewith a more tangible expression- of our thanka , |