| Show PINTO PINTa H lI IIO flail soil Floods do III Much Visit or of Stake Special Correspondence Corr Pinto Washington Co Aug 19 Since the month of oC August came In we weha have ha 0 load had ll d a II succession of thunder thunderstorms storms 11 mind nj Hoods floods mixed with hall which has done considerable damage to crops roads and ditches hitches The Tho loss will reach In the hoe neighborhood nel of oC 1000 The total rainfall for Cor or the thou month to date ate has 1155 been 25 Inches which Is the most rain In III the some seine length of oC time line we have hare ever eer had hero since a 11 record ha hIJI been kept On tho tIme during the thunder storm a cow con was wu struck by b lightning and Instantly killed Our worthy worth was only on aol a n short Ills die distance tance from the he cow COl and was ras ns knocked from toni his hoarse houe by b the force Coree of oC the tho bolt Vivid Ihl lightning and loud crashing peals WillS of ot thunder have accompanied tho the re me recent cent storms On the about p in iii the thu worst storm of ot all broke upon us and In about aboul minutes the town own was wall Hooded hut but Old IUd no great grent amount of ot damage nut Hut In the fields grain was covered up tip with sand saud and mud antI some that was In the shock wise was carried away alla and several leeral tons ton one of oC f fhay hay ruined d In the th fields Our usually small smail CIcek was turned Into a raging torrent for tor about eight hours tearing out dams dam ditches and roads all down the canyon c non nonOn On the lie our Stake president presidentE presidents E s H II Snow and amuil anI Counselor 1 I 1 1 Cottom paid us u a visit and amid nd held meeting giving some Mme timely and anul valuable Instructions Instruction Times are ar dull hull and very er little Ollie money stirring locally 10 Some Smile little prospecting was done tho thuG last spring near the mouth of oC Pinto lanyon but everything Is at a n stand standstill standstill still at present Our harvest will be finished 1 as soon Boon soona ns nl a thin the ground round II Is dry dr enough for or the to 0 run Most Moat of ot the corn and vines Ine of ot all eli kinds were cut up badly with the tho hall hail hallIn In n the tho latter part of July and first part patt of August |
