Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-27 | Page 2 | Eastern Utah is Badly Damaged by High Waters

i EASTERN UTAH IS BADLY DAMAGED DA j I IBY BY HIGH WATERS High wat waters rs In eastern astern Utah ha have wrought thousands of dollars worth of ot damage and Inundated hundreds ds of ot acres of ot choice farming lands accordIng accordIng according accord- accord Ing to Sam Dorrity deputy United States marshal who returned this morning from an official trip through UInta and Duchesne counties The large Duchesne bridge spanning spanning span span- nIn ning the Duchesne river and several Ie small structures have ha been wash washed d dawa awa away he says sas b by the recent high wa wa- The rh river r and anel other small streams are bulging their banks and have ha threatened r recently centI to overflow o at man many oth other r points Extreme me hot weather of ot the past few tew days and the rapid melting of ot snows In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mountains has swelled the streams to the hIgh highest st point in years ears As rapIdly rapIdly rap- rap feU Idly as the course ourse of ot the str streams am U is threatened repair work is being done in an nn effort to control the waters I i