Show FLOOD TAKES TOLL Of CROPS AND PROPERTY Cloudburst Hits Farms On Duchesne River Washes Out Canal and Roads A cloudburst in tha the draw above the thc upper Duchesne river took a heavy toll of crops and property last Tuesday afternoon The irrigation canal was completely washed out and roads were made impassable for fora a time The home of Mrs Jim Olsen was evacuated just before the flood struck almost undermining undermining undermining under under- mining the house ruining rugs and furI furniture ture and cutting a deep gorge in the back back yard Outbuildings and fences were washed away or smashed by boulders and trees washed down by the flood On several of th the I farms shocks s of grain were washed wash wash- ed away and that which had not I been cut was completely ruined Mayhew 1 Kofford offord Farms Hit rot Members of the Relief Society I had gathered at the home of Mrs Jim Olsen to hold a rn meeting The women hearing the flood coming coming coming com com- ing left taking Mrs Olsen with them There was no loss of life re re- and no loss of animals was ported There will be no more water vater for the tha for irrigation purposes rest of the season it was stated as the canal was entirely obliterated obliterated obliterated and will have to be rebuilt next spring n. n h I Clearing and ana repairing ui of t UlI Ul c croad road was begun as as soon as as' as the I waters receded suf sufficiently to allow allow al allow al- al low men to work It diverted before The flood w was s reached the farm fann of Win Wm McQueeney Mc- Mc Queeney Most of the damage was and reported to be on the Mayhew Kofford farms and the farm of Irvin Cole where Mrs Olsen and her son were iving lying |