Show f 1 b br t r l lt M w j rel r a uR v 1 v vy y 11 1 4 t n c ct cf t f sr s 6 r n ni 4 r i l ir w f a If a if k V r r M c d k arv a Ir THIS IS AN overall view Creek Canyon as it looks once a beautiful scenic attraction Is now a rock and tree littered after the devastating flood that stripped vegetation and peeled landscape in rec the debris is 30 feet deco What was t tyr yr l lt e t 1 f fy y k d y r 1111 yx r M LOYAL COX state road foreman and his two sons Dallen left and Terry inspect an attractive forest campground sign and brickwork that was toppled by the Sheep Creek Canyon flood and dumped in the center of the stream Staff photo Sheep Creek Damage Exceeds 1 1 Million A L A As investigations of the flood damage in Sheep Cre k Canyon get more detailed information mation estimates of the losses have begun climbing over the 1 million mark This is not including the loss of seven persons and private property damage THE TORRENT OF water cleaned out the floor of the can can- canyon yon and gouged soil from the canyon walls leaving a denuded landscape instead of the earlier attractive trees and shrubs The Forest Service has six tractors at work on the Birch Creek route a roundabout dirt road to McKinnon and Manila From Vernal to Green River Wyo via this route is miles compared with miles through Sheep Creek THERE IS ONLY miles of unfinished road on the direct Vernal Vernal Manila Manila route and by fall all but this section was scheduled ed for paving The Birch Creek route involves 45 miles of rough dirt road J D Harper Daggett County Commissioner reported to the e Express Monday that he was o ohis on n his way to attend the State Roa Road d Commission meeting In Rich Rich- Richfield field Tuesday to discuss an em emergency route from Vernal t to o Manila lie was accompanied by Mrs Harper Manila postmaster wh who o was en route to a postmaster r Continued on page 8 Sheep Creek Continued from page 1 convention THE HEAVY runoff down the Carter Creek threatened temp temp- temporarily to take out aut the immense fill on the new Manila highway which Is routed by way of Dowd Mountain Loyal Cox and a crew of state road workers pulled large tim V bers with a 1 winch from fram the mouth of the flume and finally the pressure Mr Cox reported that the pressure pressure was so great that the fill felt as though it were being shaken shaken by an earthquake At Atone one time the water backed up above the fill was 40 feet deep and the flume under the fill is only nine feet in diameter Through prompt action only minor repairs to the structure will be required A NUMBER of rock slides along along the dugway are arc being cleared away by the highway contractor and the new section of the highway will be oiled ailed tl this s summer |