Show bert williams return d monday from australia where he hag been laboar as a latter day saint mis siona for over thirty months A welcome home party will be given 11 his honor at the social hall anday evening the ferron M I 1 A gave a deaf and dumb party tuesday evening henry thompson dayton snider fred olsen and lewis olsen have ie turned aiom the reservation they re port a good time and d good country the night of tuesday the ferron witnessed the largest flood that has oc cuned in its history residents say there was aas ly two times as much water as has come down in the laige floods th have seen afore H gh water lately have taken out canal head gates and new ones have been put 11 but these are all out agam the county bridge south of ferron was dislodged west of andrew nelbon s residence where two streets cross the creek made several channels and spread to the width of a town biocic cutting the street so badly that it is doubtful it cin be made what it was for yeara the people of that neighborhood had gone to a great deal of expense to build a suspension foot bridge luck ily they anticipated the large flood and removed it babore the waters had a chance the large posts which h id it in posit on were washed out almost the entire field west and south of ferron has suffered consider able damage many parts were con plemely covered with sand and debris dur ng the night of tuesday two and one e gath inches 0 water fell in to the ferron roller mill canal wis w is wash ed out and it is estimated tl at damage was done grind ig will not i commence for about three we ks |