Show t FLOOD BLOOD PAYS ANNUAL I 1 VISIT OF DESTRUCTION RI i l. l r f Mud Mud Causes Hea Heavy Loss in Business and Residence Districts I The annual August flood visited Ephraim Sunday evening August 24 and broke all records In n the matter of ot t damaging property Although the entire south half hair of or the city was wept swept by the flood and much damage W was IJ done to residence property the greatest loss ION was inflicted on busl busi news ness concerns concern along the creek near the center of ot town One of ot the heaviest beav- beav lest iest losers was the Ephraim Saw Mill fill Company Much of ot the machinery In the mill was covered with mud and considerable expense and much annoyance was entailed In 10 getting the equipment back Into working work ing order The city Jail and anit the tho basement basement base base- ment meat of ot the Public Library building Were vero flooded and some of ot the stock In the warehouse of ot the Ephraim I r Cash Grocery Company was damaged r The basement of ot the Ephraim Knitting Knit tins ting Works which was used as a store storeroom storeroom storeroom room by the tho Frost Plumbing Company Company Com pany was filled tilled almost to the ceiling and nil all of ot the plumbing material and equipment was covered with mud The water swept t over the sidewalk on an the bank corner broke the basement basement base base- ment windows and played havoc with The he office Type forms lorms worn wen I l n k d off oft t the h is i's r f no H and piled plied on top of ot each ot other er on the 6 floor and the resultant conglomeration It Jv tion Uon was snugly cemented with a aG G thick hick coat coal of mud By Dy heroic measures measures meas meas- g ures urea most of ot the he type and material l was rescued and the office olce has since been removed to the old Christensen photograph gallery on East First South street The building Is being remodeled and when finished it will willbo w V be bo bt neater and more convenient than tW the old headquarters of 01 The Enter IL prise 0 f 2 On nearly every street In the Hie south and central parts of ot town the flood nood left Its record In the form of mud and debris and many cellars In the residence resl resi r dence dente district were filled In some Ut places the lawns were covered with mud ud so deep that all the grass and smaller plants were destroyed and I I much damage wa was done to the gar i dens rj The devastation caused by the flood has again revived revival the question of ot diverting di dl 1 the creek so as to carry the thet t water around the south end o of town Instead of or Inviting a heavy annual loss 1 of or property by letting matters remain ft 1 as they Uey are Some hope for relief J le f t l based base on the fact that the big culvert rw on n Main street Is so soon soon n to bo enlarged if f py y the Ule city and nd the State Road COn Com i mission but It Is a notable fact that most of or the damage in the past has hass s i i bc been n caused cause by water which left the I It t i main channel In n the fields east of or the there I re city a and d swept d down the streets t |