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Show Published Every Saturday BY GOODWIN8 WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO., INC. A. W. RAYBOULD, Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Including postage in the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. 8ingle copies, 10 cents. Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffice at Salt Lake March 3, 1879. of Act City, Utah, under the Ness Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- 13 FIERCE STORM VISITS UTAH The fiercest rain and flood storm, in the memory of old time residents broke loose the forepart of the week taking a toll of nine lives and laying waste many thusands of dollars worth of property. The storm started in the south end. of this valley and at first it was thought it would spend its fury iii the. Cotton wood canyons, but a strong gale blowing from the south brought 'the storm in a northerly d direction. Five minutes after it hit the city, the streets were with flood waters, some places the water being over three feet deep, and lightening had struck several street cars, .houses and trees in all parts of the city. Peal after peal of.. deafening thunder with flashes of lightening extending, across the Entire sky kept the people indoors. It was like the cannons roar on a battlefield. The main portion of the city received the brunt of. the local storm and the citizens are sure lucky that the storm did not break loose and spend its force on Black mountain in City Creek canyon. After nearly an hour of hard raining here the storm passed to the north and broke over Lagoon canyon where the flood waters accumulated and came rushing down the canyon carrying everything before it, destroying cov-ere- . - . a " t, POLITICAL REFORMS. - houses and seven lives. It came so sudden that no one was prepared or could do anything, and but for a substantial retaining wall at Lagoon the entire resort would have been washed away. Houses and orchards broke up the flood waters before reaching Lagoon and the flood water spread over a wide territory, digging out gullies here and there, and piling mud and debris on the highways as high as twelve feet. After spending its fury and seemingly doing all the damage it could at Farmigton, the storm continued north and again broke loose near Willard and practically wiped out that city, although only two known residents lost their lives. Many homes were wiped out in this district and many of the farms were covered with gravel and large boulders to a depth of twelve feet, and it would take fortunes to clear them up again. In the midst of death the people proved themselves heroes and leaved a great many lives. After saving his wife and babies from the flood at Lagoon, Arnold Christensen, brother of A. C. Christensen of the Lagoon resort, fell exhausted and died a martyr of the flood. The water brought down trees, telephone poles and boulders as large as ordinary houses and everything was swept away which lay in its direct path. The appeal sent out for aid by Governor Mabey is responded will be available to Kto and.it is now assured that sufficient funds 'take care of all those who lost their all. Many of the sufferers lost their lifes savings, while others were visited by death and nothing on this earth can take the place of the dear ones lost. The storms in our canyons at times are very fierce and up to this time the people have been very fortunate. Campers should and away from always select high places for their permanent camps the beds of the streams. During a cloudburst no one should attempt to go down the canyon road, but instead should climb to safety on the hillsides. When it rains hard the water soon collects in great -- volumes in the gulches and canyons and the people who are caught out should select the higher ground. The boy scouts should be given advice on flood conditions and what to do in case of emergency. Many of these boys go on camping trips to our canyons, and no alarm need be felt for their safety if they will at all times take to the high ground during a hard rainstorm, such as continually visit our many canyons during the summer months. Governor Mabey and his corps of assistants have been working day and night to relieve the suffering, and all those who can should subscribe to the fund which will be judiciously used to relieve the suffering of our unfortunate citizens who happened to be in the path of the floodwaters. Of late years wherever the Farmer-Labparty springs up and shows any strength at all, the Democratic party nearly disappears. In the election in Minnesota, Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labparty candidate, was elected by a big vote over his two opponents. The Republicans polled a substantial vote, but not enough to win, while the Democrats were left far in the rear. Both party leaders recognize the fact that there is something troubling the people and that they are looking for relief outside of their own parties. Of late years the people are getting away from party lines. This is but natural, bcause of the preliminary education received in municipal elections, where party lines are ignored entirely and where Democrats and Republicans join hands in getting behind some government prevailing in our good man. With a e parties will go out leading cities for a few more years, entirely. It is not natural in one election to say that you arc for the man and in the next election to say that you are for the party and not the man. Heretofore it was not unusual to hear the Democrats say they would stand behind Jones because lie was a Democrat, although they did not like him. Brown got the votes from the Republicans because he was on the ticket, although everybody called him a very poor representative. The way things have been going the past few years, the people are going to demand more than party principle. I hey want men who will give them a business administration, and the people will want to know before they vote what their candidates are going to do when they get in office. As a rule the person elected to office believes he is put there for his own private gain and to take care of his friends and the result is an expensive administration with an overloaded payroll, with the relatives drawing down the big salaries and holding all the good jobs. '1 hen we wonder to take care why our taxes are high. If there arc not enough jobs of the friends, new boards and commissions, etc., arc made providor or non-partis- an old-tim- |