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Show VilESlERIt 11 No. 24 Thursday, JUNE 20, 1974 kj AMERICA Smithfield, Utah S433S t Due to Slide C! t i- Cache Canal Blocked The reverberations are THIS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH shows how the Bear River has been diverted by the earth slide. The dotted line shows the former path of the river. The solid line shows the former path of the canal that has been blocked by the slide. The corrals pictured belong to rancher Don Carter. The river is low at this point, but when the water rises Carters corrals and pasture lands are completely flooded. Farmer Expects Hyde Park Loss 74-7- 5 Budget Approved The Hyde Park City Council Wednesday approved a $50,940 budget for fiscal year 1974-7- 5. Up $10,940 over last years budget, Hyde Park City Gerk Gin A. Balls reported that the new budget does not include an anticipated surplus from 1973-7The budget estimates $50,940 in revenue, including $12,500 from property taxes compared to the $12,106 collected during the past year; sales tax revenue of $1,500; $7,500 in Revenue Sharing funds; $4,000 in collector road monies and $200 from building permits. 4. The budget earmarks for the general fund; $13,000 for streets and highways; $4,132 for waster col$13,045 lection and recreation; $3,232 for law enforcement and building maintenance; $16,781 for wafer utilities; for ordinances and zoning. The councilmen will be responsible for the money in the departments each supervises: Mayor Russell D. Reeder, general fund; Voor-i-s Hyde, streets and highways; Marriner D! Ashcroft, waste and recreation; Linden Seamons. law enforcement; C. Bruce Hurren. water utility, and W. Wayne Waite, ordinances and zoning. In other action during Wednesday's meeting, the council discussed the countywide sanitary landfill program and expressed hope that it will begin by July 1. Hyde Park's current landfill will be closed when the countywide system goes into effect. $750 Orville Creech is a dairy farmer in Cornish. He also raises hay and grain and owns more water shares than anyone else in the West Cache Irrigation Co. Creech is concerned over the recent water loss in the western part of the valley due to the land slides. But it isn't the first time its happened, and it probably won't he the last. This happens every year, Creech said. In fact, it happened twice this year before the watering season started. We used to pay $1.50 per share. We now pay $4.75. and last year we only got about 80 per cent of our water." Some of the farmers haven't been effected because they were in between hay cuttings. Others decline comment because they are unaware of any damage that has been caused. It's difficult to estimate the damage that the loss of water has done to the Creech land, that will show up in the harvest. The biggest problem is. if this water shortage didn't wreck the crops, the next one might. EVEN THOUGH the canal still being felt following a has been reopened, there is devastating earth slide that still fear of earth slide hit the West Cache Canal and problems in the area. Fred Bazlen, civil engineBear River in Riverdale er with the U. S. Corps of Wednesday, June 12. Although irrigation water Engineers from Sacramenwas restored to the canal to. has been at the site since Monday at 9 p.m. after some Friday and says that an area five days it will be 48 hours adjacent to the last huge Friday night before water slide which moved some reaches some 16,000 acres of 200.000 cubic yards, shows parched irrigated land in the signs of slippage. He detected cracks in the lower west end of Franklin County and the northern area upon a foot observation of the entire area Saturday. west edge of Cache County. The canal company is also The actual slide caused some $100,000 damage to the fearful of how the bank will canal. Bear River and losses hold the full stream of 180 to cattle, and property be- cubic second feet of water which was turned in the longing to rancher Don Cartcanal Tuesday morning. A er. test stream late Monday night flowed through the CARTER SAID Tuesday rchar.ncled canal with no morning that following a problems. count, he lost 19 cows and 23 calves in the slide. The slide ASAEL Bl'TTARS. presialso covered some 22 acres dent of the company, said the nds OrTiis calving-groucompany would be forced to pasture located near the borrow the money to pay for river and the river is still the canal's reo'pening if backing up into his corrals emergency funds cannot he and into a hayshed. obtained. Work is continuing on reHe said the company had alignment of the river chan- assessed heavily this spring nel which cut a new course to make up some $7,000 in over Carter's pastureland on heavy equipment operation the front edge of the slide. needed to clear out two When the river rises when smaller slides which hit the let out of the Oneida Station same area of the canal this dam in the Oneida Narrows, spring. water soaks a hay shed filled The governors of both have been contacted states with 200 ton of hay which for help in obtaining possible Carter is also considering a grants and agricultural detotal loss. are also He said the hay is so hot partment personnel to see if grants can checking that he can hardly stick his be obtained to aid the floundhand into the bales and that canal company. it could explode at any ering The Franklin Coury Agrtime, Myron Fonnesbeck, iculture Stabilization Comof executive director county mittee (ASC) committee has the ASCS office said. also been meeting, investipossible ways to help BESIDES THE registered gating restore Carter's lost river Hereford cattle that Carter bottom acreage. lost in the slide, there are also some unidentified cattle lost under the tons of mud. Ranchers in the area had seen them in the area of the slide before it fell at 6:30 p.m. that evening. Ownership of the lost holsteins has not been determined. Cecil Payne, manager of the canal company who has for the Lewiston Try-out- s been at the slide site almost will be held Rodeo Queen since it fell, says constantly he has no way of knowing Saturday, June 22, at 7:30 what the crop damage will p.m. at the Lewiston Rodeo be. grounds. Cache Valley girls 14 and fonnesbeck said there are invited to enter. older some been have reports farmers have lost up to They will be judged on their one-hatheir wheat and horsemanship, the perforbarley crops and that a mance and appearance of farmer had to plow under his their horses, outfits, poise, pea crop but that loss esti- and general overall appearmate in dollars would be ance as a horsewoman. The girls are asked to have hard to make. FONNESBECK Slll that it hasn't been determined as of yet what agency has direct authority over the river channel and to what extent aid ean be obtained to help realign the channel to keep water out of Carter's corrals. IaMon Baird, district conservationist. obtained help from the Idaho hydrologist and an engineer from Idaho Falls on the pruject. Foiinesbeck says the canal is not only in jeopardy from another slide but also from the river itself. He said water pressure against the slide area is causing constant erosion and that it could in a matter of days" erode back into the canal hank. He said he didn't know who was responsible for the river's blockage the canal or an act of company nature hut that someone should have a moral obligation to help correct the problem. Water Rates Raised The Trenton town Ixiard met June It to discuss water connection rales. As a result of rising costs connection the rates have been raised from $150 to ssoo. This price hike is effective as of the meeting date. The budget hearing for Trenton will be held June 28 at 8 p.m. in the town hall. All hit crested residents are invited to attend. hol-ste- in Rodeo Queen Contest Slated for Lewiston prior commitments for the 4th of July. Kelly Spackman. chairman of the event, said that the public is invited to attend and watch the tryouts. There will be a concession stand and no admission charge. no lf . All girls desiring to compete are asked to call Spackman at r Entries must be in by Thursday night. 258-238- 9 258-229- - w r o I- Library |