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Show Heavy Rains Fall Over Farm Sections A gladdening shower, which from reports was pretty general over Sanpete San-pete and Sevier counties, spread happiness hap-piness and joy Friday night of last week, not alone among farmers and stockmen but citizens in all towns smiled contentedly. Coming as it did, the storm cooled the temperature several sev-eral degrees and checked a long period per-iod of hot and crop-burning weather, and proved a great relief to the populace. popu-lace. In the few beet patches where the webworm had been found, the injured in-jured plants took on new life and are making an extraordinarily fast growth. The rain will aid materially in developing the plant to full growth. Fortunately no cloudbursts were in evidence where fields would be covered cover-ed with debris and silt Floods, however, how-ever, broke from Twelve Mile ca'nyon, but little or no damage was done. From Salina canyon three or four floods swooped down, but the water volume was not sufficient to throw the streams over the creek banks. Since Friday's fall of rain showers have visited many parts of the two counties and added much "benefit. The rainfall at Richfield Friday night registered .17 of an inch. At Salina the records showed .25 of an inch, while the factory measure gave a 'otal of .30 of an inch. In North Sanpete San-pete the rain was lighter and only showed .10 of an inch. Monday evening heavy showers were recorded in Salina and points adjoining. ad-joining. For fully half an hour Salina was submerged with a heavy downpour, down-pour, and it is estimated that nearly half an inch of water fell. |