Show weekend week eek end sums storms throughout shout state ea shared by county storms which did inestimable damage throughout utah over the week end also left quantities of moisture I 1 throughout bitne county althou although gh lhost of the rainfall in this county was limited to thursday and friday weather recording P provided by the government at the bouthern ou thern utah power company plant tit in chanab kanab showed that inches of raIn tait tell fell in one hour friday vater poon 1 but apparently did little damage go alton reported heavy rainfall thursday resulting in the b heaviest ea v 1 e flood experienced there lit in ove over r ti thirty il r t ay years A heavy shower which made daiv jling aig across the sand al iest rt ost impossible tor for a short time late sunday afternoon reportedly also aleo left eft plenty of water in some valley towns the following report sent in by special correspondent at alton g gives I 1 yes an indication of the extent of the storms there ALTON A violent storm thursday ay created floods in main alain rush hush and bittle roundy canyons east ot of town that did considerable damage reportedly port ort edly the bea heaviest storm in over thirty years ernest goulding and horace roundy suffered the heaviest damage from uhe me flood with meiti meadows lows and hay and grain gribin fields covered with water and many acres burled buried with debr debris iii one of at mr roundys Roun dys horses was as lound found dead presumably struck hy by lightning irrigation ditches were vere wall washed bed out and tilled filled with sand ditch boss jesse palmer estimates that itt at least 1000 will be required in fit labor and materials to get the wi wa ter ier I 1 back in town and field ditches water was ten feet deep in the big wash taking out a all I 1 I 1 crossings and carrying taie one sink valley bridge halt half a mile down stream stream the state road IS s adem vorady bridge and detour road around the former bridge site elte under the supervision of ted ford front from kanab the storm was not so BO heavy in alton itself but the flood ditch above town broke and water flooded the gardens and lots in fit the north western part of town storms occur almost dally daily in the east can canyons yolis bringing floods down the wash and taking out stock fences as aa fast as the farmer erect mom |