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Show H I V, THE FLOOD AT H J-- r The definite uncertainty of things iiiii J?3l A-n8 one wag puts It was nover bet- H iff (Jjr emphasized than In the recent H V? " nf.ood at Denver, Hero Is a city of H 200,000 peoplo set far out on tho j plain away from tho mountains, with not a river or body of water of any H 1 appreciable proportion within one H hundred miles. Percolating through H j ono edge of tho city goes Uttlo Instg- H .1 - nlfluant Cherry Creek, a stream not H i " Quite half the size of I.ogan river. B ' . Suddenly n summer freshet occurs H W Jar "P ln tho lllllB- The cloudburst m - j empties Itself Into Cherry creek and Hu ' , the latter exultantly responds. In a H: ' -- moment tho little creek Is transform- H, ed Into a roaring torrent! Madly It H I surges along Its courso, tearing tho H I retaining walls along the sides Into 1 ,v fragments and hurling tho cumulat- ive mass of gravel and stono along H upon Its foremost wave. With a H h$ mighty rush It sweeps into the city H; ' J fences, barns, houses nro Instantly H' swept clean from their foundations, H f and sent careening along on tho swcl- tllng tide. Within an hour five hundred hun-dred peoplo had been rendered homo-loss, homo-loss, two had been drowned, and two feet of water had turned the Graud Central depot Into a veritable ludoor x lake. H j i Sucl1 In brief Is tho story of the H ij. maBtc "'t there 1b another ttory. I It Is of tho moment ln which tho peoplo peo-plo of Denver meet such emergencies. Space does not permit a rccountal of tho many individual acts of heroism assoclatd with tho rcscuo of tho flood victims, sufflc it to say that Ilka other oth-er American catastrophles It abounded abound-ed with deeds of valor unrestricted to any particular race, sex or colon Before tho flood had fairly abated the big Auditorium in which tho liiBt National Democratic convention but ono (the one that nominated Bryan for a third tlmo) was held was thrown open as a refuge for the flood sufferers, and simultaneously n relief fund was started. Within a week the fund has grown to J 10,000 and each day Is adding Its portion to tho same. In addition to tills, beds, bedsteads, food, articles of wearing apparel and many other necessary articles are being donated to the destitute. The result docs Denver credit She has bIiowii the same remarkable faculty for taking caro of herself as characterized San Francisco ln tho great disaster which devastated that great civic center a few years ago. .Meantime, with Its rnmpart of mountains nnd Its absolute Immunity from tempest and storm Is not Logan Lo-gan Cache Valley, a good place to live? .j. .j. .$. THE ECCLE8 ROAD. Wo aro pleased to note tho headway head-way now being made by tho Eccles peoplo In tho construction of tho now Intcrurban railroad. Tho tics are rapidly being laid and tho rntls nro immediately following. It looks very much as If their promlso to bring tho peoplo of Hyde Park nnd Smith-field Smith-field In to tho County Fair over tho now electric road is about to be fulfilled. ful-filled. Not quite so much headway Is ln evidence to the southward but tho assurance Is given that this end will bo tho center of nctlvlty as soon os tho Smlthflcld lino Is completed. Wo nro still of tho opinion that nn extension of tho present lino to tho top of college Jilll would nlso bo a ork that would meet with the hearty approval .of tho peoplo of Logan and wo f.nould llko to seo this proposition taken up by tho railroad peoplo In time to havo It In operation for this winter. Hovoer, time Is the limiting factor fact-or ln most of our human operations and undoubtedly tho extension will be mado at iib early u date ns Is found consistent by the railroad people. peo-ple. Meantime we congratulate them on tho splendid showing which they nro making. |