Show PRICELESS ELESS RAIN RA N HELPS HELPS I A TOMATO AND BEET FIELDS LOOK BETTER f j Storm Comes on Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary sary of Willard- Willard Farm Farm- Farmington Farmington Farm ington ington Cloudbursts I IR R RAIN A I N WIDESPREAD Great Sections In Utah Receive Benefit Reports Show Atte After weeks week of ot drought welcome rain pottered down upon Ogden and the th vicinity after I o'clock Wednesday night ro In benefIcial to crops crop garden and andl Some Som damage 1 wa ae caused where window 1 were left l t open ant the rain swe w pt t In houses And pan pail ot of the business district was plunged In darkness when an nn electric trans trans- trans former former forme 1 was aas as put out of order Thea Thea- Theatres Theatres Theatres tres In the th downtown district In darkness for tor some om time Urn The Tho Intense shower brought pre pre- ot of o 41 of an n Inch accord accord lag Ing to official measurements tak- tak taken tak taken en by Arle Arie Arl Van do de d Graaff weather observer Salt Lake Lak and the Ibe central and northern portion or of the th state tat and a part of Idaho Idabo 1 acre ere 1 In n the storm torm area It was an even year sInce sine a simi simI- simIlar similar lar Jar storm came earn cam 1 which dam dam- damaging Mint dam aging floods at t Willard Villard and Farm Farm- Farmington Farm ington On the th evenIng of Aug 13 hundreds of thousands of dollars dollare of property and se- se stY sev several eral livee live 1 were aero ero lost as 3 the result of cloudbursts cloudburst upon the mountain brought deluges deludes of water wat rock and debris hurtling down up- up upon upon up upon on these thes communities No dam dam- damage dam ape age of this sort ort w was reported Wed Wed- neadlY night however FARMERS PL I While some wheat and grain w was beaten do do down don n In la the th farming districts near ner Ogden and some come ha haIn In the field fields was damaged the th farmers were vere rejoicing over thu tho this morning declaring It did much more good food than harm harmAt At Plain CIl it Hooper North Ogden and nd many other agri- agri districts about the tho th am am amount of rain fell feU that came cIme cam to Ogden and sugar beet crops toma toma- tomatoes toes tos and all U other growing vege- vege vegetable vegetable vere table and fruits were d It s I as reported The Thu storm w wee wa especially benefi beneficial cial dat to the sugar beet b ct crop and the rain will mean nean thousands thousand of addi addi- addi additional additional dollars to the farmers through better crops crops- The Th storm was waa predicted Wed Wed- Wednesday Wd afternoon In weather reo re- reports r ports ports broadcast by radio from SaIl Sal Lake Lak and some come farmers were pre pared pared pred and made mad haste rt ht-rt rte In getting rettin I In their hay ay from the th fields whIch had been boen already cut The Tho Th show show- showers ers ore ma mil be repeated repete sometime to- to today today to today day the th Silt Lake bake weather bureau hu has predicted The be last rainstorm this summer before Wednesday night w we was on July 8 t or 9 according to the Salt Lake a weather eathor eather department Which brought brough t precipitation of ot 6 5 of an anInch anInch Inch FLOORS FLOODED With skiM i fairly clear cler up until untila a few fw minutes before betor t the th e many residents of O Ogden n went want w n away and left lett their windows open Returning after the tho th storm y thi-y thi found their floors flooded espe eeoc- especially those thoo thos rooms Lacing facing the th l eS west wert Sleeping porches ere ere also 10 givena given I a wetting otting and many outside sleep sleep- ore moed od mo ed Into their houses house for forthe forth the nightA night A transformer went out t of or- or order order or order der shortly after 1 9 o'clock In the tho district and stores store and othe other buildings In t the th o vicinity of ofT fourth T fourth fourth street and Washing WashIng- WashIngton Washington Washington ton arnu were w r plunged In dark dark- dark flees Lights In the th Peery Perry theater watt wel e off fo for some om time hta L Lights also went ent ent off at In the Ogden n and other oth r theatres theatre but the tho th programs er ere completed A general coolness followed thu tho rain Wednesday night the th ther thor thermometer thermometer falling to 61 11 t dIrT degrees throughout the th night Wednes Wednesday's Wednesday's days day's maximum temperature Wa w S 89 9 degrees AI ALSO O HELPS s PEACHES The rain proved a blessing to the sugar bt boet tomato potato and I peach pech crops crol according to officials of the th various iou canning companies Rob Robert rt C Nye Ny and treas treM- treasurer I urr of lbs tha th Weber Packing cor cor- corporation cor- cor corporation corporation said that the th tomatoes were vere specially especially esp benefited d by the tho downpour a as they need nd a good thoI I soaking jut just Ju t before picking The rain also was as ae of great benefit to th the peaches which l are ar beginning toI I to swell well and nd badly In need of Wl wa 1 wa water t ter tel lII Mr him Ny Nye who Is secretary and treasurer of the th Davis and Weber County Canal company said mid The The rain will III mean caving In the th water waler supply and will alo allo tend to add to tho th avail avail abl able supply stored tord In the th East Canon on dam The Th farmers farmer Im ere 11 are ar Jo- Jo Ju Jubilant bilant over the tho th effects effect of the th rain which came ame ram as a a relief rII from the th day 7 drought BEETS ARE E J 1 Orson Oron Douglas of the th Amal- Amal Sugar company reported that the th rain extended d up uy into Continued d on rage P B Two Two- 1 TOMATO ANDI AND BEET FIELDS I LOOK BETTER Continued from Page One Cache Cacho valley but Idaho failed to gain th the much needed rainfall The sugar beets beeta will wilt bo be materially aid aid- aided aided aid aided ed by the tho storm ho seated J M I 0 o Nell Neil manager of the W R It Par Par- Parvia Par vin via company said the tho main lain aln 1 a boon to the potato growel and also Assist It In dl digging the tho crop op as the ground has become very hard hord In the last few day days of oC all kind kinds will be helped Mr Ir 0 Nell Neil said I DRENCHED DREb CUED It was WIlB I that the rain for tor eo hours In its the vicinity bC at I Brigham agriculture The of oC agri agri- agri culture grain Inspection service re- re re ported reported that the tho spring wheat would be helped but that mot most of ot this year s wheat was being harvested and o-nd hence did not receive any good goot from the storm possibly Incurring some sense entail mall damage duo due du to mol mol- ure Ut I rm i ron TO TOMATOES George W Goddard sales ales agent tot the tl Utah Canners Canner elated tomAto that the outlook tor for the tl e to- to torain to mate mAto season On was better due to th the rain although th the most dam this year to the th crop W wu wes l due to blight ht Tho storm 1 as a far fat as aa Valley Pass hey tev miles west of oC Ogden Oden and south to below bait Lake Monday a hea y heay y rain fell Cell In iii the tho vicinity of oC Ce Cedar City It was n reported by bi byI I travelers traveler |