Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-09 | Page 1 | Rains Help to Mature Weber County Crops

I RAINS HELP TO MATURE WEBER COUNTY CROPS Salt Lake Drenched Provo Landslides Canyon lias Has Big Bringing a II third of ot an nn Inch ot of water the rain Saturday night and Sunday was declared ot of untold I value to the crop crops and water sup sup- supply supply sup supply ply In Weber eber county Coming Comine at ata ata ata a time when the th streams are arc re run run- run running fling ning low precipitation The ThO total amount of ot tion to date dato Is 43 Inch or over halt half the normal rainfall for tor the entire month which usually 0 av- av averages av averages v- v 83 13 This This morning dawned cool and cloudy with an omen of ot moro more rain The highest pol point t re recorded Sun Sun- Sunday Sun Sunday un- un day was wu 81 Sl degrees decrees es and durIng th tIme night ht the temperature dropped td to 5 tho In In- In Inmany many days dats- dats days HUNTSVILLE Au Aus Aug 9 With 9 With 9 one and tenth one-tenth Inches of ot rain In the past two days das Ogden val valley al new new Icy ley crops have been given riven a a lease on life I TV T W V Stoker wea wea- weather weather ther tiler observer reported About GO 60 CO of oC an Inch of ot rain fell felt late I Saturday and 60 50 on Sunda Sunday SAL SALT LAKE Aug A 9 A minia mInia- mIniature miniature ture cloudburst swept down upon the city at noon Sunday and turned the downtown streets Into rIvers and many Intersections Into lakes The storm lasted an hour and brought precipitation of ot 34 U ot of an anInch anInch anInch Inch PROVO Aug Approximate D S Approximate Approximately ly Iy automobiles were stalled In Provo canyon canton Sunday morning duo due to landslides that did dam dam- damage damage dam dam-ax age estimated at to Utah Power Light company and Den Den- Denver Denver Den ver Rio Grande Gm-ande Western Vestern rail rail- railroad rail railroad road company property The slides werA verp caused by rents rents ot of rain which closely resembled resembled bled cloudbursts at times Hun tun Hundreds Hundreds of ot tons ot of mud and rock rushed doin do n the mountainside from what Is known as Hollow follow covering the state high high- highway highway highway way to a II depth of ot eIght feet teet for tor tora fora tora a distance of ot more than I yard Detours were built