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Show I STORM STRIKES CANYON Between six and seven o'clock last evening, low, rolling clouds passed over Talor canyon to the BSt of Ogden. and then like smoke balls of great size, iwept out over the center of Ogden canyon. Those who s;iw the strange sight and knew its meaning, predicted pre-dicted a downpour of the intensity of a cloudburst Later 'word was to the effect iliai n oloudbuTBt occurred in Goodale eanvon near Idlewild. At this time of year, in the intermonntain region, the sudden precipitation known as a cloudburst, frequently happens, but in the neighborhood of Ogden the canyons give no evidence of cloudbursts cloud-bursts of the same distinctive power as are experieneed in the desert region west of here Mining camps m Nevada, situated in deep canyons are swept by cloudbursts at intervals of three or four years The roar of those! storms can be heard for miles, and the water that pours down the gorges has the proportions of 8 river and an irresistible power.) "Boulders as large as an ordinary cottage are rolled along and deep1 cuts are left to mark the track of the flood. |