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Show Weber River Breaks Over Dikes; Waters In Ogden Lowering With the continued rise of tho Weber river yesterday and last nisht, tho water broke over tho dykes which had been constructed west of the Union Pacific railroad tracks on' Thirty-third street and inundated several acres of gardens and a portion por-tion of tho highway loading to Roy. Additional dikes wore built farther back by a largo crew of mon under tho dlrcation of C. H. Martin, city street supervisor, but the water soon overtook them and rendered their of-forts of-forts fruitless. This morning the water had nearly reached the tracks, but this point marked tho maximum of tho rlso. Ogden River Falls The Ogdon river fell nearly nine Inches yesterday afternoon and last night and danger of this stream breaking over Its banks Is believed to have passed for the time at least, according to Mr. Martin. The water reached and covered small portions of tho road in Ogden canyon yesterday yester-day morning but traffic was not interrupted. in-terrupted. Several cottages on the banks of the stream near the Hermitage Hermi-tage are reported surrounded by the flow. Cultivated land in Warren, West Weber, Slatcrvillo and Marriott Is still under wator as a result of tho swollen condition of the stream during tho past week and at points northwest of the city the combined streams of the Ogden and Weber rivers have reached a width of nearly three miles. Damage to crops has been caused in this district. Weber River High With tho rapid fall of the Ogdon rivor yesterday the attention of the water fighting crews was centered upon the Weber, which today is still flowing at tho , year's maximum, i height. Crews worked throughout Saturday night and yesterday In the district near Thirty-third street, west of the railroad tracks In an endeavor to divert the flow from the low garden gar-den area near tho river banks. More than 600 sacks filled with sand wore placed In dyke form near tho river banks, but the water roso so rapidly that It swept around the workers and caused them to discontinue their efforts. ef-forts. Banks of sand were afso constructed con-structed along tho road oast of the bridge crossing tho Weber, but tho current soon swept them away In portions por-tions and covered the roadbed. A second dyko was begun farther back from the river banks, but work on thise was also brought to a close by the sudden rlso of tho water which soon surrounded tho workers. No Early Decline Mr. Martin said this morning that the present swollen condition of' the Weber river will probably be maintained main-tained for two or three days, but It is doubtful If a higher flow will bo reached. With tho exception of the acreago covored in the Thirty-third street section and tho loss of crops in tho Slatcrvillo and Warren sections, no damage has Resulted from the flood conditions, he declared. Water from Burch creek was still flowing down Thirty-ninth street and Adams avenue this morning, but ditches constructed by srows were carrying the flow and have diverted It from tho houses. The height of the Ogden river was 5 feet 6 inches this morning, according accord-ing to measurements taken by Mr. Martin. YcBtcrday morning tho measurements showed a height of C feet 3 inches at the Washington street bridge. Last night's shower did not effect the flow to any great extent. PROVO, May 24. Provo river has fallen thrco Inches within twenty-four twenty-four hours, and men watching the danger points stato that thore is little danger of greater floods resulting from wators abovo Provo flowing into tho river. But little apprehension of more damage to farm lands and bridges is felt. Tho river is still out of its banks at many places, and every possible means 13 being devised to keep it within its proper channel. Through the break on tho west side of tho city there is still a large stream of water pouring ovor farms and running -down the main west drive to Utah lake. Farmers in that district wero driven out at an early hour Saturday morning morn-ing and have not yet been able to return re-turn to their homos. 1 i |