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Show the city hod done all It could, and ho. expects but little damage as he result of the present thaw. ! According to the weather bureau tho warm weather Is about over and there will be a cold snap to relievo the flood . situation. A storm Js traversing Ida- ' ho and will send cold wlads over Utah tonight. There was a noticeable rise In both tho Ninth South and Tenth South canals this morning as a result of the thaw on the foothlllr?. The stream rose over a foot and other feeders are probably doing their share to Increase tho waters In the Jordan. While the Ninth South and Tenth South streams might yet do some little damage, it U not thought probable. It 1 thought that with a day or two of cold weather the water will drop back to its mutual for this season of the year. JORDON SWEEPS OVEiUARGE AREA Salt Lake, Feb. 14. When a warm south wind wafted over the snowbanks on tho hills last night there. waa a sudden thawing, which started great volumes of water down tho various streams trlbntary to the Jordan, and swelled that stream to such nn extent that hundred of acres of ground were flooded and a great deal of property was put In Immediate danger. The Jordan rose about four Inches during the nJght. anil as a result backed water up Into fields, door yards and streets. The most serious situation so far is in the vicinity of Kolghth West and Tenth South streets, where tho high water in the Jordan has not only overrun Its banks, but has booked tbo water up In tho Tenth South canal and flooded tho whole surrounding district dis-trict Cannon's farm Is partially Inundated. Inun-dated. Elgth West streets, between Tenth and Twelfth South streets, is under water In many places, and tho surrounding fields have been transformed trans-formed into lakes. On the south side of Tenth South street, between Sixth and Eigth West, a broad sheet of wa. ter covers both the fields and the streets, To the north of Tenth south in tho same bllcks there Is a lake where formerly was good pasture land. From Tenth South north as far as there are any. residences the river is doing considerable damage and is threatening to do more In low places It has backed up Into door yards, flooded flood-ed sidewalks, making transit impossible, impossi-ble, and In many cases it has filled up collars and sheds. Greenhouse Is Hooded. One place which Is suffering especially espe-cially bad is the home of Thomas Gold on Tenth South, near Ninth West street, on the bend of the river, where the water meeta with a rather low bank. Tho water ha6 flooded the entire en-tire neighborhood, and among other damage has almost ruined the large greenhouses ownod by Mr. Gold The water is at fcuch a depth that Mr. Gold has found is Impossible to build a fire in his greenhouse, and he fears that all the vegetation will bo killed This certainly will bo the result, he says, if cold weather sets in On Eighth West, between Eighth and Ninth South street, whero the floods did much damage last year, trouble- Is being experienced again. Many yards are being flooded with the back water of the Ninth ?rmth canal. On the Jordan between North Temple Tem-ple and South Temple slteets the water wa-ter Is up to tbe very rim of the west bank. With a little rise It will spread over a vast tract of pasture land, on which are a few residences. ' Spreads Wide to North. - About the- old copper plant in North Salt Lake there are hundreds of acres of ground under water. The Jordan was at tho top of Its banks last night find early this morning It was over tbo fields Stock was driven out and much danger will result. Between tho plant and the Hot Springs lake tho whole district Is under water. Tho city Is doing nothing to relieve the situation at present, because It stated nothing can be done until the surplus canal Is dredged and opened. All possible dykes have been raised Along the banks of the stream and jhat is as much as the city can do. ' J T. Raleigh, superintendent of the department, stated this morning that |