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Show 9 NORTH AND TWIN CREEKS ALSO OVERFLOW OVER-FLOW BANKS For the second time within three weeks Mount Pleasant has been swept by flood waters from Pleasant Pleas-ant Creek canyon. Beginning about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening the main channel running through the city began be-gan to overflow its banks just below be-low State Street, and for more than three hours the water and mud raged through the formerly beautiful town, doing much damage to property as it passed through the lower part of the city. The cause was the same as on June 20, when a cloud burst in the big canyon east of the city, causing caus-ing Pleasant Creek to overflow its banks. Many rocks and much debris which was brought downjn the first flood still remained in the creek between State and Second West streets, making mak-ing the old channel of the Creek very small, and in places there was no creek at all. This caused the second sec-ond flood to spread out over new parts of the town on the west side. The stream divided, part going to the north and part to the south of the path of the former flood thus causing additional property loss to the city. The north stream went through the City Hall raising the floor up and breaking it in the center cen-ter and tossing the stove over to one side of the Council Chamber. In the City Prison cells about a foot of mud was left. There were no prisoners quartered there at the time. Continuing north and west this stream went through the premises of Mayor W. D. Candland, Willard Barton, William Zabriskie, Arthur O. Neilson and Louis Ericksen, making their homes present a most unpleasant unpleas-ant appearance. From the, Neilson home it turned back into the former channel made down through the street which finally led it back into the creek at the railroad bridge. The south stream crowded the business section, and part of it got nto the basement of the Progresf Btore filling it with about a foot of mud and water which damaged many goods. It also broke into the salt house of the same company. As it passed westward through the next business block a very small amount of water entered the basement of the J. C. Penney Company store causing Very little damage. The stream continued westward through the Neilson blocks aud also through the Bent Hansen lumber yard where much damage was done. Here piles of lumber was turned over by the flood and smeared with mud. Boards were strewn all over the yard. The old popular Brown Hotel was again visited by the flood, this time the water entered the dining room and run all around the building. It seemed to be in the main course of the entire flood. A very peculiar sensation was experienced by the guests, many of. whom remembered well their boyish pranks of a tew years ago. and they quickly removed their 8'ioes from their feet and rolled up their trousers, snatched their suit cases and "beat it" off for higher high-er ground, running races with ea ; other through mud up to their knees. , In some places it was about three , feet deep. Among these popular "porch climbers" or chaps who pose as salesmen, were F. O. Woodbury, of the H. Dinwoody Furniture Company; Com-pany; James Gaerdie of the Morrison Morri-son Merrill Company; S. S. Reynolds Rey-nolds & Sons of the Intermountain Electric Company; William Neiger of the Cuheser Oil Company;. J. W. Locke, of the Continental Oil Company; Com-pany; A. E. Tomelson, a cigar salesman; sales-man; W. H. Phillips, (a real puzzle, possibly a sewing machine man); Red Riser, (he must be a cigar man too), and Spencer Clark (he looked like a Buick coming through the mud). We art not sure that we have these fellows listed Just right, but that is the way they looked to us that night The experience was very thrilling to these young men and thty seemed to enjoy it so weel that they went back several times to the hotel and brought out all the valuable valua-ble furniture and stored it in the homes of the neighbors while Marie took good care of the cat. Across the road the garage of Ballard and Coates was filled with about four or five inches of mud. No cars were damaged. The waters assed through this section westward west-ward to the railroad where it covered cover-ed about two blocks of trackage. It passed through J. C. Christensen's lots and part of William Olsen's place and the Reynolds block. It llooded part of lower Main street and left the depot surrounded with mud so that passengers were put off and on the train out south at the turn in the h'oad. Captain Braby's place was covered and many fields below town. Several families near the flooded district became frightened and left their homes. Those on higher ground welcomed the refugees to their residences, res-idences, and through the long hours of the night it was an unusual case of "open house" on the part of those who were outside of the flood swept zone. A flood passed through the big ranch of Mayor W. D. Candland east of the city near the mouth of North Creek, and it is reported that 300 acres of alfalfa was nearly all covered. cov-ered. Most of the hay was cut and ready for putting in barns. The Hood began to recede rapidly about 10:15 and by midnight it had spent its force, leaving the streets filled with mud and refuse. There were no lives lost. Twin Creek, to the south of the city, also went on a rampage and did considerable damage to the crops and south part of the city. It did not damage the cemetery, but the county road south of Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant was flooded with mud in several sever-al places. |