Show road farms damaged by bv flood repair work continues at joseph following fri days flood although highway 89 damaged by a flood at joseph friday afternoon was opened by a crew of 30 men friday evening the work of completing necessary repairs was still going forward wednesday william osborne district eer for the state road commission stated that the oil surface of the highway was not badly damaged but that shoulders were washed out by the flood which left piles of boulders and debris three or four feet deep in places over a 1200 foot strip of highway mr i osborne estimated the cost of repairs at about the flood waters rushed down small canyons and struck south of joseph foU following owing a cloudburst which released two inches of rain in less than 30 minutes extensive damage to the town was prevented when delwin T owens of joseph hurried to the sevier valley canal dam and closed the gates shutting out the river water and making aking m it possible for the canal to carry the flood stream through the town farm lands above tho the head of the canal at sevier were damaged and about 20 or 30 acres of land in the joseph area suffered damage that it will take a long time to repair the greatest loss was on land owned by orin lloyd leavitt and herman bridges although gardens and farms throughout the section were damaged to some extent residents of the district said that the cloudburst and subsequent flood were the worst in 25 years water ran over the highway for a dis district trice of a mile and a half although the real damage was limited to a smaller area |