Show SAUNA SALINA HAS WORST FLOOD IN YEARS damage to property avoided by forest rangers sending warning salina his has had miny many bad floods in the years that are past and much damage has been done from the fresh ets from the mountains but the memory of the oldest citizen can not recall such a clune of water as aa was precipitated upon the town last friday night fortunately no damage was done owing to the prompt action achon of the forest rangers and the citizens who have charge of irrigation matters john barnard one of the forest service ervice telephoned from one of the stations in the mountains that a flood was headed toward town and advised that all gates be adjusted so as to keep the flood in the creek channel this was done and anci the huge body of black yater was carried down without any particular damage being done the bridge over the county road at a point near A J Cro residence and the one near the residence of al C Ande reason were completely submerged in fact there was a stream over these bridges about four feet deep it up into the orchard of mr Ande reison arid and the railroad bridge which usually stands shout about twenty feet above the water of the creek was only two feet above the flood water had the flood been received in town great damage would have resulted it his been learned thit that much of the flood water reached main alain street and sever il I 1 cellars w were ere flooded the chief damage was nias done to the cellar of the drug store the loss will reach several hundred dollars there A J Cro orchord and garden i aspras as practically involving a loss of beneral hundreds of dollars |