Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-09
STATE NEWS.

Riohfeld Censor: while the people
vero waiting for the excursion tfain
lin Brown INDUCED In throwing
rocks into the crowd, and etruck
Charlie Baker in the eye, knocking the
hall from the socket. II Is hoped that
Charley will not lose his eye tut there
10 still danger Jim has been ar
rested.
Bingham Bulletin.-The dsmsge 20
tosd. and destruction Of bridges nv the
late freshet Ia considerable, but Over.
seer George Il. Lee has a gang OF men
at work, and all repsirs will be com.
plsted In a few day.. Opposite Dry.
fork, In main canyon, 800 feet Of the
county road bed was washed out, and
the place rendered impsssablo until n
temporary passage was opened. Mark
ham bridge IL in bad condition. -
part OF the undsrpinning went down.
IL has been bracei up until substantial
timberIng eau be done. At the BfackeD
bridge crlbbiug WIS put In only cou.
pleIo, weeks ago and algood job done,
but the high water washed II out.
This has been repaired In thorough
manner. In Carr Fork bridges Noe.
4 and 2 are partially wished away.
Will. Nos. 3 aud are entirely Eone.
No. 8 10 intact; and temporary fOrus
are used by teams ut tho other cfote.
inRs. At n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II will
cost the county 5000 TO 500 TO ropair
oil the dsmsges TO the public thorough.
fares.
wasatch Wave: Homer Ffaughton
returned from the head waters Of the
Provo Monday where he has been
prospecting TOR some time past. He
says tine snow has only Just begun %
melt up In that country and that We
may look for higher water In the Provo
tuan that OF l,st Saturday, after low
days OF sunshine. He reports
much damage TO bridges and roads
from Woodland up, the bridges that
were across the river near Jonep mill
ana at Robert jones' ranch both being
WASHED away. The self.supporting
fiumo used TO conduct water across the
river for irrigating farms on Wood.
land bench 10 also gone, which causes
much Inconvenience TO the rancnmen
and crops will In all probability suffer
for want OF water before II can he re-
placed. The snow Mt McGuiro's old
saw mill setting near the head OF the
south fork IL all Of three feet deep, a.
near M Mr.. Fpughten could judge,
ano It's depth becomes much greater as
the higher mountains and canyons
are reached. All this has to come
down and greater damaTs than has
already been done by tho flood 10 an-
uoipated.
Price, Carbon county, Advocated
Everybody In Castlsdaio who could
muster team or nm AK were work
Ing liks beavers TO save the big bridge
Just south OF town, early this week.
After chopping down many Of Castle
dale's beautiful shade trees TO put In
the stream where the bank was rapid
Iy being cut away by the unusually
high water, and tne use OF load alter
load OF rock, II was thought the bridge
was safe again aud unless tho river
rises still higher no further damage IN
anticipated. ........ Arch Livingston, Of
Castledaie came near losing his lie In
crossing tho river near the bridge
which on account OF high water was
un-A.e. In attempting 10 ford the
stream MT. Livingston accidentally
got into n deep hole ana only with
help was he enabled TO get out. The
team by tho mercst chance was saved.
The water In HUNTINGTON river IN
said 10 be higher than for eight years.
The Cleveland headgato Is washed
out. The Avery dam, Just below
Huntington, whore the Lawrence peo-
pie get their water IL nearly taken
away. About forty teams have been
~ work Tor three days.