The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-28
Through the sontln.

Through the South.
RICHFIELD, July 27-Peter Jensen,
the enterprisfng hotel man, came home
last night from an extended trip in
southern Utah. Mr.. Jensen is inter
ested in mail contracts, which reach as
far as St. George, and he visited forty
seven settlements while he was away.
This morning Mr.. Jensen gave a very
interesting account OF the floods and
Of the damage that had been done by
them.
We were at
KANAB
the first night OF the storm. 1t was the
first rain that had been there for
eighteen months. The people were re-
Joiclng and Mr.. Brown, my landlord,
wouldn't go to bed till way in the night
because he was SO glad to hear it rain.
The people thought their dam would
stand the flood, but l do not know
whether it did or not.
We tried to go TO
ESCALANTA,
but we met the mail boy on the sum-
nit and he told us that it would be i'm
possible to get down there, as the roads
were impossible for vehicles and he
had to go part way ON horseback
Below Kanab is
FREDONIA,
which is just across the Arizona line.
1t suffered greatly from floods and the
whole male population was out, when
we passed, working with shovels and
noes to protect their houses from the
food. At
PIPE SPRINGS
we had to lay over for two days, and
such rains 1 never saw.
THE CANAAN RANCH
was in the middle of lakes that reached
for fifty miles. You could see the water
standing clear over to Mount Trumbull
ROCKVILLE
suffered greatly from the food
Boulders, sand and mud were piled
on the land in some places. Just
above town one Whole farm was COW
cred with gravel and boulders so that
it viii never be good for any more
farming, and the man will move away
AT VIRGIN CITY
all the bitches were filed. The people
and domestic animals were nearly
choking for water, but the river was so
foul and muddy that it was of no use.
We hadn't had a drink of water for a
long time, but we couldn't settle the
water enough to use.
TOQUERVILLE, LEEDS AND HAIR
RISBURG
were not injured by the foods and the
soil was wet down about four inches
But they got more rain after 1 lett.
WASHINGTON
had a big flood The factory girls had
only been across the culvert or f1ume
nVe minutes when big head of water
filed the wash and took the cuIvert
out
ST. GEORGE
had not suffered much, though, as with
other towns, they lose a cutting of Iu-
Germ. They had a flood, but it wasn't
a bad one. Their dam in the Virgin
stood the flood, though several smaller
dams went out. 1t was the first good
wetting St. George had had in five
years, and the people told me that a
few months would see lots of grass
There is practically no stock left on
the ranges, and the few who still have
their cattle there have bright prospects
for few years to come.
PINE VALLEY
had had some good rain when 1 was
there, but no floods as yet.
PINTO
people were cutting their hay and an
ticipated no trouble. While we were in
the CANYON above the town a terrible
hail and rain storm struck US. and we
couldn't travel for an hour and half.
AS the town is badly located for floods
it is feared that it suffered after that.
HARMONY, KANARRA AND CEDAR
had no foods I'D to that time, but all
will lose their lUcern. Though that
isn't bad when you think how many
sheep and cattle they own.
PAROWAN
had bad food that covered up many
acres of hay, and the grain will not be
more than half a crop, as so much is
flooded or beaten fiat to the ground I
lived there many years ago and never
saw it so bad.
PARAGOoNAH
had not lost anything by floods, but Iu-
Germ was cut and would be spoiled.
BEAVER,
had no floods, but quite bit of wet
FILL1OhE
suffered greater loss than any of the
towns before named. A fcod down the
canyon took three saw mills and left
the fourth so washed around that no
one could get to it. 1t is a wonder that
nobody was hurt, for several families
were living near the mills, but all es-
caped.
MEADOW.
was injured most Of any town 1 saw.
The wafer ran in the lower houses at
the windows, while in the higher ones
it stood eighteen inches higher than the
floors Great big fruit trees were struck
and torn up by the roots. A log three
eeet in diameter and twenty-seven feet
long was carried into the middle of
town as easily as could be.
KANOSH AND SCIPIo
suffered but little less. In fact, Millard