Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
THATCHER, ARIZONA
GREAT HAVOC BY FLOODS.
Farms Washed Away and Later Re-
placed Drouth Effsetually Broken,

Farms Washed Away and Later Re-
placed Drou,h Externally Broken,
Special Correspondence.
Thatcher Graham CO., Arizona. Feb.
25,--Neyer i'm the history Of the settle
ment OF the ella valley has the river
continued 50 destructive as at this
time. II has ralned every few days,
a steady, soaking and beneficial down
pour, but the valley is so abrupt, and
there being so little vegetation To hold
back the moisture, the descending rain
soon finds its way 90 the river, carry
Ing with It acres OF our best farms,
which have been undermined and
carried into the stream, The damage
has not been so great to bottom lands,
az the water covered Il, but the crops
were ruined by being covered up with
heavy mud. Some Of the fields Of
grain and alfalfa are covered so deeply
that they will never be able TO get out
again. a Mr.. Scarlet, near Solomon
vile, lost "a acres by washing away;
Mr.. Gillespie, near the same place lost
80 acres a cattle company near SAT
ford lost considerable land, and a stack
Of baled hay, some G5 tons, worth so
per ton. Near Thatcher the Carpen-
ter the Claridge and the Brlnkerhoif
farms are being washed away to am
alarming extent Near Hubbard, the
kimball and Larson farms lost 40
acres, The John Billy farm was part
~ washed away by one flood, and an
other flood deposited like piece Of
land on the same spot Near Bryce
the land Of the old Nuttal mill has
gone, but fortunately the improve
ments were saved Bishop Merrill Of
Pima and his counselor, VIM II. Nc
Bride, who had firms near Bryce, have
lost from 10 TO 25 acres Of good farm
ing land, Near Matthews, about 10
acres Of the Foster farm was carried
away by the first flood In January, and
the food waters recently deposited
back on the same place Just as good a
farm, though somewhat rolling and
unleyel Near and below Matthews,
where the land is lower, the farms have
largely been buried In soil sediment,
some Of the farmers have soWed their
grain the second time, and still Il Ii
covered up, Caanls are filed up, some
are undermined and washed away dams
are gone, and thousands upon thous-
ands OF dollars damage has been done.
To compensate the settlers for the
heavy losses sustained, the drouth Of
five years has been broken, the dry,
unyielding range has been made a
pasture covered with grass and flowers.
. ~ N'lNt WI HllAA AlnN hfIA AlN
melting SHOWS, so deeply deposited in
the mountains, back for summer use.
our trees are kept back from budding,
and we look forward TO a bountebus
harvest Of fruit, and an abundance OF
everything for the good Of man,
The recent flood waters unearthed tha |
body Of Brother John y, Hunt, who |
was drowned and buried In the river |
bed by the January floods.
DEATH or MRS. GREEN.
Mrs Minnie Falkner Green was taken |
10 the California hospital In Los AM |
geles for a surgical operation, but ala |
not survive the ordeal, She was born |
In Nophl Jan. u, 1875 and died Feb. II. |
Her body was brought TO Pima her |
home, Tor the funeral services. and In
TERED IN the Thatcher cemetery The '
Saints In Los Angeles deserve great /
credit for their untirng and tender |
care Of the deceased while with them,