Arizona republican., 1906-11-24

kind of rain could have been chosen
 this fall than the storm that is now in progress The crops are about all har-
 vested except the oranges. and the
 rain won't hurt them. the fair is over.
 and there is no great public movement
 the weather can interfere with just
 now Ii is little unpleasant for those
 who have to be out in it but it hurts
 nothing only peoples feelings and that
 is such an everyday occurrence the
 people are used to 1t.
 A year ago now. rain meant a great deal 10 this section in a harmful way. and it came in torrents. It was iust
 before the date first Set for the fair. December lst, and the almost continu-
 ous downpour for days worked its
 postponement until the holidays. Some .time before it had showed heavily in
 the mountains and when the rains
 came and the snow melted all the Ari-
 zona streams became raging torrents ! JThe Santa Fe bridgeat Tempe went out
 and the approaches to the new NJ. & P.
 bridge were badly damaged. Railroad connection with the south was cut off for days. Some damage occurred in
 the north also and there was a general 1 tying up of business. On Nov 27. of
 last year. the volume of water in Salt river at Roosevelt was greater than at any time since the flood of 1891. The maximum flow of water was I4s GOO ! second feet. and the maximum height | of the water was 35.S feet At Wood ! ruff in northern Arizona the water rose from one foot on the 2sth to 26 feet on | the Eth. and nearly all the railroads ! in Arizona were damaged
 Just now there is only one thing for the people of this valley to worry about. and that need not give A great deal of concern. It is the possible in- reference with operations at Roosevelt where the big dam is under construc- tion- So far as could be learned last evening. no damage was done there yesterday. and it was reported in the afternoon that it did not seem to be raining very hard to the east of Mesa City and the Arizona head. The foun- dation of the dam is now so well ad- vanced that any possible flood at the most can only fill up the excavation with debris and hinder the work. There is no danger of the undoing of what has been done. but it is hoped of ; course, that there will not be any inter 1 ference.
 Weather Observer Jesunofsky was paid visit yesterday and asked to put , himself squarely on record as to wheth- / er he thought it. was raining or not. de said 1t was. and gave a lot of fact. q O prove it. Mir. Jesunofsky's methods { Ire very thorough When ne -s asked { bout the weather he begins by telling I he conditions over the whole country | 10 far as il is embraced by the general il torn area which affects Arizona: hen he gradually narrows down to To- il al conditions, so his auditor not only r 'nows what is going on locally but q. an figure out the reason for it. ih NIT. JesunOfsky said: "The storm cen- d CT has been located over northern I, Arizona for the last forty-eight hours ' ut has been practically stationary. n ts eastern progress has been retarded e y an extensive area of high pressure b yer the Mississippi and Missouri val \ sys- The barometer at Flagstaff yes i, erday morning was 29.1O: at Phoenix O '.S2 and at Yuma 29.SO. The pressure Yer this section yesterday did not 2, hange materially from that of the d ay before. This storm center has giv- R {: out snowfall over northern Arizona E nd New Mexico. Utah. Nevada. Colo r,