Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18
IRRIGATION DAM
BREAKS At ENNE TT
Great Boom OF Timber and Debris
Forces Water Through $20,-
900 Structure.
FIFTY FAMILIES AFFECTED.
Noted Jurist Dcad--Tclcphonc Girls
S;rikc-Will Test Sunday
Rest Law.

Rest Law.
Special Correspondence.
! DOSE, Idaho. May 16,--At II O'Clock
/ | last night the main dam of the
Canyon Canal company located
about Is miles above the town of en-
NETT. broke and about 500 yards OF il
was carried in body down the
river The dam was constructed at a
cost of $4,000 and it is feared win be
a total loss. The keeper of the head
gate heard a noise at the dam about
! $50 last evening and Immediately went
| out and found that a great boom of
! timber and debris had collected at the
| hcpdgate and the waters had raised
! considerably. He concluded that some
dam ON the river above had given way.
! which afterwards proved To be true,
| bur supposed the big dam over which
| he had charge, to be perfectly sate, so
he returned home and went to bed,
| About IL o'clock he was suddenly aWhk-
cned by the sound OF q great crash. He
| hurried to the dam, this time n find a
roaring torrent rushing through its CEN
ter.
The headgate to the dam is not yet
tdIldStu ana tilt WlllES III lIthl VI -
remain, but they will be practically use
less, so far as utilizing them is con-
cerned. In connection with the CON
structlou of another DAM
About $1,000 acres of land were to
have been watered from the canal.
About 5000 acres of which are now UNI
der cultivation and have been sown
tn hay and grain. The hay will be
total loss, but the grain may grow to
hay.
The families solely dependent upon
the waters of the canal for the de-
Nelopm1ent of their crops number about
40 or So Their farms will be practical
ly worthless to them this season, so
far as the products are concerned, as
they can produce nothing without wa
ter. The disaster will be quite set
back to the people of that district.
The great loss incurred by the wash
out will not come upon the farmers, as
they had not made payments upon their
water rights and the canal was still in
the hands Of the construction com
pany. The fault of the outbreak is laid
at the feet of the constructing engin-
GERS. They failed to attach an apron
below the dam to catch the flow of wa
ter This is considered the immediate
cause of the outbreak. The dam was
constructed of cribbing filled with rock.
HELLO GIRLS ON STRIKE.
on account of the discharge of Miss
Brown from the Independent Telephone
company of this city on Saturday last.
all the operators of the company
walked out in sympathy with Miss
Brown. AS a union they made a new
scale of wages and demanded recogni-
ton of the telephone company. a griev-
ance committee from the operators met
Manager Sinse of the telephone COM
pany yesterday. but no agreement was
had. The management Of the company
says It will take the girls at their for
mer wages as individuals, but not as
union; but the girls viii not yield to
this The company has brought in
some experienced operators from other
towns and are taking in training
number of Boise girls ready to fill the
vacant places. The company already
has Is girls ready for business and more
coming. so the service will go right on
uninterrupted and the strikers will Ell
Their have to yield or fined employ
meut elsewhere.
FATALLY INJURED.
owen williams the veteran driver OF
the street sprinkler. met with an ac-
cident yesterday forenoon which will
in all probability cost him his life.
While crossing the railroad track on
South Eighth street. switch engine
cOllldeu Win the rear emu Oh ms wagon,
and the old gentleman was dashed vio-
lently to the ground. His skull was
fractured his leg broken and his arm
badly hurt The injury done to his
head was due to the fall. and his leg
was broken by the passage of the heavy
wagon over il. A number of persons
passing Mt the time came TO the mans
relief and he was carried to a nearby
shop and a physician and ambulance
sent for. He was conveyed TO the hos
pital in an unconscious condition.
JUDGE NUGENT DEAD.
Judge Edward Nugent, for many
years one of the leading attorneys OF
the northwest died at ST. Alphonsus
hospital Tuesday evening. as the result
Of a stroke of apopleNy received last
Thursday, since which time he had lin
geTed In an unconscious condition until
the end. Judge Nugent has been an
Invalid for nearly seven years. hay
ig suffered from n previous stroke In
1900, which left blood clot on his brain
and caused his permanent retirement
from public life,
Mr. Nugent was 72 years OF age, and
one OF the pioneers OF Idaho. He Is
survived by three children. one OF
whom Is John e., an associate attor-
ney for Meyer, Haywood ana Petit
bone In their trial for the murder of
former Coy, Steunenberg.
MEN AS MESSENGER BOYS.
Patrons of the Western Union Telo-
graph company have been made aware
of the existence of n child labor law
In this state the last three days, when
their kilograms or messages We're de-
liVercd by venerable gray haired men.
whose long boards and stately airs
were In considerable contrast to the
pert young school boys.
Manager Hackett Is trying as far as
possible 10 live up TO the letter of the
law, although II works n kind of hard
shin on the service was well as upon
certain families whose sole support was
the earnings of the boys I'm the employ
OF the service. The service has dis
charged all its employees under 10 years
OF age, ana is now accepting appllca-