Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-15
10000 ACRES OF WHEAT DRY.
Damage Estimated at $4,000 10
Farms and Property in
Rushof Water.
~ Towns OF Dcserct Oasis, Iiinckles and
Abraham Involved in the Ca
lamity This Morning. ,S35
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BURNER. Willard Co.. June 15.--The \
dam In the Deseret Irrigation com
pany $ reservoir near this place, went
OUT near midnight last night, and as q i.
result the country below the reservoir I
Z Is Hooded, Another reservoir, located K
|. TO the north and east OF the town, alsu \
broke loose this morning, and the wa \.
3ters from both reservoirs are now
& spreading over the surrounding coun-
try The reservoirs belong ing To- the
4Jasls Land and Irrigation company, q
Il which controls thousands of acres Of
glat1tis this district, which5theyi OPEN
g ed UP recently under the Carey act.
zen thousand acres of land 8sown to E
I Wileatgand other crops are threatened
with drouth in case the breaks In the
I re Sc oirs ca II no t be repaired In time
70 tnlpound water for the Irrigation sea-
son, which Is now beginning. No lives s
We're lost, and the waters in their rush
GOWN ! he val ley did probably $50, 00G n
worth Of damage to farms and other
property The towns of Deseret, Oasis.
HinclsleY and Abraham lie under these
reservoirs and all are damaged to a
considerable extent.
Thelbi reservoir back of town which
broke last night, covers an area OF scv.
eral miles. The waters of Sewer riv-
er z a re caught in this reservoir and
many millions Of gallons OF water
We're there preserved for distribution
nPon the lands IN the valley
belox. When the dam broke
the waters dashed down the. { anal
with q th,inderous roar, awakening all
the inhabitants of tile city. The big
reservoir, so miles further up the
SEWER, which is the original source
I q tne B '. reservoir. did not -
out and II is thought the other two
reservoirs can be repaired in a short
1 time. H
III. Roinstsngel & mana ger OF the
Oasis Land s. Irrigation company
WAS found in his office in the Judge
puiidins1 this morning. Mr.. p ohnsten-
gel had not been fully advised as to
| the extent OF the damage done BY
the breaking of the dams of the two
reservoirs in Willard county last night,
although fe5shad received a telephone
call bearing something OF the infor-g
nation he telephone service is not
the best out Kurtner way said Mr..
sBohnstengels .and i have not been.
comp etely informed as to the details
of the, break. was told, however,
that the ter broke out, but do not
think the damage is serious. We ex-
pect to send a force; Of 200 men and 4
teams to the scene at once, however,
and the work Of requiring the breaks (
Will be rushed to completion. We Will
have the dams repaired inside OF l2
days. and the crops In the lands below
will be saved =
1t was learned that Richard r. Ly-
man, engineer for the company. was !
on the scene. having left Salt Lake
City last Friday TO make q tour of
inspection of the reservoirs and lands
beneath them. II q was expected to, res
Turn home tomorrow, but according
70 Information received this morn
ing he had not left Burtner up to last
f. evening, 5g "a ayt. n