Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-10
THE GOSPEL TRUTH
Interesting little Inter. lcV,~
Win Members OF the Anti.
AnaBlas Club.

You might noe believe Il. hut -
the gospel truth" said Isaac l,,rsh.
president OF the local br .nch = tic
anti-Ananias club TODAY. Mr. Barth
vas referring e. the sudden disastrous
and inexplicabie flood whlct swept
down the Grand Canyon ne cth.r
day and which he had the thrilling
privilege Of witnessing from the brinN
oi the gorge while on a business trip
60 northern Arizona. looking after
his large goat farm near the Hance
ranch
The flSod beautifully illustrated q
remarkable characteristic of the
southwestern arroyos.f said Mr.
Barth.
II learned the cause of Il lust bc.
fore coming away. A part Of cam.
peers up on the hoadwaters al tn
Colorado dlsregardlng the wurning
~ the government water wagon SER
vice, thoughtlessly cnptled tincu4
81 water into the stream after drink
ing from little spring nearby. The
Colorado. may state. was Fry a.
the time ~ dry That severe duet
storm Ia circular or cyclonic fornt.
preceded the flood and travelled the
whole length uf the canyon. tearirs
out curious senn- circular cOncayitics
some OF them as big as city block.
from the sides Of the granite gorge
We'll. the hail pint of water start
cd trlckliRg through the sand. Be-
fore u had gone six fcot IL was n gall
Ion aud oOursing along ~ increasing
volume. faster and faster. by the time
IL had gone half mile Il was a mil-
lion gallons. You can imagine the
result as the broadening aud deepen
ing torrent swept down the mighty
,hasm for 2lT miles, nisle deep and
painted Ike q flower When j.
reached Bright Angel the deluge had
risen within eight inches Of the top
rim OF the canyon aud guests at Ga q
~ Tovar hurriediy Carried their pie
turc postais and other effects 10 the
roof OF the building. 90 be safe from
"a possible further Rise and 90 watch.
awe-strickcn, the tremendous torrent
a. this point. ct course, the flood was
q mile deep and thirteen miles across
Bodies of deer. bear, MoTmons. tour
lists, giraifos from the Kaibab pln-
tcau, and other objects went wnirling
hX Ia the yellow flood while mighty
pine trees. some of them rearing o.
thousand feet ln the nir as they ca-
fccncd. crashed by. n was "A mieatr
and inspiring spectacle, as yOU
can Imagine. and az Captain John
iiancc stood hs ms side wntchiug 90
silence the awful exhibition of the
Irresistible forces OF nature Inc old
fruntlersman breathcd "a deep suapir'
alton and calculated under his
breath
Goldnrn nay picture, Ike. she's
nearly 40 high 49, she was In hf'N-
eight when that Teller spilled the COZ.
Tee pot al Lees Ferry"
w hat was the effect down arorru
Yuma and the low Huds '' Was asked
90 MIR Barlh az be- relapscd into ~
icnoe, mentally recalling the impress
sivo spectacle which h. hsd viewed.
"Cnrlour thing" replied the nurci-
tor. "That cyclone { referred 10 start
I'd hack up me canyon when Il so,
ln sight OF Noodics-and you cant
blame it--and meeting the Hood b f"w
snllcs ~. lifged the whole vast volume
of water in Am aqneous pillar ten
miles in diameter. up into the air.
! understand they had turrentiai
rains back m Indiana ana Ohi0 and
resulting floods shortly after"
Editors Notc This h tho FIRST ~
series OF true Interviews by local
members ~ the anti Ananias club.
The second one viii appear in AN 'ar-
ly isaue.l