Arizona republican., 1915-01-30
Floods Descend Upon Val ley from Three Directions as Result of Heavy Down pour That's General in State
CAVE CREEK IS
 ON A RAMPAGE
Hundred Thousand Miners Inches Flow Over Ari- zona and Grand Canals, Deluging Fields, Menac- ing Suburbs

Yesterdays rainstorm. which gave indications of adding many acre feet of water to the precious store in the Roosevelt reservoir, left it's mark up- on the unprotected canal system, with wanton hand. Four and perhaps flVe huge valley canals suffered great damage. due to the floods. Cave creek, running a hundred thousand miners inches shortly afternoon yes terday, took a strip several miles wide out of the Arizona canal. Wash ing the backfill from every new structure and pouring with almost unprecedented swiftness over the de- voted ranches between the canal and Northern avenue. Queen creek as is it's custom. decended from the Super stitions and sawed great holes in the Eastern and Consolidated canals. Washes that originated in the Mari copa mountains damaged the High line and Western canals, which circle the heel of the range At midnight last night, it was feared that Cave creeks rushing flood would bank up against the Grand canal and wear away that only remaining protection to the Western additions to the city of Phoenix.
 Assistant Project Manager Orc McDermitt made a hurried automo- bile journey to the scene of the Cave creek disaster. Water washed hub deep across Northern avenue, and every field was inundated. With in- credible rapidity, the forefoot of the freshet swept southward, engulfing the fields and roads and making for the lower land toward the Grand canal. From lateral F to lateral IT. there are evidences of the destructive work of the capricious wash. It is within this limit that the reclama- ton service recently made consider able improvements, particularly strengthening the Arizona canal righ: across the mouth of the creek. Many check gates, turn outs and other cement structures were installed in that stretch and now, the waters have eaten the supporting earth away, leaving the concrete forms sticking up amid the swirling yellow pillows
 Paradise valley wash, which inter- sects the Arizona canal at Indian Bend was contributing 10000 miners inches of the flood water yesterday. but the lesson learned last yer, has but the lesson learned last year. has they are taking care of the flood in the Wasteway that drains south from Indian bend and the new ctoSscuc canal.
 Verde on Tear.
 A wired warning from the Arizona Power company on Fossil creek last evening. announced a huge flood in the Verde for today. Nine and a half feet of water rushed through the weir at the power company's Fossil creek plant-which is a sort of a barometer. by which Verde ,on- ditions are to be tested. Rain con tinued during the evening in the entire Verde region, and there are indications of still further increase in the height of the stream. No material damage can result from the rise in the Verde. All the extra water can be cared f,r by the di version dam.
 Heavy Rainfall
 Carr's ranch reported 2.35 inches Of rain at noon yesterday, a fact which assures to the reservoir another aub- stantial increase. The power house at Roosevelt sends word of practi> cally continuous rain during yester- day, and of extreme cloudiness :n all the high peaks on the other side of the watershed.
 The rain is general all over the southwest. According tc the weather map in the office of Section DIrec- tor R. R. Briggs yesterday afternoon. the low pressure area, which marks the center of the storm. had not yet reached the coast of California. Los Angeles had nearly four inches ot rain in one day. San Diego had
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