Arizona republican., 1916-02-01


 less. the outline of the mountains through which it runs. | J. A. Pierce, a automobile dealer of Fl Cajon, reviewing conditions fol lowing floods in the San Diego val ley between the towns of Foster and Lakeside, twenty miles northeast of here, remarked tonight that many of districts ranchers regarded as pros porous until the floods. might as well try to grow crops on a granitoid sidewalk as to think of utilizing their land any longer" Prince arrived here tonight after many hardships on the way.
 There were no less than fifteen highly improved ranches. of forty acres and upwards, swept clean by the waters that rushed through the valley Thursday carrying out the bridge at Lakeside and every other object in the floods path.' Pierce said.
 An of the houses remaining are filled with refugees. and the Lake side resort hotel which was closed for some months, has been thrown open to those who lost their homes and have no other place to go" Pierce reported similar conditions in the Fl Monte district of the same valley. There he saw a farmer known to him only as Allen and the farm CTS son. ride down the crest of the flood on roof which he supposed was torn from their home The roof lodged for minute or two against q partly submerged grove of Eucalyp- tus trees, just long enough to give the father and son time to gather their senses and plunge into the tide for a short swim to the safety of hillside.
 The total of nine identified dead. whose lives were lost in the floods which swept the valleys of san Diego county last week were augmented by four late today.
 The bodies of three were recovered in the San Luis Key valley, near Oeeanside. They were Mrs C. M. Her mems, her daughter, Miss Hermens, ard neighbor. Mrs. Carl Nelson.
 The fourth body was that of Chi nese Tom Bou Boy, recovered bv dig glng it out of the sand and mud in the Mission valley, where it was discovered with ore hand sticking out of the ground.
 Bodies reported to date to have been recovered, exclusive of those identified totalled 24, while the estimated total casualties remained at about 65
 The Sweetwater dam. about six miles southeast of this city, in which a gan ; at one of it's sides fifty feet across and thirty feet deep was caused by the collapse of rock and earth fill de- signed to reinforce the concrete wall. IS otherwise unimpaired
 This Wa sthe word brought here to- night by J. F. Covert chief engineer : for the Sweetwater Water company which owns the property, following an exhaustive inspection of the dam, res ervOir and the site of the earth dam which gave away at another outlet
 We anticipate no further trouble T Mir. Covert said. and are planning to begin repairs as soon as it is possible 10 get necessary supplies to the prop erty. The water has been lowered to the level of the bottom of the section which went out and the spillways will take care of the large volume of water still flowing from the mountains into the reservoir
 MT. Covert said that the earth dam which gave way probably would be re- placed with a concrete dam.
 George Cromwell. city engineer ol San Diego, departed today for an in- spection of the Morena dam, to deter r mine whether it would be necessary tc blast out with dynamite a section ot the dam to relieve the strain on the e spillways, which have been greatly l overtaxed. it is reported, since the res ervor holding fifteen billion gallons o : water became filled and started on Fri I day discharging water over it's top s Other city officials are anXiously . awaiting advices from him. t Condition sat Oceanside, the little coast city just south of the Sa nLuis 2 key river, were reported here as great ly improved today. Advices stated that there was no foundation for reports that a food famine was threatened T there. The latest word from Ocean , side concerned the reported finding ci r the bodies of three women in the Sar : Luis Rey valley, as yet unrepOrted to t | Coroner Otto Marsh, who were identi 0 fled as Mrs. C. M. Hermans, her daugh- s ter, Miss Hermens, an da neighbor, Mrs : Carl Nelson.
 e The women with their husbands, c NJ. Herniens and Carl Nelson, ranchers abandoned their homes and got into 2 wagon. Mrs Hermens with her daugh- ter who wered rowned, and two young children and Mrs. Nelson with ons child
 During their flight the team became mireG and the waters threatened to en- gulf the entire party. The men tool the younger children and waded anC swam with them to safety, but before they could return to the wagon tha mad been swept down stream. C. NJ Hermens, who vainly sought to aid hi: wife and daughter, was dragged iron the torrent nearly drowned, by Car Nelson.