Arizona republican., 1918-08-07

questionaDly extensive damage was done
 A. w. Westfall who has his ranch one and one-half miles south of the road junction, was another who suf- fered severe losses in both property and crops. due to the flood waters.
 Chickens are Drowned
 On the A. r. Dunn ranch several pigs anG number of chickens. turkeys and Guinea flow! We're drowned, many fences were destroyed as well as a great deal of hay due to the rush of water. Mir. Dunn reports that the water covered his place to a depth of from three to four and a half feet
 At Scottsdale the Arizona Canal broke out in two or three places. a severe break being reported about a half mile above the bend and anothe- approximately a half mile below the bend. The water flooded the vicinity to depth of several feet. causing much damage to crops and property. Another wasnout a little below Indian Bend was also reported.
 Heaviest at Crown kinq.
 The heaviest rain fell at Crown King where it is reported that five inches of rain fell between midnight and b o'clock. Streams in the vicinity are rising rapidly and may cause flood Warnings were issued early yesterday to the ranchers to look out for high water in the Agua Frla
 Train service was interfered with on account of the rain which in man, places washed out the tracks. No California train left Phoenix last night over the Santa Fe. Near Wickenburg and Kirkland washouts also occurred. The Arizona Eastern reports wash out of 100 yards at Cochran, about l5 miles east of Florence. which does not. however, interfere with the train schedule except for little delay caused lr transferring the passengers across the break
 More Harm Than Good
 The rain yesterday destroyed all precedent and established a new record for the month of August when two and tenth inches fell up to 12 o'clock. The rain itself was a benefit to the ranges and to some of the ranches, especially on the south side, which will , not have to irrigate now for some time. | However. owing to the washouts it caused in the canals and he damage resulting therefrom. the rain caused by | far greater harm than good l The smaller communities in and around Phoenix are for the most part cut off from all communication. the telephone lines being down and the mails being suspended owing to the flooded roads. As a result anythive like an exact account of damages 1 caused by the ain is impossible. Ii the rain is falling on the rainsheds a, Roosevelt it will prove a great bencfi, to local farmers who are concerned al the low mark of the water in the lake at present. However. no word has ar rived from Roosevelt as the telephone lines are down somewhere between here and there, making communication impossible
 Norton Ranch Flooded
 Tn the carly evening there appeared some prospects of flooding in the west ern end of the city. especially around the state capitol. to which the legis lators of the memorable Februar, session. about 15 years ago, had to b, ferried from the street car
 As was the case years ago, the floot took for it's main channel the new Blacl Canyon or Fair Ground road, from tn point of the breaks on the Arizon: Canal about eight miles due north o the fair grunds' entrance. By oclocl the flood had reached the northern edg of the fair grounds and had inundate, the J. C. Norton ranch water evel pouring into the basin of the Nortol mansion