THE MORNING OKEGONIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1907,
3
RICH FARM LANDS
ARE UNDER WATER
Sacramento River Never so
High BeforeFeared That
Levees Will Give Way.
NO TRAINS COMING NORTH
leared Traffic Xorth of Redding
Cannot Be Resumed for Ten Days.
One Train fclas Started by Way
of Ogden and O. S.' I.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March. 21.
From all 'down-river. pointB cornea
alarming news that the Sacramento
River is higher than ever known, and
that the situation all along the levees
is appalling. There is already suffer
ing, and every able-bodied man is as
sisting in the fight against the water
that is pouring into the branches and
inundating thousands of acres of the
finest farming land in the state.
Special dispatches to the Union from
Kreeport, Courtland, Walnut Gove and
Franklin state that the river has
reached the highest stage ever record
ed, and it is predicted that the terri
ble scenes witnessed during? the tre
mendous floods of 1904 will be sur
passed. Sea Sixty Miles in Extent.
Standing on the levee near Court
land one may see for 60 miles to the
southeast across an unbroken sea of
water which extends clear to Stock
ton. Thousands of cattle are being
sheltered on top of the levees, as there
is no other place for them, and if the
water does not fall soon an indescriba
ble condition of disaster is considered
inevitable.
This morning the b'.ockade on the
Southern Pacific lines was made com-;
plete, when the line to the east was
rendered helpless by a washout of 200
feet of track at Applegate. but during
the afternoon the situation changed
for the better when, with the report
that the Applegate washout had been
repaired, came another stating that it
was expected the track would be open
through to Stockton.
Xo Trains North for Ten Days.
A trestle was placed in the gap at
the Applegate washout this afternoon
and more trains were dispatched East.
One of these, a Portland train, will be
sent to Utah and via the Oregon Short
Line. The Plaeervillw line is in full
commission again, but no trains are
operated on the Marysville branch fur
ther than Wheatland.
On the Portland line no trains are
running beyond Redding, the tracks
being out at Keswick, Campbell and
Kennett, and it is not expected that
travel ear be resumed beyond Redding
for at least ten days.
SOUTHERN ROADS SUFFERED
Hundreds of Men Working to Mend
Damage Done by Storm.
LOS ANGELES, March 21. For the first
time in years all rail communication with
San Francisco and the north is severed
today as a result of floods and conse
quent washouts and landslides. The gen
eral railroad situation Is disastrous in the
extreme. All three transcontinental
lines are affected the Southern Pacific,
Santa Fe, and Salt- Lake, the Santa Fe,
however, suffering least. The Southern
Pacific coast line is bldcked by a big
cave-iii at Santa Margarita tunnel, north
ot San Luis Obispo, and traffic will be
suspended many days. The valley line is
closed by a slfcje at San Fernando tun
nel, and no trains can pass for several
days. In addition, slides have occurred
at Tunnell No. 17 and at Tehachapl.
The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
eastern lines are .open and traffic unim
. peded. Congestion of passenger and
freight traffic to the north is of the
worst. Movements of malls Is also badly
interfered with. The Santa Fe Is trans
ferring passengers to a boat at Stockton
and expects to maintain traffic between
there and San Francisco by that means.
The Salt Lake line is in worse shape
than ever. For weeks all through traf
fic on the Clark road has been suspend
ed owing to the destruction of eighty
miles or roadbed in Meadow Valley Can
yon in Utah. Hundreds of men have
been working incessantly in an effort to
bridge the gap. Yesterday notice was
received that rain is again falling there
and that there will be no hope for re
pairing the line for through traffic by
April 1. The road may not be restored
In months. The damage in Meadow Val
ley Canyon has, it is stated, already ex
ceeded J2.0OO.00O. The management of the
road is reported to be considering the
making of a new survey and an entire
abandonment of the damaged portion Is
is under discussion.
HISTORIC FORT SWEPT AWAY
Iron Structure Built by General Sut
ter Is Destroyed by Flood.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. It is re
ported here that all reclamation districts
in Sutter County have been flooded. Near
Meridian the water Is int the second sto
ries of the houses. Many families are said
to be in want. Efforts will be made to
send them relief. Probably all the stock
in these districts has been drowned. The
people of Yuba County district, above
Marysville. are reported safe.
Near Tudor a break has occurred close to
an Indian mound which was situated near
the old iron fort brought from the Hast
in sections by General John A. Sutter in
the days before gold was discovered. The
fort is reported to have been swept away.
Three men, who were marooned on an
island south of Marysville last night,
have been rescued. The water is rapidly
subsiding.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT STOCKTON
Railroad Tie-Up Is Complete, but
Streetcars Still Operate.
STOCKTON, Cal., March 21. The flood
is over here, and business has resumed.
Normal conditions will prevail in a day or
two,. The cars of the Old Line Street
Railroad Company are again running,
tnough they have to go through water a
few inches deep in the northern part
of the city. It is impossible to give any
thing like an accurate estimate of dam
age now. However, It will run into six
figures. The city is a heavy loser, owing
to the damage to the streets.
The city was not without electric light,
except for a very short time Tuesday
night, when the local powerhouse became
Hooded. There is much inconvenience,
but no actual distress. Stockton is amply
able to cope with the situation without aid
from the outside. There is still no train
service, as the flood has washed out con.
eiderable track in the city limits north.
of town and bridges have been rendered
unsafe.
The entire country is under water from
Banta to Lathrop. Pi led rivers are at
work on some Southern Pacific bridges.
The water at San .Joaquin bridge regis
tered 19.3, or eight inches higher than
ever before known. When the levees in
that locality went out it soon relieved
the pressure so that the big reclamations
southwest and west of Stockton were
saved, though Bouldin Island was re
ported under water this morning. Rob
erts' Island, Union Island and Rindge
Syndicate reclamation are safe.
A special meeting of the City Council
has been called to consider the cutting
of the railroad embankment and allow
ing the water which covers Fair Oaks,
the eastern addition, to go out into Miner
Channel. Other flood matters will also
be considered.
OGDEN LINE ALONE IS OPEN
Southern Pacific Will Send Portland
Passengers by Way of Utah.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 21. The only
railway lines open for travel tonight
from this city were the Ogden Route and
a roundabout journey to Los Angeles. A j
train was started east on the Ogden
Route at 9 o'clock tonight. Orders were :
Issued early today to stop selling tickets
to Portland, and travelers for the north :
were offered the choice of going to Port- :
land by way of Ogden and the Oregon
Short Line or by steamer, . for which
tickets were exchanged.
Instructions were, sent out to agents to
look after all detained passengers and
to prove these without money with food.
People held up on the Shasta Route
were given the choice of being returned
to their starting points at the expense
of the company, or continuing -their
journeys at Ogden.
Reports were received at the general
offices of the Southern Pacific stating
that it was snowing hard on the Shasta
Line and that there was every Indica
tion of another heavy rain setting in.
1.UCIN CUT-OFF IS REPAIRED
Delayed Passenger Trains Are Again
Crossing Salt Lake.
OGDBN, Utah, March 21. Train service
on the Southern Pacific west of Ogden
was annulled last night by the washing
out of a part of the Ogden-Lucin cut-off
across Great Salt Lake. A heavy wind
storm lashed the water Into mighty waves
that moved the huge boulders that had
been placed to protect the embankments
and trestling on the west approach to the
lake. At midnight the tracks at Rambo,
35 miles west of Ogden, were submerged,
and since then no trains from the West
have reached Ogden.
The storm ceased early this morning
and the work trains succeeded in repair
ing the break in the cut-off so as to al
low the delayed passenger trains to pass.
Water Spout at Huntington.
HUNTINGTON, Or., March 21 One
of the heaviest rainstorms of fhe sea
son visited this vicinity Tuesday even
ing at 7:20 o'clock. This was preceded
by an electric storm. Burnt River
Canyon, five miles from town, was vis
ited by a waterspout which caused five
small washouts. The railroad track
near the China garden, one mile from
town, was covered with two feet - of
dirt and rock by a slide.
Only Local Trains at San Jose.
SAN JOSH, Cal., March 21. Snow fell
on Mount Hamilton Range last night.
Trains, except to local points, are tied
up. Owing to the mass of debris that is
pressing against the county bridge at
Hamilton avenue, it probably will be
blown up today to prevent the vast dam
age -that would be done should it go out.
NO TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH
Southern Pacific Will Start On to
Ashland This Morning.
There will be no California trains in
today, on account of the floods and
storms In Southern Oregon and Califor
nia. The Cottage Grove local will run as
usual and there will be a train in from
Ashland about 9 o'clock this morning. A
train will leave for Ashland this morning
at 8:80 and it is thought it will be able to
go beyond that point, but just how far
the tracks are clear Is not known here,
owing to serious wire trouble. This will
be the extent of train service over the
Bouthern Pacific out of Portland on the
main line today. -
Storms to the south and east have cut
off telegraphic communication with Port
land to a large extent. Three miles of
wires on the Oregon Short Line have been
laid low and communication in that di
rection is difficult. Wires are down to
California and the Western Union reports
it is out of commission south of Duns
mulr. Long distance telephone service to Cal
ifornia points is impossible and Portland
Is almost isolated from the south, due
to high water. Damage to wires has been
heavy.-
The Postal Telegraph Company reports
one wire working to San Francisco.
ARBITRATION BOARD BUSY
Gathering Evidence From Railway
Men and the Telegraphers.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. The board
of arbitration resumed its inquiry into
the controversy between the Southern Pa-,
cine. Company and its telegraphers in the
Federal Building today with the cross
examination of J. S. Quire, traindispatch
er at Sacramento.
At the conclusion of Quire's cross-examination,
the board announced that in
its attempt to reach an equitable solu
tion of the question of increased wages,
it would hear evidence as to the compen
sation paid locomotive engineers, fire
men, passenger and freight conductors
and brakemen, since this class of em
ployes was engaged in running trains as
well as operators and dispatchers.
Governor Crawford Denies Charge.
HURON, S. D., March 2L-Govemor
Coe I. Crawford, of South Dakota, today
Issued the- following statement in regard
to the charges made by Secretary of the
Interior Garfield, alleging fraud on the
part of Governor Crawford in proving up
on public land in South Dakota.:
"I state most emphatically and une
quivocally that I never either directly or
Indirectly made any agreement by which
I was to acquire title to Government land
through others, no fnatter what Con
gressman Mann or others say."
Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)
'Don't trifle with a cold' Is good ad
vice for prudent men and women. It may
be vital in the case of a child. Proper
food, good ventilation, and dry, warm
clothing are the proper safeguards
against colds. If they are maintained
through the changeable weather of Au
tumn. Winter and Spring, the chances of
a surprise from ordinary colds will be
slight. But the ordinary light cold will
become severe if neglected, and a well
established ripe cold is to the germs of
diphtheria what honey is to the bee."
The greatest- menace to child life at this
season of the year is the neglected cold.
Whether it is a child or adult, the cold
slight or severe, the very best treatment
that can be adopted is to give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. It Is safe and
sure. The great popularity and immense
sale of this preparation has been attained
by its remarkable cures of this ailment,
A cold never results in pneumonia when
it Is siven.
100 Covert Jackets,
RejJgl5Val.,$8.75
100 Women's smart new
Covert Jackets, 22-inch
length, made of extra
quality covert cloth, tight
fitting style, fly front,
trimmed in several indi
vidual styles ;r all satin
lined. Actually selling
regularly at $12.50 and
$15.00." Extra special for
Friday Bargain
Day, only
$8.75
No mail orders at this remaikable bargain
price, none C. O. D., no telephone order. Not
guaranteed to but all day.
For Friday Bargain Day
$5.00 .
Trimmed
Hats
$2795
A CHARMING array of
Trimmed Hats in the season's
new mushroom , and drooping
shapes; also toques and other ef
fects in chip and fancy straw braids.
Flowers, foliages, ribbons, etc., are
used extensively In, trimming them.
Every new Spring color; copied
after high-priced, models. Actual
$5.00 values for $2 95
750 ffoff Dress Goods
Reg. $1.25 Val. 69c Yd.
For Friday only 44-inch all
wool Chiffon Panama Dress
Goods in novelty hem
stitched stripe and solid col
ors -aarn, black, brown,
gray and reseda green. An
extraordinary bargain for
Friday only at, ' QQQ
50c Saltings 43c Yard
Black and white Suitings, 36 in.
wide, in shepherd plaids, all
sizes ; regular 50c value. A, O r
Special, per yard
A dozen other special values
on display at Friday Bargain
Day prices.
LADIES NECKWEAR
35c VaL, 27c
Ladies' Neckwear in all the
newly received Spring styles.
For Friday and Saturday only
all our regular 35c OT
Neckwear for. .
250 AUTO VEILS
85c VALUE AT . .
63c
250 Auto Veils, 3 yards long,
just received in all new colors
pink, blue, white, champagne,
navy, brown, green, gray, reds
and tan, ij-inch hemstitched.
Regular 85c value, for Fri
day Bargain fZ&ri
UUk'
'Day.
THE GREATEST GLOVE BARGAIN EVER OFFERED IN PORTLAND
1200 Pairs of Superb Quality
Regular $1.50 Kid Gloves, 79c
TyOR Friday Bargain Day, we
offer positively the greatest
Glove Bargain that any Portland
store has ever presented a Glove
value that ought to sweep every
pair from our counter before Friday
noon. Come before your size is gone.
ioo dozen newly-arrived 2-clasp Kid Gloves,
in black, tan, brown and white, in sizes from 6
to .8. Every 'pair fitted. Every pair new and
perfect, made of finest elastic kid. We most
strongly advise every woman to be as early as
possible if she wishes to secure her size and col
or. The values offered are so great that we
cannot guarantee
any size to last all
day. Greatest val
ues ever, offered at
only. . . .
U u
c
79c
No Phone Order; None C O. D.
A GREAT SALE OF
LACE CURT'INS
ALL POPULAR PRICES
Newest patterns in Cluny,
Irish Point, Renaissance,
Marie Antoinette, Lacet
Arabe, Battenberg, Cable Net
and Scotch Lace Curtains, in
Arabian, white or ecru color,
3 and zVz yards long.
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
Regular
$1.50
$2.00
$2.50
$3.00
$3.50
$4.00
$4.50
$5.00
$6.00
$6.50
$7.50
$8.50
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains .
Curtains.
Curtains.
Curtains.
..91.19
.81.59
..$1.98
.$2.39
-S2.79
.83.19
.$3.59
.$3.98
.$4.79
..$4.98
..$5.98
.$6.79
All Pillow Tops, Reg.
39c Value, 25c
Every 39c Pillow Top to be
embroidered in this sale, in a
great variety of 'patterns.
3000 Yards Black and White
Silks, Reg. $1 Value, 85c
For Friday only, we offer 3000 yards of the
very newest Novelty Black and White Check
Silks, for jumper suits. This is the most pop-
ular silk noveltv of the year, and
regular $1.00 value for only
85c
Ladies' 25c Summer Vests 19c
Ladies' Vests, low neck, no
sleeves, either trimmed or
plain, mercerized tapes, 25c
quality, spe- 19 C
Ladies' Vests, low neck,
sleeveless, lisle or cotton, lace
trimmed or plain, n Cf
33c quality, each Jv
Ladies' Vests, low neck,
sleeveless, fine mercerized
crochet yokes, 50c op.
quality for... UUk,
Ladies'.Vests, high neck,
long sleeves, medium Spring
weight, 65c quality 5Q(
Ladies' Swiss ribbed Union Suits, low neck, no sleeves, f) V
umbrella drawers, lace trimmed. 85c quality for...,..'''
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Great Sale Novelty
Mounted Bar Pins
No costume is
complete with
out one of these
beautiful little
pins, mounted
with brilliant
stones, used for J
. 1 t 1 . y
ine couar, waist, s 1 Tt
ribbons, etc. ' y j?
75c and $1 Pins 48c
Medium size, assorted stones, set in
sterling silver; a neat Collar Pin.
Regular $1.50 Pins 87c
A little larger size, set with white
stones, pearl, turquoise, etc.; mounted
in sterling silver. .
$1.75 and $2 Bar Pins 98c
Breakless Bar Pins, set with all the
desirable stones; three sizes to select
from. Just the pin for all purposes. :'
$2-$2.25 Bar Pins $1.23
The, best hand-finished pin, set with
assorted stones; any color you like;
mounted in silver; will not break; very
handsome. ,
$3-$ 3.50 Bar Pins $1.48
Largest size Bar Pin, finest mounting,
assorted styles. Never sold before for
less than $3.00 and $3.50.
3500 Ladies Handkerchiefs,
$1 Value, 39c
For Friday Bargain Day only, we
offer 3500 Ladies all pure linen,
hand-embroidered Handkerchief s,
scalloped and hemstitched, ex
quisitely beautiful in texture and
pattern and regular
values 'to $1, for only.
39c
20c Hose Supporters, 12c
12c
Good, strong Pin-On Side Supporters, in black, blue,
white, red, pink and lavender. Excel
lent 20c value for.
35c Supporters, 23c
Four-strap Pad Supporters, good strong
belt; extra quality elastic web; assorted
colors.
75c Supporters, 43c
Fine satin top military pad Hose Sup
porter, with extra strong web and belt; as
sorted colors; 75c value.
75c Supporters, 48c
New circular Pad Supporter, one of the
best numbers made for service and com
fort; all colors; 75c value.
MUCH LANDJS REOPENED
Large Area in Northwest Found Not
to Contalicoal.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. March 21. The Secretary of the
Interior today restored- to entry a large
Quantity of Government land which was
withdrawn last Summer on the supposi
tion that it contained deposits of mer
chantable clal. In aU 710.000 acres are
restored fn Oregon and 220.000 acres In
Washington. The Geological Survey, after
examining, reported Its inability to And
BE YOUR am LANDLORD.,
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coal indications in this land. The land
now becomes subect to entry under the
general land laws. - .
Oregon land is in the Portland. Rose
burg, Dalles and La Grande districts;
the Washington land in ' the SeatUe,
Olympia and North Yakima districts.
A SUPERIOR DRESS SHIRT
I In appearance and fit the
equal of the production of
the custom shop. The
SHIRT
Exceptionally good value at
- $1.50 and more.
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AUCTION OF RARE
ORIENTAL RUGS
We will sell at auction on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26 and
27, beginning at 2 P. M., at our salesrooms,
Corner Alder and Park Streets
the entire collection of rare Oriental Rugs just imported by Iskender -Bey,
the world-renowned Collector, formerly of the Imperial Palace
of the Sultan of Turkey.
Iskender Bey was the only importer in Portland until fifteen years
ago. Since then he has been in the remotest parts of the Orient in
search of rare Eugs. He will be present at the sale and be glad to
meet all his old and new patrons.
Goods on view on Monday, March 25. Sale positively without reserve.
GEO. BAKER & CO
Auctioneers, Alder and Park Streets.