THE MORNIXG, OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1920
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KORTHWEST VALLEYS
MENACED BY FLOODS
Electrical Tempest . Sweeps
. Walla Walla District.
SOUND WATERS IN FURY
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Tpper Willamette River Is Rising
llapidly and Is Overflowing
Banks at Several Points.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 30.
(Special.) One of the most terrific
electrical storms In years hit the
unnpr Walla Walla valley today. Un
usually heavy rains fell in the Day
ton section, and in the mountains
near Walla Walla. As a result creeks
were overflowing and bridges
menaced. Some small bridges, have
. bepn washed out
Mill creek, which flows through
Walla Walla, was running bankful
tnnieht and Yellow Hawk and Gar
rison creeks, which flow out of Mill
r. reek above the citv. were on a ram
page, nearby ground being inundated.
Several houses were surrounded by
water.
The fall on upper Mill creek has
been heavier this year than ever be
fore. The land throughout the valley
is soft, owinz to the mild winter,
and is being washed away In several
places.
The Pacific Light & Power com-
rany and the telephone and telegraph
companies have been having trouble
all day as a result of the storm, wires
going down at intervals. The power
was off for several hours when the
liich linn went down.
One-tenth of an inch of rain fell In
the city in 10 minutes. At the intake
on Mill creek, three-fourths of an
anch of rain felL
Reports from the waterworks, 14
miles from the city, tonight were
hat the water has begun to recede
In the creek. Footbridges on upper
Mill creek were washed out and one
pier of the Blue creek bridge, went
cut' tonight, making it unsafe.
!FATEB IS HIGHEST IX YEARS
Coshcn Bottom Inundated, While
li 3IcKenzie River Breaks Banks.
' EUGENE. Or., Dec. 30. (Special.)
After having receded to the 12-foot
mark yesterday morning, the Willam
ette river rose again this afternoon
and registered more than 15 feet to
fcight. This was the highest .point
reached in a number of years.
The rural mail carrier out of Eu
(rene. on -motor route B, was unable
to go over a portion of his route in
the Goshen bottom and was unable to
reach Coburg on account of the Mc
Kenzie river being out of its banks.
The highway between Eugene and
Ppringfield was completely blocked
by water tonight and the only' traffic
between the two cities was by the
treet car line.
. The ferryboat at Deadmond's, ferry,
five miles northeast of Eugene, on
the McKenzie river, broke loose from
its moorings at 3 this afternoon and
floated down stream. The Long Tom
and Coyote creek bottom, eight miles
west of Eugene, was a vast lake
more than a mile wide on account of
the overflow of these streams.
ALBAXY HAS FLOOD STAGE
low Lands of Valley Are Covered
J AVIth Water From River.
: ALBANT, Or, Dec. SO. (Special.)
The Willamette river at Albany was
practically at flood stage tonight. It
was rising slowly. Low lands in this
feection were covered with water. The
Cantiam and other streams in this
Dart of the state were out of their
banks and higher than at any time
this year.
i The high water "was interfering
ith traffic to some extent. The Ai
bany-Detroit train was late today be
cause of high water and the Santiam
agon road was covered by two feet
of water in places near Sanderson's
bridge.
i The streams rose gradually, so
farmers had time to remove stock
from low lands and the only loss thus
far reported was from washing away
.f cordwood and damage to a few
fences.
JVATJER IS OVER RIVER BAXKS
J'aper Mills May Be Affected If
k Rise Is Long Continned. '
K- OREGON CITT, Or., Dec 30. (Spe-
krial.) The continued rains fon the
last week have caused the Willamette
river to rise rapidly. Wednesday the
river at the paper mills at West Linn
registered 25.2 feet above low water
mark, and today had registered 28.Z
ieet.
In some places the water was over
Its banks, and at the foot of Jbighth
street was reaching up over the road.
Hoats have been securely tied to pre
vent them from being washed awaj
!y the swift current.
So far the paper mills have been
able to operate, but if the river con
tinues to rise it was feared that some
of the departments would have to
. dose down until the water receded.
The roaring waters were dashing
over the falls and great logs were
coming down from the upper river.
WATER POWER PLANT USELESS
Xiosebnrg Resorts to Steam When
.' Hydraulic Service Fails.
; ROSEBURG. Or., Dec. SO. (Special.)
The water-power plant of the
Douglas County Light & Water com
pany was put out of commission this
afternoon, due to extremely high
waters of the North Umpqua river,
and the company was compelled to
resort, to steam power in order to
: supply light and power to this city.
The rains of the last few days have
melted the deep sno-r-s in the moun
tains, causing a great volume of wa
ter in the rivers and streams. The
power company has asked the city
and heavy consumers to curtail on
the use of light and. power, other
wise the city will be in darkness until
the water recedes. . .
Dwellings Are Threatened.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 30. Dwell
ing houses along Magnolia beach, on
the sound, were threatened today by
high water caused by the heavy winds
of last night and today, according
to reports received here,
j Several houses are reported to have
been washed from their foundations
and at least one was threatened with
destruction. Bulkheads along the
waterfront were ' washed out, it was
reported.
High Water Mark Set.
The first drift of the season was
carried down , the Willamette river
yesterday, indicating the highest
water of the year. The weather bu-
reau reported a stage of 11.8 feet at
8 A. M. yesterday, and at noon me
gmage at the foot of Stark street
showed a stage of 12.5 feet. -The
heavy rainfall of the past few days
throughout the Willamette valley
and the melting of snow by the warm
wave which has extended over the
entire drainage area, are held by D's-
trict Forecaster Wells to be respon
sible for this rapid rise of the river,
which may or may not reach the
flood stage of 15 feet by Sunday. A
stage of 14-5 feet is forecast for Sat
urday. .
Continned Rains Predicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. T.ain in
all portions of the Pacific coast to-
ASSISTAXT CASHIER OF I, ADD
& TILTOX BANK ELECTED,
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Clyde L. Phllllber.
Edward Cookingham, presi
dent of the Ladd & Tilton bank,
yesterday afternoon announced
that the board of directors had
elected Clyde L. Philliber to the
position of assistant cashier.
He has been serving as mana
ger of the savings department.
It was made public simulta
. neously that Samuel J. Young
had been promoted to the posi
tion of assistant manager of
the bond department. Mr. Young
has been employed in this de
partment for some time.
Mr. Philliber has been with
the bank since 1907, at which
time he entered its service as
an employe in the transit de
partment. He has seen the sav
ings department expand from a
very humble beginning to de
posits of more than 36,000,000.
COMMUNISM BEATEN
BY FRENCH DEPUTIES
Vote of Confidence in Govern
ment Overwhelming.
CHALLENGE IS ACCEPTED
night and tomorrow was predicted
here today by the United Statej
weather bureau.
Today rain was falling in Oregon.
Washington and northern and central
California, the bureau reported.
Southwest storm warnings were
posted along the coast from Poin
Reyes, near San Francisco, to Tatoosh
island, near the Straits of Juan de
Fuua.
Heavy Rain Falls at Bend.
BEND, Or., Dec 30. (Special.)
One of the heaviest rains on record
here fell last night. A total tf 0.8 of
an inch was precipitated.
BURGLAR ROUTED BY GIRL
OP AD TIBBETTS DRrTES ROB
BER A WAT WITH REVOLVER,
City Employe Espies Face of Man
at Window and Calmly Gets
Weapon From Drawer,
Opal Tibbetts, employed In the city
water bureau, has no use for bur
glars.
She demonstrated - this yesterday
morning when a burglar attempted to
gain entrance to the home of Lorene
Dinsmoore, assistant commissioner of
public safety, at 10S4 Minnesota
street.
Miss Tibbetts, who resides at Miss
Dinsmoore's home, returned shortly
after midnight from a dance. As she
was preparing to retire, her attention
was attracted to a noise in the vicin
ity of the bathroom window. Investi
gation revealed the face of a man.
Calmly and deliberately. Miss Tio
betts obtained an ugly looking re
volver which was cached in a dresser
drawer, and thus armed she com
manded the burglar to "get out and
get out quick.
No further injunction was required,
for when the police arrived five min
utes after the episode the burglar
was far out of the vicinity of the
Dinsmoore home.
CAFE CLOSEO BY EDICT
WORST GAMBLING DIVE
CITr, SAYS MAYOR.
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Licenses of Six Other Places Also
Are Revoked by City
Council.
The Liberty cafe, described by
Mayor Baker as "the most infamous
gambling dive in the city," was
closed yesterday at the order of the
city council, following a hearing held
in the council chambers.
Although members of the police de
partment testified that L. Carlos, op
erator of a soft-drink establishment
on Burnside street near Fourth street.
was of excellent character and had
always endeavored to co-operate with
the police department. City Commis
sioner Bigelow refused to vote in
favor of permitting him to continue
in business, and because the council
several weeks ago at a former hear
ing revoked the license held by
Carlos, the establishement must re
main closed for 30 days.
All other members of the council
voted to permit Carlos to re-open.
utner revocations by tne council
yesterday included J. W. Chandler.
14b4 Third street; Sam Jacksich, 312
Second street; Hurley Bros., 286
Grand avenue; Oscar Koske, 44 North
Third street; Mrs. N. Kayawa. 74
North Fourth street, and Lee Yeun,
31 Fourth street.
County Division Agitated.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 80. (Spe
cial.) Considerable agitation has
been stirred up in the Oak Grove, and
Jennings Lodge districts over the
county division question here. At a
meeting held at Oak Grove Wednes
day night, the following citizens from
that district were appointed to attend
the division meeting to be held at
MUwaukie on January 3: F. H. Har
ris. Davis A. Lofgren, O. T. Shoog,
John Julian, F. Myers,. O, W, Barnett
and David Trumblad, . - -
Chamber Is Warned That Efforts
for Revolt Will Continue; Re
ply Is Force Will Be Used,
PARIS, Dec 30. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) An overwhelming vote
of confidence in the government In
connection with the Tours socialist
congress was given by the Chamber
of deputies tonight. The vote, which
was 451 to 54, came after the gaunt
let had been thrown down to tne
government by the new communist
party of France, formed at the Tours
congress, and acceptance of the chal
lenge on behalf of the government
had been made by Minister of the
Interior Steeg.
Deputy Marcel Cachln told the
chamber that revolutionary efforts by
the new communist party would con
tinue despite any action the govern
ment might take. In reply, M. Steeg
warned the revolutionary party that
any attempt at revolution would be
suppressed with all the means in the
hands of the government.
Government Policy Debated.
The debate arose from an inter
pellation of M..Vallta, a royalist dep
uty, who asked the government to
explain why Clara Zetkin, member of
the German relchstag and of the ex
ecutive committee of the third Inter
nationale, had been permitted to en
ter France and speak at the Tours
congress.
ThA jlfnftiftsMnn broadened into a
debate on the policy of the govern
ment toward Immigration, the per
mitting of undesirables to enter
France and allowing revolutionary
propaganda by foreigners and French
memDers of the communist party to
proceed undisturbed.
This reference to the Tours con
gress brought M. Cachin, leadr of
the extremists of the socialist party
in France for years and now leader
of the communist party, to the
speaker's tribune. His speech, how
ever, seemed to be disappointing be
cause of its mildness when compared
with the speeches he had made at
the Tours congress.
Pandemonium Breaks Loose.
It proved to be a eulogy of the
ideas of the third Internationale of
Nickolai Lenine, bolshevik premier.
and of Clara Zetkin. The deputy
closed by saying:
"We shall take advantage of the
government's protective measures as
long as they are extended to us.
When they cease and coercion and
repressive measures are adopted, we
shall continue our revolutionary
propaganda everywhere, and at all
times."
Pandemonium then broke loose.
Many deputies jumped to their feet
and requested Raoul Peret, president
of the chamber, to have M. Cachin
expelled. Shouts of "Shame!" and
"Your language is dishonorable to a
Frenchman," were heard. Then M.
Steeg rose to reply.
' Challenge Is Accepted.
"Deputy Cachin," Mr. Stee said,
"has thrown down a challenge to the
government. We accept it. We shall
repress any attempt at revolution
with all possible means at our com
mand. The government's energy will
be equal - to the audacity of M.
Cachin's party."
M. Steeg then deposited tne gov
ernment's bill providing penalties
varying from three to six months'
imprisonment for attempts to cross
the frontiers of France without pass
ports.
The minister made no definite an
nouncement regarding the policy the
government intended to adopt toward
the new communist party, but later
many government supporters who are
close to the minister told the Asso
ciated Press that the government
would await the next moye of the
communists.
Signs of Action Awaited.
"When they pass from words to
acts it then will be time for the gov
ernment to show its hand, one dep
uty said.
Several orders of the day were pre
sented, some of them asking that
there be no expression of confidence
in the government. But M. Leygues,
president of the council of ministers,
declined all of these, saying that the
order of the day must include a vote
of confidence. Thereupon Deputy
Charles Danielou introduced the or
der of the day, which said:
The chamber, confident of the
ability of the government to take the
measures necessary to end revolu
tionary propaganda and the entrance
of undesirables into France, passes
to the ord-er of the day."
The motion was then adopted.
and a group of other members of the I
right. But the point has been raised
that the newspaper should speak for
tne majority members of the party
regardless of what doctrine they may
advance.
SLIDE -DAMAGES HOUSES
Mass of Earth Is Hurled Agafcist
Residences In Uniontown.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 30. (Special.)
The southerly gale which started
yesterday continued during the night.
The wind registered a maximum of 40
miles at North Head, and the rainfall
was almost a downpour. The borem
eter ' dropped to 29.35 last night.
and then began to rise. This morn
ing the wind shifted to the west.
About the .only damage reported,
aside from the slide in Uniontown,
Or., was the blocking of sewers and
drains, and the consequent flooding
of yards and basements in various
sections of the city.
Early this morning, as the result
oi the incessant rains, a landslide oc
curred on West Duane . street in
Uniontown, a great mass of earth and
rocks being hurled against the res
idences of Mrs. Christina Kallunki
and Hans Groman. The houses were
moved about 15 feet and badly dam
aged. It is estimated that repairs
win cost fully 5000.
TRIBUTE PAID BY PASTORS
Pallbearers at Funeral of Albany
Woman Are All Ministers.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 30. (Special.)
All of the pallbearers at the funeral
in this city yesteraay of Mrs. B. F.
tellman, wife of the pastor of the
First Baptist church of Albany, were
ministers. They were: Dr. D. V.
Poling, pastor of the First Presby
terian church of Albany; Rev. Roy
Healey, pastor of the First Christian
church of Albany; Rev. J. C. Spencer,
pastor of the First Methodist church
of Albany; Rev. A. D. Thomson, pastor
of the Grace Presbyterian church of
Albany; Rev. William Rademacher,
pastor of the Evangelical church in
this city, and Rev. T. J. McCrossan,
pastor of the United Presbyterian
church here.
The funeral service was conducted
by Dr. W. T. Milliken, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Salem, as
sisted by Dr. Poling, Rev. McCrossan
and iJ. ,c. Miller.
SIGHTSEERS LAND IN JAIL
Four Boys From Bull Run Charged
With Intoxication.
Four boys from Bull Run. In tn see
the city, awoke In cells yesterday I
morning on charges of reckless driv
ing, drunkenness and late hours, and I
win ce tried today before Municipal
Judge Rossman. They are Theodore
Hegart, charged with driving .while
Intoxicated, John Campbell, charged
with being drunk, and Neal Campbell
and John Halver, arrested for being
out aiter tne prescribed hour.
The arrest was made by Patrolman
Talbert when he saw an auto, driven
by Hegart, zig-zagglng wildly at
Sixth and Burnside streets. As he
halted the car John Campbell made
an injudicious attempt to destroy the
evidence and threw away a pint bot
tle of moonshine whisky, smashing a
plate glass window of the Portland
lire company's store.
DRINKER PINES FOR JAIL
Judge Warns Coroner Eventually
Will Get Thirsty Ones.
x our men wnose thirsts were so
insistent that even denatured alcohol I
seemed a mild and reasonable bever- I
age received short Jail sentences when
they confessed before Municipal Judge
itossman yesteraay.
They were Dan Ferris. 10 davnr
Martin Stodden, one day: Joseph Bush,
tour days, ana ueorge HoIIaday, 6even
days. Holladay begged the court to
sentence him, declaring that the crav
ing for liquor was so stronar that h
couia not ngnt it without assistance.
"lou renows ara drawing brief
jail terms this time," warned the
court. i cannot counsel you too
earnestly against your thirst for de
natured alcohol. If you do not curb
it tne coroner and not this court will
eventually dispose of you."
CONSOLIDATION IS URGED
Mayor Urges City of East Side Be
come Part of Marshfield.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec 30. (Spe
cial.; mayor omitn or .East Side pro
posed to that city council the oues.
tion of consolidating with Marshfield,
setting out the city would s benefit
In many ways by such a move. He
mentioned a better water supply, the
tree oenvery or mall and the proba
ble location of the bridge across the
bay at a place convenient to East
Side as things worthy of his con
stituents consideration.
The council has taken the matter
under advisement and, it is believed.
win autnorize an election to deter
mine tne wishes of the citizens.
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STREET LIGHT BIDS IN
Hippodrome) Theater to Observe
New Year's live.
Customary observation of the ar
rival or tne Mew Year will be ob
served by Manager Ely at the Hippo
drome theater tonight.
The regular programme will be ex
tended until well after midnight and
all persons who attend what on other
nignts is the last performance, are
requested to remain and assist in the
jubilation which will occur at the
midnight hour. There will be no extra
charge for this.
SOCIALIST SPLIT DEFINITE
Centrists Hold Joint Session With
Chamber deputies.
TOURS. France, Dec SO. (By the
Associated Press.) The split in the
socialist party of France took dfinite
sha.De this afternoon wnen tne cen
trists, led by Jean Jonguet ana t-aui
Faure. met in joint session with the
leaders constituting the majority of
the socialist members -of the chamber
of deputies.
The two groups conciuaea tnai in
asmuch as a majority of the socialist
congress yesterday had voted in favor
of adhesion to the third Internation
ale and thereby became the com
munist - party of France, tne right
and centrist partiea were now offi
cially the socialist party of France.
in a manuesio to do issuea to me
world, the new socialist party will
declare itself- as being "clear-cut so
cialists, dedicated to class struggle
nd the realization of a socialist com
monwealth and against participation
in all bourgeoisie ministries."
The -socialists have decided to at
tend the congress in Vienna February
2 which has been called by the Ger
man independent socialists, the inde
pendence labor party of Great Britain
and the Swiss socialists. They also
have decided to defend ' with all our
strength" the Russian revolution. '
M. Longuet today described tne
fusion of the right and center social
ists as a movement to build "a tem
porary shelter until the poison gas In.
the old home Is dissipated."
Then," he added, "we hope to be
one family again."
The old executive committee win
continue to act for the right and cen
ter. Vacancies caused by the sptit
in the party will be filled from the
ranks of the socialists.
The Question whether "Humanite.
the official newspaper of the social
ists of France, will give its support
to the so-called revolutionary element
of the party or to the right and cen
ter socialists, is causing the delegates I
much concern. Legally the paper is
owned by Deputy Marcel Sembat. one I Braiding, embroidery hemstl teniae
Pi WW leaders oi iao, ism sociaiiaxe : tft fc morgan, amst ,ttj
PORTLAND COMPANY ONE SUB-
CELEBRATION IS PLANNED MITTIXG COMPLETE SCHEDULE
court grand Jury and charged with
assault with a dangerous weapon on a
member of the crew of the craft. The
defendant was released on $1000 cash
bp.ll.
Rat of $51 a Year Drops to
$49.32, Saving Citv $29,100
In Five- Years.
The Portland Railway Light &
Power company was the only insti
tution presenting a complete bid Tor
the furnlsnrng of street lights for
the City of Portland during the next
fivA r a contract which will ap
proximate JLOOO.tWU during tnat cession managing m noiei ureson i
cottage throve rn.ua me xiuici omtscu m
Kueene. Selling out more than ten
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DEAD
J. M. Stark, ex-Hotel Man, Passes
Away at Eugene,
- EUGENE, Or, Dec. 30. (Special.)
I. M, Stark, veteran of the civil war.
died at his home here today at the
age of 76. He had been ill but a few
days. Mr. Stark came to this state
from Pawnee, 111- in 1891, and en
gaged In the hotel business at Inde
pendence, later buying the Gelser
Grand hotel at Baker, Or., and in sue
HEM STORM IS ABATED
DAMAGE DO.VE TO DOCKS ESTI
MATEO AT $15,000.
Legion Club Bonds Available.
VANCOUVER, Wash- Dec art-
(Special.) Purchasers of bonds for utilities, for a complete report which
k -i, ri ik .u v;uuaouse oemg wm be submitted to the council to-
uuni. mo oiumi-xieynOias POSt I di.
ha ,hl. tn c .1 . . '
rhe bid was presented to the coun
by City Commissioner Pier, in
charge of the purchasing bureau, and
referred to City commissioner juann.
in charge of the department of publ'c
will be able to get them through the
oanKs wiiere iney nave bought them
This was decided at the meeting of
iiie cictuuvo committee neld last
night. A new executive committal
will assume charge after January 1.
Realtors to Dine Legislators.
VANCOUVER, "Wash.. Dec. 3ft.
(Special.) The legislative delegation
of Clarke, Cowlitz and Skamania
counties are to be guests at a dinner
arranged py tne Vancouver realty
uuaiu uo weeKiy luncheon held
today. The Seattle realty board has
suggested a realty license law and
this Is favored by the local board.
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Grand Jury Finished.
ASTORIA, Or, Dec. SO. (Special.)
lot circuit, court grand Jury com
pleted its work tonight, including the
investigation oi tne accusations of al
leged violations of the gambling and
prohibition laws. The Jury will con
vene tomorrow afternoon to submit
its report to the court.
S. H. green
Holman Fuel Co.
Adv.
tamps for cash.
Main I5S. SC0-1L
The bid gives the city an average
rate of $49.33 a year for the main
tenance of each overhead arc light,
in place of $51 paid under the old
two-year contract. The estimated
savings to the city on this item over
the five years according to Commis
sioner Mann, will be approximately
$29,400. , ,
In addition. City Commissioner
Mann estimates that the- saving
which will be effected on installing
of lights under the new contract will
approximate $5000 a year, or $25,
000 during the life of the contract. -
Hence the report which Commis
sioner Mann will submit to the coun
cil today will estimate a total saving
under the new contract to the city
of approximately $67,983.20 during a
five-'year period. i
The Northwestern Electric com
pany submitted a bid for the light
ing of some of the municipal build
ings, but, according to Commissioner
Pier was not complete enough to
warrant consideration.
years ago, he retired irom Dusiness
and resided here until his death. He
took a prominent part in politics, be
ing a republican, and always evinced
keen interest in the affairs of the
community.
, Mr. Stark is survived by his widow,
two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Hart of
Huntley; Mont., and Mrs. F. E. Cole of
Eugene, and a son, John L. btark oi
Portland. The funeral will be held
here Saturday afternoon.
- Chinaman Is Ares ted. -
ASTORIA! Or, Dec. 30. (Special.)
Ah Dick, Chinese cook on rhe dredge
Clatsop, was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Bakotich this afternoon on an
Indictment returned. fc toe stouii
RIVER STILL HOLDS BODY
Grappler's Search for Man Who
Fell From Bridge Fruitless. '
For several hours yesterday, and
until darkness put an end to h's ef
forts, City Grappler Brady searched
the river bottom below the Broad
way bridge for the body of the un
identified man who drowned near
that point early Wednesday night.
With the Willamette high and tur
bulent, it is probable that the body
has been carried down stream and
will not be recovered.
Witnesses of the tragedy saw a
form plunge throught the twilight,
falling from the bridge, and heard
the splash as the man struck the
surface. For a few hundred feet
glimpses were caught of the strug
gling swimmer, who called loudly for
help, bnt night and the river swal
lowed him. Whether the man fell
from the bridge accidentally, or
leaped aa a fiiil.clAfi. li MAkae
Families Forced to Leave Buildings
and Stocks of Goods Moved
as Gale Rages.
NEWPORT, Or, Dec. 30. (Special.)
The heaviest storm of the year
abated today, although hailstones
have fallen in large quantities.
Tne damage caused by the Fogarty,
Jacobson and other docks going Into
the bay yesterday la estimated at
vr 17000 and the machinery and
lumher which occupied the docks and
was owned by the Daugherty Lumber
company, a like amount, or a total
estimated damage of about $15,000.
Part of the losses may be salvaged
if tha itorm subsides, as a crew Is
at present putting booms around and
hauling . part oi tne lumoer out oi
the bay.
Other buildings over the bay were
on the verge of collapsing and stocks
of goods, a garage and families were
forced to move out to be sure of
safety.
Considerable damage was also done
to the roadbed of the government
spruce railroad where it follows
around the bay between Taqulna and
Newport. This road has not been used
since the close of the war, and was
recently purchased by Portland lum
bering interests who expert to put It
into operation in the spring:. Ths
roadbed was supposed lo lie li'Kh
enough above tidewater to limjre It
safety, but the exceptionally hisn
tide during this storm waKhed out III"
embankment In several plates. Had
the wind held up much lonRrr a :irt
of the track would undoubtedly have
slid Into the bay.
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