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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1921)
a CITY ILL FREED TRAINS MAROONED ALONG COLUMBIA RIVER NEAR PORTLAND. Only 5 More Days of Our BY SLIDES 10 ICE Car Service Restored Except on Estacada Line. Deputies Run Gauntlet of Co lumbia Cliffs. mber HIGHWAY SECTION WARMER ROAD TO CORBETT OPEN We suggest that you shop at our store now while the saving to you is so great. Enow, However, Has Drifted Deep in Places and Workmen Are Under Handicap. I 1 Thawing on Heights Menace to Travelers Cave-In at Dolph Impedes Tillamook Ran. y 15 BLOCKED OF STORM'S GRIP Sale! rave . , r'' j? g "z x-fr. . show none at - . T-vo5vem- iJTfei wag'yAiw . TO7VeMiiria a Contln"fl Vrnm first Pass ) liridKe wai broken at 2 o'clock by the Port of Portland tug, but drift continued to pile against the Haw thorne bridge. Efforts will be made to free the structure this morning. Weather reports Indicated a lull In th rise of the river today. Reports from telegraph companies Indicated- without exception that con ditions along their lines were im proving. Eastern service had been Improved by the Western Union with the south "lead" to San Francisco normal an servioe open to north Western Washington, Seattle, Spokane and communication open also to Chi cago by way of. Seattle. Hood River and The Dalle had not Been reacnea hy the Western Union el nee. Saturday right. The Illlamoox service naa been opened as far as Wheeler on the lower Nehalem and was expected to be through to Tillamook by this morning. The Federal Telegraph company Indicated that Its wire service was In good shape to Seattle and that its wireless to Ban Francisco has not met any interruption since the storm began. The Postal Telegraph company re ported that they were getting through to San Francisco In good shape and the temporary Interrup tion due to the washout near Jef ferson had been overcome. More than 1000 feet of telephone line was swept out near , the Clack amas river on the Northwestern Long Distance lines to the couth. The dam age cannot be overcome for several days, owinsr to the flood conditions there. The lines of the company ex tended to Centralla, but went down between there and Tacoma. Linemen Arc Put to Work. "The telegraph service reached nor mal around noon today through the recovery of direct wires with the east by the way of Seattle." said Superin tendent Williams of t..e Western Union. "It will be several days be fore eastern Oregon will be had di rect from Portland, but the business Is moving to and from there by the way of Seattle and Spokane. Spokane la doing the relaying direct and the delay will not be great to the points that are not Isolated. "Gangs of linemen arrived from Ban Francisco at Jefferson this morn ing wun sunicient caoie to Bridge the washed-out railroad crossing there. The wires have been con nected through and we have been working direct with Ban Francisco since 9 A. M. When the route to astern Oregon, along- the Columbia gorge, has been restor ' our troubles will be over as far as the operation and service are concerned, but there will be considerable work for outside men to clean up for permanent re pairs." .About three-fourths ot the arc lights on the east side were turned on gain last night and only districts where there was still danger Trom wires that had fallen were left with out service. Not more than 600 homes In the city wer without ) light service last night, according to C. P. Osborne, superintendent of light and power for the Portland Railway, Light A Power company. The num ber will be reduced to 200 by tonight, he predicted. The Troutdale district cannot be restored for two or three days yet, at the best. Damage to the Portland Railway; Light & Power company was In creased from $26,000 to almost $40,000 by the short circuit which wrecked a transformer and burned out two oil switches In station L,, near the Inman-Poulsen mill late Monday afternoon. The windows of the con crete building in which the apparatus was housed were blown out. No one was Injured. The short circuit shut off the Cazadero 60,000-volt trans mission line for some time. .Men In the light and power de partment have been Working it hours with only a few hours rest during the storm period. COOS BAY HEGION PAIlALYZKD Power, Phono and Telegraph Lines Out of Order; Streams Rise. COOS BAY, Or.. Nov'. 12. (Spe cial.) Results of the storm of the last few days have been summarised In disorganization of the Mountain States Power company lines between Marshfield and Coqullle, and shortage of Power Sunday; many local tele phones out of order in North. Bend and Marshfleld, and a bad situation at Gardiner; Western Union lines down between 6 o'clock Sunday and I o'clock Monday afternoon. Th A Rtrnim, nil nlnnir thtk inttt are swollen and the freshet has been higher tlian any of iast year. Logs in the Allegany district all have , been cleaned fror.i the various streams. A big log jam had to be dynamited at a point near Allegany, when a raft of 183,000 feet belonging to the Buehner Lumber company broke loose and Was blocked by boom sticks getting Crossed In the river. Several ranches north of Coos river were under water yesterday morning, but It was expected the damage there would be light. All Southern Pa cific trains between Coos Bay and the outside are running from three to four hours late and often stop to clear away debris and trees from the tracks. The Pullman train was nearly four hours late in arriving from Eugene yesterday morning. They twice pulled logs from the tracks and found the roadbed under water at Nokomu, while the streets in Mapleton wera under water. The Coquille river has hot reached Its height and if the storm continues the railroad in the Coquille valley may be Inundated. "WATER FLOODS BROWNSVILLE Dozcus of Fa mi lies Marooned by Torrents Sweeping Streets. BROWNSVILLE, Or., Nov. 22 tSpeclal.) The worst storm of the year began here last Thursday eve ning and steady rains continued until Kunday, when the storm was most violent and water overflowed -the Calapoola river all along Its course. East, South and North Brownsville were practically inundated Sunday, with no signs of cessation Of the storm. A current two blocks wide flows-across South Main -street and another crosses Kirk avenue In North Urownavllle. Dozens of residents are marooned. The river is 'a half mile wide here. ' i Orpheum matinee today, li'!3-50Ad. Sketch shows nine trains marooned aleag either side Colombia river, with two saow plows stalled In center river other snow plow are working toward the trains, and plow In the center. Trains 13, 19, 3, 8, 11 anal 1, passengers. Passengers from trains 4 and IT have been "brought to Portland by the steamer J. H. Teal.. FLOWS BATTLE SNOW RESCUE OF PASSENGERS IS BE ING ATTEMPTED. Travelers Marooned for Days as Re sult of Storm Food Said to Be Plentiful. continued From First Page.) the Union Pacific to Multnomah Falls with skilled workmen. The Harvest Queen will stay at Bonneville as- the shelter for the workmen. The J. N. Teal is at Portland. . The Union Pacific was handling Its ranL null " ' niu'.uim ,.c n .;. . - Ice through Tacoma and Yakima, back to th;e main line. Two consolidated tralnb arrived yesterday and another was expected late last night. 1'assen ger service to the east was being cared for by two trains dally through the fletour to the norm. , N'n further trouble was reported on I that the washout at jerierson on me main line would be repaired by this morning. The Great N6rth6fn reported that Its lina between Seattle and Spokane was open with through service begun on Monday. A tunnel cave-in caused delay for five days. NORTH UMPQUA RIVER RAGES Itoscburg Electric Service Put Out ot Commission. ' ROSEBURa. Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) Roseburg did tiot begin to feel the effects of the storm which has been sweeping the state until yesterday morning, when interruption of the electric service caused the first In convenience. The rain which started Sunday afternoon continued through out the night and melted the snow In the mountains, bringing the North Umpqua river up 8 feet between the hours of midnight and 5 o'clk Mon day morning. The quick change In the river caused the power plant serving electricity to Roseburg and surroundings towns to go out of com mission until the steam unit could be brought into use. It was reported that the new dam at the fish hatchery above Glide had been washed out. This dam was built during the summer months at a cost of $15,000. The report could not.be verified, as the telephone line to that part of the county was down and the only way to reach the hatchery Is by way of Lone Rock ferry, which can not operate during the high water. Timbers, however, such as were used in building the dam, were seen float ing1 on the stream at Glide, several miles below the hatchery, and It is believed that at least a portion of the dam is gone. Earth has been sliding In on the Pacific highway near Myrtle Creek, where several bad slides occurred last year, but precautions are being taken to prevent any long interrup tion of traffic. - FLOOD, RECEDES AT SALEM Willamette River After Hitting High Mark Drops 3 Feet. SALEM, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) . The crest ot flood conditions in the Willamette valley, due to recent heavy rains, was passed here today. At I o'clock this morning the Willamette touched the 26. ( foot mark. This was said to be the highest water recorded in the stream since the year 1907. To night the Willamette registered 23. B feet and was falling at the rate of four inches an hour. Herbert Nunn, state highway engi neer, said that two small trestles on the Pacific highway south of Jeffer son washed out, but that the damage there will not exceed $8000. The pave ment extending for a mile south of Jefferson was covered with water to a depth o' ten feet yesterday, but was unhurt. First reports placed tile loss of these bridges and pavement at $35,000. Losses attending the wash ing out of state bridges and pavement' in other sections of the state will be nominal, Mr. Nunn said. Train service to Portland was back to normal this morning on both the Oregon Electfio and the Southern Pa clflo railroads. South of Salem, how ever, the Oregon Electric is operating no trains and Southern Pacific trains to and front Albany are operating from two to four hours behind schedule. The fouf telephone linemen who were reported marooned In a te south of Jefferson yesterday -were rescued last night. Several residents of the Yew Park addition to the city of Salem whe were compelled to abandon their homes lata Sunday night and yester aay because of high water wers able to return to their dwellings today. The Sllverton branch of the South ern Paclflo railroad was still tied up tonight by a washout of the bridge over Pudding creek. Traffic over the main line of the Southern Pacific be tween Salem and Albany probably will be resumed Thursday. Trains were detourlng by way of Gerllnger and Corva4lis, south of this city. Telephone service In Salem Was practically normal, but many of the rural lines are out and communica tion with nearby towns and cities bas not been restored. Mrs. A. Blake, who resides east of Salem, telephoned to the police today that she and her twft daughters were marooned In their horns and needed assistance. The police responded. The Oregon Pulp & Paper company, which was compelled to cease opera tions late last night when water flooded the motors In the basement ot Its plant, will resume tomorrow Stages between Portland and Salem again were operating on schedule. TRAINS AT CORVALLIS HALTED Basements Are Flooded and Boom ' of Logs Is Carried Away. CORVALLIS, Or., Nov. 12 (Spe cial.) The Willamette river at this point rose a foot between 3:30 and f o'clock and still was rising tonight. It reached the base of the platform of the Oregon Electric depot. No Ore gon Electric trains were running Into Corvallis, the track being covered In many places between here and Grey. If the waters In the creeks between Corvallis and Independence continue to rise as they were tonight. It was considered doubtful If there would be any trains here tomorrow on the Southern Pacific. More than five Inches of rain has fallen since Friday. No material damage has been dons here except In flooded basements and the loss of a log boom of 100,000 feet by the Corvallis Lumber company. Local electric light wires and telephone wires have continued to give excel lent service, only a few telephones being out of commission for a short time. COWLITZ RIVER STOPS WORK Builders ot Kelso Bridge Forced to Take Layoff. KELSO, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) The rising water in the Cowlits river has stopped work on the east pier of the new Kelso bridge by flooding the coffer dam and the pile driver that has been used In the work. No damage was" done. On the Cowee man the flood water head carried the logs out of the jam at Jones bar and swept teem to th boom at the mouth of trie river, where they will be rafted. No high stage of" water is feared until the weather turns warm er and the snow melts on the higher levels. The rain ceased for several hours yesterday but started again last night. It Is quite cool, although Kelso has been fortunate enough to escape tha snow and freezing weather that covered most parts of the north west. No snow has fallen here. Trains are all operating practically or time. Floods Wash Dikes Away. FLORENCE, Or.. Nov. 22 (Spe c's!.) The dikes on the lower north fork of the Umpqua river were washed ot by recent floods and con siderable damage was done. K. K. Hubbard, John Bower, Kenneth lie C'ormack and Grasley & Sons were J the principal losers. Evidently the stcrm was worse back from the coast than here. Inasmuch as the rain here was not sufficient to cause such high water. 4- ,613 TELEPHONES OUT 10 00 MEN TO START WORK OF RESTORATIOX TODAY. Lines Entirely Demolished as Far" Vp Columbia River as Crewa Have Penetrated. The-Pacifio Telephone & Telegraph company will have 1000 men working In Portland and vicinity today, re storing service as rapidly as possible, according to a statement of C. E. Hickman, commercial superintendent, last night. The company has 11, $03 telephones out of service In the dry, andl Its lines are entirely demolished as far up the Columbia river as crews have been able to penetrate. Men of the company are working under every hardship of rain and cold to put the telephones In working order. Along the Columbia river they are Working on Ice-clad poles and ovef deep drifts of snow and Ice. In Portland approximately one-sixth of the telephones are out of service, but calls are at least 10 per. cent heavier over the remainder. Mr. Hickman's statement follows: For the information of the publta 1 wish to state. Insofar as it can at tbis time b -Jetermined, the extent of the damage to riff plant by the recent storm and the probabilities of return to normal conditions At noon Tuesday the following number ot telephones were out at service In Portland: Tabor district. 4SH0 elation out of serv ice. It Is uncertain when we will be abls completely ! re-establish these telephemos In service, duj to the location of the Ta bor district and the extent of the damage, which bas not yet been fully determined. Woodlawn. 1414 station out of service, tt is expected tnat complete service will b restored by Wednesday November 80. Sell wood, 8N0 stations out ot service. We expect to have these all In service again by Tuesday, November 29. Arleta. 930 stations out of service. Owing tc the location of this district In the south east section of the city. It is uncertain when we Will b able fully to restore serv ice, as the extent of the damage bas not et been fully determined. Automatic exchanges. 130$ stations oot of service. It Is expected that all of these v.lll Be back in service by Wednesday, November 80. Kajrt office. 57IS stations out of servlce Ws expect to have these all in service by Saturday, November 26. Main, Marshall and Broadway. 1298 sta tions out of service. We expect to bavs these ail in ovking erder again by Satur day. November lb. Columbia. IS stations out of service. ' tt Is expected tbeae will ail be restored by tcday. Total, 1I.A03 telephones out of service. At the present time all Installation mea are working on repairs of local lines and will continue to du so until satisfactory restoration of the exchange serve la Icrtland; therefore, there will be no In stallations or moves completed for the next Hw days, except emergency cases. Regardtng"ions distance service: Oar lines north from Porlsnd are In service to Seattle, but owing to trouble north of Castle Rock many lines to Intermediate points are out of commission at the pre ent time, but Will b In service tomorrow. South from Portland the lines are out at many points due to flood eondlttons, but service will be normal within 24 hours. West from Portland the lines to Astoria are fully In service. The lines to Tilla mook are out at this time but will be In service tomorrow. All lines to eastern Oregon and eastern Washington ars completely out ot service due to the bad conditions In ths Columbia gorge In ths vicinity of Corbett, Hultno fiah falls and Cascade Locks. Our line, so far as we have been able to penetrate eastward from Portland, is completely demolished. A large crew of men Is on ths ground and has started the wotk of restoration. RtVKR RECEDES AT ECGEXE -Xorth Fork of SluslaW Overflows and Washes Out Dikes. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 22. (Speclal.)-r-The Willamette river at Eugene , to night was 11 feet above low water mark and tall'ing slowly, although the weather observer said If ths heavy rain that began to fall early tonight should continue for any length of time the river would rise again. The maximum height attained waa 14 feet. Reports have begun to come in from the western part of"Lane county, where the damage was greater than in the Willamette valley. .The north fork of the Si us law was higher than any other stream In that locality, and several hundred yards of diking, built to . protect farm lauds from tlds From Cither end on both sides the shown ia the sketch, are filled with , . waters.. were washed out. A number of farmers reported that cattle, horses and other livestock had been drowned. One man lost 35 goats and four cows. Night train on the Coos Bay branch of the Ponthern Pacific will be dis continued until the storm abates, as falling trees and slides make the run extremely dangerous. The storm along the west sections of Lane. Douglas and Coos counties has been mueh, more severe than around Eu gene, much property damage being repbrjed. STORSI BREAKS, AT ASTORIA Son! h west Galo of 85-Mile Velocity Is Worst of Season. ASTORIA, Or.. Not. 22. (Special.) With a southwest gale that was the most severe of the present season and on of the worst ever known In the lower river district, the backbone of the storm of the last few days was broken here today. Last night the barometer, which had dropped to 29.05, began to crawl up slowly, bat instead of bringing clearer weather the gale broke out during the night, the'wlnd at tbe heads attaining an 13-mile rate, and rain fell in torrents. Inside the harbor the wind was of less velocity, but probably resched a 50-mile rate In gusts. Early this morning there was an electrical storm with about a dozen flashe of sheet lightning and heavy detonatlona of thunder. Shortly after noon the rain ceased and the wind shifted to the west. The departure of a few steam ers was delayed on account of the wind and high seas outside, but no ether damage resulted. W1LLAPA HARBOR RAIN-SWEPT Torrents of Water Fall Three Days and Tido Floods Lowland. RAYMOND, Wrah.. Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) A ttorm has been raging over Wlllapa .harbor for three days. There Is no snow, some hail and torrents of rain. A part of the lights were out In South Bend last' night, due to a falling flagpole and telephone pole. Ths barometer fell unusually low here yesterday and wind blew St miles at North Cove life-saving sta tion at the entrance to the harbor. Ths barometer went op today, tbe wind Is quieter, but the rain con tinues to pour down. The bar at the harbor Is very rough, and boats can not go out. The storm has blown the tide, flood ing lowlands across the river from South Bend. All wires Into South Bend have been down since Sunday. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-SA-Ad. ACHES AND PAINS SLOAN'S GETS 'EM ! AVOID the misery of racking pain. Sloan's geta right down to the aching spot and relieves yotir pain and you wonder why you did not use Sloan' first. Have a bottle of Sloan's Liniment handy and apply when you first feel pain. .Use freely and don't rub, as it penetrant and you will be aurprised to find how quickly it eases the pain add sends a feeling of warmth through ' the aching part. Fine, too, for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, sprains, aches, pains, over worked muscles, lame back. For forty years Sloan's has been the stand-by as a liniment in thousands ol families. Ask your neighbor. At all druggists 35c, 70c, $1.40. Liniment 1 1 Clr Yovr Compf wxivm of pfmpW, . aaSTM faywi Ather f BaaTsaj fj isflCUmTMll t. IIm fns.lv Tr HobMNl'tt Eczema OitlU Oaaa for eczema, itching skin. J and other skin troubles. One of Dr. Hobsoa's Family Remedies. Dr.Hobscffi Eczema OinXmenl H j ersenry After several narrow escapes from chunks of cataoultine Ice. shooting down from the cliffs. Charles I. Wil son and l-.ee Mollenbour, deputy sher iffs, dispatched yesterday to report on Columbia river highway condi tions, (ound their course blocked by now and Ice slides which obliterated tbe roadway, overhung: the majestic cliffs beyond Crown point and made further progress without spiked shoes impossible. Though they found that tbe Ice and snow were thawing; to a limited ex tent before the gors-e of the Colum bia river was reached, after rounding Crown point they could see no evi dence of a break in conditions. Auto mobiles may go with comparative ease now as far as Corbett. they re ported, but the highway beyond tbat point is almost impossible to nego tiate. Deaerte-d Aatosi Posnd. Two deserted automobiles were found, one this side of Crown point and the other beyond, but before reaching the figure eight. Only the top of the latter machine could be seen above the snow and four-inch ice crust. A big automobile bus of a sight-seeing company had broken the trail as far as Crown point, said the deputies, but probably was doomed to be marooned for a day or so, as the return was made exceedingly dif ficult by thawing of the Ice on which the trip to the point had been mada Along the banks of the Sandy river and after the Columbia river gorge had been entered, there was constant danger to travelers from dirt, snow and ce slides started by thawing on the. heights. Some chunks of Ice weighing 40 or 50 pounds shot down the cliffs. Snow along the highway Is from four to six feet deep In many places, one drift Just beyond the Vista house being five feet deep and "6 feet long. Many of the snow and Ice slides across the highway were 30 feet wide, cov ering the road entirely and making progress precarious. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Mollenhour drove their motorcycle and sidecar as far as the Vista house, but abandoned it there and continued on foot. They tried to reach the figure eight, but failed. Scores ot times they slipped on the ice and were in danger of skidding off the slides for a drop of several hundred feet to the ratiroad tracks. Psnmest Is I'nderaalnrd. Assistant Roadmaster Chapman and A. R. i"alrbanks, engineer, also made a survey of the Columbia, highway. The Sandy river has been falling rap ily sines Monday night. About half way between the upper and lower bridges they found where the pavement had been undermined for a distance of 7S feet. In some places four feet of the roadway had fallen In. The place was barricaded with timbers bulyplenty of room re mains to pass. A small slide had oc curred near the upper bridge and an embankment had been eaten Into by the Sandy river, near the Automobile clubhouse. Trees and limbs had fallen into the highway at many places but for the most part these had been cleared away. Several Inches of Ice remained on the highway and on buildings in the vicinity of Corbett, where the two men turned back. Other Reads la Pair ghase. Other Multnomah county roads. in the eastern psrt of the county are in pretty good shape except for tele phone poles and tree wreckage, Mr. Fairbanks said. The honif of Mr. and Mrs. A. F Fisher at Fisher's Wander-In camp ground wsw crushed by a tree Pundsv No Shoes Sold Today (Wednesday) Getting Ready ior See Thursday 's Evening Papers for Announcement Sale Starts Friday, 149-151 Fourth ttrf mil ' t All the following goods now on display in our windows Tapestry Overstuffed Daven port; present regular price PT.M.;..'I":! S83.00 Chair or Rocker to match; present regular flj0 OK price $35; special Oa-sa-tl Brown Mahogany Library Ta ble; regular price fl?OQ ff $40.00; special at W-iftVU Ivory Dresser; present regular price $40.00; spe- flOQ r A cial price tBaW.UU Ivory Chiffonier; present reg ular price $26.00; Q OK special price 07sJ 54-inch Walnut Table, solid top, 8 ft. ext.; present regu lar price $108.00; OHO r special price 5 4 -ie I eJ home V FURNISHERS ?a-sa-FIFTH st. afternoon, according to word received from them. The grove and shrubbery had been practically ruined by the storm. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher abandoned the place late Saturday night. Tbs lower Columbia highway Is open and has had no serious slides, sccording to John B. Teon last night. Automobile traffic has been proceed ing with only slight Interruptions during the entire storm. Stage Relays Passengers. A serious slide Just this aide of Dolph on the Tillamook highway has blocked all through traffic, according to Ivan Donaldson, assistant manager of the Cadillac stage lln. operating to Tillamook from Portland. A con crete bridge on Simmons creek, seven miles this side of Tillamook city, is also out. The stage lino has been operating cars between the breaks and is re laying Its passengers to and from Portland to Tillamook. The road will not be open until late this week or srvme time next week. AtltnmnMles Jjousc of (Qualitp TTh TP v j) aTAI. ILd o Ivory Chair; present regular price $7.00; special fJQ Walnut Buffet; regular price $179.00; spe - P19C (f cial price OlOUiUU 5 Walnut Diners, 1 Carver, blue leather seats; CQK ffi special price .... -t)sUl Discontinued Patterns Simmons Beds Ivory Square Tost; present regular price GJQfl (f $39.50; special at tDOUeUU Present regular QOQ H 'K price $36; special 0--"Oe I J Walnut finish; present regular' price $32.50; spe- Cjor r ft cial price D&UOV can reach the Dolph cave-in with only two or three bad culverts to cross, but cannot git beyond at present. KAIN 1IK.WY AT GltAXTS TASS Itoguc Itlvcr lilscs Ittipidly, Due to Precipitation In South. GRANTS PASS. Or., Nov. 22 (Spe cial.) Nearly an Inch and a half of rain fell here In 24 hours. Intermit tent showers occurred Sunday after noon and the early part of the eve ning. The real downpour began about midnight Sunday and lasted until noon yesterday. The sun shone for a short time Monday afternoon. The Rogue river had risen nearly two feet during the rain because of the rains to the south. A steady warm breexe from the south In tho svenlng caused many merchants to leave their doors sjar. Orvheum matinee IoiIhv. r-?5-Sfl-Ad. 9 A. M. 8 !i 11