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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, ''PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, ' MARCh 6. ' 1910. IDAHO FilAINTAItlS . IE BIG M0 AM State Insane Asylum Has Mod ern System of Mainte- nance. (Speciil DIptoh to Tha Journal.! BlacXfoot, - Idaho, March 6. Oua ef the model farm of tht tat ( that of the Idaho atata Insane aaylum. located at Blaokfoot. It embracea 622-acres, all under cultivation1 except SO acres, which It la expected td hava oleared and In cropa this season. , A permanent water right U owned by the at ate suf ficient for the irrigation of this entire tract. More than enough grain and hay are raised for the uae of the Institution, and this Is no small amount, as the dairy herd alone numbdrs 64 head of cows. Besides, there are sheen, hoas. calves and horses sufficient to do the work for the Institution. .Garden Supplies Tables. The garden is another Important fea ture; here is raised sufficient vegeta bles for the 'needs of the inmates, and in some Instances a surplus, From an acre and a quarter .of, ground, 38 tons of cabbage was grown; from this sev eral barrels of kraut was made. It has been used freely on the tables dur ing the fall and winter, and still there will be a surplus of IS or 20 tons which will be disposed of, and at the present market price will bring a good flguro. One hundred and twenty-five tons of stock carrots were grown on a small tract of about three acres; these are be tug used for cow feed in the dairy. Forty bushels of navy bean were grown on less than an acre, and from one acre there was harvested 800 buwhels of onions. The orchard, consisting of 22 acres, is principally apples and prunes, with a number oc trees of other varieties. There has recently been completed for the use. of the Institution by far the flqest barn In the state, if not th entire northwest. The legislature made an appropriation of $5000 for this building. The bam is 66x128.. fee. From the grade to the square of wall it has a height of 27 feet. It is built of concrete, the outside wall above the ground being 12 and 14 inches in thick nana. There are 2G6 patients in the institu tion, of which 168 are mules and 97 females. transcontinental passenger trains which were known to be near . Rogers Pass when" the slide oocurred ware Quieted tonight by the railroad officials. None is In danger. . . . ..' Number exnress train. astbound from Vancouver, had Just reached Gla cier when the slide occurred . wh..a N 96. eatress. - westbound.' was waitln 25 miles, east of Rogers Pass for tht tracks to pa cleared, y t . RsDOrta . tonight - telt of - numerous minor slides throughout tha mountains but so far no further fatalities, havs been reported. ', v ' STORM STOPS RESCUE' N WORK AT WELLINGTON: HARVEST OF VALUABLES (Special Dtapitch to The Journal.) Seattle. Wash., March. .Coronr J. C. Bnyder returned here tonight - with two grim reminders of the Welllngtoa catastrophe In the form of grips con' Ulnlng diamonds, watches and cash of a total value of 26000 taken from the Doaies or ma suae victims. t.cu val uable Is tagged and catalogued and Upon proper showing will bs turned over to relatives of the dead. Thirty Bodies Arrive. The bodies of 20 victims also reached here tonight. Deputy Coroner Borthwlck from Wellington, wired his chief tonight: "Terrible storm raging. Impossible to keep the trail open. All the bodies are In eare places. Work or recovery stopped by the storm. All the Injured are doing well. Plenty of provision here. Will leave with IS more bodies as soon aa it la safe to start" Ared Ghoul In Jail. His shoulders bent with years and toll, Robert Roberts, gray haired and scarred with the battle or a long lire. Is in the county Jail here charged witn the meanest and most gruesome of all crimes robbing the dead. ' Roberts was arrested at Wellington. According to the officials who arrest ed him, be was caught In the act of stealing a watch from the body of 8oL t'ohen, an Evorrtt victim of the anow EIGHTY DEAD 10 PLAYED HERO IN DEATH'S SHADOW (Continued from Page One.) soon as the news reached Revelstoke the fire boll was Hounded and within half nn hour a relief train wns carry ing physicians and nurn's to Rogers 1'fis The roar of the elide w.is heard it Glacier, nearly fh'e miles away, and tise residents of that town hurried to trie assistance of the slide vict.ms. Cal vary, beaver' anil Kamloops responded wllh equal promptness, sending 150 men, doctors and nurses on special trains. The railroad officials at the scene wired back tonlghC that they were too busy to send details but their dispatches Imlirated that they found an almost hopeless condition. They said about I0 workmen were in the path of the nvalanche nnd that 62 were missing. The track at the scene of the disas ter Is a new detour from the old line of the Canadian Pacific, and this fact, It Is said, may account for the catas trophe. At nearly all the places where miowslides might bo expected the track was protected by snow sheds, but the sheds had not been completed at this I oint, having been projected for the ; n sont year. Fears for the safety of passengers On WATERS IN LAKE WASHINGTON RISE; DAMAGE IS HEAVY (Special Dlapitek to Tb Journal. ) Seattle, March 6. The extreme high water record of Lake Washington was raised last night when the water ele vated two lncnes. Private docks around the lake are submerged and many have been torn to pieces where exposed to wind and waves. Already damage around the shores of Lake Washington, estimated at several thousand dollars, has been wrought. Leschi pavilion and the Anderson Steamboat company's dock at Leschi Park, which stand about six feet above water when the lake Is normal, are now level with Its surface. Waves are wash ing the floor of the pavilion and ham-n-erlng the dock. It Is said by lake men that a high wind will cause the wreck of both. The sawmills are making no attempt to start. Crews have been laid off till the high water recedes. $1000 WILL COVER ' LOSS BY FLOOD IN - ; WALLA WALLA VALLEY pee1iil Dlipntra to" Tie Jmirnatlr Wall. Walla Waah . March 6. FlOO conditions are gradually bettering throughout the Walla Walla vai ley. ana towns that hay. been shut off tat more than A. week will be restored. damge done by tha water in the Walls walla valley has been smau compru with the other points in tne xniana -ra !! Walla aPala4 hilt tlttla. LStl than 11000 will cover the loss, except to railroad property. Pomeroy na oeen cut off for more than a week. The residents were forced to call this city yesterday for news, having heard noth ing since a week ago Friday. Btarbuck haa haan .ianlatart for three daVS. but will get In touch with the outside world tomorrow or Monday. Dayton ano W.II.K,i anffaraA hut little, the ToU- .h.i rival. wkii.h flnws through that J lY.rm tutvnnA wash- umaM w - ., tag out roads. RIVERS FALL IN LEWIST0N VICINITY AND DANGER IS O'ER" lln.l rtlanafoh ta Tha Jnnraal.1 Lewlston. Idaho. March 8. The Snake and Clearwater rivers both fell a little during the night, and it Is believed the crest of the flood Is passed. Cold wlnfli and a clear sky promise to check the floods on the prairies, and sero weathel Is reported from mining camps along the headwaters of the Clearwater. Truffin la atlU InAaflnltelv ausoended. only the Camas Prairie and Grangevtlle lines being in operation, mew suaes are being reported almost constantly along the Clearwater line and the Ripa- rta branch. The electrlo line from Moscow to Spokane was open yesterday, and ar rangements were being made to run Northern Paclflo trains over It. but washouts near Palouse blocked it again today. SECOND RELIEF TRAIN ARRIVES AT COLFAX, WASH. (Special DUu.trh to Tha Journal. uonax, wash., March 6. Colfax Is rapidly recovering from the flood and much headway was mado today toward cleaning up the debris. The reiief train from Spokane reached here last night about ten o'clock and the supplies were distributed to the needy this morning Hie O. R. & N. has ths track well cleared between here and .Spokane and another relief train arrived this after noon. The O. R. & N. has a crew of 250 repairing the track. The relief com mittee has reported all the needed and their wants have been supplied. The worst in need were those living: in what is. known as Russian town. They were len nearly destitute. Mayor Llppit has received many offers of assistance from all parts of the country but has declined them all. as since the bedding was received from Spokane, not much else is needed. PULLMAN ESTIMATES LOSS AT QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS (Soocttl nUnitrh to Tht JoaraaL) Pullman. Wash., March 6. The flood Is now believed to be entirely over and reckoning of the damage has begun. Everv hour shows greater loss and the total for Whitman county Is now be lieved to be close to $2,000,000. Every town has suffered. Colfax ranks first with a loss close to $1,000,000. Pullman comes second with fully $250,000. Whit man county has lost $250,000 in bridges and damages to roads. The railroads have suffered heavily. the O. R. & N. being the heaviest loser and the Inland Electric line second. Of 18 bridges between Colfax and Pullman, on the O. R. & N., but one Is uninjured and seven are entirely gone. - The O. R, A N. track In Hay and" Meeker canyons Is entirely gone. , y. t ' . ,'' tUtf Wagoa Bridges Oone. ' ' It la believed that a week mora must elapse before trains are running on the main lines and two weeks at least be fore tha Colfax-Moscow trench Is open, Whitman county lost more than 60 wagon bridges, which ooet from a few hundred to many thousands of dollars ach, Tha food problem, is serious. The meat markets closed today because they had no fresh meat Hopes are enter tatned that a fresh supply will be re oelved Monday morning.,. Much livestock has been lost All wagon roadr in the county are well nigh Impassable owing to loss of bridges and culverts and it will be weeks before the ground Is dry enough to allow repairs, Tha Northern Paclflo is running one passenger train a day Into Pullman, but no freight trains are moving. The flrat mall alnce Mondajr arrived last night Albany Mk to Oregon City. ((wlal niitxtcn to Tka Jnaraal.) Albany, Or., March 6. A large dele, gation of Albany Elks and their band went to Oregon City yesterday after noon to participate In a big Elks' celebration. FINNISH CHAMPION . WINS MARATHON New York. March 6. Straggling through a field of mud, Karl Nlemlnln. the Finnish champion distance runner, won the Brooklyn Marathon from a field of eight at Washington Park this afternoon. The sloppy going wan re sponsible for four of the starters quit ting before the first 16 miles had been traveled. The time of the winner was 2:15:32 S-5. The nice was declared off after Nlomlnin had crossed the line, Pat Dlneen of Boston was second, three laps behind, while Fcrrutlo Janierri of Italy was third, six laps behind the ) t lander, - KM ot P. Convention at St Ht K n. Rt Helens, or., March t. The sev enth annual dlstfiot convention of th. Knights of Pythias Is being held in tl.' city today. The district convention i composed of delegates from .As tor lodge, Now t, Astoria; Rainief lodge. No. 8, Rainier, nnd Neoanlcum lodge. 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