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SUNDAY rQIKGOCtOBEIl : 10.- 026 am FSEfGIllMI Maft-'Davjd, ;Wh6-Was ;Lena .Writes of-Awful xy periences. . . 'Editor Statesman: - Indos a little story of: the re cent, hurricane. You will probably remember ja as .Lena Jtelntire .when4, 1 sed ton work "society," .etc, 6aUMoId::ajital Journal 4le .some time ago with Bessie SchnlU and Moljle Brunk. Jtfy , parents are Mr. and f Mrs. C. T. Melntlre, on Fairmonnt illll and -we .wired tnm' of our safety the neat day ; after .the .storm. I thought you all mlshttlUte to bear some first -hand news ot t&e storm, .And I eeaure you "that -I hare not exaggerated it at all. It was terrible, beyond words. ; We Jiare set our two girls to Athens, CSa.,: to go to school, as there are no schools left standing at the present time, or in such shape 'lor . school te "be held. Among;, the first teletms we' re ceived offering ns assistance was from lUas Bessie J3chuUx in Ttt np, al. . v MRS. A. U, DAVID. Miami, 4 Florida, Aj)i..27. ' , Htery .of tfte Usavlcsiae Miami, the Ugie Cttyuilt hi a.tday aftd-wrecke4 ..; In t3 night! Atfd now .if tiirtpWiy retottlTaing again; but it will -be a long time before the beattty'oT ''MiVjrtace A iitUejosreiw oiht Abe Jlrst-jwrrt of .htirttrTjanp jKtrucTt us We ha jail-been v wwned of the coming of a hurricane, but no o&e seemed to iake it .eerifeuslr and hone pf us. was nrepared. We went-' to 8d as usual, and jrnen my.husbaad, who is night traffic manager for the ' Western . tTnion. arrived;. Aome at ' midnight the storm was very heavy. About two o'doc.kv It grew violent , and ,11 the lights went eut-awaings. be gan to .swing and break open the windows- people screamed all erei", the apartment house. ; Our twpf iris woke up and added to on r- consternation. It apest itself by 6 a. m. and we all dressed and went out to see the damage it had idejae. Most f the awnings and -windows on ihe.1 ret at band-, iar had one d ailot the 4eJy tees -froAt twerefrb town down. 3fext door was i.lac8e f grove f grapefruit , Just ready 4o pick aAd all of i these were -en the, rreuted. Ijnigbt! add, here r that ttoe.ewtire dtma -crop of soatbera JPlorida Is 5We er yust tryihrg1 ?to 'suit our car; wleh had eenTgrouad- edout.ana were thhlklng of drtT hg to Wiaml eaeb fo: aoh,what i had Iwen ober?-6eir ' there, hen ial-of . Inidlen tbefo' was a ud den .wild rus'hins 0 the wind- swish and m large crarh' ana" fbe second i hurricane, .whicrh -had doubled 'back, .Iras npon us. We had nst barely. -gotten in 'the baHding when the wind begaa ; to Wow 'at anch a Tte that auto- h mobiles were turned over jutd roofs began to fly. AJ1 f the eo- -ple in the building bowed in the sain lobby ;ia the front of -the buUdl&g. Heretofore we had.neTer known .eachther, bntAll dot a. sudden '-people . were Jtaiklng to each otbet and-fjxaratSrely speak- Ung ialliog'tm tach others necks. It is a nightmare to ane to think of hew my little girls suffered and .the acreams ot the ipeople at erery xew minutes part ot aur bniidihg would fall. For five hoars the wind bad its way with Miami. Great , ehtpe were bkrwn fire blocks up the streets from, the bay tgreat tbuildlns were f twisted homes ;were blown ... down and -swept awvajr...' : : . ;': . Over k Miami Beach thetcesm reared . itself; up; and" poured a great waTeprertbeir city and -Went on . into the bar all ; during the . storm, .jpie4 water did not , go back. It Teaehed. jup into the first Xlooxs -of -tkei-buUdtosa nd not a bulMln tre; ut at; was to 'Jured, Fi re leet iof ' sand ; reposes in the arcside of the lOtely' Holly wood Beach hotel all the bath home and thepooli'are gone. Out in the aristicratic section of Miami Cocoannt Gre,iwhere William Jenniags Bryan and the Deerlag estate and many more mllionaires have their homes, the devastation . is terrible. All their orgeoue . gardens and ahrnbbery lie-in rains. K : Bat this is not what wrings the heart of the people it is the poor pitiful' little refugees sheltered by the Africa Red Cress, and in what few. churches are Jeft stand ing; little children whose $axents were eltberwaabed lain the bar or blowaawayfrem them 'in their e f f ort to get in to a shelter. They are iidaxeices a.nd bread fine kas been -eslAWisbed lor tbom, " For daysater -wasaa "precious as gold- there, was a. place on the sonthwest -jart of Miami where the water was. being pumped from a ileep i wali, and . rien and -poor alike stood with -their bottles to get drinking-water. " " All electricity was turned off, ana only the down own Sections hare It at this time. We -eooTc on a atone fireplace In the 'baek yard - three -and lonr ' families at a time. "There Is no difTerenee In Miami now the -rich as well as the poor are without conveniences. She Longs for , Salem But Miami has thrown, up Its head and Is Again buildtag and the spirit of 'the people is really k Quite wonderful. I am afraid that my spirit is weak, for I should much prefer being ki my native state Oregon .and alem. I . Aa a. . finale X might dd the de scription of the h-BTrtcane Jts told to the press by an aged aiegro. He said in part: "Well, boss, you see hit was rt hi-a-way -fust Aar was a low- moaaiar and -den dere wtts a higb moanln and: den de win' begin to blow and mister I -tell yon it shuah did . blew and all of ss cullud folks we wint inside and dar we stayed some of us got under our balds and seme of us prayed, but - all of us though; Judgment day bad shuah come nigh! Pretty soon she quit bio win' but none 0 f us come out cause we was akveered .she would start it again .ud,&huab aougli ahedld, and mister Ike second blowing was wnsser dan "The f ust one and? this tiBM b t ok off roofs iaad ,plum cut ap JBomlhrn' turrible nd none af as oame out de doah till to-oAy.- - .-J . .It is fact that the most of the negroes really did stay-in doors for three and -four days, after the storm, so afraid were they that it might start again. We are all thankful to be alive and that the ' sun : baa shown for a week, that we could all get under corer again. Tonight there is another hurri cane warning posted and there is great .anxiety again let .us hope that it will come to naught. T. S3.' Skater's Harness and Leather Goods Store, 170 8. Coml. Suit eases, valises, portfolios, brief cases, gloves ana mittens.' Large stock. The pioneer store. () Donghton & Bherwln, Hard ware, 286 N. Com'l. St. Hardware, Builders Supplies, Paints. Varn ishes. Give .us a call, youll find ottr prices reasonable. () 1L6S BOJTET. EGOHilY TO TKIAIi MOTION DENIED RUPERT, Idaho, Oct. 9. AP) Judge Hugh A. Baker has de nied motion of counsel for a new trial for Mrs. Mary Crumroy, .con victed poison murdre8s . of her husband, Carl Crumroy, it was announced . here today. Cross Meat Market. Biggest, busiest and best in Salem. Choic est ateaks, bacon, bama, isauaage, lard, eggs, -milk. Absolutely sani tary. 3 70 fitate St. ) Tires .Should Give You . More Service Our vulcanizing shop offers service at a very low cost. ' ' ; ' . Distributors for McClaren Autocrat Tires Guaranteed to Cost Less Pr Mile SMITH & W ATKINS Invite Us to Your Next Blowout Phone 44 Story-of Russia in Malestrom of Revolt Forms Plot of , Masterpiece Given but five minutes to live, alone with the inan who has been commiaioned to kill her, a beauti fully gowned Russian aristocrat looks. wildly around a gorgeous room, .-desecrated by plundering revolutionists- This is one of the zreat central situations of Cecil De Mine's pro duction. "The Volga Boatman," as adapted by Leaore J. Coffee from Konrad Bercovici's great story of Russia in travail, which is the feature film at the Oregon theater today, Monday and Tues-a-x William Boyd is the crude Volga Boatman, '-"servant turned aasBicr, iMaer-oi Tevoruxronisis." t iSUnor-"Fair. De Jytme's . newest 1 flnd--1i the trLr7kat traxsprrea in that -room, irow the nasal situation's built tern dtmax. pro-f Tides -the high spot of the strewg-. ly virile love - story Oe MiHe has constructed 'agateet the Moat grip-' pingly "dramatic background of current history. Previous to this climactic se quence De MUle provides pictorial lews of the Volga -with the buge boats drawn by human mules and striking pictures -of the contrast ot wealth -and .poverty before the overthrow. .The two strange lovers are -carried, through tan': amazing series t 'adventures before ' the story is brought 'to its eenelirstoa. De Mille.bas-jchosen m strong attdstrikhrg -cast to Interpret the tale. Featured are William Boyd, miner Fair. Victor Varconi, Julia Faye, Theodore Koeloff nd Rob ert Edeson. J., i r. Columbia river- district shrtmed 4.34&.Z73 bushels wheat dnrinff i August WKyoyou torture rne like tins?. MSes out In the des ert, to avenge bimself, be has ridden with this -dancing girL . 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