fi-Sec I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., FrI., Dec. 23, 1955
Salem, Mid-Valley Damage Grows From High Winds, Widespread Floods
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First ef two fir trees to come down at the Sacred Heart Academy campus wan thia
SO footer which the wind blew over from the corner of Cottage and Center Streets
across the aldewalk into the parking and one lane of Center Street. Cara parked
then were brushed by branches bnt pot damaged, Tree took electric lines with it, I
Dorena Dam
Reservoir
Spills Over
PORTLAND UH Dorena Dam,
em of five reservoirs in the Army
Engineers' Willamette Basin flood
control system, began spilling over
Thursday afternoon.
No alarm was expressed, how
ever, by Col. Jackson Graham,
the Portland district engineer, who
said the other four apparently
were in no danger of overflowing.
Neither, is the Dorena overflow
serious enough to increase the
flood danger substantially, he said.
Graham estimated earlier in the
day that the five reservoirs had
reduced potential flood stages by
bout 10 feet in the Eugene area,
7 feet in the Albany, Corvallis ond
Salem areas and 3.5 feet In the
Harrisburg area.
The reservoirs filled rapidly tar
ing the past few days and for a
time there appeared danger of se
rious overflowing.
But Jhe. letup Jn.rain nd-the
drop in stream flow throughout the
upper Willamette system eased
pressure on storage capacity. "
Lookout Point reservoir, on the
middle fork of the Willamette, has
a .J49,000-acre foot capacity; De
troit Dam, on the Santiam, has
140,000; Fern Ridge on the Long
Tom River, which empties into the
Willamette, has 95.000; Dorena, on
the Row River, which also empties
into the Willamette, has 70,500,
and Cottage Grove, on the coast
fork of the Willamette, has 30,000.
Colonel Graham said nine Army
Engineers were in the , Eugene
area preparing for a possible
emergency and that 10 housing
units were made available at Look
out Point to house flood refugees.
with a power outage the result A tree nearer the school building also came dowa
without damage to the scbooL Traffic was slowed becavse of' danger from fallen
wires. (Statesman rhoto).
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High winds, following steady
rain, hit eastern Washington and
northern Idaho with a one-two
weather punch Thursday. .
The gusty winds uprooted trees
and toppled telephone and power
lines in the area and caused ex
tensive window and roof damage
in Spokane and other localities.
Wind gusts of 68 miles an hour
ware clocked at the Spokane
weather station and toe Civil Aero
nautics Administration control
tower west of the city was aban
doned when gusts of 96 miles per
limn were recorded aloft
The rain, which melted down
moat of the area's heavy snowpack,
caused flash floods, made some
smaller streams overflow their
banks, created "lakes" at inter
sections and filled basements with
water.
; Wallace and Kellogg, In the rich
mining district of north Idaho. n
peared hardest hit by flood waters.
Some homes had to be evacu.u d
at Kingston and Cataldo, east of
Kellogg, s County bridges were
threatened at Pine Creek and V. S.
Highway 10 was open to one-way
traffic only. '
Most of the damage was done
by runoffs in small gulleys. al
though the Coeur d'Alene River
rose at the rate of four inches
an hour for a time Thursday afternoon,'-
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, Two families were marooned by
swollen Asotin Creek near Lewis
ton, Idaho, and the Washington
Water Power Co. had to open the
gates of its Clearwater River dam
to relieve the pressure of a log and
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Power was disrupted several
times at 6pokane Thursday even
ing and telephone service was out j
to a number of Washington, Idaho,
and Montana points. ,
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The bald eagle changes mates
only when one of the pair dies.
The golden eagle, however, fre
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will provide irrigation for vast
areas of land throughout the
Willamette Valley. -The farmers
are demanding more and more
water to expand their produc
tion," McKay said. (.
Sherry is the -only wine "whose
taste is not marred by tobacco
smoke.
Extensive flooding from the past twe days heavy rains Is shown in
this aerial photo takea Thursday of the Independence bridge
and surrounding terrain. Buildings at lower left are in the south
outskirts ef Independence. Water surrounds group of farm build
ings la center ef picture and hss completely obliterated the Salem-
McKay Gratified Valley Dams
Halt More Serious Flooding
Secretary of the Interior Doug
las McKay expressed sstisfaction
Thursday that more serious
floods in the Willamette Valley
probably had been prevented
throueh the efforts of the Wil
lamette Basin Commission of
which he was chairman for many
years. , ;
' The aecretary is spending the
Christmas holidays st the home
of his daughters in Salem.
McKay has been referred to on
many occasions as the father of
the Willamette project. He wis
a member of the commission
from the time it was created in
1833 until 1M9 when he became
governor. Army engineers have
confirmed that dams in the proj
ect prevented serious flooding in
many areas.
The commission launched the
campaign to construct the dams
on the Willamette River and its
tributaries.
"I certainly am gratified that
these dams were constructed at
a time when flood control was
badly needed," McKay said.
' The aecretary added that the
project a ' benefits are not con
fined to flood control but also
independence road. While land en the east side of the Willamette
River la covered by an almost unbroken stretch of water, higher
banks on the west side saved the city of Independence from a similar
fate.
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Golden axeman atop State Capitol looks down as Salem park crewmen Inspect giant cedar toppled
inursaay ny strong v. inns, jail cedar snapped oil about 15 reet from the ground (stump at right).
Two other trees in Willson park also were blown down by the gale. (Statesman photo).
Tree Hits House At Hood River
HOOD RIVER ( - A 100-foot
pine tree- snapped off 25 feet above
the , ground Thursday afternoon
and crashed through the roof of
the Gene Peyton residence.
The force carried the tree clear
to the floor of the living room
where, on one side, sat Mrs. Pey
ton, and on the other played her
3-year-old daughter Debra. Neither
Bathhouse Rate Hike
Raises Woman's Ire
TOKYO ( A 5-cent increase
in prices by Tokyo bathhouse own
ers to offset higher water rates
drew this complaint from the
housewives federation:
"You'll land us in the poorhouse
instead of the bathhouse."
was hurt.
Near gale force winds whipped
through the city in early afternoon
and a heavy rain fell. Streams
throughout the area were rising.
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Japan Shipbuilding
Orders Reported Up
TOKYO I Japan's shipbuild:
ing yards have enough orders to
keep them busy for three years
Kyodo News Service reported
Thursday.
Ships on order totaled 2,880.000
gross tons as of Nov. 30, the trans
portation ministry announced.
It added that all diese! engines
to be produced until next July are
already spoken for.
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