10 THE SUMPTGR MINER Wednesday, June 22 1904 FACTS ABOUT LAST YEAKS' FLOODS Geological Survey Depart ment Makes a Study of The Subject. "" """" The year IIIOU had perhaps more than its fair share of natural calamity nf lloo.l, mid lire, and famine. In inn wiling OU.U.H, uun.iK ,....., ...... lune there were three notable Hoods, jtii i uiegon, one in mimiiii Carolina, ', one in Kansas. A recent, publication ot the United States Ooulogloal Siii vey, schiMluleil as Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No. SIC, coiilaiiis a disciisiiiou of the vaiorus phenomena connected with IIioho Hoods and siig-' gost means for minimilug the de struct I voness of future deluges. The author ol the paper is Mr. 10. C. Murphy. The Hood of shortest, duration occurred ou Willow Creek, Morrow county, Oregon, Sudnay evening, .lune II l!Mi:i. It, was the result of what, is popularly called a cloud burst, a heavy rain storm of short duration covering a very small area and peculiar to arid regions. The Hood that rose as the result of the heavy downpour of rain lasted less than an hour, but in that short space of time one section of lleppuer, a tiiwii with a population of about union caused serious joss or .no aim . ir(I(;( porH, and abutments is dis great destruction of property on. in IIHBU(I. ,,y tno (inKor of building I, MM), was suopl entirely away, a j )0 furniture business oi snn.o mor ipiarlor million dollars worth of prop ,.o pursuit. This is his llrst trip iirlv was destroyed, and more than Siimpler. lie likes it. This is JOU people wore drowned. The ureal )),,, UMV l0 talks: loss of lite was partly due to the "Salem is an old settled commu peculiar construction of the houses , ,,jv. There aie substantial interests in lleppuer Nearly all these houses ! ,rt, lint things no too slow to suit weie built on posts of wood or sti , j ,, Sumptcr people are kicking from which the Hood lilted tlnm anil ,,1, ,, tmH being quiet, hut they carried them away tola dasheilto pieces against lines and other ubslruc I jump and oveiythiug seems brisk to lions. J mi. Vnu evidently have people who Tim South Carolina Hood occurred , ,v 10 hr n (,m ( ,nilin husl ou .lune (i. ll'O.'l. and continued for !,HS, Mimshacks oulainly do not nearyl 'J I hours. In that time theie j i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i t your town, and this is more was a rauilall of from 'A to ,r Inches, ( ,.,, tl Hld f the average Ore. ov,.r an area of about 'J.ri(M) siiiaro j ,, muuiuunity. Ill can striku u miles to the southern slope nfthoj, , v (i,f t H moie than Illue Ifldge SiiIIiiiIii mountains, in- j probable I will locale here." eluding parts of Cheiokee, Spartan- Mr. Simpson had an interview lie lung, and Pickens counties in South J f0. ,.ving with the Cane Furniture Caiollua, and Uuthcifmd, Polk, and ( c'ompauy people with a view to buy licudciMiii count let. In NoilhCaro ling in there lie prefers I'm nit tiro Una. This area Is drained by three if , .,,.,, 1 1 i 1 an midline in this line. small 1 1 titularies of llroad liver, i known tiw (ho Pucolet, Tier, ami lfiuniou. The piiuoipul wrought by tin Hood was PhcoIoI, wheie uutiicrouia in 1 1 la were ruined ami much piupwiiy wiim destroyed, Tho Kiiiumiw Hood oecuiTiM damage . ou I he ! cotton railway ' during the Inpl w owl; ot .May mill the (list Wiwk of Juut. ll HtlVcted it much lurgwttii lunii either the lit piuiim , niMiiu'h (arnliim Hood Hiid uhi iIiiu 10 tt iflm in t IihI ImiIimI nemly a Heck. Thtf UiiKihI KUIww tiwuhmiciit Stir viy imi (ortuuntely u gutting lntioui in tlit HHttThhed f the Knuii rher mik! bun, thiiefor(, n iMiuinrttbuiiiiivi ncord of thu nurfaca tluctuttluu of Lew rlrer nud It jueke n wfnteiiiHtlc JnrmlliieUnii of ; Cblco, .viiiwwukea auii mi. i nui inn linuelpel ttluliteilM ilvrlnH ' 'the .tbe derleoiuufiit urk liehiv dune et ' iud OUloe l.Ml Tin id Stieet. Ikiml. TIm reoorcle MRreiU!ft w ibe verlone uiluee. Ttaeee propertiiw , Portlnud, Ouhiou. Low role to hII loowploii. uu liie KeiiwM river, n mgoidetl ae amoug the coioing , poluta ffieal. In enuenellon with all outer a iruwt f VS yeer Tho 4JiU,itKl How jf iti J-Uuietie 'tvie nro uow in uioeoee of tLuiitkniib do-1 i a .il . . i'i. V..i''..i... m. n My 3t wae 35,010 cubic fet per second. In other words, if thero I Plf.H DIRT AT littrl been n storage reservoir ouo minii"' in a 1011 and 7 ' feet in depth in each i Hcetinn of (he whole drainage urea of the KmiHtiH river, the water Mowing in I lie river on Ma' Ml wan sullloiont to have more than tilled all of thorn. 'The whole river hottom wiih Hooded crops were destroyed, stock was drowned, wooden buildings were lifted form their foundations an brick houses crumbled and fell, railroads were undermined, and bridges were swept, away. Trafliu in eastern Kansas was almost entiroly suspended for two weeks. Tho prop - erty loss in Kansas and in Kansas City, Missouri, is estimated to have been no less than $'.!'., 000, 000. Among tho subjects considered in U,,H p(Jjr nj (mj or(J(,tB ()f Kround 'Htor.go, (lf tivation, and of forests r,.(luolng tho magnitude of Hoods. ,m .,,r,...t ,, of dnmH. of - (,t into streams, thus narrowing tho waterway and increasing the iniigui tude of Hoods. Tho releif afforded by straightening the channel is men tioned and the use of levees is ex plained. WILL PROBABLY INVEST HERE I. A. Simpson, a prominent, livery until of Salem, was hern between i trains today with his old friend, tthorill' Harvey K. Itrnwn, whc. is here on otlicial business. Mr. Simpson is looking fur a new location. It is his purpose to piit. tho livery business and engage in some other line. Ilti would prefer Heoin lively. Pimple are ou the. HliRE 10 LOOK AflER HIS MINING PROPERTY (!. II. Wheel, r. .if heeler A Company, New Voi k llnancliil agents for viiiimm Snuipter district mop- ..ril,.N. mmIvimI in (he cttv till inurii- Iuii mid will peud about a iijouiIi lnvetlgitln his iutHrttn. .Mr. WlieoltM' tiriu I llijnnciug tho' liluv Hird. Hiu'kliAru, Valley Queen! JtiuU lilmk Ho He. lin will leevo tomorrow for the Ml no Iiin! Ntid will t jatrlileuu iwyeia or tue tiutrirt, atu . velopment. THt BROWN BEAR. lack Iluxluwood eamo hack Satur- day from his Hrown Hear placors ou I Eagle orouk. The ditch on which J work has heon progressing for some timo has been partially completed, and sluicing has been begun. Tho ditch has boon carried from the diggings to Drown Hear creek and , . this supply turned in. The inteu-1 ' tion, however, is to carry it to Dixie ' j creek, a mile and a half further, and tap this upply also, which will fur nish plenty of water fur a long hoii- ' sou. It will take about a mouth to complete the ditch. The water from i Hrown Hear, the proseut terminus of the ditch, however, will be suUJciont I to eiirrv on operations till tho Dixie: . -- .,- a , creek is reached. These placers show ovory ovidonco of extremely rich diit. So far as prospected, Mr. Ha.lowood says, tho gravel will average over one dolj lar to the cubic yard. RANGE WAR IN CROOK j COUNTY HAS STARTED.' The llrst depredation as a result of the conflicting territories occupied by the cattlemen and sheep owners in ; this county occurred last Monday, j when Of) sheep belonging to A Hie .Jones were shot, and killed ou Mill creek by masked men, who threatened j a greater slaughter if the band was , not removed from that locality. The killing happened ou the west; side of Mill creek, the herd of sheep being in charge of Tom Paine, who was surprised and unable to oiler any resistance when Hie attack occurred. This llrst. outbreak against the sheep marks the first step in the range dilllculites which are likely to be encountered during the coining J season. The scene of the killing is, in the district in which an etloi't. was j made a short time ago to establish; lines. The territory was visited by a! party of sheep owners from Antelope and it was believed that, matters could lie satisfactorily adjusted be tween them and the cattlemen in that part of the county. Hut nothing' delluite wilt- decided upon and it is expected that the old lines will hold' good this year.-- Crook County) Journal. SICKNESS Or F4 I HER WILL DELAY WORK. I,. V. Swiggelt, who recenly took over the Colden Chaiiot, in Hear gulch, through Or. Miock, has been dotaii.ed by the serious sickness of his fattier at Helena, .Montana, and will probably not arrive heie be toie the Ith or th of .Inly. It i stipulated in the leims of thoj f contiact HihI work on the property mut begin July I. but the ueceaiy dpteiiilloii of Mr. RviggPtt will proli- ly delay operation for a few days j only. - ...- Ilnn'l Hn In M I miK I 'Till i'"n cull at or whip to mo, iraiiwuiiupnti. V. S. 0WI1. Ueuoral Ayout., Ptvtltwl. Oregon. SKI M BCM IC I kf b m KkSLflLH OREGON SHOip LINE and union Pacific TO Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City. CHICAGO ST. LOUIS NEW YORK Ocean steamers between Portlnnd and Sun Francisco every five days. Low Rates ! 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