10
THE SUMPTGR MINER
Wednesday, June 22 1904
FACTS ABOUT LAST
YEAKS' FLOODS
Geological Survey Depart
ment Makes a Study
of The Subject.
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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.
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