The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-01-28
Rucm wArEn NOTES.

ne Dlg usstle at inc IlatIlspuIk
bfisgo WAS not damaged, but the north
pier Of tho bridge was washed away.
In Lane county tho loss to stock is
reported at $4,000 Springfield bcidge,
$4,000; Springfield dam and saw
mills, $4,000; Cobig dam and saw
mills, $4,000; other losses estimated
at $4,000.
At Salem the water attained height
of So feet above low water mark. Not
a wharf WAS left in tho city except
kinuey's. The water company will
have to construct now resorvoir -
cost of $4,000
1t will cost Polk c.
sand dsllars to repair And Re. sce tho
bridges carried away by tho higa water.
The bridges on tho LueIiamute were
especially unfortunate.
The quantity of grain stored at juno
ton and tho amount damaged 10y the
late food is estimated as follows Loo
mis-, a 900 bushels stored damaged,
1000 bushels Friendly, $4,000 bush
els, damaged, 5000 !; Irish Bros, 95,-
900 bushels, damaged, 1000 Hurl-
burt, 10000 bushels, damaged, 5000.
Tho loSs entailed by the nooe Us Lane
is as great us that occasioned by the
rus. in 1879, bu. falls rather upon tho
land owners than upon tho renters, as
WAS the case with the loss entailed by
rust
Hon. Ben Hayden lost about 90 head
of cattle and one horse 10y the high wa
ter. Zen evidently did not havo them
them on lis Polk county farm.
Captain Crawford, near Dayton, lost
l2S A-gora goats, worth about 5 900
Benton county is heavy sufferer BY
the recent high water in The loss oI
bridges, nearly all the bridges in the
county being washed away.
The warehouse belonging to Il. \
Culbert, about 10 iail~s above Csrval
lis, was washed from as foundation.
:, 600 bushels Of wheat lost. {.
The Losm;s wo,chou.c at Monroe il
total wreck. About 1000 bushels
of grain destroyed
The Corvallis Go.ttis say. that Mr.
Ash, living abo". -h,ec miles below
town. was driven f,cm bis house, anC
with LIS family, consisting Of wifi
and two s;n.I children, compelled L
climb in the tra>cLs4 Of tree, vher,
they reu.iusd in Ina cold and net fe
about sixteen hours, when rescued
Mrs. Ash had almost rorisn.d With th'
cold Mr.. A ens living on y e,
farm, and I'll lis property aad hog q
hold goods were lost just across th,
river, i'll Linn county, the damage il
perhaps AZ great AZ at any poins in th
State. y ssctisn Of country for sbou
five miles east sf the river was entirel,
submerged, aad all or nearly all thi
fencing washed away, and large por
tioa Of tie stock drowned
The Guard says tho food has dam
aged Lane county al least 2200,0o0
I Tho farmers had hardly recovered frou
the rust, when ths food washes ava,
! fences and other Improvements. Th
people were poor enough without thi
, last misfortune.
The North Ssntiam's bas}-
, to he lined, in places
dashed to death by the
2 The Springfield bridge vii, &c tal,ei
, apart and hauled out Of the dt.. whsr
= it now lies. The material is wort
: something near 81 900.
; The Eugene Guard says the citizen
: there are discussing tho propriety G
; expendins 5000 to build a lsvee t
: keep future foods out Of the city.
2 A correspondent Of, tho ,Statesn,a
from Mehama asserts that parties in
, terested in the Blair bridge across th
junction Of tao North Ssuiiun end th
Little North Fork are determined t
rebuild the saze.
Hiram Smith, owner of the Cobur
savmill, was so unfortunate as to les
all his saw-loEs by the high water
! About 100000 fest Of logs were cal
: ried away, also n considerable qsautit
: Of sawed lumber Besides these logs
which were in his mill pond, ho los
about 100000 feet which were banke,
along the river, ready to run in tb
spring.
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