Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-02-08
ALadr,s Account of lhe FIooded Region

Datstu llIOuEH llO poiiS VI WV
flood and we unable to render them
assistance. All sorts Of conflicting
rumors had reached us. We trav-
ersed the old stage road to Adam
Stevens; there we turned in through
the woods and soon found ourselves
I'm front Of the John Pugh farm
house, now owned by Ei. and FL
mer III al. From here we had "A
good view Of the overilown prairie
and were SURPRISED to see several
patches Of fence left Standing, for to
our personal knowledge everything
was cleared away in '6l. There was
quite dry spot around the house
on the Holden place, now owned
by Mr.. Reeves and we under
stand the water did not
reach the house at highest stage.
Frank Kaiser's house and barn
were surrounded, tut at his mothers
the water did not reach the floor,
while I'm 81 it was Is inches on the
hoJr. The Kaiser school house
stood in water to is boot tops and
looked n mute appeal for help as we
passed along. We reached Siias
Dickinsons about noon, there we
found Mrs. Kaiser, Johnnie and
Frank, Dave Grierson, wife aud
three children, Dick Hensley and
Fred Morgan, besides several neigh
bors, who had come in to talk over
the situation. The Kaiser boys,
Bruce and Goodrich, had only just
succeeded in rescuing the Carr fam
lily, who had sought refuge in their
barn Sunday, and been imprisoned
there eyer since, but had not Jared
badly rs they had spread carpet
over their hay aud put up stove.
They are we'll cared for at present
under the hospitable roof of Thomas
Bruce. The current was 50 swift ALI
attempts 10 reach Oscar Boards
ley and family were Of no
avail until to-day and now they
say the worst is over, and they pre-
fer to remain where they are.
Beardsley, on the Lafe Kaiser place,
turned his horses loose to look out
for themselves, which they succeed
ed In doing, as none were lost.
Frank Kaiser lost his hogs, Dave
Grierson lost his hogs, COWS and
one colt valued at 5000 Dave says
II the food had to come it did him
u great kindness 10y coming this
winter instead of next, for next
winter would have found a $4,000
cottage where his old one now
stands. Now when the next flood
comes It will find that house on the
hill far above the high water mark
Of ninety. Little Miss Florence
Grierson grleves for the loss Of her
piano which, at last accounts was
swimming around in the parlOr.
The residents of Kaiser prairie
acknowledge with grateful hearts
the kindness of their neighbors
along the bluff, who almost without
exception came to their assistance
But especial thanks are due to Silas
Dickinson, his good wife and
daughter Miss Cora, who opened
their doors with n hearty welcome
to their unfortunate neighbors and
~ one man remarked: "Times like
this tell what our nelghbors are
made of. ~
As we returned home we met $
4. Northcutt who had just returned
from Mission bottom; he went
down last Wednesday week aud h,
reports the water two feet higher il
al than ut the present llood.
Hon. \. NJ, Lafollette aud family
and Bent Jones aud family ar,
domiciled at w. G, Hubbard's.
MIR. kurtz ON Thomas Hubuard''
mrm had planted large orchar,
this fall which Is n total wreck, Mr.
Kurt1 seems to he particularly I'M
fortunate.
Taos. Hubbard and W j, Herreu
used every effort To send assistance
to the Kaiser family They tool
n team and tried early Mon
doy morning to reach the house, hu
could get no nosurther than the Hub
bard farm, II then became a sadly
apparent fact that boa,s in Salon
20 breast such "a stream could not b,
had. Until the Bently came down
aud her mate Jack Splng aud hi
brother took boat trom tn
steamer, hcsitated not a moment
aud the excited crowd on the hanl
saw their little crAd shoot like al
arrow down the seothing current
aud many u God spe,d YOU wen
with those brave boys. They tool
Mrs. Kaiser aud her family aci ass {,
y the Nm. GlaggVtt farm. tuVu ulle,