The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-04-26

On. APRIL &c. 1905.
IN STAG se fornation Outside Of the
SOU a--ss entrauce TO the bay.
e - reported at st. Petersburg
lon Egb aufhasity that tbs empsrorI
has srs cred Ri sstvensk squads
ron @ P.ssve Freneh territorial wa
tiers The ardsl IS said to be I'M
lperaa We. sl:5
Pgris orrespondent Of the
Pail "a I'll Gazette says that be un.
lders. aads that he British ainbas.
sader it Paris has been interrupted
in sis Easter holidays and has ae-1
tarn to Paris TO present note
from bis government supporting
lthe gasest Of Japan against the
lstay d the Baltic fleet in KamranR
bay
b.. okio dispatch states that III 81
repof seti That the Russians are. con-
lesn rating IN Possiet bay, which isl
locae q in the northeast angle off
! Ipre4 and that they are planning tosg
ft1sa 9p into Korea ia order TO bad
1.-The advance of the Japanese toward
Vlay sostok. =
sisson, Cal :, April 13.-Is NJ
Sha-ea active again2 Torn ope
lby pae powerful internal disturb
anes il the condition Of the vaeAH
lot Joining A. Koietzka's livery
Istahla. - ~
Great jagged cracks were opened /,
@frosfWhich constant streams Of
1 dark colored oily mud are. still
flowing in great quantities. About
1.-THE same time the upper side of the
big I'LL across big canyen sank 40.
feet. This phenomenon occurred
labss 1890 o'clock this naerning.
The FIJI across big can yon @as built
Iabout six years ago By the McC
/ Riyer Railway Company and was
considsred one of the safest fills on
the entire road.
The sinking Of the FIJI and the
upEe-val in Sissen occurring at the
same time give ground for much
Speculation as to the probable cause.
Maas of the older citizens here, are
.Iinssislsd to favor the theory that
j. Mt. Shasta is on the verge Of anoth-
Ter npheazal. In support Of such a
i theosv they pointsout that there has
Ebees no recent cold spell followed
.lby sudden thaw or heavy rains
j which might cause. a slide. The
River Railway Company
fps6T.s say suS IN - Er SE5fdtDI II
regard to the cause Of the sinking
of their roadbed. They Intend to
rebuild across Big canyon at once
and say their trains will soon be
running to Upton again.
Slsson is built on a hillside and
, is divided by the Southern Pacific
railroad. Koletzka's livery stable
is situated on the highest side,
about 500 yards from the railroad.
When the mud first began flow
) ing from the lot above the livery
) stable Mrs. Koletzka was at the
J barn, alone. She saw at once the
mud would food the town if left to
It's own course, so she gave an
! alarm and soon had men at work
, digging trenches from the barn to
the main sewer ditch. The trench.
| es, however, cannot carry the vol
/ ume OF flowing mud. and the
streets below are gradually filing
with it.
Some of the mud was thrown In
to pale of clear water and an oily
J substance soon covered the top of
the water, which would indicate
the presence of much oil. 1t is re-
ported here tonight that the mesa
above town is gradually sinking in
several places.
It is we'll known that the level
land in this section has only thin
sod surface. The subsoil is a soft,
f spongy mass. The Southern PacA-
| fc people have had trouble with
itheir rcadbed between here and
/ Upon for fifteen years, owing to
the rottenness of the land under
, the top surface.
Some claim that the flow of mud
was started by the sinking of the
mesa above and that 1t broke out
in the yard of the livery stable be-
J cause the horses running, on the lot
ihad worn the eurface there thin and
, therefore there was an easy outlet
, for the pressure caused by the sink
ing of the mesa. Judge Jesse Burge
says he remem bers that seven OF
eight years ago the mud started to
boil up as it did today, but 1t only
flowed for an hour or SO. The mud