Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-16
ShINCLE BOLTS
ARE ALL LOST
Kooskia Mill Forced to
Close Since Loss Of
Material
Special to Evening Teller.

-KOOSKIA, Idaho, Nov. 16.-The
sudden rise in both the middle and
south forks of the Clearwater river.
due to the three days rain. has COM
mitted ravages upon the wood and
lumber supply of residents Of this TO-
cality.
Two hundred cords of cedar sningle
bolts, valued at $500, were swept
into the current Of the Middle Fork
at the Young Bros single mill at
East Stuart, a mile above this city.
The timber had been RATED down the
river and was piled on the river bank.
The loss Of the single timber win
necessitate the closing of the mill for
the winter, or until such time as other
xpaterial may be gotten.
Forced to Leave Their Homes.
Families. who have for some time
been residing in cottages on the river
bank. are today removing their furni-
ture to other quarters, fearing that an
other rise in the water will occur and
devastate their homes.
The families Of Ed Ping and James
burlington have been forced to move
" the raising water.
Reports from the watchers and drift
xatherers have It that the South Fork
has risen three feet during the after
noon. The Middle Fork has not ex-
perienced such = phenomenal raise.
Cedar timber, great pine saw logs
and all manner OF drift woods are
afloat on both rivers. the CURRENT being
too strong in the Middle Fork to all
low the catching OF wood. Ferry
bo9ts belonging to ]. g. Rowton were
this morning washed from their moor
ings. one OF them going down the
river while the other is a wreck. with
the wheel, literally torn from the boat;
1t il unable to make landing on ac-
count Of the sudden raise in the wa
ter.
Durham Ferry Saved.
The ferry boat on the Middle Fork.
owned by Dan Durham. Is this after
moon being safely moored to the bank
by means of cables. The owner con-
siders the river unsafe to make cross
ings for several days.
A telephone message to the mayor
OF the city from Sites this afternoon
stated that the drift wood had gather
ed about the. Sites bridge in such
quantities as necessitated its being
biased out, and advised that men be
stationed on the Kooskia bridge to
the drift. Men were stationed. but
no damage was done as the drift has
scattered to such an extent when II
arrived here that it was harmless.
The bridge is considered among the
safest and strongest in the county anG
unless the bridge midway between
Kooskia and Sites is washed out and
strikes the structure while on it's dowr
stream course it will stand during the
freshlet.
Water Backs Into Streets.
buildings belonging to residents Of the
supper river country. this afternoon
0shizzed past the town In midstream
Water from the Middle Fork this
afternoon backed up into the slough
In the north end OF town and stand.
two feet deep in the alley ways at tn.
rear Of stores on the main streets
The basement OF the school house s
Hooded with water, as are the cellars
Of homes of the city.
Word reached the city this after
noon that the track in the curve about
two miles below the station wal
threatened with being washed out by
the constant washing and wearing OF
the turbulent waters of the Middle
Fork. Precautions are being taken
by trainmen while passing that point