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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-15

WANTED-Cleaning of all kinds; window washing Satisfactory work. H. H. Mckinney, 59 Kings bury st. Tel 293-3. 9-22-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-15
Miscellaneous.

LOST-A locket lettered Helen and 1905. Reward if returned to Miss Dwyer, 86 Washington st. 10-12-3
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

destroyed an communication with
the Riverside section.
a veritable Sea.
The Oxbow flats became a vorit-
able sea. and vegetable gardens on
the northern side or the Duwarnish,
where large gangs OF men were yes
tertiay busily employed planting fall
crops. we're flooded
The boiler room Of Charles Prem
tees green house. IN South Park
proper. was flooded early this
morning and the plants are az the
mercy OF the temperature. For a
short distance Immediately ON the
southern end OF the Seattle Electric
eompauy'E bridge the tracks arc lit
orally floating clear OF the roadhed
and rise and faH as much as foot
when the car passes over.
The street car company men en-
ployed an OF the time keeping The
dolphlns OF their bridge clear OF logs
and other floating debris Rut little
debris is being carried down tie
river this morning.
The AiAfiuh iANHiAH Nat MttAAAtt#
anxiously Tor the tide this afternoon.
II the flood docs not rise and the
banks af the McNatt dam holds the
force 81 the tide they feel that the
danger ie over The dam O. a quar-
/ ter of a mile long ana holds a six
foot head of water. ami II The weak
ened bank should break, &c means
chat stream With a current swlfter
shan the Duwamish itself would
come tearing through the main por-
lion Of the city. Included in the
property monaccd ~ the dau breaks
Is the Mccoy green house which
contains thousands OF dollars Of the
most valuable hot-house plants.
The water e. now slowly reeeding
and Il e. felt that the dam will last
until after the high point OF the tide.
The council haa hired every man
available. who are working on the
weaker portion Of the clty'a only
protection.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

lie and his horsso In some manner
heinz freed from the wagon,
reached the opposite side of the
swolien stream safely.
Prem Duwamlsh I hit the tracks
Ia Ilitertan. At this section also
snrrnilnalng districts. the conditions
arc dreadful. az far as the ravages
Of the waters are concerned Hous
as are floating around at the mercy
az the streams, One man was res.
cncd from a floating house last
niKht By friends In beats.
AT Riverton large gangs of men
arc at work removing the dirt of
the slide across the interurban
tracks which cover n distance OF
1000 feet down the line.
All families whose houses we're
In the bottom lands escaped 20 the
high portions of the valley and are
being taken care of by residents
who are out OF the reach OF the
flood.
Peter Serine. an Italian vegetable
garden owner. reports that 100000
pumpkins ON the vines lave been
washed away.
This morning a log Jam formed AZ
Rivcrton but dynamite was used
and the logs were dislodged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
nv HARRY o. KLINE.

RENToN. Nov. IL reached
this city this afternoon at J o'clock
having covered the entire distance
from Georgetown. through the
flooded section either b. boat or on
foot leaving Seattle at 1870 O'CLOCK
this morning
From Georgetown ] took row
boat 20 the Denny Clay works Inc
ground II covered with water from
two "a seven feet. Vegetable gar.
dens and farmerS out houses ana
barns are half under water
From Denny Clay works | made
my way over the interurban tracks
10 Duwamish. The conditions In
the valley are fierce. The race
-.s.lx Ii covered with water 10 ieet
SEQ and Il IL rushing Ike min
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
CONDITIONS BAD
IN DUWAMISH

4 raee through the race track course.
FIFTY feet south Of the Denny Clay
works the water varies IN depth
from two TO II feet.
Reseues Woman.
n. w. Carr this morning found a
woman on the intcrufban tracks In
an exhausted condition. With his
boat he took her TO Georgetown.
where neighborH give her auccor.
Mr.. Carr did not even learn the
woman'a name but from hair Mt
tered remarks she had been seek,
Ing safe place on the tracks and
had slept between the rails all
night
win Herman started 20 George
town f1m puwamish carly yester'
day afternoon with a load OF hay.
The sudden rise al WATER caught
hts ins he waa thrown into the.
uagaS eaes. He escaped With hls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
WATER RECEDES
ATRENTON

( Men patroled the ievess ali night
and viii do ~ today.
The Rsnton bridge. north % here
in IN a praeariaua condition. Gangs
- men with dynamite and pike poles
are In readiness 10 prevent a Ism 1f
Joys. which. u formed. viii carry the
bridge away.
Early this morning q freight
train from Franklin passed south
down the Columbia 4 Puget Sound
tricks. The tracks 81 the inter-
urban. old Hent8n lire and North
srn Pacific are under wafer 70 a
depth % one 20 four feet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
~ WALTER TYLER.

BENTON. Nov. fs During the
nsp' NJ faalaence Of Charles Will
An* situated we~i ~ he home n
- Dixon. tanned over and this
n'Fn'ns T. on its eide. There we're
: 'essssnss in the house az ne
re HeteF fsn about elxh, inches
s.,'ax he niKht sshsntg town g.
w. na9'iee snd The Cedar river H.
E msdis on toNarda BLACK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
tOADlTl0N Of THE
lHTERURBAN

tAcoMA Nov. IA reBor,
'..'n est this mornlnr b. The ofn-
a. q ne Seattle Tacoma inter.
s 80 ~ sis'es hat lt aiH Is 4 month
~ Is weeks before ans Gi1d N "a
49,, car BE- given. III win b. af
ss -. ne week before cars can be-
s,,s s'ea ou any portion OF the
49,. Dsiwten here and Seattle
- o. Tacoma the grade has
ie,..s <.shed away AID the rails
n. a N every conceivable sbaue
4 - 's " many cases are baaeinr
-, = ffpoftsd here thia morning
....s Is iehuei or The iutrufiar
49, z lasi night. Nothing sfa.
iIts..''s knoWn and 4 denial 81 conc
-" can not be given.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
BY ). BRUCE KELLY.

SOUTH PARK. Nov. ie-s Is
r. M.-aThe conditions here are seri-
Gus With water rushing IN from
three sides. The greatest danger
that menaces the inhabitants is from
the McNatt dyke. IN the south east
ern part Of town. which protects the
main portion of the town. including
the principal business section.
Heroic efforts on the part Of the
gang OF men working under the d.
roetion OF the members OF the town
council have SO TAR kept this
strategic point intact. although
water has been pouring over the top
and through an old sluice box be-
meath the dyke since the early hours
OF this morning.
At the time that the first rush
Of waters came rolling over the
most solid portion OF the dam and
milug the hollow Just below the
wearied men gave up the struggle,
cheered. however. by the news from
up river that the flood was slowly
subsidinr. A docp ditch from this
point extending clear through tho
suburbs to a portion Of the river
lower down was depended upon 60
care for al these aoenings. providing
no break IN the dam occurred,
Continued TO Rise.
Instead of recoding. however, the
water continued 10 rise until by 80
o'clock this morning Il had reached
point within five inches OF the
great feed or four years ago. In
the meantime the volume Of water
coming over the thieidy sodded top
OF the lower portion OF the dam
steadily increased and the drainage
ditch became a millraee. flooding the
lower portions I'm tho streets aloug
lie banks and threatening 90 flood
the floors 81 the business houses ON
Cloverdaie av.
Riverside. the southern portion OF
south Park. became totally inun-
dated. aud al s o'clock this morning
the plank road extending from the
southern part Of tho seattle Electric
company's bridge. on Cloverdnlc av.,
10 the hills on the west. broke loose
nom the moorinRs which had been
placed Yesterday. and separltin.
into several divisions Of lssssiha
varying from a hundred tsr'ss Hn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

last night They reported that the
new grade Of the line had been
washed away ~ the Buwamish sal-
ley. Ties which had been piled at
different parts u the proposed new
line had been washed down the river
to the sound Rails. hundreds 81
tons. have been buried by the mud
and naud.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

EVERETT. Nov. II. - Railroad
service IL entirely closed aud com
muuicstiou 70 almost shut orr. II
being With great difficulty that
word f. sent out from here and re-
eeifod MIL men and ranchorH
along she numerous creeks nnd
rivers of the district are the hraYi-
. ~ ieeera. 80 ioss Or y NJ
1Ifad.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

wALLA wALLA. Nov. ie.-Pow-
ef plants ~ the city have been
crippled and many Of the manu-
featuring Industries have suffered
greatly from the flood. The waters
are receding however. and u u
thought that manufacturers VIII
have the Use Of power today The
city Was IL darkness again last
night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

sNOHOMlSH. Nov fe.-Tweive
hundred feet OF Great Northern
track has been washed out between
here aud Lowell. and Snohomlsh -
completely shut off from the world
snohomIsh was Ia darkness last
niFht the snoqualmic pswer line y
down and the axiliary plant IL
flooded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

Olympia Escapes Force Of Storm.
OLYMPIA. Nov. i7.-Train serv-
ice has been more or less demoral-
tied, although the Olympia branch
Of the Northern Pacific Is siili open.
Trains have been able 20 move be-
tween Olympia ana Tacoma without
interruption.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
Using skiffs IN the Streets;

Uaina skiffs in the Streets.
sTANWO0p. Nov 10. - skirts
are being used to get about the
streets Many OF the residents have
escaped Co the hills. Railroad COM
munication II entirely cut Off II u
reported that the waters from the
skagit valley have broken across at
Midtown and that now the Stllla-
gunmish ana Skaglt valleys are
practically one.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

<..< 9, ne ofilfiais q The inisfafbsn
Vi A., =. q he line south af seasiie
.taf ...'efsiay and oama 81 sna
'-fpfaa % Tho iaat HIyer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

Foster. that part on the low
lands fs under water and the
water and the stream has the We.
locity of mill race.
From Foster | went overland to
Ronton Junction then down the Col
umbia a Puget Sound tracks TO
within two miles OF Renton. Here
the tracks were under water, but
shining up. pile reached the
tracks Of the Northern Pacific and
came into Renton over bare but
moist land
In the Duwamiah valley logs are
causing much trouble. One house
was completely demolished by a
log going directly through It. The
sudden thrush OF water collapsed
the structure.
Throughout the flooded district
men are out IN boats some OF them
mere dugcuts. but they are serving
their purposes.
Logs are the great trouble. They
go smashing against the flooded
houses and smash In the sides.
In no part Of the flooded section
are any lives in danger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

Beliinahan Dam Blown Up.
BEI.IfNgHAM. Nov. ie.-i.ake
Nhatcum - higher now than II has
been for years and last night. by or
der Of the mayor. gang ~ work.
men blew out the city dam Rail-
road service is entirely closed and
II II with difficulty that commune
cation with outside points r. main
talnod.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16

rhompson's Trial

4 Thompson's Trial. 4
\ rho trial Of Chester Thomp- 4
a son at. Tacoma was today =
\ changed 20 December G from 4
isCemhcr 10.
, = s4<sS tt* AtttS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-16
WATER RECEDMG
AT SOUTH PARK

destroyed an communication with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
"PE-RU-NA WORKED
SIMPLY MARVELLOUS"
Suffered Severely
With Headaches
Unable to Work

Miss Lucy V. McGivney, 452 Sd Ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
For many months suffered Se-
VereIy from headaches and pains in
fhe side and back, sometimes being
unable to attend to my daily work.
am better, now, thanks to Pc
rHna, and am as active as ever and
have no more headaches.
THE way Peruna worked in my
case was simply marvellous"
We have in our files many grateful
letters from women who have suffered
with the symptoms named above. Lack
OF space prevents our giving more than
one testimonial here.
1t is impossible to even approximate
the great amount of suffering which Pc
runa has relieved, or the number Of
women who have been restored to health
and strength by it's faithful use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
squArinR the Aeco1n+.

A practical joker of New York City
tells this story upon himself, and de-
clares that the experience cured him
OF his bad habit:
On my arrival at San Francisco, as
a joke 1 sent to a friend of mine at
home, we'll known for his aversion to
spending money, a telegram, with
charges to collect, reading, 81 am per-
fectly we'll"
The information evidently was graf
flying to him, for about a week after
sending the telegram an express pack
age was delivered at my room, on
which I paid 81 for charges. Upon
opening the package I found a large
New York street paving block, on which
was pasted a card, which read, This
is the weight your recent telegram lift
ed from my heart"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
The 1Noomi,sv Ri6Ie-

It is we'll known that western rivers,
especially the Missouri and Mississippi,
often make great and sudden changes
in their channels. filling in their old
beds and digging out new. In 1896.
says the author of early Steamboat
Navigation on the Missouri River" a
farmer was digging a we'll near the
mouth of Grand river, Missouri, sew
eral miles from the channel of the
big Muddy"
Deep down in the excavation he found
a Bible, and on it's cover the name
Naomi" The book was sent to Capt.
Joseph La Barge, then one of the oldest
steamboat men on the river, to learn If
he could suggest any explanation of its
presence there.
Captain La Barge recalled that fifty
six years before, the steamer Naomi
had been wrecked at the very place
where the Bible was found, which was
then the channel of the river. In those
days missionaries left Bibles in the
cabins Of steamers, fastened by chains
to the tables, each marked with the
name of the vessel. This volume re
NAMED as a monument both to the ear
lier tragedy and to the old course of
the Missouri.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
Gray Squirrel Migration.

Early writer's tell of wonderful mi
grafton of American gray squirrels
which must have arisen from the rapid
increase and consequent overcrowding
of a locality. Thousands Of this spe-
cies would start off in regular army
all moving in the same direction and
with considerable rapidity. Although
these little animals have an extreme
aversion to water and do not excel
as swimmers, yet whenever a water
course, no matter what width, barred
their progress, they would not hest
tate for an instant, but plunge in and
struggle desperately for the opposite
shore, Selling upon anything in the
way of floating sticks or chips to as
sist them in the passage. Unless the
river was very narrow by far the
smaller percentage of the band reached
the farther shore, the rest becoming
exhausted and drowning. These armies
never seemed to reach any destination,
but gradually their numbers would de-
crease by death from drowning and
other hardships until the band faded
entirely aWay.--EXchange
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
Power from city Sewage.

Electrical development challenges
prophecy" writes Edward B. Ellicott
in the Technical World Magazine. eff
teen years ago a man who predicted
that it would be possible to deliver to
Chicago, at the city limits, 81, 900 horse
power of electrical energy developed by
water power, would have been regard
ed as foolish dreamer. Yet next No.
vember there will be ready for the mu-
inequalities in the Sanitary District 49,
600 horsepower developed from the
drainage canal-which carries off all
the city sewage-and, after the com
pletion of the plant, the full amount
above mentioned-more than the city
Of Chicago and the other municipali-
ties can possibly take"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
One Hundred Years Since Pixies
Peak Was Discovered.


Elaborate plans are being made at
Colorado Springs to celebrate in truly
Western style the Centennial of the
day when Lieutenant Ze5ulon M. Pike
first sighted the famous peak, which
was afterward the landmark Of the
hardy pioneer whose wagon train
wendell its slow way across the plains.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way announces extensive preparations
for this event on the part Of Colorado
Springs and Denver, as we'll as on be-
half of the various railway lines.
1t is understood that the last week
In September is to be devoted to a
round Of festivities to be participated
In by ten thousand United States Reg
ulars and a concourse Of Indians, rep
resenting the various tribes with which
the intrepid explorer came in contact
on his toilsome march Of discovery.
The National Guards, cadets, veter-
ans, cowboys, pioneers, patriotic socie-
ties, fraternaI societies and citizens
generally will also take part in the
program, which will include drills by
the troops, war dances by the Indians,
cowboys sports, parades and tourna-
mentS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
Not What He Meant.

His trails with the American" laa-
guage have afforded not a little amuse-
ment to the friends of a popular young
French painter now in the United
States. He has made earnest efforts
to 'catch on" his practice being, when
he would hear a phrase of the meaning
of which he was not sure, to look it up
in the dictionary. When he heard a
lady's costume described as stun
ming" to the obvious pleasure of the
wearer, he, after looking up the mean
ing Of the word, determined to make
use of it at the first opportunity. This
presented itself when he CHANGED to
meet young lady whom he had known
at the beach during the summer. They
fell to recalling incidents of the bath
ing.
AN re bathing costume mademoi-
selle wore-oh, but eet was shocking ?"
he said, with his best bow, and is won
dering still why the temperature sud
denly dropped to freezing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
The Gnide,s Story.

Up among the hills of Sligo, Ireland,
lies a small and mysterious lake much
famed in that haunted region One
day a noted English professor, explor-
ing the hills, was asked by his native
guide if he would not like to see the
lake, "for it's no bottom at all, sor."
How do you know that, PATTI" ask
ed the professor.
well, .sorr, I'll tell ye," agreed the
other. Me own cousin was shown
the pond to a gentleman one day, sorr,
and he looked incredulous like-just
as you do-and me cousin couldn't
stand it for him to doubt his word
sorr, and so he said, I'll prove the
truth Of me Words he said, and off
with his clothes and into the water he
jumped"
The professors face wore an amused
and quiZzical expression.
Eyes, SORT, in he jumped" continued
the guide, land didn't come up again
at all; at ALL"
"But," objected the professor, 81
don't see that he proved the point by
drowning himself"
us it drowned? Divil a bit drowned
at all he was. Sure, didn't a cable
come from him next day in China ask
in for his clothes to be sent on!"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
WOn1an'a Trials.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-09
A BUSY WOMAN
Can Do the Work of 3 or if Well
Fed.

Can Do the Work of or If Well
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An energetic young woman living just
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