East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-31

After having gone wild for 36 hours
and flooded nearly third of the city,
the Umatilla river has been subsiding
since noon yesterday, and the water
is now several feet below the highest
mark. That all danger of a further
rise is past seems assured, and all en-
ergies are now being turned towards
repairing the loss inflicted. Consid-
ering the force of the flood this has
been remarkably light and is so widely
distributed that but few will be hurt
seriously by the disaster.
The dominant feeling at present
was expressed by Mayor Fee this
morning, when he urged the council
to take steps for repairing the streets
that visitors in the city a few weeks
from now would not know there had
been a flood.
This morning the water had large
" receded from the flooded district
in the west end. and more accurate
estimate of the damage was possible.
Considering the size of the flood the
property loss will be remarkably light.
With a few notable exceptions the
loss to individuals will be small con-
sisting of damages to walks, fences
yards and some household goods
Property owners will also have TO ex-
pend much in repairing the streets ad'
| joining their property.
| The flooded district in the west end
comprises the entire area west of Mali
and between Alta and the river
/ While many places on the south side
| of Alta were flooded the damage OF
that side was comparatively light. The
heaviest loss falls upon those living or
West Court street, below the breal
at the LaDow place.
LaDow Loses Heavily.
The home of G.. I. LaDow is ruined
and altogether Mr.. LaDow will suffer
a loss of about $4,000. The residence
which cost $500, must be rebuilt en-.
tirely, ana practically all of the fur.
niture is lost The range, bath tut
and several other heavy pieces broke
loose and crashed through the side
next the river when the house tipped
yesterday afternoon. The piano
which was. placed upon a table JUS
]
and floated about the room this morn
! ing.
The Isaacs place this side of La.
! Dow's, was also damaged consideta-
| bly, through the outer foundation wal
being washed away. However,, tn,
| house is otherwise unharmed.
On down Court street all of the mic,
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walks. streets and yards are badly
damaged. In a few instances houses
were nearly torn loose from the foun
dations, but none went out with TIL,
current. The house occupied by BirC
Livermore was held to the spot onl,
by the plumbing connections. How
ever, nearly all of the houses in tina
section have stone foundations, anC
this prevented them from going out.
During the forenoon yesterday thos,
living in that section tore UP thei
carpets and placed pianos upon table,
or chairs so as to be above the water
In dozens of instances this actor
served to prevent loss, as the watei
covered the floors in that district
That the loss on lower Court stree
was light is largely due to the name
In which the LaDow house blocked
the current. BY standing against tn,
stream that house prevented heav
Ter torrent from passing through tn,
breach and below the LaDow plac,
several barns and wood sheds col
lected and formed a bulwak whicl
prevented the water from rushin.
I.t-
otherwise had.
River Falling Since Noon Yesterday.
All yesterday afternoon the rive
continued to fall slowly, and by
o'clock 1t had gone down a foot o