The San Francisco call., 1906-05-31
Rain Ceases Falling and
1t Is Believed the.
Worst Is Over.
Damage in Walla Walla
City Will Reach
S25O,OO0.
City Is Now Threatened
With a Scarcity Of
Fresh Water.

PENDLETON, Ore, May 30.-From all
appearances the food has reached its worst
in Umatilla County and is now on the de
cline. 1t has ceased raining at Pendieton
and the sky is clearing up. around the hori-
zon, indicating that the rain has evidently
stopped As none of the telegraph or. tele-
phone wires are in working order, Weston
has not been heard from. bat, 1t is rumored
that about $4,000 damage In that town
alone has been done.
A large force of men and teams are at
work repairing the ievee as fast as it is cut
away. The levee below the town is broken,
allowing some of the flood in the town to
subside.
All trains are tied up and will be for some
time. The bridges both below and above
Pendleton are out The train which started
last night for Portland is at Echo, stopped
by the flooded and undermined tracks.
Roaring streams today swept through
lower Main and Court streets, and all the
business houses are flooded in that district.
While the rain was falling the people in
the main part of Pendlefon moved their
families to the hills on either side. fearful
that the levee on the one side of the vale
already weakened. would burst and let the
water sweep the town.
WALLA WALLA. May 30.-Ats 3 80
o'clock this afternoon the rain stopped and
Mill Creek began to go down The losses in
WsAla Waila City viii reach about quarter
of million dollars, while il the exaggerated
reports now coming in from the rural dis
trfcts can be even partially believed, the
loss to crops must run into the hundreds Of
thousands of dollars.
The city is threatened with a temporary
water famine owing 10 the fact that the
rushing waters have rendered useless four
of the FIVE pumping stations in the city
The, newspaper plants, with the exception
of the Bulletin. are without power. Today S
Union was printed on a hand press and con-
listed of one page
Reports from outside sections Indicate
grave conditions, bridges and roads being
washed away. The people are fleeing to the
hills to escape the Hood waters. The Ore
gon Railroad and Navigation Company Is
not passabie,. the tracks being undermined
in many places and the. rails washed out,
Alder street, one of the principal business
thoroughfares, is flooded to depth of three
feet and several of the residences are filed
with water. Two bridges in the city have
been washed out The dam Of the Malla
River, fifteen miles from the cisy. went
out this morning, cutting OF all lights and
power. Other streams in the county are
outside their banks and in many places
wheat and other farm products have been
washed out of the ground. A number OF
bridges have been carried away
The food waters have invaded the base
Tnents OF some of the largest stores and
warehouses IN the city. and in places the
through the city, Threatening the destruc-
tion of some of the principal buildings.
Communication with outlying territory
has been cut OF and the extent OF damage
in the country cannot be learned 1t is
known from the character Of the debris be-
ing washed down the river that houses have
been swept away. The carcasses of cattle
are floating down with the food