East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-05

place Ine mousse IL loCdteu 1VV ydluS
from the creek and 1t is several feet
from the ground. The water at 1
o'clock was almost up to the floor
OF the house, 1t has been thawing
on Butter creek since yesterday, but
the snow is by no means all melted
yet. The water at the salisbury place
is reported as raising at the rate OF
foot an hour.
At the Belts Ranch.
According to Douglas Belts, the well
known sheepman living seven miles
south of Pilot Rock, the thaw COM
menced at his place during the night.
This afternoon the water in Birch
creek is high and much of his ranch
is being flooded. A private bridge
over Birch creek which he has upon
road leading from his house to the
main county road has been surround
ed with water and part of the con-
crete abutments has been washed
away, placing the bridge out of COM
mission. The snow at the Belts place
was about nine inches deep and was
well crusted, while the ground under
meath was frozen. This fact makes
the situation much worse, for under
the conditions all of the surface
waters rushed quickly to the streams.
Foothills Turn Black.
At o'clock this afternoon Fred
Royd, editor of the Athena Press,
stated that the thawing had just
commenced at that place, but has
been busy in the foothills to the east
OF there all forenoon. THE foot
hills around the head of Wild Horse
and the Umatilla are commencing to
flood for the sections along the river"
said he. According to Mr.. Boyd, the
snow was nine inches deep at Athena
before the thaw commenced.
Reports come from Portland that
the o. r. & n. estimates its loss from
the flood damage and slides of the
past few days in Oregon and WASH
ington at over s175,000.
Mckay Creek Rising.
Mckay creek has also been started
booming by the melting snow today,
though from reports received the
chinook struck later in that section.
According to the people at the Curt
wright place, 10 miles up, the thaw
commenced about 10 o'clock this
morning and at 3 O'Clock Mckay was
reported very high. Put while it is
not fordable no damage had been in
flicted up 20 that time. The foothills
are reported to be bare, thus showing
that the warm current struck higher
u: first.
Blockade Between Here and Portland
The railroad blockade is still on
between here and Portland and at
present the prospect for resumption
of traffic is more remote than dur
ing the past few days. This after
noon Bert Huffman. editor of the
East Oregonian, 'phoned from The
Dalles that the train upon which he
and other Pendletonians started for
Salem Yesterday morning was stalled
at The Dalles. The line to Portland
is blocked with no chance of a train
getting through at present. Mr.. Huff
man stated his intention of returning
to this city on the first train.
At the Q. r. G. n. depot today the
| Officials have been unable to state
anything definite regarding immedi-
ate train service. No. 1, the west
bound train, is billed to be here at
| s o'clock this evening and presuma-
bly, Will proceed on westward.
This forenoon a train consisting OF
an engine and a box car was started
north from this place over the Walla
Walla line. 1t carried mail and ex-
press and reached Weston in safety
The w. & C. R. line is now said to
be in running order for a distance OF
II miles north of Pendleton. How.
ever, no through trains can be run
over that line for several days, so II
| is said.
| Mail Service Uncertain.
Because no temporary arrange
ments have been made for the con-
veying of mail to the towns north o.