The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-03-21
WORST STORM OF WINTER.


Portland, Mar. 15.-While no ser
Iious property damage has been re
lported, the heavy storm of wind ant
{ Train that has been raging without lei
up since Friday is by all odds the
worst of the past year. There are
lno prospects of early abatement and
igreat destruction OF property
Throughout the northwest may re-
lguIt, for the storm is general
J Throughout this entire region.
! Passenger traffic on the 0. X. Il
N. has been completely tied up since
saturday afternoon as the result OF
an enormous landslide at Wyeth. No
east or westbound trains have been
sent through In SO hours, and the
track will not be cleared before to-
day, as huge masses OF soft earth
keep OoZing down the mountain-side
as rapidly as the steam shovel is
clearing 1t away. -Four eastbound
passenger trains tried to get through
| since O'CLOCK Saturday evening. but
lall were stalled, and had to be
brought back to Portland.
Many of the passengers who had |
left on one or the other of these
trains were routed via the Northern
Pacific, but 1t is doubtful If they
will succeed in getting through, be-
cause number of heavy slides have
occurred on that road between here
and Tacoma.
Hood River people sat in darkness
last night. Churches, hotels, and
such homes as were provided. were
Illuminated by kerosene lamps, lam
terms and ancient tallow dips. The !
light and power plant was put out of J
business early In the storm, and no o
trains went east or west during Sun s
day. t
The volume of water rushing down a
HOOD River Is greater thar at any p
.lme since its power was harnessed. =
Jnly an intermittent telegraph and n
telephone service was possible and u
conditions promise to be worse to- a
lay. tx
Pendleton Is also in bad, II not CT
n very serious way, for the UNA Sc
lila river ragged like G torrent all
lay yesterday and is rising at the
ate or four iEcnes an hour, threat y
ming tbs town with flood as SER Ss
GUS as that which devastated it two m
ears ago. II;
willamette valley points are apt to M
uner considerably, though no great
amage has been done SO far and the fu
'aln service on the Southern Pacific tn
as been maintained without inter- LEI
Upton. The rainfall has been I'M GU
sualiy heavy throughout the valley ca
40 all tributaries to the Willamette to
70 ieaping up their banks steadily. co
our by hour, and are expected to mi
sep on rising for several days, tr;
A number of log booms in tbe of
owlitz river have been ripped loose tai
ON their moorings and are hurting to
'wn the river SUI
Between 3 o'clock Saturday after frc
on ana . p. m. yesterday the Will Br
nelte river came up five feet at
'rtiand. There Is strong current ve'
ming and indications point to . VIII
lady rise for several days to come. fall
'aVy rains have fallen throughout 9TH
valley and all tributary streams Sta
bank full. sto
During the "a hours ending SIM nee
7 at D. m. 1882 inches OF rain dat
l. between noon Friday and last per
,hihg the precipitation was 40 tim
mes; The amount of rainfall for tice
hours Just passed has been the
eeued Tor the month of March be
ee times since the establishment clus
a weather station at Portland In Fra
z the fall was 2.35 inches in dat
. 2.25 inches in 1902 1885 inches
rainfall was steady but at no bait
: was there an excessive down Fra
T. tim,
ne WIND attained velocity of ~ will
20 an hour at North Head and at plar
oosn island. The general direc- Pug
was south and southwest. The may
m Is moving rapidly eastwa-d retu
ehis morning is raging over BRIT befo
ooiumDia. Storm warnings are Eva
out over coast ports and strong atioI
merry winds are looked for TO-DAY that
WIN continue, but not steadily rive,
esterday. "ui's him