The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-14
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892. +
From the Missoula Gazette of Tues
day, June IA, 1927

DAY, June IA. 1922
The river is within five inches of the |
highest mark reached five years ago.
IT went up with n rushs Saturday night
ana all day Sunday and yesterday re-
NAMED about stationary. The island
is under water and the old bridge and
trestle partly gone. The electric light
works stopped their engines SUNDAY
and their lamps have been dark since.
On the upper island Everybody had TO
move out and some OF the houses are
submerged half way up the doors Of
| the ground floor. while other smaller
ones have been tilted over, though only
re" chirken coops nave been carried
away. Some Of the trestle OF the Bit
ter Root railroad bridge went out Sat-
| ''rday afternoon and trains have come
only as far as McI-aughln's mill on
the south side. The old bridge at the
foot or Higgins avenue has been rem
dered unsafe by the undermininR OF
| the trestle hents and this portion of
1t at least may go out at any time. OF
the new bridge the piers are still
standing and seem to be unmoved. but
the trestlc Is something of a wreck,
having gone out In places entirely,
while in others the piles have gone one
at a time.
| All Sunday afternoon the rushing
| river. filled with every describable kind
Of drift. and its bursting banks from
which We're being hastily taken all Of
value that could be moved. presented
a peculiar spectacle. Great crowds of
people. nearly everybody in town. in
fact spent Sunday afternoon watching
the sight. Household furniture. Sara
toga trunks. tables. chairs. outhouses,
trees with their waving tops, bedding,
hay ricks and what not went hurrying
down towards the sea. and from the
upper end of the island the stampede
OF people with all their belongings was
another interesting sight.
Yesterday evening about : o'clock
the sunken and undermined bents of
the old trestle went out and commu-
nication between the two sides Of the
river is now entirely shut off,
McMahon's circus gave two perform
ances here yesterday. AS usual the
ring performance was excellent, with
skillful and daring riders and expert
acrobats. The elephants were also
interesting. The show performs again
today and will probably be here several
days. owing to the washout.
Missoula showed last Sunday that
she can play ball. but that does not
alter the fact that she was beaten and
has still the first victory this season
10 win. The score was: MiSsouln. 3;
Bozeman. g. Up to the last half of
L1thc eighth inning 1t was Missonla. 3;
FoZeman. ?. but in this inning MORN
made bad error in the fumhling of n
ball and this let In four runs. TO say
that everybody felt sore, including
MORN himself. Is expressing the senti-
ment thai prevailed whereabouts very
mildly. but II must be remembered
that any man is liable to make an
error. and that sometimes 1t counts
double.
Lieutenant Governor Richards came
in from Portland Sunday. lie is at
the Missoula.
The O'Brien bridge over the Bitter
Root below Fort Missoula yesterday
snccnmbed and went out.
MANY married men being caught on
this side of the river last evening n
number OF extra policemen were put
on duty. Judge Evans did notsven-
ture to cross over from south Missoula
and consequently no police court was
held.
Clarence Prescott continued east
from the Democratic convention. lie
was headed for Iowa. and beyond all
doubt will return with n blushing
bride.
The Northern Pacific IL feeding
, about @"o passengers. east bound. and
delayed here by the washouts. Both
the big hotels are full and every train
brings in more.
When q woman discovers that her