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VOLUME 29
TOLEDO. LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1921.
NUMBER 40
SILETZ
&ILETZ RIVER RAI8ES HAVOC
"We have had another great flood.
It commenced raining Friday night, '
November 18th. accomnanled with a
Strong southweeter wind and by Sun- devising plans to cope with the un
day evening the Siletz river had raised usual conditions existing throughout
32 feet above low water mark. It did 019 county.
not only rain but poured down. Some
persons that kept tab on the water
paid on Sunday the water raised eight
feet to the hour. All day Sunday the
drift came down in a continuous
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stream. By night on Sunday lour
bridges were swept away that span
the Siletz river. Among them the
steel bridge across the Siletz on the
Market road, from Siletz to Toledo.
This bridge coHt the county $11,000.
The other ihroo bridges were wooden
and cost about $3,C0u each. The Or
ton bridge went cut and the two
bridges on the road to the Lower
Farm This leaves the Hamar bridge
and the cable bridge at the Upper
oiu. ruu siauuillg. SUUIZ IS now
completely shut out from the outside
world, both by telephone and roads.
The only way we have now to get out
Is by canoe or row boat and we have
no lumber to build a ferry boat. The
riu.... . mi i .
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cuutiuns a toss oi aooui ta.uuu. as
we write the lightning and sharp
claps of thunder that roll and rever
berate along the coast, makes one
think of the big guns In the great
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battles of the World War. The old
Indians Bay the Sah-foa-Lee Tyee is
auueu. ureuv ouirn is man oe-
cause the people are so wicked and use ;
o much niooiiBhine that they are be-'
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lnz punished for it. Several families
living on the low lands had to leave
their homes to keep from being drown
ed. One family, Mrs. Ed Case ana
four children one a babe of a week
old came near being drowned, but
were rescued In time and taken to a
place of safety. Oscar Wood Io3t
about one hundred chickens. He Is
somewhat discouraged In the chicken j
business. It has been reported that;
the big dam in the Siletz basin broke '
loose and let tha. great body of water '
and logs come down the river. It was
this hugh quantity of water that cov-
ered two sections of land, Bome places
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the water was said to be twenty feet
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deep and 'this great body of water
coming down the river so rapidly
caused the river to rise by leaps and
bounds. Only one other time in the
history of the Reservation did the
water raise so high and that was the
winter of 1883. Then the water rose
two feet higher than it did now. The
cause was a big slide that came into
the river two miles above the Upper
farm and dammed the river up so
that when it broke over It came down'
In such torrents as to sweep every
thing before it. Great trees two or
three hundred feet long were picked
op by the roaring waters and tossed
about like feathers. On that day
there was only one bridge across the
Siletz river and that was built by the
government. A big tree came down
with long roots that stuck upln the
eJr and knocked the bridge out like so
piany straws. The rise in the river
at that time was about two or three
fee higher than it was now. A. C.
Crawford lost thirty two head of cat
tle in the flood. Some of them were
fine dairy cows. A great loss to be
sure. The total loss in this part of
the County is estimated at about
150,000.
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CHITWOOD
The high water th0 first of the week
did qultq a lot of damage to people
living near here.
O. L. Landess had the sad misfor
tune of losing his house by fire Mon
day evening.
Miss Emma Wilson Is spending a
few days with Mrs. Gladys Crawford.
Dock Waggoner was down from his
ranch in the hills Wednesday.
W. H. Price made a trip to Toledo
Thursday.
WHY HERE IS
MRS. FUNK
HOME
SWEET
HOME
Earl
Hurst
COURT TO HOLD
SPECIAL TERM
County Judge Fogarty ha called a
BDeclal session of County Court for
Wednesday, December 30th. This
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AT THE MOVIES
TONIGHT. ."Dawn" from the fam-
ous successful novel by Elanor H. ;
rl" -h-"
ing Arrow" 30c. and 15s.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
"Breezy" Easoti the boy star In ' The
PjB Adventure also the 2 r,el play " i
Son of the North." 35c. and 15c,
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SILETZ DELEGATION WANTS .
SUSPENSION BRIDGE i
A delegation of Siletz citizens was j
in tha fltv Wprinpsriiiv tn tuVn nn with
the Couty Court the maUer of estab. !
li8hinK & BUSDen8ion brldge aclX)g8 i
the Siletz river.
(County Court was not In session,
but these gentlemen met with Judge
Fogarty and Commissioner Dunn. L.
C. Mowery acted as spokesman for
,)ia Anlatrat tn orwl nnintaA .,11 tr thfl
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members of the court that
a suspen
sion bridge could be built as cheap
a wooden bridge could
and that its life was much
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by flood was not nearly so great. A
suspension bridge could be built at
nnp. while a nlnr Krl!ta riull nnt Ha
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. uum uu
ut.ll summer.
rrho Rilnt? fc a 1qi90 onmrnnnllv
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and at present is entirely cut off frcm
communlcation with the reat of the
world, and food supplies will soon
run low.
The county officials proposed to
build a suspension foot bridge for the
present, and take up the matter of a
permanent structure at the first ses
sion of Court.
BASKET BALL
A double header basket ball game
was played at the Fair building Wed
nesday evening between local school
tannic Tha flrat pamo waa tulwa.n
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the blgn sci100i and grammar school
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girl teams and was won by the high
choo, ,rls of
The other game wa8 between the
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the Sophmore boys winning by the
score of 33 to 12.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT
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MARRIED STORM DOES GREAT
Married at the homo of the bride I DAMAGE OVER COUNTY
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dixon of Unco,n was yMM by a
Elk City. Sunday. November 20th, t'Mvere rala and wlnd gtorm ,Mt Sun.
high noon. Ella Louise Dixon to Elmer. y and whlla the dQmage by tne
Wlcott mwrence. The bridegroom wlnd wa Bma the damage by flood
is one of Lane County, mpst success- w, amount t0 two or ree hunored
Ml teacher,. Piane had been made 0kmMaA dolllml-
for quite an elaborate wedding, but .
it was otherwise ordered. Storm end
flood changed conditions somewhat.
At lp.m. the water was almost to the'
first floor in the house. The excel-;
.c.,tU.uUCl uu...BU.y ...u, Voley wa8 nunaulatd. Train ser- are known to be gone, with the ex
a boat was drawn up to -.he back porch ,8 cr ,ed and Btoppe1 altogether , t) la8t tnree nameu.
to rescue the bridal party, taking all ,, ,. ., i , i r..
to the school house on the hill where
they joiu..d one hundred others who
were driven from their homes by the
flood water. j deep down thru the middle of the .
0 i street. The inhabitants were driven
LANDESS HOME BURNS .from their homes and took refuge in
The Landess home on Simpson. tne schoolhouset where 102 persons
Creek burned to the ground Monday BPent the ni8llt- J- c- Dixon the nier-
evening with all its contents. V. S. ' cnalt brought a boatload of supplies
and V. D. Landess were at the place ' from llia store so tlle homelees crewd
alone, their folks being in Portland. haa plenty 10 eat at least- Mr. Dixon
It is thought the fire caught from a lost considerable merchandise, Uie J
backdraft in the fiuo. The less was tlood waters entering his store to a j
quite heavy, the house being well fur- aptn of seVral feet- Tne store ''
nished, a piano, sewing machine, etc., Cna8- Allen wae BwePl ,rom 118 founQ-
going up in flames. jation and according to report the
o stock is an entire loss. The Elk Hotel,
FARMERS WEEK DEC 26-31 !owned by E- J- Tavlor. was wept
Ifrom its foundation and the building
schemed" foembe' 2Ml" Se'v- broken ln two' The Ploneer Lumber
en winter shon. courses in latest farm i00- had 100.0M feo1- of lumber swept
practices developed by the experiment
station will run as follows:
Two weeks course In fruit and veg
etable j rowing, Dec. 3-17.
Four weeks course ln beekeeping,
Jan. 30-Feb. 25.
Four weeks course ln grain grading,
Jan. 9-21.
Eleven weeks ccurco in tractor me
chanlces, Jan. 2-Mnrch 18.
Eleven weeks course in dairy man
ufacture, Jan. 2-March 18.
Eleven weeks course In general agrV
culture, Jan. 2-March 18.
Five months dairy herdsman course,
Jan. 2-June 10.
(The homemakers conference will
not be held ln connection with farm-
ers week but will receive spocial at
tentlon during the week beginning'
March 20.)
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. F. W. Kellogg, the Eye Special'
is, will be In Toledo, Dec. 14, 15, 16,
and 17.
PRIZE ESSAY
The Oregon Historical Sosiety here
by announces that it has selected "The
Discovery of tho Columbia River" as
the subject for the 1922 C. C. Beekman
History Prize. These prizes are four
in number, viz., first, sixty dollar; sec-
""-J " "".
and fourth, thirty dollars; and will be
awarded for the best original essays
on the above-named subjects written
and submitted by girls or boys, over.
fifteen years of age and under eighteen
vears of aee. attending anv nublic or
private school academy, seminary, col -
institution within the State of Ore- Kosydar's orchard, wrecking the or
gThe following rules nnd terms of ! chard 68 wel1 " tne barn-
competition have been adopted and The Bteel bridge was washed down grades of the Corvallis-Newport high
prescribed and ar9 to be observed by stream about a Quarter of a mile and way. The road between Toledo and
the Competing essayists:
(1) The cssfty written and submit
ted in competition mupt not exceed
two thousand words in length.
(2) The essay may be in handwrit
ing or ln typewritten form, must bo
upon paper of commercial letter size, I
either ruled or unruled, the several
sheets being numbered consecutively
and written on one side only, wl'.h
blank space of about one and one
quarter Inches at top and left-hand
(3)
Th. n,n K 4r A wnliU
the name of the writer, who Bhall vrito
A 11U D.uaj DII1U1 WO .lj,UVU 111.11
in conn en uon merewim tne name or;
the school (ittcnded, 'ithe postoftlce
address of the writer, and also the
date of his or her birth.
(4) In order ta bo tcnaid?red in
competition the estay mti3t be deliver -
ed, by mail or ln person, to Geoie H.
Hlmas, Asslstnct Siiretary of tho
Oregon Historical Society. Public Aud-
Itorium, Portland, Oregon, not later
than March 31, 1922.
with the essayTcer
a teacher or instructor of the educa -
ttonal institution attended, 'ta'ing that
the writer of the escs.y is a pupil or
student attending the sa ne.
(6) All competitive essays will be
judged according to tlir.lr general mer-
it and excellence, but the Indies will
also take Into consideration, in nasslns
thereon, neatness of the manuscript,
'2S'tTOra
clarity of diction.
I OH YES! MV SON 13 IN I
I BUSINESS NOW'
Lincoln County was not the only
suffeir, which is small if any con-
solution, us tho whole western Dart of
the gatfl wag nlt Por;land exper.
,eD(.ed a glWei. thaw the WI1Iamette
vu ouiiia mica,
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' ELK CITY HARD HIT
! At Elk Ci;y the river ran seven feet
! away, besides thousands of feet of
sawlogs. The approach to the bridge
across the Yaquina river was washed
away, as was also the approaches to
the Big Elk bridge. The damage to
home furnisiiingu will amount to a
big sum, as the carpets and furniture
was all left with a half inch coating
of yellow mud.
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SILETZ BRIDGES GO
(On the Siletz the sleel bridge, the
Fuller bridge, the OJala bridge, and
the Orton bridge were were all swept
away. These bridges all spanned the
Siletz river. . The' only- bridges re-
mainine across the river are tha Rad-
j dant and the Hamar bridges. The
i Raddant bridge came through un-
' scathed, but the Hamar bridge Is badly
damaged. The Raddant bridge is a
suspension bridge, and Is the only one
'of this type on the river. Many of
the smaller bridges were swept away
by the flood, among which are the
Euchre creek, Cedar creek, Thomp
son creek and others.
The Siletz sawmill, owned by M. S.
Collins, fell victim to the raging water
a wnB .want omv Moan h
hll, wrji v,j
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t,1B ral" leasea, iosi aooui iuv worm
of lumber. i
A. c Crawford had 32 head of fine
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mUk cows downed. 16 of them being
, drowned in the barn. Stewart Roon-
idenonlted In thn mnaitnw nn ho nnrh
side of the stream.
It Is reported that the dam of the
CobbJMltchell Lumber Co., in the SI-
letz Basin, gave way adding its quota
to the flood and also releasing three
million feet of sawlogs.
ALBEA 8ECTION SUFFERS
On the Alsea river the new covered
DnQKfl At I IflAWatai WHS an.. BW4V
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and it is reported that the bridges at
tho mouth nt n niva-. j ,
at Denzer are also gone. Two bridges
on Drift creek are gone and several on
the Yachats are reDorted out. inrlud-
' in? tho . ot v,
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MORRISON BRIDGE GONE
The new bridge across the Yaquina
; river at Morrison was washed away
ithe Yaquina are reported out.
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The pipe line from Mill Creek to
Toledo, which supplies the city with
wateri a8 washed out and the city
wl" 08 without water for some little
time. Both the high and low pressure
"nee went out and it is thought It will
J be a week at least before even the
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low pressure system can be repaired
and the high line will take much
lonr-
THIRTEEN BRIDGES REPORTED
OUT
Tnlrteen of the principal bridges of
tUe county are reported carried away
flood followg. four sneU
bridges, Morrison bridge, Tidewater
bridge, two Drift Creek bridges, Cedar
hHilua Riwhra Creek bridge.
Flvp Rlven( brldg6i yachats bridge,
and the Denzer bridge. A11 of ,Jiege
Conflicting reports have come in re
garding these.
COUNTY ISOLATED
The different sections of the county
have been isolated from each other
a8 wen a3 from outside points. The
wind and slides wrecked ho telegraph
and tolephone lines, and the elides
and high water put the roads and
bridges out of commission,
Authentic reports have been hard
i0 geti some being overdrawn and
others not strong enough,
The, train came up from Yauuina
Sunday, getting here about three
o'clock. It proceeded on nearly io
eijc city, but was forced to return on
account of slides and high water, ar-
riving back hero late In the evening.
11 to go on to Yaquina but
ran into a slide below Altree's mill
and derailed the rear car. They then
return to Toledo and were here until
la(e aBt evening when the road was
opened up to the Valley, ul'ihough the
road to Yaquina Is still closed, Toledo
now being the terminus of the run.
The Steamer Newport met the Valley
train here last evening.
The paesengers remained here until
Wednesday when they started out by
E)k CUy
expected to walk until they connected
wt.h the other train.
BANKER BUSH ON TRAIN
Banker Asahel Bush and wife of
Salem were among those on thn train,
as well as Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Sny-
der, also of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Stevens of Albany, Mr. Hutler, tho
Insurance man of Corvallis, Miss M.I-
ler. bookkeeper of the Western State
Bank of Ne'wpcrt, and others.
AL WAUGH'S HOUSE SLIDES
Al Waugh's house was carried
some little distance by a Blide w'lich
occured ln the northeast part of town,
and caused several hundred dollars
wor-h of damage to Mr. Waugh'a prop
erty. Mr. Waugh and family wcra
"
forced to leave home in the night.
The law office owned by Edw. J.
Clark Btarled to slide and now rests at
an angle of about forty degreos. Grant
Hart's house moved a little and Mrs.
Mulkey.g woodBhed eunk ln a w.13hout.
HIGHWAY GRADES DAMAGED
Many slides occured on the new
N.onnr' la hlr-kal hv ullnVn A hi
slide occured on the highway Just
ea-jt of town, above Al Waugh's place,
and many more are reported farther
east Two small bridges which had
just been built across Simpson creek,
on the route of the highway were car
ried away by the high water.
MANY REPORTS YET COMING
Each hour brings forth new re-
P01-'8 ot further damage. The Lower
sneiz ana rvorm urna ot me county
ar yet to be heard from and brldBe8
on Salmon rlver are e3Pected to De
W or washed out en'.lrely.
One report from the Lower Sfletz
reports eight houses, ae carried away,
including the on on L C Mowerv's
lntiuaing tne one on u c. Mowery s
Place, which was occupied by Elmer
Doetz, John Lloyd's house, and six 1
, ,
' ed Wessoll was In his barn mllk-
ln8 when a slide hit the structure
demolishing It and nearly killing Mr. j
Wessell. It Is reported that a house
near Chltwood was struck by a slide,
but details were lacking.
This Is the worst flood ever exper-
ienced since this country has been
settled, and It Is to be hoped that
another such may never occur.
HAS ACQUIRED
POLISH
WHY
GUY-
W. E. Rambo and Wife Tell
of Their War Ex-
periences.
"Aid for the Armenians and other
aufterors In the Near Er.Bt is neces
sary only because war still rages In
the Near East," says W. E. Rambo,
who, with Mrs. Rambo has recently
returned from Asia Minor.
"When we read of the battles now
being fought by Greeks and Turks, we
think of burning villages, of fleeing
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MR. W. E. RAMBO
mothers, of crying children, their only
place of safety an already overcrowd
ed American orphanage.
"The Rambos were absent from
their home In Bnker about two years
while they were ln charge of an or
phanage at Ilarounle near Tarsus, the
home of Saul, the great Apostle. The
orphanage was under fire for Beveral
days and finally Mr. and Mrs. Rambo
and the other Americans made their
way by night through a storm to the
railroad, on which they took their
children to Merslne.
"It is a matter of great pride to us
that we were able to bring our chil
dren through without the loss of a
single child," said Mrs. Rambo. "Our
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MRS. W. E. RAMBO ?j
kiddies were Just as attractive and
deur to us as any we have ever seen
In this country, except of course our
own."
Aftor the Rambo's time of serrtee
was up and they were waiting for a
ship for America, word came that the
war had left thousands of Greeks
stranded at Butoum, across the Black
Sea. They Immediately volunteered
for further service and spent weeks in
caring for the refugees and loading
them on vessels furnished by the
Creek Government
Queen Sophie of Greece, to show
her appreciation ot the work of the
Rambos and' others ot the Near East
Relief workers, recently sent an ap
preciative letter and also a check for
a substantial amount to the Near East
Ke!;cr-
AN EARLY "LONG DISTANCE"
The earliest recorded means of con
veying Intelligence rapidly over great
distances was by the human voice.
When the King of Persia, Invaded
Greece (480 B. C.) he posted sentinels
at suitable distances apart the whole
of ahe way from Sutia to Athens, by
which means news could be trans
mitted at the rate of 4M) miles In forty
eight hours.
If the parties who took the dlsht
from my house at Newport will re
turn the bowl and pltoher, they may
keep the dishes. Q. W. BuelL
MA. YOU KMOYv THAT
HE'S THE 0I8D THAT
RUNS THAT NEW SHOE.
SHINE STAND .