| Show uirt awful plight night portland ore june 3 this has ben it a ausy b ausy day in portland all da lobig merchants in tho the flooded districts dietric t have hava beon been at work moving out goods or rai raising aiji n them thein on oil plat platform foring y above t the he NN water ater thom The river or con continues t in to louse i I 1 st and every hour the bitt situation lation becomes 11 more lore J po perilous rilous tile the vr either has become 1 cooler coiler hore hero but aut no re reports can call im had from ea eastern steril ore oregon oil and washington the source of all the flood tho the tole telegraph 0 raph NN ire iros north and q bast are down and it is ia impossible to obtain auy any ries news of tho the situation along the columbia Colum bici river tho river hore here is thirty one feet above low water and anery tvs only four houns uld to it from ei eight 0 lit tot toti velvo inches inalie i r three the wholes tie dis is under anater ater from two to te ten feet and tha water is fast encroaching upon tho the best portion of the retail district hundreds of small houses on tho the flats aro are surrounded by rv water rater up to the ho second alory and have hane begun td turn oyer over A further rise of a toot 11 M ill tako thecil out many int merchant erchant rire aro unable to got lumber with which to build platform to heep their goods above hatm every a uail ablo boat in tho cita ity liah has bovia hired and alid uie the wati moil ll 11 filin 51 1 to pst per hour lot ot I 1 their services alio Web tein union I 1 I 1 S 10 a ph compass Com main officio IS itil lIOI b hl sp ta t tjan ot t ud J a JAI 11 oti M tho ado udo of f III f n I 1 I 1 ni A tina d toi almost to N briot ULI on t root v it 1111 otio blob L d 1 tho olliA 11 th sixth I 1 and alder sl I 1 K ot ati nat on t tio old it I 1 heiche I 1 tatu hn iliev fl ot oi lipinn liam tn doirs tho lajet dl div good oie in III the rho cit fitly ori ti do ASI east sid idi inz dinati or of t ito own I 1 at d lai leading le adail 0 to iho ilk mui wo iro ind 1 evl taw 1 l Muis haid iddo goo J t tle south or OI L tho ity ily la iti i ae he bridga to triffle A juso ijo ui t will V j 11 quit oft tho 1 dimply ot the anty ct the tl tot ib 1 3 two jot ettor ay atoe wid ai id the binon ld cat cai alioa ito 1 I i m alfaia dr by five foot SOU pacific lo 10 I 1 tho only A ral liling 0 chaing into portland l aud tlde 3 wo aie tu to litta V dia 11 lio oud of tit acho elev cita lit b nii abio to v ij aithar ot diets di tho union is ig licia oh aly t up budi tl ardil and boat tho northern Noi thern pacific mahos regular trips uth nith io kalo 1 transfer trans for bott Ta eoina banon thi this ety and celb Xe kelba lb alt laa tj |
