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Show WATERS THREATEN BAKER CITY HOMES Powder River Changes Its Course, and Burnt River Has .Blocked Traffic on 0. R. & N. BAKER CITY. Or.. April 13. Burnt river, which empties Into the Snako n.oar Huntington, Is 6ut of Its banks and tho traffic on the Orogon Railroad Rail-road & Navigation company is blocked by the washout of a bridge at Wcathcrby, Blxtecn miles west of Hunt-I'rgton. Hunt-I'rgton. 3n addition to tills all wagon bridges have been carried out, which makes it impossible lo transport passengers passen-gers or mall. The damage cannot bo repaired re-paired for two or threo days. Tho rise in tho Powder . river, which flows through this city, has forced tho Sumpter Valley railway to suspend its train service since Monday. The river has changed its channel and one building probably will bo carried down. Unless tho efforts to turn tho river riv-er back Into its old channel are successful success-ful several valuable residences in tho northern part of town will bo badly dam- i aged or dcstroj'cd. I |