| Show THE WATER IS RISING The Outlook lor dilppiua Falls Still Gloomy ici XD nuiiiits lou is mis Lunir Mills an I Jjniltnti II I uvq Sur reuuiUd Uallraul l IrarLi Siiliin rg a CuirrcwA TALU WIs Dic 21 With the water again climbing the outlook for this threatened valley la still rather uncomfortable For lo l miles between Chippewa Falls and En Claire and nearly the Ubi did In e at Durind Ibo river li a mass of taricut poked I Ice l and llmberr and hourly Le coming worse Too water ties been backed uillooJIng parr DuianJond I Ilia lower levels of this city The lumber mills are turroundoJ and partially ooiulfed bj water which baa frozen Near by tuiluen places and dnelllnsa are lu the lame predicament altliouch being a little lotbr away from the river channel their situation Is not 10 terloup The railroads are ml luUerlug aa much as luUht beexpeotoJ Th Oman runs along hUn blulli and bat not loon In lib least bmped Tile WIronlln Central tricks are covered With wolr and Its trains use the Omaha tracts Tot river branch of the Milwaukee and Ht Paul has sioppot business for the present W A Jones Us A A of the 131 Paul In Charge 01 tbe government works la this section will center with the authorities lu regard to mother attempt to break the lea dim Here Ills I reared Die break ol the Little Flli Main thirty miles abive here would early nearly everything away hero Pon pre of Eau Claire fear the result I the Ice I gorge here breaks too sudden lye while those below Durand are en turtaiDlng fear for the outcome tail re Vesleruay water touched 24 feet 8 Incbor the highest yet Later I Uroppid Afoot but at ballpast eight cluck this mirulnir again bad risen to the hlnhoit novel and was Hill eta Inn slowly 1 9 oclook Myor Irvine drove down Ibe river to Ibo gravel I nix miles from here where an attempt will be made to break the gorge JLeoplu are tllll moving from their houses today Maoy oflers ol relief have been received celved from various quarters and teller te-ller will lie necessary before Ibo end of the trouble comer |
