Show HIGH UGH WATER CAUSES FEAR AT PORTLAND PORTLAND Ore Feb 12 The The Wll Willamette mette river which has Its confluence con con- on- on fluence e with the Columbia river t twelve elve miles s west of at this city showed showe only a a. slight rise Isa early today and no Immediate Imme d diate diat alarm was felt for the safety of the the w water ter front property here Reports Reports Reports' Reports Reports' Re Re- ports ports' h have ve been received however from tram sections of ot the Cascade mountains mountains mountains moun moun- that the melting snows are feed feed- an immense volume into the Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia river and some apprehension was was experienced that the backwater from the Columbia might Ight add to the flood menace of the swollen Willamette river |