| Show WORST fLOOD IN MONTANA HISTORY of Crops of the state Are Estimated as a Total toss RAILWAYS LOSE MILLON MILLION systems Are Demoralized and Passengers Staled Stalled I I V O cil Is UIt Trains Short Has II Much H BUtte tc Mont June crop Crol Iosie OR at ot of th the holo Jo In ot of the rich valleys rles or ortho OI the tho stAte wih damage amago to 10 Une at mor more than th cLr can ean be put pon n IL two weeks wih with from tO tn stalled In iii this tato iato wih with littin ope IIO ot of Imm Montana t today the tho worst food flood In th the history ot or ott orthe t the he h west nor STALLED ED PASSIN ns Shorty utter midnight the Norther Northern menlo no moved mOod here fol from Lan Igan man nian manof or of the westbound n ft that point but It Is HOW to get a train In or out ot or Huto Butte over any railway rhio Great Northern to o anti and frol from Helena nr ar tod tied up near Dasil The Tho Northern of o frankl frankly COnfesS that they do not kno their nr are nor noran ran an the tho of tho th Short Line trins trains ho bo at thIs the hour SHORT SHOrtT The Short Ino Line trouble Is sal said to 10 be Divide I Dion DIllon On the theother other roads the tt Is The roadbed of the tho St Paul west of here bore l Is badly washed out In many places The Anaconda has lost host tour four bridges between here hore and A FAMOUS RIDE In this connection the tho dramatic inch ul o of tie ti food flood Is the rida ot reporter a on the tho Anaconda and an WhO ho rod rodi I i iM range In ILd and North rth Da Dalita Data lita ta for tor years ears must be recorded COI Cop Ilay Cay started tar d for tor Anaconda 6 mies miles awny n ay at G last nIght Three ThreD hors tell him lie He swam Sliver 10 Jow cle creek k twice his hor horse each time and fresh mounts from the ranchers Ho it at A I da at midnight wih with the hirt newts ot of the conditions In Dute Butte H B M SMELTER MAY CLOSE CLOSE Because 0 of washouts on the tho Great Groat Northern the tho Boston Montana prop rop II Ip Hute Butte probably wl wilt close to tonIght nIght thousands of men out of work her and forcing the smelter I at Great Gront Fals Falls which employs thousands InN to shut down WORST TO COME o further deaths are reported but the worst wi cOle caine when the tho blizzard ot of yesterday which Is finally g unde a drizzling rain tola today renche the tho lower tu ti the effect that the dam hall had tone one out are untrue NO CARS IN DUlJE nule Butte Is still without street ears cars and electrical pwel power of ef alY at lort sort rho he damage In this elt city hal has been slight but bul or of conditions In the Iho outlying ranches situated In valleys which un tin under dr der such conditions the beds st ot without n a moments r In leg 1 It Is IN Impossible to give the tho I It Is the tho loss Ios of life and I hA has beep been heavy hoan qu go the lowlands nd and of oC here A Y OFF M tUr u r officials here refuse to RIve give an my out lS ns to the tho resumption It II Is said many miles ot of the tho Norther Northern o of hero here lies has boen washed lit damage to the now p ot Cr thu tho tHo Paul alone alono wi will reach 50 |
