| Show cloudburst IN OREGON two lives lost and many de strayed by flood meagre particulars have received bf a cloudburst by loss of life and great damage to property which occurred near mitchail Mit cheIl in wheeler county oregon two lives were lost mrs bethune woman aged 90 years and martin arnith aged 91 years being swept away in the flood and drowned they were too old to assist themselves to a place of safety and a ere beyond the rescue of stronger people la all twenty eight ho isee in tion several large barns one contain ng thirty horses were swept away bridge and mill creeks unite sey eral hundred yards above mitchell and the converging of the rushing waters created a wall of water awen ty feet bagh which swept down toward the town in a mad rush sweep als everything before it fighting its way through the residential por lion of the town it sept more than a score ot houses from its path and passed on to the lowlands beyond though the warning of the flood coming was brief the inhabitants were aroused to their danger in sum clent time for most of them to reach high land out of harm s way from tbt bood the future may reveal the loss pt several lives the flood fortunately swept down on the town at a time when many of the people were in the business section otherwise the loss of life would have been much greater 0 martin W littleton who made the at the democratic national in st louis nominating alton parker was elected president of the borough of brooklyn la he has been a power in poll les in new york for many years and has a strong following his personal ity Is striking and he Is an orator ot no mean ability |
