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Show IFLOOD8 IN MONTANA. Train Service In a State of Demoralization Demorali-zation as a Result of Heavy Rains, nutto, Mont. Train sorvlco In Montana Mon-tana Is In n stnto of demoralization unequalled In tho history of railroading railroad-ing In tho northwest. Tho Northern Pacific nnd St. Pnul right of way west Jrom Deer Lodge, Mont., resembles v n long sen, In places almost as far as tho oyo can reach tho tracks nro hid-'den hid-'den under water or washod out, affording af-fording llttlo chanco of any trains being gotten across tho break for n week nt least. Tho Holl Onto nnd Missoula river Is steadily rising nt tho result of heavy rnlns, tho river thero being nlno foot nbovo tiro nor-mnl nor-mnl stago nnd tearing away nt tha roadbed of tho Northern Pacific. Two lives wero lost In northorn Montnnn WedoiiBdny nfternoon, q rnnchor nnd his wife drowning In tho high waters In a coulee. |