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Show KBNtJniGK UTILU UNDHnWATtR. to.ir.e,.! Illtrr C'liangril, llesulllnc IslM i.f Tlioiisau.U uf Hollars In lrrrhsu. Moscow, Ida., Jan. 17. ThewaUrlo the lllg I'otlatch river It receding, it n large part of the town of KendrletU till under water. 'Ihn chuiigo of tie rlrcr current toward the town I hU to be portly the reilt of n recent It wreck. Many ton of steel rail m left In the river. Tliiscnnglil theilnt wood nnd formed a dam, which dtrarlat thcehaniicland turned ll toward t main strvot uf Kendrlek. Th stcsa will lo Ihouaanda of dullnralu rtdaal i;oods, na lu muny of the buildings lit tvater wn wnlst deen. Tho truck of the Norlhcrii I'ndfc ratlnay for mile between Vollmersal l.cwlslou nr waaheil out. HlrungsH ll may seem, one uf tlio so rent iiewlsal Kciidrtok U drinking liter, at IW waterworks and wells am ruined. Tkf water is all muddy und not lit to u An engine and passenger trnln Ho i the shlttmck near the depot and ennf ncll'icr fnrwiird nor backward, l'orl long distance Ihn river now runs when the railroad grade wn. It will take, In tho opinion of railroad men, tlirM month to repair tho rod |