Show thousands of cattle lost scores of valuable ran ches damaged helena mont april 15 with sev 1 oral houses destroyer dest in the town of cragg 46 miles idorh of here hundreds of bead of cattle and livestock drowned and ahe great northern railroad tracks washed away for miles the loss from the flood caused by the breaking of the great seventy foot dam at hn user jike yesterday it is conservatively estimated today will bo approximately which includes the damages to the dam after making a careful examination of the dam site today since the water has receded A H gerry jr general manager of the concern is of the opinion that the wrecked structure I 1 can bo rebuilt at a coat of probably less than that the dato will be rebuilt at once and the on st ruction of the third dam at wolf creek was approved by secre tary p war taft yesterday will not bo dolard dol ayd is assured by a telegram received in helena today from former governor samuel T hauser president of tho helena power transmission company who is now in now york govenor daubers Hau Bers telegram reads I 1 he dams entire cost represents only about 10 per cent of the entire amount of money invested by the two companies hence there is no tear bu that the dam will be rebuilt the thard dam will also be built as we have the money and the government haa ap the plan besides our i companas comp anys customers save every year more than the cost of the dam tonight the indications are that the I 1 water hag receded during the day sufficiently to prevent great damage i at groat rans every precaution has ixon taken to protect the boston montana smelter which Is situated on tho river bataka at groat falls and it is now believed that the plant will not suffer from tho flood mateis ane alvor Is becoming normal at crag and cascade and no further damage IB anticipated A later dispatch from cragg says the water twerp Is reaching its normal stage people who spent night in tho hills have returned to the |