Summer Storm Floods Walla Walla

One of the heaviest rains to visit the valley this summer fell last night. The total fall as reported by Weather Observer Newman of the local bureau was .60 of an inch. The rain was general all over the county and considerable damage it is feared has been done to wheat in the stack and that already threshed but left unhauled in the field. This will be true of those farmers using combined harvesters who have neglected to gather up their sacks preferring to wait until through threshing before attending to this important work. Farmers from the foot-hill district in the city today say last night's rain was particularly heavy in that district and in the mountains. That there was a downpour in the mountains was evidenced by campers at The Toll Gate telephoning to the city this morning for rigs to convey them home. The sudden change in the weather will be responsible for bringing many campers home, who otherwise expected to remain in the mountain retreats until September. In the city the streets were flooded by last night's downpour. The basement of the Stencil building was flooded and some damage done to goods stored there by a perfect lake of water which formed in a low place in the alley at Third street and which seeped into the basement through a convenient hole. The engineering department was out early with wagon loads of crushed gravel filling in the low places and opening up drains to allow the accumulated water to run off.