FLOOD MAROONS TWO JAPS IN TREE TOP FOR SIX DAYS.

Small Quantity of Food They Carry With Them Sustains Until They are Rescued

CHICO, Cal., Saturday, March 14.--Two Japanese woodchoppers working on a wood contract on the Marselus ranch along the Sacramento River west of this city were rescued from the top of a huge oak tree in which they had been marooned for six days.

The water came up so suddenly the Japanese were unable to get out, the flood completely surrounding their cabin and almost covering it. They hastily grabbed a few provisions and two blankets and took up their abode in the tree, coming down for a few minutes to swim and wade for exercise, but being forced to sleep and stay in the top of the tree.

E.D. Marselus and his brother saw the plight of the Japanese and they were gotten out, being forced to wade a considerable distance. They were almost starving, drenched to the skin, and suffered much from their cramped position.

The tree stood half a mile from the river bank.