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7 I'-'-. - y A ' .'Id: --. - f :-, " .... hi n : v t i v' VOLTJLIEIX LA GAND, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15,1010 NUI.IBERC3 r mm R W ISA IIILK SUPPLY EXHAUSTED AND j FATAIITIES ARE FEARER 1 , FROS! TEIS SCOURCE S MINNEAPOLIS KISTR1CT IX THE STORM'S PATH AS WELL '.', , , 'lit. 1 j Ct f i'-Ci .:'. ,..'' .. J'oal Ciijrtjliisr; Freights GJven tlii' Right of Way Into Chicago w here " buffering h Intense from the . t' 1 t 1 i; Shortage of Coat 1" M ' tihicaco. Jan. 15. Chlero is al most like a city that is undergoing ' gHsejge by an, army today. sTho , In tense cold and howling biiz?ard that,' has , been sweeping the state of 111-i " lnois for the past three days ' still ' continues today and toe result la, that) the suffering In this .city today is almost unbelievable. The wind Is sweeping down from- the- lake and it :1is so Intensely cold lhar mani no$ ' beast can not face It. The" poor of th city are now In a deplorable ;con "srillion Ufaylng spent what little mema -they max have had early in the win v ter ' andt'the fVathftr having proved tr. . ha Jit ;; of tlmevihV their earninz caDaclt? tnaapeeiv greatly t decreased. . In ad- mljst eiVausted and coal Is , ,. very hard to eet at any nrlee. - ". ! '.: hj: 0 ,lcVpnnt ' of the, continuance of v' th3. erce Btorms all the milk trains . . , nte?ln the -city. hav. been abandon ! milk famine as well as a coil famine. Every effort Is today being made by . the authorities and philanthropists of, the city .to conserve what little 4 milk there is fu the city for the U8e , of infants and hospitalsMany fataJ- ities among , the babies of the city ; have occurred during the past few . days on this account, and there j is no signs of linorovetopnt. ' ManV trains that are due to leave : mis cuy mis morning nave oeen abandoned on account of shortage or coai ana tne tracK is oeing Kept clear with great difficulty for the In . ' coming tsaiDs carrying coal and milk. For the first time In the history ' of rauroaaing in this city coal and milk trains are given the right of way ' over all first class trains and even i the fast malls are going In on the ;,, .. sidings for the rushing coal trtlns which are being driven over 'the roadB with the utmost speed and with all the motive power that can be utilized. Milk in the hospitals is now al mnstL AYhflimtert nnif It la faarari that . ' a great deal of suffering and death J'-- will result Is the milk trains now rushing for the city do not succeed j In getting in before night. Many of the large institutions of 1 the city will be compelled to dlose If there Is no relief from the want of fuel before night. The fuel sup ply of the Elgin state insane asylum will be entirely exhausted before night. In this institution there J are l,5Uu patients connned in tne Hospital wards and it Is feared that great suf fering will be tne result It coal or wood cannot be secured at once. The governor of the state has beep" ap pealed to for assistance. The schools of the city are almost without exception using their last bit of fuel and If the situation is not relieved by t Monday there .will be no schools open in the city. Minnesota Gets Hers. ' Minneapolis, Jan. 15. Rail traffic and wire communication throughout Minnesota' - ia completely '.demoraliz ed today as the result of the great eat storm that has swept this f'a.te this winter. TJe storm 1s general thro ugbout the -tipper, Mississippi valley. All trains from the South and the Eatst are from 3 to 17 hours . late and most of them have been abandon t&J Schedules on- every, road, ha,ve been Interrupted. The storm has. con tinued throughout the. B',ght with p jnomeuVs mpU. There is no sign ft tbatement and the worst is feared tor tomorrow. J . Pfattiv Iii New York, j New York, Jan.. 15. This city " is in tha s-rin of one of the worst bliz zards that has been experienced this .winter.. Five deaths and many acci dents la known to have occurred and no doubt many more that as yet have not been reported, It is feared that this list will be greatly Increased be-, for the sstorih 'abates. Traffic' in the City is paralyzed. Three Die In Mask. Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 15. Three lives have been lost in' the past th.-"; days in one of the worst blizzards that has ever swept the region along thVVa'ldei-Fairb'anks traih The bliz jiar has been1 raging for'weeks, noy, and it is almost an assured, fact that 'ny.ny "peoplehave been lost, but whose bodies1 will not'be discovered before next summer. Rescue parties from the United States signal stations travelei-B-who may have iy VT' and blinded In the. suowt-:;. ... . overcome by Jthet inteass ,'Cv); rl" pVctw. r" ''' - '. ' t rr' ' -: Wisconsin Sno Swei)'. $ , ' La Crosse, . Wis. Jan. 15.uow plows today were sent to the rescue of two passenger trains that are stalled in , great snow drifts . that have been piled up , by the blizzards that have been sweeping this state for the past three days. The passen gers on the trains are in a suffering condition and their early release Is a necessity. r ;" ; It is- Baid that some of the drifts are : fully Iwenty feet high and the snow is packed with a firmness that Is almost inconceivable. PAYCASH MM- T S TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS TO BE UNDER NEW RULE. New Passenger Traffic Rules Become Effective on Many Railroads Tncle Sara Must Pay the Cash. : .Washington,, Jan. , 15; Under a rule adopted by the Southwestern Passenger Asociation and put In ef fect today, Uncle Sam must hereafter-pay cash in advance for trans portation of troops over, the rail roads of that section, or be deprived of any special benefits or reduced rates. Similar regulations - were adopted by the Western Passenger Association on January 1. The southwestern roads, after to day, in responding to invitations from the government for,' bids,' will lestrict quotations where "land grant reduction" is required, to the normal tariff one way. first and sec ond limited, and colonists' fares from the starting point to destination. , The egreement further provide that excursion, round-trip or one way frst and second class limtei fsres thall not . be used or recog nized In establishing fares for tran p'titaUtTJ on government 'request!. Tariffs ohowlng such reduced U -et are tn he supplemented or reissue 1 so as to make them applicable only where a"h Is paid on deliver of tickets. This Is supposed to bt on account of long account of, long de lays in getting settlements with the government for transportation bills, after service has been rendered, be ing held up for various reasons in cluding red tape, wheroais the public has to pay for tickets on delivery. Farmers Flood City. The delightful weather today was the direct cause of the city bslng fair-Jy flooded wijih farmers do'us their trading for the week. FOR ROOP mm:..-risliiE CAPTURES NEGATIVE DECISION AT COVE AND AFFIRM ATIYECDE CIS10N WiTH ifi HOSIE TEAfyl COVE'S SHOWING VERY STKOXG AGAINST BAKEIiV tVa31. iiaLer C'Uy Placed iu Euuulug for the Seuil-Finiil .Eunt vyiieu She;1 Captured Tr. c Tictoiies iu i 0c", ,NJ:t. -". . ....... i ,. i ,.-,--! ' .::.' -V . 1.. ''' '' ' tifltf City.' J-sn. isi-r-Special. Wininr.g it home from Ontario high Rtiicii ;.y a unanimous . decision' in "th'i" first i;trl-angular,r debate of. the present yea, and -whining froin,,CQYe at Cove by a two to one decision, Baker City wins the first round In the forensic battle in Eastern Oregon this year. The Ontario team made less im pression with the judges that did tie Cove team on that set of Judges, but nevertheless Baker City's victories places her in the running for fur ther honors. The debates are triangular in na ture each town of three pitted, to gether sending one team away and one staying at home, completing the triangle. The two which have two victories in the same triangle is the one which is given the victory over the other three. Ontario and cove are now out of the running. , Baker City will for mone of a tri angle later oa, which" ia to decide the Eastern,' Oregon championship. The winner of the Enterprlae-Elgln-La Grande triangle, will be-the second, and the winner of the triangle in which Pendleton works, will, form the third triangle for the finals. 1 Core Loses to Baker. Cove, Jan. 16. Special. Last even ing Cove went down in defeat to Ba ker City in a hotly contested debate here, the losers fighting stubbornly for every point. "Resolved that life imprisonment with restricted prwer if pardon should be substituted , for capital punishment in Oregon." was the subject of the debate, the Cove affiimatlve team meeting the Faker negative squad. For Cove, Glen Rob erts was the most convincing debater thougT the work of his colleagues, It. Lance and George Richards was t. a high standard. Marshfield, Ore. Jan. 15. The 3ea today, gave up Its first victim of the ill fated Czarina, whicn was wrecked on the spit bar Thursday, and In which 24 lives were lost. The tody of one of the men was washed up on the beach this morning but nothing could be found in his doth 'ng by which he could be identified. Identification will be impossible until the First Assistant Engineer Kertt el .recovers sufficiently from his ex perience of two hours in the water, to go to the morgue and make known he mans identity. This is 'the first body that has been recovered. $n!t for DIvoorav Z. B. Harvey of this city has filed a suit for dh'orce against'' her hus band W. J. Harvey,, a non resident. VICTIM' BODY IS RECOVERED Letters of Administration. ' Letters 4 of - administration ' today were issued by County Judge Henry to Mrs. C. R. Thornton In the estate of C. R. Thornton, deceased. -'. m CIRCUIT HPLETED THOUSAND B3LtAES;AD3EDi To IMPROVlIENI-GF IIO'IE TELEPHONE COMPANY i ilETALLIC SERVICE PERFECTS INTER-COU-Niy CONVERSATION Iiurt,lmprovcmeiiis to Local Coni JW' Sjtem MeaiiH Vastly IKt er Sen Ice between two Counties AepVesenting a total outlay of OOOi jl'rfactlng as near as It la pos siblj or modern mechanics to do so llnihe city of Joseph to La Grandt with iurprlslng nearness, the Home. IndejUndent Telephone Company last nlght completed ' construction of a coppe metallic circuit from ; La Grand to Joseph and intermediate points A total of 90 miles of, this coppers wire circuit was completed, the work lasting two month, & per iod that would have been shortened but for" disagreeable' weather. rhe I expenditure perfects tho lu -ter-county service " Actual 'demon fciratlons carried on in" the' Observer office this morning with points In Wallowa carry out the assertion. On eacfci post is a tranposltion which makes"cross talk" an impossibility. When talking to any point on this wire it is Imposible; for any other parly on the line to create anr.oyliig trosh talk. -" V, MadagSr Crowe, and the ' of r.clali of the company, who are local pi'o pie, are highly elated over the suc cess of the wire. It Is substantially built and Its service Is with out a flaw, and, necessarly, the result will b highly Improved phone - service between Unloa and Wallowa counties As an example of the unusually clearness of the service, a story. Is going the rounds at the expense of Editor Shutt, of the Joseph ; Herald. Manager Crowe called the editor ear ly this morning from La Grande. The editor, busy with his publication was surprised at the seeming near ness of teh manager's familiar voice, and exclaimed "When did you come to Joseph." The facts were, of course that Mr. Crowe was talking from 'La Grande, 90 miles away. t '' , , MAKES TRIP SETTINGS AND HARVEV ARE THE MEN IN THE CAB. Monster Sleams Out of Stall With a Grace and Ease that Is Marveled At By Old Timers. . Headed Eastward, with Engineer Gettings at the throttle and Fireman Harvey heaving coal into the raonstor double-boiler "Molly" as the hut,e Mallet engines are called on thd N. P., where they i are now in voue, whs int out on Its maiden trio thl afternoon. The couise ' laid oa. fur the !.( 'i.s to Unio'i and hack, run uitu lj-,l,t. Any litti'j faults th may e located HI be remedied tip ore she actually 'attan'pt? to cros' !. th hill with a load. It was vith tha eyeis of niliiii'-irtK apet tutors, watching her closn v that the the 'uorster bitked oai of tbt stall in the shops and made ready for the trip. To see the monster la action Is no more nor less than to see 0 BIO ENGINE tha largest , railroad, engine in. tne state of Oregon, moving, slowly but gracefully . enough at the slightest tough of the man at the throttle. Furrhased SujutUes, ' John Wilson yesterday purcliasecl all of the left over supplies, tools, tents and machinery of the American Light & Water Company which they used In the ronitrnetlon of the Beav er Creek pipe. line. In all there were ioyer $2,000 wortfi Jot .supplies. The year ."1910 has not seen a 'case In -'justice court and Justice of the Peace Wililarus is wondering at the cause, . Usually , cases come, uu - for dispensation ' of" Justice every few days, but thl3 year is setting a new record In that the month Is balf gone and there has been .uo cases as yet. , W'inlock, Wash." an. 15, Three in fant children of Oscar Backman were burned to death In the fire which de stroyed the Backmaa home a few milea south of this, city last night. Mrs. Backman sent two of the oldest buys, aged 4 and 2, years, on an er rand to one of the t neighbors, and then left the baby at home in a cra dle near which was placed a lighter candle, while nhe went to her moth. ers home, only a few hundred feet distance, for a short time. She was gone" but a few minutes when the house burst Into flames. The fire ap parently started in the kitchen. . With Warner; Buckman,' an uncle of he children, Mrs. Buckman rush ed into the burning house and attem pted to rescue the children but the two were unable ; to get Into the kitchen which was a mass of flames. Becktnan then broke into the front f the ' house. No one knew that '.he two boys had returned to the house lint II their charred bodies were dis covered In the ruins. r ,; Backman succeeded In effecting ca entrance into - the room where the beys met their death but on account of the intense smoke he did not Bee them. The bodies of the three chll creu were Incinerated. It is not known how the fire orig inated but it is supposed that the toys returned home and were "play ng with matches or f that they got held of the candle and set their cloth ing on fire, whic his Indicated by tho lOFltion of the three bodies, as they bad apparently ("limbed into the bed with their clothing on. The four yea. old boy had his arms around his wo year old brother, apparently trying ti protect him: The baby's remalr. were found near the bed. y With nil their forces cents id at North Powder where the last and sixteenth siding of considerabI' length to be construrted on the O. It. & N., East of, Pendletot,, the work of Twobey Bros.,, In this section of the state Is near an end. Ten days more, it Is estimated, will find the contractors and their forces gone to other sections after having spent isov era! months here with hundreds of men. The sixteen sidings are all or the right going west and are said lv railroad seers t obe the nucleus for future double tracking. '. FEVrpASES I J.fvlii INCB E OR SOON r?p -r-IRt:fl!l PrnpiM; IK 'UlLL i iii ! RIUST DECIDE 2 A2AIX3T Tilt DEFEKHANTIN TIIE GERi:EE!.m CASE- V. ( LI 31 AX -TO. LONG ? RG tl IJNT WILL COL M0.MVl sbui.X IVolei ion Jliist Decide Knott) ' (Jucs- l - . . ... .: -' . tieus hen tho, Time, Comes-- . Trial Adjourned Vnn VoiM!.iy . ' From Noon Today. ' S ...... ....!, OT.j,.: m,, - , . ,.iiv..r.!f,i Portland, Ore. Jan. 11. .T?nl;;e Wolverton has now -'come to the point where he must either taiu .tbb index 'finger to' the point which will indicate the, ultimate ml tvome i the Binger Hermann trial for or against the defendant.' All during the' session of the court this morning the judge listened to the. reasons presented by Attorney Worthlngtori whyhe should not turn the hinge of the case against the defendant but should not open the gates to the flood of evidence against him, and to other reasons presented by Heney why he. should throw the gates wide opeu and allow the floods of evidence,,, which the prosecution expect to make use of for the purpose of proving,, , the defendant's connection with the conspiracies of Mays and Jones la the Blue Mountain forest reserve. When court adjourned at noon un til Monday, W'orthington will, not have finished his reply to Heney and It will e non,jf jonda.v before, Ji'd, Worthhikton v!il have the opportun ity of handing down his decision, which will be vital to the further con, duct of the trial. The controversy which is ragln? between the attorneys concerns the toftlmony of Ben Tarpley, Horace Q. McKlnley, Goorge Sorensen and 3. A. D. Puter regarding the conversa tion or conversations had with F P. Ms.ys regarding the pperatlons . of men la securing school lands' In th Blue Mountain forest region, prior to the time of the creation of the forest reseres or the withdrawal of the lands from settlement. .' ( mi mi l BOTHERSOME LOCALLY LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE NEW LAW. , Corporations Will Find How the Meas . ore Works Before Long. ? , - .,'.'.: .;'..." ;:; "' :.''' -v' I ''..,'. Questionspertaining to the corpo ration tax are not clear to local at torneys of to corporations, either, and it is doubtful if all the det-Htls pertaining to this new but import ant question will be settled until the government itself proceeds) to collect. All corporations having !a net proceed for the year of $5,000 or over is under the Jurisdiction 6i the new law and must pay taxes on It earnings. La Grande will, sooner or" later, however, have all these things explained.. ! All 3!herH Escape. I Tilniday, Jan. 15.-It is-, ausounc cd tolay on good authority tltat a!l uf the 300 miners imy'risoui'id In tha unnel by the exploslou in the Ber win mine near Trinidad yesterday, have made their escape. The raoa made their ' way to "the surface by means of an abandoned : shaft that connected wit hthe mine. ; .V i -.n -