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IALLOWA COUNTY IS ISOLATED
FROTJ CDTSIDE WORLD BY A
SLIDE NEAR ELGIN
TRUSS GET THROUGH DRIFT
AT FORTES IT NOON TODAI
Heavy storms along the 0. R ft N.
lb make it dangerous in Wallo
vra canyon Points east ef here
likewise In dire danger of drifts
If the wind rises Botraj struck
bj slide near Kamela,
FEATURES OF STORM
Wallowa county isolated.
2 trains held on hill sev-
era! hours.
No freight moving. -'-;
Thirty inches of snow fall
locally since February 1st
Ten-inch snir fall at
Duncan and 24-inch fall at
4 Kamela in two hours this
morning.
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Weathre records were knocked all
awry' here today. Trains were held
enow bound on Kamela hill and lo
. al weather condition are dlsarree
able, and all in all, the weather gods
have had grouches since Saturday,
when the still prevailing snowstorm
commenced.
Remarkable Snow Fail
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the
following snowfall was reported by
"Weather Observer Worstell:
From Feb. 1 to 3 o'clock today, 30
Inches. Prior to Feb. 17, nine in.
Today's fall 6 Inches.
While there is nothing official to
back up the statement, this is taken
by old pioneers to be the heaviest
February snowfall since the days
prior to the general settlement of
the valley, and as much as has fallen
during an entire year for the last
decade. It is prevailent all. over the
Eastern half of Oregon, as reportu
from all parts of Wallowa county,
Union county, Baker and Umatilla
tell of correspondingly severe fall.
Ten Held at Porter. ;
Number 10, the fast mail, encoun
tered the most formidable drift Just
west of Meacham, and unable to pen
etrate the obstruction, backed up to
the hew siding called Porter and
there awaited the arrival of the ro
tary to clear the track.
Two Engines Unavailing
For once the mall train was un
able to keep up its break-neck speed.
Two engines had been assigned to
getting the mall over the hill, but
even with that amount of power, the
small train of five care was stalled,
so (heavy are the snowdrifts that
fill the cuts along the narrow pas
sages on the hillside.
Number Six Held, too.
Number 10 wa stled up early In
the morning and held for several
hours. Number Six was the next
overland to come up against the ob
structions and the passenger train
was held up west of the Porter sld
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The rotary left La Grande at 7:30
this morning and the local O. R. &
N. office gave out the prediction at
that time that the service would be
resumed by noon at the latest.
WALLOWA COUNTY SNOWBOUND
Outcomlng Passenger Yesterday has
Exciting time of Its trip
Wallowa county Is snowbound as
far as the railroad Is concerned. The
L. R. Alderman, at the head of the
department of pedagogy In the Uni
versity of Oregon will lecture at the
Presbyterian church tonight on
"Chums, Chumps and Gumps"
Through solicitation of friends he
was Induced to speak at 8:15 to
night free of charge and all are In
vited to hear him. He fa an orator
as well as an educator. He is inci
dentally the author of the Lane
county high school plan and will
give details of its workings tonight
He is here by force of circumstance,
and local educators have seized tl
chance to have him address a La
Grande audience.'
last train to see Wallowa was the ou I
coming train yesterday morning
which had an exciting time while
coming through the canyon. Aval
anches of snow menaced the . prog
ress seriously. Slide after slide fol
lowed the wake of the outcomlng
train falling down from the hillsides
to cover the tracks in such a way that
It is both dangerous and , impossible
to take the trains over.
The Galloway cut, two miles below
Elgin la filled up with snow. It is im
possible to get through today so the
Joseph train' was sent to Elgin and
returned on the regular afternoon
schedule. As soon as it stops storm
ing the cut will be opened up for
there Is too great a risk saw local of
ficials, to attempt sending a train
down the canyon, even if the cut was
cleared away. Dispatcher Corbett and
his assistants , have been, perhaps,
the busiest men in La Grande today
They have found It - impossible to
move freight trains as all of the ener
gy available is spent In getting mar
ooned trains moving and keeping the
Telocaset hill clear.
STORM EAST OF HERE
Track between here and Huntington
may be filled any time.
Official reports at noon today stat
ed that the track emt of here was
clear but was In constant danger of
filling up in cuts for it has been
storming fiercely between La Grande
and Huntington today. The deep
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THE LATE
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She assisted her husband In
home ever constructed in the G
crossed the plains in "61 with a
hardships falling to that type
ed trails and paved the way for
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STREET CAR STRl&t IN Fi!ILA
DELFHIA PRGYES C"E CF THE
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MAS! CARS BURNED AND El- .
OTS ARE MAN,! AND SHARP
Great numbers of extra police- en.
rolled to keep peace and dignity
in the city of Philadelphia Union
men walk through bad streets to
avoid riding on the few cars that
run Riots today -
I'hUadelphla, Feb. 2L An attempt
at banging occurred on Kensington
Avenue where a car containing four
blockaded by a mob. .As soon as the
car become Immovable a great crowd
armed with clubs and stones surged
forward and swarmed on the plat
forms. .The police were swept aside
and the crews dragged off on the side
walk, the crowd striking and kicking
them at every step. .Then some said
here's a rope and a noose was slip
ped over a motorman's head. .The
mounted police arrived Just as the
man was being swung to a lamp
post. The police on arriving rode at
full speed at the mob Injuring 40 so
badly they were taken to hospitals.
Twenty arrests followed. .
Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Every man
tf the regular police force has been
called out for strlks duty and enroll
ment of 3000 special policemen to
day gave the city the appearance of
a beleagured garrison.
Street fighting was resumed at
daybreak. Following the attempts of
the 'Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany to operate cars with non-union
platform men.
Scores of working men in the out
lying districts began attacking . the
cars as they lert the barns. Police
and special men broke up scores of
incipient riots. The conflicts are not
serious and displays of force kept
the crowds from violence.
The company made no attempt to
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MRS. BROWN
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building the fllrct individual
rande Ronfle Valley, after having
n ox team and enduring all the
of intrepid immigrants who blax-
future civilization.
DECEASED HELPED RDILO AND
LIYED IN IIRST INDIVIDUAL
EOUSE CON TSUCTED IN YALLEY
SHE HAS BEEN ILL FOB
A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD
Death ends wonderful career of tar.
dy ptoceer of this valley With
her husband she crossed the plain
In an ox wagonCame here earl)
In sixties Family fof five daughters
at heJside today. .
Almighty powers at 6:15 this morn
lng snuffed out a human light that
since white men crossed the Lie.
cri or. me hiiia Mountain an.l
looked down on the Grande Ronda
valley with the definite purpose of
settling here, has stood for many re
markable honors. ' ... Mrs. Benjamin
Brown is dead. With her five daugh
ters, ail residents of Union county,
anxiously keeping vigil at the bed
side, the pioneer light died out at an
early hour today and the first white
woman to settle In Union county, the
woman who moved into and took pos
session of the first crude structure
that paved the way for future build
ing activities as settlers continued to
arrive here all these and many oth
er things can be said of her had
P?4 ,to the great beyond. Mrs.
-Brown followed ' her husband " by a
L few months only, for the late Uncle
Ben Brown's death was a shock to
her that even her wonderful vitality
could not withstand. She has never
been well since his death and during
the past week her life has hung by
a slender thread. It snapped today.
To the present generation it is al
most Impossible to believe that the
first settlers here can be still found
In La Grande. There are several,
however, and Mr. Brown was one of
them.
Miss Frances Kirk was born In
YorkshJre, England July 28, 1828,
and was married to the late Ben
Brown on June 30. 1852. To this
union five daughters were born all
of whom are living. In 1857 Mr. and
Mrs. Brown came ' to the United
States and located at St, Joe, Michi
gan, where he remained for nearly
one year before coming West.
Came With Cx Team
Heh husband, tho late Uncle Ben
Brown, came to Oregon first but In
1860 he returned to Michigan where
Mrs. Brown was living at that time,
and in a wagon drawn by oxen, they
crossed the plains to Umatilla coun
ty. There for one year Mrs. Brown!
conducted a boarding house on the
Umatilla reservation while ; Mr.
Brown conducted a freighting bus
iness. Came Here in 1861;
After a year of the strenuous life
Mr. and Mrs. Brown come to Union
county settling In what was then
known as the "Old Fort" at a point
about six miles north of La Grande.
There they took up a claim but at
the time of the gold - excitement In
Auborn, the moved to the site of
whut Is now La Grande and erected
the first Individual house ever built
l:i the county and there Mrs. Brown
who assisted him materially in the
work, cooked the first meal , in the
first house ever built in this valley.
One of the Intrepid Sort '
It needs no argument to prove the
statement that Mrs. Brown was one
of the Intrepid sort Had she not
been, she would not have survived
the many years of hardships she did
prior to the coming of the things
modern, convenient and comfortable
m this valley. Since the time of the
.death of her likewise Intrepid hus-
MANX FAMILIES ARE COMIKG Tt.
THEIR AID
Premature arrival of robins has en
" . . ated wide destruction
-: Beef suet tied to rose bUBhes
bread crumbs judiciously placed at
points where they will not be snowed
under and can be reached at any
time are some of the methods adopt
ed by various hemes in La Grande
to keep the robins from starving.
Teased to this vicinity by the pre
mature symptoms of spring, the rob
ins are starving to death in great
numbers and many have already not
iced the predicament of the bird and
lent aid. Beef suet is especially de
sirable as it gives opportunity for
the birds even if the storm contin
ues.
band, a few months ago, Mrs. Brown
has been ailing and though at var
ious times critically in, Has never
really alarmed her relatives with any
complication of diseases or any one
particular disease.
Family at Bedside
Mrs. Brown Is survived by her five
daughters, who were all with her
during her illness and at the time
of her death. There are also 19
grandchildren and five greatgrand
children. Her daughters are Mrs.
Hester Ellsworth of La Grande; Mrs.
NAda Waltrs of Island City, Mrs. Al-
lle Conley of Cove; Miss Fanny
Brown at home and Mrs. Carrie Gar
rlty of Island City. '
? Faneral Tomorrow.
The funeral will ha held tomorrow
at 1 o'clock from the family home at
Island City, Rev. Upton H. Gibbs. ot
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England Storm Swept
London, Feb. 21. Reuorts today
from along the South and EaBt Brit
ish coasts indicate that 100 lives
were lost in the storms during the
laBt 24 hours. A steamer was drift
ing helplessly last night off Cat
Craig, Scotland and is believed to
have gone down. The property dam
age along the coast is heavy.
Cougftg
Newlin's
White Pine
Exoectotant
Newirndtug Co.
ROYAL K02ES CF STATE FLASH
THRCT LIaES CF UM
BAYONETS TO TKE ECUSE
THIRD PARL1MEXT UNDER
EDWARD OPENED WITH POMP
Enormous throng sees King the
Queen approach house of parli
ment King reads his message
with scenes of brilliancy surround
lng him (Jung salute approach of
King to th;one roox
London, Feb. 21.. The third parll
men under King' Edward's reign op
ened in state this afternoon. The
King read an opening speech "brill-
lantly. ' ' "
Added to the unusual brlalllancy
of the occasion was the feeling of
suppressed excitement due to the mo '
mentous problems, ' a most delicate
handling of which will be required
to prevent a speedy dlaolution of par
ilment and calling another, general
election. (
Hundreds of thousands of sight
seers thronged the streets around
Westminster when King Edward ar
rived, in state in the state coach
Lite guards In picturesque uniforms
guarded the line with drawn bayo
nets. Arriving at the house of par-, 6
Hmenir the -King was saluted with
41 guns. The King and Queen don
ned scarlet robes. Near them stool
representatives of the foreign pow
ers, all In full uniform. Such a bril
liant sight has never been seen he-'
fore. '
Edward failed to cut the Gordlan
knot In" his speech and by indecision
precipitated the crisis between the
Liberal on one side and the Labor
Use and the nationalists on the other "
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