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rOLTJME XII.
J.A GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913.
NUMBER 61
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ENORMOUS CROP LOSSES
CAUSED BY HEAVY FROST:
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FRASER, COLO.
FROSTS DO ENORMOUS DAMAGE
THRMGdlOUT THE ORANGE
BELTS.
SMUDGE !FIBES BIG I
Situation jn California lias Sot Been
So Bud in Historj Reported
Dead From Cold In San Francisco
Last Night Santa Barbara Lemon
Crop Complete Failure Soy Reports
Los Angeles, Jan. 7. In many of
.' the sections of California the ther
i mometer never registered as low as
1 It did lastnlght. The new figures
! are record breakers.' There was no
J wind and the frost was. nipping all
; nljht. Practically the entire orange
crop of the Corvlnax orchard is de
stroyed. This Is said to be one of
' the most valuable orchards in the
state. The San Diego lemon districts
suffered heavily, and the loss will be
enormous. The loss in garden stuffs
Is said to be in the neighborhood of a
million In this district alone. Sinuu.v
fires were kept burning all night.
Orchardists Face Ruined Crops
Redlands, Jan. 7. Orange growers
face absolute ruin of the orange crop.
It Is estimated that I more than 90
per cent of the years yield i de
stroyed, representing a value of $5,
000,000. Rivertide Loss Complete
Riverside. Jan. 7. The reported
loss from the frost in this section is
$3,000,000. Practically the entire or
ange crop is destroyed. Many of the
small ranchers are entfrely bank
rupted. Santa Barbara Suffers.
Santa Barbara, Jan. 7. The cold is
unbroken and the lemon crop Is 'en
tirely ruined. The damage Is esti
mated at $200,000.
Froxen to Death In 'Frisco. .
San Francisco, Jan. 7 James Clark
and A. G. LeFevre were found dead
this morning, apparently the result of
the cold weather. High winds have,
subsided and the cold Is believed to
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weather bureau state another heavy
frost Is due In the citrus belt to
morrow. Seattle Storms Severe.
Seattle, Jan. 7. Crews are work
ing day and night to clear snow and
dirt from the tracks In the Cascade
mountains. Several avalanches have
buried the track to such an extent
that traffic cannot be resumed until
three or four days. The snow Is melt
ing and the rivers are swelling. A
flood Is expected In the mountain
gorges to tear away much of the
track and do immeasurable damage.
Pomona, Cal.. Jan. 7. Two hun
dred thousand smudge fires built last
night are believed to have saved the
. greater part of the citrus crop In this
section. The damage already done
will totat $2,000,000.
Storm needed for Vancouver.
Seattle, Jan. ?. Southwest storm
signals were ordered displayed In all
seaport of Washington and Oregoa
by the federal weather bureau at 7
o'clock this moraine
The storm center Is approaching
Vancouver Island and Is expected tJ
cause southerly falsa.
Laws Carry
Queer Points
LACK OF MONEY EXEMPTS DRINK
CHAUFFEUR
Drunk Auto Driver, Sentenced, but
Escapes Sentence.
(New York, Jan. 7. That the. entire
lack of money and property may oc
casionally prove to be a real advant
age even in this city In which the
possession of a goodly share ot means
Is often reckoned as a most import-'
ant requisite was illustrated here In
u unique manner this week. This
queer state of affairs developed as
the result of the arrest of a chauffeur j
for driving a car at excessive speed
while he was intoxicated, endanger-1
Ing the lives of pearly 100 persons
before he was gathered , In by a po -
liceman. At his trial he was con-
victed and sentenced by the Judge to
a year in the pe.iitentiary. The . ; WRECKED
chauffeur appealed and won a decl-'
slon that the law under which he was $ Wjnd thl8 afternoon did exten
convicted does not. authorize a pen- glve aamage to the fair grounds
ally of imprisonment but only of a j florai building . and exhibition.
flue. "Upon coming before the lower hal, 'The entire "cupoTa, running $
court again he was therefore lined
$25, the Judge explaining that this
was tile heaviest sentence he could
impose and taking occasion to re-
mark that he considered the law in
question a Joke since it let the of-
fender off with a fine of $25. The
chauffeur's lawyer Immediately point-
i'd cut that his cUent got off with
less than that since he did not have
$25. Ordinarily a person who has
been fined and is unable to pay goes
to Jail to work out the fine. In thi
case however, a prison sentence could
not be inflicted. The man had no
money and no property which could '
be attached, so after having been con-1
victed twice and sentenced, once to!
Imprisonment and once to a fine, he
walked out of court scot free. Now
a good many persons are wondering
Just what protection they have
against the whims of intoxicated auto
drivers.
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6 .0. P. STOCK
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FENDING PEACE IN HIGH CIRCLES
PROBABLE. j
Local Fostofflce Appointment May!
Come to Issue This Week. j
Appointment ot a postmaster in La .
Grande to succeed G. M. RIchey mayj
come at any time even this week.,
Every political weather vane points'
to a reconciliation between National
Committeeman Williams and Senator
Jonathan Bourne, and there Is a much
greater possibility of a Republican
name being sent to the senate for
the' La Grande postofflce, than there
was two weeks ago. Assumng that
Williams and Bourne are willing to
carve the ."pie" one with another,
evidence for which statement seems
plentiful, it Is only to be supposed
that the late friendship pact will re
sult In something like brass tacks
business. Congressman Lafferty a
few days ago made sure the consid
eration of Mr. (Richer for the appoint
ment by the usual red tape method
and It Is now up to President Taft to
say the word that either brings Mr.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
HAS REVIVED
GRANDSTAND AND
EXHIBIT HALL HARD
HIT BY WINDSTORM
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YE AlfS FIRST RAILROAD STRUG
GLE WITH 8TOILM fl'f.
(TltS TODAY.
MERCURY STAYS HIGH HERE
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WInd Blowing Over County
Today Has Serious Effect In Hills
M here Curts Drift Rapidly Snow
Flow at Work on West End um
ber Six Caught la Mountain Storms
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fXlR GROUNDS BUILDING IS "
Ml lengtb of 'the building, is'
j, bown offi an1 the north gable
& pn(f fa wrecked A ereatpr nor-
tIon of the windows in the cu-
poa are broken and blown down
j oa the wegt roof anj damage
$ nag Deen extensive In other parts
j. of tne building. With the roof S
j gonef it u no doubt probable $
j that the main structure will be
& badly twisted should the pres- 3
ent storm continue. Unverified S
j rumor8 received up town this'
afternoon tell of damage to oth-
. er buildings on the grounds.
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Almost the entire north half of the
grand stand roof at the fair grounds
wus blown off this afternoon. The
wreckage was strewn about tbe big
building, which was blown down jusl
before the roof was originally put on.
In the reconstruction the framework
was built so securely It was thought
tluit nothing less than a cyclone
would wreck It. Danger of grcnter
disunite to the roof is apparent.
Mountain cuts west of La Grande
are being bored this afternoon by n
rotary snow plow and Indications
point to urgent need of help to traf
fic east, especially on Union hill, as
the first consequence of the Ysai's
initial traffic-blocking snowstorm. On
the heels of a cold snap that ssnt
the mercury down to waterplpe-frecz-lng
figures, a gale swept over East
ern Oregon today, leaving disconcert
ing effects here. The rotary left, west
bound, Engineer Olson, at 11:30 this
morning, with drifts between here
and Meacbam to contend with. This
rotary, however was tbe old No. 60
which has been In use ' for several
years. The new rotary which arriv
ed a few days ago, is held under full
steam ready for emergencies on the
east end, It Is not known this after
noon if It will be needed if the old
one can do both ends sufficient good
the new one will remain in the round
house until officially accepted. Rail
roaders are anxious to see tbe ne
one in operation 'for her 90-ton
weight and 2-foot cut will afford an
Interesting study. She Is one ot the
largest rotarles In the world and the
power needed to drive her Into the
drifts will not be definitely (.titer
mined until experience has hid Its
lesson.
Traffic Is Delayed. .
Number ( was delayed today by
engine troubles near Umatilla and
thereby got Into .the storm ou the
Blue mountains, 'she was working
herself Into La Grande tnrough great
Impediments, . however, and it was
considerably after noon before she
reached here. Storms iu Wyoming
are holding westbound travel In check
and schedules have to be Ignored.
Trainmen are wondering If today's
storm will reach such proportions
as last year January tteup did.
Big Drift Year Since.
It will be one 'year ago tomorrow
since the famous drift at Union when
a passenger train was stalled in. tbe
drifts away from all help of totaries.
At that time the storm was unusually
severe aud show deep, the weather
being a degree or two worse than to
day's blow and with more snow to
fill with. Trainmen and officials
dread the thoughts of a repetition of
that drift and storm. Passengers
were transposed to sledges and haul
ed to Union.
"Storms are severe east and weit,
but more especially between here vl
Macbam. The rotary, however, will
be able to keep the tracks clear and
traffic In motion unless prolonged and
Increased storms are the order and In
that event, we will have to do the
best we can with traffic."
Thermometer Stays up.
Locally the weather la not unuBual
ly bad, a heavy wind blowing dry
snow about and drifting lanes bitdly.
but the thermometer is high and no
actual suffering Is possible. . The
mercury reached 10 above last night
and has been In the neighborhood of
IS and 20 above during the entire
day.
Branch Service Late.
Because No. 6 was late the Joseph
branch was held until afternoon. No.
17 Is due about 8 o'clock tonight and
what will happen to night schedules
depends on the severity of the moun
tain storms. Little trouble 13 anti
cipated on the Joseph branch.
9Tf dford Postofflce IRobbed
Medford. Ore., Jan. 7. Authorities
are endeavoring to locate the burg
lars who rifled the postofflce of $6.00
In pennies, and escaped on a hand
car lart night.
Americans Need Protection.
El Paso. Jan. 7. Sixteen American
residents of the mining town of Cln-
Iguillas. state of Durango, where i
three American companies are locat-j
ed today demanded protection against '
rebels, from President Madero. It IsJ
understood the state department at j
Washington will be asked to act.
T
GET A
CURT NOTICE
GIVEN UNTIL SATURDAY TO
MEET DEMANDS.
Mar Will Be Declared Immediately
After Tlrtit Date Is Report
London, Jan. 7. Balkan envoys
have given the Turks until Saturday
tlatlons. This was the semi-official
announcement made today by one of(
the diplomats In the English capltol.
It Is tbe prevailing opinion among
men who are conversant with the
trend of things that the allies will
not go to war again, because the!
powers are exerting their Influence
to prevent another clash. It Is
thought they will Interfere before
Saturday. I
The Turks were exchanging tele-(
grams 'with Constantinople during
the entire night Vienna reports that
the commander of the Turkish forU-j
flcations In Adrlanople Is ready to
surrender to the allies. - Another re
port states that the Greeks drove the'
Turks from the fortresses of Janlna.
Both of the rumors are unconfirmed
OIL STEAMER
SPIT. SINKING
THREE. THEN TWO, CLING TO RIGGINGS OF
SUNKEN SHIP OFF NORTHHEAD AT
COLUMBIA'S MOUTH
GALE EPS LIFE SAVERS
Lines Can't Be Shot Across Pilot Signals That There
Is No Hope When Ship Strikes Early This Morning
Bodies Washed to Sea and Cannot Ba Recovered for
Several Days.
Astoria, Jan. 7. Peacock Spit lias claimed an awful
death .toll if fears entertained here, at Cape Disappoint
ment and Northhcad are true. . The Associated Oil
steamer Itosecrans, with a crew of 40 men, Captain L. F.
Johnson, sank this forenoon and so far as known none
were saved. At 11:55 a special from Northhead point
one and one third miles from the scene of the wreck, says
two men are clinging to the rigging of the sunken vessel.
The Rosecrans struck the spit early this morning and
the vessel succumbed to the pounding of the furious sea
at 10:30. This much is determined from Cape Disap
pointment which is so close that the progress of the
wreck could be seen. At that time three men were cling
ing to the rigging but iio hope was entertained fpr them.
The outcome of the disaster is indefintc, but there is no
other conclusion plausible at this time than that the en
tire crew have gone down with the ship and their bod
ies washed to sea save the three who first sought re
fuge in the riggings. It is momentarily expected here
that the two survivors it is not known when the third
let go his hold have dropped off or been exhausted and
washed away. At all points of lookout anxious crowds
are watching for bodies. The situation is not brightened
by any ray of hope for the crew and officers.
Crippled wire service into Portland and outside is an
other item that tends to hold back the details. Tele
graphic wires between Portland and Eastern Oregon
have been crippled most of the afternoon and the same
is true between Astoria and Portland.
Astoria, January 7. The Rose
crans went Into the spit early
this morning while trying to nego
tiate the Columbia river bar, en
route to Portland. She left Monteriy
January 3. She wedged herself In
tight and the waves were washing
over her early In the day. The pres
sure on her sides was what the pilot
In meagre dispatches deemed the
fatal phase of the accident and his
early reports were to the effect that
none would be saved. The deck
works were carried away quickly as
the waves washed completely over
her.
Life Savers Are Foiled.
A wind was blowing 60 miles an
hour, preventing the life saving crew
from Cape Disappointment shooting
a line to the vessel. Her doom was
early foreseen.
' Carried OH Cariro,
Soon after she struck the rigging
went down. She carried $18,000 In
oil cargo.
Portland Get News.
Portland, Jan. 7. Local officers o.
the Ill-fated Associated Oil steamer
have established telephone communi
cation with Cape Disappointment but
news Is fragmentary on account of
the storm raging. The reported ef
fort to launch life boats Is uncon
Armed.
Wreckage Going Seaward.
The wreckage Is being washed sea
ward, say the reports from Cape DIs'
appointment, and the bodies will not
be recovered for several days. The
sea Is so high that It Is possible for
tugs, standing by, to reach the vessel.
To make matters worse, the storm
Is Increasing adding to the complete
Inability of life savers or tugs to alJ
la any war.
The Rosecrans was built In Glas
gow. Scotland. 1M3 and was 3J feet
long, 8be was valued ft $100,000.
OH I
STRIKES
WITH 40 MEN
AWAY FROM THE WRECK
The first mate was Thomas Mull-
Ins, Chief Engineer Richard Orundeli,
First Assistant Engineer J. McPher
son. Second Assistant Engineer Adam
The other officers and names of the
crew have not been learned.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Surplus of La Grande National Rank
Added to by Ten Thousand.
Usual dividends were declared and
$10,000 were added to the surplus of
the bnnk. by the last monthly meet
ing of the present directorate of the
La Grande National bank, last even
ing. This brings the surplus tip to
$130,000 and raises the standing of
the bank In the "honor roll," an hon
orary distinction confirmed on such
banks as raise their surplus t a
level with their capital. "As the La
Grande National now has $30,000
more In Its surplus than capital stock
It brings us well up in the honor roU"
declared P. L. Meyers, cashier, this
morning. "Reports of optimistic fin
ancial situations In all correspondent
hanking circles came to tin direc
tors last evening," continued Mr.
Meyers.
The stockholders' meeting will be
held a week hence.
Hoclin Hears News.
Leaven worth. Kas., Jan. 7. Hockln
learned today that the other labor
Ites will be released on bonds. He
asked "What has been done about my
release?" He was advised the Inter
national onion has taken no action.
Hockln had no comments to make.
It Is understood that Aactlag Presi
dent McClory of the Tronworkres, left
enough money to pay expenses of tha
laboritM to their