La Grande evening observer., January 08, 1913, Image 1

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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913.
NUMBER 62
WORST STORM
III YB HAS
1 SUDDEN END
STORMS ABATE AT MIDNIGHT
LEAYING STREETS BADLY
DRIFTED ETERTWHEBE
County Lanes Filed Fence-Deep With
Snow Damage to Fair Grounds'
Buildings Hot Estimated, , bnt So'
Further Damage Done During the
SightLocal Streets and Sidewalks
Drifted.
TRAIN SERVICE IS ill!
i power. Great bulks of paper and dc-
No further damage than that enact-1 bri8 were blown over agaiuat the.
d yesterday afternoon has been sua- fence from the fair grounds and for
tained by the Union County Fair as-, a tIme tne situation was very crlti
sociation on Its buildings at the fair cajt prompt action by the power corn
grounds. Minor additions to the total pany gaved the day.
damage, such as the breakage of ad-, Seattle Train Stalled,
dtlonal windows and the tearing away ! Seattle. Jan. 8. Except the Ore-
of loose boards are noted. The main '
portion of the exhibit hall roof has
not been seriously damaged, if at all,
and the framework of the unroofed
section of the grand stand is like
wise intact Because of the deep
drifts surrounding the grounds little;
or no Inspection has been made by
the board of directors or by contrac
tors. K. A. Masteraon who resides
close by. Inspected the damages yes
terday afternoon and again this morn
ing and declares he can find no trace
of added havoc during the night. . '
Storm Ends Suddenly.
("flare freaks In weather stunts were
ebacted during last night when the
v&rst blizzard to visit La Grande in a
decade came to a sudden halt and let
the morning break with almost balmy
atmosphere. During the 18 hours
that the storm raged, north and south
street were drifted hip deep - and
worse In many places and east and
west avenues were swept clean of
every particle of loose snow. The
results of the blizzard are most mark
ed in city and county roadways, as
the O.-W. has wormed through the
trouble with fair success in sight.
Although a ligh't snow has been fal
ling most of the day, there is no ap
parent danger of a tleup In railroad
traffic.
Schedule Is Late.
True, the trains are running late'
but they are running the real prob
lem In time of storm. Number 18
was brought in last night, only a
couple of hours late, and No. 6 today
was a little slower, reaching here
shortly after the noon hour again.
However, it was not Blue Mountain
snow trouble that was responsible en
tirely as the train reached this dl-
vi.in hohinri tlmt.' Number 6. due
o.iR tnrfnv. the
fast mall last night was delayed un -
... o .1.1. on,i No 17 Is far
behind schedule. These westbound
trains were delayed on the Union Pa
clflc, however, as there Is practically
no snow trouble east of La Grande
whatever.
Washington Line Blocked.
ft, .r.nnh line between Pendleton
and Walla Walla was blocked last
night and all trains were routed Tia
Umatilla. The old rotary from tnis
point has been sent to the Washing
ton division to clear the track.
New Rotary Tried.
Yesterday afternoon the new
ro-
tary was given a tryout. It was taken'
to Hllgard, but was found to need
adlnatmeat and waa sent back for
easement of bearings and general oil -
Inn. She u ready now ior u7
emergency that be called upon.
Storm's Damage Heavy.
No estimate has been made of the
damage done to the fair grounds
building. It was found that last
nlghfn Mow. more severe until 10
o'clock than at any time during the
lay, unroofed teveral buildings
throughout the county, a barn In the
neighborhood of the fair ground
faring U this respect County Itues
FIRST SURVIVOR FROM ROSEHIIS LANDS
are reported plied even with fences
tn many Instances.
Sidewalks In the business thorough.'
tares of the city were opened by noon
but school children waded through
drifts In the residence district vary
ing In depth from one foot to five and
there ' was no early disposition
on the part of the residents to clear
the sidewalks. In many instances
sidewalks have not been touched this
winter and flagrant disregard for the
sidewalk cleaning ordinances . are
common. . Street Superintendent Mc
Murray found co-operation by tho
noon hour, however. .
At seven o'clock last night wind
blew down the power line of the E.
O. L. ft P. company. It fell across a
wire fence at the home of John Wil
liamson in Northeast La Grande and
set Ore to 40 posts. The chicken
I house being on the line with the
Mr. Williamson was afraid ts do
anything for fear of electrocutou
He bad to telephone to the power
j company to come out and cut off the
gcn & Washington trains no others
are entering the city. The Northern
Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul trains are stalled in the Cascade
mountains. The Great Northern line
service Is demoralized. Wire service,
which was resumed this morning,
states some of the trains may ar
rive late this afternoon.
Wreck Ends Fatally.
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 8. An un
known man was killed and several
others were seriously Injured, when a
baggage car of the Big Four railroad
Jumped the track at Rex, a small town
twelve miles from here, and caused
the other' coaches to roll down the
embankment.' The -storm has added
to the suffering.
Ohio on Rampage.
Pittsburg, Jan. 8. Ail points along
the Ohio river have been warned to
prepare for floods as a result of last
night's heavy rain
The river is ex-
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CREllllST
BUYS PLANTS
PATTERSON OF PORTLAND IS THE
HEAD OF BIG COMPANY.
Fonr Hundred ThousandDollar Con.
cern Formed to Bny Creameries
Portland, Jan. 8. A company capl-
tallzed at $400,000 has been formed
here to take over five of the leading
creameries of the city.
W. J. Patterson, a prominent dairy.
man. Is at the head of the concern,
'and It Is also said the company will
spread out to include several cream
erles throughout the country section.
Homeless Boys Adopted.
J. G. Kilpack, probation officer from
Portland, passed through La Grand
his wav to Enterprise. He has
charge two good looking lads from
Umatilla, who, on account of the dis
agreements of their parents,
hdve
been left homeless. "These cases
are growing," said he, "on account of
divorce and the remarriage of men
and women In which case, t':o chl!
are objectionable to one o ttie
otj,er, and the pltable lot of some of
thege children Is beyond description
1 j take It to be the result of our loss
of l(Jeaig jn me nomes ana our umu
quest for earthly goods."
will find a home with a
the Enterprise country.
The lads
rancher of
Electrical Workers Strike.
Seattle, Jan. 8. A general strike ot
the electric! workers on the Btone
and Webster Interests was called this
Three hundred men walked
out which will affect the entire north.
wet
MENDROWNED
THEY REACHED DECK SAYS FIRST
SURIOfl OF ASTORIA WRECK
Astorla, Ore., Jan. 8. According to
a dispatch from Captain Patterson, of
ficial pilot for the Associated Oil Co.,
at the mouth of the Columbia, who
was sent to the 'scene of the Rose
crans wreck from Portland, eight bod.
les have washed ashore from the llf
fated steamer Rosecrans wbich foun
dered on Peacock Spit yesterday. A
dozen more'are expected to be washed
in as soon as the tide turns.
Cupttijn Among Dead.
Captain Johnson's body was among
those washed In this morning.
- 0e Survivor Lands.
Fred Peters, quartermaster, was
washed ashore on a plank near Point
Tioga, seven miles below the wreck.
but was near death when found. It
is not known If he can live, and is
the first survivor to reach shore '
Others Are Saved.
The names of the three men res
cued by the Point Adams life savers
are not known. One of them died in
"BIG OITCH" ALMOST READY TO
RECEIVE FIRST
Washington, January 7. Union of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans the
greatest marriage of. waters Inflatory
by means of the Panama canal, is
to be the supreme American achieve
ment of 1913. The "big ditch" Is al
most ready.
President Taft is preparing to an
nounce the program for acceptance of
engineering's latest gift, as a result of
his trip to the Isthmian Canal Zone
last month.
"Ninety three per cent complet
ed," was the report made to the pres
ident regarding the progress of the
giant sluiceway by Col. George W.
Goethals, the engineering wizard of
the tropics.
Completion of all excavation neces
sary to open the canal by June 1 Is
the estimate in the hands of the Pres.
Ident. Flooding of Culebra Cut, the
most stupendous task of the itcanal
construction, Is planned on July 1
without celebration. During July
August and September, it is estimat
ed, sufficient water will flow Into theJ
lake reservoirs at the Gatun and Min
flores locks to enable passage of the
RECOUNT i SENATE -VOTE IS
SET DDT APPEAL HIS
Late this afternoon an appeal was
filed in circuit court by Attorneys C.
H. Finn and George T. Cochran for
Ed E. Kiddle, carrying the decision
of the circuit court recently, to the
supreme court The immediate effect
of the appeal Is, apiMtrently, to stay
the recount which Judge Knowles to
day set for 9 o'clock tomorrow. It Is
hardly possible that action can be bad
by the supreme court prior to the
convening of the state legislature, to
which, Kiddle already has the canvas
sers certificate of election.
Recount of ballots cast November
5 for Ed. E. Kiddle and John S. Hod
gin In this county in the race for
Joint senatorshlp, will take place
commencing at 9 o'clock tomorrow.
Circuit Judge Knowles baa set the
date, and tomorrow will take up the J
difficult task. As pointed out in his!
decision denying tho motion to quash
the petition for recount the find-
logs of the circuit court will be ad-
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LIKE RATS B
IEF0RE
the lifeboat It Is believed that about
35 of the 40 on the boat are drowned.
t,
Peters Recite Details.
Tioga Point, Wash., Jan. 8. "The
boys were asleep in their bunks when
the crash came," said Fred Peters;
quartermaster of the Rosecrans, this
morning. "I at first heard the man
at the wheel shout that he had mis-
,. k., - .v i.
when the boat was on the rocks. I
groped my way up the companion way
with a dozen men following me. I
was then swept over the side of the
boat and siezed a plank that was
thrown against me. Then I became j
unconscious, and did not recover mjt
sense until I felt the sands of Tioga
Point under my feet. I don't think
the majority of the crew had a chance
to reach the deck before they were
drowned. The three men in the rig
ging tnust have been on the hurricane
deck when the crash came."
REAL LOCK TEST
first vessel a Panam'an railroad ship
through the entire canal on Oct. 5
the 400th anniversary of the dlaeov
ery of the Pacific " by Balboa. The
canal will not be thrown open to the
commerce of the world until after the
dedication on Jan. 1, 1915.
The accomplishments of 1912 on
the Isthmus aud his hopes for the
future were given as follows by Col.
Goethals while the presidential party
were at Culebra on ChrlBtmas day.
"During the year of 1912 the Gatun
dam was virtually completed and at
the close of the rainy season Gatun
Lake had risen to a height of 5? feet. I
or within thirty feet of the maximum
which It will be allowed to attain.Tue
dam held back its volume of water
without leakage.
"During the year about 30.000,000
cubic yards of material were removed
from the keystone of the canal Cu
lebra. Of this 6,000.000 yards were
due to slides in Culebra cut. But the
slides will cease when the canal !s
Continued on Pw S
visory only to the senate, which must
decide Dually, and will supply tangi
ble evijenco for the senate to work
upon. The recount will be conduct
ed by Judge Knowles with assistants
of a clerk or two. Each ballot, so
far as It deals with the contested of
fice, will be scrutinized carefully.
This Is the first time such a count
has been held In this county for years,
and it is doubtful if one dealing with
an Intercounty office baa ever been
held. The Wallowa county recount
will follow the recount here.
Chinese Will Celebrate Tonight.
Owing to the high wind yesterday
the celebration planned by the Chi
nese citizens of La Grande was not
held. Tonight they will set off be
tweea four and five hundred thousand
pieces of fireworks. In honor of the
j new Chinese republic. Tho fireworks
will begin about 7 p. m, on Fourth
' and Adams .
DEVELOPED
FIRST WEEK
COMESTOEND
HTE HUNDRED PAJKCELS RECORD
FIRST WEEK.
LOCAL STORES USE IT
Jewelers, Druggists, Dry Goods Deal,
em, EWv, Ship Freely.
Dontfs for? Parcels Pout Users.
Don't put ordinary stamps on P
merchandise, which Is now
t carried . entirely by parcels
post. It will be unmailable and
the chances are .that you will
never see it again.
Do not use parcels post
stamps on miscellaneous mail
matter. They will never carry
Don't forget your own address A
if you are the sender. Other
wise the package will be open-
ed and sent to the dead letter
office. '
Since the parcels post went Into ef
fect one week ago today approxi
mately 500 parcels have gone through
the local postofflce. The dry goods
merchants, druggists, Jewelers and
hardware merchants t.n La Grande
have made the most liberal use ot the
new system, with the grocers trailing
on behind. The last named have their
delivery system and will not make
use ot the parcels post unless the
government system Is cheaper than
their own delivery In suburban dis
tricts.
Nothing unusual has gone through
the office and people have not been
overhasty to get their name In the
paper iby sending livestock or hat
toxes. But from the present outlook
in La Grande and telegraphic reports
that the express companies , are , lay
ing off men osi' account of the com
petition set up by the government, it
would seem that In a short time the
postal department will be fall ly
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TOM LOFTUS
CORNER PROPERTY TO
LARGED.
BE EN-
Another Story and Greater
Space in View.
Floor
La Grande will see another mater
ial Improvement on Adams street In
the early Bprlng. Rumor has it that
the Tom Loftus building on the cor
ner of Depot and Adams will be en
larged. Another story is to be added
to the structure as It now stands and
the building will extend to the alley.
Much of the old arrangement will be
torn out and ' new roofs will be In
stalled. It will counterbalance tue im
provements contemplated on the op
posite side of the street and will
make that corner one of the main In
tersections in the city, owing to close
proximity to the depot.
It has not been definitely learned
Just what business will be accommo
dated In the new structure, but It is
likely that the lower rooms will be
converted into store rooms. Perhaps
a lodge room will be installed on
the third floor of the proposed new
addition. This would relieve the con
gestlon existing at the present time
since severat of the lodge rooms are
so regularly rented that a new order
or fraternity would have dlffloulty
In getting suitable accommodations.
It Is said that buldlng will be
gin Just as soon as the weather per
mits. This policy Is typically Amer
ican and shows that builders, when
they have the advantage of location,
build upward, constantly upward.
This lends force to the argument
that La Grande is In the city class
and that In the near future she will
write the population . In five figures I
Instead of la four.
FUNS
REPAIRS
FATHER GUTS
' T T
THEN SUICIDES
LOS ANGELES QUARREL ENDS FA g -J
TALLY TO ONE AND ANOTH- 5
ER YICTOM PROBABLE 3 ' .
ANOTHER PATENTS SUICIDE
...
Raior, Ned tie and New Patented Gm
3fethod Are Introduced In Manner
of Committing Suicide In Los Am.
geles Today Son of Enraged Path,
er Js Near Death Following At- .
tacks. .
Los Angeles, Jan. 8. After a bitter
quarrel,' George Blumfield cut tho
throat of his son Sherman and then.
cut his own throat Sherman waa
rushed to the hospital and has a
chance of recovery. The father la
dead. Aocordlng to the police Blum-
field and his wife had a quarrel re
cently and the w'!e left , the home-
The son is alleged to have chlded
his father for mistreating his mother
and a quarrel, ensued between father
and son, lasting all night Noise of.
scuffling caused the neighbors to call
the police. On the arrival ot the lat
ter they found Sherman with a tour
Inch slit in his troat and the father
with his head almost severed from the
body. A razor in the hand of the
father showed that a terrible strug
gle had taken place between them.
Mrs. Blumfield baa not been located.
New Patent on Suicide.
. ,Los Angeles,, Jan."8. Fitting a spe- - .
daily prepared box about' his shoul- .
ders, and printing thereon the words
"patent applied for," C, D. Chambers !
last night attached a gas Jet to tho
box and turnel on the gas. The dead
body was found by fellow lodgers this
morning.
Hangs by Necktie.
Los Angeles, Jan. 8. A man giving ,
his name aa Thomas Hogue, this
morning hung himself with his neck
tie In the county Jail. He was intox
icated when the deed was commit
ted. PATIENCE WAR FEATURE.
Adrianople Will Fall to Allies Agree
. Experts on Situation.
London, Jan. 8. There la nothing
new or . startling In the war
situation. It seems to be a problem
of the most patience. That Adriano
ple will fall to the allies seems like
ly. The city Is so near the point of
starvation that the commander of the
fort Is thinking of surrendering. On
On the other hand the allies will take
nothing less than control of the city
Itself. It seems the powers are
agreed the. allies should get the an
cient Ottoman city and will force the
Turks to relinquish the same. Satur
day is the day set on which the Turks
are to make their final answer to tho
ultimatum presented to the Turks on
Monday.
Balkan envoys are predicting the
early fall of the city. In this event
the real bone of contention between
the Turkish and Balkan envoys will
have gone to the latter and the re
maining terms of peace will occasion
little difficulty.
From Rome comes the announce
ment that the triple alliance favors
the abandonment of Adrianople by
the Turks and the retaining ot Aegean
Island as part of the Ottoman em
pire. Secretary Hoke Here.
Secretary Hoke of the Oregon Wool
Growers' assocaitlon, is here today on
account of the Illness of a relative.
He has been in Boise since tho Vale
meeting where he was re-elected se
retary of the association. Several
Pendleton and Umatilla county wool
growers were passenger today en
route borne after attending the Idaho
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