La Grande evening observer., July 24, 1913, Image 8

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEETOt.
THURSDAY, JULY24 1
ELECTRIC IRON
CAUSES BLAZE
CLAUDE SCRANTON HOME DAM
AGED CONSIDERABLE.
NO INTEREST
T
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S
Smoldering Fire Eats Into Furnishing!!
and Through Floor.
' An electric flatiron came near spell
ing complete destruction of furnish
ings owned by Claude Scranton and
the new residence . at Second and
Spring owned by Grace Molitor last
night. : Before departing for the chr
ry fair yesterday noon, Mrs. Scranton
lad used the electric'iron and in turn-
ing off the electricity the switch ap
parently did not stay off with the
result that during the afternoon the
instrument became so hot that the
ironing table was ignited.
About 9 o'clock Mrs. Scranton, hav
ing returned from Cove, with a party
of friends in "the Fred Holmes car
went to her home and found it illum
inated with a fire rapidly destroying
furniture in the parlor. The alarm
was turned in from the Bohnenkamp
COUNCIL APPLIES MAYOR'S
SCHEME LAST NIGHT.
Thousands of Dollars Can Be Saved
Through Application of Rule.
Close adherence to the new interest
policy worked out and proposed by
Mayor M. K. Hall, was made last ev
ening at a special meeting of the
council and it became plain that the
scheme which is an interest saver to
the extent of thousands of dollars
will work out in practical application.
The application came in the case of O.
P. Kingsley who has the contract for
excavating the hill on Cedar street.
While portion, of the contract price,
for work already done, will be made by
improvement district fund warrants,
the warrant will carry the stipulation
that there shall be no interest paid
until the bonds have been floated.
While the sum thus saved is small in
this particular case the principle in
volved is a meritorious one. ' Had this
system been used on Sixth street and
election forces. At the court house is
where the first ward will vote.
Women on Board.
In Number one, two women were
assigned positions on the election
board. The complete list of officials,
for that board are:
M. McMurray, W. M. Monroe and
Geo. Wagoner, judges; Mrs Wall Lane
and Mrs. J. W. McAllister, clerks.
, In Number two the city council
chamber will be the polling places and
officials are:
H. W. Stoner, O. R. Coolidge and J.
K: Wright, judges; C M. Humphreys,
N. J. Mansager, cjerks.
In Number three, the polling place
will be established in the Donohue
NO
CAN'T AGREE
DATE FOR SECOND TRIAL
HAS BEEN SET.
Appearance of Gebhart at Portland
Marked With Odd Details.
Disagreement was the result of the
jury deliberations of a Portland jury
selected to hear the state's case
property on Third and Washington and again'8t A ;B Con,eV( pioneer wheat
t m tr:n. n r u. j king of this county, on a charge of
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. . x. . . saved many thousands of dollars. The
scheme simply is that in place of is
was but a short task. The slow, creep
ing fire had destroyed tables, chairs
rugs and burned a hole through the
floor,, before it had been discovered.
The loss to Mr. and Mrs. Scrar.ton
will be about $200 and probably a less
sum to the owner of the property. Be
cause chemicals alone were used in ex
tinguishing the fire, little furniture
utside the fire-infested room was in
jured.
Hay Stack Burns Up.'
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
the department was called on a long
run to east X avenue where a hay
stack of about 5 tons of hay owned by
Pete Lilley, was being consumed by
Sire. The stack fire spread through
the grass toward residences, nearby,
let , Nate . Zweifel, who was working
on a plumbing job nearby, lead a bri
gade of fighters that stopped the grass
lire. Flames from the hay stack
spread to outhouses and a little barn
and prompt arrival of the fire de
partment with the assistance of vol
unteers, saved the houses in that vicinity.
suing improvement fund warrants as
in the past, as soon as the work is ac
cepted and allowing that warrant to
draw interest until the bonds are float
ed sometimes many months later
and charging up the general fund with
the heavy expense as there is no other
fund available, the warrant will be is
sued as formerly but will draw no in
Howard Davis, judges; Will Hamilton
and B. W. Grady, clerks.
In Number four the polling place
will be in the Fir street brick school
house and John Ladd, E. S. Bras'sell
and R. A. Masterton will be judges,
Will Thompson and William -Randall,
clerks.
Muzzles Are Scarce.
xne iacc tnat ail dogs or even a
large per cent, are not muzzled was
lamented but is was found there is a
scarcity of muzzles both here and in
Portland.
' If possible Mill creek will be re
connected with the reservoir so that in
case a break in the Beaver creek pipe
line at least some water pressure for
fire protection purposes can be had.
The water superintendent was instruct
ed to ascertain what the cost wou'd be
to replace the wornout plant with pipe
from Jefferson avenue,
In that contention it was also ord
ered that a suDply of four joints of
each of the four .sizes of pipe used in
the Beaver creek line be purchased
terest until the bonds are sold at which that breaks if they should occur, can
time the improvement district involv- be repaired without much delay.
ed has cash with which to take up the
warrant. On Sixth street for instance
the general fund paid out vast sums
of interest money while the street
paving case was held up in court. Even
in the few weeks that the system has
been first applied it will have saved
a large sum of money. ' That the sum
saved is enormous is shown in the fact
that it required a half mill tax last
year to meet the expenses of inter-
Speeders Given "Cussing."
Motorcycle speeders and fast auto
drivers came in for sharp scoldings
last night. Councilman Lincoln cham
pioned the causes of children that on
some of the city's race courses are
daily 'menaced by speeding motorcy
cles, the councilman mentioning Main
avenue as one of the worst speed
courses in the city. In this conjunction
Councilman Fitzgerald urged the ne-
contributing to the delinquency of a
former La Grande girl, now Mrs.
Frank Gebhart. Mr. Conley, his coun
sel and George Miller, Teturned this
morning from Portland, where Mr.
Conley was given his liberty on bonds
after the jury had disagreed. No
date, of a new trial has been set, not
withstanding that the state moved for
a trial in September.
Those who heard the evidence say
that Mrs." Gebhart contradicted her
self on the stand repeatedly and would
deny a statement made in one breath
by a contrary statement in the next.
A damage suit of several thousand
dollars has been commenced by the
mother of the girl who, herself, was on
the stand and said that the girl was
under 16 years at the time of the al
leged delinquencies and who soon aft
er made affidavits at Pendleton that
the girl was over 18. It is argued that
if the state's case is won the damage
suit will have easy sailing and vise
versa. In connection with the trial
came a peculiar phase of the state's
case, in that Gebhart had been .called
to Boise under what the defense claims
to be peculiar circumstances. He was
taken to Portland from Boise on threat
of a bench warrant, he says, and on an
agreement of $10 per day and $75 in
addition. He had no particular bear
ing on the case and after showing th
contract by which he was brought to
Portland, was put on the stand and
there admitted the overtures made to
him by the state. This one fact is con
ceded to have had a great bearing on
the action of the jury.
Walla Walla Suffers In Heat.
Walla Walla, July 24. Hovering
around the century mark for the past
four days, reaching 105 degrees Sun
day, 96 on Monday, 99 Tuesday, and
101 degrees Wednesday, heat records
for the two years have been broken
in this valley, and the crops have suf
fered to some extent. ,
Harvest is well under way but the
intense heat is said to have cooked
some of the grain, while the fruit is
ripening so fast that it can scarcely
be picked in time. Indications Thurs
day night point to a change.
.... ' ' va i .; Lawn SocUtPW
A la.wn .octal ahd Tij V
gram will be given by Wh.'
the Parish socitety of
an church on Fridav JZ1
o'clock on the lawn of MmV'V
corner of Third and 3etuZ V
The program will be ver, ,7
that there will be gevi7f
and German Bones mm. .ft
and cake, sandwiches and cotf1
be served. A silver off erln
taken instead of the ugJr
All are cordially invited
whether, they are membtnj?,
church or not. ""V
Notice to Do Own-, : t
Notice is hereby given thattk,
muzzling law will be strict.lv
and that inability to obtain mJkf
this time will be no excw, A
tnui n cr Antra tn 1 - I .
" 1" " "rose. Thto5
be tied up in the yards of tto
By order of
. ". v J- H. M'LACHlfli
Aav- 1 Chief of p&!
TEN TEAMS WANTED Ut J
, nu uii ociieraon ave., near de-
'Warren Construction Co. JJf
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La Grande
Thursday
JOLT
HAZARDOUS MAIL ROUTES.
Postmen
n Some Countries Are Never
Sure of Their Lives.
The camel postman in the Sahara
hasn't any cinch that Is. If be has a
family he's anxious to live for or hap
pens to be lending a enre free bachelor
existence, fur he needs all the nerve
ttint he can possibly summon on every
trip that he makes, for the wild tribes
regnl him as their particular prey,
and he never does know when he starts
ont whether or not he Is going to reach
his destination.
Neither lins the postman In some
parts of Switzerland the safest Job in
the world. In fact In several places in
that conutry it Is considered Just about
the most dangerous profession that a
man can enter.
You see some of (he postoffices nv
situated at a height of 7,000 feet. There
is even a letter box at (he summit of
Laniard, which is nearly 10,000 feet
above the sen level. Here all sorts of
disastrous things have happened to un
fortunate carriers of mail. Three havo
hf-eri crushed to death by avalanches
and a large number . swooped down
lliwii and killed by fierce eagles.
Then In India the postman always
as ta be on the lookout for snakes. It
Ih rfm'med that within the last year
'1.10 were killed by snake bites and
twenty-seven eaten by tigers.
Queer, isn't it, v. hen in this couutr)
tee business of Whig a postman seems
Iyit the most harmless and least dim.
gross of any a man could pick out?
3s farts of Siberia they have only
tw-nvmi) deliveries a year, while in (lie
Jnhrior of China they have no regular
delivery or regular posimau Chicaijo
TJlhune.
est on Sixth street. That sum would cessity of parents keeping children off
have been saved through the applica-. the streets as much as possible. The
tion of this principle in the matter. . dang'er that threatens children through
If extreme care and caution, triple careless driving of motorcycles and
checking of every step taken, and pro-' automobiles was discussed at length
gress forward slowly can accomplish and the plan of putting on a special
the purpose, there will be no litigation police to put a halt to it was brought
over Spring avenue paving. The coun- up but not acted on finally,
cil last night backed up and did all Liens to Be Enforced,
over again that preliminary work that City Recorder Warnick was instruct
had been done on Spring avenue pre- ed to prepare a list of delinquent im
paratory to paving that street. A few provement assessments and the treas
meeting nights ago the plans were all urer will also be instructed to fore
spoiled by the discovery that there will close liens. There is quite a list of
be a 25-foot roadway from Fourth, a such delinquents and many pieces of
portion of the way to Third street, in- property will become involved in lien
stead of a 30-foot space. That neces-, foreclosures within the next few days
sitated a complete revisal of the spec
ifications. Then the property owners
agreed on the narrower specifications
and asked the council to please hurry
unless the sums of money delinquent
1 1 KllU. .v
Mavor Hall renorted to Ihp couni
cil that he had obtained prevailing
matters. The council met in special j rates from many nearby towns. "'In
session to make this haste but they did Caldwell, the rates are $3 monthly ror
it slowly and it is safe to say that noj each arc light, and he found that Ba
street improvement has ever been ( ker pays $5 because she has over 100
carried on with more care and alten- j lights, found Pendleton paying $5.50.
tion to details. As the matter now i The Dalles $3, and so on. The execut-
.stands, the bids will be opened on Auir- ive suggested that effort be made to
lust 20 at which date objections to t' lower the rate here where a six dol-
paving will be heard. There wont be ' lar ' charge for each light has been
iany objections, however of moment and made in the past'. It is proposed to
I the council ordered bids advertised for, submit a contract to the Eastern Ore-
to be in that date. As there are 12;gon Light and Power company calling
different grades of paving in specifica -j for a $5.00 rate on the basis of 100
tions for that street it will require a j lights. The city now has 97. It was
few days probably to fix the grade j also found that La Grande has been
wanted. At any rate the council will entering into longer terms in. con-
to have the work dono this .tracts than
DANCE AT
Danceland
Daturaav mgnt
GALLERY FOR SPECTATORS
PARimVTS ESPECIALLY IN.
VITED TO ATTEND,
f STRICTLY HIGH CLASS.
C C. P. FARRIN, Mgr.
attempt
year as has been requested.
It was remedy night and sevjia!
pieces of defective transactions in con
nection with street improvement:) of
previous origination were gone over.
The re-assessment ordinance of T'orth
Second was passed and various other
details attended to.
called away late in
Councilman Lincoln was made irayor,
or rather president pro tern in the ab
sence of President Campbell.
V. E. Bean has offered to take the
old water pipe, taken from the active
service on Jefferson avenue, in return
for rent money for the pest house, and
his offer was accepted. About $76
worth of this pipe will be thus disposed
of.
Election Resolution Passed.
The council passed a resolution for
mally and officially fixing Wednes
day, October 1 as the date of election
on the commission form of charter. It
fixed the polling places and
other cities in this sec
tion.
The Smith Construction company
was awarded the contract for con
structing cement sidewalks on M ave
nue. The petition for vacating a portion
of C avenue was returned to the pe-
Mayor Hall was titioners on the grounds' of improper
the evening and . draftintr.
The water committee reported on
the petition for a four-inch water main)
on K street from becond to Cedar by
recommending that a two-inch main
be laid. At first there will be but three
or four taps on this service main.
named j Dr.
Dr. Hall to Build.
Dr. M. K. Hall will begin at once to
erect a modern two-story, nine-room
residence on Second street. Contract
for interior and exterior furnishing
was let today to E. C. Thatcher. Mr.
Thatcher also contracted today for in
terior and evtcrior decorations of the
Underwood residence.
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Friends Adding New Laurels. ysM '
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