La Grande evening observer., November 13, 1913, Image 1

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1913.
NUMBER 96
PRINCE OF GREAT LAKE
. FREIGHTERS TOTAL LOSS
Twenty-One Members Of The Crew
Washed Ashore As Corpses
Total Death List From Storm Has Nou Reached
One Hundred And Fifty
Detroit, Nov. 13. That the steam
ship John McGean, the finest freight
er on the Great Lakes, was lost with
all ' aboard on Sunday or Monday,
seemed certain when corpses of 21
of the crew washed ashore near Port
Huron today. The McGlean carried a
crew of 28 and had accommodations
for 12 passengers, and it is feared
others besides the crew drowned. -
Throughout the storm-ewept region
21 corpses have been recovered
mostly along Lake Huron. Reports
from isolated points along the North
ern Michigan-Canadian line increase
fatalities hourly.
Total Deaths Fully 150
Chicago, Nov. 13. -Estimates of
the number of sailors drowned in the
storm on the Great Lakes has reached
150. At least 25 big steamships are
lost and of the number of small craft
it is impossible to guess, more than
-vaguely. A majority of the fatalities
LLOWA COURT
DESPITE STATL
Importance attached to the meeting
of the Oregon Bar association on No
vember 17 and 18 is not sufficient to
offset the added expenses to Wal
lowa county were general rulings
throughout the state followed there,
and court adjourned for two days
during the convention, in the opinion
of Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles. From
his sick bed today Judge Knowles an
nounced that he will not be able to
go to Wallowa county on Friday as
customary, but will go on Sunday if
" Will Improve Pool Hall ,' ;",
O'Connel's pool hall is to be made
into an attractive parlor for. the lov
ers of the game. A new steam heat
ing plant has just been installed in the
entire building, including the room
ing house, at a cost of 11800. The
flnor is to be refurnished
wherever needed 1 and made into an
attractive homelike place. ; .,
This morning the . architect sent
here by Mr. Jorgensen, owner of the
building, for the purpose of making
the necessary , plans, inspected the
building and made his recommenda
tions. New tables will adorn the room
' and new, linoleum or other suitable
materials for the floor will be laid.
Comfortable chairs or cushion seats
will add to the attractiveness of this
knHinr. All told the new fur-
....m... onH eauinment will cost
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$2000' and will make or uie p.arc u
of the most attractive rooms in the
tity. -' . '"-"';.
Throoher Leaves State
j C Sirens, who has been conduct
s 'fWhinir outfit in the valley
. l ..nr. is nrenaring to
the paaw - - - .
. us. Nevada ranch, where he
leave i"i
is engaged in dry farming. ,
Xjl Grander Visits Here
Mrs J. B. Wade, formerly of La
r. a Ju.t now of Vale, was in pie
citv. the guests of friends the past
J ' . . . .11 lnfiron in
i
occurred on Lake Huron. The vio
lence of the storm was such that the
staunchest vessels were dashed on
the rocks. Lake Superior was second
worst.
The seas are rapidly subsiding and
a systematic search for more wrecks
has commenced.
Sardine Fishermen Starving
Paris, Nov. 13. Sardine fishermen
in Brittany today are out of work
and facing a serious famine, since the
merchants who have supplied them
for years refuse, to. grant them fur-
ther credit. .'Ths crisis is due to the
men refusing to eiqploy modern nets,
in which they are upheld by the gov
ernment, the canning concerns being
forced to shut down because they say
they are unable to, make expenses by
the old methods. ' .
Tff CONTINUE
BAR GOHVENTION
able. If not, he will send some other
judge." I do not believe the heavy
expenses necessary in bringing jur
ors and witnesses to Enterprise from
remote sections of Wallowa county
justify suspension of court these two
days "and it is therefore the plan to
.keep court going. ; .'.'. , :
Surgical attention was today needed
to relieve the wounds caused by the
blow of a hatchet a few days ago
when Judge Knowles was quite badly
injured. ,.' ' ' '
tha city is now connected with the
ntw road that is being bliilt from Vale
to Coos Bay.
Comes Here to Winter
Mrs. B. F. Evans of Cambridge,
Idaho, arrived last evening and will
spend some time, perhaps the greater
part of the winter, with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Jacobs of La
Grande.-. Mrs. Evans owns a ranch in
Idaho and usually spends her summers
thore and the winters with her par
ents in this city. .. ii . ,
';;:: Hearse'-'Arrives'. ;
The v.Bohnenkamp Hardware com
pany received tne nearse mai win
form part of the equipment of the
undertaking department of the firm.
It is a grey colored vehicle and was
bought in Cincinnati. The undertak
ing department will open about the
first of December. .
Home From Albany
After visiting friends in Portland,
their daughter.. Miss Runs, in Cor-
vallis, and attending the O. A. C.
game Saturday at Albany, Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Bacon are home, again. .
Mission Band to Meet - -
The Mission band -of the Presby
terian church will meet on Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Nov. 15, at the
home of Vernol and Franky Tatman,
1311 O avenue. All . members are
urged to be present.
COL THOMAS H. BIRCH.
New Jry Man Appoint .
4 Minister te Portugal
by American Preu Auoclalloa.
NIGHT OFFICER RESIGNS.
Dissatisfaction Over Arrest Made Last
- , Evening Causes Act .
Night Officer John Walden resigned
last evening when arrest of a relative
'of Mr. Walden was caused on a war
rant requested by Mr. Walden. Mr.
Walden left a request for a warrant
for the arrest of the young woman
yesterday morning before retiring for
the. shift, and Chief McLachlin got
the warrant and attempted to find
the woman yesterday, but was , un
able to locate her after a long search.
Last evening Mr. Walden himself ar
rested her, and shortly afterward she
demanded release on bail, and it being
found she was entitled to it, City Re
corder Warnick accepted bonds for
her appearance today on a disorderly
charge. Mr. Walden disputed the pro
ceedings and is reported to have re
signed' .
John Drew Is Sixty
Washington, Nov, 13 Washington
friends of John Drew, the actor, today
wired him congratulations on his six
tieth birthday. V-
JOHN BROWN RELEASED
John Alwood ,E. Greenhalgh and
John Brown were released from con
finement in the county jail. The first
two mentioned were serving fifteen
days and the last named was under
medical observation for alleged men
tal aberration. Dr. Underwood, the
county physician, . pronounced . the
young man sane and he was yesterday
given his liberty.
; Builds Private Garage
t Engineer Curtis has just completed
a private garage on. his property on
Washington avenue. ' ... ,
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Sudden Change in Plans Indicates
' Administration Sees Relief ,
Washington, Nov. 11. "There are
conditions in the Mexican situation
which cannot at present be discussed
which make it look to be much more
favorable," said President Wilson this
afternoon. . He made it plain, horr-.
ever, the elimination of Haerta is now
1a sight. He was smiling with a smile
when he said it, that has not been
equaled since Lind went to Mexico.
Washington, Nov. i3. An unoffi-1
cial poll of the senate shows thaSf
only one senator, Stone of Missouri,
favors armed intervention in Mexico.
A majority are for permitting the
rebels to import arms and some for
DIB WILL
E NOV,
GROUP SIX OF STATE ASSOCIA
TION TO MEET
Plans Outlined Yesterday Afternoon
for Big Gathering v.
Group six of the Eastern Oregon di
vision of the State Bankers' associa
tion will meet, in La Grande November
22 for its semi-annual meeting. Not
alone is it expected that all the mem
bers from the thirty-six banks in
Union, Baker, Wallowa, Grant, Harney
and Malheur counties will be in at
tendance, but officials of the state as
sociation and some prominent Port
land bankers will in all probability at
tend. The session will occupy all of
Saturday .and the business sessions
will be held in the commercial club.
William Miller of this city is presi
dent of group six and has the making
of the business program. Yesterday
afternoon a committee headed by Sec
retary F. ll Meyers met to outline defr
jinite plans, and a committee of local
bankers was named to attend to the
matter of a banquet on the evening
of the 22d . This committee, is T. J.
Scroggin, chairman, Aug. J. Strang,
Earl Zundell and F. L. Meyers. '' V"
This group of money handlers meets
twice each year and has for its offi
cers T. Gl Montgomery of the First
National of Baker as president, Wil
liam Miller of the U. S. National as
vice president, F. L. Myers of the La
Grande National as secretary, and J.
T. Donnelly, cashier of the Citizens'
National of Baker as treasurerThe
executive committee is made up of
Mr. Montgomery,. Mr. Myers," F. D.
McCully of Joseph, J. B. Thorsen of
Elgin and Fred W. Peet of Prairie
City.'. . ' ' ;.
Convicts Play Ball
Columbus, O., Nov. 13. A baseball
game between a team made up of
Ohio state penitentiary convicts and
the old time players of baseball was
Uhe feature of today's program at the
annual meeting of the National As
sociation of - Professional Baseball
leagues in session here since Tuesday.
More than 500 leaoers of minor
league clubs are attending the con
vention. Today's "vet-convict" game
will be played within the prison walls.
Andrew Promoted.
C. M. Andrews, who at one time
was nierht chief ' dispatcher at the
O-W. offices here, and later went to
Corvallis, is now traveling freight
agent for the Southern Pacific com
pany, with headquarters at Portland.
COM
forcing a financial blockage against
Huerta. 11 Practically every senator
supports President Wilson, j
: -r". Plans Suddenly Changed
Washington, Nov. 13 After it was
admitted that the president was pre
paring to send a statement concern
ing the Mexican situation to congress,
the executive has suddenly announced
that its issuance will be temporarily
delayed. : The action followed the ar-
rival of messages from O'Shaunnessy
at "Mexico City and Hale at Nogales.
The change in the plans is construed
to mean the administration believes
it sees an improvement in the situa
tion ahead. .' 7 !'
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN TWO
BODIES CONTINUES .
Itemized Statement of Expenses This
' . Year to Be Prepared . . ,
- Preparation 'of a dotailed account of
"what the expenses for running the
city of La Grande the past year have
been will be prepared by. City Re
corder Warnick and Accountant Man-
sager, as the result of a meeting of
the finance committee of the council
and the 'commissioners-elect' last
night The two organizations went
over the matter of the proposed lvy
in all ' details and worked with the
purpose in view of helping each other
obtain the' necessary results which
are to place the levy as low as is con
sistent. The commission' trio voices
the opinion that' not knowing what
the expenses of the city will be the
(next year,' it recommends that the,
council pass a levy that will net not
less, than that which was received
from taxes to run the city this year.
The commissioners can then conduct
the affairs next 'year without hamper
and still curtail expenses as much as
possible. . The discussion' was based
on a levy of 18.5 mills, but the exact
figure of the levy is not determined.
When the itemized statement is pre
pared the council will have more 'to
work with, and the commission will
know about what the ; current ex
penses will be next year. , Ten mills
of the total would be used to retire
warrants now outstanding, which
means in its real sense that the
amount thus rained is for the run
ning of the city.
Old Warrants First ' ;
: Within a few days calls for war
rants now outstanding up to January
1, 1912, will be sent out by Treasurer
Logan, and when the new commis
sioners take hold of the money to be
raised by the present levy, they must
retire the oldest warrants first ac
cording to law.' Hence the 1912 war
rants must be taken up by the 1913
levy. Eight and one-half mills are
necessary to care for special purposes
which are necessary and are made up
as follows: '
Interest on Beaver creek pipe line
bonds 2 mills, .8 for libarry, 5 mills
for general bonds and .2 mills for
park. That leaves the running ex
penses to be cared for in addition to
the eight and one-half mills.' Ten
mills is what is used as a basis for
discussion in the running of the city.
The spirit of' co-operation between
the council and the commission con
tinues to help matters materially. -
MEN DISCUSS
; TM QUESTION
III TEH DATS
EQUIPMENT '; MAKES: MILL POS
SESSOR OF MODEN DRT
KILN PLANT
Rather Than Walt Many Months for
Lumber to Cure in Open Air, Palmer
Mill Will Turn Out Its Green Tim
ber as Dry Lumber in Ten Days
From Now On Plant Modern '
.' To prepare lumber for the most
particular finishing of a home ten
day b after it has been ' cut down in
the timber, is now a possibility at
the George Palmer Lumber company
mill,, after the time of the recent cm
mill fire, it was found advantageous
to build a modern kiln, as months and '
months would be required to get lum
ber in shipping conditions otherwise,
and hereafter the company will not
again, suffer such . tremendous loss
from fire as it did this summer, for
ther will never again be as large '
lumber yard. . , , 4
To. the average layman the idea of
a dry kiln operated in connection with
a modern lumber yard would mean
about this;' v, Lumber piled on a car
and pushed into , s hot room. It "
might mean even less. When the
wood is sawed and cut out, ready to
become' part of a ' house the builder
usually has little conception of the
process that has been studied ; out
whereby the sawmill man is enabled to
cut the' tree today and put it in con
dition for the carpenter ten- days af- "
terward. This looks a bit extrava-'
gant to those not initiated into tne
secrets of drying wood and lumber by
the scientific process, now used in all
mills of any . consequence. For this -reason
a word about the process is
not amiss, and the loss so since the'
George Palmer Lumber company has
just installed a modern and expensive
system for drying lumber artificially. ,
It is now an integral, part of the huge
concern and will cut down the risk of
storing millions of feet of lumber out
in the open for seasoning. ' It will
enable them to put lumber on the
market ten days after the woodsman
has felled the tree and will give the
purchaser the assurance that the lum
ber that goes into the makeup Of his
house is not going to distort the same
out of shape by shrinking. .
. The kilns used for the purpose of
drying are some 110 feet in length
and are 12 feet wide. . .The walls are
constructed of tile ' brick and are
painted with some 'sort of tar prep
aration. A track is built into the kilns
the entire length of the building. Four
of these tracks are installed, which
enable the company to put as many
as 125,000 feet . of lumber into the
compartments at the same time. Once
in the kiln the process begins. Live '
steam is turned on the wood for a
period of from three to. six hours.
i nis is done to warm - tne ' wooa
through and through. - If dry heat
were turned on the wood the moment
it was put into the kiln, there would
be likelihood that the lumber would 1
crack. ' ' ' '-'
After the steaming process is over,
the, steam is diverted into the pipes '
that rest in what might be called he ,
basement of the kiln. There is no
floor and the radiation from the pipes
comes in direct contact with the wood.
In each one of the compartments there
is over one mile of one-inch . steam
pipes. ; In the four almost five mile9
are necessary to keep the tempera -i
ture at a high degree. , Down in the ,
j basement there , are four , machines
i that automatically 'shed the water as
it condenses in theT leng -string of
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two weeks. Mr.