La Grande evening observer., July 08, 1916, Image 5

SATURDAY, JULY S, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE ITVB
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
RARE IN THE EARLY DAYS
One of the peculiar things notice
able by the early settlers of Grande
.Ronde was the absence of thunder and
. lightning and other electrical disturb
ances. While there was rainfall In
the summer seasons there wus not for
.many years such a thing as a clap of
thunder heard nor a flash of light
ning seen. This condition continued
for many years in the earlier times
and it was not until nearly 1880 that
"thunder showers" became common.
Two Kielld By Lightning
It was along about 1880 that the
first fatality from a thunderbolt in
Union county occurred. The victim
was a man named Boley and he lived
in -what was then called the Indian
Valley country near Elgin. He was
killed in a thunder storm on the Sand
ridge. On Sunday. July 3d, 1892 a
man named C. G. Moore was instant
ly killed by lightning in La Grande.
.He was an employe of the brick yard
at Oro Dell and was going to one of
the houses in the northern part of
town near the river on what was then
called Fourth street.
Such -casualties were rare all' over
the coast.
Iln the year of 1880 C. M. Pening
ton had a team of four horses which
he was driving all killed by a thunder
bolt while he escaped injury. That
same summer four horses were killed
in a pasture within forty rods of the
courthouse at Union. Since that time
il 1 1 . ., ..:.,t Villnrl
Mieie irove uueu iiiuii.v uiiuiiuia much
and property burned by being struck
by electric bolts during storms.
. Twenty-Four Years Ago
(Clipped From Old Files)
The grocery firm of Miles mid Hen
. dricks has moved to Elgin.
H. M. Hassett, of La Grande; J.
L. McKinnis, of Summerville; ami B.
"W. Huffman, of Telocaset, were dele
gates from Union county to the Pop
ulist convention at Omaha. (This was
- the convention which gave to - the
country what afterwards became
v known as the "Omaha Platform."
Among the declarations which were
then considered vagaries have since
become fundamental law in all or
most of the states. The list includes
graduated income tax the Australian
or secret ballot; initiative and refer
endum; and election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Also postal savings banks.)
Ed. C. Moore, cashier in the rail
road freight office at Pendleton, has
been appointed agei.t for the Union
1 OLIIIL tllr i-ia VHUILWU OlIU 01H"i 1.1110
week to enter on the duties of his
new position.
L. OR. Holmes, an old and respected
pioneer resident of Union county,
died at Enterprise in Wallowa county,
early Sunday morning. He had ar
rived at that place on a business trip
from his home in Cove but a few
hours before and the fatigue of tho
trip no doubt had a great ileal to do
with hastening his death. (The de
ceased was the father of F. J. Holmes
of La Grande; W. R. Holmes, of En
terprise; E. A. Holmes, of Wallbwa;
George Holmes, of Union county; ana
Mrs. Dr. McKennon, resident of
Arkansas.)
Another pioneer ef 'Union county
who has passed to the silent majority,
is Grandpa Woodcll, who died at his
home . near Summerville Tuesday
morning at a very advanced age. (His
surviving sons are J. A. "Doon"
Woodell and James L. Woodell.)
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Do horse owners in Union and
Wallowa counties who, because of the
far-reaching fame of the district,
have realized fancy prices for their
stock to war horse buyers, ever' stop
to ponder on what ultimately lhappens
to the horses? Do thy know that it
has ibeen deemed humane to establish,
bureaus of relief for war horses?
Just how many fine Ihorses have
gone forth to war without their own
consent of covrse, from these two
counties since hostilities began in
Europe, is more or less of a nut to
crack but carloads and even train
loads have been hauled out in one
month therefore tho total for tlhe
two years must toe startling. , Is it
very fanciful to think that a recently
organized bureau 'may be spending
money to care for some of these very
horses right now?
The Hon. Newton D. Baker, Secre
tary of War, under date of May 22,
1916, invited The American Humane
association to prepare and organize
a relief service for animals used in
the United States army, wfoich shall
do for them what the American Red
Cross is prepared to do for our sol
diers in time of .war. We quote a
! portion of Secretary Baker's letter as
I follows :
! "All countries in time of war must
depend to aylargo degree on the vol
untary assistance of its citizens, and
especially is this so in the case of the
sick and wounded, both men and ani
mals. Such voluntary assistance to
be the greatest value in war, (how
ever, must be organized, trained and
equipped in time of peace, as only in
this way can full coordination be
maintained between the regular and
volunteer forces.
"The function of the American Red
Cross is to assist the government in
caring for the human sick and wound
ed in its armies. . The American hu
mane association could very well
function in a similar manner in as
sisting the government in caring for
thto sick and wounded animals in its
.armies. Such assistance would be
very greatfully received by the war
department. .
"It is believed that plans similar
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in tenor to those of the Red Cross
could be very advantageously adopt
ed by your society for rendering or- j
gamzea aia to injured animals in i
time of war. f your society will un-;
dertake this work, the war depart-,
ment will be very -glad to co-operate
with you." , I
The present war has demonstrated
most elearly tho practical utilitarian !
and Ibumane value of the special vol
unteer veterinry corps organiged to
look after sick or injured army horses
and retun thoia as quickly as possible
fo further service. All of the coun
tries among tho Allies have sought to
secure the assistance of private or
ganizations, specially equipped to
supplement the work of their regular
veterinary departments. These or
ganizations are known by various
names. In tir.o t-nglish Army the
Royal Society for the Prevention of i
Cruelty to Animals has charge of the
work. In France and Italy other
private organizations have been se
lected. None of these hus been
more efficient than the English so
ciety wfclich is the only private or
ganization recognized by the British
army council, and authorized by the
government to collect funds and work
in direct cooperation with thi regu-s
lar army officeis. Private contribu
tions designed to assist the Veteri
nary sorvice in the English army
must pass through tli.e hands of the
Royal society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals before they can
be accepted or expended.
3"o show to how large an extent
this service had had the confidence of
the English people and the army it
is only necessary to point out that
nearly $300,000 tiave already been ex
pended through it, with hundreds of
requests still coming from the gov
ernment and army officials, for which
largo sums of money are now being
raised. At the last annual meeting
of the Royal S. P. C. A. held in Lon
don, it was pointed out that thlrough
the funds collected by the society,
two veterinairy hospitals accommodat
ing 1000 horses each, and another
hospital accommodating 1,250 horses,
had been erected in France. Tempor
ary shelters for BOO horses have also
been prepared. Accommodations
were provided likewise for the officers
and men -having the hospitals and
shelter in charge. Fifty horse am
bulances lhave similarly been pro
vided.' Among the other things pro
cured by the society wore 20 com
crushers, with gasoline engines to
work them; also two motor trucks
and five motor hbrse ambulances, and
hospital supplies in great quantities.
The various belligerents have been
pleased to accept private volunteer
aid because of its great value. The
work has seemed naturally to fall to
the Societies for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals because of their
humanitarian interest and the fact
that tfcey were able to supply men
specially trained for the proper care
of sick and injured horses. Of, course,
all of this private volunteer -Work is
done directly in cooperation with the
governments concerned and is neces
sarily subject directly to the sugges
tion and orders of the various war
departments. In order to secure a
perfect coordination between the re'g
ular service and the volunteer service
it is of the utmost importance tihat a
work of this kind shall be carefully
planned for in times of peace and or
ganized along lines approved of by
the heads of the army and veterinary
departments. It is, perhaps, un
necessary to state that the work re
ferred to has been of untold economic
value. Up to April last it is stated
that 150,000 horses had been treated
in the hospitals of the Royal Society,
out oflwhich large number 105,000
animals had been returned as cured.
Large numbers are still in the hos
pitals. With horses averaging over
$200 apiece, delivered on the battle
field, the work of these hospitals
alone represents a saving to the -government
of approximately $21,000,
000. During the stress of war and
the many pressing problems con
fronting the War Department, the
majority of the wounded horses
would have been killed rather than to
have undertaken the elaborate work
necessary to restore them to health
and make them once more fit for ser
vice. "
So much has been said about the
use of motor trucks in transporting
troops and supplies that sight is fre
quently lost of the fact that tflvou
sands upon thousands of horses arc
being, used for transport purposes in
the armies of the different countries
in addition to the other horses which
are necessary for tlhe cavalry and the
transportation of much of the ai-til-lery.
The total number of horses
which are employed in connection
with the armies of the belligerents in
Europe represent an enormous total.
It is estimated that 2,500,000 horses
are employed by the Allies alone.
This number is divided approximately
as follows: 800,000 for England, 600,
000 for France, 300,000 for Italy and
800,000 for Russia. The central pow
ers are also said to employ 1,500,000
horses. Nearly 700,000 horses and
mules have already been purchased in
the United States by the Allies. The
total number of horses estimated to
be employed in connection with thie
various European armies is not far
trom 4,000,000.
One of the lessons learned from
the horse relief work in connection
with the European war is that the
volunteer service should be estab
lished long before war breaks out. In
the case of tine English government
more than a year elapsed before the
military authorities were brought to
realize the vase economic saving
which was bound to accrue through
the acceptance of a relief work from
a private volunteer agency. Many
montiha elapsed with the other gov
ernments. Tho increased expense and
delay which accompanied the late de
velopment of these organizations
could have been avoided, doubtless
completely, had they been started and
organized in time of peace, so that
a perfect system could have been
created. Preparedness in the in
stances cited would have represented
a much larger degree of humanity as
well as a vastly better service.
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