La Grande evening observer., July 28, 1923, Image 7

PAGE SEVEN
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Saturday, July 28, 1923.
DRIVE TO DRAW
FANGS DFDDPE
Hawaii Awakens to Menace
of I )rue Traffic Dens
. Take Heavy Toll.'
By HU'Ni; L'Oltn.M.IA' Kl'lIX,
Iiitcrmulnnl Si'ws Ktrvk-o Sturf
('om'NHll(U-,t.
HONOLULU, July ;23. Huwaiy
termed by Uh inhabitants the Para
dise of the 1'aeiric and believed hy
many or tin in to be the original
Cardi'ii or Kilen, has awakened ut
lust to (he Her pent In its midst.
Dope, like a powerful python, la
crushing out the lives of hundreds of
while residents of the islands, whllo
the Orientals, a considerable percent
age ol whom arc drug addicts, run
the score up to an alarming total.
Iteeent diHclosures ol the prevalence
of the dfUK habit and the ease with
which narcotica can be obtained have
resulted in a relentless campaign
now being waged to wipe out tho or
ganized traffic.
. Because ot its peculiar geographi
cal position, midway between tho
Orient and the mainland, ami be
cause, also, of lit preponderant Ori
ental population, Hawaii lias long
been known as the scene of some of
tile most notorious drug-smuggling
episodes on record. Kven now fleets
of highpowerud sampans are fre
quently seen following the trail of
llnerti from the Orient outsido the
harbor, and, if the suspicions of the
Federal narcotic officers here aro
correct, a great majority of these
boats. Instead of being the innocent
fishing craft which they appear to
be, are out to recover packages of
narcotics which hive been dropped
ftom the ships by confederates and
which bob about in the ocean at
tached to corks.
.Many ingenious devices have been
lilt upon by tho smugglers In their
efforts to evade the Federal officers.
One ot the most common practices is
lor the smuggler aboard tho liner,
generally a member ot tho arew, 10
indicate tho approximate location ot
the drugs in the water by leaving be
hind him a trail of orange peels or
other refuse which the confederates
mriy easily follow.
That tliero has always been a con
siderable 4 traffic in opium here lias
long been recognized, but It was not
until recently that .Federal authori
ties became aware of tho faet that
cocaine, morphine, heroin and ye.i
shee were also being brought mid
concumcd In considerable quantities.
The opium is sold principally to
proprietors of dens. Scores of these
places are known lo exist in "Hono
lulu's Chinese section, but cl ;me
difficulty has been met in ut tempts
made by the narcotic officers to ob
tain sufficient evidence on which to
convict the proprietors. Tho i ncn
tal underground system of communi
cations Is yq complete that us soon as
tho officers appear In any co.-nor of
the Chinese quarter all of these plac
es where opium is sold close down
instantly, and hy the time tho nar
cotic officers reach the scene of inerr
prospect t vo raid they find nothing
but deserted rooms, many of them
willi the thick smoke of the burning
opium still hanging heavy over the
bunks.
ROAD CONDITIONS IN
EASTERN OREGON
1he- weekly report tit tho Hta'!
Highway Commission relative to the
condition of rouds In Eastern Oregon,
fnllnvrH
Old Oregim Tmil - Knst of TUe Dalits
Onturin . Hunt InirtOll - Milker - L,a
Grande - Meucham: Macadamized
entire distance und in excellent con
Hit ion.
Meachnm - leadman"a runs: Ap
proximately five miles of the distance
between these points is unsuriaceu.
but in very good condition.
Deadnuiu's I'uss - reiidicton:
vel lent macuda in.
Pendleton - Umatilla - Arllngton-
The Dalles: Macadamized entire distance.
Old Oregon Trail-West of Tliu nanus
Coluinlba Itlver lllgliwuy heetloii
Tho Dalles - Mosier - Hood Klver-
Cascade Locks - Portland: Paved en
tire distance.
Portland - Scappoose - Deer Island
-Rainier - Clatskanio - Astoria - Sea
side. Puved entire distance except
one mile through city of Hainier,
where paving operations are under
way. Take detour over old maca
damized road one block south of
highway. Highway will be open tj
all traffic about August 2.1th.
1 4i (irainle-.bph Highway
(Knutl to Wallowa Lake)
ha Grande - Island City: Paved.
Island City - Alicel; Excellent macadam.
AHcel - Imblcr: New grade In fair Macadamized und
condition. dition.
Imblcr Klgin: Old road over hill
very rough but passable.
Klgin Milium - Losttne: Macada
mized and In excellent condition.
Lost i no - Enterprise: Under con
struction; turn off at Wade's Cross-'
Ing and take hill road to Enterprise.
Enterprise - Joseph! Excellent lnu
cudam. Joseph - Wallowa Luke: Good con
dition.
Hukcr-Curiiucopia Highway
1 laker - Half way : 1 9 miles maca- I
nam; zi nines gratted rouuueu. ti.ii-
unco fair county road. New grade on I
lower l'owder Itlver between 10 vo
IJridgo and 13 lack Bridge now open
to traffic.
llulcet-Unity Htjihwny.
Iioud over Dooley Mountain now
open. Iair county road.
Oregon-Washington Highway.
Pendleton - Washington Slate i
Line: Paved.
Pendleton - Pilot Pock: 5 mllofi
good earth road; lu miles macadam.
Pilot Hock - Vinson: 15.7 miles
macadam in good condition.
Vinson - llutter Creek - Jones' Hill:
County road. Very rough and rocky
but passable.
Jones Hill - Heppner: Standard
grade; in good condition. Under con
tract for macadamizing.
Heppner -Heppner Junction (junc
tion of Columbia Itivcr Highway) :
in excellent eon-
T
IS
OCEANS NEARER
Moffat Tunnel Work Ex
pected to. Begin Early
Next Month; Cut Rail
Distance 70 Miles.
('Bv Associated Press.)
IlKNVKU. I'olo., July 2S. Actual
work on the Moffat tunnel, through
the continental divide went ot Ucn-
ver, is expected to bepin early next
month. The first shovelful of dirt
mav tie turned on Aucust 1. Colo
rado Day. hvervthinjr is in readi-I cent almost unprecedented
traffic mav nass throuirh the tunnel
in special cars. The tunnel eleva- j
tion ut the cast portal is 9,190 feet,
at the west 9,100 feet.
Sponsors of the tunnel predict
that ultimately almost all of the rail
roads entering Denver will use the
t..n.,l . i l t f.-n. rianviir
west. Tourists who'have enjoyed the
trip over the continental divide on
the 'M'offat route will mourn the fact
that the column of the tunnel will
mean that the famous little station,
Corona, the "too o' the world." will
pass out of existence as a railroad j
stop. Corona, 10,(i60 feet above sea
level, now is the highest point in the
world where there is a standard
cautre railroad. The tunnel will I
eliminate the climb from Tolland,
whose altitude is about 9,000 feet,
to Corona. This climb has given
many a thrill to Eastern tourists.
The grade above Tolland is four per
rail-
LUIS
SHDWS
MPROVEMENT
J
I
ness to start. Bids for construction! road grades and the aro manyj
are being advertised, and me -bonus icurves as the train mounts upward,
are being offered for sale. i It is a land of perpetual snow. Even
The Moffat tunnel will cut the rail J in the middle of June the train,
distance between the Atlantic anil when near the top of the divide,
the Pacific oceans 'by 70 miles. Its. frequently climbs through snow
construction is an engineering feat drifts higher than its car tops-
of much difficulty, and it is of great
national importance, for it will open
up a large section of land in north
western Colorado rich in natural re
sources. The campaign has been
carried on for the last 60 years.
Early in the sixties the pioneers of
what is now the state of Colorado
realized adequate transportation was
necessary to develop the territory,
und set about to get it.
. The tunnel commences at the
headwaters of South . Boulder creek
in Gilin county near the town of
Tolland, passes under James- .Peak
and emerges a trifle more than six
miles west at the headwaters of the
Eraser river in Middle Park, Grand
county- The western side of the
tunnel is 4-i miles from the town of
Eraser, Colorado.
The tunnel will be available im
mediately to the Denver & Salt Lake
railroad, now completed to Craig
Mfr.. ... i ii.T.
.uuiini. cuuniy. Hie mans Ol
' (By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C, July 28.
The amount of goods sold to Jnpan
fnt- tlin nlavnn mnnthv nmliiur lllt,v
1923, dropped ?36,180,585 compared I
with the corresponding months of
the previous year, while goods im-1
ported from Japan for the same pe-1
riod increased $76,7084)9, compared
with 1922, according to statistics
compiled by the Department of Com
merce here.
Goods sold to China for the mine
tln i nlnvon-nwtnth nm-ind uliimnml $t.77;V-
line include building into Salt Lake 1 595, while shipments of goods to
City.
The improvement in wholesale
lumber trade, begun late in June,
continues anil the more conservative
among distributers state that busi
ness is fully normal for this time
of year, says the American Lumber
man, Chicago. These distributers
point out that it is only ill com
parison with the abnormally heavy
I t.-......,.t,..l l.,f u-inlnr unrl
when conditions were dlso-l""" vi w -ei.
It .also will lie available . later
eri. ra'ilrbad;--hieH ,ho;)K-Building
a cutoff to connect with- the tunnel.
The actual saving to the Denver &
SHlt Lake railroad will be the tor
tuous climb of 23 miles over-the'show:
China through western ports in-
cfCHHejl, $55,790,238, the commerce
department figures show.
A ' tabulation of imports and ex
ports to Pacific countries for the
eleven months ending 1922 and 1923
crest of the continental divide, where
the .Yloltat road now crosses the di
vide above timberline at an eleva
snnne.
catcd and unique, thai tne present,
movement can be called lethargic,
hut that it is in reality good, when
it is considered that July and Au
gust usually are the slowest months
in the year. -Retailers in most cit
ies continue to sell large quantities
of lumber and look forward to in
creasing business as summer draws
to n close. Though big construction
jobs probably will in most instances
be held over, they expect enough
hnnic building, as long as open
weather prevails, to keep demand
sirniiL'. Country dealers regard the
fall outlook as promising, for though i
grain prices have dropped to the
lowest levels in recent years, a big ,
harvest seems assured and should
bring enough money into farmers'
pockets to cover needed building and
repair work Meanwhile, retailers re
main cautious in their commitments
and, though more of them than re
cently are buying for stock purpo er
berause thev believe prices have tie-;
oliiied us far as they are going to or
because they fear car shortage later
on, the majority will not yet buy -beyond
current requirements unle.is
they locale absolute bargains.
Industrial demand for softwood
has shown no recent fluctuation, but i
mills remain busy on special cut
tings, which bring good prires. Ex
ports arc also holding P well. Hanl
vjmkI consumers are nearly all be-t-Jitiing
more conspicuous on the
market, particulm ly the furniture in- ,
trrcsts, and exports to the -United
Kingdom "nave been stimulated b
Mime ocean freight rate recessions.
Prices of cither softwoods or hard
wood; have shown no material
change during tho last three week-,
but it is noticeable that smie popu
lar items, especially in hardwoods,
arc again showing an upwatd ten
dency. .M.iiifliH. Will lt- Ta'KX".
t" AKHO--l!ltl-t IV.-SfO
S-A1.T I.AKI-: l MTV. J'd 2k. An
lust st- in in,- IlKltl I" i-xu-r-
11k- mosHiii'o (.'-"t In J-ilt
ly wliicii li.i-t '"-'-n lr--v;il.-n
-.,m lids ':" etty ".-is n-i
u i,M.t.llo ais.t-h-.-nt distrMt upon
P- ttti-.n of n-iii iy i". . niz-n.
.,i.i,M"h.tl.in li.m I'-en prnvi-l-l
' . I, ,-,n,.n,l:.l In III- Iwl'l
tnt i-i Hi- I- -t ati-l city olli. ...Is an-n.-i:..ii:.riis
m retard to c.tcrnuna
tioa oik-'' ...
On the Denver & TJo Grande the
distance to Suit Lake City will be
shortened by 173 miles through
building the cutoff to connect with
the tunnel.
The tunnel will be 6.05 miles long.
The project consists of u main tun
nel 20 by 16 feet in the clear anil a
pioneer tunnel paralleling it. ' Trains
through the tunnel will be operated
oy electricity. Provision has
Thus, while five Pacific countries-
sold American merchants $180,512,-,
848 more goods for the 11 months
ended May, 1923, compared witli
1922, they bought $1,718,548 less!
goods than in 1922. ;
One reasion why people take a
coal shortage seriously is because
it ilocsn't come during the baseball
season.
iany things offend a progressive
leader, particularly the fact that the
been i conservatives are narked close to
made so that automobiles and ntherUhe feed-trough.
tn.-
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Automobile
Races
August 4 & 5th
PULLMAN SPEEDWAY
BAKER, OREGON
Under Sanction of
American Automobile Association
Races Start at
y 3:00 o'clock Sharp
Free to All Car Entries
When Lightning Strikes
Dark clouds gather threateningly overhead. An electrical storm is predicted. Business
men and housewives secure in their offices and homes, just switch on the elec
tric lights and continue their work.
Along the system of the Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co., anxious operators keep
constant watch on the complicated light and power indicators, alert and ready
for instant action when lightning strikes.
iSJKBfc ,.. . ,g -uuanax:a:gEEjryig. n-a- vr-.- r
High tension lines and electric power generating plants form peculiarly strong conduc-
tors for lightning, and when lightning strikes the system is likely to he dam
aged. . If it happens, it must be rectified immediately. The service must contin
ue uninterrupted if humanly possible. .
&
Following is the special report of the superintendent of the. Eastern Oregon Light
Power Co., on the last heavy thunder storm which occurred early in July:
To General Manager:
7:3.'. P. M. l-'hst noticed Htonn vlillo out of Baker 12 lllllis.
7:60 Arrived central orftce. Phone Krcutonl, Hock Creek, Cove and Morgan lltke plants, round storm
fjcncral. No dangi-r.
x:10 rhoned local manaKci-s at all Hlallons telling them to stay at stations. Storm worse.
8:20 IMioned opcralors of auxiliary steam plan at linker, orderinK tlii-iu to stand by for auxiliary power
in case Ulrhlnlng put a hydro-electric plant out of service.
8:35 Phoned steam plant to sue If it was ready for Instant use. Uock Creek plunt reported heavy litft
nlng. 8:38 Lights flickered. A circuit breaker somewhere on the system 'Mllcked out," but the plants chm-giul
throuKh the syHli-ui. l.iKbtnlng struck, but no dumuge because of automatic breaker, und ser
vice continued to all customers.
8:39 Phoned all plants( all O. K.
8:24 Lights Mlcki-i-cil. Lightning struck again. Hock Creek plant reported branch line struck, forced
t cut off big power user for repairs. Service continued to remainder of entire system.
8:4S Ordered n-palr crew out.
8:50 All planls reported stol-tii In-caking over.
8:52 Lights rllekei-ed again, bill automatic circuit brenkor sltved system und servleo continued.
9:05 Kronen line repaired. Power ordi-red buck on.
il:08 Htoriu well over. Auxiliary plant crew ruleased.
11:111 All planls reported O. K.
Signed Superintendent
Lightning struck three times, but by constant guard of vigilant employees, aided
by up-to-the-minute equipment, the servicewas maintained over the system.
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co.
"ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE"
Goodyear Cord Tires
-at-
Special Prices
' For thirty days only, beginning Monday, July 30, and
continuing to August 2cSth, the following prices will prer
vail :
ON WINGFOOT CORD
Size
:!)x:S''. Clin. ...
JiOxJi S."S. ...
82x3". S. S. ...
Six 1 S. S. ...
'.',2x 1 S. S. '..
33x1 S. S. ..
...$11.05
... 11.10
... 17.70
... 19.45
... 21.35
... 22.05
Size
31x4 S. S.
32x41. S. S.
33x4 il S. S.
34x4". S. S.
33x5 " S. S.
34x5 S. S.
22.70
27.00
28.31
28.97
34.44
35x5 S. S $3(5.15
Standard Goodyear quality. Full oversize. Flat tread
effective Non-skid design. Made of highest quality ma
terials throughout.
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
For
Quality, Service and Satisfaction