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Vol. XVII. No. 21.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. JULY 16. 1904,,
Editor and Proprietor;
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FLED JOR THEIR JIVES
MITCHELL PEOPLE ESCAPE A
CLOUD-BURST BY TAK- '
ING TO THE HILLS. '
Ai. Free Bos.
Fin Light Sample Rooms.
Two Aged Persons Caught by
Huge Wave and Drowned
Wave Ctestle 30 Feet High .
Town la Swept Away .
Other News.
Mitchell, bat the thunder and light
ning gave the inhabitants warning
that a flood or a cloudburst-might
be expected, bo they were prepared
for it. One half the population fled
to the top of the high hills border
ing the valley, and the others were
prepared for the water when it sud
denly burst upon them. ; There
was naturally greatest excitement
prevailing when indications of
the flood were fmt noticed, and
the awful calamity - of last year
fseemed about to be repeated. V
- 1 ha excitement at Heppner was
even greater (than at Mitchell, for
the people have ,; hardly recovered
from the nervous strain of last
year's flood.; The damage at this
point waB corjfined to the washing
away of a few footbridges and a
A HUGE STRIKE
CHICAGO MEAT-PACKERS BE
.. GIN GREAT STRIKE TO
M PREVENT A REDUC- .
Af i'TION OP . WAGES. -
Mitchell. Or., July 12. A wave
of water from 25 to 30 feet high
canyons, which converge just above I weakening of the O. R. & N. bridge
town, and destroyed a great rjor-anjexingion. , i ne creeK rose sua
Both Sides Are Determined Great
Centers Have Only a Few Days'
Supplies Famine May .
Come Union Has
. , Funds , to . Back . . '
Them for a
Year. .-,.. .
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Corvallis
J. C. Hammel, Prop.
tion of this dace about 6 o'clock
last night.' Warned by a storm of
unusual violence, accompanied by
a brilliant electrical display, all es
caped, so far as known, but Martin
Smith and Mrs. Bsthune They
were ' caught by . the flood and
drowned.
The main portion of Mitchell lies
in a narrow canyon. A storm of
unusual severity had raged in the,
hills daring the afternoon, and the
inhabitants, mindful of the disas
ter to Heppner of a year ago, be
took themselves to high ground a
long the side of the canyon . . About
6: o'clock the roar of the flood-could,
be heard, growing loader with the
great wave's nearer approach.'
'The crash as the great mass of
water struck the first buildings was
deafening, drowning the shrieks of
terror of women and children as
they strove to climb still higher out
of harm's way. JTar down ahead of
the yellow mass rode a ! messenger
on horseback warning those still
farther down stream of impending
death. " ' ', '
The buildings in the path of the
flood were swept away like so much
brush. Of over a score scarcely a
a vestige remains, save where shat
tered boards and timbere are caugkt
on trees'and brush, far below the
town site. The business portion
of Mitchell was not greatly damag
ed, beiDg built on ground above
the reach of the main force of the
torrent. On the North Side all the
denly acid with a rush .overflowed
its banks, but there was. no great
volume at Mitchell. There is no
travel over the O. R. fe N. bridge
today, a wrecking crew being at
work upon it making repairs to the
weakened, points. : ... ;.; r --
No reports have come in from the
farming districts, s o it is impossi
ble; to state what damage, has been
done to crops, herds and ranch
property. i .. . . ; ... ,-.,
( B 0 Or S " 1 5
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Leading Hotel ir Corvallis. Recently opened. New
brick buildins. Newlv famished, with modern con-3
venienees. Furnace Heat, Electric Lights, rire Es-J
k capes. Hot and cold water on every floor. Fine single j
rooms. Elegant suites. Leading house in the Willam
g ette Valley. ;
S Rates: $1.00, $1.25 and $2.00, per day
WE B0 NOt'OFTSN'GSftNGS:!
Our ad., but our goods change hands ' r r ,
every day. Your money exchanged
for Value and Quality is the idea. n :
Big Line Fresh Groceries
Domestic and Imported.:
. Toledo, O., July 12. Samuel 11,
Jones, the "Golden Rale Mayor,'
died at his home this, evening at
5:07 o'clock as' the result of a com
plication of diseases. The immedi
ate cause of his death was - an ab
scess on his' lunse. When the ab
scess " broke, the - mayor was not
strong . enough to throw 'off the
poison from his system, and 'death
resulted. The mayor suffered for
years from asthma, and this
the primary caute of his fatal
ness. : " '
The death of Mayor Jones
caused the greatest Borrow all over
the city. Although many did not
believe in his ideas on sociological
problems, everybody loved and re
spected him. ' His one great strong
hold with the people of Toledo Was
his honesty.
; : The mayor was taken ill two
weeks 8 go last Saturday," and for
the last 48 hours previous to his
death was in a comatose condition.
was
ill
has
He did not gain consciousness dur
buildings, tome 23 in all, were car-l ing that time. All the members of
Plain and Fancy ChiQaware
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A large and varied line.
Orclei's Filled Promptly and Com
plete. Visit our Store we do the
".rest.
Looney's store was the first busi
ness business to succumb. Two liv
ery barns, directly in the path of
destruction, were carried away.
About 40 bead of slock had not
been removed and were drowned.
Everything else on the way down
ttream in the way was washed a-
way. ' "
Stones of tha death of Martin
Smith and' Mrs. Bethune vary . Both
were aged people, close to the cen
tury j mark. One account that
seems most authentic says that the
man and woman had lived ' in the
canyon through many; such a scare
as preceded the present wave of wa
ter down the narrow con tines of the
rift in'ttid fnfotlns. To run a-
way from an amaginary danger was
to them the height' of foolishness
Had not the water risen and fallen
many a time in the canyon, and no
damage been done to life and prop-1
ertyr Why ? should : they exert
their aged muscles at f the cry of
wolf? .. )v.-.s
But the whelming waters came,
and somewhere far down the can
yon are the bodies of the hoary dis
believers. "
The loss will foot up several
thousand dollars. ' The excitement
is too great to get anything like
reasonable figures. '
Mitchell Iies30 miles of Fossel, in
Wheeler county. It it the county
seat and principal part of business
between Shaniko and Canyon City.
For a half-mile the town, of about
200 inhabitants, was strung along
the fork of the John Day. There
is e very steep rise of 50 feet on
either side of a level space border
ing the creek of perhaps iOO feet.
The Oakes Mercantile Company's
store is built on a stone foundation
on a slight rise in the gulch. A
mill that escaped is very . substan
tially constructed. The high hills
in every direction from Mitchell are
ranged by eheep and cattle. -
his family, were at his bedside at
the time af his derth. He left a
widow and three sons, Percy, Paul
and Mason Tones. '' ' ' '
Samuel Milton Jones was born
near Beddglert, North Wales, Au
gust 3, 1846. His parents came to
the United States when he was 3
years old. He was compelled by
poverty to engage in labor as :
child, and in 1864 went to Titus-
ville, Pa., where he worked in the
ore fields. Later he became an oil
producer in "Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Ohio. He invented
an improved oil-well appliance and
established a factory in Toledo. He
was elected mayor of Toledo .in
1897 as a republican, and re-elect
ed in 1899, 1901 and 1903. He was
noted for his advocacy of municip
al ownership, direct legislation, the
eightinour ay Undone-tfobtrine
that the "pdople should' nominate
their own candidates, lor offices' 1y
the direct primary. . " ' '
- Bellfountain Items,
Born July 10, to the wife of Jas
Kan, a sou. , '
San
L. G. ALTAIAN, M. D.
Homcopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe ste. . Best
. denoe cor 3rd and Harrison sts.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7
to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M,
Phone residence 335. '
G. R. FARRA, r
Physician & Surgeon,
Office np stairs back of Crsham &
Wells' drug store. . Residence on - the
corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence, 104. t 1
A.11 calls attended promptly.
Preaching at -Bsllfountain
day by Rev. Davie. " .
Silvia Buckicghom is improving
very slowly.;
A letter from Mr. Spaight told
the sad news of the death of his
daughter Lulu, which occurred the
same day they reached Arcadia;
California. Lulu was a model young
lady and all will regret to learn
her demise. - She ' bad a fco3t
friends in thi3 community.
Jessie Hawley of Grass Valley, is
visiting her uncle, A. W. Hawley.
T. K. Fawcett is at home again
after an absence of severarmontbs,
Thad and Jannett Blackledge of
Corvallis, are visiting relatives
this vicinity. -, ;.
Arlington, Or., July 12. The
residents of Heppner and Mitchell
experienced a thrilling repetition
of the great catastrophe of last June
yesterday evening, and while the
damage was very slight at the for
mer place, the Mitchellites were
compelled to flee to . the - hills for
jiaretv. There was ' little rain at
See Blackledge 's fine conches.
Chicago, July 12. As the result
of a stubborn disagreement, chiefly
over wages for unskilled labor, one
of the most extensive strikes in the
history in the meat-packing indus
try of the United States, began to
day in Chicago, Kansas City, Oma
ha, St. Joseph aod "other cities
where large packing plants are lo
cated. If prolonged the strike , is
expected to ' cause wide' : spread in
convenience, possibly equalling the
anthracite coal famine' of two year s
ago. . . .
The unanimity of the strike was
complete.' More than 45,000 : em
ployes .are directly j involved. In
Chicago ' alone more than 18,000
men are on strike.
President Donnelly, . for anion
says, "We are fighting against a de
crease in wages. The average pay
for unskilled ' workmen, was 18
cents an hour. We asked this be
made the minimum. The employ
ers cut it to 174 and 15 ' cents.
With steady work a man could live
on 15 cents, bat in some plants
men have been able to work only
13 hours a week.' '
Armour & Co., for employers!
"We consider the demand for an
advance in wages entirely unwar
ranted by conditions., We propose
to submit the question to arbitra
tion, but the union declined. We
have had applications from hun
dreds of men for positions at less
wages."
The walk-out here . was started
by the employes of the killing de
partments at the various packing
housec The killers were followed
by the workers in the other depart
ments as fast as the current work
left by the slaughterers could be
cleaned up. Thus as the workers
in each department disposed their
part of the work they threw off their
aprons and departed. This consid
eration was shown to the packers,
the lebor officials announced, be
cause it was not the desire of the
men to cause the employers any fi
nancial loss as" a result of neglect
ing meat' that was oa ' hand to be
dressed. v . ' ' -- v
Watched by cordons of police, the
strikers filed briskly out of the
packing houses, carrying overalls,
robber boots and knives, cleavers
and steels. The strikers were greet
ed by crowds of women and chil
dren, many of whom joined hands
with the workmen on the outward
march.- i lJiere was. absolutely ' no
sign of disorder. . j '
1 A picturesque scene was present
ed when the sausage canneries and
factories were left by their forces.
There are l.UUU girls employed in
these two departments of the meat
industry. Clad In , the variegated
garb of factory girls, this army of
femimne strikers tripped blithely a
long the main thoroughfare ef the
stockyards and were proudly cheer
ed as they emerged , through the
gates and distributed themselves in
the crowd of men who awaited their
coming.
"We are with you to the last," as
the girls exclaimed, as they stood
around and talked over the situa
tion with their male companions in
the movement.
t "How long do you think it will
last?" inquired one of them, look
ing quite serious. . .
"Donno," be replied, "except
that President Donnelly says the
men managed to hold out for fif-
ceive a notics cf surrender from the .
packers, but no word - cafae. The
packers took the positionShat they
had replied decisively lo the work
era' demands and bad nothing more 1
to say except to emphasize a refus
al to pay the wage scale asked. V
; Arthur Meeker, of Armour & Co. .
said tonight: ; ; ' s ; .
" '"We consider the demand of the .
union for an'adyance in wages of
unskilled labantirely unwarrant
ed by condiabns. r We - could not '
concede it, and proposed "to submit
the question to arbitration, which
the union declined to do, and call
ed a strike today at all our plants.
Every department is kept running,
however We have had applica
tions from hundreds of unemployed
men for positions at less wages than
we have been paying, and every
day expect to increase opr " output.
We regret extreme ly tbe hardships
and suffering that will l e imposed
on the thousands of men who are
thrown put of work, direcsly and
indirectly, through the strike 'and
the temporary , inconvenience caus
ed the public at large, but we con
sider "the fault rests entirely with
the union, which not only asked
what it was not entitled to, but de
clined to submit the question to im- -partial
arbitration." ' -President
Donnelly. ! the ' "strike
leader said: "I wish to make it -clear
that we are not fighting for an
increase of wages, but against a de
crease. Our' original demand was '
for a minimum of 20 cents an hoar
for laborers. This demand was a-
mended after our second conference'
with the packers in, June, .. .
"We then agreed to a scale of 184
cents an hour, except in "Omaha
and Sioux City, where the scale is
19 cents. The packers, on the oth
er hand, refused to pay more than
Hi cents an hour, and declined to
sign any agreements at all, except
with a small portion of the , work
men. - - " - - '
"The question of wages to skilled
men was not discussed. To unskill
ed workmen the average wage was
184 cents, but when we asked that
this be made the minimum wage
they cut it to 17 1-2 cents and 15 '
cents. Men could live on 15 cents t-'
if they got steady work, but in some""
plants men have been able to make
only 13 hours a week at this wage '
scale. They could not live on it.
No one could." ' , ' " .
A feature of the strike that is apt
to be overlooked is the fact that the -strikers'
organization does not in
clude the electricians, steamfitters,
nremen, engineers, carworkers and
teamsters. These make in Chicago
alone a total of 10,000 additional
men who may, or may hot be, made
idle wholly or in part, voluntarily
or otherwise, according to the de
velopments in the struggle between
the direct contestants the packing
house proprietors, on the one side,
and the butchers , and . helpers on
the other. - .;.
Summit Items. '
Kitchen cabinets inst received at
Hollenberg and Cady's,
- Painting and Paper Hanging. ,
All orders promptly filled. Phone
05. Samuel Kerr. .
teen months in Buffalo, and I guess
. President Donnelly, of tbe Amal
gamated Meat cutters and Butcher.
workmen 01 jortn America, leader
cf the Btrikers, said in a conversa
tion tonight he believed the strik
ers would have little difficulty in
withstanding a siege of more than
a year with the strike funds the un
ions have on hand. .In Chicago 35
local unions are involved in the
strike. President Donnelly and
the presidents of the various locals
assembled at the headquarters this
morning, thinking they might re
Clyde Fox is away on a vaca
tion. a.H.Ling of Albany is sta
tion agent during his absence.
- f. Fred Yantis returned Sunday
evening from Fossil. He brought
a band of horses oyer the mountains
and has them for sale. ! " "
Mark Caves and wife went to
Corvallis Monday, the latter to con
sult a physician. "
Frank Rowland and Emma
Mulvany were married at Newport
the 28th of June. They visited
Portland on their wedding trip.
Fred Yantis sold one soan of
his bunch graes horses to jlvtr. Black
ot Harlan. .
Mrs. Morrow and Mrs. J. Mil
ler went to Marcold to bring their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Savage, to
Summit. Both parents are sick.
Dr. Gray and wife of Albany
stopped at tbe farm home of H. Har
rison Tuesday night oa their way
from their ranch, the Bonner place.
Mrs. Gray is Dave Bonner's sister.
Preaching at the Church of
Christ by the pastor rnext Sunday-
morning and evening. Morning
theme, "I,i ving Epistles," Evening,
"Ahab and Elijah".
Rev. Moore is attending Chu-
tauqua at Gladstone Park.
G. W.Denman and William Ba
ker with their families left Wednes
day morning for a two week's cam
ping trip in Alsea.
Wall paper at Blackledge's store.