THE MOHXING OREGOXIAX TUESDAY, 'JANUARY 9,1912.
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AlLVAY SERVICE
HARDLY RESTORED
.fl .
pairVjews Are uvercoming
Effects Wrought by
' Snow Storm.
CAMERA CATCHES UNUSUAL WTNTEB SCENES IN PORTLAND.
ALLED TRAINS RELEASED
T. It. X. Line Clear to Fnton,
S Mile East, Where Snowdrift
Is Holding Train Central
Oregon Line Blocked.
A II. BO AD STTrATIOX IV PORT
LAND AFTEB 1-DAY STORM.
O.-W. K. N. romtw Main
a cler to union, til aillM tut.
her mow drift h bo I toe U
-Joa
North Buk All bnt tnuuwao-
mtal tnlN aaaallod; mm wlum 4-
yed. bat track now clear.
Ontrml Oregon line Rr-rlo om
xh Or-on Trunk and O.-W. R. m
. rend tnaQlU4
Southern pacifio Na aroobi; im i-
normal.
Tillamook nae Rock slid oa
mill alopo of Cnc Bang halt
I traffic.
Pafat Sound lino Northern Pa-
fic. Oroat Northern aad O.-W. R
?. Company malntimtnc omul
Eioctrie tntorarbna 11d Normal
rrtc r to rod and maintained. Too
rdax.
Tn aa opportunity to repair their
raph wires In tha Immediate vi-
y of Portland, tho railroads bar
coma tho moot serious conse-
ces of tho storm that for mora
41 bonra had thorn at lta mercy.
though both tho O.-W. HtN. and
h Bank trains wro hold In tho
of tho Columbia eaat of Port
Saturday night by heavy anow
a tha worat feature of tho situa-
aa tha damaae to telegraph
a. which prevented dispatching
mad It necessary for trains to
themselves from station to sta
Tha principal damnse to wires
In and around Portland. Repairs
been made and trains are no
r delayed on this account. Some
ale has been experienced In the
24 hours by snowdrifts In Kastrn
Central Oregon and in Eastern
hint-ton.
Serlewa Effects Are LoeaL
"silver thaw" confined lta f
prlncl pally to Portland and lm-
ata environs. It did not extend
of Troutdala nor south of Oregon
Whatever damage waa dona be
thoee llmlta resulted from the
rj With tha release of O.-W. R.
train No. 1 from the snowbank
Cascade Locks and of North Bank
No. 7 from a drift near Butler
Vnday afternoon, service on those
reniorad, to a normal basis.
-noon when anow pil-d up on the
R. N. tracks at I nlon. holding
17, the fast Chicago-Portland train,
here last night at t o'clock, back
lante force of men was sent out
i the shops at La Grande to tear
3 the snowbank. They worked
. late last night. Eastbound serv-
leanwhlle was bald up also at that
rvlre on the North Bank line waa
oved yesterday, but no attempt
made to operate other than trans
nental trains. No. 4. the fast
era train, which ordinarily dora
-nake local stops, carried local pas
era last night, and No. 8, the local
. waa annulled. No. 1. due from
Paul Stmday night, arrived here
rday afternoon.
Kuasell. superintendent of the
h Bank, directed a fore of men
ln with snow plowe between
land and Spokane yesterday and
cted to have normal service re
i today.
peleoaeafal Service Arranged.
accommodate Vancouver and St.
a residents who have been unable
ravel to and from Portland, the
a Bank yesterday arranged the
wins; supplemental service: A
i will leave the North Bank sta
Eleventh and lloyt streets, at
and 11:4 A. J4.. t 15. 4 4S and -0
: ; leave Vancouver 7:00 and 10:0
U 1:15. 1:4S and 20 P. L Stops
be made at St. Johns on both
3ound and a-estbound trips. The
lule time between Portland and
ouver will be 3 minutes.
Koulhfrn 1'acirtc has suffered
than any of the other roads. Nor
service was maintained yesterday.
Fourth-street division had some
Me within the city limits on sc-
t of snow parkin against the
. but tha suburban lines remained
vo aevera rock alldea 49 miles east
UUfboro prevented operation of
a between Portland and Tillamook
-rday. D. W. Campbell, general
rlntendent of the Southern Pa
declared that tha damage would
epaired ao that service can be re-
d today.
a three l'nes operatic; between
'.and and Puset Sound tha North-
1'arfflc. tha Great Northern and tha
'.RAN Co. are operating on a
tal basis.
Eleetrte Liar Open.
electric lines are running on
again, all the wire trouble having
remedied. Occasional delaya on
ant of tee or snow were reported
axloua timea yesterday, but tha
a were kept open.
iiher the Oregon Trunk nor the
'. R. at x. Company has been able
lecp tha line Into Central Oregon
Service baa been annulled. An
t will be made to operate a train
either line today.
J. Buckley, assistant general
ager of tha O.-W. K. A N. Com-
returned yesterday from the
t a mil west of Cascade Locks,
scene of the snow blockade of Sat-
y night. He directed the release
o, 1 lata Sunday evening. Pos
ers on that train had some inter
.g experiences. The train does
carry a diner and for a time It
feared that they would not be
to get food. Charlie Miller, the
vboy aboard, with tha assistance
oroe men. cut a path through the
r and went to tha town of Cascade
.s. one mile distant, where was
red a supply of sandwiches and
a for tbe women and children,
h was aerved at midnight Satur
The men held oat until early
lay morning without anything to
then they walked to the village
virtually depleted the supply of
local grocery, so ravenous were
r appetltea The little hotel also
a thriving busniesa.
an while a craw of 1(0 Japanese
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to withstand tha severest storms, but
when (heir food supply stops and their
vitality ia lowered tbey begin to auf,-f.-r.
Our office has received a donak
tlon of Ave sacks of grain from the
Ainaworth dock, which will be taken
tomorrow by some of our wsrdens to
be scattered along tha Peninsula.
There ouxht to ba mora grain offered,.
But we cannot wait for grain to come
In. Every person In tbe olty. In every
district whvre the storm extends,
should see that the birds In the neigh
borhood are given care. It Is an under
taking that must not be delayed."
In former etorms telephone com
panies hsve permitted their operators
tc sugrrest to farmers that food be
given blrda This method resulted In
tha saving of large numbers of wild
and tame blrda
X.OXE FIR DAMAGE IS GREAT
Cemetery Shade Trees Fall, Shrub
bery Crnslted Under Ice.
In Lone Fir Cemetery there has been
great destruction of trees and shrub
bery, the devastation being among the
maples and other shade trees partic
ularly. From the soldiers' monument,
near the center of the grounds, fallen
trees and broken limbs are strewn In
every direction. The monument atands
apart from the trees and has not been
dam&ced. The shrubbery and trees
along the south side of the grounds
and near the Mount Tabor car line are
twisted and broken and uprooted. The
largest trees have euffered most. The
tops of hundreds of trees have broken
off and fallen to the ground, covering
tha paths with dobria Almost all the
roads are obstructed by fallen Uraba
The main road In tha cemetery on
the north side. which enters tha
grounds from the corner of East Twen
tieth and East Stark streets. Is blocked.
That Is the oldest part of tha cemetery
and there the trees suffered most. Fir
trees axe hot damaged, bat they are
loaded with tons of Ice. Shrubbery
over and about the graves Is crushed
down under the loads of Ice. Shrubbery
and trees are covred wllh tons of Ice
and resemble the grotto of the "Ice
King." The cemetery now Is In charge
of tha Lot-Owners Lose Fir Association.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR DAY
STORM 131 PAIRS VEN'TIXiATLG
AND HEATTNG SYSTEMS.
But XI Building Oat of 53 Open.
Superintendent Expects to Re
sume Class Work Today.
Demoralisation of the electric sys
tem of the city, which deprived many
of the school buildings of the motive
power to run the fans In their venti
lating systems, made U necessary to
close the majority of the schools yes
terday. Heating systems In many of
the buildings were Impaired bo that it
was necessary for them to shut down.
Pupils assembled on time In the
morning, but orders were issued from
the office of the Superintendent as soon
aa the prevailing conditions were ascer
tained, for classes to be dismissed.
Superintendent Rlgler said last night
that he expected everything to be re
paired by this morning so that work
could be resumed without delay.
Only tl schools out of the 63 In the
city remained In session throughout
the day. Schools closed were: Wash
ington. Lincoln and Jefferson high
schools: Buchanan. Peninsula, Eliot.
Sellwood, Richmond. Alhlna Homestead,
Chapman. Llewellyn, Stephens. Sunny
aide. Highland. Vernon, Brooklyn.
Couch. 'Kalllntr. Terwllllger, Holman,
trade schools. Shattuck. Davis. Wood
stock. Wlllsburg. Woodlawn, Glencoe,
Creston. Montavilla, Portsmouth, Clinton-Kelly,
and all the night schools.
Snow Cols Off Supply cf
Food for Birds
Everyone Urged to Plaee Prerlaloaa
la Their Reach.
GAME WARDEN FINLEY urgently
request all peraons to throw out
laaob, day grain. Jpee4 and 4thar s&rapa
for tb birds who have suffered from
lack of food since the storm began.
Mr. Flnley said yesterday:
Thla storm has worked a serious
hardship for birds of all kinds, be
cause In an ordinary storm they can
scratch down through the snow and
find something to eat. They are unable
to, do this now for the reason that
there la a coating of Ice on the ground
which even the larger birds cannot
penetrate. The snowfall on top of this
Ice only adds another difficulty. If
the farmers would throw out a few
handfuls of grain every day fthe wild
birds would be. cared for. For the
robins, sparrows. bluebirds. bits of
bread will suffice; though the best food
of all Is suet. If a piece of suet Is
tied to the limb of a tree, out of the
reach of cats, the birds will soon And
it and will visit the spot several times
a day.
"There Is nothing to the theory that
the birds are suffering from the cold.
Birds that got enough to eat are able
section hands labored to clear tlte
track and the train waa enabled to re
turn to Cascade Locks at noon Sunday.
Late in the afternoon the track west
of the point of blockade was opened
and the train came to Portland. Among
the passengers on board were J. H.
O'Neill, traveling passenper agent for
the O.-W. R. & N. Company; Charles
Heins, C. W. HIkok, George Coin. R.
W. Frame, Harry C. Myers. J. C. Was
son, John Fox and C. R. Campbell,
traveling salesmen. A group of young
men entertained the passengers with
stringed musical instruments. The
cars were well heated and, after the
people were able to get something to
eat, everyone was happy.
Employment Given It 5 Men.
Employment for 125 needy men was
obtained yesterday by the Industrial
Employment Bureau of the Toong
Men's Christian Association In clear
ing snow. Almost all were engaged
In clearing the tracks of the street
railway and will be engaged for sev
eral days. The offlcer in charge ex
pects to find such work for other men
now Idle.
TO CUBX A COLD IN OXB DAT.
Tske LAXATIV" BROMO Quinine TsbUta
Drusglsia refund monor if It fall to ran.
B, W, OJtOVJs ataaauir la-ea aeon es.ae
FUEL IS HARD TO GET
DEAIJERS' SUPPLIES AMPLE,
BUT DELIVERY DIFFICULT.
Suffering Imminent If "Weeuiier Does
Not Moderate Auto Tracks
Cope "With Slush.
Unless the weather conditions have
so moderated today that deliveries by
team on the streets of Portland will be
possible, one-fifth of the residents face
a fuel famine. With the exception of
one East Side concern which does all
lta delivery work by auto trucks, coal
and wood supply houses declare that
they have hundreds of orders listed,
with no apparent possibility of han
dling them for the next few days.
So far aa could be learned the price
has not been boosted, although an ex
tra delivery charge was made in those
cases where delivery waa promised.
This was to take care of the two ex
tra horses added to each wood wagon,
which, even then, only handled half
the uaual load.
A number of the smaller hotels,
apartment and lodging-houses are the
worat aufferera. Early yesterday sev
eral of these reported they were re
duced to burning sawdust and old
boxea Business men on the streets
made general complaint of the "steam
not being up."
All the fuel companies reported that
the brldgea were absolutely impassa
ble. They said both roadways and
fotopatha had been neglected until
they were in such a state that travel
waa dangeroua for pedestrians, while
Impossible for horse-drawn vehicles.
Because almost all the storage
plants are on the East Side this served
to make the West Side condition more
critical. Had not a large number of
the qrst-class hotels changed to liquid
fuel, the situation would have been
worse yesterday. One house supply
ing fuel briquets reported that while
the demand for Its product up to this
time had not been excessive, now It Is
abaolutely cleaned out.
A member of the Independent Coal
A Ice Company said that the principal
trouble was that residents who didn't
think of buying coal at ordinary times
now swamped the few large companies
with orders.
"The small dealers." he said, "have
quietly slipped to cover and one or
two companies hare to handle the peak
load. Any case where residents are
actually freexing or In urgent need of
fuel we handle, but at that we have
hundreds of orders on hand, with no
power of delivery until the storm
abates. At that we have every horse
shod with rubber, auto trucks and two
sleds. - So I think we are as fair as
possible. Notwithstanding the extra
delivery oost, the price has not been
boosted."
B. 8. Holman, of Banfleld. Veysey &
Co., said all their teams were on the
East Side of the river and that a
serious shortage in the homes and ho
tels was pending it the weather did
not moderate at once.
"We have an abundant supply; the
only trouble Is delivery," he said. "Our
teams cannot cross the bridges and
our auto wagons are Just swamped."
M. L. McOraw, of the East Side Fuel
Company, said:
"I think we are the only persons in
town this weather does not teaze. We
are from the East: we like It and are
prepared for it. I don't think we have
had to turn" down an order yet, but
this is principally owing to our auto
trucks, which in weather Jlke this beat
teama all hollow."
Every fuel dealer questioned said
stocks on hand were large. Delivery
was the only difficult feature, which
grew more serious as the home short
age grew.
'GLEAN WALKS' IS ORDER
POLICE CHIEF TELLS FORCE TO
ENFORCE ORDIXAXCE.
Arrest of Leaseholders and Property
Owners to Follow If Paths Are
Not Cleared This Morning.
Sidewalks must be cleared of slush,
snow and loe this morning, or the
leaseholders and property owners
whose holdings abut on the neglected
spaces will be arrested, says Chief of
Police Slover. Instructions were given
Acting Captain Riley yesterday to set
his men at the work of enforcing the
ordinance the first thing this morning.
City ordinances provide that meas
ures must be taken to cope with snow
within four hours after It has fallen.
Salt or sawdust must be sprinkled over
It, or It must be removed. The police
started to enforce the law yesterday,
but were met on every side by protests
against action while snow continued
falling. No such excuse Is expected to
exist today and the Chief says the
walks must be made passable.
Numerous accidents have been re
ported to the police. In most cases on
account of iron cellar doors, which are
even more dangerous when cleared of
snow than before.
Ashland Weather Normal.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 8. (SpeclaLr
Normal Winter weather conditions con
tinue here. The temperature early
this morning was 82 degrees, 44 In the
middle of the day and 44 at 6:S0
o'clock. A total of one-tenth of an Inch
of rain fell during the 24 hours ending
this afternoon.
An Oppressive Trust
Before the Coffee Roasters' Association, fa ses
sion at Chicago on Thursday, Thomas J. weDD,
trf Chicago, charged that there a in existence a
coffee combine which is "the moat monstrous im
poaition in the history of human commerce.'
There ia very slight exaggeration about this
statement. It comes very close to being literally
true. There is a coffee combine in Brazil, from
which country cornea the bulk of the coffee need
in the United States, which is backed by the gov
ernment of Brazil and financed by it, wmcn com-,
pels- American consumers, as Mr. Webb said, "to
pay famine prices for coffee when no Xamin
exists."
Tbe worst thing about this is that the eonstrm
ers of the United States have been compelled to
put up tbe money through which this combine
to further cinch them, has been made effective.
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon
all coffee entering the United States. Those taxes
were denounced as an imposition upon the people;
as taxing the poor man's breakfast table, and the
lilt a. The taxes were removed. Immediately
.i. ei Pm.i1 tmrwMw? an ev-nort rratv noon
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eonee up o ne xuu uowii w ivm v.wu.
taxes in this country. The revenue which for
merly went into the treasury of the United States
was diverted to the treasury of BrazIL The poor
man's breakfast coffee continued to cost him the
same old price.
But this was only the comrnencement. The
Valorization" plan was evolved in Brazil.
Through this plan the government, using the rev
enues derived from tbe export duties for the pur
poses, takes all of the surplus crop in a season of
large yields and holds it off the market, thus
keeping the supply down to the demands of the
market and permitting the planters to receive a
much higher price than they would otherwise
have done.
The United States consumes more Brazilian cof
fee than does the rest of the world. We are the
best customers of Brazil, and Brazil buys little
from us. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and
maintaining a trust designed, and working effect-
, i . ,i .nwu,oA es, iimnol Airwrlmn crm
ivory wr ywvw - -
sum era to pay aa exorbitant price for the coliee
they use. What is the remedy? Seattle. Pot-I-ttliigtaaa
ifee. 19, J$IU
fitsndnvd1 statistics of the eoffee tiat)B
show a falling off in sales during the last
two years of over two hundred mm km
pounds. Authenticated reports from the
Poetum factories in this city show a
tremendous increase in the sale of Postutn
in a like period of time.
While the sales of Poetum invariably
show marked increase year over year, the
extraordinary demand for that well
known breakfast beverage during 1011 is
very likely due to a public awakening to
the oppression of tbe coffee trust.
Such an awakening naturally disposes
the multitude who suffer from the ill
effects of coffee drinking to be more re
ceptive to knowledge of barm which, so
often comes as
the drug-be-
result of the use of
coffee. Buttmt Ontt
is a pure food-drink made of the field grains, with a pleasing
flavour not unlike high grade Java.
A Big Package
About 1 1 lbs. Costs . 25
At Grocers
cts.
Economy to one's purse is not the main reason for using
Postum.
It is absolutely free from any harmful substance, such as
"caffeine" (the drug in coffee), to which so much of the nerv
ousness, biliousness and indigestion of today are due. Thou
sands of former coffee drinkers now use Postum because
they know from experience the harm that coffee drinking
causes. J
Boil it according to directions (that's easy) and it will be
come clear to you why
"There's a Reason"
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, Battle Creek, Michigan