TTTE MORNING- OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1923
(DAMAGE WROUGHT ON THE UNION STATION BY SPECTACULAR SATURDAY NIGHT "BLAZE. i fl H l" I 000 I IT
IS FARMER
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REPAIR OLD
IS SET AT
Water Does Most Damage
Pay Is Refused and Iden
i. tity Not Disclosed.
in Union Station Blaze.
DEFECTIVE WIRING CAUSE
I'VE PLENTY, IS REPLY
Work of Repairing West Wing of
Structure -Will Be Begun
at Once by Company.
'Hell, You Can't Have Mucli and
Drive Flivver," Declaration
of Wise Agriculturist.
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CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
I have referred elsewhere to the
fact that -Mr. Ford makes his most
intimate counsellors men in his own
organization with whom it would
seem he would have the least in
common. That there is in Mr. Ford
that which is attractive to men ot a
higher order is seen in the intimate
friendship he has enjoyed with two
great men John Burroughs, up un
til the time of his death, and Thom
as A. Edison. These three were in
the habit of taking their annual
outing together, and were not in
frequently together between times.
What is there in common among
them?
Between Burroughs and Ford
there was the love of nature, of
birds and flowers and streams and
hills. One loved far more under
Btandingly than the other, but both
loved the same things.
Between Edison and Ford there is
the bond of mechanics and inven
tion. And back of it all there is
the spirit of youth. It was in Bur
roughs to his last hour. It is in
Edison and Ford. Edison at 75 is
working his two shifts and finding
his joy in life and his interest in
his work increasing rather than
tliminishing.
"When are you going to retire?"
lie was asked recently. The reply
was. "Never."
There is a story of Ford and Edi
son that has never gotten into
print. It has an amusing ana at
the same time a dramatic incident
in it that makes it worth repeat
ing. Ford Regains Old Car.
' Late In the fall of 1914 Mr. Ford
planned to take Mr. Edison by spe
cial train over the route between
Detroit and Port Huron on which
Edison in his youth had worked as
newsboy. The train consisted of
three or four coaches, and the
3arty was limited to a small num
ber of invited guests of whom I
chanced to be one.
The trip to Port Huron was un
eventful. Mr. Ford and Mr. Edison
spent much of the time swapping
stories Mr. Edison recalling inci
dents of his boyhood days, and Mr.
Ford offering a story now and then
in which the laugh was on himself.
One of Mr. Ford's stories on him
self is also worth mention.
He, together with some of his
mechanics, was testing a car some
years ago, and to give it a thor
ough trial they made a trip over
the sandy roads of northern Michi
gan. They took an outfit with them
and camped at night along the way.
One evening they turned into a
small wood a short distance from
a farm house. On going to the
house for some provisions they
found the farmer in the barn tin
kering with a second-hand au
tomobile not a Ford, by the
way, but a much larger car. With
out making himself known Mr.
Ford inquired as to the nature of
the trouble with the farmer's ma
chine. The explanation was that '
the farmer had bought the car from
an agent who had driven it to the
farmer's home, and that he had
never been able to get the thing
started. Mr. Ford, with his me-'
chanics, set to work, put the ma
chine into running order, and con
tributed a few new spark plugs and
o,me tools. When they had finished
the farmer turned to Mr. Ford and
Eaid:
' "What's the charge?"
"Nothing' was the reply.
. "But I can't let it stand that -way,"
eaid the farmer. "You have not
only given your time, but you have
also given me spark plugs and tools.
Here's a dollar and a half. I in
sist that you take that much at any
rate."
"Xo," said Mr. Ford. "I can't do
it. I have all the money I want."
, The old farmer looked him over
ond then drawled out, "Hell, you
can't have much and drive a Ford
tar."
Identity Is Not Discussed.
Mr. Ford left without disclosing
his identity.
Arriving in Port Huron, Mr. Ford
decided to give to Mr. Edison a new
start in his old business. He pur
chased from a newsboy his entire
outfit basket, papers, apples, or
' anges, chewing gum, erackerjack
and all the rest, and had it smug
gled aboard our train.
As we were pulling out a son of
Mr. Edison brought the basket to
. his father and holding it up before
him, said: "Here you are. Had. Go
to it."
Edison hooked his arm through
the handle of the basket and began
- to call his wares. Down through the
train he went, doing a land-office
business, for everybody bought, and
Sidison gave back no change. I
have before me as I write a copy
cf the El Paso Herald, which 1
purchased from the newsboy Edi
son. It cost me a dollar. It is worth
more than that today.
The boys Henry and Thomas
were having a great time. Henry
was missing for a while and when
lie returned it was with his face and
hands black from smoke and coal
dust. "The engineer on this train,"
he explained, "is an old friend of
mine. I knew him when I worked
at the electric light plant. So I have
been having a visit with him. I
"went forward, climbed over the
tender and down into the cab. I've
been running the engine."
It was dark when we reached Mt.
Clemens. It was in the little sta
tion house here that Edison had
worked as a telegraph operator. A
top was made that he might take
- & look at the place in which dreams
were dreamed which in after years
became realities. While in the sta
tion Henry suggested that Thomas
send a message over the wire. The
agent cleared the wire and Edison
- eeated himself at the instrument.
Slowly he began to tick off a mes
sage to a son at home in New Jer
sey, It was one of those moments
that leaves on one an indelible
impression. A group of people stood
in silence looking at a man then
elose to 70 years of age, but in
imagination seeing the boy of many
years ago.
Suddenly some operator down the
road broke in on the wire. Edison
paused and listened, A smile played
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I piirr The roof ot the bnrned went vrinB, -where the fire originated and to which It ma largely confined,
taken from the Broadway bridge, where thousands of spectator watched the flames, low" Another
view of the west wing taken from the street In front of the depot showing damage to the second floor.
about his mouth. The operator who
was standing behind Mr. Edison and
had been leaning over him silently
watching his slow and deliberate
work at the key, turned suddenly
and gave those of us standing about
a look which passed rapidly through
the emotions of embarrassment,
shame, anger and horror. Then he
smiled and said to us, "Some opera
tor has broken in and sent over the
wire the message, "Tell that kid to
get off the line."
And he was right. Therewas a
"kid" on the line. And there was
another one back of him enjoying
the fun.
When Mr. Edison had finished
the operator sat down at the key
and sent the information down the
line that the "kid" who had just
slowly ticked off the lazy message
was Thomas A. Edison, "apprentice
operator on this key more than 50
years ago."
I would give a great deal to know
just what that fellow who broke in
on Edison's message thinks o him
self as a practical joker.
(To be continued.)
BOBBERY 5TDBT FAKED
EXCUSE FOR NOT TAKIXG
GIRL 0T SOUGHT BY MAX.
Traffic Officer Injures
Leg in Adventure.
Cottage Grove Policeman Gets
Moonshine Shower Also.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Nov. 26.
(Special.) Friday night was a
busy one for "Sailor Bill" Patton,
Cottage Grove's traffic cop. As the
result of one experience he is wear
ing a mackinaw that smells like a
million dollars' wortn of liquor, and
as the result of the second he suf
fered a badly damaged leg and his
motorcycle was sent to the hospital.
Bill was taking a friend home and
discovered an apparently abandoned
auto parked without any lights on
the bridge just south of the city.
Upon investigation he found a cargo
of liquor, while three who had been
occupants of the car were hanging
to the railing of the bridge as if
they thought it the railing of a boat
rolling on heavy breakers. They
were doing what most folks do when
caught in a. heavy sea. The bottle
evidently had been recently used
and the cork had not been replaced.
Bill put the bottle in his pocket over
the protests of the owners, and in
the scuffle that followed a half pint
or more or the evidence distributed
itself over his person.
In court today they gave their
names as Ray Parker, who was as
sessed $10 for being drunk; G. D.
Dowen, who paid $10 for resisting
an officer, and T. P. Dowen, who was
assessed J200 and costs for carrying
liquor in his car. All were from Sil
verton. Next the officer chased a car
driven by J. S. Barbee of Roslyn,
Wash., after having attained a speed
o 65 miles in doing so, and sounded
his siren. The car swerved to the
left of the road and forced the speed
cop into the ditch. The car stopped,
brought the officer back to the city
and wa3 held for court. Mr. Barbee
was fined $10 by the police judge
and deposited $36 for repairs to the
speed cop and his motorcycle.
Koy Shook Admits Fraud. When
Grilled by Police; Error in
Stories Is Cause.
"With a total of 8 cents in his
pocket and a pressing engagement
to take a girl to a skating rink,
Roy Shook, 22, was in a most em
barrassing position Saturday night
He found a way out, he thought, in
a fake holdup in which he reported
himself to police as the victim of a
well-tailored bandit and the loser of
$20 in cash, a sum obviously de
signed to impress the girl.
A discrepancy in relating the story
of the holdup, a mere inaccuracy in
telling one police detective that his
assailant had an automatic and in
stating to another that he had a
blackjack resulted in severe grilling
yesterday, under which Shook broke
down and admitted that it all a
ruse.
With a pointed lecture as to the
nossible harm to result from such
hoaxes. Shook was sent home in re
pentant mood. He lives at 570 Pet-
tygrove street.
Residents in the vicinity of i.ast
Thirteenth and Bidwell streets joined
with a squad of detectives in search
ing for the man who Shook reported
had held him up. And all the While
the girl waited, thinking a bold
highwayman responsible for her
beau's plight.
Arnett and O. J. Lawson of Newport
were brought before the commis
sioner late Friday. Arnett's bail, set
at $250, could not be raised, and' he
accompanied the deputy marshall to
Portland. Young Lawson was re
leased to his father on his own rec
ognizance.
ALLEGED THIEVES HELD
IT. S. Commissioner Binds Over
Four at Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.)
Two larceny cases were brought
Friday before Victor Olliver, recent
ly appointed United States commis
sioner, attached to the federal court
in Portland.
O. A. Kidd and A. Harris of Port
land were charged by Commissioner
Olliver with breaking into and
stealing from the forest ranger
storehouse at Fish lake in the
Cascades. They went to Portland,
after $1000 bond for each had been
set.
Stealing a national guard auto
matic rifle from the Newport com
pany waR the charge on which Fred
MISSING BOY IS SOUGHT
Parents of Fred Vandergriff Re
fuse to Believe Him Suicide.
Parents of Fred Vandergriff, 17,
who disappeared from his home No
vember 19, still hold to the belief
that the boy's hat, found on the day
of his disappearance on the river
bank near the Sellwood ferry, was
left there as a ruse and was not an
indication of suicide.
"I can't possibly conceive of any
reason why Fred should have even
thought of committing suicide," his
father, W. D. Vandergriff, 1541 East
Sixteenth street, said yesterday. "1
feel that he has just run away, per
haps to. California, which he men
tioned many times before the day
he left."
Damage to the union station by
flames which raged in the west
wing of the structure from shortly
after midnight Saturday until 3
o'clock yesterday morning will not
exceed $50,000, according to an es
timate compiled by J. P. O'Brien,,
president of the Northern Pacific
Terminal company, following a
thorough investigation yesterday.
Defective wiring was given as the
probable cause of the blaze both by
the company's officials and Fire
Chief Young, although no headway
was made in locating the specific
fault.
Water was responsible for more
of the loss than the flames and
smoke, yesterday's investigation
showed. At noon yesterday the en
tire damaged wing and part of the
main waiting room were dripping
water. Plaster in the wing will
have to be replaced, a new roof will
be necessary and some repairs will
have to be made to the ceiling of
the main waiting room. Havoc was
wrought to the stationery supplies
of the O.-W. R. & N. system, which
were stored in the attic room where
the blaze started. This loss was
approximately $10,000, according to
Mr. O'Brien. The largest damage,
however, was to the Southern Pa
cific headquarters on the second
floor of the wing.
Work of reconditioning the struc
ture will be begun at once, Mr.
O'Brien said. The only changes
called for in present plans are prob
able new wiring to conform to the
stringent fire rulings and adequate
fire walls.
Chief Young characterized the fire,
which attracted thousands of late
home-goers to the Broadway bridge,
is one of the most stubborn with
which he . had come in contact.
Southern Pacific files, filling several
large rooms, furnished admirable
fuel and the combined force of two
high-pressure streams seemed for a
time unable to make heaaway
against the flames which seethed
there. No fears were held at any
time for the main structure, the
chief said, and pointed to the- fact
that but one call was turned in and
that but four engines and two
trucks were put to service.
Passengers using the terminal
station were but little inconven
ienced yesterday. Baggage which
was all carried out during the
progress of the fire and placed under
cover was found with but little
delay.
The entire loss was covered by
Insurance.
Salem to Have Holiday.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 26. (Special.)
All state, county, city and federal
offices will be closed here Thanks
giving day. Observance of the holi
day here will be featured by home
gatherings and union services in the
First Christian church.
SMILE EVERY DAY
"WALSH'S"
Electric Fixtures
Electric Ranges
Electric Devices
WILL DO IT
Phone M. J. Walsh Electric Co.
Your Electric Wants
106 Fourth St.
Bet. Wash, and Stark
BDWY. 5781
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Normal Society Gives Pla'y.
MONMOUTH, Or., Nov. 26. (Spe
cial.) The Delphian Literary so
ciety of the Oregon Normal schools
gave a play entitled "Thanksgiving
of the Farm," Friday night, featur
ing an old-fashioned Thanksgiving
home gathering with Grandpa and
Grandma Brown, represented respec
tively by Miss Maude Allen of Mabel
and Miss Barbara Hickson of Port
land, as the chief characters. Reci
tations, a governor's Thanksgiving
proclamation, and folk dances were
woven into the story and given by
tne various ennaren and grandchil
dren of the aged couple. This was
followed by a mock trial given by
the Swastika club, an organization
of men students.
MINE DEATH LIST SEVEN
Injured in Madrid, N. M., Explo
sion Reduced to 13.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 26.
The list of dead in the explosion in
mine No. 4 of the Albuquerque-Cer-rillos
Coal company at Madrid,
N. M., about 50 miles north and east
of here Saturday afternoon, re
mained at seven tonight, but the
number of injured was reduced from
about 30 to 13. Only 20 men were
in the mine at the time of the ex
plosion and all were killed or' in
jured, officials of the company de
clared today.
There are flo telephone facilities
at Madrid or the immediate vicinity
and no all-night telegraph service,
which made it difficult last night
to obtain accurate information as
to the number of casualties. A
check made today shows that all
the men who were in the mine have
been accounted for. Cause of the
explosion has not been determined.
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and as a Preventive, take Laxative BRO
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signature ol E. W. Grove. (Be eure you
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CATHOLIC QUESTION BOX
With malice towards none and charity for all, we would present
plain sample facts about Catholic ideals and citizenship, that by
these facts the barriers of hatred and prejudice may be removed
and unity promoted, a unity so necessary for our citizens in their
pursuit of life, prosperity and happiness.
1st Question
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
" If you had been accused of corrupting the political
machinery of the state, whereas investigation showed
the guilt on the side of your accusers?
If a campaign of the most atrocious falsehoods had
been directed against your patriotism, your morality,
your integrity? '
If the character of your dearest ones, daughters, sis
ters and others, had been blackened beyond restoration, "
by unspeakable mendacities?
If those whom you know would sacrifice their life for
you, did. circumstances demand, were assailed with in
human calumnies?
If scurrilous immoral sheets railed against you and
yours in language that Satan would blush to use ?
If foul-mouthed men and shameless women were
turned loose upon the public, from rostrums which your
tax-monies helped to build, and paid to slander and to
vilify you?
If those bereft of conscience had reviled you and per
secuted you and said all manner of evil against you
falsely (Matt. 5-11), be frank, kind reader, and fair,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? ,
Your Catholic neighbors in Oregon have suffered
these and greater wrongs. What is more, today the
same iniquitous forces are at work falsifying, assailing,
deceiving, every word a dagger thrust into the heart of
justice. If YOU were thus outraged, what would
YOU do?
Question 2 will appear Monday, December 4. The public is cor
dially invited to mail us inquiries regarding the doctrines, history,
ideals and practices of the Catholic Church. Same will be
answered by mail with promptness, courtesy and frankness.
Address Catholic Truth Society of Oregon, 501 Panama Bldg.,
Portland, Oregon.
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living in foreign countries are to be.
received by Christmas, you must attend
to them now before it is too late.
Our Foreign Department will con
vert into proper exchange and forward
your draft immediately. Let us handle
all details for you. It's our business.
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The Fox Sunbeam Furnace insures a prop
erly heated home all through the winter and is a
sure source of good heat because it "Warms Like the
Sun." We are still busy installing "Sunbeams."
When shall we install yours?
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works on that well-known and never
failing law of nature that warm air
rises and cold air falls. It is designed
to take the fullest advantage of this
principle to warm and distribute
the greatest amount of air with the
lowest consumption of fuel.
The minute a fire is built in a Sun
beam Pipeless Furnace that moment
warm air begins to rise into the
room. As the heated air rises it
forces the colder air downward
through the outer section of the same
register through which the warm
air goes up. This circular movement
of the air rapidly heats the room to
any temperature desired.
THE SUNBEAM IS SO SIMPLE, SO WELL BUILT AND OPERATES SO EFFI
CIENTLY THAT IT NEEDS VERY LITTLE ATTENTION.
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1 Andirons, Fire Sets, Fire Screens, Spark Guards
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