The Sunday Oregonian., January 19, 1913, Page 10, Image 10

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 1913.
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SCENES IN AND ABOUND PORTLAND SHOW EFTECT OF SNOW STORM ON YOUNG AND OLD ON CITY STREETS, COUNTY ROADS, HOUSES, TREES AND SHRUBBERY.
SUFFERING ACUTE
Snow Comes at Time to Bene
fit Crops, Say Sages
Versed in Soils.
Sr.ow Results in Urgent Ap
peals to Associated Chari
ties From Destitute.
SAWMILLS AIDED ALSO
PROMPT AID IS NECESSITY
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WORTH $5,000,000
i r homes
Organization Unable to Cope With
Multiplicity of Demands and Gen
crons-Hearted Are Asked
to Give Assistance.
Delated with appeals for assistance
from people who, already poverty
stricken, find their position desperate
since the coming of the snow, the Ab
oclated Charities and other charitable
organizations of the city are having
treat difficulty In caring for the many
cases that demand their Immediate at'
tention.
Most Insistent of all are the calls for
employment, for the snow storm seems
to have put a stop to all forms of
transient work whereby many were
able to eke out a livelihood earlier in
the Winter. It was thought that the
now Itself, which caused much of the
trouble, might help things out by fur
nishing work for men shoveling off the
sidewalks.
Facts showed yesterday, however,
that this was not the case. Few men
were sent out from any of the charit
able bureaus or from the employment?
bnreaus to respond to demands for snow
shovelers, for. in most cases, parents
had reserved this as a bit of Saturday
employment for the children home from
srhooL
One woman telephoned to the Asso.
riated Charities for a man to shovel
no from the sidewalk yesterday. He
borrowed a shovel and hastened to the
addresa only to return later dfsap.
pointed. When he reached the house
the woman told htm that she would not
need him, because she thought it was
beginning to rain and the snow would
soon melt.
Work Greatest Need.
"Work is what we need most at this
time" says Mrs. Margaret Thoroman
who is In charge at the Associated
Charities during the absence of Secre
tary Manning, who was called out of
the city Friday, -11 people wouia on:y
do their housecleaning and papering
now instead of in the Spring, they
might help many a person to keep up
and carry himself and his family
throutrh the Winter season. We need
iiav work for women who have children
to care for and are without the bare
necessities of life in many cases.
Most of the calls coming to the Asso
ciated Charities at this time are
emergency cases demanding Immediate
attention and they are being handled as
well as possible out of the relief fund
of the organisation.
"Now is a time." says Mrs. Thoroman
"when we have abundant use for the
magnificent spirit of giving that we
met with during tne cnnstmas season,
and the need right at this time Is. If
anything, more pressing than It was
then. Most of the cases we have now
are In immediate need of both fuel and
food at once."
Quarantine Ran Earnings.
Among the cases that the Associated
Charities was handling yesterday are
three families that have been quaran
tined for scarlet fever and are woolly
dependent upon charity for care and
support at this time.
There Is on the list of the Associated
Charities a man nearly blind iid un
able to work, although eager to do any
odd Job that may offer, to secure food
for his six children, all of whom are
less than 15 years old. A woman, whose
husband Is a drunkard and addicted to
the use of drugs to such an extent that
he Is unable to care for his family, is
living In a miserable shack. She Is
unable to care for her two little chil
dren, for the arrival of a third Is ex
pected soon.
A handful of rice, a few potatoes and
no fuel with which to kindle a fire. Is
the situation faced by a woman who is
living In a bare room with her chil
dren. Her husband went to the
logging camps five weeks ago and
she has not heard' from him
since, her rent Is unpaid, and she has
no money with which to buy food
while she waits for funds from her
mother In California with which to pay
fare for herself and children to go to
that state.
Teamster la Shut Out. ,
One man owning a team has picked
up odd Jobs for a time, but with the
coming of the snow, work ceased for
him. He is eacer to work, but can
find nothing to do. Without money and
with no prospect of securing any
soon, he despairs of being able to care
for his family, in which there are five
children, through the season of snow
and idleness.
In another family the father Is sick
and his wife and three children have
no food. In another home the father
Is threatened with pneumonia and In
need of Immediate medical attention.
There are three children to be cared
for.
Another case that Is entirely de
pendent upon the Associated Chari
ties is a Woman, who on account of
her present delicate condition cannot
attempt to work and her husband, is
serving a sentence in the Peniten
tiary. Yesterday a landlord in one of the
suburbs of Portland drove a deserted
wife out of her house for non-payment
of rent. With her five children she
has moved Into a little, unfurnished
shack, where she has neither fire nor
fuel. The report of this case came
Into the office of the Associated Chari
ties late yesterday afternoon and
nothing could be done beyond attention
to the more Immediate requirements of
the case.
The organization Is employing every
effort to care for the many cases
comings at this time, but the need for
co-operation from the citizens of Port
land Is declared more pressing than at
any time this Winter.
Saletn Snow Passing Rapidly.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. IS. (Special.)
Salem's seven Inches of snow is fast
disappearing. The streetcar companies
have experienced considerable diffi
culty, in operating, as the sudden un
usual flurry caught them without ade
quate snow fighting apparatus. Nu
merous minor damages were wrought
by the storm, such as broken-down
shrubbery, leaking roofs and In one
Instance a large plate glass window was
demolished by an awning collapsing un
der the excessive weight of the snow.
Hood River Gets 30-Inch Fall.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. IS. (Spe
cial.) With the fall continuing the
snow Is now about 30 Inches deep on an
average over the entire Hood. River
Valley. If the snow continues through
out the night, the record depth of last
year. 41 Inches, will be reached again.
The temperature is barely above the
freezing point and the snow may turn
into rain at any moment.
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STORM GOES INLAND
Portland Yet Held in Wintry
Grasp of Snow.
2 WRECKS HALT TRAFFIC
Communication by Kail Cut Off
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weeks a record-breaking crop in East
ern and Central Oregon, as well as In
the Inland Empire countries. Is virtual
ly assured.
Scattering reports were received oj
the Portland railroad offices yesterday
from the wheat-growing sections of
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Eastern Oregon and from the table
lands of the Deschutes Valley, show
ing that the fall has been equally gen
erous there. Most of the wheat raised
in Central Oregon Is on dry farms and
the snow is particularly needful In de
veloping a heavy crop.
Railroad Found Prepared.
The railroads prepared early Friday
evening for the troubles of yesterday.
When they saw the rain of Friday noon
turn Into a thick, well-packed snow,
they knew that they would have diffi
culties to meet So the ro.tarles were
pulled out of the sheds and the snow
flghtlng crews were called Into action.
Kear Towal, 140 miles east of Port
land, on the North Bank Road, a
freight engine ran Into the rear end of
another freight standing on the track.
On account of the snow the engineer
could not see the flag. The track was
blockaded for several hours. Mean
while North Bank trains were detoured
over the O.-W. R. & N. tracks via Wal
lula and Celllo.
' A 40-foot slide delayed traffic for
three hours on the Oregon Trunk.
In Portland the principal difficulty
was under foot. By working all Fri
day night the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company was able to run its
cars on all lines on irregular sched
ules. The only trouble passengers had
was In getting on and off the cars, as
in passing between the edge of the
tracks to the sidewalks they had to
wade through three or four Inches of
snow and slush even in the business
streets.
Internrban Service Good.
Interurban electric service suffered
only slightly. The Oregon Electric had
a little trouble getting its early morn
ing cars through on time, but after the
first two or three trains had passed
over- the tracks service was conducted
without Interruption.
Train service on all lines was badly
crippled. The wreck at Castle Rock
demoralized traffic ' between Portland
and Puget Sound on each of the three
roads using this track the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the O.
W. R. & N. Company. The O.-W. R. &
N. Company's trains from the east were
from three to four hours late through
out the day. The fast mail train due
at 7 o'clock In the morning didn't arrive
until noon. The Canadian Pacific train
due at noon did not get in until about
S o'clock.
Telephone and telegraph service like
wise suffered. Snow clinging to the
wires caused many of them to break.
Wire communication between Portland
and eastern points was cut off Inter
mittently during the day and last night.
Long distance telephone Bervice, as well
as telegraph connection, was greatly
Impaired.
In the residence sections and in the
parks the trees and shrubbery covered
with snow presented beautiful pictures
of fantastic and grotesque objects.
Some property owners observed the
law requiring them to clean their side
walks. While the 1 snow was cleared
In front of some residences. It was al
lowed to remain at others, which made
walking almost as Inconvenient and
LITTLE STORIES OF THE SNOW STORM
SNOWBOUND pedestrians on Broad
way and Twenty-fourth street early
this morning discovered a clean walk
around the Universallst Church. Not
waiting for the janitor of the church
to do this work. Rev. James D. Corby,
the pastor, arose at daybreak, and.
shovel in hand, tackled the blanket of
wet snow which Impeded traffic.
"Little out of your line, Isn't it.
doctor?" inquired a member of the
parish as he stamped his feet on the
cleared walk In passing.
"Not a bit." rejoined Dr. Corby
promptly, "the minister Is a man who
must minister to many things. Tou
see I don't like the common custom of
waiting for the rain or a Chinook to
clear the walks. The Lord's way may
be easier, but I believe It as much a
Christian's duty to keep the slush oft
the sidewalk as it Is to go to cburoh.
We call this church an everyday church
and one form of everyday religion is to
help keep your neighbor's feet dry.
"Then, too, a clean sidewalk helps to
Increase the attendance, and tomorrow
Is Sunday," he concluded with a smile.
The spectator passed on. remarking
that on the morrow he would be pres
ent at church, but first he should clean
his sidewalk.
EVIDENCES that half a foot of snow
covered the business district, with
more la the higher residence sections.
were hard to observe around police
headquarters. Not one case of arrest
for throwing snowballs was recorded,
nor were there any accidents reported.
Policemen concerned themselves prin
cipally in prodding dilatory property
owners Into clearing their sidewalks,
and in the congested district this was
generally done before the snow had
time to pack.
Private citizens were more prompt
than the city Itself. ITttle progress hav
ing been made last night toward clear
ing the crosswalks. Adjacent business
men aided the publio in many cases by
throwing temporary plank bridges over
the gutters, where the slush accumu
lated to shoe-top depth. '
HEN the snow was falling thick
and fast. Chief of Police Slover
called George K. McCord, Mayor
Rushlight's secretary, by telephone and
an Interesting conversation took place.
"Do you detect the snow up there?"
asked the Chief from the police sta
tion. "Now; he's not here; hasn't been
here," replied McCord.
"What are you talking about?" asked
the Chief.
"What are you talking about?" said
McCord. "Tou asked me If Detective
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Snow was up here. I am telling you he
Is not and has not been here today."
"The joke is on you," said the Chief."
"I asked you If you had detected the
8now the kind that is white up
there."
Laughter at both ends of the 'phone.
TWO hundred employes of the street
cleaning department worked under
the personal direction of Superintendent
Donaldson during the storm. They were
directed to keep the crossings open and
the catch-basins In good condition. No
attempt was made by the department
to haul off the snow from the business
districts, as it was believed that the
snow would soon disappear and that
It would be unnecessary to go to the
expense of carting it away.
A LARGE crowd watched a man
shovel snow off the roof, of the
Elks Temple Into Stark street yester
day afternoon and saw him with cal
culating accuracy cast it where it
would do the least harm. In falling
from the top of the building it gained
such momentum that it struck with a
resounding "ker-slop" that could be
heard for several blocks and that scat
tered particles of slush against the
windows on either side of the street.
unpleasant as if
cleared at all.
no snow had been
"FEED THE BIRDS" IS PLEA
Game Warden Asks Tliat Food Be
Pnt Out During Snow Period.
The continued falling of snow will
cause hardship among Oregon birds, In
cluding songsters and game birds, ac
cording to William L. Finley, state
game warden, who urges all persons to
help the birds sustain life by feeding
them intelligently.
"The snowfall would not make any
difference if It lasted but a day," said
Mr. Finley yesterday, "but the test will
be after the ground has been covered
several days, making It Impossible for
seed and lnsectlverous birds to get
their food.
"Snowbirds and song sparrows should
be fed with crumbs and birdseed placed
on a cloth or In a place where the food
will not be covered by falling snow.
Western Alaska robins and the varied
thrush like bits of chopped apple and
other fruit. Chicadees and many other
varieties of birds need suet for warmth.
The suet should be tied to branches.'
"The Game Commission has supplied
the state game refuges with boxes
filled with wheat, which will be dis
tributed by game wardens so that some
of the quail, pheasant and grouse will
be cared for.
"Many of our birds migrate south
In the Winter, which might be kept In
Portland all Winter by feeding them.
This would mean many songs now de
layed until the arrival of Spring. The
easiest way to bring about this change
would be to teach the school children
to feed the birds; In doing so they
would become Interested In them and
would therefore protect them. Birds
learn quickly to go regularly to places
where they are fed. and friendships of
this sort might be cultivated."
ASTORIA EXPECTS COLD SXAP
Snow Storm Continues With Fall
Heavy In High "Altitudes.
ASTORIA, Or, Jan. 18. (Special.)
The snow storm,- which commenced
about 6 o'clock last night, continued
Intermittently during the night and
about two Inches of snow fell In the
city, "while In the higher elevations,
back from the river, the fall was much
heavier.
A portion of this snow melted during
the day, but there Is still sufficient to
cover the streets with slush. This
evening the wind is blowing from the
northwest and, as the glass Is high,
colder weather Is expected.
VAXCOtJVER HOSES YET BLOOM
More Than Foot of Snow Falls In 24
Hours, Hitting Trains.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 18. (Spe
cial.) More than a foot of snow has
fallen here during the past U4 hours,
with Indications that more may come.
Telephone lines between Portland and
Vancouver were broken down by the
heavy weight of snow and Portland
could not be reached by telephone last
night nor until iate today. One line
was secured, however, late today, by
one of the companies and it was kept
busy all the time, calls piling up so that
those desiring to talk had to wait their
turn.
Trains were late in arriving, some of
the North Bank trains last night being
detoured by way of Fallbridge, from
Spokane. The line was cleared today,
but the trains were about two hours
late. The Northern Pacific line was
opened and trains were running about
on time tonight.
The weather Is mild, but the snow did
not melt very rapidly today. In some
protected yards by shaking off .the
snow roses could be' found in bloom.
The streetcar system was seriously
interfered with, but cars were running
ag-ain before noon.
'Dry" Farming Districts to Reap
Big Results From Blanket Over
Winter Grain and Irrigation
Belt Sees Dollars In Flakes.
It was a storm that was worth at
least 15.000,000 to tne Paciflo North
west. The beneficial effect that the snow
will have upon the crops and the as
surance that It gives of a plentiful sup
ply of water for logging. Irrigation,
mining and domestic purposes, are not
to be discounted.
Reports show that the snow spread
ItBelf over the entire region west of
the Rockies and north of the Siskiyou
Mountains. In this great area of fine
timber and agricultural country a
bountiful covering of snow is a bless
ing annually sought.
The farmers need it for their grow
ing crops. Especially in the dry farm
ing districts will it be a valuable asset.
In Portland, where the average depth
of snow was approximately six Inches,
the precipitation equivalent is .7 of an
inch. The moisture value In places
where the depth reached from 15 to 30
Inches is apparent. This is virtually
enough, if properly conserved, to as
sure excellent crops. i
"Dry" Counties BeoefKed.
In the so-called "dry" counties of
Eastern Oregon Sherman, Gilliam and
Morrow the snowfall was particularly
heavv. Previous to the recent fall a
covering of about three inches lay upon
the ground, but the ground In some
places had been frozen. Should a "Chi
nook" wind come along in the next few
days much of the melted snow would
run off the frozen ground without
soaking In and becoming a benefit.
In the irrigated districts, too. the
storm came to the farmers as a longed
for favor. . It assures them enough
water for their reservoirs to supply
their canals and ditches through the
entire season.
Water-power projects likewise need
the moisture contained in the snow for
their development work. The snow in
the hills melting In the Spring and
Summer will form the streams from
which the energy that gives force to
many of Oregon's industries is ob
tained. A sufficient water supply for
the entire season now is virtually as
sured. Sawmills Are Helped.
Many small sawmills depend upon
water power for their means of oper
ation. In dry seasons when the moun
tain streams run low they are unable
to work. But such a snow as this one
was assures them of a steady flow all
Summer, and their wheels will hum un
interrupted through the year.
Southern Oregon's placer mining en
terprises also need a lot of wator for
their hydraulic work. When the moun
tains are covered with snow they are
assured steady activity. Nature, in the.
last few days, has covered them abun
dantly. .
It was a fortunate thing that ths
snow was unaccompanied by severe
wind or It would have been hard on
the livestock. So far as anyone nas
been able to find out not a single head
has been lost as a result of the storm.
In Oregon the stockmen usually are
pretty well prepared with shelters and
with feed to care for their cattle and
sheep, in this kind of weather, as they
get a dose of it about once every 'W in
ter. Irrigated Dlntricts Benefit.
Unless the storm is accompanied by
a blizzard the stock suffers little. Cat
tle can't stand a biting wind, however,
and it is lucky that such an element
was absent during the recent dis
turbance. It wasn't cold enough or late enough
in the season to hurt the fruit districts
any. On the contrary, the irrigated
districts are Just so much better off
for water.
So taking it all around, outside or a
few Inconveniences for the city folk,
It was a pretty beneficial sort of a
storm. "Wise guys" figure It worth
at least $5,000,000 to the state in In
creased crops and assured water sup
ply. Sheridan Gets Steady Snow.
SHERIDAN, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.)
A steady snow all day yesteraay
netted about lour incnes, aim uurmn
the night the weather turned cold and
clear. More than a foot of snow is
reported in the nearby hills. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down In every
direction.
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