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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL, 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONf AN, PENDLETON, OREGON. ,VKDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 2, 1916.
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Pendleton Snow-Bound by Worst Storm in O' 's History
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER -C - e
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The snow htorin la general uver the
county and reports coming in (TOO)
various town tell of the heaviest (all
withm the memory of the oldest
timers. Tin- atorm 1m continuing to
day. County roads are impassable,
ami ax all railway traffic has been
1 tactically suspended resident! of
Hcrinlston, Athena, Weston and other
Places find it impossible to net out ol
the. I immediate section.
48 HOURS FALL AT HER
MISTON i Special Correspondence.,!
HEKM1STON, Ore. Feb. I. At
10 o'clock this morning it had been I
snowing continuously for 48 hours.
However, the snow is fine and there ,
was but a foot ol no on the ground
Hay around Herinlston has been ilr-
tually cleaned Hp, as those who have'
hay are disposed to hold It for their j
own uses. The last sales of baled al
. ilfu were at from $lt to 120 per ton '
There is no suffering on the project
as the llvewt"i k is provided with.
SUftciem feed.
ROADS BLOCKED AT HELIX
1 1 1. I.I.N ore. Feb. 2.- From lwo
and a half to three feet of snow have
1 1 1 tori here In the last 10 days. The
Mom continues today. Koads are in
bad condition and the mall route for
In miles thmugh the Juniper country
northwest of Helix has been aban
doned. The snow has oeen practlciu
l . oiitinuous since a week agu un
lay, the storm coining on in the wake
of the high water caused by the chl
Book No reports have been reieii
id hen of stock losses
I OUR AND HALF FEET AT
MEACHAM
(Special Correspondence i
MEACHAM. ore Feb I Tie
enOH was four and S half feel deep
t Meachim at 10 o'clock this fore
noon The -w. it. N rotary
-now plow had .lust readied M enchain
from ji QftUnt and was standing In
font of the depot headed west. Tile
rotary is driven by two engines. It
presumed the plow will be used I
open the road t" IVndleton The
track trow i.n fjrand to hteachant
was cleared by ihe rotary this moru
las STAGE BLOCKED AT UK1AH
i Special i orrespondence. i
CKIAII. Or., Feb. I, With snow
still failing, it Incites have come'
down since Sunday making a total
depth of Sii Inches on the level, j
There is no wind, however, and the
i.ow Is not drifting Handlers In I
this vicinity are said to be well sup-
iiitlnn
on Page Eight )
sKtoND DEGREE MURDER H
HANMiAl'GHTETt WELL BE
M Mil . I N ST M WHEN
A charge of second degree murder
or manslaughter will be filed some
time this afternoon in all probability
: gainst W. . "Whltey" Murrrn, who
's alleged to be responsible for tfc
.lentil of Wendell C. Phillips. The
district attorn) stated today that he
has not qtllt decided
would lie named 111 the
mg to the fact that th
what ciiiue
ompliilnt ow-
detnlls
.f tic
-ur.
Met Attorney Keator
lernoon that he would
barged with second de
ll trial under which
a Jury to bring in a ver
er crime If the evidence
to whether any charge
stated tbi
probably 1
-ree murder, i
oiibl penult a
diet for a lesse
list fled. As I
Mould 1 filed
linst Dee Matlock.
IV ho was present nl
-hooting. Ihe state'
the time of the
attorneys have
not yet tiiiule up their minds.
The body of young Phillips was
-hipped this morning to Spokane anil
'a accompanied by the mother and
brother of the deceased.
STORM
GENERA
HMDS MME MPA 1
ROOF
COLLAPSES
CHARGE WILL
BE FILED IN
SHOOTING CASE
COUNTY
AT
Turkish Prince is
Reported Suicide
AMSTBBDAM, Feb. 2. Prince
Yussuf Ibbedln. heir apparent to the
throne of Turkey, suicided, according
to unconfirmed Constantinople dis
patches. It Is reported the prim e cut his ar-
i terles m the palace this morning h"
cause he was despondent over a pro
tracted Illness and his dlsravor with
the sultan because of Lis opposition
to the Herman alliance.
WESTON
25 Dead Indian Cay uses Are
Found in Buckaroo Canyon in
Foothills of Blue Mountains
This muinina a report reached the.
I'matllia Indian agency that 2.", dead
Indian eayuues hud been counted by j
one maii in Hucksroo canyon, west !
of dlbbon In Ihe foothills of the Blue j
mountulns There is a possibility In
report may be exaggerated but It Is,
'!leved many Indian pitnl's have
lierished.
At the St. Andrews mission Father
.Neati stated this morning the feed
for the cattle had gotten va ry low and
that i ll effort will be made today to,
drive some of he stronger cattle to
I to ITmatUla iigemi where there Is'
feed. The weaker cuttle will be r"P1
at St. Andrews and fed on what I
left. No more cattle have died.
An effort was made by the sch'oi
to have a carload of feed shipped by
rail to their nearest point but there la ,
SCHOOLS FORCED
TO CLOSE BECAUSE
OF HEAVY SNOWS
' 'wing to ihe heavy snows the Pen
dleton public schools were dismissed
this morning by the board of educa
tion and will remain closed indefi
nitely. Announcement of their reop
ening will be made through the pa
pers and parents are requested to
keep watch for the notice.
So deep had the snow on the walks
become this morning that it was al
most impossible for little children to,
wade through to the schools Kvcn , pie desiring their services may get in
then their clothes became damp and. i touch w ith them by calling the CORP
rather than subject them to the hard- menial association.
W. E. Brock is Elected Head
of Commercial Association
at Meeting Here Last Night
w k llrock, prominent hard wart
merchant, was lost evening unani
mously elected as president of the
Pendleton Commercial association to
Ucoeed .1 V Tallman. who, after
serving three years, declined to run
uguin tor re-election C m. nishopj
of the Pendleton Woolen Mills who
was nominated to oppose n r Brook,
declined the nomination and II was
upon his motion that the other mini-1
luce wa nt in unanimously.
Mr Bishop was given Ihe IMMl,
moot vole for the vice presidency j
Md C K Cranston was nnanlinoush j
re-elected secretary, leaving th
members to ballot only upon the m
flee of treasurer and Hie board of,
managers positions John WckOOrj
was re-elected treasurer by the nar
row margin of one vote over OMMf
E Smith.
Klghteen names were on tin- billot
for managers and the competition
was keen for the nine positions In th
balloting. Heorge A. llartmun led
the ticket, securing every vote but
Here are Some Few
Thingsto Remember
While Storm Lasts
"Feed the
adopted last
IVndleton C
birds ' vu a slogan
evening !' the
3mmerclal ssaocla-
tlon upon the suggestion of Dr.
I r. Temple, who again called
attention to the hardships of
the winter weather upon the
leathered inhabitants.
"("lean the walks." Is a slo
gan suggested by many peo
who have been presenting com
plaints in person or. by tele
phone. Incidentally such a slo
gan Is imposed as a duty by. the
City ordinance and the house
holder who Ignores It may heal
from the chief of police.
"Save the chickens" i.- a slo
gan telephoned in this morn
ing by Hev. J. M I'ornellson of
T u I n 1 1 1 a who declares the inhab
itants of his own hennery had a
narrow escape from a cold bu
rial this morning The weight
of the snow on the roof of his
henhouse was causing the roof
to sag and creak, he states, and
he Cleaned off the snow Just In
time
ib la) owing t
th
kadc
road truffle.
The Indian woman having 2&0
head of cattle, now being fed by th
government, lost some cattle before
feed could be gotten there There Is
now only enough feed to keep tne
cattle for five days and unless feed
can be gotten there ny rail there is
danger the cattle may yet die of star
vation and cold.
At the i:niatlll
was iv inchei
ibis morning and
the
the
v o'clock wus 10 nbov
Til e
agenc; Is supplied with plenty of feed
and III stock at the school is there
for -ali i m Monday the agency re
ceived 111 head of registered Holsteln
cows from Sumner. Wash. The cows
cost $1075 anil will lie used to im
prove the herd at the agency.
-ip ami daugi
the
suspend school.
The high school was also closi
not only because of the difficulty
getting up the hill but because thr
was a big demand for high schi
hoys to assist in shoveling off wal
Ktd roofs The supply of shovel
has been totally Inadequate and t
high school boys were given the pr
lien of assisting in the worl
r.
one. lleorge C. Duel- ran set
the following were the other
id and i
even
J. B.l
named in order of their vole
M.Cook. W. .1 Clarke
Mam It Thompson. A
W I.ampkin and J. t
H W, Collins.
H. cox fted
Woodvviirtb.
Royal m. saw
Mr. W'ooilworfh and
telle were tied for t hi
and tin tormer was
ninth
elected
n the
vote-off.
After the election n vote
am) appreciation w-a extac
retiring president and board
agers and Mr. Tallman. in
d thanks
led Ihe
of man
ret Iri en
stated that his one regret
he hail not succeeded in b
club In new quarters De
tiremenl from office, he d
would be found as loyal t
was that
eating the
Ite his re
clared he
i the or-
gauU.ition In voice and service as in
'he pint.
President elect Brock. Vice-president
Bishop and i leorge A. Hartmau
made brief speeches of appreciation
for the recognition given them and
assurances of sincere effort of merit
the confidence reposed In them.
m ROOMS
ASSOCIATION
BE SOUGHT HERE
Commercial Club Discusses Plans
to Provide Attractive Quarters
During the Coming Year.
NEW PRESIDENT A BOOSTER
Mr. I truck IJeelurcs Me Will Direct
His Efforts Toward i'ns iiring Ade
quate l(ome In kivpiug With the
PiugiuasiTfl fcjrfrit or tin- Oonrmer
cta ssocfutkm.
The location of the Commercial as
sociation in new and attractive quar
ters will be the principal task which
the new administration of the. organ
ization will have before It during the
coming year. At the meeting last
evening there was a strong and ur
gent sentiment for new rooms and a
number of members declared the re
juvenation and reorganization of the
association depended upon new quar
ters. President-elect Brock, following the
meeting lust evening, declared that
he would direct his efforts first ani
foremost for new rooms and declar
ed that there is no valid reason for
delaying the building or Hating of
rooms more In keeping with the pro
gressive spirit of the city "The
club has been talking new quarters
for 15 years." he said, "and has been
putting the matter off year after
year on the plea that sufficient mon
ey could not be raised. And yet we
have raised $12.'""' for the buying of
Hound-up Park and ITO.OOO for a
swimming pool and other funds with
out number. Attractive Commercial
club rooms Is one of the biggest
needs of the city and we cannot af
ford to wait any longer
Incidentally President llrock voiced
his oplniun that new quarters wlli
solve the membership problem over
which there was extended discussion j
at the meeting. Fit up rooms such
as the business men will be glad to i
visit and take their friends and you
won't have any trouble about getting
and keeping members. You will have!
to offer your members something In
return for their dues besides the op
portunity of service."
The committee on membership last 1
evening recommended that, effective
April 1. the business men members
be required to pay 2.0 monthly dues
and other members, such as clerks
and employes, pay $1 for an associate
membership, such associate member
ship to give them the social privileges
hut not any voice In the business af
fairs of the organization.
There was both endorsement and
objection to this plan. Some mem
bers objected strenuously to a dual
system of dues, others favored the
plan of making the big business,
houses pay more than their employes
but objected to the proposal to de-
(Continued on Page Right !
Wheat up Cent in
Portland Today
Today's w re reports show club bids
to be sS cents in Portland, an advanct
of a cent over yesterday's bid. C, 0.
: Rlnehart, agent for Bouasr, was in'
the market here yesterday offering
s. cents for wheal but found no one j
w Hllng 10 sell.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb.
i Special. )
May $1.34 1-4, 11.11 bid
7-s. i-:.
Port laud.
PORTLAND, Keb. 2.
.lllh II. ti
Special l -
Club ss. I.U0: bliiestein II B
11,01
liverpool,
MVKlipnol Feb. I Wheal
Spot No. 1 Manitoba Ms ( I-id: Xa 1,1
Its Id: No. i hard winter, new. 13s'
id: Xo. i northern Duluth Ms Id
in American terms the Uveri
lop price is Si. 12 per bushel.
NEWS SUMMARY
1 1 1
General.
Nllwr than at rortliind priuilcalli
cols ol'f all toitimonicHlioii.
Local.
Renew Wont In history, snow ncai -Ing
three feet; trains blockaded : high
water feared1,
Pehools furred to enagiewd.
M dnd earner nWUfed in Mwwarou
OMfOB,
City officials to enfoiw dearinc m
sidewalks.
ALL TRAFFIC L AT STANDSTILL
SNOW NEARLY THREE
Business at the
Local Postoffice
is Still on Gain
JANIZARY RECEIPTS ARE 90 PER
CENT l i: RECEIPTS
OF YEAll ;o
If the business at the postoffice Is
any Index to prosperity, then Pendle
ton has made an auspicious start for
1SH6. According to the report of the
local office the receipts for the
month of January were 12890.21 1
whereas during January-, 1915, the re
ceipts totalled but 12306.70. There-i
fore the gain was IGS3.51 or more
than 20 per cent
Attention Is called by Postmaster
Tweedy that liquor snlpments do not
come by mail, consequently there has
been no Increased business on that
score.
Dynamite Used to
Break Big Drifts
in the Cascades
TAi'iiJlA, Feb 2 The heaviest
storm In a decade played havoc with
railroad and street car transporta
tion and presaged floods when the
warm weather comes. Dy namite was
used in the Cascades to break up
drifts before the rotary plows. Great
Northern trains mostly were annull-1
ed, the Milwaukee and Northern Pa
cific were badly delayed It is be
lieved train service east will be com-1
pletely stopped tonight If conditions!
continue. Following a night of in-1
cessant rain, snow Is railing in Ta
coma today.
Feed Prices Reported to be
Advanced; Stockmen Worried
Over Blockade of Railroads
The continuance of the snow storm
is causing increased anxiety for
sheepmen and cattlemen and there is
some additional worry today over
the fact the railroad service is inter
rupted. If traffic should be blocked
for any length of time it will ham
per some stockmen in replenishing
their supplies
distant points
No further
consequences
day but there
mg prices in :
through pure hi
bout 122 per ton to ship I
s some consternation anion
Sidewalks must be cleaned
This was the edict Of Ma
and Chairman Pheips of tl
committee this morning and
tract the police to notify
ident that their walks must
ed of snow by V o'clock t
morning ender penalty of ar
Chief of Polii e Ourdane th
ing sent officer into all par
city and used the telcphoni
constantly himself in notifyin
holders that they must obe
ordinance. At s oclock in tl
e street
they in
all res
e clear
IS OFF
PORTLAND, Fell
struck the northw,
practical 13 cutting i
communication with
schools are closed tl
stalled. Telephot
taw
in
rom
All
ar
trie'
MUST CLEAN WoUKS SMS il
m
Schools are Dismissed-Roofs of Sheds and
Outhouses Beginning to Collapse Under the
Weight of Snow-Police Notify Residents to
Clear Sidewalks Under Penalty of Arrest
Grave Apprehension Felt Over Possibility of
Floods When Snow Goes Away.
With Ibe Storm, aln-ady more limn IK hours old. OOWttMta "lUiout ab
atement or iinim!1 of cessation and tlM- mm inline up ti litg dcpthxi, tn"
situation In IVndleton i boiHiilnjr serious. Btace 1:110 o'clock Monday- even
ing the -now tun- Is-en railing steadily and mcawin mciito now show that there
Is over 30 imlicK on Um- level while great hanks and nuiMsan are piled up Id
tin- stro-is. and elsewhere.
ttnee tli" snow began tailing late Monday afternoon, the fall here in IVn
dleton ha- I si a 211 1-2 Inches, official nicanurenient. Imn 1:50 Monday
until l:M s.terday there had been 10 Inches and from l:M last evening un
til 2 thi- afternoon the rail was to IJL At the time the storm began there
wa- approximately 9 inches on Hie ground. I'nofricial nieasuremonto over
the dt make the depth this afternoon vary Ixtween 30 inches ami three feet.
The schools have been disneissed on
account of the difficulty of the chil
dren wading through the snow, prac
tically all railway traffic has been
blocked. taxLeabs and automobiles
have ceased to operate on the streets
and few vehicles of any character are
out. Hoofs of sheds and outhouses
are beginning to fall under their
heavy loads and there is danger of
the flat-topped roofs of business
buildings giving way.
The sidewalks have become so im
passable that the police are out no
tifying residents to clear them under
penalty of arrest. And. while rest
dents are putting up with the Incon
veniences and hardships of the pres
ent with as much spirit as possible,
there is grave apprehension felt by
many over the possibility of damag
ing floods when the snow goes off.
Trains Annulled.
There has been no train over the
S.-W, R. & N. main line from the
east since No. 17 which arrived at 2
stockmen over a report that a Port
land concern has bought up much
feed for speculative purposes.
Whether the report Is true or not
is not apparent, though it is known
one concern has matte considerable
purchases in the Hermlston country
The chief difficulty at present aris
es from the fact it Is very hard to gel
fed to the stock or to drive stock to
the feed when a shift is necessary
Another element making the situation
harder is the fact most all stock
went into winter in rather poor shape
due to the fact there was no fall
grass because of dry weather last
unutter and fall. There are stock
men who have been feeding since the
middle of October and consequently
are requtie.l to meet extraordinar
ing tile chief states lllal he will SJI't
those who have not conformed to th-'
orders, Owner of scant lots are
subject to thi same ordinance ant!
must see that the sidewalks In front
of the lots are i leaned.
The city will be unable to assist in
clearing the sidewalks, according In
Chairman Phelps, the city teams and
scrapers being needed In opening up
crosswalks and driveways on th
streets. Chairman Phelps was ex
periencing difficulty this morning in
Securing men to clean the etdwwallu
abont various pieces of city property
AI
CITY FROM All
wires are breaking under th- erebjhi th re enl lOOWe
of the ice Trees In all parts ol the r lining 'II w
.iti tumbled down and limb wr .
torn off. Buildings, wires and tr,'wlnd prei i Ui
are coated thickly with ft
The streets are a sea of slush from' (Oonftl ld
FEET DEEP
o'clock yesterday afternoon. .Save for
a stub made up at The Dalles and
w hich arrived In Pendleton about 1 1
this morning, there has been nothing
from the west since yesterday morn
ing. No. 1 and No. 17 from Portland
did not arrive at all last evening ow
ing to slides along the Columbia west
of The Dalles. No. 1. west bound, was
annulled this morning and No. 17
marked up as indef n!te. slides in the
mountains blocking the line and
making it Impossible to tell when the
rotaries will get them cleared for
traffic. The motor services between
Pendleton and the west end was sus.
pended this morning and No. 5 and It
annulled. little Information can be
secured at the depot as to when traf
fic w 11 be re-established for the rea
son that no one knows the present sit.
uation or can foretell what the future
has in store.
The mixed train between Pendle
ton and Walla Walla was annulled
this morning but the morning passen-
I ger train consisting of two coaches
: and two engines. made its way
I through from Walla Walla.
The Northern Pacific train from
I Pasco this morn ng was stalled in thu
; snow on Fast Webb street near the
Burroughs planing mill and the
; coaches were left there, the engine
' going on down to the yards alone.
Trainmen are fearful lest a wind
come up. With the snow fine, drc
! and deep, a wind would so fill the
cuts ill the mountains that traffic
'would be held up indefinitely.
I
(Continued on page eight.)
TRAIN DOUBLES BACK
AFTER FUTILE FIT
SNOW BLOCKS lit tl ks I IKIs
TURKIC KM. INKS TO QKT
B( K TO PI N III RTON
W I.. Thompson, presid,
American National Bank.
Mstcrday on train 19 intern
to Portland At Mood Rival
v. as held up owing p hen
the Cascades at Cascade I
Portland trains had I B
get through and donw
westbound, doubled luck
dleton. It required three .
lake the train buck to Tl
The trail arrived here at i
morning. Parties on the
reports thai Portland IS
"silver thaw eeterda)
slush Was said to b.
Fifth street near tro- pul
the snow was I -1
sleet. The blockade n the
vice is attributed . ho-fN to
ing of snow i cuts in th
ill
this
i hail
Plo.ltlMI'--
COMiffiAIl