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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 7, 1948
Volume 65, Number 29
Humphreys Estate
Acquired By Miss
Leta Humphreys
Store and Building
Figure in Deal
Closed Past Week
UNUSUAL WEATHER?
Farm Bureau Sets
Meeting For 11th
Lex Grange Hall
Morow County Farm Bureau
has chesen Monday evening, Oc
tober 11 as the next regular meet
ing date, with the Lexington
grange hall as the place of meet
ing, announces O. W Cutsforth,
president. Eicht o'clock ia the
IN NEW HANDS
Settlement of a major por
tion of the T. J. Humphreys es
tate was consummated within the
week when Miss Leta Humph
reys, manager of the drug store
since the death of her father, ac
quired the business and the
building In which It is housed.
The remaining property settle
ment is the disposal of the res
idence on Water street. Miss
Humphreys purchased the inter
ests of her brother, Roland, and
sister, Evelyn.
Concurrent with the purchase
of the business and building,
Miss Humphreys engaged the
services of a pharmacist, Paul
McCoy of Milton. Mr McCoy is a
graduate of the school of phar
macy at University of South Dak
ota. He has a wife and three
children.
Miss Humphreys took three
years work at the University of
Oregon and finished in pharm
acy at North Pacific Dental col
lege In Portland. She worked as
hosptlal pharmacist in Eugene
and Santa Barbara, Cal., return
ing to Heppner in 1932 to assist
her father and remaining here
since, a matter of 16 years last
March. During that time she has
acted as buyer for the store as
well as doing most of the man
aging. With such close devotion
to the work the past several
years, she admits It may be dif
ficult to relax but she intends to
work at It.
Miss Humphreys bought a nice
building lot on North Court street
about a year ago and she now
plans to build her a home and
catch up a little on living.
EVERETT STANLEY GREENlp
Services were held at 10 a. m.
today at St. Patrick's Catholic
church for Everett Stanley Gree
nup, 21, whose death occurred
Sunday, October 3 at the St. An
thony's hospital in Pendleton.
Rev. Francis McCormack officia
ted and interment was made in
the Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Arrangements were In charge of
the Phelps Funeral Home.
Everett was born March 25,
1927 at Hamilton, Mont., the son
of Cash and Peggy Greenup. He
had made his home in Heppner
since 1941. He Is survived by the
parents and three brothers, Don,
Clarence and George.
Death was due to a heart ail
ment. Fall Conditions
Put Pedestrian in
Limelight Again
Early darkness slippery streets,
and re-opening of schools have
combined to put pedestrians In
the traffic danger limelight
again, Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry warns
Newbry declared the state has
made outstanding progress in
cutting down Its pedestrian death
toll and expressed a hope for
continuance of the life-saving
record through the fall and win
ter months.
He said 1947 pedestrian fatal
ities were 25 percent below 1946,
and that the first six months of
1948 showed a further 24 percent
drop from the same period last
year.
The secretary reported that 31
of those killed this year, or more
than three out of four, were un
der 15 or over 60 years of age.
He urged drivers to be particular
ly watchful for children and eld
erly persons, who often become
confused In traffic.
"Every life saved in traffic
represents a tremendous achieve
ment," Newbry said "Our splen
did record thus far should be an
incentive to still greater safety
by drivers and walkers alike."
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WOMEN'S CHORUS ENJOYS .
DINNER PARTY MONDAY
Some 20 vocalists of Heppner
and Lexington gathered at the
O. G. Crawford home Monday
evening to participate In the an
nual Women's Chorus dinner
party and to talk over plans for
Hie ensuing season. Following
dinner and a brief visiting period
Mrs. Crawford called for some
chorus work. -
Several new voices have been
added to the group and it is ex
pected that more will show up
as the season advances.
ENGINEER VISITS
Visitors in Heppner Wednes
day were Mr. and Mrs, Rhea Lu
pcr of Portland. Lupor Is with
the U. S. Army engineers and has
a territory covering part of east
ern Oregon and a large part of
southern Idaho. They were vis
lling members of Mrs, Luper's
family, she being the former
Odile Groshcn.
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Mrs. L. B. Ledbettcr underwent
a major surgical operation at
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle
ton Friday,
Had It hqppened in southern
California it would have been
"unusual" but since it occurred
right here in Morrow county it
Just happened, that's all. This
refers to the snowstorm that
swept over this region two weeks
Medford Financial
Concern Invites
Local Investors
On another page In this issue
will be found an advertisement
over the signature of the Jackson
County Federal Savings and Loan
Association, an institution of
many years standing at Medford.
Organized in 1909, the associa
tion has survived all changes of
administration and economical
changes, and has grown from a
meager beginning to an associa
tion whlrh now has assets of well
over $3,000,000. It is chartered by
the federal government through
the Federal Home Loan Bank and
is regularly examined just as na
tional Banks are regularly exam
ined, being under federal super
vision in this regard.
The association has adequate
reserves and is still building
them faster than is required un
der the Federal Home Loan Bank
regulations. Investors are en
couraged to deposit their moneys
with the association in savings
share accounts to which they may
add regularly or as they see fit.
The concern has never paid less
than a three per cent dividend.
Hogs Raid Yards
Of Town Residents
Heppner police officers learn
ed this week that "pigs is pigs"
when a small herd from some
place outside of the city limits
invaded the residential district
in the upper part of town. The
invaders were having a grand
time rooting up yards when a
call was sent in to the city hall
for help,
Supt. Pat Molahan and Officer
Gordon Grady, with the assist
ance of Lee Morgan went out to
round up the miscreants and af
ter a half hour or so of scramb
bling, running and Imitation
football tackling succeeded in
capturing three. Morgan proved
the most adept at making flying
tackles but was somewhat cha
grined at his low scoring record.
Rebekahs Schedule
District Convention
Sans Soucl Rebekah lodge will
be host to the lodges of this dis
trict In a convention to be held
Friday, October 15, at the local
hall. The convention will be hon
ored with the presence of the"
state assembly president, Mrs.
Christine Smith.
' Representatives of the lone
Hardman, Lexington and Hepp
ner lodges. will assembly at 1:30
p.m. for the afternoon meeting.
There will be a dinner at 6:30
p.m. and lodge will open at 8
o'clock.
McKay For Governor
Movement Started
Several tried and true republi
cans gathered at the office of
Turner, Van Marter & Co. Mon
day evening and formulated
plans for conducting an active
campaign for Douglas McKay
for governor
It was not felt necessary to
name a chairman or to call for
county meetings. Directors were
named In ench precinct with the
request that they distribute Mc
Kay literature and use any other
means to promote his Interests
in their communities. While
there Is no chairman, Mrs. Joe
Hughes was named secretary
and she has contacted each of
the directors selected, some of
whom have accepted
Packy Carty of Heppner Junc
tion was a business visitor in
Heppner today.
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ago, blanketing the Blue moun
tains with as much as 10 inches
and graying the hills In the vi
cinity of Heppner.
Just to prove that such a thing
happened at least once before,
Mrs. Homer Tucker brought in
Sheriff Couldn't
Recall Name But
Face Was Familiar
When Sheriff C. I. D. Bauman
read in the sports section of his
morning paper where a player
by the name of Rickert had been
called in by the Boston Braves
it didn't mean anything to him.
Later when he saw Rickert's pic
ture he knew right where he had
seen him
Rickert was with the Coast
Guard stationed at Seattle at the
time Bauman was there. They
met frequently. He recalled that
Rickert was signed up with the
Chicago Cubs at that time.
Washington Week
By CHARLES L EGENSOAD
Washington, D. C There was
a time and there will be again
soon when the Presidency of the
United States was considered an
office of dignity.
There was also a time and
there will be again soon when
the Presidency of the United Stat
es was an office to be filled by
a man who represented all of
the people of the United States,
or at least by a man willing to
try to represent all of the people
of the United States.
It used to be and it will be
again soon traditional that lit
tle boys in the United States
wanted to be President of the
United States because they were
convinced that the President of
the United States was the symbol
of American patriotism and all
little boys are patriotic.
It used to be and surely it
will be again that every utter
ance of the President of the Uni
ted States was looked upon by all
the people in the land as being
an expression growing from deep
consideration for the welfare of
the land and all the people in it.
The way this campaign is go
ing one would think there were
two different offices being sought
by Harry Truman and Governor
Thomas E. Dewey or maybe they
just have different conceptions
of the same office.
Mr. Truman is goin to give
somebody "hell."
First off, that expression defin
itely required no deep considera
tion for the welfare of the land
and all the people in it.
Then, too, it must be remem
bered that whoever catches what
Truman Is expecting to give is
only a taxpayer whose little boy
might want to be President some
day.
Up to now it is not quite clear
who is going to do the catching
because Mr. Truman gives it first
to one group and then another,
depending upon which group is
not In the immediate vicinity of
the pitching.
The only group which has not
done any catching from Mr. Tru
man, up to this time at least, is
that group whose little boys nev.
er wanted to be President of the
United States premier maybe,
hut not President.
Governor Dewey must be run
ning for a different office be
cause what he Is saying in his
campaign differs so much from
what Mr. Truman is saying.
He hasn't used any words that
cannot be used by little boys
who want to be President.
What he says restores confi
dence and hope In the hearts of
all groups that the United States
is not going to fall apart at the
seams or go to the dogs.
Governor Dewey does not only
appear anxious to be President
for all the people, but urges that
al the pople can help matters
considerably by not giving ear
service to expressions which set
some of our people against oth
ers. Instead of giving somebody
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this picture taken by her late
husband on September 23, 1934
at the Arbuckle wood camp.
That was just 14 years and one
day before the recent storm. It
could have happened several
times in the interim but no one
thought to take pictures.
Random Thoughts..
Attendance at the Gazette
Times open house in observance
of National Newspaper week was
not up to expectations but there
was nothing lacking in enthus
iasm among the visitors who
came. Whether we were remiss
in advertising the event, or it was
the state of the weather, or just
what, we can't say.
With the cordial cooperation of
the mechanical force, the various
machines employed in producing
printing were demonstrated for
the enlightenment of the guests,
all of whom found the process
most interesting. It might be
said, too, that they now have a
better understanding of some of
the trials and tribulations that
best the humble printer.
Of greatest interest, perhaps
was the automatic job press. The
uncanny movements of picking
up the stock and putting it on the
press and then grabbing it off
again was a matter calling forth
exclamations of surprise and
amazement. (There is nothing
wonderful about the press to the
average printer, for there are
many of these machines in op
eration elsewhere, but they are
a great satisfacton to the user
and certainly provide interest for
those not familiar with them.)
Some of the visitors were deep
ly Impressed with the casting
machine. Seeing advertisements
and pictures made up for use in
the newspaper was something
new to them. Now that they know
all about how it Is done they will
be able to look upon the stereo
typer's masterpieces with a crit
ical eye.
The Linotype has always been
a "wonder machine" to the gen
eral public. Our visitors Tuesday
evening were no exception to the
rule. They found a keen interest
in watching the matrices drop in
to the first elevator as the oper
ator's fingers scampered over the
keyboard, going from there to the
second elevator where they were
lowered to meet the mouthpiece
where the hot metal is squirted
through to form the line, then up
to the second transfer and onto
the third elevator where they are
transferred to the distributor box
and then on to the distributor rail
back to their respective channels.
(By the time you have digested
something they do not deserve,
Governor Dewey Is offering to
give something -all the people
deserve good government for all
the people
The little boys who want to be
President had better emulate
Governor Dewey.
FIVE GENERATIONS
This picture, taken June 6, shows
five generations of the Sam Me
Daniel family. Reading irom
age dawn instead oi the custom
ary left to right are the great
great grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
am MeDanlel; their daughter,
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prescribed hour for opening the
program which Includes, among
other important matters, the el
ection of officers for the ensuing
year.
Matters to be presented to the
annual farm bureau convention
at Bend on November 9-10-11 will
be discussed, subjects for which
were contained in a recent issue
of the Oregon Farm Bureau News.
Also on the program will be a
taiK by N. C. Anderson, county
agricultural agent, as well as
something by a representative of
me state larm bureau office, ei
ther State Secretary Marshall
Swearineen or the new state nr.
ganization director, Warren Hil
liard. Nominations for officers for
the ensuing year were made at
the September meeting. E. Mark
ham Baker was named for pres
ident and William F. Barratt of
Heppner for secretary-treasurer.
While these men have not signi
fied their intention of accepting,
the retiring officers as well as
the members are hoping they will
serve. Candidates for vice pres
idents, voting delegates, etc. re
main to be nominated.
Secretary Oscar Peterson states
that there will be refreshments
which means that that bunch of
good cooks in the Lexington
grange will "be in there pitch
ing." all the foregoing you may be able
to quamy as linotype operators.;
The paper drill, wire stitcher
and perforator, all powered by
individual motors, attracted at
tention, as did the refreshment
table, where punch, coffee and
cane were served and a few min
utes of friendship enjoyed.
ine management wishes to ac-
knowledge the assistance of the
mecnanicai stall, r. w. 'Tommy"
Allen, pressman; Jasper Craw
ford, linotype operator, and Stew-
ard Cole, stereotyper, stayed at
ineir posts until well after the
appointed hour graciously dem-onstrr-''r.E
their respective ma.
chines. We also acknowledge re
ceipt ot a beautiful bouquet of
giaas-' irom Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Ruggles, a chrysanthemum plant
of rare beauty from Mr. and Mrs.
w. Kosewall, and corsages and
a boutenniere from Mrs. Fay
Bucknum. and assistance of our
own kids. Dr. and Mrs. C C. Dun
ham and "Cammie".
We sometimes wonder about
newspaper and radio reports nn
the food situation in Europe. On
the one hand the people of the
good old U.S.A. are told that un
less we provide food and cloth
ing millions of western Euro
peans will starve or freeze. About
the time we make un our minds
to dig down In our jeans and buy
a bushel or two of grain, a case
of canned goods, or make lust a
straight cash donation, along
comes someone with the inform
ation that Europeans may not be
quite as well dressed hut thpv
certainly look as well fed as
me average American. And so
is goes from year to year, espe
cially since Hitler turned his le
gions loose in the late '30's, and
there could be sound reasoning
in a communication received
through this morning's mail and
which is submitted herewith, not
for the purpose of casting doubt
upon the good Intentions of or
jganizations working for the relief
I of western Europe but to present
a side oi tne picture seldom given
space.
Writing from his home at
j Roseburg, D. B Boone, former res
ident of Morrow county, says: "I
I have Just read the article per
itaining to sending a trainload of
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Mrs. Richard Steers; granddau
ghter, Mrs. Max Buschke; Great
granddaughter. Mrs. Sammy
Shipps, and great-great grand
daughter. Linda Sue Shipps, Mr.
McDaniel passed away Septem
ber 24 but the five generations
remain intact
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This is an old picture of the
Humphreys corner but repre
sents the building acauired bv
Miss Leta Humphreys when she
bought the interests of the other
Deer Population
Thins as Hunters
Invade Mountains
The deer population in the
mountains south of Heppner has
been on the decline the past few
days due to the invasion of the
red hat army. Cars and trailers
nave been passing through town
since the season opened last
frriday and many of them on
their return contain prizes of the
hunt.
Earliest bag coming to the at
tention of the G-T was that of
Roger Connor who is reported to
have made his kill by 6:30 Fri
day morning in the vicinity of
the city well. Bill Collins got one
about 7:05, the two having gone
out together.
Young bucks predominate this
year, the hunters having gone
out for quality rather than quan-
uty.
No fatalities have been report
ed but a story has bobbed up
that some of the cattlemen have
missed a few head of steers That
is not authentic, for confirmation
is lacking and may have sprung
from a hunting yarn.
Local hunters have been quite
successful. One market locker
contained 13 carcasses put in for
tor cutting and wrapping and
the proprietor said there prob
ably would be more, although he
was about fed up with the job.
P-TA Will Meet At
8:00 P.M. Wednesday
The regular monthly meeting
of the Heppner Parent-Teacher
association will be held at 8 o'
clock p.m. Wednesday, October
13, according to Mrs. J. R. Huff
man, president. Meeting place
will be the high school auditor
ium.
Hopes are expressed for a good
attendance. All parents are urg
ed to be present and a cordial
invitation is extended to any
others interested in school prob
lems.
Attention is called to the fact
that the regular P-TA meeting
date is always the second Wed
nesday of each month.
Lex HEC Getting
Ready for Bazaar
The Lexington grange Home
Economics club meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Mylcs Martin
last week was well attended,
with 14 members and one guest
present. The afternoon was prof
itably spent in sewing for the
bazaar. Delicious refreshments
of pumpkin pie and coffee were
served by the co-hostesses Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. Emma Evans.
The club's next meeting will
be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, ,
October 14. Mrs. Alonzo Hender- I
derson and Mrs. Cecil Jones will j
be hostesses at Mrs. Henderson's
home in Lexington.
NEW EXAMINER PUT
ON FOR THIS DISTRICT
Don Gaidl, 410 NW 7th street.
has been reappointed state driv
er's license examiner for Pendle
ton and vlcinit, . Secretary of
State Earl T Newbry has an
nounced.
He replaces W M. Smith, re
signed.
Pendleton examiner from April
1945 to April 1947, Geidl took
charge September 27 after a
week's refresher training at the
Salem offices of the state driv
er's license division.
License examinations will be
conducted in Heppner on October
5, November 30, and December
28 from 10 to 4 at the city hall.
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DRIVE TO SPOKANE
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles
and daughter Constance, Mrs.
Fay Bucknum, Mrs. Oscar George
and Mrs. O. G. Crawford are leav
ing early Friday morning for
Spokane. The four mcsdnmes go
as representatives of the Hepp
ner Soroptimist club to the
northwest regional conference of
Soroptimist which is being held
In the Davenport hotel. Mr. and
Mrs. Ruggles and Constance will
visit relatives while in Spokane.
The party will return to Heppner
Sunday evening.
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heirs of the late T. J. Humphreys.
Built in 1902, the building i8 of
native stone. It was purchased
by Mr. Humphreys in 1917 from
Frank Roberts, the builder.
Fund Handling By
Oregon Chest Plan
to C. C.
Every possible cent is spent to
the advantage of those for whom
it is given, Irl S. McSherry, execu
tive secretary of the Oregon
Chest, told members of the Hepp
ner chamber of commerce at the
weekly luncheon Monday.
"Overhead is kept at a low lev
el so far as office personnel and
other expenses are concerned so
that the money may be used for
the purpose for which it is con
tributed," he said.
McSherry, here for a few hours
to confer with the county chair
man, Dr. C. C. Dunham, called
attention to the fact that 11 or
ganizations benefit from the
funds subscribed under the Ore
gon Chest. He also pointed to
the fact that all money contribu
ted over and above the state quo
ta remains in the counties to be
used at the discretion of the loc
al chest officials.
This year's quota is slightly
higher than last year due to re
opening of USO centers in some
quarters. This is not expected to
cut into local funds materially
and it is hoped there will be en
ough subscribed over and above
the state quota to permit lending
assistance to the local activities
receiving aid from this' source in
the past.
In the campaign in Heppner,
the Soroptimist club has under
taken the task of soliciting the
town. Both business and resi
dence districts will be canvassed.
Directors have been named in
other parts of the county and the
general chairman hopes to be
able to turn in a "quota met" re
port before the month has ended.
lone To Entertain
Weston High Friday
Ione's six-man football team,
victorious over Weston Wednes
day of last week is all primed to
entertain the Athena high school
squad on the nice new turf field
Friday afternoon. The game is
scheduled to "sound off" at 1:30
p.m.
lone took to the air to dash
Weston's hopes winning 120.
Passes by Pettyjohn to Warren
and Pettyjohn to Peterson ac
counted for the local squad's
scoring. Hafltime score was 6-0.
Followers of the game in Hepp
ner are being urged to take time
off and see the lone-Athena con
test Friday af ternoon t hose who
will not be following the Mus
tangs to Condon. The lone peo
ple entertain the belief that those
who have not seen the six-man
game will enjoy it, especially
played on a turf field.
Potluck Supper Set
By Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Otto Steinke and Mrs.
Kemp Dick were hostesses to the
American Legion auxiliary at a
meeting held in Legion hall Tu
esday evening.
One of the items of busi
iness was the planning for a
potluck supper and selection of
date for same, which will be held
at 6:30 p.m. Tuseday, October 19.
at the hall. All members of the
Legion and their wives are in
cluded in the list of guests.
MISS HOOSIER WINNER
Miss Rose Iloosicr, fourth grade
teacher at Hawthorne school is
winner of the championship in
the Oregon Journal (Port land i
194S snapshot contest. Miss Iloo
sicr won first in the Scenes and
Still Life class. The picture was
taken during a trip into the Los
tine Valley, Wallowa Mountains
while she was attending Eastern
Oregon college this past sum
mer. It show s a crooked tree with
no foliage, starkly silhouetted
against a cloudy sky. Miss lloo
sier used Super XX film with lens
set at Ml, as she says: "At heav
en knows what speed it was
set at 'instant' but on my camera
It varies." E. O.
Contests (or City
Council Appear
As Election Nears
Seven Aspirants
File for 4 Posts
On City Council
Interest in the city election,
which will be held concurrently
with the general election on No
vember 2, took an upsurge today
as the hour for final filing for
offices drew near. Seven persons
are now seeking to serve on the
council with four positions to be
filled.
Headed by Mayor Conley Lan-
ham, the list of aspirants in
cludes for councilmen, L. E. Bis-
bee, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, D. A Wil
son, all incumbent; M. L. Case,
appointed to fill out the unexpir
ed term of Francis Nickerson, re
signed; Clarence RoseWall, E. E.
Gonty and Howard Keithley. Wal
ter Barger and Laverne Van Mar
ter are candidates to succeed
themselves as recorder and trea
surer, respectively.
From all accounts there are no
contests in the making that will
call for rallies, stump speeches
or torehlight parades. The aspir
ants are merely exercising their
privilege as citizens and if elect
ed will serve to the best of their
ability. At least it is figured that
a little competition will add spice
to the current election and help
the populace forget income tax
troubles.
In addition to expressing their
preference for city officials, the
people of the town will have a
chance to vote on the sewer bond
issue. The city council decided
on a $200,000 bond issue to con
struct a sewer system but wishes
to attain the approval of the
town's taxpayers before starting
the undertaking. The amount
is not sufficient to cover the
entire project but with funds on
hand it is estimated that it will
be sufficient to construct the
mains and laterals and part of
the cost of building a disposal
plant. Retirement of the bonds
would be on a basis of $10,000 a
year for a period of 20 years, as
sessing each water user a certain
amount by the month. Should
the number of water users con
nected with the sewer system in
crease over the years the month
ly rate will be reduced accord
ingly. This method of collecting
sewer charges is in effect in oth
er places and the results are re
ported satsfactory to both water
user and the city government.
Barratt Acquires
Padberg Property
In a deal consummated during
the past week, Garnet Barratt ac
quired the residence property
owned and occupied by John Pad
berg and Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Padberg. A little later Mr. Pad
berg purchased the East property
on West Baltimore street where
he and his son and family will
take up residence as soon as it
is vacated.
Purchase of the Padberg prop
erty will enable Barratt to carry
out development plans which had
to be curtailed at the time his
new building was started. He now
owns frontage extending from
the Lois Winchester property on
the north to the Farra building
on the south, including the small
building put up in connection
with former Morrow County
Cleaners for dry cleaning pur
poses. This Week In History
.ictober 3 to October -
77 years ago this week one of
the most devastating fires in
history destroyed the then
young and bustling city of Chi
cago, and an endless succes
sion of fires had been quelled
successfully until the evening
of October 6. On that day a
gale-like wind churned anoth
er small fire Into the raging
giant that chased Chicago's
populace to the shores of Lake
Michigan. By October 9. all that
was left of the city was anh
and rubble. The lois: 17.000
buildings destroed; 300 per
sons dead; $200,000,000 property
damage.