East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-04-07

Ine terrible death or Homer II.
Hallock in the Chamber of Commerce
building fire yesterday. came as a
sad shock to his many friends in PEN
dleton. Because of his former resi-
dence here Mr.. Hallock and family
were well known to local residents.
Mr.. Hallock was a telegrapher by
profession, and for several years dur
ing the late nineties was the Pendleton
agent for the o. r. & N. company.
Also, he was interested in the news
paper business in this city. For a
time he was advertising solicitor for
the East Oregonian, and he was pub
Usher of the Tribune for while.
OF late years the family has been
living in Portland, and last summer
Mr.. Hallock was employed as travel
ing representative by the Lewis and
Clark fair management. At the time
of his death he was employed by the
United Railways company, recent
purchasers of the Chamber of Com
merce building.
Mr.. Hallock was member of the
Pendleton lodge of Elks and also
held membership in the Masonic lodge
of this city. Yesterday C. ]. Fergu-
son, exalted ruler of Pendleton lodge.
wired the Portland Elks to represent
the order in the funeral arrange
ments. 1t is not known yet where the
funeral will be held. 1t is possible
burial will be at Heppner, where Mr..
Hallock formerly lived, and where his
mother died a few weeks ago. In
that event 1t is probable committee
will be sent from the Pendleton lodge.
Besides his wife, there are four
children who mourn Mr.. Hallock's
untimely death. These are Mrs.
James B. Welch, formerly Miss Flo
Hallock, Miss Alma Hallock. Blaine
Hallock and Joe Hallock. The last
three named have been living with
their parents In Portland. -
Cake Regrets Fire.
H. NJ. Cake, until recently presi-
dent of the Portland Commercial
club, and who is here today, expressed
great regret over the loss of the club
headquarters.
"The news was wired me by my
brother yesterday" said he, "and it
was certainly a shock"
Mr. Cake declared himself at a loss
to account for the origin of the fire.
He does not believe it could have
started in the kitchen, as the walls
and floor are all cement and fire.
proof. However, he says that once
started it was inevitable the flames
would quickly overrun the entire
floor. The quarters are arranged so
that fire would have a good sweep.
There are but few doors on the floor,
most of the rooms being open and
provided with portiers. Because of
this and the carpets and other fur
nishings in the rooms the club quar-
ters were an easy prey for the fire
fiend. .a Il
According to Mr.. Cake the club
property was valued at $4,000, and
in his opinoin there was $4,000 in
surance carried instead of $4,000, as
reported. At the close of the fair he
says a large collection of paintings
was secured from the art museum,
some of them being ~very valuable.
These were doubtless all lost in the
fire.
The law office of Cake & Cake Is
also in the Chamber of Commerce
building. However, it is on the lower
floor, and Mr.. Cake was informed by
his brother, w. NJ. Cake, that no loss
had been sustained, the ammunition
for the senatorial campaign being un-
damaged.
Before entering the present cam
paign Mr.. Cake resigned as president
of the Portland Commercial club,
which position he had held with sue
cess for a number of years.