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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1910)
1H13 MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1910. SOUTHERN QREGQN SWEPT: BY- FLAMES Fighters Combat Fires Till Ex hausted aj Medford and Ashland. GREEN TIMBER BURNHNQ Breew Wakes Tp Embers to Raging Farnaoo Mill Is Endangered. Dozen Blazes in Crtaer Forest Held Under Control. MEDFORD, Or.. Auk 15.-(Special.) Twenty-five men under command of Forest Rangers Whitney anl Dubois, are fighting desperately tonlglit and all to save the Snyder and Blsco sawmill on Anderson Creek about lire miles west of Talent, a small ton eight miles south of Medford. 1 he mill hands and all the residents a. long the creek are assisting In the battle. The Are broke out yesterday from the embers of a previous Are which It was thought had been put under con trol several days ago. Owlnjc to In sufficient patroling and the stln. breeses which have prevailed for the iast two days the ashes of the old Area were fanned into a wall of flam. which threatened to wipe out everything in Ita path. Men Fight Flames In Relays. The men fighting the fire are nearly exhausted with their St-hour ba.tle with the flames, but the fight Is so tierce that only small relays of a few men at a time are permitted to Bleep, and then only for a few hours at a t'IThe mill would have gone this morn ing but for the fact that considerable backfiring had been done around two sides In fighting the old fire. The former fire came near getting tne Wlckstrom sawmill, which Is somewhat more than a mile farther down the creek. Thla mill is out of danger now, but It required a strenuous fight to save it. The country In which the fire is rag ing Is heavily Umbered and the loss will be considerable as the fire made a clean sweep because of the thick un derbrush. The burned area nowr la about two miles In length. Fires Rage Jfear Ashland. Another fire ia burning three miles west of Ashland on the property of the Ashland Manufacturing Company. The fire broke out day before yesterday but the lumber company did not get Its force of firefighters on the scene until late yesterday and as a result the fire had gained such headway under the stiff wind that the force of 10 men have rather an unequal chance with the fire. The territory that Is being burned by this fire lies on a high ridge, which Is the watershed between Ashland and "Wagner Creek. This fire Is several miles from the forest boundary and Government Forest Service Is prohib ited from assisting In the quelling of U There are a "dozen other flresi In the Crater forest but all are either under control or have been subdued so that only careful patrolling Is necessary. The Kogue River Valley Is full of smoke today as the result of these two fires, which can be seen from the streets burning on the sides of the mountains to the west of the town. If the wind dies down there Is hope for victory for the men who have been sent to tight the flames. TROOPS STILL BAIMLY SEEDED Usht Rain or Xo Real Benefit in Quenching Forest Ftrca. American soldiers yesterday Invaded Canada, but on a peaceful mission. They were endeavoring to - reach the forest fires In Northeastern Washing ton . .The forest fire situation In Oregon and Washington was not materially benefit! by the light ruin at yester day, and. in ihe opinion of Associate District Forecaster Ueorge ii- Cecil, the danger will not be shortened until the Fall rains comes In earnest. While an Oregon mist-was falling in this vicinity. It was raining in the fire i.ttrli-t around Aberdeen, but the storm was only of a few hours' duration. In stead of the soaking the country needs. In Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon there was nor even a cloud in e sky. eacept for the smoke from the great firea that are under way. There were no new fires reported yesterday. Assistant Forester McKen zie reported from Colvllle that the troops who are to be detailed for ac tively fighting the great fire in Ferry County were expected to arrive laat night. The company of soldiers which were intended for similar duty In Wallowa County, Oregon, would reach their destination at about the same time. It Is not believed among the expert fire-flshters at the Forest Service headquarters that the soldiers will be able to do more than hold the flames in check. The delay In getting the soldiers to the scenes of the fires, during which time many millions of feet of timber have been consumed. Is said to have been due to the fact that there was no equipment at the various forts. It was being used at the maneuvers around American Lake. Troops, horses, wagons and camp paraphernalia were sent over the round-about railroad Journey from American Lake to Republic, pass ing through Canada en route. Recognising the gravity of the pres ent denser from forest fires the County Court of Lincoln County yesterday pro hiolted the burning of all slahlnfta on private land until the rainy season begins. In that action the habit of 30 years is said to have been set aside. and ranchers to burn their clearings In the Summer under permits issued by Deputy Fire Wardens. There has never been a heavy loss on that account, but because of 1910 being the dryest sea son ever known In Lincoln County, the precautionary measure was taken. Officers of the Coos County Forestry Association yesterday reported that they had been able to keep down all damaging fires through the employ ment of a force of 30 wardens tor patrol duty. TROOPS HURRIED TO MOXTAXA Kit tire Regular Force at American Lake Ready to Fight Fires. CC3GROVE. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe clM.) Urgent orders from the War De partment for the Immediate despatch of tr-jor to Montana forest fires were re ceived at brigade lteadquarter of the. , field maneuvers here tonight. A battalion of the Second United States Infantry was hurriedly assembled and rushed aboard a f special train that was gotten together In record time b the Northern Pacific The troops are 'x be given the right of , way to Glacier "ark. Mont. Reports are in camp that troops are needed in the ,-vlcinlty of Boise and Spo- j kane and tha' the War Department may i be asked for,, troops tonight. All regular troops are "oelng held In camp In readl- I ness to mc.-, t a moment's notice. The I battalion of the Second Infantry that went torjijfht was serenely under canvas at 8 o'rocfc when the order to move waa received. n hour later the whole force of C a men with full equipment was at the depot. I rne-third of the whole regular Army 1 n-eneuver force Is now coping with for I tst fires In various districts. Few adAi 4 tional regulars can be spared end if the I call for soldiers continues at the present rate. National guard forces will have to I be despatched. Seventeen companies of regular lniantry nave oeen sent out witn ln the.Uuit four days. RAIX MAY SAVE OREGON TOWX ' Medical Springs Endangered by Flames, Downpour Imminent, LA GRANDE. Or.. Aug. 15. CSpeclal.) Federal troops sent to Eastern Ore gon from American Lake reached Union last night and shortly after noon com menced a forced march to Medical Springs. 20 miles back in the mountains, where a fire, already sweeping 800 acres of timber land clean. Is threaten ing the town of Medical Springs. A telephone message tonight from there says the fire is a mile from the town and the wind is turning so as to send the flames back on the town. The troops should reach the fire this even ing some time. The fire 20 miles from La Grande, which was threatening the city water supply, has been controlled. However, 50 extra men were rushed to the scene last night, but on arrival there found, the fire under control. They returned tonight. A special from Wallowa, says that while there are three uncontrolled fires In Wallowa County today and no indi cation of relief, there will he no requis ition for Federal troops early this week as was anticipated. If the fires are not controlled within a day or two the For est Department will ask for troops tn Wallowa County. Eight hundred acres of valuable tim ber land has been hurned over today at Medical Springs. The fire started a week ago today and rapidly spread until the Forest Service called for Fed eral troops to assist In the fight. This afternoon the blaze is working south awuy from the town on what is known as the Big Creek region. It is at pres ent on a tributary of that stream. Be tween this place and Wallowa County stands some elegant timber, but is cut tip with mountains and deep canyons so that it would be hard to fight. At T o'clock this evening- a slight miet is falling and the sky is massed with ralnclouds. If this mist materialises to a real rain thousands of acres of timber land valued at many thousands of dollars will have received temporary relief. Telephone messages tonight from Medical Springs Indicate a rain Is likely tontght. Arrival of troops and a rain will save the town with 500 people regardless of how the wind may blow. Wallowa tonight reports rain is im minent and hopes are held out that the three uncontrolled fires win he ex tinguished or checked. FLAMES SPREAD IX BIOXTAXA Fires Beyond Control In Glacier Na tional Park Troops Sent. WASHINGTON, Aug 15. Alarming news of the forest fire situation in the Glacier National Park, In Montana, was received today by the Interior Depart ment. Major W. R. Logan, supervisor of the park, reported that the flames were spreading and that the number of fire-fighters on the scene was inade quate. He appealed for the assistance of more troops, and upon the request of the Interior Department, General Wood, Chief of Staff of the Army, ordered three companies of the Second Infantry from the American Lake maneuvers In Washington for duty in the park. These soldiers will reinforce the one company of the Twenty-fifth Infantry that la al ready on the scene. Interior Department officials were much encouraged by reports of Super intendent Morgan, of the Flathead re serve, in Montana, that the fires on the reservation were now under control. MIST CHECKS FOREST FIRES Cliehalis County Blaze Is Under Con trol, With Rain in Sight. MONTESANO. Wash.. Aur. 15. Heavy mist, which has been prevailing In Chehalis County the past three even ings, has done much to check forest fires burning In logged-off lands. Fire Warden Reed today said that the change in weather was a god-send and preferable to the east wind which is dreaded unless rain falls soon. Forest Fires Cut Off Pack Train. MISSOTJLA. Mont.. Aug. 15. No defi nite Information has been received by the forestry officials hers concerning the pack train of 20 horses, which was reported as marooned In the heart of the Clearwater Forest yesterday. The alarm first came from Major Fenn, su pervisor of the Clearwater reserve at Kooskla. Idaho. However, Forester Greeley said today that the report probably meant nothing more serious than that lire had crossed the most di rect route of the pack train, and that it would be compelled to go a more roundabout way, and thereby be de layed several days. Vancouver Troops to Fight Fire. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash, Aug. 15. (Special. Three companies of the First Infantry left here yesterday to fight forest fires. Companies C and D went to Republic; Or., In command of Captain Aloe; and Company B went to Union. Or.. In command of Lieutenant Ralph B. Lister. Lieutenant Norrls, a phystclan. accompanied Company B. The other troops at American Lake are held in readiness to respond to a call to fight the forest firea GIRL, IN LOVE, IS SUICIDE After Quarrel With Sweetheart Edith Jennings Drinks Poison. A suicide which occurred In this city last Wednesday came to light yes terday when a death certificate was filed with the Board of Health tn the case of Edith Jennings, a girl IS years of a a. Despondent because she had quarreled with her sweetheart, the girl swallowed 10 tablets of bichloride of mercury at the Lelghton rooming house. Eleventh and Washington streets, and died at the Good Samaritan Hos pital the next morning. On the night of the suicide the girl re tired late and is supposed to have taken the poison immediately. Those in neighboring rooms heard screams and rushed to her ast stance, but all efforts to save her life were futile. Private funeral services were .held, and the body was consigned to the crematorium. As a spaoe eaves- for small houses a Ken ems Bum hu Invented folaina etaire. operated on The lasv toass nrlaclple ay a Bead wheel aad searing jPEAM r . .?r? " ." CsT "Mi If Uhs Highest - Grade Grand Pianos for the Prices of Upright Pianos All Baby Grands, Parlor Grands and Concert Grands That Have Been in Concert Service to Be Closed Out by Eilers Music House Each season a large number of grand pianos of various sizes are required In an Institution of the magnitude of Eilers Music House to meet the requirements of professional and amateur musicians for oonoerts and recitals. During the past season many more pianos than heretofore have been devoted to this service, and as we are making some important ohanges in the representation of certain mates of instruments, we have determined to close out each one of these more or less used grand pianos at cost and less than cost In order to commence the coming season with an entirely new equipment. Here la the opportunity for the discriminating musician. Many of these grand pianos are almost as good as new. Some may have sustained mars to a smaller or greater extent In moving and handling, .,. ..h c ,h.-- in,,m.i. nnnunti Intrinsically and musically the hlgheBt possible perfection. First and foremost, we offer for sale Two Chlckerlng Orchestral Concert Grands, largest size, duplicates of Instruments that have been sold to Oregon University, to Washington University, to Pullman College, to Frandseo man- Idaho State University, and to numerous professional musicians, and to several of the large Portland. Seattle t aiscoUnt slons. These are the regulation $1000 pianos, representing the acme of piano production in the world. One will De soia ... of 1531, the other at a discount of 640. . iii the same ratio of reduc- Three Chlckeriag Parlor Ore ads, one of them a superb Chlckerlng in fancy mahogany case at virtually the same ratio tlon. There are also two Chlckerlng Quarter Grands, each to go at a discount of 33 1-3 per cent. ,.-, factory, the reguW- There are, also, all told. Five Weber Grand-, among them the finest concert grand made ...'1' tion 1460 instrument, sale price $870. A slightly Smaller Webe, Concert Grand, the $1300 style, wllK be sold 700. A fancy mahogany Weber Parlor Grand which could not be told from new a regular $1 200 "V''1"""1 mstru and two of the smaller Weber Baby Orands. one of the $750, ebonlzed style, and the other the $850 fancy mahogany casea ment will go at a uniform discount of $300 upon each. . . ., ImK which contributed in no small A S.perl. Klmb.ll Concert Grand Piano, the duplicate of the m vniiieent fVa the regular 11000 instru- degree to the artistic trlumpns scored last season oy me sum "" i;.L;r .. . i k..n fTir X920 B."r4 will be sold at a reduction of 40 per cent. Another slightly smaller $1500 Kimball sty e will be sold for $9J0. A Snperb Kimball Parlor Oread In fancy mahogany, the $1060 style, in every way like new. will be sold for $735, and a sun smatx sSa" W.W SsTtes with richly figured mahogany case, in keeping with It. brilliant tone and perct action. Seaf magmcVnt1.0", 'iYnsen't.mlV be had at corresponding reductions, noteworthy among then, is a superb "lnrg7ntm Ouring th. past Winter. the.$825 style, may he had for $535. and a fancy case Doll B.by Grand Piano, the $660 style, will be sold for exactly half prlc " Itlr.d musician, who has We have also a superb $1200 Ilazeltoa Grand, which has been used In the private home of a thl-c,u,t'ed, ""XlrT used nowTeft for Europe. This Haielton Grand, the famous hand-made Hazelton. display, no indication whatever of having been used. and has been moiuaea in mis saie at a aiscouui ui , , ... -nij preferred by There is also a very fine Lester omi piano, i-nuaaeipnia s supero i" -- :f't rnn.rvntnrv great conservatories of the East, among them the famous New England Conservatory, Boston and the Broad-street .Conservatory.. Phltodetohll the largest institution, of their kind in the world. This Is the $1160 Lester Grand which may be had for Philadelphia, the g aJd)Uon tQ tne , of hlKh.Krad, piano, represented by Eilers Muric H., k. M Kn V'. foremost make, the Instrument that 1. tn use In more professional musical "tudlos, 1 he'ters. etc. in Ne orK tharny other make. This Is the regulation $1160 style. The Instrument has been used In but h" ftp" , fhat filers Music House recitals In private homes. To make this sale one that will Include each one of the foremost and great makes that tilers Music liouse represents, we are pricing this Instrument at a reduc tlon of 375 t A . r.raD(, a stertt a.rter Graud, and a Hard Graa-VVn. rument. that wlon"7egu?ari7reTresrnl" sendld "0? grand piano, however . that have come to u. in Sart parent for fancy Chlckerlng parlor grands, for the Welte Mlgnon and for Lawson an ftttar play er P lano.. All of these in struments will be sold at exactly one-half the regular retail value, making le price, $425 $476 53 and The above are the lowest cash prices, out any instrument whi m m w a"? ll,ZaA .enr. -r easy payment plan. Three years, if desired, in which to complete tne purchase. iDieresi win ob nm.se - Slhi bench" "of ntlest" design, though slightly used. 1. Included with each of the instruments, and for our ot-of-town patrons, we will carefully box and deliver any of these Instruments at the r-.lroad station. ,, , tja, This is a most unusual opportunity for public institutions, schools, convents, colleges, music studios, as well as for students This Is an opportunity also that will appeal with equal force to discriminating music lovers who appreciate the numerous Van tages of the grant piano in tone and action which it possesses over the upright form. t 1 .4 j jj ,:!ri-- - v-.., J a" 'jT.K ;-! : tr s. the , m B U I W ."J Ue' s. T.r- I I 1 " aaSWSSta. "&i rr&r-, - ' iTf Wff OLDEST, LARGEST AND MOST RESPONSIBLE EAST-SIDE STORE, 84 GRAND AVENUE 351-353-355 Washington St. OREGON'S HOME PIANO CONCERN STORES EVERYWHERE WHOLESALE FIFTEENTH AND PETTYGROVE STREETS CAMPAIGN LIVENING UP LOCAL OPTTOX FORCES LIXKD VP AGA1XST BOCREV. Republicans -of Pacific County, Washington, Busy Repairing Lo cal Breach In Party. SOUTH BEND. Wash- Aug. 15. (Special.) When, some time ago, the Anti-Saloon League held a rally here and decided to put up a legislative tick et and make a determined fight for county local option, one of the fiercest political fights of recent years In this county was freely predicted. However, with no lack of suitable ma terial, the local option forces found It extremely dlffloult to Induce any of their number to stand for the legis lative places on the ticket and, up to Thursday of last week, the primary campaign was absolutely without life or Interest and barely half a dozen had filed their Intentions for any of fice, either county of legislative. On Thursday, the war horses of the Republican party began arriving at the county seat and, up to -o'clock Saturday evening, the clOBlng hour for filing, the situation was sufficiently Interesting to satisfy the most exacting. Four years ago, the Republican party of this county wa, spilt Into two fac tions, the Kleeb faction and the Welsh faction, and. as a consequence, the Democrats, who are normally In a hopeless minority, elected a State Sen ator, Representative, Prosecuting At torney and Superintendent of Schools. Never before In all Its history had Pacific County been represented In the Legislature by a Democrat. H. S. Mc Oowan. of the sUmon canning firm of P. J. McGowan & Sons, was the Demo crat elected a State Senator and his successor Is to be elected this FalL In order to prevent a recurrence of the 1906 fiasco, several leading Repub licans were engaged ail Friday and Saturday in making strong efforts to effect a reconciliation between the Welsh and Kleeb faction, but with no result unless to make the breach wider. This year no Democrat has filed for State Senator, but Judge C E. Miller Is the Democratic candidate for Repre sentative and the Republican candi dates before the primary are J. H. Drissler and H. L. Gerwig. both local merchants and both unpledged. For State Senator, the Republican candidates are Ell Rockey, of Pacific County, and J. R. Burke, of Washing ton County, both unpledged, and H. A. Bwpey. pledged to the local option peo pke. A big fight wtQ he mad against Rockey by the optlonlsts and the cam paign will not be lackng In Interest. For United States Senator, It Is thought that the Wilson and Ashton vote will be pretty evenly divided. Polndexter and Burke will each have a following, probably with polndex ter In the lead. HASTY PROPRIETOR FINED Employing Boys Under 14 Years of Age Is Charge. Jeff Hayes, the blind proprietor of the Hasty Messenger Company, appeared in Police Court yesterday to answer to two charges of employing boys under It years of age. He pleaded guilty to both charges. Upon the recommendation of the prosecuting officer, Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, registrar of the Associated Charities, Hayes was fined the minimum sum of $10 on one charge and the other was continued, with the understanding that his next offense will call for a prison punishment. H. Wirth. father of one of the boys, and Mrs. W. J. Blnkley. mother of the other, were arraigned and pleaded that they did not know of the law. They promised that they, would keep their boys at home hereafter. Sentence against them was suspended. Only one out of every an i eyes la sood condition. Hbae botb. UNDERWOOD STANDARD TYPEWRITE For Billing, Invoicing, Bookkeeping Correspondence, Etc It is a thorough systematizer. "The Macbme Yon Will EentnaHy Buy" UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER COMPANY (Incorporated) Portland Branch, 68 Sixth Street e