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;;...:..6a Weather Highest temperature yesterday... 74 Lowest temperature last night.. 56 Forecast for southwest Oregont Occasional rain tonight and Sun. day; moderate temperature. DOUGLAS COUNTY SEBUM ,"The End of the i ; I i u 'HomeseekeSs Trail" DOUGt ComollcUtlon of Th Evening Newi and Th Roteburg Rvlew An lndD ir,, " : p,0"v J VOL. XXVIII NO. 188 OF THE EVENING NEWS ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1 927. VOL. XVIII NO. 115 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW, ni iviiLI uv 9 1 ! K COUNT EIRE COURTNEY HOPS OFF FOR FLIER ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNKNOWN WHO PAID $7,500 TO DEFY DEATH Plane Starts For Azores but Winds Drive it Toward the , Coast of Spain St. Raphael Plane, With Princess and Two Men Pilots, Regarded Hopelessly Lost ; . But Intensive Search is to Continue . (Associated Press Leased Wire.) LONDON, Sept. 3. -An undated Exchange Telegraph dis patch states that Captain F. T. Courtney was obliged to land on the Spanish coast owing to bad weather conditions. The dis patch adds tha all was reported well. (Associated Pres. Leased Wire) LONDON, Sopt. 3 A message picked uli by the Devizes radio sta tion from Captain F. T. Courtney's trilliHAt)anti(! flvine hnnt IIiIh nr. ternoon said that lie was making I tor Corunna (Spain) as there was too much head wind to continue. on toward the Azores. ! (Associated I'resB Leased Wire) PLYMOUTH England, Sept. 3. Captain P. T. Courtney began Ink long deferred Atlantic flight at B: 20 o'clock this morning (1:26 a. m. eastern Uttylight time), lifn im mediate destination being Horta, Azores, about 1,200 miles distant, which lie hoped to reach- by ten o'clock tonight. ' ; ' ' ' At Horta. he will refuel, fly' to Newfoundland and then New York. He Is accompanied by Lieu tenant Downer, as navigator, and It. P. Little, engineer. There was also a passenger aboard, de scribed by air force of ficialn as a "Canadian millionaire," who ' is said to have paid 1,500 pounds $7,500) for a seat in the plane. Although the identity of Court ney's passenger was carefully guarded, it is believed he is E. B. Hostier of Montreal. . Makes Three Attempts The British airman made two unsuccessful attempts to leave the water .in his flying boat, the Whale, but he could not rise be cause of lack of wind. On ' the third attempt the plane gathered a speed of about SO miles an hour, when a fresh breeze caught the wings and the Whale gently took to the air. He headed al most directly soutli amid the cheers of the crowd gathered at thes royal air force seaplane base, and was lost to view within a few minutes. . ' Mrs. Courtney arrived at the air station shortly before mid night and remained to watch her husband's lust minute prepara tions When the seaplane . finally took off, she clapped her ' hands excitedly and cheered her hus band probably louder than any of the other spectators. She remain ed waiving her handkerchief until the plane was out of sight. Seen Wednesday Night LONDON, Sept. 3. While the air ministry up to late forenoon liad received iig further news re garding the St. Raphael, the Press association stated that it learned from another source that com munication had been established with the master of the Standard Oil steamer Joshiah McKay, which last night reported having sighted an airplane in mid-Atlantic, Wed nesday night. Owing to the hour at which the plane passed .over his ship, 9:44 p. in., Greenwich mean time, the mas ter said he was uuable to make out whether It was a monoplane or biplane or to noto any registra tion marks. The Press association, however, says there can be little doubt that it was the plane bearing the Prin cess Ivowenstein-Werthelm, Cap tain Hamilton and Colonel Min chtn. The master of the Joshiah Mc Kay stated that the piano passed over the ship at a height of about one thousand feet and at an esti mated Bpeed of 80 miles nn hour. It gave three flashes with' a Morse light in recognition v of having sighted the vessel. The point given by the steamer is 800 miles west of Slyno Head, on tho Galway coast of Ireland, and about 12u0 miles from Upa ou, the starting point of the flight. It is evident, the Press as sociation adds, that the engine was still performing normally. j Trio Thought Dead I NEW YORK, Sept. 3. The tur- f bulent Atlantic generally was be- lieved today to have claimed as : (Continued on page 3.) ROUND THE WORLD AVIATORS ARRIVE ..AT PERSIAN GULF BASRAH, Persian Gulf, Sept 3 The Pride of Detroit, American around the world plane, passed over this city at 10:30 o'clock this morning enroute to Pander Abbas. (Prom Uasrah to Bunder Abbas is about 5(10 miles.) BAGDAD, Irak, Sept. 3 The American round-the-world aviators, William 8. Brock and Edward P. Schlep, left for Bun tier Abbas, Per sia,,. 885 miles from , Bagdad at 7 'ojfclbck' this morning;- 1 Before their, departure they nii nounced. their intension ,oT' stay ing at Bunder A bays overnight and then continuing on to Kara chi, British India. Sunday. The dis tance from Bunder Abbas to Kara chi Is 710 miles. ' The American airmen arrived nt Bagdad 'from'' Constantinople in their plane, the Pride of Detroit, at 9:30 o'clock last night,- having made the non-stop flight of 1,075 miles in fourteen hours. On lauding, they reported -their machine was in first class order, havljig . required " no' 'adjustments since they left Harbor Grace", New foundland, a week ago'today. Prom that time until they landed at Bag dad, they" had covered in succes sive stages about 5,000' miles of their 22.9G7 mile circle round the globe. ' ' 1 ; MISSING FLIER THOUGHT CRASHED; SEARCH STARTED HARTPORD, Conn., Sept. 3-p Eighteen hours overdue at Brain: aid Field, the Hartford Airport, Pilot K. G. CIine of the Boston to New York mail and express plane, is believed to have crashed, In the woods two miles north of,. east Willlngton, , Five planes this afternon left Brainard Field to aid farmers and. state police in the search.. Captain P. H. Spencer, who this morning cruised in his plane iu the vicinity of Stafford Springs and Willingtoiii returned early this morning to refuel, reporting that he had been unsuccessful in his quest for the missing airman... Four national guurdsraer, immed iately prepared to take the air aud join Spencer in the search. Spen cer planned to fly as far as the Rhode Island state line, the other airmen covering northeastern Con necticul and info Massachusetts. At the headquarters of the New England Aircraft company, main ard Field, it was stated this alter noon that Clfne's plane could not have- remained in the air more than .five hours at the most. DEATH PREFERRED TO LIFE WITHOUT "THE ONLY MAN" (Auociatfd TreM leased Wlr) VANCOUVER, B. C. Sept. 3 June Lehond. 20. of Portland, Ore eon, was in a hospital here today on the verge of death as the result of a bullet wound, believed to have been self-inflicted, which she re eejved shortly before 1 a. m., while in her room at a local hotel. A note found by police in the room occupied by the woman and a friend, MJbs Hazel Thompson, also of Portland, is said to show that suicide was contemplated, the shot being fired, it is stated, while Miss Thompson was .temporarily absent from the apartment. The note is said to read as follows: "Goodbye. You are the only man I ever loved. Elton. I can't have you so I will take death. God bless you. Love and happincw. (bignenj June.' Genius Scores TriumphWheri Memory Fails (Awoolatttl Prim Leased Wire) , , NEW YORK, Sept. ' 3 How the late Louis A. Fuertes, noted orni thologist, with only a box of cheap water colors and a pad of paper turned out in the African, jungles his greatest paintings and his greatest manuscript, is told today by Robert H. Davis In a copy righted article in the New York Sun. Fuertes was killed recently in a grade crossing crash at Tun nersville, N. Y. , Commissioned by scientific so cieties to visK Africa and obtain pictures and text for a volume on Abyssinian birds, Fuertes two years ago, after fighting his way thru untold hardships to reach a native village 1500 miles from the sea coast, lound that the boxes containing his paints, canvasses aud drawing material had been left behind in America on a Brook-, lyn dock. . He ransacked the community, in habited by not more than 20 na tives and white people, and obtain ed a box of water colors, ksuch as are used by children, ami a 'pad of paper -receptive tto that, art me dium, i After 18 mgnths, he -emerged from the dark continent vlth Ills manuscript and nearly 40 paint ings of bird life In. color. .Dr. Frank Michler Chapman, curator of orni thology of the American Museum of Natural History and Fuertes' close friend and critic, 'gave the w.ork his unqualified endorsenteut.. The manuscript Ynd: paintings were rescued by a passing strang er when the auto burned nfter the craslWH'anti&fsvillea i. r M PLANES FAIL TO FLIERS French, Irish and German " Aviators Going Ahead ;. With Their Plans WILL DEFY ATLANTIC Experts on Weather' Figure Westerly Flight by Way of the Azores Is the Safest , , ' (Ajfwlak'd VrveM Leased Wire) i ..NEW YORK, Sept. 3 Notwith standing the opinion of a British meteorologicul . expert that west ward air I lights across the Atlan tic can hardly, hope to escape ad verse wind and fog and the com ment by German newspapers that with the advancing season great risks attach to such an undertak ing, those airmen who have their hearts set on flying to America were still going ahead with their plans today. In Prance three expeditions were making ready. Undaunted by-their unsuccessful attempt yesterday when they were forced by fog to return to Le Bourget after taking off for New York, Leon Glvon and Pierre Corbu were making adjust ments to their plane,' the Blue Bird, In the hope df getting away again tomorrow If weather condi tions are favorable. Dieudonne Costes' Brequet bi plane, the Nungesser-Coli, and Paul Tarascon's: Tango Bird, were pro nounced ready to hop oft for New York and possibly Philadelphia, If weather conditions along the French coast Improve and there Is reasonable assurance Uiat they will encounter fairly good condi tions oyr the Atlantic. Azores Route Best Captain R. H. Macintosh Imper ial airways pilot, hopes to hop from Baldonnel, Ireland, for Phil adelphia Monday. With him In the plane will be Captain Anthony Re ford as assistant pilot, and Cap tain A. J. Barnes, as passenger. In explalng his thesis, the British meterologlcal office expert de clared it was well knownTact that the wind over the Atlantic was perpetually westerly, veering from southwest to direct, west and at (Continued on "page 8.) DISASTERS!! NEW YORK BUSINESS MEN A!R CRUISER IS WILL MAKE TRiaFORCEU DOWN LOIR IPpiSElRGffl Plan to Enjoy Picnic . On Smith River Monday September 12 ' LEAVE SUNDAY A. M. Umpqua Highway Project ' Given Much Considera tion at Meeting Held Last Night! An excursion of Roseburg busi ness men to Reedsport, Gardiner land Smith River. is planned for I Sunday and Monday, September ,11 and 12, as a result of a meet- lug of merchants nnd professional linen held at the Umpqua Hotel ilast night at the call of the Cham ber of Commerce. An Invitation Jhas been received from the Smith River Grange' urging .the business men of this city to Join the Smith' River local iwople in ,a picnic , at Sulphur Springs, at a ; dm it to , he fixed by the local men. This In vitation is supplemented, by one from the Reedsport. Chamber,; of Commerce, urging that the date be set-as soon as possible in order to take advantage of good weath er. ( . , ..I . The invitations were addressed to' Attorney Dexter Rice, who Hi presenting them to the meeting spoke of the value of this partic ular section of Douglas county. He declared that -tew people from Roseburg have visited in the Smith River district and are totally un acquainted with the opportunities and resources to be found, there. This, he stated, is an, excellent op portunity to get acquainted with the people and with that section of Douglas county and should not be- passed by. He urged that , a large caravan be made up of rei resentatlvo men and women and that Roseburg Im represented, not by just a. few of. Us people, but by ja great crowd, so that, the Smith : River people may be shown that there is a great Interest in Rose burg in the development' of the lower Umpqua district. Numerous other speakers parll (ContlnuuQ on page 8.) KILLED BY A CAR (Auociatnl Vtvm Leaictl Wire) CLA KKSHUIKS,. W. Va., Sept. .1. Rev. Dr. S. H. Young, X-, w-riter, lecturer and missionary of Seattle, Wash., was killed by an interurban -car near here yester day. ' Dr. Young was motoring to Frin';h Creek with friends when he met death. A tire puncture caused (he auto to halt, and as Dr. Young Htepped from tho machine to the Interurban tracks, he wan struck by a car. He died several hours later. Dr. Samuel Hall Young, one of the first missionaries to enter Alaska, often was described as a! "living history of the iiorthland" because he carried the Gospel by dog team over snow trails and by canoe on summer streams to till sections of Alaska including the Arctic coast settlements and evt-n acros's to Siberia. 1 A companion years ogo of John Mufr on Alaska voyages who "mushed" with his pack in every big gold rush. Including the stam pede to the 'Klondike. In 1KI8 and a veteran church worker who or glinted the first Protestant chur h Among his books were "Ahinka and lecture on his experiences, in Alaska, Dr. Hall lived to write DayB With John Mulr,"- "The Klon dike Clan", -and "Adventures in Alaska," and on the Presbyterian lecture platform In the states he wan known for hi inThftate knowl edge of the golden north. I Fliers Reach Safety Just As Fuel Supply Gives Out i PREPARED TO JUMP Had Wandered for Hours '- 1 Above Cloud Bank Seking Landmark , r to Guide Them Lieutenant Tommy Fowler, yet eran army aviator, and a former flier, on the forest patrol , in this state,1 landed ; a . huge, pouglas Cruiser airplane in Roseburg last night after one of the most harrow ing experiences of Ills adventure some career. Apparently' hopeless ly lost above a dense cloud bank, with the gasoline supply almost gone, the pilot and the three other passengers had strapped on their parachutes preparatory ito jumping from the ship, when a fleeting glimpse of the North Umpqua river Saved thein from . having to make the leap and permitted them to make a safe lauding in. Rose burg as their powerful engine be gan to sputter for luolc of fuel. The group of four was on the way from San Francisco to Camp Lewis, flying In one. of the- big Douglas cruisers. They had plan ned to refuel at Eugene but flying over Oregon they found the ground hidden by a dense bank of storm clouds through which It was impos sible to get a glimpse- of land marks by which to guide their course. They flew north, probably as far ns Salem, but still unable to find anything to.guide thein. To attempt to drop through the clouds was too dangerous to try for hid den peaks -might wreck their ship, so they turned back, hoping , to find in the Cascade region, with which Lieutenant Fowler was fa hiallar, because of his air patrol work, a landmark to aid them In locating a landing field. - r ' 'Then the gasoline guttgos began to show the fuel running low and a iuw nuiiuu-'it iiiui e iu milium in the air. Realizing their predica ment they saw . their apparently only hopo In their parachutes and so they prepared for the fearsome leap, from the rapid moving plane. Then'suddenly a small rift opened up below them and for a fleeting Instant they had a glimpse of a river winding away; below them. (Continued on' page 3.) - Last seen of him he was running . rapidly toward the N. r. and O. (AoriiiH Prfw Wirt-) railroad tracks. BATTLIO CRKKK, Mich., - Sept. J S(, HUdden was the attack, that 3 Wayne I). Wheeler, general j MrHi Harris did not. know her bus counsel for the:Antl-Saloon league mim hu(j b(!(;n rHlflUy MtHbbed. She of America Is seriously III at the(.0U(l nol y,.tify murderer. Bnttle Creek sanitarium, it was merely stating that he whh a slim learned today. Hospital authorities j nmn of mf.(iiurn build. announced, nowever, mat nis con; dltlon "caunot.be regarded as Im- foilng from Mr., Wheeler sanitarium last night from a Shel- by Hospital where he was taken! ' Negro li Mentioned Irotn his summer home at Llttlei Lakevlew was seething with re Point Sable Thursday. ports and rumors. Sheriffs office Several weeks Hgo he underwent , was Investigating one report that throe weeks treatment at the sani-( Harris had had trouble with a tariuiu but when he left it was an j group or men In Lakevlew earlier nnunced he was In Kood health. Jin the day. Recently Mrs. Wheeler was fa-j One report which was given tally burned In the explosion of 'some credrnce was that a nefjro an oil stove at the Little Point I had attacked the Pendleton bron Sable summer home and her fu ther who bad been suffering from heart disease, collapsed and died when he ran. into the roomwhere she was sitting, with her clothing on fire. Ilie league counsel had returned to his home only recent ly atlm- lie accompanied his wife's body to Ohio for burial. PRUNE ENTERS PUBLIC FAVOR ! IN ICE CREAM ' (Awoclated 1'reu Leftid Wirt) EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 3 Prune Ice 'cream, a new delica cy for Eugene.) was Introduced yesterday. Forty gallons disa ppeared, and twice that amount was ordered by local merch ants for today. ;!..! " It all came about ithru' a cam pign :to boost the Oregon prune, r ; . - ; Wide publicity was given to the Oregon prune, thru -a re cipe contest conducted by the Guard. Recipes- for prune deli cacies :by the hundreds came pouring , in. Among them was prune Ice cream. The local fruit growers as. socfation immediately tried out the ice cream recipe. It was good, and the local merchants took It up.. It went over big. Restaurant chefs made prune pies, prune cakes and prune what-nots according to the vogue. They report big sates. Groceries had to put prunes on their ' market lists on a ? big scale. Prunes, plain and fancy, played a large part In' the county fair, which closed yes-terdr-y. .. All of which seemed to prove further that newspaper adver tising pays, y OF E Stabbed Through Heart By Man WhoJumps 0n,', . . ! His Automobile t ' .' -,r. LAKEVIEW IS SCENE ; J:r,-777!Hii, i- Unknown. Slayer Escapes In (Darkness; Officer Are' j 1 1 J Working ?n Nurnb'er, t j of Hot Clues i '"(Ainoclat'od pros Loaswl Wire) t 1 KLA'MATH . FALLS, - Otb.- Sept. 3. "Slim'' JIarrjH;inoted Pendleton round-lip 'rider and thd feature of tho Lakevlew rodeo, was murder ed last night near the city limits ,of Lakevlew, by an unknown as sailant who teapea imio ine run ning board of Harris' car, plunged a dagger through tho rider's heart and then disappeared into the darkness, according to long dis tance' call 'today from the Lake view sheriff's office. :;) , t Mystery surrounds, the identity of the murderer. Lake county of ficers, however, hold that they are working on hot clues and ar rest of a suspect was anticipated this afternoon. ' Done In Darkness The murder occurred as, Harris wllli his wife was driving' rroln the rodeo grounds Where be had boen 'f.ttehdlng to his horses. As his car approached the city limits, a man suddenly came running out of the darkness toward the car. . Leaping onto the running board of the slow moving automobile, the man plunged a long knife into Harris' breast. The weapon clear ed his heart. Without a word, the man jump ed Off the car and disappeared. j Harris slumped forward over the i steering wheel, the car swerved to cho buster. The Lakevlew sheriff's office would neither af fiim nor deny they were searching for the negro. The cowboy bad made a big im p reus (on at the rodeo grounds yes terday and was the favorite of many rodeo fans to curry away the first prize purse. SLIM HARRIS FAM MURDER Tl ROSEBURG M1LLW0RK PLANT IN RUINS AND FOUR NEARBY RESIDENCES BADLY; I DAMAGED Roofs Within Radius of Several Blocks' Are ! , Ignited by Sparks, But Wind Was Light I " ' ! ' and Dwellings Are Saved; Blaze ' : Originated in Boiler Room.;',": . ! ? ; . The most spectacular fire to occur in Roseburg in recent years last night destroyed the Dysinger Mill as the plant of the Roseburg Millwork company is generally known. t The fire, which was extremely hot and set up a great shower of embers, threatened for a time the entire south, end of tpwn and, in fact, I did cause considerable damage within a radius of several blocks. The total loss is estimated at around $50,000. ' ' '- t The fire apparently started about 10:30' o'clock in the boiler room. It was discovered before it had reached any great size, but as the) building was entirely of frame construction 'and was extremely dry the flainea spread with great rapidity, v The mill has been in use many years and all beams, werq .covered with a fine sawdust which caused the fire to spread so rapidly that it almost resembled an explosion. . ' .1 ... By the time the fire department arrived the flames weie just bginning to curl but of the boiler room and a desperate effort was made to' check the fire there; but so quickly 'did the flames spread-the firemen were forced out of the building by the' ! extreme heat 'aW the1 entire structure became a raging' furnace " within a surprisingly short space of time. ' ' , ; 1 ; Homes Threatened ' ! .department was. exceptional. Tho '.With ii.n io.aJv ivautn u.iiwt. ; fire was foussht curefullv and sys- liig which occuplea almost an eii- tire block, a solid mass of flames, the' heat sent out waa unbearable and, (he, firemen were forced to rff troat. Shields, were improvised from shed and garage doors hast ily torn frdrii their hinges and resi dents, brought out wet sackt and rugs which helped In a meaaura to protect tQ fire' fighters.1 (' j ' JJirectly across jMlll st-reut lrom Ihe blazing factory ihe roHldences began Jo scorch, and char, and 'so hot was the fire that tho fireijujn were, unable to stay. In front of these homes to protect them, 'he lug forced back to the shelter af forded by tliem, .throwing water from a distance. They Ud, how ever, keep the buildings drenched as best (hoy tcou)d and kept .the loss down to a remarkably 'low fi gure, considering ,the size ofj the conflagration. ' t . The threat to residences, how ever, was not confined alone to the . houses In the Immediate vicin ity. Tho Intense heat caused a current of air .that swept the en tire city. Roof, fires sprung up In overy direction? but 'the residents wore; for-lb1 4nOH part carefully .protecting their N homos with tho use of garden hose, -thereby pre venting any bad fires from start- J Ing. ' 1 Flusher Used The city flusher was called- In to act Ion -to help combat the roor fire situation,'' a plan which Mho council iMiiMdcred at the time tho flusher was purchased, hut which I has never before been tried out. The huge truck carries a largo tank of waler nnd has been fitt ed up so water can be pumped un der pressure throiiKh a small hose. This truck can bo quickly moved from one location to another aud by carrying' its own water supply eliminates the delay 'of having (o hook un to a hvdranl. It Iherebv becomes extremely handy for com-1 mmiiK iimii iiidii in mini it MiilH.- Ilon as exlHted last night. The street department and the fire de partment have worked out a plant for cooperation and In the future the flusher will bo considered a part of the city's fire fighting equipment and will be used for roof and grass fires whenever' ne cessary. Firemen Commended ' ' A great deal of praise Was heard concerning Ihe work of the Tiro department. , As the huge mill collapsed info a raging In ferno the entire efforts of tho de partment were devoted to tho sav ing of the 'numerous residences In the immediate vicinity. The beautiful homes of James Hutch Ings and Mot O. Bales, directly across the street from Ihe mill, were iu the most dangerous lo cations, and a desperate fight was made to save these homes. The firemen forced their way despite heat and danger. Into positions where they could keep waler on thewe buildings nnd by their ex cellent work saved both of them, although considerable damage was done to each. Two other homes, one belonging to .lames Shaeffer and' occupied by Pred Miller andlstmyed has long been a landmark the other owned by Peck Willi. ! In Hi city. Thu building was con- were also within reach of the scorching heat and were Ignited on several different occasions, but both were saved from all ex cept nominal damage. Altogether the work of tho fire tenmtically and with an umisual lack ot confusion. Under the di rection of Firo Chief Fletcher, nbly assisted by Assistant Chief AlacDonnML, , five lines of hose were placed' at slrateglcY 'points where they , were able after a most desperate fight, to gnin con trol; and keep the loss down to' a 1 much lower 'figure than "might bo" expected. Excellent assistance was given the firemen by groups of voluntoera whp . freely JiceeiVted dangerous and. exhuustlijgj places, and aided the regulars Iti the1 fight Cooperation was nlso given by tho Southern Pacific employees who brought two lines of nose across the yards, making seven strtams in all used to fight the blaze. - ' Pumper Proves Worth ' , , If tlo' huge pumper, 1 purchased ft comparatively short time agp by the city, Had never previously paid for itself, it did so last night. The big Stutz engine, Oporutcdl)y ."Mike" Crocker pumped continu ously for approximately four hours, delivering a. steady stream of 1WK gallons' pur. minute at a pressuYp of mork; thn '200 pduudH. Anox celloul opportunity ,Wns given t'oi Judging 'the Value of 'tho engine as two streams of ' water ' woro taken orf hydrnul pressure ; and despite small nozzles could not be gin to compare with" tho great volume of water thrown for a great distance through the big tips used on the lines supplied by 'tho pumper. Had not the pumper been avallnhle It' Is very doubtful if .tiio firemen could have kept the fir, confined as closely as they did and unquestionably several rent deuces, If not the entire south end, would havo been destroyed. Lack ot Wind Aids ' ? Another powerful factor In con trolling the situation was the lack of wind. Portnnulely thero whb very little breeze to carry tho flames or the soaring embers. Had case been otherwise the loss might havo been tremendous. An It was the chief damage lies fu (he destruction of; tho mill with all of Its machinery, slock and equipment, and damage done 'to tln four residences immediately across the street. Tho .tames Mulchings home, formerly the W. Lt Dysinger resi dence, was Ihe worst - damaged. Oife entire Hide was charred,' and windows broken, while water pour ed In through holes burned in the roof doing a great deal of dam age to plaster and woodwork. There was als.o some loss to furni ture dnmiiged by water or injured In "removal irom Ihe home. At Ihe Bert Bates home tho same condition largely rc vailed allhoUKh (he damage perhaps wan not as g i eat. The front of tho building surferd less nnd them was not no much wntr damage. In removing ihe furniture, how ever, a fine grand piano wan practically wrecked. The i 'n neigh boring homes suf fered minor damago both to buildings nnd furniture bel-mglne., to Hie occupants. Mill was Landmark The milt which was totally de- t sinn-ied nhtnit Iimii, nithough prior to that tlmn Mr. Dysinger, tlm builder, hail operated a mill In thl city. In fact, he started bu-dnesn , about IM) with J. O. Plook. The (Continued on pa go 8.) ,
