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LA UiiAJNUhi. IjISIDjS UOluVil', UKEUUN.
MONDAY, AUGUST 22 1910.
NUMBER 22
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Spokane, An?. 22. According to dis
patebes from Idnho, 112 nrc dead In
the forest fires. According to a re
port from the Wallace Press 'this af.
tcrnoon, eighty are dead around Wal
lace, and 34 bodies have been found
on Big Creek. A party of ISO men
of the forestry service, who were mis
sing yesterday, hare worked their way
to the shore of the St. Joe river and
are sale, excepting lour, wno are
hnrned.
It Is report A- V tov.n ft) Saltese,
12.) miles from Wallace, is burnlnc
The entire county from Wallace to St
answered by 150
linteer.s was answered by I.0 men
who left immediately. The fires con-i
tluue to rage uncontrolled in South-
ern Oregon, and new fires are start-;
lug.
. Spokane, Wnn August 22. A tele
phone message from Wallace sajs th-.'
list of known dead is now 27, exclu
sive of the twenty-three known dead
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had died down, and it is llieved there
Is no more danger to the remaining
half of the town. I
The town of Rnrke, Idaho, is report-
1 A Im pninn1 If liua n tAitiilutisiti if
a . i I . . U Mill IUUR U, MMn.t Ift IFUWU1UIIUU V
Joe river, a distance of 2o miles, Is .... ., .
on fire, and a high wind Is startin-jr
again at Wallace, hut It Is believed the
The flames are sweeping over an
ever-increasing area and the damage
is already several millions.
Annroximateiv 3.000 refugees are
; here, arid thousands are at Missoula
Many have only a few garments, a
; few are blinded and some badly burn-
i ed. ;
The loss at Wallace Is 'millions. The
fire department and a company of 2;
i soldier is trying to save the remain
dor of the city. Only rain can save
i the country from enormous losses and
a number of small settlements will go.
i Montana Fires Bad.
Helena, Aug. 22. The forest fin:
Liquor Mea Iu Sesoion.
Llruira, X. Y. Aug 22 Several hun
dreds of the-loyal sons of Baccua are
in attendance today at the annual con
vention of the New York State Liquqr
Dealers' Association Reforms in the
liquor business and methods of fight
ing the prohibition sentiment are
among the mntters scheduled for discussion.
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WlflflGRRESS
Shorthand Writers Convene.
Denver, Colo.. Aug. 21 Meeting i" j
the twelfth annual session, the Nat j
lonal Shorthand reporters' Assc.-I;
tion convened In Denver today. Toron
to Is asking for the 1911 convention
A speed contest will be the conveii
tlou feature. .
I HI OBSERVER .HAS EMPLOYED S0LICIT5RS UM HIE W. H. HEARST
SYNDICATE TO CALL ON EVERY FAMILY IN UNION AND WALLOWA
CGUNTIESAMERICAN WEEKLY WILL BE OIYEN FREE
1.000. set in a narrow ennvon ten miles 1 situation in Montana is the worst In
from Wallace.
town will be saved. i
That a train load of forty-two refu
gees and nine nurses were probably
burned to death near Wnlbcc wl:ll
fleeing to Missoula, Is admitted here
this afternoon by the Sort hern raclflc
officials. Railroad officials said that
all trac kof the train has been lost
and that reports from the scene of
the fire indicate that persons on board
ran Into the fire. The refugees were
patients from the Wallace hospital,
fn care of sisters of charity.
Medford, Ore., Aug. 22. If the wind
switches from the nest to the south
with the present fire raging near Ash
land, there would he great danger of
the town burning, according to Chic
Itonger Cribble, who Is directing the
Lewiston, Aug. 22r Fire Is raging
through the Clearwater forest re
serve. Eight hundred men In the re
serve are powerless nntil the wind
drops. Miles of forests are con
sumed. ,
Spokane, Wn., Aug. 22. With luiK
of Wallace gone, the little tqwns of
Taft, Streglsmont Avery Idaho
burned, and .various other settlements
in Washington, Idaho and Montana
threatened, the fire situation is worse
than ever before. In tbe fire aone,
thirty bodies were recovered up to an
early hour today. The death list near
Wallace will be at least fifty, it is re
ported. At sunrise seven bodies were
recovered at Wallace, four at New
port, Wash., six" at the War Eagle
mine near Wallace, 12 in Big Creek, 1
at Mullan. At St. Joe, southwest of
Wallace, 18 men are.ralssing. One
fight against the Ashland fire. This
morning the fire bells rang and the hundred and eighty fighters are hem-
iteoDle assembled. Cribble told the med in, and a party of 100 has gone
peojrte the danger. A call for toI- to the rescue.
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history. Communication with the
Flathead country Is off, but last re
ports said the conditions are hope
less. V;
. The Dltter. Root fires are going with
renewed' vigor. High .winds :ir
spreading. There are forest fires R :v
en miles south of Bozeman. Other
fires are in the western part. The?
cannot secure men to fight the flamea
Libby was reported surrounded by
fire. Governor Norrls, who was or
an Inspection trip with an army of en
glneers, left the party and started for
Libby, where It Ib believed he vf
take personal charge of the work.
Will Prosecute Squatters.
Washington Aug. 22. The forestry
service has telegraphed Forester Buck
at Medford today to use every effort
to arrest the men who set the fires in
southern Oregon, Buck replied, say
ing 23 detectives are already huntln
down the Incendiaries.
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SITUATION GROINS
DCAL F RE
WORSE AND MANY HOMESTEADS
ARE ALREADY COMPLETE LOSSES
be no relief. Rain the. only salva
tlon.
Happib Medical Springs Is in no
danger. More troops were asked for
late last week, but none were avail
able, and the commanders hr- "".ow
see the utter uselessnss of cv, g for
Kagles Fly to St Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. 22. Two thousand
odges, scattered throughout the t ni-
ted States, Canada and Mexico, art
epresented at the eleventh graud ae
rie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
vhich opened in St. Louis today.. In
Iditlon to the business sessions,
here will be a great parade, band
oncerts, drills and aoctal ' entertain
ments galore. There are now approx
imately over 575,000 Eagles, waking
he order one of the five largest fra
ternal organizations in the United
ftates.
Moose .Meet In Baltimore.
Baltimore, Aug. 22. With charac
tarlstic Maryland hospitality, Balti
more extended the glad hand of wel
come to the thousands of good felk.3
gathered together at the annual nat
lonal' convention of the Loyal Order
of Moose. "Merchants' week' which
always attracts thousands of south
ern business men and buyers, also
commenced today, and Baltimore
faces the busiest six days in Its his
tory.
The Loyal Order of Moose was or
ganized In Louisville In 1888, and is
especially strong in the South and
West. Lodges have recently been or
ganized in many eastern cities and t'.i;
convention here is expectd to give ad
ded impetus to the growth of the or
der along the Atlantic seaboard.
Without doubt the greatest sub
Ipt Ion campaign ever Inaugurated
,vy any newspapsr in Eastern Oregon
is now in progress in Union and Wal
lowa counties. This morning bright
and early, several solicitors employed
y the Observer, started on tneir
ouse-to-house calls, offering the Am
erican Weekly, the "greatest publica
tion Issued by Mr. Hearst, as a prem
ium to all who will subscribe and
pay in advance for th Evening Obser
ver. It Is the best opportunity to ob
tain high-grade reading matter along
with the news of the world the day It
happens, that has ever been given. ,
The Observer, true to its promise
baa Increased its telegraph service of
late, and today is offering the con
densed news. of the entire world cm?'
evening, alortg with local happenings
in La Grande, Union, and Wallowa
counties.- No one need but one paper
for the dally news, provided that pa
per Is the Observer. The American
but with this magnificent free offer
the management of the Observer ex
pects to cover at least 93 per cent
of the people in the, two counties who
want newspapers..
The advertiser cannot help seeing
tne immediate Denetit tins campaign -will
do for him, for the Observer's
force as an advertising medium is al
ready well established and the in
crease In circulation is bound to add .
that much more value to the columns,
which benefit will be reaped by the
man who has something to sell and
Is willing to advertlsms It. Afc,y
m ii v din uu t ' Jf ;
, It will be but a short time wtrvr..
the Observer Issues Its Annual Indus
trial Edition covering Eastern Oregoy
in general and the Grande Ronde val
ley in particular. This is one of tho
largest undertakings ever attempted
by a country dally In a city the size
of La Grande, and when It Is consider
ed In connection with the marvelous
Fraternities Convene.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Aug. 22. All
sections of the country have sent
more thfe week. Those already here, legations to the annual convention
will stay On the ground doing what
they can, but there is little work to
do. ufA
Ten thousand acres have been burn
ed In the t0 week's time that the fire
has been raging. Rain alone can stop
it.
Fl!(
iLoc.a vim: situation.
Fires breaking out daily In Wallowa
county. '
Conflagration at Medicul Springs
hopeless and beyond control.
.New fires breaking out ut head--waters
of Bock freek and Ladd Can
yon.
ions are cut off and it fs not known
.tow near the fire is to that belt of
timber.
John McAllister has a homestead
in tne Durneu-over region and or
course uid not experience personal
danger, for he Is making his home In
the valley. Mr. Kleese and others
lost their homes. '
The fire Is a considerable distance
south of the city and it was scarcely
possible to see the smoke from, the
big conflagration from La Grande.
This afternoon is is plainly visible.
The fire near the city, on the north
slope of the city's southern border
is diminishing in fieVeness, and will
likely burn itself out in a few days
Little effort Is being made to fight it
for there is no immediate danger to
settlers or homesteaders. .
Many homesteaders lose all their
property.
Fire near La Grande spreading this
afternoon, after upparent relaxation
this morning, and if wind changes.
-will threaten the city.
Large fire In Blue Mountains vis
Ible from Summenille.
Several smaller fires visible from
La (irande lu Northwesterly and Nest
crn directions. .
A dozen families have been forced
to flee from their homesteads south
of La Grande, and leaving much of
their personal property, have come to
this city for safety. They were driven
out by a fire suddenly springing up
at the headwaters of Rock Creek and
Ladd Creek. The latter stream Is the .
home of the Wilcox Lumber Com-
pany s holdings and Manager missel.' Medical Springs. Aug. 22. Special,
of this city. Is anticipating trouble. All the troops-In Oregon and the
As yet the company has lost noth-. Northwest for that matter, could not
lne but as the fire is spreading In i stay the mad progress of the forest
east irom
SO HOPE AT MEDICAL SPRINGS
Rain Only Salvation Men are of No
Use-In Struggle There.
opened today by the Associated Fra
ternities of America.
Weekly deals with entirely dlfferen' j subscription campaign now in prog-
subjects, and sticks Btrlctly to mat-1 ress, everyone i must admit that the Ob-
ters of a magazine nature, Including "server Is not sleeping, hut on the oth
fashions for the ladies, comics for the er hand Is trying to shape Itself into
children, farm hints, poultry raising the publication the management feels
and a hundred other things, besides La Grande Is entitled to.
the continued stories. The combina- Each week finds a new name on the
tlon is ideal for in the Observer you pay roll of this paper and the manu-
get the news that you want to read facturlng plant that turns out the Ob
and in the American Weekly you get ' server, with the Job printing plant lt
the matter that makes the long win-, connection, Is not to be overlooked, '
ter evenings pass quickly. when one is figuring up the smaller
Among the solicitors now at work j institutions that pay put a nfc bunch,
r.re Chalet fVster, L. Levy and J. of money each week to. men, and wo-
W. -Cranheitdi nil boing under the men who live In La Grande.- Ar-
. upu vbiloa o? II. P. Wall, who 13
flosely associated with WUHftm Run-
'olph Hearst in hts r.i.Viy publication
ventures. ' :
The idea for this campn'lsic.ls to
place the Observer !u every home in
the two counties. The list has been
rangements are being made for an
other shift on the" linotype machine,
which means another Important strida
in newspaper making,
When the solicitor pali upon .vriu, ,
bear in mind It la your chance to ob
tain a great bargain Jn reading matter
i
growing by leaps and bounds of late, for the winter months.
MORE IN WALLOWA COUNTY
More Fires Breaking Out In Wallovia
County Troops Refused.
Office of Wallowa Forest Ranger.
Wallowa, Aug. 22 Special. Forest
fires are breaking out In Wallowa
county daily. The rangers have lost
track of the exact number. At this
time, there are none that are especial
1y vlsclous and sufficient numbers of
men could cope with many of them
quite satisfactorily. In sharp con
trast to the Idaho fires no towns are
in danger, a dozen homesteaders or so
being all that have been threatened
with bodily harm from the blaze
These have moved to places of safety,
LOSSES FELT HERE.
Loral reople Have Friends In Fire
Zone at Wallace Conflgratlon.
J, 0. GILLIUN
IS ASSIGNED 10
LOCAL PULPIT
C. E
McLEOI) (JOES TO VALE ANU
II A LEY 1 S SUPERI N'TENDENT
Conference at Joseph Is Ended and
Preachers are In t lie City Today
piled Elgin, C. B. TruebliMidi' Enter-1
Miller); Haines and Rock Creek, (S.
M. Dressier); Harney circuit, to be
supplied; Huntington circuit, to be
supplied; Imbler, . W. E. Whltlock;
John Day circuit, 11. I, Hansen; Jos
eph, C. E. Deal; La Grande, J. D.
Gillilan; Long Creek, to be supplied;
Long Creek circuit, (J. M. Carson).
North Powder circuit, to be supplied;
Nyassa and Arcadia, to be supplied;
Ontario, J. W. Miller; Owyhee cir
cuit, to be supplied; Panhandle cir
cuit, (J. M. Johnson); Prairie City,
E. Deacon; Promise circuit, F, G. Pot
ter; Sumtnerville circuit, II. P. Peter
son; Union, W. A. Winters; Vale, H
E. McLeod; Wallowa, T Johns.
A message received here today from
Spokane says that W. M. Oliver and
daughter were in the Wallace fire.
Mrs. Tucker, a sister of Mrs. Fred
Johnson, lost all she owned In the
fire but escaped with her life. Mr.
Oliver left Wallace this morning for
Spokane.
FIRM IS CHANGED.
GEO. K0EI6ER
IS AT DEATH'S
DOOR TODAY
HIS HEATH MOMENTARILY
PECTED HERE.
EX.
Family Called to His Bedside Thl
Morning Sinking Rapidly. ,
Retiring District Superintendent J.
D. Gilllland has been assigned to the
La Grande charge-, to succeed C. E.
McLoed who goes to Vale. This is the
announcement made by Bishop C. W.
Smith last evening at the closing ses
sion of the annual conference. A third
district has been created and is known
as the Pocatello district.
TTanriori hv Tllshnn Smith, a dele&a
tion of about 100 ministers and lay-! wood Realty company and" assuming
Logan-Sherwood Realty Company His
solved Show House Involved.
Mutual agreement of dissolution of
a firm existing In this city until last
Saturday, has resulted In B. M. Sher
wood, the premier picture show man
withdrawing from the LOgan-Sher-
severa! directions and it is not unlike
ly that ths Wilcox people will, suffer
losses.
The Rock Creek shed is the home
of the Grande Ronde Lumber company
holdings, but telephone comnnmlca-
Interstate Chess Match.
delegates to the conference, returned
to La Grande this afternoon and are
spending the afternoon ere.
The appointments made last even
ing for the La Grande district, are as
follows:
La Grande- district G. G. Haley,
entire ownership and management m
the lsis theatre. The realty com
pany will now be composed of R. W.
Logan, and Howard A. Davis, who was
also a part owner of the lsis theatre;
Councilman George Kreiger, repre
senting, with W. J. Church, the third
ward of this city, is lingering at
death's door at Hot Lake this after
noon. His family was called, to his
bedside early this morning, and it U
but a matter of hours evidently, until
he will die.
. The councilman was practically giv
en up here several weeks ago. He had
bepn Buffering with Bright! diseasa
for a year or more, and last summer
, was thought to be dying, but recover
I ed, and was able to attend to his du
ties here as manager of the La Grands
; brick yard. His last attack was mora
' serious and he has been declining
Canada Rifle Shooting Tourney.
gs today.' The high j Rochester, N. Y.. Aug. 22. An inter- superintendent, of La Grande, Oregon. I Montreal, Aug. 22. .The tenth an-' constantly for Btvc-aPweoVs, recUf
r fairly swept the blazo- state chess match between New York , Allcel, II. S. Hamilton; Baker City.! nual tournament of the Dominion cf erating slightly at times, only to grow
fires, rapidly working
Medical Springs
trln1 i-Adtorlav fn
throueh the tinder-like forests, and If nnd Pennsylvania nlavers will be a i D. C. McColm: Broean Circuit, to be Canada Trap Shooting Association , weaker after the revltal. His death
all the population of Union county feature of the chess meeting opened supplied; Cove circuit, Henry Martin; ' commenced today on the grounds of j is momentarily expected thla after
were arrayed against It. tnere would nere tooay. Dayviiie and Mt Vernon, to be sup-, me .viomreai uun vuhh- "n. . i
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