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PAGE 2 LA GRASPS EVENING OBSERVER. , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1911. mil i its 10 FI FEW PRESENT TEAR TVONDERFUL PROTEMENT OTER 1910. IM- One Fatality as Against Mnety lain v lad Danger of Fire. ; Portland. Ore.. Sept. 5 With copi ous rains reported from all sections of western Oregon and Washington, and threatsned rain In Idaho, officials ! August have made fires f?w and unim of th; Western Forestry and Conger-! portant so far. the chisf danger now stlow association and government for- lying In that the vegetation stimulated has been equally fortunate in Idaho, bet is still maintaining its full force. HcaTy private. atat and federal pa trols in Washington have so far stop- Western Forestry & Conservation as-i soclation upon the basis of bulletins received simultaneously from all parts of the Pacific northwest, shows com paratively little serious damage np to date, but one life lost, and reassuring conditions In Montana, Idaho and east ern Washington. .. In western Wash ington and OTegon the situation is ex tremely dangerous and win remain so until rain falls. So far the increase of protective effort over that of previ ous years has been notably effective, but extreme dryness and the overtax ing of all forces to control numerous ; fires now being fought threaten serf- authorities agree that the pecent dry ous consequences la case of strong winds have brought danger that can wind or the srarting of new fires. i hardly be over estimated and that only . Ia Montana, frequent showers In to stop further slash burning with or without permit. The association emphasizes that while heavy expenditure and splendid ped with small damage the fires set In ; co-operation by all protective agencies green timber by lightning and camp- have so far prevented reptitlon of the ers. The greatest difficulty has been distress of 1910, conditions are rapitl with fires In slashings and old burns ly threatening to become beyond con which acquired headway almost ln-t t:ol and that every care by loggers, stantaneouslr and threatened adjoin-, settlers, campers and hunters U nec- Ing timber. : One in an old burn west of Mt St. HeUn and one near Pe Ell which burned approximately a section of timber, were the most serious Washlnsion fires in" August, but all essary to Insure, against great loss of life and property. estry agents today united In express ing tbe opinion that the forest fire season has en?d. A summary of the by these rains may be rendered in flamab? by early frost and dry weath er. In addition to the federal forces, SMITH LlESFORIiE this rigM, we thins, the stale still have. "The water powers are an Inex haustible source of wealth lo the var ious states and communities In which they are found and should be devel oped for the benefit of those districts. The oil which is . used largely by the railroads In the western country Is a decidedly exnausu Die natural re f source and so also will tbe coal sup ! ply one day run oat;, but water power 'will loot fnrevr n1 If nrnnerlv dd- . ...... ra . vmv m - , veloped U will supply electrical ener gy to operate the railroads, factories and mines of the west. situation indicates that the fires this over 200 wardens have been maintain ors have been of little consequence, coniparltively speaking, and that the Jona s have been small. ., Only one life was sacrificed this year to fire In the northwest as against HO, which was last year's toll. TV m1 number of fires were renorted Vet "owing to theapltendld patrol sys tems of the government and private Interests, the great majority were ex licjulsbed before much damage was done. Rain ended the remainder. Summary Is Encouraging. Portland, Sept 5 A summary of the forest fire situation at the beginning of September, issued .today . by the ed by the state and the timber own ers, but tlv?re has been almost no ne cess'ty of employing fire-fighting la bor. - . ", Idaho has had no bad Ares and weather conditions are so favorable that the timber cm n ers' associations, which have had heavy patrols " since May, are rapidly reducing their forces. The Coeur d'Alene district, which suf fered heavily In 1910. had about &0 SPOKANE MAX COMES IX FOR SHAItE OF BIG LEGACY. malls, entire wov VV IL XL ii . PAY MORE rr-' u EE in . PERMftflEHTLV DOI Ifi IILLIIl : 1 LQGATtD -7 DR. A. ZIMMERMAN, . Expert operator. , rAINLESS EXTRACTION rj-.In or extreme t;ar in the use of flrj can prJvent 5 serious losses Close watch Is t?ing kept for violations of the fire laws. - Oregon Is also enteriag the worst season, of the year. Fully 500 fires were reported In August. Toe worst Situation at present is In the Santiam and Clackamas reeions. where several Letter Courtship Proves Dissatisfac hundred men are still required to hold j lory to Spokane Woman. ? two or three bad fires which have ban v ' ' fought for weeks. Fires engaging ten ( Spokane. Wash.. Sept. 5. Charles H. to SO men ara numerous throughout Eccleston, a business man of Spo the western part of tbt? state, but up to ane. has received advices that his date are . falrW -well controlled and er, George Wv Eccleston, who died have done little" serious damage. Tbe a Longport, N: J., a month ago. sup forssf service' has about 300 men cn posedly, penniless, left property In Mi patrol and as many more working on hraska and other states valued at $1. flres. The state and timber owners 000,000. ; One third.of tha estate waa small fins this August, but they were 'have over 400 patrolmen and are still j bequeathed to the Spokane man, the handled so 'promptly that only one, increasing their forces. Carelessness rest being shared equally by Miss Bes which was Incendiary r was at all serf- with tlashings and by hunters U re-je Eccleston. who resides near North ous and this was practically confined ported the chief cause of fires and tbe Yakima, Wash., and Mrs.. Calire P. to an old slashing. The forest servr. ' state officials are waklnz every effort Plummer, founder of the Bide-a-Wee 1 , 1 1 1 . home at Longport. where the elder ..,..'...,.. ,m,.n.:,.u,. ... ,..,, , ,,,. ,.,,.,,..- """j Eccleston passed his last days. Ec cleston separated from his wife and children about 20 years ago and wan dered about over the United States and Canada,, until last fall when he made h's home with his son for several months and leaving as mysteriously as he came. Nothing was known of his whereabouts by, his children in this stats until the announcement was made of his death. The elder Eccles ton traveled thousands of miles on railroads all over' the continent with out paying a penny for transportation and was known among amon? his cro nies as "the millionaire tramp" and "the richest bum on the road." Spokane, Wash., Sept. 5. Mrs. Mar shall E. Ath-y, wio was formerly Mrs. Leah D Shane of Kansas City, Mo., a post graduate ct Cupids' correspond-1 ence school, ia ready to relinquish her di-gree after 16 days of married life. This Is evid -need by an action filed in j the Spokane county superior court, Mrs. Athey declaring in her complaint j that she Is utterly disappointed in her newest husband, for t reason that he did not furnish hsr with the lux uries of life. ' . Mrs. Shane came to Spokane cn An gust 14. accompanied by her 16 year eld daughter and was met by Athey and his 17 ji?ar. old daughter, follow ing a courtship by correspondence ex tending over a period of four or five months. . Mrs. Shane and Athey were married the same afternoon and liv.td together happily for a week, when the bride took an inventory of the com munity assets. Athey was a gocd pro vider for 4bi necessities of IK'e, she concluded, but not of the luxuries to which she was accustomed and suit for divorce followed. ' - The Two Rhinos. It transpired that on a hot and sul try day two Rblnos were approaching certain water bole by paths that Intersected, and aa they met one said to the other: ; 1 "You wait hero nnrtfl 1 have drank my filL" . "I shall do nothing of the kind," was the prompt reply. "If there is any waiting to be done, yon can do it" "But I was the original discoverer of tbe water hole." ' . i ' ... "I don't believe Itr , . . i . . "And the Rhino, that sayi 1 east drink first is going to have trouble op bis hands!" "Don't threaten me, old short less, for I won't stand for HH ,"; "And don't yon bristle np to met 1 have seen bluffers before!" "I tell you. I shall drink first!": ; "Not If I know myself r J Thereupon a fight ensued,' In which both were badly mauled. They .were tin at it when the Wild Ass came np from the water and said: ' "Peace, gentlemen peace. . 1 hove drained tbe hole to the last swallow!" - Moral. Greediness often ends in want . . XOESTDWEST FROSTIEIl msrinj. rf and ' , EASTERN OREGOl DISTRICT Fiife '';' at ' . ? PE5DLET0N SEPTEMBER Ilia to . t, ..- ., 16th. ; OXE AXD OXE-THIRD FAKE . ;;' ;" ";" 5 via the' ' OREGON-WASHIN G T O N RAILROAD & NAV IGATION CO. . ! Excursion fares on special dates, ask your nearest agent. LET TER BUCK! Bronco busting, steer roping, rid ing and racing wild horses. Indian war dances, cowboy and cowgirl races relay horse and pony raeB,' northwest horseback pistol shooting, etc. Wniv McMurray, i ' ' General Passenger Agt. Governor . Woodrow Wilson is to sj?ak at the Texas State Fair at the city of Dallas .next month. 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If nec I essary, In an effort to gain control ' for the states of the wBter powers .within their boundart?g. , - I u k, Armstrong, secretary of tne Spokane Mining Men's club who pre sented the plan at the last meeting of that organization, announced today j that the campaign will be launched In a short time with a view to bring ing the matter to the attention of the country. t "We believe that in trying to main-! tain control of the water powers of tbe western commonwealths, the govern-f ment is violating a specific provision of the constitution of the United States," he said. "Before tlw consti tution was signed the various states xealously guarded their own right to control all waters and water pow ers, which were not distinctly outside of the domain of any one state, and SIMON PURE and ''. V ' r- ' : i '' '' r y. '. A FRESH SHIPMENT OF PREMIUM HAMS and BACON We slice the bacon for you, also Dried Beef and Boiled Ham. Phone Main 43 r I