The Tribune Prints More Live Telegraph News than all Dailies in the State of Oregon South of Salem Combined The Weather Fair tonight; wnrmer south and east portions. Tuesday, probably fair; west erly winds. ItifledMI Paly OUtauie. UNITED PRESS DISPATCHES By far the largest and best news report of any paper iu Southern Oregon. No. 116. MED FORD, OREGON, .MONDAY, AUGUST 3. 1908. THIRD YEAR. ES IN FLAMES AT 170 LOSE FERNIE UY 1 t h r FOREST FIRE WIPES OUT S THERE A BRITISH COLUMBIA TOWNS m OFFICE ESTIMATED LOSS FOR ENTIRE BURNED AREA IS OVER S2600,I100 Supplies Are Being Rushed from Spokane and Canadian Points Great Response to Request for Assistances-Lumber Towns Cut Off Inhabitants Perish. PROMS' CAS E IS SET FOR NEXT OCTOBER VANCOUVER, 11. 0., August It, A spnnded to appeals for assistance. The special to the World from Pernio says relief committee of Spokane is swamped that various estimates are given of the i with contributions, which is only un less of life in the awful disaster ill the 1 other instance of the generosity of the Crow's ..est pass. Thomas Biggs, sec- ! American people in time of disaster, votary of the Pernio Miners' union,! A dispatch received late tllis morn- places the fatalities at lit! nnd the prop erty loss at $8,000,000. The towns of Hosmcr and Michel, for which great anxiety was felt Sunday, are saved. In Hosmer buildings were dynamited to stun the flames. The Elk company's lumber camp, No, !.', situated about five ISparwond are destroyed miles from Pernio, was surrounded by population of 1X00, mg says that not more man 10" are dead, 7.1 in Pernio and 2.1 in neighbor ing territory. The fire has swept an area of loo miles square. Keports received here say that the towns of Hosmer, Michel, Olson and Michel had a Attorney Golvig Is Back From Salem-Hear Case in OGtober Term Commissioner Bllton Says He Does Not Know It' He Is in Office at the Present Time or Not FIVE CONTRACTORS HERE TO BID UPON PIPELINE AGENTHERE? destruction A Kin MIATIJ IN HI1U ULHIII 111 H CLOUDBURST An Electric Storm Breaks Guarded With Secrecy the The hearing of the appeal from the opinion of Circuit Judge II. K. Hannn ill the matter of J. C. Hall vs. George V. Dunn ot al.ll, a petition for an in junction to enjoin the county court from declaring prohibition within the corpo rate limits of the city of Med ford; has been set on the calendar of the supreme court for October 7, according to Attor ney t'olvig, who relumed Sunday from Salem, where he went in the interests of the Anti Saloon league. Attorney Colvig states that it was impossible to have the hearing put on nleniiar for the present session oi ('onnnuiiicutinn hasm,,. court, ns much busiucss is ahead of fire oml all roads of escape were cur off. Sixty men and four women were in the camp. They have undoubtedly burned to death. Not a single person escaped. Food for Sufferers. In Pernio the Western Canadian vVholcsnlo House, occupying the con crele building which was saved from the flames, has stored within its walls some $110,000 worth orf groceries nnd provisions, which proved to be u great lilcssing to the community, and the wholesale house has been transformed into a retail grocery store anil groceries are being delivered to all parties who are entitled to them. Hundreds are sleeping in the open. without blankllets or covering of any sort, ltclicf committees have been or ganized nnd food is being supplied to nil. been completely interrupted anil It is difficult to obtain definite figures, but it is known that the loss to life and property is appalling. SIGHTLESS EXCEPT WHEN LYING- DOWN Flames Still Roaring. WINNIPEG, Man., August I!. Tte norts received over railroad wires from points nearest the great Crow's Nest valley fire today iiulicate mat ine flames are still roaring over the conn irv. and the evtent of damage will probably be greater thaa was expected. It is estimated here that the full amount of the loss in the whole burned ar"ii will be about $25,000,0110. The loss of life is variously estimated from 400 to 740. The suffering and destitution is horrible. Hundreds are without food or shelter and many are said to have been cut off from points of aid. Flans for Belief. Acting Mayor Harvey culled a meet ing of the board of control tllis morn? ing, and already plans for relief are being made nnd subscriptions are roll ing ill. liepurts from all the cities in this section sny that relief funds nre being raised and that subscriptions are coming in rapidly. The countrv wus thicklv settled by campers nnd lumbermen, with their wives and families. These people, liv Ini in outlving sections, were cut off by the swift moving wall of fire, and there is practically no nope tii.'ii nicy 8lir ived. NPI.SllN. P.. '-. August 3 A thou sand refugees, the overflow from Cran- brnok. lirrived here tins morula. .Most of them lire destitute' and although sup plies are being rushed into the stricken country from evi ry arnuanie point there is great difficulty iu getting pro visions within the zone destroyed by the fire. All large Ciimidinn cities hnv wired monev. but nrovisions. nut cash is what is most urgently needed. Special Car With Food. SPOKANE. Wash.. August X lni. k relief in the foim of bread, bolter and other provisions and clothing is being given the destitute people of Pernio. A special car of supplies sent yester day from Spokane was follow.sl to.lov by a shipment of 3000 loaves of bread. The mnyor and members of the cham ber of commerce have instantlv re- NEW YOliK. August :t. On a cot in the Manhattan eye, ear and throat hos pital is a patient suffering from an extraordinary form of blindness. He is a young man and in all other re spects is not only healthy and vigor tins, but a traineu ainieie. ,unc iM- is standing or sitting in an upright po sition he is almost totally blind, but; while lying down he sees objects dis tinctly nnd with his normal visual pow ers. That he been his strange condition for about six months and for that period lie has remained for the most of the lime ill a recumbent position. Tllis patient, whose name the hospital phy j sicians decline to reveal, was a mem ber last winter of n well known bas ketball taem. Ill the course of one of the match games the ball struck him sharply in the eye, causing a' brief sus pension of play, but the blow seemed neilher serious nor painful. The voung athlete made light of his mishap, and for a time appeared to suffer no ill effects. Later his eye sight begiin to trouble him and wen this peculiar condition ilevelopeil, 'srnioii made hull sightless except w lien town. it. Then Attorney It. O. Smith tor the petitioner has 20 days as yet to file h,s brief ill the matter. The hearing of tllis appeal will be one, of the first matters to have the attention of the supreme court when it convenes for the October term. It has been placed for October 7. ahead of many civil cases, where the interest is not so great. Has Medford a Hailed Stales land commissioner .' A. S. Bliton stated tllis morning that he does not know. Ho stilted, however, tout his resignation had been tendered to take effect immediately. It is re ported on good authority that it has been accepted. In the meantime Mr. Hliton continues to hold down the desk. Por. some time it has been known that Commissioner Illiton has been Ihiuking of resigning. This morning e was asked: "Has vour resigiial ion been accept 1" "I am sure I do not know whether 1 mil I'uited Stales laud commissioner or not at the present time." "'Ihcil your resignation has been ten red?" " Yes, to take I'l'fect immediately or as soon as mv successor lias lieeu named. 'Who is to be your successor" 'I do not know. ' ' BRYAN CAMPAIGN OPENS WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM Over Nevada-Five Lose Lives in Deluge FRISCO TO MEDFORD THREE DAYS BY AUTO lying Medford Team Loses. Aa aggregation of nllege.l ball play PORTLAND. Or., August :i. Enthii siasin prevailed throughout the Bryan f. ,.! Ki.rn ratification meeting at the Halter thealear Saturday night. Not tin enthusiasm of the ephemeral kind, but enthusiasm that showed the deep-rooted sentiment of the speakers and crowd in the issues that are at stake iu the coming cmnpaigii. At no time inn ine large crowd that filled nearly every seat in the tl ter show signs of impatience or a desire to leave before they had heard the last speaker elucidate the principles that both parties have em bodied ill their platforms. There was cheering and hand clap ping, but far more impressive than ither of these was the conviction ex pressed mid felt by those attending the meeting. Hrynn s name was cneereu, the speakers were cheered, but the most heering was heard when Senator .lonii M. (ieiirin scathingly denounced the pol icv of delay and evasion of the repub lican party' in the last 12 years, the as similation of democratic doctrines by KENO. Nov., August II. A terrific electric storm Hint broke over Washoe county last night has left death and destruction in its wuke, and efforts arc being made to cominuniento with si.veral portions of t ho country which have b cut off from nil coniniiinicn tion with lieuii. The exact daiungo is not nscerlainable here, but it is known that at least five iieoplu were kill Several more are reported missing. In I bur vallev the water came down iu a torrent. A cloudburst let the rain down from the heavens ns though it hud been poured through a slil in the clouds. Miss Etta Pixley, a ilaiigllier of Tom Pixley, owner of a big logging n , iu Dog vallev, was killed almost iustuutlv bv the rush of the waler Her boiiv was found at the bottom of a gulch. With her was u young lady whose name has not yet been learned. Her bodv was locked up a few feet from Miss Pixloy's body. Miss Pixloy was in school teacher and was returning from 'school when the flood overlook her nni her companion. ; A while man employed at the camp and two Chinese cooks were swept away lies have not t been r iveil1 A. O. Allen and family have returned from on uiitoinobile excursion to San Prancisco and return. Colonel L. O. Allen, father of Mr. Allen, who has just retired from the nrinv. and L. C. j All Ir., brother of A.' C. Allen, re ' """ 1 !""'' ",r " ,IS" !" i,v the flood and their I .M.uior.i. .wr. .Mien ...... ine r v.,,-,,1 trom San I- ranciscvo in three anil a nail days u-ill I trying to hurry. Very hot weather was encountered iu the .Sacriimeiito valley, where the thermom eter registered 111 Hi the slinlr. At Ked liluff it stood His ib-gi s in the hotel nil night, so Hint the compara tively cool weather of Medford is prov ing a refreshing change. i TWELVE MILES OF SURVEY I FOR ILLINOIS VALLEY LINE TANGLEFOOT AND PLAGUE FOR ORAS8HOPPERS Hon. I!. G. Smi a novel wnv of dealing with the grass hopper plague, which is worse in south ern Oregon this season than for many years. He ussetts that grasshoppers climb up the tree and nilvi-es all or i-harilisls In secure some of the sticky tanglefoot., preparation which makes such fine flypaper, nod paint the bark of the tree so that the hopper will stick fast and cannot git past the prepared ARRIMAN ON HIS WAY TO OREGON Magnate and Party Pro ceeding to Pelican Bay- TO APPLEGATE Inspect Source of Supply in Latest Proposal-Contractors Ascertain Cost CHICAGO, August 3. Guarded with tho utmost secrecy the Hnrriman special is lying today lit EvniiBtou. Officials of the llarriinaii and Gould lines have been ci von orders not to give out liny infortunium as to tho movements or ine special train which bears the great rail nnd nuignute nun lus party. Edward II. llariiiiian remained in the train all nlgllt. so as 10 hvoiii iiuer viewers. He was driven lo the general heaibpiarters of the 1 In rrimli n lines this morning and held tl long conference ith Traffic Manager .1. c. siuiuis iinu lulius Knillschnitt, superintendent or maintenance lor all tho llarrimun rouus, Nolhim' could bo learned ol the out come of tho conference today. This is not tl business trip," said llarriinan, "but a vacation, I going to in V much in Oregon and nlong the I'll fie. where I have large interests.' This in nil the mil wnv magnate would sav. YOUNG WOMAN WANDERS ABOUT GRANTS PASS I COMMITTEE MAKES VISIT the republican administration inul i t J Mtrip, er, from Merit 'Hi wont to OoM Mill Snmlnv :mri, with tin- aid of the um pire mm! n dozen or so enstly orrnrs on their own part, lost the game ny a score of s to i. The Merit'onl hoys pot. oft' wrong to start with, ami allowed their opponents to score three time in the first two siiasm. Fro mthnt time on there was nothing doing until the sixth, when two more talri Miller dent"! the rubber. Merit'onl scored once in the nth nml tthnnlri have hnri two, hnt "his amps" ealled Rudy Scholtz out at the plate, when he w:m safe hv a mile. Two more enme in in the eighth, and three in the ninth, hut meantime the Cold Hill-Central Point-Coos Bay hnri made three more. There whs o whole lot of fun and some noise about the game, however, and the spectators got their money's worth. Bog Telfer distinguished himself hv taking every thing that enme In way, and the di m in ut tve Medford serond baseman. Pchulta, wan there with the good at i'erv stage of the game. The? seore: n. h. k. Medford a dotd Hiii : : punitive eftorts to compel a corporation congress to enarT laws in w -n-?i of the people whteh the nlminis!nttinn had stolen from the democrats. Braden Mine Closed. The Itrarie ine. near (iolri Hill, he- ing oM-rateri by .1. W. Op. elowri down for an indefinite eriori Tuesriay. This mine has operated for the past 11 years and has always been a good uiveHtiiwnt gr the owners, and the reu sain for closing down is not known. Iiolri Hill News. In addition, a most effective treat nient, states Mr. Smith, is that provided by the department of agrienlt lire, which on demand sends otit a riearily bacteria that produces a contagious fatal dis ease among the pests. It is only nee essary to dip a few hoppers iu an at' fee ted solution, ami they will spread the disease among theirr datives nnd the plague spreads nmotiy them and works an effective extermination. lOnirineer Collins, in charge of the pro nosed new electric line to the Illinois vallev. has ben about as busy this w 'as a bumblebee in red elnver. My tin , use of an automobile nnd a party of so ri'fVfil'H he finished' the preliminary sorvevs as lar ns wiitiervuie aooiii m middle of the week and is now w along with the work of r iug levi rf (irants Pass tins ilt ,,it H npli tic us lie is nc tive anil assures us inai neiiim won, will be begun upon its construction in September, says the Pacific. Outlook. We are mindful of the fact that nam erons inilroad projects have loomed up on our hnri.oii in the past, and all have evaporated while in the preliminary slages. In case of the lale lamented Medford 4 Crater Lake road a stretch of the line was actually laid before it was abandoned. All of these events I I to make the public anything but sanguine over nay new project. Hut ill the present iustlllire it will be noted that Mr. Collins has not sprung any stoek-iobbing schiine. He asks noth ing from the city or county, but assures 'us that the syndicate to be orgnnized , will have ample capital to carry the project through to completion. Let us indulge in hope once more. I'liore are In the city at tin) presont time five contractors who nro already at work figuring on the specifications prepared by Kngineer Roberts for the pipelinn for a gravity water supply from the fork ot 1.11110 nuiiu crc-n. u. Wasson canyon. Theso contractors have coiuo from various parts o tho Pacific coast and moro -nro expected ana nrn , arriving by every train. At tho present time l.on Angeles, Sail I rnncisco, in coma, Portland and Seattle urn ropro scntod, Tho specifications wore completed yesterday and this morning the con tructors took them and began going over the ground to be crossed by tho lino in order to have their bids ready to submit to the water committee on next Thursday evening. Tho bids may be tendered until tl p. 111. August 6. Inspoct Applognta Water. The wilier committee, together with their engineer, visited tho Applegate country Sunday in order to look over the proposition mado to tho council by Prod .T. Illakcley, returning to this city Sunday evening. Iu regnrd to tho prop osition Chief Kngineer liobertH said: "The water offered for B11I0 by trod .1. Illakcley comes from tho oust fork of the Little Applegate. The carrying ciipaeily of the ditch is about 4oi") mill its' inches, although the flumes will carry slightly less. The ditch is about 21 miles in length from intake to res orvoir at tho Sterling mine. One of the tentative propositions inude to Iho water ooinmittoo was to construct a tunnel about ono mile in length to reduce tho length of tho ditch by about P! miles, and increase tho elo cution ut the mine about 200 feet. "Prom the Sterling mine tu Medford it is thought tho distance by pipeline would be about nine and one half miles, involving a short tunnel nbout throe eighths of n mile in length. Dotalled Survey Needed. "Some of the physical difficulties to bo encountered in this direction are so uncertain us to require a detailed survey to uscerlniii the relative merits llranls Pass has been much worked up by the strange disappearance of n JO year old girl oil Saturday morning, who was registered at tho Western ho tel. The young lady was found tllis morning coming back to the city of her own volition after searching parties had been in the hills looking for her for hours. The young woman is said to have become mentally iinbulnnced. On last Priduy Miss Anna Hansel, left her home on IXer creek to visit her sister in Portland. She arrived in (Irants Pass Saturday and registered at the Western hotel. She Mysteriously lisuppenrerd lute Saturday afternoon, leaving her trunk anil ft purse continu ing lil in her room. Parlies at once began to senrch for her, nnd on Sun day morning her rather, .tlicon Hanson, was summoned to join in tho search. II .1.... Q..n.lnv und 3 A 1 1 II I LMII nilllirouV. H o 11 . uuuuur - ....un Sunday night tho search was continued inpj,,, construction of a tunnel ono without svnu, 1 nun "OHM"!. .1""' lnje j,, lonjjti, would primarily require as preparation were being made to drag' a ypar., tilnl,. the river. Miss llansett appeared on the j ii-pim comparative cost of a system scene. She was lost ill the hills in ' nll11,i,,, frm tho Sterling Mining com the neighborhood of Jerome prairie, j pjmy rights, would probably be nbout Her father has her in charge nt the ". ,, n. siinger ranch . The pn sent I line. STABILITY OF BANKS IN OLD JACKSONVILLE Olrl Bitten by Dog. eolge Noble of Sams Voile; COSH ARRESTED ON A ! committee has not as yet taken dofl- nile action." .1. STATUTORY CHARGE RRYAN BECOMES MEMBER OF TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION MARRIED. I VAPGHN' WISKMAN la Point on .In v- '-'0. by l.'ev. H. Prank Vaughn and Ktl man. Central A. Bristol, Mav Wise- I i iriileriog the fact that this ipiietest month of tin- year in th Professor John Xorling, fhn well known musician, is ntending the nnnual encampmi iit of tin- Oregon and Wash lUi'ton fate militia at Medical Lake, lie is acting in the capacity of bugler with Ashland's company. f Probate. Kstate D. 1'olk Mathews; order made continuing hivring en petition to sell real property. Arthur lirown and P.. C Crater fished near Wnodville Son. lav. Gold Hill wone a bae ball game from Medford Sunday by n score of s lo H. . ne game wns playis! nt Gold Hdl. George S'eale, who has a patch n. ai Central Point, says Hint the hot weath er is injuring the melons very hub He will have some in market soon. is the bank ing business our banks have more than held their own with deposits, G. I.. Davis of the Hank of .Ineksoiiville said that on the date of making the bank statement lie- deposits were smaller than they have ever been before. Th next dnv the dc'4oitn jumped from 11. mm to II. 1 1' t lie showing in the iiext six months equals that of the past 'six months which is quite probable our I iii.titutions will show an 111 equal t" that of any bank iu ale. The P.e. km:in Hanking house one of the oldest III the Stale. piUU ISIies j,, first .lalemeel meter I he lo w in this i f the Post. The stability of our banks is not questioned 111 the least, and are conducted nh.nu conser value and business lines. brought his little daughter Georgia to the Gold Hill hospital Wednesday afternoon of this Week to have II wound on her face treated ant isept leal ly. Tho little girl was bitten by n savage dog. but it is hoped the dog was not mad. The wound was inflicted on the left cheek and is ery painful. News. 11. M. l oss was arrested on last Snt unlay evening on a statutory charge. Ho was taken to Jacksonville, where ti inlplnint was filed in the justice court, and Inter released on a "ml bond, which was prepared and nrranged for by Mrs. Cobs. Preliminary hearing is being held this afternoon iu .lack villi-. Tl oii.plainiial is Clara Slaggs. 11 llvcnrold girl, formerly employed as a domestic iu the Cobs family. limine? crease the sta Jacksonville's Building Boom. Jacksonville is oil tin- verge ol li bttil'ling boom which proinisis to I f mall proportions. Mrs. M. M. Tai lor has started on her new reside! M t four new residei s will go up nil l.llllgren 's addition to Hie I'llV this iner. Stella Levy has just finished a nice riHi.1.1 near nn mi'"' j Post. P. A. Hicks. Charles Carney and It. i.l Colder left Sunday for a week's looting, on K1U creek. Horticultural Society Meets. The Itogiie Itiver Horticultural socle V met on Saturday nnernoon at the LINCOLN. Neb.. August :!. William ,1. Hrynn is a member of the Lincoln typographical union, having today been voted an horonnry member by tho print ers here yesterday. There was some opposition when Bry hh's name was suggested on tho ground that his adoption by tho union might 11 nslrued as a political move. rooms not. T. K. Potteiig. r, with n party of ten. re camped at the Indinn Springs. ir. w V. Johnson has returned from f the Comlnercinl dull, lint did , ., ... .....nil,, j Seattle. She a great deal in the way of bnsi j Improved in health. John Rogers, noted throughout tue west ns a builder of rnilroads, nnd who wns Corbin's right hand man ill build ing the Spnkane-Internntioiial railroad, is in this city nnd lias decided to To- iinftin. Mr. Roger tins tor some iimo 1 been looking for a suitable location for He has retired from ciwe iiess, as iiian.v of llie memowrs wen- .on of the city. A small amount of routine 1, .i!.. ens dns disoosid of and a few i minor discussions were held. li. G. Karnes left for Colestin Mon .In v to join his family. .1. A. Whitman nnd Francis Mien I a home, piftied through Medford Sunday. 1 engineering work. O . Q