MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORKOON. Fix I DA V, NF.PTFMliKR 2:, 1!MK
FORMER GREAT
"FOREST FIRES
History of the Destructive
forest Fires in United
States-Thls Year Worst
FUND SET APART
FOB TITLE LAKB
'Kfcs w tiki work tt aa aUiasa
Wfck BT' fcus4 arar ui Jsatrosd
kaattoaal of Iknudi of mih f Ha
T prirty to tka t1iu of nil
sVns Ik t lKa ataM faaaila ta sain
tly after gnat tsraat Dm waia kara
alfaSMS kiatorte iapsrtauiaa.
Vm af tk ivllHl tkaaa wu ika
AM IWraaltki fba at 1M4V It- bag
i1 graattaat dssmatiea aboet 1 o 'aleak
' & tlMruiii of Oatobar 7 of that
7ot at plaM akoitt W mllea abore
MM ton ef Jfoweeetlf ou the Mirami
aV rtTT, i Siw Jnutawlek. Before
1 a 'aleak at utgkt it waa 80 milee be
low Jfeweaetle. Ia alaa aonre it had
mrttojai a Wit at forest SO miles
toig and 2S-aallea wlda.' Orer more
t-Bas two aad eae-kelf milllaa aerea, al
matt rrtrj ttriag thing waa killed,
srfaa tka fiah ware afterwarde found
daad ia keaps ou the fiver baake. Fire
aSuulrad aad ninety bulidisga ware
burned, and a number of towns, includ-
Newcastle, Ckntham and Douglas
town, were destroyed. One hundred
and siity peraone perished, and nearly
1009 kead of atoek. The losa from the
Itirsaataki fire ia estimated at au(i,
MO, net taelnding It-J raue of the tim
ber. in the majority of euok forest fires
as this the deetruetion of the timber is
a more serious loss, by tar, than that
of tk4 "eattle and buildings, for it car
ries with it tke imporeriakinent of a
whole region for tens or eren hundreds
af years aftarwarda. The lose of the:
slompage Talue of the timber nt the
time of the fire ia but a small pnrt of
the damage ta the neighborhood. The
wages that would have boen earned iu
lumbering, added to the value of the
nroduoe that would have been purchas
ed to supply the lumber camps, and the
Faxes that would have been devoted
' fo reads and other public Improvements,
furnish a much truer measure of how
Adah, aooner or later, it costs a region
wn Its fo rests are destroyed by fire.
' The Penh ti go Fire.
. She Feehtigo fire of October, 1871
waa still more aovere than the Miratni-
eut. lb- coverod an area of more than
2900 eqnare mllea in Wisconsin, and
involved -a loss in timber and other
))foperty of many millions of dollars.
Between 1800 and 1500 persons perish-ad,-
inoludiog. nearly half the popula
tion of resbtigo, at that time a town
af SUCH) inhabitants. Other fires of
about the same time were most destruc-
ilea wide and Saibcmfwvpjpujpuup
live in Michigan. A atrip about 40
iai)ea wide and 180 miles long, exteml
ing) across the central pnrt of the state,
JroBi Lake kfiohigau to Lake Huron,
waa d areata tied. The estimated loss in
timber waa about 4.000,000,000 fect
heard treasure, and in money over $10,
8M;000. Several htinrtred persons per
ished. Tl tka early part ef September, 1M1.
(rant fires covered more than 1800
square mllea in various parte of Mich
ifaul. The estimated loss in property,
ik Addition to many hundred thousand
aerea of valuable timber, waa more than
$.,800,000. Over 6090 persona were made
Jeatihite ad the number of lives lost
it variously estimated at froat ISO to
.-
Daarructiva Firs.
Tke west- destructive fire ef inure
reaeat years wsa that whteh started
leaf Rinekley, Minn., September 1,
1IM. While the area burned over wss
leaf than in eoma other great fires, the
leas af life and property was very
kaitvy. Hinckley and six other towns
were destroyed, about S00 lives wers
1mA, snore thaa 8000 persona were left
iaasilaae aad the estimated losa in prop
erty of various kinds was $(,000,000;
araacpt for she heroic cenduot of Income
tire engineer tad other railroad men
tka loss of Ufa would have been tstieh
.aaiaatar.
-This fir was all Ik mora deplora
ble bealiree it. was wholly nssecesaary.
Pot stany dayt tiefore tka high wind
iaae sad drov u into uncontrollable
fury, it was bnrainj slowly oios to the
Mara of HtnnVley, aai could have aa
jut' net.
KLAMATH KALL8, g.pt. 25, The
Interior Pepartutiut has appropriated
th niony to ha used next year iu the
further uouttuvtion of th eUaiuaitk re
clamation project, and as a part of the
appropriation, is a sum for wareful ia
restigutiou of the mysterious under
ground outUt to Tula Lake, that Las
aroused such great intarevt among the
people of that satitiou.
No official announcement of the ap
propriation has been uiud, but mem
bers of the VTater I'st-rs association
who have been in conference with 0u
prising fjngiuer U. 0. hUuary and hi,
U. Hopsou, make. public the iuuutiou
of th Govsrnment to flud out whether
enlarging the present opening down
whieh the water is now rushoing will
aid in the draining of Tule Lake, wkich
is part of the plaa ef the Klamath pre-
jwt.
Th old emigrant road whieh sk1rtd
tk lak ytar ago, i now far u into
th water, indicating a railing of tk
watr, supposed to be eaused by tke eleg
ging of an underground outlet, aad it is
the firm belief of many old settlers that
if this opening eould b eleard, many
aarw surrounding th lak aonld be re
claimed, and in time tk wkele lak
could b drained.
SXAT MAN
UP FOB
OWINO HIM MONST
INDIAN IS KILT)
WITKOWT BOWDS
rixtm arnmnts xsvste
bans or vomm&imvTtnn
H.ffVi, TTssk., Sept. S4.-As spe
aial palie offtaers ware surrounding,
nrssaraiorv'to making a desrent upon
at old cabin' lest- night- on 'the tide
Cats, atd' supposed to. he oceupied by
fSusterfaitari, flames sudJenl buret
fart frem the eheeV sad destroyed the
building and oenienta. No oae came nut,
knt when the omers were watching
tka blSKe Oeorge Pearson, kaewn as a
snspioious charaeter and whose pisture
adems the rogue's gallery, appeared
a4 wss srrested. Several metal bsr
wr found oa his person when wss
saarekM at police headquarters.
EL A MATH FALLS), Spt. WU
liam Barclay, . the ' half-breed Indian;
charged with th murder of Sid. O.
Jncobs of Alturas. on ths Klamath In
dian reservation, August 20, was
brought from Alturns to th stats lino
by th sheriff of Modo county and
turned over to United States Marshal
W. B. Griffiths, who came here from
Portland to receive the. prisoner.
Barclay, was brought before fTnitotl
States Commisiouer Alex. Martin, Jr.,
for preliminary hearing. He waived ex
amination and was committed to the
custody of the Marshal without bail, to
nppenr before the Fdeeral graad jury
at Portland.
Muny Inditing were iu town, ou ac
eount of the case, among them "Littlo
John," Bin-clay's old uncle, who knew
of the crime and coufessed, resulting in
the finding of the body of Jacobs. Ho
will be called to Portland later its the
pjriucipal witness. '
It is stated hero thnt Jacobs, the mur
dered imui, cuuie to the reservation, to
buy cuttle, but was really enguged in
liquor traffic with tho Indians. ' This
will appear in-tlie trial.
ONB MAN DBAD
SECOND MAY DIB
, MONTAGUE, Sept. 25. A sad asei
dent rcsultiug in the douth of one and
probably of two men, occurred Monday
at Kegtf, near Mount Hebron, on .the
California Northeustern Kailroad, which
connects at Weed and runs to Calor,
just across the Oregon line.
The railroad compnny'a employes, uu
der Fo. email A. D. Smith, wore blastiug
a well, and upon putting a charge of
giant powdiu and it failing to' explode
one of the men went to the bottom to
nsccrtuin the cause,- where, the action
of the fumes overpowered him. A
nother man went down and met the
same fnte. The foremnn then want
down and wns drawn up inscnsihlo.
By this time the posionous gss wns
exhausted and the men were brought
up. One died yesterday morning at the
Weed hospital. Foremnn A. D. Smith
is in a serious condition. Tho name of
the dead man is unknown at the hoi
pitnl. The third man recovered before
reaching the hospital.
MAHYHVlLLa:, Lai., ept. A
fruit uiekar named Fred Cairu w'as
found oa the south bank, of the Tuba 1
riyr yesterday e.vntng in a badly bvat
au and nueonswious uonditiou from th
effects of a trouusiut; he received at
the buds of a fellow workman named
h'd . Smith. Tbr is a difference of
opinion aa to whthr Cairn deserved
the tratuia h rrivd at the hands
of mith.
It appears that t'airu borrowed $'
from Smith while they were employed
on the tteorge Wappl plao iu Sutter
ouaty. Tstrday was payday, and
when Cairu sought to collect his woee
appi mionnta him that he had prom
ised Smith he would hold out the 17.
Cairn told Wapple that they had adjust
ed that matter between themselves and
Wapple then paid him in full.
Ou learning of .the deception played
by Cairn, Smith hunted him up und
p.ve aim tk beating. Tiny first met
oa ths Maryavllle aide of the river
aad feagkt roaad one, Cairn still re
fusing produe th money. . At the
latter s naggeetioa they rossed th
river, aad there Calm was reduced to
iaseailbUlty, Smith then getting the
l with ease.
$3000 Cash
Balance in ,-, o, 4 ;
iiid .") years ai ti rr rent
will lniv
inti'i'cst,
240 Acres
of fine Orchard Land, into mile from railroad station
and shippim"- point. Price .."0 per acre. Nearly all
cleaved ; mostly level. A good trad to subdivide.
J. C Brown
OFJ-'JCIO.-.PAL.M HUILIUXC. ri'STAl kS.
Southern Oregon District
and Roue River Valley Fruit
1
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m M II HI
Prepaid BaUroad Orders.
'Something -which is of couaiderable
istarest to ths public Generally aad
which -is peThaps not ganerally.fknown
is the system of prepaid orders now in
offset between stations of th Southern
Pacific company and all points in tho
United states. By means of this svstem
tickets may be purchassd at Medford
from any place in the United States and
mailed or telegraphed diroct to tho
party wishing to coma bore. Sleeper
accommodations and small amounts of
ensh in connection with those tickets
may also he forwarded at ' the uamo
time." tf
taWksaatestaVsUbsam T.-JtlW
Toque Point Oysters
'Tin.' Kinerifk Cut'' link now the exohi
xive iit-Tii'v for t lie Tuque Point Ort
lets. Tlusi' ;iiv iii'knu.vl.MkjtfJ to b
tin' Ih'sI. (live tliiMti u trial.
The Emerick Cafe
"3ntructor of "Piano. lLlit M2ctbo6
S tueto alpilcn. Mcrtb J Strscl
Beduted Bates ta Idvsstook Show.
The Pacific National Fair and Lico-
stok shew will b hld ia Portland
SepUmbar Slst to September. . 86th.
Bound trip tickets will be sold at a
fare and a third for this event,' tickets
being on sale September 31; good to
return until September 7. Further par'
titulars at tka depot. let
Medford Tribune, 60e per month.
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Oultur and 8 it of Singing. -
Studio at Rtdne.-
Bast Medford.. ....... Phose 8 J.
NIW POWEB LINE IS
PLACED IN OPBBATION
KBNNETT, Cal., Sept. E5,The nei
power line of the Northern California
Power company, directly from the Volts
power plant, to Keunett, a distance of
forty miles, is in full operation today,
the current being turned on for the
first time yesterday afternoon at 4 o'
clock. line of this company to this point, in
dicating the supremacy of- Kennott in
the eyes of the compauy as s distribut
ing centor.
Tho new line will have a carrying
capacity of "0,000 volts, instead or
20,000, as is the case in the two previous
lines the one originating at the fularc
plant, the other at the Volta plant. The
new line, however, will not be charged
with the (10,000 volt load unil the com
pletion of the oew tOOO-horsf .'power
unit at Volta in Oetnbor. By that time
the three big now transformers, weigh.
Inn IT tons apiece, will also be in posi
tion to handle the service st ths -new
enbstatinn being built at Kenntt. .
MICHIGAN LUMBERMEN -
INVEST IN VANCOUVER
BEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
,1.8. Bnysea to Id H. Tryor. lot
12, bleak 40, Medford
frrj Knotts to J. I.. Williams,
lot 9, section 27, township 3d.
reage 3 W
Abel D. H'liraa to Hilton Berry,
at sL, tot I, bleak fi, Ashlaad
t. J. Betas to Thome J. William
set. teas' is township ST. ran
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VW OSBM.
E. V. Carter vs. JVos
aaj fct Ur sst f.
WrkMfi-kar.
cuv; ap
U Sal aaa a,
VANCOUVER, B.'O., Sept. .-v7.
B. White, a niilliouaire sawmill owner
of Boyne Oity, M'ieh., head of the firm
of White brothors, announced today
that on behalf of that company and
Chicago capitalists he had .iust complet
ed the investment of !,noo,000 in tim
ber property onu .Vancnuraf Island, On'
tract purchased is estimated to con
tain S. ono.000,000 (,,t timber. For
this, approximately l,ii00,noo was paid
by the easternors. It is the intention
of the owners of .the timber, according
to the statement of Mr. White, to erect
a sawmill as large as any in the world.
LOCAL MARKET.
The fololwing quotations are an im
partial report of ths prices paid by Med
ord dealers
Wheat 85e per bushel.
Flour 12.75 per cwt. -Whole-
barley M per. ton.
Hay per ton.
Alfalfa 10 par ton.
New potatoes 4 K2o per swt.
Batter 40e per roll.
Lsrd 10c per pound.
Bean-5e per pound.
EggsJZWe per dwen.
Sugar $8.60 per cwt.
Tnrkeys 13e per ponsd.
Hams I2e per pound.
Shonldsrs 10c par pound.
Hogs 4V4e ts it pr ptund.
CatQ 1 t m par pauad.
Closing Out
Sale I
my time exclusively to watch
in' which deiiartiuents niv litis-
ln order to tlevote
and jewelrv repairiiu
iness lias increased TOO percent in the past 12 nmnths,
I will sacvitice inv lariif stock id . Jewelry at cost
Unparalleled Opportunity
tfr get fint" Watches, ('harms. Vuha. Si:
"Clocks at low prices.
niel ltiiiir anil
. Wkil tk battleship fleet is traveling
around ths globe on its mission of peace,
we srs busy is Medford on our mission
of sapplyiag.te our maiiy frlenda the
keel eigare that eaa be made. '
fikdlerd 5 eent, R R V 10 cent
ami Del rlarca 13 cent Clyar ;
Never Before Equaled
'Southern Oregon. The sale will con!
the entire stock is exhausted.
iinie until
W. JESCHKE
T II F, .I F, W K Ii V) U
R.R. V. Cigar. Works
Don't Bother to Cook
It's too hot. Get what you want alrea iv
prepared; we have ;t.
We cater to those who want the best.
THE DELICATESSEN
. . . ,G STREET,, A It UIGHTII
Medford, Ore.
Oct 1, 2 and 3
$1250 in PREMIUMS
For h'niit, Stock. Farm 1'roduds,
Eaney Work and Paintings, Ftc
Three : Days : Races
$750 in Purses. Free to the Public.
FOUR RACES EACH DAY.
Bring Your Products
Show the world vour products.
HEAT Til K EARTH OX FRF IT
PERKINS & JANNEY
ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
Piaiia, Specifications, Superintendence.
in all its branches.
Surveying
Rooms 28-29, Jackson County Hank Building.
ASHLAND COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
Aslilaud, Oregon.
TludoiuiKh ami practical truinin in l.'OM M Kl,'l A lj, SIIOUTITANU
aiitl KNULISII. Iiulivitluul inat rui-tiiui liy I'JtpurtH. Wo lmv been
'om'lk'U to (nlarj0 our (uurtn-M every your, ami Imvo now secured
jiinplo ac-coninioilationi in tho H w.i'iiiiiliiirjj block. Twii'o iih large uu
ever.
Xolhing iu lli lino of btisinottx tiaininj; is too 't(l fur our stiuimifn.
( 'OMl'LETE CO .MM Eli( 1 1 A I , CO I T RR F
At AhoutOne-l lull' the Fsual Kxpense.
Foil inrurmiition free. P. RITXFR. President.
EVERYTHING THAT'.S GOOD
to n or ill ink x lie
um-pIv eoolu'il, it' eooK
Hi h iuiihles jH njt. rly
if.mhvl. Vour iiuliv;ih
stthctl ami i-iiteiii to, ;
ou (lif hillo f fare Imt ii
n- flirt entablpH
nj; I hoy nerd
hot or cold, uu
;il lasle is cou
nul not an ham
i w)l uml dufllr
anrvi'd oa I'lryn Initio WHIT.
Acme
Cement
Plaster
it is up to You
What Will You Do?
If you do u lot of thinking, if your brain is active
aud tfhe sto-aia in wcawag out youi- nerves and breaking
flown your system day by day, then you may reflect foe
a moment, if it would uot be wise to drink "tlie strength
of roasted grains, to buy at your grocery store a pack
ago of
Golflen Grain Granules
No man can consume his strength and retain it at
the same time; he ought to replenish an equal amount
daily, f OLD I9K GRAIN GRANULHS is far super
ior to Coffee, although it looks like coffee, tastes like
coffee and smells like coffee. A big package can be had
in any grocery store for 2"c. Order a package today.
All grocery sell it.
E. H. H. Smith Silver
l fsmnnlMd to the best silver made.
I carry a full line
MARTIN J. REDDY
The Jeweler Near Postofftce
Fin a Watck ana Jawelry Repairing a Specialty.
JLL the Ne-w's tVve day it happens