THE MORNING OREGOMAN. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST
I90S.
FIRE-DEVOURING
TOWN OF
Wind Blows Gale. From West
and Flames Sweep Down
Mountain Side..
ESCAPE BY TRAIN CUT OFF
Encountering Wall of Flame, Engine
Carrying Fire-Fighters to Point
or Safety Forced to Return.
Line Clear to tho East.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug 4 .-(Special.)
For three days the people of
Michel have fought for their homes with
death at the door. This afternoon they
were beaten at the game. The city,
the second In size in the devastated dis
trict of East Kootenay, started to burn
in real earnest at dusk this evening.
Nothing can save it from lying a heap
' of ruins even more complete than Fernie
" by tomorrow morning. The background
of Fernie in every direction, except the
openings up and down the valley. Is a
mountain. There is one. main street run
ning through the center of the town and
the railway rune down the center 'of the
street. Two rows of houses on each side
have their back yards abutting against
the mountain.
Fire Sweeps Down Mountain.
- From a light eastern breeze the wind
turned to a gale from the west at 3
o'clock this afternoon and the city in
a moment was doomed. The blaze
came sweeping down . the hill. At the
edge of toe town 100,000 feet of mine
Umbers owned by the coal company
caught Are first, and four loaded rail
way cars standing on side tracks were
consumed. Two Canadian Pacific lo
comotives were hitched onto a train
to carry the fire fighters away to the
west to safety. Women and children
- had been sent east to Blairmore and
Frank on Monday. By the time the
" train left for the west the fire was
spreading all over the yards.
Train Strikes Wall or Flame.
The train got only half a mile on Its
' Joarney when It encountered a wall
of flames. There was danger of Its
being hemmed in and being burned1
with every soul aboard, so tho loco
motives were reversed and run back
with all speed.
By the time this train returned all
the houses on the flat district back of
the Great Northern depot were burning
and the main town was likely to catch
at any moment.
Telegraph Operator Sticks to Key.
' At 5 o'clock a lone newspaperman and
the telegraph operator still stuck by the
Canadian Pacific instrument. The last
message, at 5 o'clock, that the news-
' paperman sent was:
"Many houses burning. Trains can
not get west from here. Railway serv
ice west of this town will be blocked
Indefinite!-. To the east the line fs
clear. Will try to reach Crows Nest be
fore morning and forward news from
there."
TWENTY LOGGERS ARE MISSING
Mill Men May Have Perished In Fire
' About Hosmer.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 4. Up to this
evening 18 bodies had been found in the
ruins caused by the tire at Fernie. The
known dead are:
Walter Ford, wife and two children,
bodies found In a well; Mrs. Turner, an
aged cripple whom friends were trying to
' rescue, but were forced to leave to her
fate: two children and a man, names un
known, in West Fernie; one man unrec
ognized in the ruins of the old Waldorf
Hotel: one man unrecognized, found lying
naked on the railway track near Spar
wood; Lena Bell, a -negro woman; J. A.
Anderson, engineer at the Hosmer mines,
body found yesterday in an air shaft
where he had suffocated; four unknown
men near Sparwood.
Several were drowned in trying to swim
the Elk River.
The logging crew of the Elk Lumber
Company, consisting of about 20 men. is
still missing. They were at work on the
mountain north of Hosmer and nothing
has yet been heard from them. Some be
lieve that the entire party has perished in
the flames.
The only possible way of escape open to
them was to cross the mountain range.
If they succeeded it will bo several days
yet before they could possibly reach Fer
nie by a circuitous route. No human be
ing could undertake to reach them across
the burned area at the present time.
No great damage to Michel has been
done by tire yet. The town is today
surrounded and seriously threatened from
the west. If the wind remains favorable
there may be no loss, but with a strong
west wind it would be impossible to save
the town and the coal company's plant.
A special correspondent of the Province
sent to Fernie wires today from Nelson,
B. C:
"I have Just returned from Fernie. I
visited Hosmer. where fire destroyed the
new steel tipple of the Canadian Pacific
Hallway coal mines to be opened In
January. Four tons of dynamite stored
on the nearby hillsides blew up. wreck
ing windows and doors. Otherwise only
a. few houpes are burned.
"Many men are still missing from
Fernie logging camps. Up to last eight
12 bodies had been found in the town and
S3 persons are still missing. Logging
Superintendent Fred Waters, of the Elk
Company, fought his way. through the
tames. Many of the foreigners were
panic-stricken and some must have per
ished. "R. Jafferey. a director of the Crow's
Nest Coal Company. Kates that work
will start today at Coal Creek. The coke
ovens are uninjured and the coal and
coke industry will be on a normal foot
ing in a week."
FLED FROM FIRE OX TRAIN
Railroad Carried Hundreds of ran-
Ic-StricUen People From Fernie.
CALGARY. X. W. T.. Aug. 4. Mrs.
George S. Crossman, of Fernie, with
her sister Miss Maud Holman. came In
from Michel last night. She relates a
thrilling story of escape from the
burning town. (
Saturday afternoon Mr. Crossman
rushed into his house to say that the
fire, which had been raging in the bush
i for several days was threatening the
city of Fernie itself. Hastily they col
lected a few things. Mrs. Crossman.
carrying her little baby, took refuge in
. a fireproof warehouse where it was
' thought they would be safe from the
flames which were then rising from
every part of the doomed town. Soon,
however, an awful shower of sparks
and burning pieces of wood began to
have effect on the building and it was
MICHEL
derided to remove all the women
within tiie freight sheds to a train
which was being made up to carry
them to places of safety.
They determined to cross to the
sheds, which were a mass of flames,
and board a train. Mrs. Crossman and
her sister, both soaked with water, and
the baby wrapped up In a wet blanket,
made the Journey safely. Mrs. Cross
man said that on the train she saw
men, women and children of all na
tionalities, mixed together and sitting
thre or four on a seat. The men were
shouting, while hysterical women, sep
arated from their, children, were call
ing In vain for their lost ones
Some were dressed in all their fin
ery and others had scarcely anything
to wear at all. There were scores of
children, some with their parents and
some who had lost fathers and mothers
in the confusion. "
"The train then pulled out for Hos
mer." said Mrs. Crossman. "but we
found the heart of that town in flames
when we reached it. The original in
tention had been to get through to
Michel, but shortly after leaving Hos
mer we heard that the Michel bridge
was burned. The train then backed
again, to stop for tiie night between
Hosmer and Fernie. going on its way
bark through the greatest danger, for
we had to pass for a mile between
blazing brush on both sides. The win
dows of the cars became so hot that It
was Impossible to touch them, and the
heat and smoke were stifling. All this
time the women were screeching and
saying their prayers at the top of their
voices and adding to the terrible confusion.-
After passing through this
fire belt the train reached a safe place
and stopped for the night. While we
lay there condensed milk for the wo-
DEATH OF PROMINENT DUFTJR CITIZEN
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The Late Samuel B. Johnston.
On July 27. 1S98. he was married t
with a daughter and son, survive
Dufur, among whom are ex-Repre
ex-Senator T. H. Johnston.
men and children was brought out
from Fertile by volunteers."
The train returned to Fernie Sunday
morning and the passengers found that
the fire had burned Itself out during
the night.
R. A. Howsen. of Calgary, who had
been In Fernie for several weeks, said
that the worst has not yet been told
of the disaster. Driven by a fierce gale,
the flames ate up the buildings with
rapidity and the people had no time to
save anything. All that could be done
was to get families together and flee.
The railroad companies acted with re
markable promptness in getting people
away. The Great Northern and the
Canadian Pacific did not lose a moment
in rushing trains to tne rescue and
drawing the refugees beyond the dan
ger sone. The people huddled together
on two clearings outside the town until
the trains arrived.
Mr. Howsen says an abundance of
food was soon brought in to the suf
ferers and there was no hardship on
that score. The foreigners acted well,
and fortunately there was no liquor,
every drop of that commodity going to
feed the flames.
CITY'S BOND ISSUE VALID
Supremo Court Overrules McKenna
Petition for Rehearing.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 4. The Supreme
Court today overruled the petition for
rehearing in the case of Francis I.
McKenna vs. The City of Portland, in
which an opinion was given two weeks
ago upholding the validity of the Port
land charter amendment authorizing
the Issuance of over $5,000,000 bonds
for municipal improvements.
City officials and property-owners,
desirous of having carried out the va
rious improvements provided for un
der the bond Issues voted last June,
are pleaded with the ruling of the
Supreme Court. It 'means that fur
ther obstructive litigation cannot be
expected and all that remains to be
done Is to complete all necessary pre
liminaries and issue the bonds that
have been authorized.
The final decision sustaining the val
idity of these bonds and the election
by which they were authorized Is a
victory for City Attorney Kavanaugh.
From the time the McKenna suit was
brought the City Attorney has con
tended that the election was entirely
legal and that the city officials were
vested with the legal right to pro
ceed immediately with the various
bond Issues. The next step will be
for the city officials to arrange for
the sale of these bonds, aggregating
$5,225,000.
The various Improvements author
ized and for which the bonds will be
Issued are as follows: $3,000,000 for
building another pipe line from Bull
Run and extending the city water sys
tem; $1,000,000 for public parks, play
grounds and boulevards; $500,000 for
public docks: $450,000 for a new Madison-street
bridge, and $275,000 for a
new flreboat and reinforcing water
mains.
CITY ERECTS PAVILION
McMtnnvlIIe Prepares for Yamhill
County School Fair.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.)
In preparation for the annual county
school fair to be held' in tlUs city Sep
tember 22 to 25, inclusive, the city Is hav
ing erected a permanent auditorium 70x150
feet and 4 feet high on the park grounds,
which building will house the school fair
exhibits at each fair, and be used for the
Assembling of audiences on other upbllc
occasotns.
Active preparations for the forthcoming
school fair are under way in every school
district In the county, and it is a safe
prediction that the little agriculturists and
artleans will make their 1908 fair surpass
any exhibit heretofore made.
REFUSING 80 CENTS
Umatilla Farmers Hope
Higher Prices.
for
HOLDING TO THEIR WHEAT
Offices of Buyers In Pendleton Are
Crowded Daily and Should a
Break Occur, Heavy' Sales
May Be Expected.
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
With the grainbuyers offering 80 cents
a bushel for wheat, the expected rush of
the farmers to let go their holdings did
not materialize. The office of every
buyer in the city was filled wlht farmers
all day, however, and it is probable that
the first sign of weakening in the mar
ket will be the signal for a general let
ting go. Everyone Is willing to take 80
cents, but they are also willing to take a
T-UTr T-1AT.T.TTS Or.. Aug. 4.
(Special.) Samuel B. Johnston,
of Dufur, who died suddenly at
his home in that city on Satur
day last, was one of the best
known citizens In the county,
and was one of the five Johnston
brothers whose banking, mercan
tile, land and stock business have
been for many years a large fac
tor In the commercial Interests
of Wasco County. Mr. Johnston
was the manager of the exten
sive farming and stock-raising
branch of the business, and it
was In overseeing details of
these Interests that he met with
the accident which caused his
death.
While mounting a young horse
on Friday he received a hard fall
from the turning of his saddle.
He attached no importance to the
fall and proceeded about his busi
ness until Saturday afternoon,
when he was seized with hem
orrhage of the brain, expiring
within a few hours.
Mr. johnston was born at Cen
tervllle. New Brunswick, April
20, 1S0. and was the last one of
the well-known Johnston family
to come to the Coast, arriving
here in 1891. He immediately en
gaged In business with his
brothers In the town of Dufur.
o Miss Annie Neal. of Dufur, who.'.
g him. He leaves four brothers In
sentative George H. Johnston ana
cent or two more If It should be offered.
Many crops changed hands today.
N EARING TOWN OF PORTER
Forest Fires Doing Big Damage In
Woods In Elma District.
ELMA, Wash.. Aug. 4. (Special.) For
est fires in Little's logging camp threaten
the town of Porter. Immense damage Is
i i . i rt atnnrllTiff timber. Fierce
forest fires are raging near aummn, xw
miles from Elma. Many other small
fires have started and all are beyond
control. Conditions, are lavoraoie ior a
spread of the fire.
Fires In Northern Montana.
MISSOULA. Mont.. Aug. 4. Forest
fires of alarming proportions are rag
ing in the Couer d' Alene National
forest. In Idaho, Just across the Mon
tana state line. It Is reported to be
spreading Into Montana and approach
ing the summit of the Monitor mine, at
the head of Dominion Creek, about
70 miles South of this city.
SELECT THEIR CANDIDATES
Party Leaders in Tacoma Will File
Democratic Primary Ticket.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 4. The Pierce
County Democratic Informal convention
assembled today for the purpose of rec
ommending candidates for the coming
primaries. With the exception of County
Clerk and Representatives from two dis
tricts a complete ticket was recommend
ed. A committee of five was named,
whose duty It will be to see that there are
no vacant offices in the line when the
last day for declaration under the direct
primary law has been passed.
Members of the convention strongly in
dorsed J. F. Libby, the present Repub
lican County Clerk, who is a candidate
for re-election. This was opposed by
those who want a full Democratic ticket,
but no candidate was suggested for the
position.
W. B. Coffee, a plumber, will make the
race against Cushman for Congress.
Brownsville Store Robbed. .
BROWNSVILLE. Aug. 4. (Special.)
Wilson's Kandy Kitchen was entered by
burglars last night and goods, consisting
of cigars, tobacco, pipes, candy and fruit,
to the amount of about $30 stolen. The
till was broken open and about $3 in cash
also taken. Entrance , was gained by
breaking a large glass in one of the
front show windows. The work Is that
of amateurs.
Deliver RIght-of-Way Deeds.
EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
Deeds were filed today from the own
ers to the Portland, Eugene & Eastern
Kailway for the land through which
the Eugene-Springfield trolley line is
being built. Several hundred dollars
was paid for the right of way. The
trestle and ties are complete from Eu
gent to tne river at Springfield.
Committed to Asylum.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
Mrs. Mary A. Riggle. a widow, aged 58,
of Scio. Or., and a nurse by occupation,
was committed to the State Insane Ays
lum by County Judge J. N. Duncan to
day, upon complaint of W. J. Durden, her
son-in-law. The cause of insanity was
religious and nervous excitement.
Reception to R. A. Booth.
EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
A public reception was given Hon. R.
A. Booth and wife at the Commercial
Club parlors here tonight. Scores of
their friends were in attendance and
the evening spent was a most enjoy
able one.
Yacht Sails From Hilo.
HONOLULU. Aug. 4. The yacht Lur
line. of the South Coast Yacht Club of
San Pedro, Cal., and the Gwendolyn II,
of the Seattle Yacht Club, sailed yester
day from Hllo for the Pacific Coast.
(GOOD 7
GOOD TIMES
The wheat crop will,
rank among the two or
three largest crops we
ever had.
Oats will give the
first billion bushel crop
we ever had.
Corn looks as if we'd
gather the biggest crop
we ever had.
Cotton promises the
best crop ever.
Clothing and here is
the best made suit this
country has ever seen.
lfl-170 THIRD STRET.
WILL REVOKE FOMCHISE
M'MINNVILLE TO USE REFEREN
DUM ON PHONE COMPANY.
Citizens Object to Giving Up Fse or
Streets Without Cash Remunera
tion Council Is Divided.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.)
The citizens of this place will Invoke the
referendum on the franchise granted by
the City Council to the McMinnville Mu
tual & Long Distance Telephone Com
pany, a corporation, for right of way
through the streets and across public
property. The ordinance embracing the
franchise was passed at the last monthly
meeting of the Council by a bare major
ity, some of the members dissenting, and
was permitted by the Mayor to become
effective without his signature.
The terms of the franchise are practi
cally free. The telephone company agrees,
although, this Is not embodied in the or
dinance, to Install a fire alarm system
throughout the city in consideration of
the granting of the franchise. The tax
payers look upon a practically free fran
chise as an undesirable asset for the city,
and at its regular meeting tonight the
Council will be presented with petitions
and served with a notice calling for a
referendum vote on -the franchise.
No hardships are intended to be Imposed
upon the telephone company by thus in
voking the referendum, but it Is believed
that a cash value should be placed on
special favors.
MAKING ROAD UP SANTIAM
Black Eagle Mining Company Ex
pects to Erect Smelter This Fall.
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 4. (Special.)
Good progress is reported on the moun
tain road that is being constructed up
the Little North Fork of the Santiam
River, above Elkhorn. to the Black Eagle
Mining & Milling Company's group of
mines and other mines in the Gold Creek
mining district These are copper mines
carrying some values in gold and silver,
and which have been developed In the
last few years.
Robert F. Shier, president and man
ager of the Black Eagle Mining & Mill
ing Company, and who is directing the
work on this road, was in the city last
evening and reports that the road is now
within about three miles of their group
of mine3. A force of about 25 men is
now at work on the road, and expects to
have the. road completed - to the mines
by the first of September, when the com
pany proposes to push development work
on the mines and erect a smelter.
This wagon road will connect with the
C. 4 E. R. R. at Gates, 14 miles distant
from the mines, and will afford easy
transportation to and from the mines.
The owners report large bodies of smelt
ing ore in sight, are very sanguine of
success, and expect to put-this district
on the map as one of the copper produc
ing regions.
The mines of this district are mostly,
owned by Portland and local capitalists.
JOE YOUNG KEPT IN PRISON
Supreme Court Refuses to Pardonv
Slan M hO Shot Van Dran.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 4. In an opinion by
Commissioner Slater the Supreme Court
today affirmed the decree of Judge John
B. Cleland. of the Circuit Court of Mult
nomah County, in the ease of the State
agralnst Joe Young, who waa convicted of
assault with a dangerous weapon upon
Kaspar Van Dran. in Portland, three
years ago, and is now serving a sentence
of six years In the penitentiary.
Consideration of the petition for rehear
ing In the case of the State vs. T. J.
Luper, convicted of perjury, was ren
dered unnecessary because the defendant
tag been pardoned in the meantime, and
She opinion affirming the Judgment of
conviction, given several weeks ago, is
withheld from publication.
Petitions for rehearing were denied In
other cases as follows:
Loul Sommir t al m. Charles A. Comp
ton t al; Mrs. M. B. Hall. vs. Eurena O'Con
nell. W. W. Gace et al: R. D. Hume v. EX
J. Burns; Holmes vs. Cole; Maxwell vs. Hurst
and Fraxler.
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' Attempt at Suicide Fails.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 4 (Special.)
Charles Roberts, a Eugene hotel porter,
last evening, after carefully preparing to
commit suicide, filled up on lemon extract
and other Ingredients and wag dead to
the world until a late hour today, when
he came to sufficiently to take the north
bound train. He left a note addressed to
his employer, giving details aa to where
to find W people.
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CAMPING NEAR ST. HELENS
MAZAMA PARTY READY TO
CLIMB SXOWPEAK.
Sleeping In Open Air Is Enjoyable
Feature of Club's Summer
Outing In Cascades.
BY ELEANOR M. GARDNER.
CHIPMUNK CAMP, Spirit Lake,
Wash., Aug. 2.-Special.)-There are fifty
Mazamas in camp, the main party hav
ing reached here at 5:30 today. Misses
Agnes and Marian Flummer and, Rev. D.
A Waters and Rev. W. J. Douglas had
preceded us in one day, and won the
everlasting gratitude of the crowd by
having the tables spread with a fine hot
dinner. ,
No tents were put up, however, as we
had slept In the open Saturday night and
enjoyed it.
The trip has been pleasant and un
eventful in most respects, though con
siderable excitement was occasioned at
the noon hour, when, after camp was
struck and the wagons loaded. It was
found that Miss Constance McCorkle was
missing. A searching party was or
ganized and when Just ready to start
out she was discovered resting on the
creekbank, a short distance away.
Several of the crowd who were in the
advance routed out a black bear late in
the afternoon.
There are several parties In camp here
already. A crowd of seven people not
Mazamaa consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
George Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Tilly, of Lithow, Wash.; Miss Verne Ste
phens, of Minneapolis; Mrs. J. Wilson, of
Tacoma, and E. R. Martin climbed
Mount St. Helens today, leaving camp
at 6:30 A. M. and making the summit af
ter a - very leisurly and pleasant climb
at 8:46. They report an easy and unevent
ful trip. This encourages the Mazamas
to hope a large party may make the as
cent, which . will take place next
week on the north side of the mountain.
Stevera'l veteran mountain climbers are
in the party, among them John Lee, C. E.
Forsythe, E. P. Sheldon and Miss Ran
kin, and all are enthusiastic over the
favorable conditions and predict one of
the easiest and most successful climbs
ever made in the history of the club.
AUTO MAKES MOCXTAIX TRIP
Rough Roads Encountered, but Big
Machine Is Equal to Task.
BY G. F. WCLANE.
SPIRIT LAKE. Wash.. Aug. 3. (Spe-
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to extract from each of the true,
select fruits, all of its character
istic flavor, and place in the mar
ket a class of flavorings of rare
excellence. Every flavor is of
great strength and perfect purity.
For flavoring ice-cream, jellies,
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Quarts Regular 50c, special 35 bottle; dozen ...$4.00
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15c dozen 4x5 Mirmont, Friday, dozen f
30c dozen 5x7 Mirmont, Friday, dozen 9
45c dozen 6x8 Mirmont, Friday, dozen ..14
$3.00 gross 5x7 Mirmont, Friday, gross $140
$4.50 gross 6x8 Mirmont, Friday, gross $1.65
$5.00 gross VAxty Mirmont, Friday, gross. 1.90
$6.50 gross 8x10 Mirmont, Friday, gross $2.90
Discount of 10 per cent lots of $5.00.
Discount of 15 per cent lots of $10.00 or over.
cial.) J. A. Byerly, accompanied by
his son, Oliver. Q. F. McClane and
William Teaeley. arrived here this
morning with hl big auto, after a very
har trip. A far ae St. Helen good
time was made, b 't from there on tne
road was full of stumps and rocks,
so much so that it sometiines took
more than an hour to go a mile, rne
machine behaved beautifully, however,
and was equal to every occasion.
The worst road encountered Detween
Castle Rock and St. Helen was be
tween the former and Silver Lake.
From the lake to Gardners store, a
distance of more than nine miles, was
ade In 22 minutes, and from tnere
on over Ijreen jjiouniain ana iu c-i.
Helen good time was made. A few
days' work with giant powder would
make ft road that any auto could come
over without any trouble, as with the
exceptions mentioned it is one of the
best mountain roads tne writer nas
ever seen and he has been over a good
many. .
The views of Mount St. Helens at
sunset yesterday evening -were sub
lime in the extreme, our souls were
enraptured, for if Heaven is more
beautiful and grand than a snow peak
at close range when the sun is gild
ing it with gold. It is past our com
prehension. Darkness came on wnen we were
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
EAST SIDE BANK
OF PORTLAND,
At Portland, Oregon, July 15, 10OS.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts.. $ 77,237.24
Overdrafts. secured
and unsecured 236.87
Bonds, securities, etc.. 23,000.00
Furniture and fixtures. 1,403.30
Checks and other cash
items 6,805.69
Cash on hand and In
approved reserve
banks 200,854.32
Total $305,094.12
Btata of Oregon, County of Multnomah, ss:
I. Roger Newhall, Cashier of the above-named bank, dp solemnly
swenr that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. ROGER NEWHALL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of July 1908.
H. H. NEWHALL, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
You have never tasted real Com
Flakes if you never ate
The food that is all food. M a d e
of the choicest white corn. Steam
cooked, malted, flaked and toasted.
Supplies the energy needed to begin
the day's work. Grisp and delicious
with milk or cream. Your grocer sells it. Ask him.
The only Malted Corn Flakes.
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.$1.55 W r&i'
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.$2.90 (M Wt
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THEM
about two miles from our destination,
but we were more than repaid this
morning when from our camp we had
an early view of the grand old moun
tain with the sun's rays glistening -on
it. We had little more than fallen
into a slumber last evening when we
were awakened by a party with lan
terns, who were going in search of a
boy and girl that were lost or at least
supposed to be. Later they returned
to camp at 8 the next morning. Tliey
got lost from the crowd and could
not find the trail.
WOMEN TO IMPROVE CITY
AViTes of Vale Business Men Organ
ize Civic League, v
VALE, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) The
women held a meeting this week and
organized the "Civic Improvement
League of Vale." They expect to take
up needed Improvements and secure
them, get trees planted, water and
plant the city park block, etc. Mrs.
Thomas Claggett was elected president,
Mrs. Taylor, secretary.
Bee Rosenthal's window, shoe bargains.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.. J 25.ono.0O
Surplus fund 2,003.03
Undivided profits, less .
expenses and taxes
paid 2,639.27
Individual deposits sub
ject to chei:k 217,493.34
Demand certificates of
deposit" 82,0,1.23
Time certificates of
deposit 25.S90.28
Liabilities other than
those above stated None
Total $305,094.12
H. H. NEWHALL,
L. NEWHALL,
Directors.
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