MORXI??G OREGONIAN, : WEPyESD AY, 'AUGUST - 3, 191Q. i f ONLY 3 BUILDINGS STAND IN HOOVER Boxcars Shot Down Grade During Heat of Fire Save Some Citizens' Property. 1 . MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS Cltlsens Obliged to Walk. Over Two Miles to Detroit to Get Food. Danger to Section Is Said to Be Orer "ow. ALBA.VT. Or.. Auk. !. Special-V Only three small dwellings lng the bluff above the North Sanltam River re main today of the sawmill town of Hoo ver, eastern terminus of the Corvallls & Eastern Railroad, according to reports received here today of the firs which wept the town last nlnht. The fire has gone Into the tlmoer beyond. Every building along the railroad trac and the river was bumed snd nothing escaped but a few shacks on the hillside above. Only a rile of a?hs and smould ering debris today marks the site of a sawmill with a capacity of 40.000 feet dally, an Immense lumber yard, a Urge, well-equipped hotel, a general merchan dise store. In which the Hoover Postofflce was located, and about 25 dwellings and bunkhouses. The loss Is close to $100,000. Communi cation with Hoover has been cut off all day and no statement of losses, or Insur ance has been obtained from officers of the Hoover Lumber Company, owners of the burned village. Because of the high rate It Is believed the amount of Insur ance carried by the mill company was small. Cars Are Vtillxed. Not only did all of the buildings of the town burn but very iittle personal proper ty of any kind was saved. That any escaped the flames was due to the for tunate fact that three empty boxcars were standing on the Corvallls A East ern track when the fire broke out. While the buildings were burning, people car ried their property cut doors, but so hot was the fire and so plentiful were flying5 sparks and brands that the goods burned on the ground and It was seen that the only chance to save anything was to get It entirely out of the fire xone. The three boxcars were utilized and Into thera was thrown considerable of the stock of the Hoover store and post office supplies. Some household goods from various dwellings were placed In the cars. The work of loading these ears wss carried on until the cars were In danger of burning and then they were started down the track. Because of the heavy grade, they ran unassisted by motive power of kind two and a half miles Into Detroit, where they stopped on a level stretch of track. No supplies were saved from the burning town, except those that went to Detroit on the boxcars. There was plenty of supplies In Detroit, however, so no food shortage existed and the only hardship the homeless people of Hoover experienced was In traveling two and a half miles for meals. The people of Detroit opened their homes to those who lost everything In their neigh boring town and provided them with both food and shelter. Fire Still Smoulders. The first lsst night spread Into the brush and timber adjoining the town and burned over the brush for almost a mile eastward, up the river. It is still smouldering along In the moss and running occasionally In the brush, but has not obtained sufficient momentum to run through the big trees. There la no danger of a forest fire resulting from the Hoover conflagration unless a heavy wind should arise. There was more lumber In the Hoover yards than at any one time for months and the fire thus came at a time when It caused a heavy loss. The loss of all this lumber ready for market Is a severe one. No lumber whatever was aaved. the fire from the mill spreading over the entire yard quickly. Two Southern Pacific boxcars which were being loaded with lumber were de stroyed before they could be moved. The report that a camping party of prominent Albany people lost their entire outfit proves to have been erroneous. These people ran to Hoover when the. mill caught fire and when they saw the names sweep up the canyon toward their camp, sweeping everything before it. they supposed that their camp outfit had burned. But this morning they found their camp safe, although the fire had swept around a space of about 100 yards square. IDAHO FIRES BECOME SERIOCS Rangers In Blazing Forests Appeal for Assistance. MISSOVUA. Mont- Aug. i. The forest fires" in Western Montana and Idsho have assumed the most serious aspect since the first blase was discovered some so days ago. Forest officials here are almost overwhelmed with reports of new fires, old fires spreading and appeals for help from the rangers. Lrge crews have been organized and dispatched to the more uprious blazes. Word was received that the fire on the St. Joe River In Idaho is eating its way Into the Trout Creek district, having destroyed an area five miles wide and ten miles lorg. Corner Creek is still in the grasp of fires si. ISO men have been assembled to march to the ex-ene. On Hanoka Creek flames have sur rounded the Bullion Mining Company's property. In addition to the new fires which threa ten the Lolo district, there are fires raging today at Drexel, Donlon and bt. Regis Junction. BOON SEEX IX FOREST FIRES John Mlnto Says Flames Clear Way for Planting of Fine Orchards. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 1 (Special. John Mlnto. Oregon pioneer, and the man who practically introduced apples Into the WUlamette Valley, says that the for est fires near Hoover will make way for planting of some or the finest apple orchards In the Northwest. Mr. Mlnto is thoroughly familiar with that neighborhood. Mlntos Pass through the Cascades being one of his discov eries in the early years. He says the iax.d is peculiarly adapted to the finest In apple culture. FIRE THREATENS MAGAZIXE lUUroad-Bnllders Work All Xlght to Prevent Explosion. MOXTESAXa Wash.. Aug. J. (Spe cial Fearing the discharge of It tons of pewder which was burled la a magazine, a construction crew of the Oregon A Washington road worked all last night to prevent the flames from spreading and burning the mag azine In which the powder was stored. rr l nw A In slashing ad joining the construction camps and gained consiaeranie neaowaj. realizing the danger, the men were called out to battle with the flames. Fire Warden T. B. Reed returned today from North River district, and says the fire started Is under control, having burned Itself out. He says the loss will not exceed that reported. Warm weather still continues and. should fire get beyond control In any district, the loss would be appallng. TIMBERMEX TO FIGHT FIRES Owners in Molall and Santlam Dis tricts to Maintain Patrol. . A.nt.tb?n nf timber i nrouan ,..... owners perfected In Portland yeexerday the timber of the Molalla and Santlam . i .n h. nmtArtMl from fire aisurci w - by a systematic petrol for the remainder of the season or iiu. Among the owners present were R. S. ni ih. f,trm t Jtmher Comnanv: F. C. Knapp. of the Peninsula Lumber Company: B. I Marvin, or me urej ft Western Colonisation Company; L. J. i nf th TnT-tLand Lumber Com pany; C. O. Briggs. F. A. Kribbs. repre senting Charles A. Smith- and himself; J. W. Alexander. A. F. sprague ana u. Carpenter, of the Oregon Forest Fire As sociation. Motorcycle systems of patrol win oe maintained between the Molalla and Cali- , 1 . UMnt.ttta - tl.ranr. of fiO miles. the object being to get in close touch with the points or greatest aangor fire. Tfr. w Vtetri In the office of Frederick A. Kribs. and the action taken is understood to follow tne plan oi co operation outlined by the Klamath Coun- ... i f ...MtallAnl Which I J HIIU UUB VUUIIIJ """-"" .... . --- contemplate an apportionment of the expenses among limner owner. REGULARS MAY FIGHT FIRES Forest Snjiervlsor Would Call fpon War Department for Aid. BUTTE, Mont.. Aug. 2. District Forest Supervisor Mason. . whose headquarters are at Anaconda, said today that he would suggest to the forest authorities that an appeal be made at once to the War Department to assign regular troops to fight the forest fires In Montana and Idaho, which are rapidly getting beyond control. It is understood that there is no ex isting provision for such use of the Army, but it is believed the Secretary of War might order out the troops, in view of the emergency. It is almost Impossible to secure sufficient citizens to fill the ranks of the scores of companies of the state militia now engaged in combatting the flames along the Idaho line. Ia Grande Fire Subsides. LA GRANDE. Or., Aug. . (Special.) The forest, fire south of La Grande, which burned considerable timber land owned by the Perry Lumber Company, made it necessary to chase stock to safety and burned over hundreds of acres of pasture land, has subsided and all danger seems to be past. More Fires Near Aspen Lake. KLAMATH FALLS. Or- Aug. 2. (Special.) The fires which were re ported under control In the Aspen Lake region. 17 miles west of here, have broken out again, and a large crew of men has gone out tonght it. While no damage has resulted so far. If the flames are not checked at once, much valuable timber will be destroyed. NEW GOLD RUSH IS ON DISCOVERY IX EASTERX ORE GON CAVSES STAMPEDE. Strike Is Said to Be Rich and Ezodas From Ontario mid Weiscr Is Large. WEISBR. Idaho. Aug. 2. (Special.) The discovery of an extensive gold field 15 miles from this city, in Oregon, hss caused a regular mining stampede from this city and Ontario. Or. Today. 26 or men left this city In automobiles for the new field and It Is said that more than double that many have left Ontario. The discovery was made by two Welser men June 20 and they kept the find. so secret that but little wa known of it until yesterday afternoon. Two assays taken from the claim of the discoverers, given by a Tacoma assayer, returned $18 and tlflB per ton. More than W claims have been located already. The ore Is a combination of black sand and decomposed granite, and la free milling. There is a good road from this city to the strike and automobiles made It In two houna. The district Is very large, two or three miles wide and IS to 20 miles long. The find la on the top of a high divide and the country Is much cut up with deep gulches and precipitous cliffs. The excitement is intense here, and as every report from the district Is en couraging. Is constantly increasing. MURDER CHARGE IS MADE Klamath Grand Jury Indicts Alleged Slayer of Alexander. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 2. (Special.) The grand Jury today re turned an Indictment of murder In the first degree against George Welch, charged with killing Fred Alexander In this city on the night of July J. Welch will be arraigned tomorrow. An Indictment of forgery was re turned against Thaddeus York, ac cused of manipulating paper on which he secured several thousand dollars . Hjanlr This la the sec ond Indictment against York, as he Is now held on a, charge or obtaining money under false pretenses. Two other indictments were returned against violators of the local option law. but the names are not given, as no arrests have been made. MORE BOOTLEGGERS FINED Councilman and Constable In Tilla mook Gets Heavy Sentence. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Aug. I. (Special.) Councilman Ed Laughlin. who is also a Constable, pleaded guilty today to violat ing the local option law and was fined )500 and sentenced to 40 days in Jail. Laughlln's partner In the soft drink business. Tom Johnson, was fined J-50 and sent to Jail for 20 days. Both Jail sentences were suspended. This makes S50S0 that seven bootleg gers have been fined this court term. LOW RATES EAST. The Northwestern Line will sell round-trip tickets at special rates to all Eastern points, August 2. Two through trains to Chicago, variable routes. Apply R. V- Holder, general agent. 102 Third street, . j DEAS IN CONFLICT Proposed Tax Amendments May Destroy Each Other. CRAWFORD SEES WAY OUT Repeal of Section of Constitution, Attorney-General Believes, Does Not . Necessarily Affect Accompanying Laws. SALEM. Or- Aug. 2. (Special.) If the proposed constitutional amendments, to article 9 should be passed by a vote of the people it would, result in a com plete absence of constitutional provi sions covering taxation for govern mental purposes. Is the opinion of Attorney-General Crawford. Aside from amendments passed by a vote of the people relative to taxation, article contains the only constitutional provi sions referring to taxation. At the coming election there are two amendments to this article, or parts of this article, which will come before the people for consideration. One of these Is to amend section 1 of the article, and refers to taxation of different classes of property. A seoond question arises In the mind of the Attorney General relative to this proposed amendment. 'Provisions Are Conflicting. Should both of them pass, it is doubt ful whether the amendment to the first section would stand, inasmuch as the amendment to the article as a whole would repeal the entire article and he fails to understand Just how the first section could be amended, when there Is no first section to amend. Conse quently, it seems plausible to him that passage of the two proposed amend ments would deal a death blow to the one which provides for an entirely new system of taxation. That there would be no constitutional provision allowing the slate to raise revenue for sts.te, county and muni cipal purposes, the Attorney-General be lieves, would result from the second amendment, which would provide for authorization to create railroad dis tricts. This amendment permits the people to pledge their credit in either the state, a county, a railroad district, or in a municipality, or to levy taxes, or to create a special Hen on real prop erty for the purpose of constructing or purchasing railroads. This would make article 9 refer exclusively to railroad district taxation and eliminate all pro visions as to taxation for governmental purposes. Usefulness Would Be Lost. In the opinion of the Attorney-General, however, this phase of the situ ation Is not considered so serious as. he says, the state constitution is not a grant of power, but is rather Inhibitory In Its effect and consequently the Legis lature may pass laws which are 'not expressly Inhibited by the constitution. Taking this view, he deems It probable that, even though article 9 Is complete ly wiped out, the present laws govern ing taxation, as passed by the Legisla ture and the people, will stand. He considers that the removal of a section or an article of the constitution does not necessarily repeal the laws which were passed under that article or sec tion. But while the two proposed amend ments to be submitted at the next gen eral election were " evidently framed with an Idea that they should be com plementary he Is confident that the passage of both would operate so as to result In completely destroying the usefulness of the one which refers to taxation of property in classes for state, county and municipal purposes. VANCOUVER PAPER IS SOLD Independent Merged With Chronicle Under Hyphenated Xame. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) After completing the 35th year of its publication last Thursday, the Inde pendent, a weekly Republican paper, was sold to Glen N. Ranck. owner of the Van couver Chronicle. Republican. Mr. Ranck will consolidate the two papers under the name of the Independent-Chronicle. Lloyd DuBols. owner of the Independent since 1844, and who has been connected with the paper since A Satisfying Food 'Appetite is Nature's signal for fuel and repairs. Healthy appetite calls for the simple food elements that supply the natural requirements. . . Healthy appetite is satisfied when the proper kind and amount of food is taken into the body at stated intervals. But the wiles of the modern chef ana caterer have created in most of us a false and often unnatural appetite which leads into all the different degrees of indigestion, dyspep sia, etc. food insanity. Grape-Notts is a satisfying food it is composed of the natural elements to satisfy the natural appetite and restore order in the di gestive machinery which may have been thrown out of gear by improper though. often "fashionable" foods. The crisp, firm, "nutty" granules of Grape-Nuts make honest mastication necessary. Its wholesome flavour makes it appetizing, and the albumens, carbohydrates and Potassium Phosphate from the whole wheat and barley, makes it a satisfying food both to the sense of taste and to the body needs. - t Ten days' trial will convince any one that . "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts -, Postum. Cexaal-Co Jrfd , Battle Creak. Mich, VICTOR ACATION If you Had a Vic tor you could stay at home all Sum mer and yet have the best kind of a vacation. Even if you go away for the Sum mer, youll find a Victor will add greatly to your en joyment on many an evening. Stop in and hear the Victor you're always welcome. Wholesale and Retail Sixth ud Horrisoa Opposite Postoffice j 1884, will continue to run his Job office. The Independent was the county official paper the past year. The contract for the county printing was let today to the Van couver Chronicle. This combination leaves only two week ly papers In Vancouver, the county seat, and both are Republican. This is over whelmingly a Republican county. Another Convict Walks Away. SALEM. Or., "Aug. 2. (Special.) Word was received at the Penitentiary today that Peter Hoops, who escaped from the Institution July 15. has been caught in Nampa. Idaho, and an official from the prison will be sent at once to bring him to Salem. Hoops was sentenced to two years for larceny from Malheur County. Robert Davis, sentenced to two years from Clatsop County for assault with a deadly weapon, with six months to serve, walked away from the brickyard at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. He was work ing on the night shift as a trusty. Salmon Valley Hay Crop Bumper. HTJSUM, Wash., Aug. 2. (Special.) The hay crop in the upper White Sal mon Valley In the Trout Lake country Is reported as being an average yield. With the present high prices quoted for timothy and clover, the ranchers will realize a much better income than last year. Timothy hay in the stack Is selling for $16 per ton, and timothy and clover mixed at $14. Aside from be ing a crack dairy and hay country, over 20,000 bushels of wheat will be shipped from that region this season. Dr. Sulllger Returns From Abroad. VANCOUVER, Wash.. August 2. (Special.) Dr. Spencer S. Sulllger, su perintendent of the Vancouver District of the Methodist Church, who was a delegate to the World Missionary Con gress, which met In Edinburgh, Scot land, June 14-23, returned to bis home in Vancouver today. After the confer ence, he attended the London Rose Show as a delegate from the Portland Rose Society. French Cruiser Invited. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.) Act ing-Governor Bowerman today directed YOUNG MEN'S COLLEGE SUITS HALF $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 Men's light-weight suits at HALF PRICE BEN SELL LEADING CLOTHIER a letter to Monsieur H. Meron. Consnl General of France, at San Francisco, calling attention to the presence of the French armored cruiser Montcalm In Pu get Sound and requesting that the of ficers and men of the cruiser participate COMPARE the W BOTT BREWERY'S OWN BOTTLING Henry Weinhard Brewery AT The balance of this season's stock of light-weight Young Men's College Suits at HALF PRICE. Sizes 32 to 38 SUITS SUITS SUITS SUITS NOW $ 7.50 NOW $10.00 NOW $12.50 NOW $15.00 SUITS NOW $17.50 in the fifteenth annual regatta to be held at Astoria August 29-31. ' ' Government Slay Settle Strike. MONTREAL. Aug. 2. Officials of the Grand Trunk Railroad and repre- jyf iWith" any other bottled beer in the local market' and ' '' - you will order Weinhards S IDEAL Because it is made from the highest-priced and purest ingredients obtainable. No expense has been spared to make this famous brand of bottled beer the best that time, money and modern methods can produce. Every bottle is thor oughly sterilized, . then pasteur ized, before leaving the most mod ern and - complete plant on the Pacific Coast. . It Costs No More THE 100 PER CENT PURE SEER. ' QUALITY PREDOMINATES, j FREE CITY DELIVERY. J Thirteenth and Burnside ING sentatives of ' the striking conductor and trainmen said today that negotia tions were progressing. It was stated that ' the matter of settlement is In the hands of the Dominion government. EINHARD EER Household Beverage PHONES: Main 72 A 1172 TH1 107.0