MORXI??G OREGONIAN, : WEPyESD AY, 'AUGUST - 3, 191Q.
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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-
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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