Tire jrmrm-o oregoxia. Monday, august 23, 1910. 8 EBURN MAY GALL VOLUNTEERS Forest Fire Situation Worse; Governor Doubts Power to Call the Militia. REGULARS AT LAST START After Ix-lay of 24 Hour From Red Tape, Troop Leave tor Crater Lake Efforts) to Head Three Great Fire Are Abandoned. After a delay ct It hoar, caused by the necessity of unwinding red tape at Washington, another detachment of -i regular so.diers Is on the ay to the inii of the tremendous forest confla gration In the Crater National forest In Jackson and Klamath counties. Tha troops passed through the Grand Cen tral Station at :3'- o'clock last nlcht and ara hurrying n-wj.rd on a special train consisting of Is cars. Tha men were provided with sleepers, six cars be In devoted to pack-mules, horses and flrefightlng equipment. T.'iey were ac companied by a medical detail and a lull ambulance corps. At Medford on company '""1 be de tached ar.d sent on to Ashland to aH In tha battle to save the -watershed which anppUes that city and over which a great . fire la sa-eplr.g. The regulars wlil Join the Ashland mlllila company, which volunteered Its Krvk-ci and huJ been on tha fire line for two days. Volunteer May I Called Tr. The other four companies of regular troops will be sent from Medford, to the end of the Crater Lake Railroad, thence marching Into the danger aone near Butte Fall. Aetlng Governor Bowerman returned to his oftV in Baletn yesterday morning and Immediately called for opinions from the Attornev-tJeneral and Portland at torney a to the power of the executive to order out the full strength of the state militia. When the law Las been exam ined. If It la found that the ilowemor cannot order the local troors Into the field, lfr. Bowerman may call for volun teer and those who respond will be of fered to the Government for service. I am much concerned oer the safety of the settlers 1n the hills of Southern Oregon." said Mr. Bowerman, over the kmg-dtatance telephone, "and this office will render any assistance It can to beaf back the forest fire. Every tree that la burned up removes a portion of the assets of Oregon- It Is a situation in which the entire state is concomcd. State STol Yet Asked to Help. -Some suggestions have been made that troops of the state mlllua may do needed In the burned district and in case I find I have the authority to call them out and find that their assist ance la necessary, I certainly will give every aid possible to the flreNghters. I am not certain that provision Is made for uch expense and this Is another question now being looked into. When a call comes I will be better able to state what the Kxecutlve can do in an emergency of this kind." Air. Bowerman has not received a re ouest from any officials in authority at Washington that the troops be or dered out. but had talked the matter over with a number of timber owners, lie gave them the same assurances. The Acting Governor has been In tha Coos Bay country for more than a week and as he came out counted IT forest flrea under way. Reports from Mcdford yrsterday in formed Associate District Korester Cecil that efforts to head the three great fires from the front had been abandoned. Such soldiers as have been on the ground have been divided into email aquads for the purpose of pro tecting property of settlers. Troop Try to Turn Fire. They are turning the running fires around the ranches and settlements, while some 304 other man are back firing and endeavoring to turn the front across the Cascade Kango. to the east. It la shown that less valuable timber is located In that direction. By thl mean It Is believed that the fire on Clover Creek, northwest of Klamath Falls, the Buck Lake fire and the big blaze on Big Butte Creek will eventu ally Join if they have not already done so. By hanging on the wings of tho burning district further spread to the north may be avoided. - The Forest Service will today es tablish a paymaster's office in the tire belt with A. II. Cousins in chnrge. Cousins left for Medford lust night, ac companied by Assistant Forester J. H. Knapp. timber expert of this district. The field pay station is to aid in secur ing supplies and men with greater rap idity. No Live Arc Loet. Reports received la.t night did not Indicate that a single life had h-i-en lost In the Crater Lake district. Warnings are being sent to the s. tilers In the threatened districts. Forest Scrvic-e men and officials have be-n conipellt-d to abandon the fire line and seek rest. Most of them had been on rinty for .5 to hours without sltep. Many of the men are also in need of surgical attend ance because of the burns they have suffered. e Reports forwarded last eight from the Medford dlstrjct to Associate For ester Cecil announce the breaking out of a new Tire on the ridge between the middle and south forks of the Rogue Tlver. During the afternoon it burned Jo acres of timber and was racing across along the rldire without opposi- I tioa. One company of the regular troops will he diverted to that point. J. C. Buck, Assistant Forester, who Is at Medford attempting to-secure a srystematic organization if the fire fighting forces. Inst night declared the situation to be very critical. He said the Mt. Pitt fire ha IJ miles of terri tory. It is running before a high wind and 1 headed for Bustler creek. Flre Three Miles From Ashland. The lire above Ashland is now being eorabatted by gangs .of men In i'.iarKe of officers of the city. It is within three miles of the settlement, but Is not considered as threatening the de struction of the town. Should the wind change direction and blow to ward the city, however, the situation would be reversed. The Warren Con struction Company, engaged in laying treet pavement at Ashland, has sent all Its men to the Are. The Ashland Manufacturing Com pany's lands near the California line, were ablaxe last night, the flames trav eling at the rate of about three miles an hour. At one time yesterday aft ernoon the fire attained a speed of SO miles per hour. Edgar Hafer. of the Crater Lake Lumber Company, yesterday made an attempt to Invade the fire d'strlct. but was driven back. He telephoned 'George M. Cornwall, of The Timber man, that tha fire front la fuUy li BOW miles In length, and that the Bmoka waa so thick that be could not see to drive, hi team along? tbe road. General Matt la Praised. Associate District. roreater Cecil last night expressed' deep regret that reports had been published criticising the War. Department for delay In mov ing troops to southern Oregon. A matter of fact Mr. Cecil wa enthusi astic in his praise of the manner in which General Maun ha handled the situation. THOMPSOX FALLS IX DAXGEK Fire Makes Solid Line to Montana- Idaho Boundary. BUTTE, Mont, Aug. tl A "pedal from Thompson Falls. Mont- says: "The fire situation is alarming Thompson Falls le threatened by for est fires. Portions of Belknap, White Pine, Noxon and Heron ar burning. It is on solid Una of fir from here to the Montana - Idaho boundary line, a dis tance of 50 miles. "Senator Donlan a lumbar yards. 20 miles west of Thompson, and the saw mills and yards at Cedar Spur were to tally destroyed by fire last night. "The Forest Reserve bas practically 00 men In the field fighting the fires, but there la no communication with them, all wires being down." REFUGEES REACH HAVEN BY HODREDS WALLACE FIRE VICTIMS REACH SPOKANE. Some Have Serious Hums and Oth er Have Hair and Face Singed. While All Are Exhausted. "Wallace refugees are pouring into Spo kane by the hundreds.- said A. O. Booth. who arrived In Portland from Spokane last nitrhL "People whom I saw appeared In varl- ous states of undress, and many of them were carrying all their belonging that they had saved from the flames in packs on their backs. "I saw one man whose bands were so badly burned that the skin waa blistered and the tleah was terribly burned. Others had their hair singed off and some were scorched about their faces so badly that their eyes were almost swollen shut. "Most of those who. came to Spokane last night and this morning are women who were driven by the fire from their hnni.i and whose husbands remained be hind to save what thy could and to fight? the flames that were threatening their homes. "Many of th woman were so terrified that they could not speak, and some seemed .to be In a stupor. All of them carried little bundles In which the most cherished of their earthly possessions were scoured. Some brought pet animals with them, these varying from dogs and eats to parrots and canary birds. The nets were usually In charge of the chil dren, while their mothers struggled wun the more burdensome luggage. "None of the refugees had had any aleep during the night, and many had gone ror nearly a day with nothing to eat. The people of Spokane opened their homes to them and provided for their comfort. 'Arrangements were being made when I left Spokane this morning to accom modate all the people arriving rrom w ai- lace. Only the stragglers who fled before the main part of the town was destroyed had reached Spokane when I left, but they reported that others would be fol lowing during the day. spoKnne is wen able to care for all of them. Committees will be at the stations to meet those who need heln. "As soon as it became apparent that the town was doomed the railroads made plans to care for the people. A special train on the O. R. A N. was put Into op eration between Wallace and Wardner and the people were taken on board as hit as thev could get ready to leave. Thev were fo take the women and chil dren first, and then those men who could be spared. Fear and anxiety marked the features of all the people that I aaw at tha depot. They looked as though they had passed through a hard night. Frank Palmer, a concrete )ontractor. who worked In Wallace until a few months ago, also arrived in Portland last night -from Spokane. He said that rrom renorts be had receivea, tne tourtnouse. around which he did a lot of concrete work a vear ago. has not been burned. The iKistofflee was threatened and all the Government property was taken out and moved to the baseball park, where it was placed under guard of Federal troops. He hsd not learned whether the postcfriee building was burned. A number of Wallace refugees came west on the 8.. P. 4 S. train that arrived here last night, but noife of them trav eled as far as Portland. WORK DIRECTED IX tfORTLAXD Snnc-rlntendent Buckley, of O. R. & "X., Supervise Relief Trains. 1 3. Bucklev. general superintendent of the O. R. A X.. was yesterday in close touch with the situation at waiiace, as a result of keeping a relief train In con stant o Deration between Wallace and Wardner. a distance of 1J miles. As tho train crew arrived at Wardner each trln thev claced reports of the situation oa tho private telegraph wire of the rail road company. All reports ceased after s o ciock last night, when the relief train was ilea up to give the trainmen a needed rest. Mr. Buckley, while recuperating from his Ions vleil at the Portland end of the t.-l.-crai'h wire, said last night: "It will be some days, perhaps, before the full extent of ihe Wallace disaster la known. My Information Is that IS peo ple lost their lives at Wallace. The only name that I could secure was that of J. J. Boyd, who for years was general agent at Wallace. "None of the refugees will be brought to Portland. Saturday night, and while the fire was raxing In Wallace, we car ried several hundred destitute women and children on a special train to Spokane, and sent In another party of refugeoa hist night- AH day yesterday a train was In operation between Wardner and Wallace, but after It was taken off for tho nlcht there could be no further com munication. All telegraph and telephone wins were out beyond Wardner. "I have received no Information of Im portance from other Idaho points In that district. W"e are simply advised that the stuatson is extremely bad. and there may be news of other towns being wiped out, as was one-half of Wallace. The Ore- gontan reports as to the extent of the property loss in Wallace correspond with mine." TAFT AXD ST. REGIS GOXE Total Loss of Two Montana Towns Is Reported. HELENA MonU Aug. II. (Special.) Th,' towns of Taft. on the Idaho line and St. Regis, in the Missoula country, have been burned. So far as known there has been no loss of life in either of these places or Sylvanite. The property loss Is total in each instance. The Episcopal women of Nebraska will be allowed to vote In church affairs If the amedment of ths constitution adopted at int rcDt annual diocesan meeting la ap proved at the aaat sear-a sseeuas. MEN FULL WHILE FIGHTING FIRES Sixty Hours Without Sleep, They Drop Exhausted Be fore Oncoming Flames. " SITUATION GROWS WORSE Arrival of Soldiers Is Only Hope of Checking Fire In Crater Lake Reserve Fnles Heavy Rain Fall'--Settlers Aid Ranger. MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. II. (Special I The forest lire situation in the Crater National forest grows steadily worse. Numbers of the present Inadequate force of Are fighters are nearly ex hausted, many have had no sleep for 60 hours, men have fallen asleep on lh " " " on avei 7 fiends a a v i ki ynais iu ,aa-sasw Two hundred and fifty soldiers will arrive tomorrow morning. Acting Sup ervisor S. S. Swening and Assistant Forester C J. Buck, of Portland.- who are here to assist In directing the fight, are hopeful that with the arrival of the additional troops the situation can be handled. Another large Ore waa reported to day. It is on the divide between the middle and south forks of the Rogue River in township S3 south, range t east- This is a continuation of the big fir on Buck Creek which has leaped across the . river. This country Is heavily timbered and brushy, as well as exceedingly rough and the Ore Is working through it at a rapid pace. Po hot is the' fire that ranger George West had a narrow escape, lie sent in a call for men and 100 of the soldiers will be sent there. The big Cat Hill fire ha reached Blue canyon and a ranger and 40 men from Pelican Bay. who attempted to reach the fire at thl point, were forced bark by the smoke and heat. Fifty soldiers are assisting the set tlers In township 34 south, range Z east. I They are having a hard fight to cave I the settlers' buildings. No effort is made to save the timber, the whole battle being directed toward the sav ing of life and home. In soma in stance wet blankets were resorted to in order to save buildings. The fire in Ashland canyon has In creased and there are five district fires in the canyon. City officials and the city council are co-operating in this fight. Reports from the Buck Lake fire and west of the rang are hopeful. There is a series of fires extending from Mount MeLougblin north to the middle fork of Rogue River, a distance of 40 miles. The fires are burning north and west but so far all the fires have not become united. DAMAGE IV DOUGLAS $50,000 Flames Threaten Destruction of Vast Area of Valuable Timber. ROSERURG. Or- Aug. II. (Special.) According to W. C Jackson, a forest ranger In charge of the fire fighters, the flames near ths forks of the South Umpqua River, 65 miles southeast of Roseburg. are spreading with alarming rapidity and threaten to devastate the Southern Douglas County district of its most valuable timber. Mr. Jackson says the fire-swept dis trict covers 25 square miles at the least calculation and he estimates the dam age at 150.000. , With the 40 recruits dispatched from Roseburg this morning the ranger now has about 65 men under his eommand. but he deems this number Insufficient The fire front, he says,, la over five miles wide and extends back a like distance, rendering work of the fire fighters difficult. To make the situ ation more serious, a stiff breeze blew today and the air Is literally filled with smouldering twigs and branches, which in some Instances are carried for sev eral hundred yards. Mr. Jackson says that he needs at least 100 more men. The fire, which prior to last night waa confined to tho Umpqua reserve, is now raging on private holdings and consternation pre vails among the settlers, in the threat ened districts. All day yesterday and until lata last night local officials of the forestry office searched for men' who were will ing to go to the front, but few re sponded. It is conoeded here tnat tne only manner in which to aecure assistance Is through the state troops, and should they be ordered out. as requested by the local forester, Company D. of thla city, will be sent to Southern Douglas County. 1 PRIVATE TIMBER PROTECTED Crew of SO Fire-Fighters Make Headway Against Flames. CLOVER CREEK. Or.. Aug. 81. The forest fire 'which has been raging here for the past week la still spreading rapidly and the soldiers promised have not yet arrived, and there are not men enough to control the flames. The smoke Is heavy and the neat is something -awf uL The fir is running to the north and east on tne Govern ment land and to the south on the private holdings. It Is being held In check on the west by the firefighters. There are between oO and 60 men fighting tire for the lumber companies. The fire front is Between two ana three miles wide and the burned area Is from five to six miles In width and seven miles long. unless tne wina should blow hard the men will be able to keep the flames irom tne Jennie Creek country. No communication can be had with the Mount Pitt fire, but as ther I but little wind, it is probably no worse than yesterday. TROOPS WAIT, FORESTS BURX War Department Insist on Detailed Information From Foresters. CAMP COSGROVE. Wash., Aug. tl . (Special.) Companies A. F, G. H, and I. First Infantry, and a pack train from the Second Field Art llery, left this afternoon for .outhern Oregon to fight fire in that district. Four of these companies and the pack train go to Butte Falls and one company goes to Ashland to protect the water supply of that city. Upon request of Forester Cecil, of Portland, these troop were ordered out last Friday evening by General Maus, tents had been struck, company prop erty had been packed and waa being loaded into freight car, and the pass enger equipment to convey the troop was all ready te start rrom th yards at Tacoroa when an order was received by General Maua from tha War Depart ment at Washington. D. C to hold the troops. The order stated that the for estry bureau had not received from Forester Cecil at Portland,- either In formation in regard to the extent of the Area or a request for troops. Under these cond'tlons General Mans held the First Infantry under arms and ready to start at any time proper or ders were received. These orders were not received till 11 A. M. today and the troops departed at 4:30 P. M. in a special train. The departure of these companies exhaust the supply of troops available for Are fighters at this camp. All the regular Infantry has been called out. General Maus has Issued order that th's camp will break on August 26 th, which is the termination of the tour of the Washington and Idaho National Guards. Many Persons Anxious for Friends. Among the crowd haunting the tele graph offices and the newspapars yes terday, seeking new from Wallace, were G. W. Fleming and Mrs. Fleming, of Minneapolis, Minn. They had Just reached Portland after paying a visit to their daughter, Mrs. R. 8. Merriman, wife of a mining engineer operating in the Wallace district. Mr. Fleming had not been able to get a telegram through to the scene, and was advised by Western Union officials that they could not guarantee delivery because of the chaotic conditions existing at waiiaoe. . MONTANA IN NEW PERIL HIGH WIND CARRIES FIRE GALLATIX RESERVE. IX Flathead and Bitter Root Sections Report Reviving Flames Gover nor Will Take Command. HELENA. Mont Aug. tl. (Special.) The forest fire situation In Montana tonight is the worst in the history of the state. The last report from th Flathead country before communication was eu off waa to the effect that the altuatloa was wellnigh hopeless, that new flree had broken out and that the fighters were unable to cope with th situation. The Bitter Root valley flrea have also broken out with renewed vigor. J. M. Kennedy, of the Bureau of Pro tection, received Information today that the town of Ltbby waa surrounded by fire and that the situation waa or It icaL Eureka is reported surrounded. Fires at Avon have broken out afresh. The .Helena fire department fought brush fires all afternoon just west of the city limits. A dangerous fire 1 raging under the high wind In the Gallatin forest, seven miles south of Boxeman, ha8 crossed over Mount Ellis and Is invad ing some of the most valuable timber regions in tha forest. Aldret's sawmill Is in danger, as la a floek of 1S00 she belonging to John Works. Another flock of S000 sheep belonging to John Harvey, of Livingston, has escaped th fire started from sparks from a thresh lng engine on the ranch of Charles Joy. Under a high wind this fire swept in a few minutes across a mile of stubble into the brush at the timber's edge between Llm Kiln and Bear Canyon. Supervisor Conklln has been calling since 2 o'clock for 100 men to fight the fire, but so far only SO have responded and they have been sent to the front. If the fire is not brought under con trol tonight the whole region between here and Yellowstone Park, Including the Middle Creek and Gallatin regions, will be in grave danger. Another fire; of aerloua proportions Is reported tonight from Storrs and Hoffman. It miles southeast of Bose man. Another waa reported from near Maudlow, at th southern edge of the Helena forest. Governor Norris, who was with the board of Army engineers inspecting reclamation work, left the party at Great Falls at 3 o'clock thla afternoon and departed for Llbby. where. It 1 presumed, he will take personal com mand of the fire situation In the fire sone. TOLL OF DEAD GROWING (Continued From First Page.) Mullan. and 16 are injured at tha place. There are at Pine Creek three dead, five blinded and five otherwise injured. Fighters in Grave Danger. Of a gang of 16 men who were caught aear Mullan. four whose names are not yet known are so badly burned tnat tney may die. Hundreds of men fighting the flames on all sides Wallace are In immi nent danger and rescue parties are being disDatched where they are most needed- One of the most severely injured in the forest Is Forest Ranger Fulaekl. wno was In charge of a gang that was caught In a tunnel at Placer Creek. He may lose thA aiffht of one eve- Residents of mullan, escaping aown the canyon at 7 o clock, say that fires have almost reached their town and that great damage will be done. The women and children have left and the men are fighting to save the town. The buildings of the Missoula Copper A Snowstorm mines have Durnea ana those of the Hunter mine are in dan ger. The Reindeer, Butte & Montana and other mines have suffered. Tha fire Is threatening the high flume up Boulder Gulch which furnishes the Mullan water supply. All lines ara down and the only news oomea from fleeing people- Dead Buried on Spot. The bodies of tha dead are being bnrned where found. It may b week before a complete estimate of the fatalities can be made. Elsewhere In the fire zone the out look is bad. In St. Joe today It men are missing and it la feared that they have been burned to death. When the fire approached the camp, where there were 200 men, two of the fighters took a horse and. riding the animal to death, reached another camp and or ganized a rescue , party, which pene trated the fire to Bird Creek. Eight een of the men were found In th water where they bad gone for safety. They were unharmed. The forestry service has organized a relief train, well equipped with pack animals, carrying provisions and hospital supplies and will endeavor to get through the fire. Refugees Reach Missoula. About 1000 refugees have come Into Missoula today. There is much dis tress among them. Their wants are being supplied by Missoula people and they have temporary quarters. The first of the trains came over the Northern Pacific's Coeur d'Alene branch, bringing the patients who had been in Providence Hospital at Wal lace and as many refugees as could find a place in the small train. There were 250 on this train and a second train at noon with as many more. These people came from tha small towns along the line between here and Wallace. Many of them had been roused from their sleep by the peo ple on the train, whose summons had been the first intimation that the fire was near. There had been no sign of It when the people went to bed Sat urday night. In most instances they were scantily attired. A woman who had fled from her horn at midnight gave birth to a child In a A CONSERVATIVE CDSTODIAN HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK DOES A General Banking Business Pays Interest on Savings and Time Deposits Cor. Second aad aahinctonv St. Portland. Oregosi boxcar Just after tha arrival of the first train In Missoula. A dense pall of smoke hangs ever all Western Montana. In Missoula It was dark as midnight at S o'clock. The town of Taft. near the Idaho line. was entirely destroyed before daylight thla morning. Saltese, just below Taft, has been abandoned by Its Inhabitants and Is known to be surrounded by fire. De Borgia is threatened and one man is missing. At St. Regis tha fire has crossed the river and threeatens 'outlying buildv Ings. though no fears ar entertained tor the town. Harrison is reported to be destroyed. The last word from there is that tha fir is dangerously n4ar and the telephone operator waa preparing to flee. The area covered Is, roughly, 100 miles square, moat of it In the mountains and sparsely set tled. It Is difficult to obtain Information from any of the points and Impossible to reach som of the Isolated place at all. Other May Be Cut Off. There Is a probability that there has been other serious loss of life, as there are prospectors, camping parties and lum bermen all through the mountains and the fire may have come upon them where they slept last night, or they may have wakened this morning to find themselves cut off. George Wallbllling, a packer, and two companions reported at Missoula tonight from Adair, a station on the Milwaukee west of Missoula about 100 miles, having left there yesterday, riding horseback. One horse was ridden to death, but the men got over the range. They say that a car of dynamite and a ear of oil at the construction camp pear Adair exploded soon after they left, tha lira was spreading rapidly, and Wallblll ing believes the construction camp was destroyed. There were 25 men ther. FIRESFOLLOMDSLIDE COrER D'ALEXE DISTRICT IS SORELY AFFLICTED. Burke, Mullan' and Murray Other Camp Whose Existence Is Men. aced by Fierce Flames- Burled by an avalanche In March, burled under millions of tons of ice and snow, and swept by a destructive forest fire in August, It would seem that the wrath of tha furies 'has been Incurred by the Coeur d'Alene mining district, and that it shall be wiped out of exist- enee by the elements. Wallace is the geographical a well the commercial center of the Coeur d'Alene mining district. It is located at the confluence of the Nine Mile, Burke, Mullan, Placer Creek and 9sburn Canyons, and was, in the early '80s, a cedar swamp, which was reclaimed, Being located as it is, a person de. siring to travel from one of the canyons named to any other one, must first go to Wallace and then to the canyon of his destination, or take an arduous climD over steep ana ruggea hills. The Coeur d'Alene mining district takes its name from a local range of mountains varying in height from 3000 feet to 7000 feet. Burke In Peep Defile. Burke canyon is perhaps the most Important one tributary to Wallace. It Is seven miles from Wallace to Burke and the elevation of the latter town ia TOO feet higher than Wallace. Along the two railroad tracks of the O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific from Wallace to Burke, are the Hercules, the Hecla, Standard-Mammoth, Black Bear JfTac tion, Tlger-Poorman, Ambergris, all producing mines, besides numerous smaller properties. Last Winter a huge snowallde filled this canyon for several miles, and It was only recently that the ice and snow melted away. The broken traea carried to the canyon by the elide were picked up by the resi dents and used for firewood. In this accident 22 persons lost their lives. Including H. H. Pascoe superintendent Of the Standard-Mammoth mines. So steep are the sides ct Burke canyon and so narrow is the bottom that a place large enough for a baseball dia mond cannot be found- In Wallace is large opera house and on nights when there are shows there special trains are run from Burks and several undred miners and their families see the shows. Millions of dollars have beep taken from the mines in Burka canyon and the mines continue to throw forth their wealth. Mullan Has Rich Mines. In Mullan Canyon, which runs east from Wallace, Mullan and the Snow storm mine, about 10 miles, are such famous mine as the Snowstorm, Gold Hunter, Morning and several smaller producers. The Morning mine sold for 13,000,000, T. L. Oreenougb and the late Peter Larson being the owners then. Mullan is on the Northern Paciiic, between Wallace and Missoula, about even mile from Wallace. During the past week it has been almost surround ed by forest fires and it required the most strenuous and untiring efforts of the miners to save their homes and the mining properties from destruction. Going north up Rina-Miie canyon. passing the Northern Pactfio depot, one Is on the road to Murray, where gold was first discovered by A. J. Prichard in 1882. The following year there was gold rush to Murray, and It waa esti mated that there were more than oOOO men sacking the placer gold to ba found In that vicinity. A railroad now connects Wallace with Murray, but it a round-about way to get there, al though the quickest. Until 1898 Murray was the oounty seat oi tinoahone coun ty, when It was moved to Wallace. Silver In 'Wallace Streets. Wallace bas the reputation of having its streets paved with silver, and there some truth in thla. The streets are covered with tailings, crushed rook from the mines. These tailings, which i LUMBERMENS National Bank CORNER , FIFTH AND STARK STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON ' Capital B. K. Mn A, KMtUf., , Sea. I F. Ju MORRIS ESTABLISHED 1893 Dealers in Bonds and High Grade Investment Securities Beg to announce their removal to new and enlarged offices on the Second Floor of the Railway Ex change Bldg.', Fourth and Stark Sts. First National Bank Capital 151,500,000 Surplus 750,000 Oldest National Bank West of tho Rocky Mountains Bank Notice Security Savings and Trust Company Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus $900,000 ' Invites Accounts of Merchants, Individuals and Savings are crushed ore, carry a small per cent of lead and silver. Twelve miles west " of Wallace lie Kellogg and Wlardner, the population of each being about 2500. Here are tha Bunker HU1 fc Sullivan, the Last Chance, Empire State and other mines. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine, near Wardner, was first uncovered by a bucking burro on the morning of Sep tember IT, 1885, and since that time it has produced more than 311,000,000 in dividends. It Is said to have a market value of $12,000,000-. Its concentrator has a capacity of 3000 tons of lead ore dally. It is the largest single lead and silver producing mine in the world. Placer Creek Canyon, which opens Into Wallace on the south and west, connects with th Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad, which was recently built through the St- Joe country, west of the Bitter Boot range of mountains. Wallace, being situated as It ia, is in danger from fire that would start In any of th canyon. A fire a few miles from Wallace would create a suction and the winds, if going in the right direction, would carry the fire into the city Itself, as wa done yester day. - PROFESSOR DANIEIiS FEARFCL Portland Wan- Had Good Packed In Wallace 'Home Ready to Ship. Professor J. W. Daniels, now in structor at the Hill Military Academy, ia the owner of a beautiful and well furnished home at Wallace. He had been unable to get a message over the wires after they had been re-established yesterday to ascertain whether th building and it contents escaped the fire, "I can only hope that the fire did not reach our Wallace home," said Mr. BITULITHIC Makes good streets. 1 Property ,. owners who have paid for it know this. Ask them about BITULITHIC $500,000 PIMCTOR. O. K. Weasspertta Cos, 8 RnsseU vloe - Pmtdeat F. - Brumby , Dw. K. A. J. Mackenzt Oeorge O, Bingham . Lloyd J. Wentworth -wslrle J7 k Wheeler Gee. L MoFhersaa John A. Keating Robert Traas Via ' U. O. Storr Portland, August 20, 1910 BROTHERS Psniels last night. "The value of the hoqaa and Its furniture would not en tall such a grievous monetary loss, but If my writings, souvenirs and keep sakes are burned they can never be re placed. Most of my books and house hold effects were packed for shipping to Portland. Among them were my di ploma of graduation, trophies gathered during my college oareer and a num ber of testimonials and trinkets pre sented me by residents of cities where my profession has called me. I would pot lose them for any amount of money, specially my old telescope which I have used since beginning my astro nomical studies. "But Wallace, If destroyed, could be rebuilded on hoi-streets of sllver.There is an immense amount of wealth among the residents of that little city, and it Is money that was accumulated there." TBAVELKKS' CCIDB. All Alodara aafatT Davtcea (Wireless, tic.) LONDON PABIS HAMBURG Pennsylvania Au.81Bleucher, Sept. t tKaisp.Aug.Vic.Sept 3jCleveland Sept. 10 UJnexcelled Riis-Carlton a la Cart. Res taurant. Hamburg direct. GIBRALTAR, NAPLES AND GENOA. 8. 8. MOLTKK. .,. .....August SO. P. M. a. 8. HAMBURG September 0 Hamburg-American Line, ICO Powell St., ban Francisco. CaL and Local R. R. Asenta ia Portland. S. S. Golden Gate for Til lamook, Bay City and - Garibaldi Leaves Wash.-st. dock Tuesday at S P.M. Freight and Passengers. Phone Main 8819, A 2468. San Francisco and Los Angeles DIRECT North PacUio a. a. Co.'s S. S. Roanoke and S. 8. Elder sail every Wednesday alternately at P. M. Ticket office 122 Third at., near Alder. MARTIN 1. HIGLfcV, Passeaga A seat, W, H. SLUaSbW. Frelulit Agent. Phone -M. 1314, A 1314. &A3f FRANCISCO POBXLAND SS. CO. Fw service o Los AnKelw, via Sn Fran cisco, every five days- From Alnsworth pock. Portland, A. M. (.8. Rose City Aug. ia. Reaver SI, Bear Sep. t From Saa Francisco Northbound, 12 M. $.8. Beaver 4, Bear 89. Ruse Cily kep. 8, From San Pedro Northbound, 9-8. Hear 27, Rxe City 8ep. 1, Reaver . HO. Smith, C. T- A., 14 Tbird St. jrw. Ransom, Agent, Aina worth lioelt. Phones Main 2US; A 1402. COOS BAY LINE (frDAT SERVICE Steamer Breakwater leaves Portland 9 A. M., August 27, Sept. 1, 6. 13, 20, 27, and every Tuesday from Aim worth Doc It, for Korth Bend, Marshfleld and Coos Bay point. Freight received until 0 P. M-. daily. Passenger fare, first-class. $10; soe ond'CUsa, S7. inciudins; bertfe and mwUa. Inquire Ainsworth Dock, li&la,