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.,
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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."
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