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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1910)
- SATURDAY, AUGUST 37, 1910. - 6 - STATE IMPROVING Local Forester Receives En couraging Reports From Various Oregon Districts. WATERSHED IN NO DANGER 1 II IV. If I. 1 IV.l M. X. V At a-U a PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN WALLACE AT TEE TOE. , JSiAiP K "llk S-tSS P 3 f ' , 1 CONDITIONS Olfi VTar Department Turn IHrnn Semi' tl Scheme for Bombardment of Skle In Effort to Start Ran From Northwest Clood. I.atet Information from Bandy lae 1 Blent indicate that thera la little taneer 'of lira devastating the Bull Ron water ted. The Are In the Sandy River baalo lha bea practically aurrounued by the "three companies of the Oreron National I Guard, force of the Forestry 9rvtc and f Yolunteera, and la ronsldered under cou i troL Xothina" " hurricane oull drrv Wte flameai through the lira line Into k&e Bull Run water abed. Report from all par: of tha atato are 'neourealng. T7nlM Hind aprlng up and fan tha amouWerlnc foreata Into flame again and carry brands Into the protected mry timber. It la expected that further W-onflarat!ona will be averted nntll rain Stall and exiingutshc, the dying embera. Two ew lire Reported. Two new fires were reported to E. T. UUen. forerter of the Western Fore aind Conservation Conftreaa. laat night. me waa In the first water ejhed south of ask Creek la Clataop County, and the ether was at the Junction of the Nehalem :and Salmon Berry creek In Tillamook "County, for two day smoke hung; over ;the coast like a heavy fog. The smoke Iwaa so heavy that the flamea could not Ike aeen from the seashore and It was (supposed that It drifted from the Interior, where fires have been raging for sev eral days. Not until epttlers who live 4a the vicinity of these fires) reported, was It known there was fire of conse quence west of Portland. Owing- to the rough and rnacceaslble country the extent of the fires Is not known, but they will be investigated today. Sandy Conditions Improve. A semblance of order was restored In the Sandy River country yeaterday as the Ores came under control. So menac ing were the fiamea that swept through the valley leaving heapa of anhes where formerly stood bungalows, cottagea and homes of fannera, that a general stam pede began for placea of aafety. The tongues of flame lapping the mountains which hem In the valleya pictured doom on all sides. The choking atmosphere. ' laden with gases from burning under brush and damp logs, columns of black amok belching up through the haae dur ing the ony. and the lurid eky which Bordered the entire horlaon at night, with the crackling and crashing timber on all aides, waa enough to make the xpulace panic-stricken. Not until veri- fled reports that the Are was undor con trol spread through the district did fear subside. xIstoo Along; Mount Hood Road. A long track of waste borders either tie of the Mount Hood road from Sandy to Rhododendron. Perbapa a score of houses and barna were deetrored and those left standing were saved by the hardest Ashling. Yeeterduy Companies C. E and H. of the Oregon National Guard, asMgned to Hogan. were sent to Sandy. They were under orders to proceed to Marmot, at the edge of the Bull Run forest, when serums fl("e was reported at Welch, and they were diverted to that point. Welch Is about 14 mtlea from Sandy and the troops reached the scene last night. Company K was left at Hogan. where the fire was conquered. Battery A re turned to Portland last night. Com pany O of the Fourth Infantry, at Al bany, was ordered to the Brownsville fire yesterday, and la now engaged in fighting that conflagration. A large number of campers and resl denta near Rhodendron have been ramping In the road and in tne open meadows for the last two days and nights. The road Is open to Govern ment camp and the stage Is running. With the exception of the losa en tailed by the farmers, whose homes, barns. Implements and crops have been destroyed, the losa la not heavy In the Sandy Valley. Zigzag Mountain and a great part of the valley that has been swept by the flamea were burned ever years ago and moat of the timber waa young trees. Much of It was the fruit of reforestation, and the work will have to be done over again. The dan cer at Rhododendron la considered over, and. as confidence is being restored. It is learned that many of the first re ports of disaster were greatly exas perated. The only loss of life reported so far nas that of an Indian woman and two children. They were picking berrlea on the mountain side near Mclntyrc's place. The bodlea of the mother and children were found near a creek, which ahe had evidently been trying to reach when overtaken by the fire. Two Women Escape Xarrowly. One of the thrilling escapee reported was that of two women who were res cued by Victor Hammer, superintend ent of underground wires of the Port land Railway. Light Power Cm Pny He waa making a trip throairh tKi nre xone In an automobile and rxt timpted to take the women to safety. M encountered a burning bridge ar.d turced back, only to find another bridge had ranght fire behind him. Cut off from either ay the situation was Decerning critical, when Hammer mn uKd to work a passage over a hastily rec rstructed bridge of logs and cs-cai-ed. Dr. Osmon Royal, whose family was at Rhododendron, became apprehen sive and rushed to their rescue In an automobile. Much of the corduroy road vis burning and a leaking gasoline tank made the trip extremely pertlo.is. f-r fear of an explosion. Although the sltuutlon at Rhododendron was net considered dangerous. lr. Royal de cl!.1 to bring his family home. Acting Governor Bowerman and Vrlu.l States District Attorney John McCourt held a conference yesterday oj the advisability of revoking all fish ing and hunting licenses, but It was decided there is nothing in the law to s;ive authority for such action. Xo Bombardment Flavored. The War Department does not look with favor upon the suggestion that the sky be bombarded with cannon in an effort to Induce rain. The Navy Department la willing to take a chance with its big guns, but the ships are o few in the Immediate region of the forest Area along the Coast that their booming, without the co-operation of the Coast Artillery, would not be con sidered suftlclcnt to accomplish the de sired result. 7Z.- ' 'I . .U lr- i;ir the birds. 1 i --?- r -i i ' ' ' liljL'-lJJL v.. k ' V RANGER HALM SAFE Fitting and Party of 34 Men Have Not Reported Yet. SEARCH FOR THEM PEGIiyS Bodies or Els;lrtcn of Holllngshead'a Men Are Burled at DlUmin't Cabin, In St- Joe District, Where Fire Caught Them. (Ontlnnfl From First Fare.) tortable in camp and declined to move. On Setxer Creek also one man who dis obeyed orders waa obliged to shoot himself to escape cremation while his 89 obedient comrades were only singed. The Forest Service did not employ the IS men killed at Big Fork of the Coeur d'Alcne. and these men should be stricken from the list of the serv ice's dead. On the other band. Ranger Lee Holllngshead. In the St. Joe dla trtct. lost IS men, not 14. as at flrst reported. A homeseeker at St. Joe to day described the death of 13 men. mostly foreigners, on Big Creek These were probably not forestry employes. On the north side of the St. Jos River, the area burned over Is 15 miles In width and 30 miles long. On. the south side of the St. Joe River the tires are very serious knd extensive. Eighteen firefighters who served un der Forest Ranger Lee Holilngshead are burled at Dlttman'a cabin, 12 miles from Pile's ranch, in the St. Joe dis trict. All that Identifies the men Is a roughly pencll-d card bearing the In scription. "Eighteen men burled here." There were Scandinavians and Ameri cans In the party. There were 2 men at the cabin un der the Immediate supervision of Ed Maloney. Maloney, W. Corbttt. E. R. Kendall, a man named Allen, Tom Long and Peter Pendleton escaped. Men Escape to Plateau, The Dlttman cabin Is about S000 feet np the mountain In the Big Creek dis trict, and was surrounded on three sides by dense forests. To the north was a plateau that had been burned clear. The men that escaped from the camp found refuge here until the fire bad passed. When the fire had passed 10 of the men were found In the hollow Just south of the cabin. The men had gone there thinking they might And water, but the place was dry. One man had stayed In the cabin. All that was left of him waa his backbone. Five bodlea were found on a little flat north of the cabin. The body of a boy waa found at the edge or the clearing, his hands clutching a fallen log. In Looking Glasa Canyon, near Toll Gate. In the Blue Mountains, a heavy wind Is driving the flames, which are less than two miles from the settle ment at the Toll Gate. A force was Bent to the mountains today, but as the wind veered to all points of the compass within a few moments the men dared not venture within fighting distance for fear of being caught. FIRES NEAR LA GRANDE GROW Fldra, Oregon, Not Destroyed, as Reported Thursday. LA GRANDE. Or- Aug. 2. (Special.) Forest fires that have been burning south of the city have continued to grow and as the wind has changed, the smoke Is falling over this city. In Wallowa County. IS fires are burn ing but none are threatening villages. Flora Is not destroyed, as announced yes terday In news dispatches. The blase la 1 miles away. The soldiers are having but little suc ce.a at Half way and at Medical Springs. The Palmer logging camps near Elgin are threatened with a fire in the slash ings, less than a mile from the Hug camps. LOCAL 5IILITIAMEV RETURN" Building and Livestock Saved, but Flames Not Checked. Begrimed and weary from two days' strenuous fighting forest fires SO miles southwest of Portland, 8S members of - i .? r .:,: . ,iiL.-i: -: ;,.,..: If ifJ iai-T 3a fl i- . v. --.-.-. v . ......... .. - o,..)t.j:4ftvL1. ww-rvwn rs.w:-a. - '7. ' Battery A. Oregon National Guard, un der command of Captain H. U. Welch, returned at 10 o'clock last night. When the contingent- arrived at the scene of the fire Thursday It was seen that It was useless to try to check the course of the flames. An area from six to eight miles wide had been burned over and the lire was spreading at a rapid rate. Captain Welch ordered his men to extend their efforts in protecting buildings, livestock and families of farm ers. Another detachment under Lieu tenant Randall, after hard fighting, suc ceeded In saving the Rodlund sawmill, located a few miles southwest of Greeham. Testerday the fire had spent Itself and the men by backfiring the burned dis trict finished their work and left the dis trict out of danger from further fires. About SO men under Captain Smith, of Company K. remained' on the Clackamas County line. The men who came to Portland last night left the scene of the fire about 8 o'clock. RAIN IS NOT INDICATED FORECASTER SEES NO OUTLOOK FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF. There Is Possibility of Precipitation In Idaho 67 Per Cent Hu midity Not Enough. Rain will not come to relieve the fire situation in Oregon today. When the winds shifted to the northwest yesterday the hoped-for downpour was postponed. District Forecaster Beals last night announced that there was no prospect for immediate relief. The indications for a general storm were considered excellent yesterday, when the humidity In the atmosphere registered 87 per cent, more than dou ble that of the day before. There was not sufficient moisture, however. No rains have been reported from weather stations along the coast. There is a possibility for rain In Idaho today or tonight. No reports were received last night from the Straits of Juan de Fuca, owing to wire troubles. IRRIGATION JS REVIVED Vale Expects Work, to Begin Soon on Various Projects. VALE. Or.. Aug. 26. (Speclal.-The -i.it ), KoyVora and representatives of the Eastern Oregon Land Company to Vale is expected to resun in ui announcement of construction work on several proposed Irrigation projects In Malheur County, which will woter thou sands of acres of the best agricultural land In Oregon. Walter a Martin and Peter T. Martin, backers of the Eastern Oregon Land r. - n Tha Dalles military wuywiji - - road grant, both said before leaving for the Interior that tney were reuj finance those projects If the present promoters failed. With them were W. J. Burns and Wil liam Mackensle. of the Balfour-Guthrie Company of Portland. They will visit n MnMin. Itkeview and Klam ath Falls to become better acquainted with the resources or Oregon. ASSESSOR MOVES OFFICE Law Permits Him to Cse Ha'stack Instead of County Seat. OLTMPIA, Wash., Aug. I. (Spe cial.) Assessor O. P. Hailey. of Frank lin County, refuses to maintain an of fice at Pasco, the county seat, ana de clares that under the law he Is privi leged to eetabllsh that office If he de airea In a haystack on his farm 18 miles from Pasco. Complaint has been made to the Attorney-General, who so far has been unable to discover any law which will directly prohibit the haystack threat. The onlv law bearing In any way upon this subject so far discovered requires the County Commissioners to provide proper offices at county seats for til officials. 1 New York Cotton Market. NEW TORE. Aug. 26- Snot cotton closed quiet. Mid-uplands. 16.40c: da gulf. 16. Sic S&les. TTOO bales. Futures e!osed steady. Auirnst. 18.54c: Sep tember, 14.1c: October. l.S7c; November, 13 December. 1S.4SC:- January. 12.40c: February. 13.44c: March. lS-Jic; May, 13.8M; June. 13.64c; July, U.B30. ja, s -iai I'sfi niiii'ir'T"'"'-'""1''"7'' 1"' "' ' 1 B -i PLEA IS RENEWED Washington Begs Taft to Aid in Bringing Rain. HOPE FIXED ON BIG GUNS Refusal of War Department to Fire Volleys at $10,000 Apiece Not Accepted as Final by Cities Along Sound. SEATTLE. Aug. 28. President Taft has been appealed to for an order In structing the War Department to com ply with the request sent yesterday by Senator Piles and Representative Hum phrey asking that the coast defense forts In Puget Sound artillery district unite with the warships at the Navy yard In firing their big guns in the hope of starting a general rainfall over flre ewept forests of Western Washington. The Washington Forest Fire Association has sent messages to the commercial bodies of Tacoma, Portland and other Northwestern cities, asking them to Join in the request for rain-making assist ance. The appeal sent to President Taft to night was signed by the Washington Forest Fire Association, the Washington Conservation Association and other or ganizations of lumbermen and loggers. Conditions Ideal for Trial. The Joint telegram sent to the Presi dent says: "War Department telegraphs objec tions to cost of firing heavy guns on Pa cific Coast of SlO.OOo for each discharge. We respectlfully submit that forest fire organizations are spending $20,000 a day and unorganized efforts are costing vast ly more. Increasing fires Jeopardise J3, 000,000,000 worth of standing timber In Washington alone. The air Is full of smoke and moisture here, and conditions are ideal for a rain-producing trial. We earnestly hope your excellency will fa vorably act on our request." The Navy Department has already signified a willingness to do Its share toward Jarring moisture out of the at mosphere, but there are so few warships in Puget Sound that It la believed a volley from them alone would be Inef fective. For this reason the firetlghtlng officials are anxious that the War Department Join In the experiment. Deluge of Messages Begins. In spite of the attitude -of the War Department the business men of Seattle and the officers of the Forest Fire As sociation believe that If sufficient pres sure is brought to bear their request will be granted. To that end they have started a deluge of messages to Wash ington and to Beverly. in the meantime, hundreds of men un der the direction of forest rangers and state fire wardens are working desper ately to control the flames that are gradually approaching numerous towns and villages In the foothills of the moun tains. How long they can bold out against the enemy none will assert, but they are hopeful that they can atay tha flamea until the rain comes to -their re lief. Reports here tonight indicate that sev eral towns In the eastern part of this county are in grave danger. Many of the women and children have been sent from the threatened districts to Seattle and Tacoma. The men are remaining behind to keep up the fight until they win or are burned out. LOSERS PLAX TO BEG IX ANEW Clark County Taking Account of Damage, With Danger Past. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. zS. (Spe cial.) Nearly all danger of forest fires being past, unless a strong wind springs up. those who were burned out and suffered loss are already planning to begin anew. Frank Perkina, partner of E. F. Bouton and part partner of the Pitch less Lumber Company, arrived in Van couver this morning with nothing but a suit of overalls and shirt. He was at the mill with a crew of 10 men Wednes day night when they saw the fire com ing and found that there was no avenue of escape. The fire was all around them and fast approaching. Soon we'll be flying through t-U oir Hire the birds. Wporpr nnci nearer with them will come a new race of fighting men. The new days will have food and drink problems, just as we do, for on proper sustenance depends the daily battle. The aerial fighting man willdemand a beverage which will nourish and strengthen him and keep his nerves at highest strength. will be the favorite beverage then as it is now, for it is it contains the greatest percentage has D. Near the mill Is a pond In which the logs are kept. They Jumped Into that and all night they splashed water over each other's heads to keep from burn ing. Logs floating in the water In the pond were partly consumed. Mrs. Perkins and children had been sent ahead of the fire with a team and a wagon In which were a few per sonal effects and a trunk. Ahead of them the fire crossed the road. They cut the horses loose, buried the trunk and finally escaped to Heissen. At Bell Mountain three families were burned out In one district. The fourth neighbor, J. J- Ott. took them all in. There are six children In each family. George Gassaway recently built a fish pond and stocked it with trout. The fire was so hot it heated the water and killed all of the fifih. Many fish In the streams were killed by the warmed water. It is difficult for many of the farmers to find pasture for their cows. Milk is scarce and this will vitally affect several creameries. In the vicinity of Battle Ground the fire consumed the old rail fence around a 20-aere field of oats which was shocked, and not a shock of oats was burned. Above Yacolt on the logging rail road, every bridge and trestle was burned. The railroad to Tacolt will be open tomorrow or Saturday, It is thought. The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad is loading cars with timbers and repairs for . bridges around Spo kane and east 6f there, owned by the Northern Pacific. The North Bank road was not Injured by the fires. SMOKE HINDERS . NAVIGATION Steamer Enveloped Along Whole Coast North From California. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug. 28. A report of conditions said to be par ticularly difficult for navigation, owing to dense smoke, was brought In today by the ' steamship Queen, which passed In today from San Francisco. Chief Officer Barry said that the vessel was never free from the smoke pall through out the run north from California. Reports of a dozen fires In the Olym pic peninsula section reached here to day. Heavy loss by flames has been sustained by logging outfits near Brin non. Hoods Canal. Another property in danger of heavy loss from fires now Dennos (MTLKFLAKE) Baby Food Gets the Credit of Saving This Baby's Life Dfiinof Baby Food makes cow's milk like mother's milk. Mrs.' Del Boy UtcbII, Medfofd, Or., writes: Ours was s, -vigorous, heal thy baby, weighing; 8 pounds at birth, and until he was three months old (at which time I stopped nursing him) he was In perfect health, having neither colic nor the little stomach disturbances which many babies have, and weighing thirteen pounds. At this time his bowels became so ser iously affected that the beet physicians and the most careful nursing accom plished nothing, and he grew steadily worse until we despaired of his life, and for long days and nights we agonized over him. At this point a friend sent us several cans of DENNOS BABY POOl to try. With the very first feeding It seemed that a miracle bad been performed, and In time it healed the bowels and without a medicine of any kind whatever DENNOS BABY FOOD effected a complete cure. He is the embodiment of health and good spirits. Kis flesh Is firm and his color glorious, and to DENNOS BABY FOOD is given positively alt the credit. 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Admitting the possibility of effec tiveness, it was considered that prob ably ten rounds would have been re quired. This would have run the cost up to a figure that the officials did not feel Justified in incurring without being assured of beneficial results. The disturbance caused by the flight of the projectiles from the guns, it was said, would be comparatively negligi ble. To fire the biggest guns In the coast artillery costs about- 250. To fire the 12-inch mortars costs about $60 or 70. A tiny electric device is now used to tpft the action of the hpart. Sale Closes 10 P. M. Better Come Before Noon, Though. okLY A FEW ARE LEFT Chance to Obtain a Fine "Grand" Style Piano at These Sale Prices Won't Soon Come. Again. It's all over tonight At 10 P. M. the greatest sale of Grand Pianos ever held in Portland will be over. More than 30 homes and studios have already saved a total of several thousand dol lars in the purchase of the magnifi cent Grand Pianos which we have sac rificed in this sale. There wasn't a single undesirable instrument in the whole lot. Of the remaining few are a $900 Weber Grand, which you can't tell from new, at $515 a really superb In strument In ebonlzed case. This piano has been used in only three or four recitals. There is also a latest style, fancy mahogany Knabe Grand that can be had for $535, one of the most beau tiful cases ever seen. FOR WELL - TO - DO HOMES. We are particularly desirous of meeting the owner of a well-to-do home having a large music-room and the wherewithal to purchase a magni ficent $1600 Kimball orchestral concert grand, the Identical instrument which contributed its full share in making the Myrtle Elvyn recital a phenomenal artistic success early this year. This Kimball Grand is the finest that Klmballs have ever made, and as fine as anybody has ever made In a con cert grand piano. It s offered for sale at a reduction of 40 per cent. Another music-loving home which may not have quite so much space available, will be interested In the magnificent Chickering Parlor Grand In very choice dappled mahogany case In this sale. The identical grand used by Dr. Ludwig Wuellner and his wonderful pianist. Conrad Bos. in their triumphal appearance last May. This Instrument goea at the same discount quoted above, 40 per cent oft. It is doubtful if ever such an oppor- . tunltv will ever occur again and It seems hardly likely, since in the last tin years no such sale of Grand Pianos has been held In the United States. A sale of such magnitude is only possible by a house like Eilers. We urge every music lover who con templates purchasing a "Grand" now, or in the future, to select one before this sale closes tonight at 10 o'clock. V Call before noon today if you can. It may not be convenient for you to pay all cash now. Let us arrange this by easy terms, giving you from one to three years to complete payments if deSe1eedthese "Grands" at our Retail otnre S5l! 353. 355 Washington street !lBite7. Music House, Oregon Horn. Concern. Oldest. Largest and Most Responsible- I