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THE lORXIXG OKEGONIAX; '21. SATURDAY,' SEPTEMBER 'S8,;- 1918. LINN FORESTS ARE Oimu, and on Larch Mountain. Near Burton today the firs assumed danger ous proportions and calls for help were sent to Vancouver. The fire burning at Burton last night SWEPT BY REG FIRE menaced a house on the Osborne place. Many other places are in danger and fear Is felt for the safety of houBes nd barns near Jaggy station. 8 - Home, Guards Rushed to Fight , Blaze Which Is' Advancing t on Four-Mile Froit. TOVS OF LIXDBERG IS BCKXED Fire Canning Great Damage and Menaces Town of Morton. MORTON. Wash, Sept. 27. (Special.) All of the town of Llndberg, two miles north of Morton. Is afire. The fire i started from a slashing burning set by the West Fork Logging Company, according to Forest Ranger Christian. VALUADLt MWlDtn nuLHLL I Road store caught fire at :S0 P. M. snortiy oeiore mat ice mm, wnicn wu being changed from m. shingle mill to a sawmill, caught fire and burnea quickly. There is no chance of saving even one building In Llndberg. Includ ing all the residences, and from pres ent indications the fire will sweep up the valley taking 'everything before It. The fire already covers 2000 acres and If the wind does not change Morton will be In danger. The fire Is beyond all control and the people of Llndberg are being taken care of at Morton. Flames Extend Along Middle Fork of South SanUam River North-cast-of Foster; Largest Re- ported So Far This Year. ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.) After telephoning in vain to Portland and many Valley towns to get men to help fight a big forest Ore northeast of Foster. Are wardens today called on the Linn County Home Guard, for help and 20 men from the Albany and Lebanon companies were rushed to the fire. They went by automobiles to a point three miles above Foster and walked nine miles to the Are. Unless the situation Improves more men will go in tomorrow to assist the fire wardens and guards already there. This fire, which Is burning along the Middle Fork of the South Santiam River east of the Big Bottom country. Is the largest In this section or the state this year. It started only yesterday, but as the forest is very dry and fanned by a strong east wind it ran rapidly. Flainrs Travel Swiftly. REPORT IS MISINTERPRETED No Order Barring Night Gasoline I Sales Vet Issued. Publication Thursday of a dispatch from San Francisco stating that oil and gasoline selling stations of Coast teriir tor "have been reauested - to limit I their sales to the hours between ( A. M. and C P. M.." was misunderstood In many quarters. State Fuel Adminis trator Holmes telegraphed to the oil division headquarters in San Francisco for Information. v D. M. Folsom, Coast director of the oil division, responded yesterday: "No order issued. Request made for It was reported tonight that It had I roluntary co-operation on part of sell traveled nine miles over a four-mile front. The lowest estimate Is. that It has progressed four miles. Dense emoke prevents an exact estimate of Its ex tent, bat the number of acres covered is In the thousands. Thus far the fire has run largely In an old burn, but It Is headed toward a heavy belt of valuable timber near Ureenpeter Mountain. The fire is out side the forest reserve and the timber holdings threatened belong to private companies and individuals. The Are was highly speetacular last Bight. Men. who saw It say that when it ran over Rocky Top, a high moun tain In that section. It seemed as if the whole country was on Are. ers of oil and purchasers of gasoline I and distillate. Will advise you later.' Heads of several of the oil companies favor the closing of filling and service stations at o'clock. Mr. Holmes said. as a matter of conservation. wind carried ashes and cinders for many miles and some ashes fell near Lebanon. 2 miles away. The Are started on the Middle Fork of the South Santiam River about aiz miles above Whltcombs. It burned over Rocky Top and the divide and down Into the North Fork of the Middle Fork. Fire Declared Set. BEAR IS KILLED WITH HOE Brain, Target f-w Rocks and Garden Implements, Succumbs. ALBANY. Or.. Sept. '27. (Special.) The strong a ZOO-pound bear was killed with rocks and a grubbing hoe by men fighting a forest fire near Detroit, Wednesday. The incident was related by Edward H. Horsky. of this city, who returned to day from the Breitenbush Hot Springs. The fire fighters had a small dog with them and It suddenly ran in among them with the bear at its heels. The only man who had a revolver emptied innth.p ir Are la burninr on the the chamber, but hit the animal only CalaDoola River about four miles above once and broke its paw. Thoroughly Holly. This one started Tuesday night I mad. the bear lunged about while the nd hn covered more than 1000 acres. I men threw large rocks at it. One man I This tract was burned over six years I finally hit the bear over the eye with ago, when It was then mostly logged otf ground, and since then has been a Jungle of vines and underbrush. Fire wardens say this Are wss surely set. as it started in about IS different places. Several other Ares are burning In this section of the state. One burned this morning a distance of about two miles between Gates and Mill City. It was near Gates tonight, but buildings there are In no danger. The Are Is burning yet. though on a half-mile front. a hoe and brought it down. AVALANCHE SEEN ON HOOD Landslide Tarns Water of Fast Fork Into Middle Fork River. G ON SERVATI O N P LU S ! These three fine markets are combining their advertising and saving in every way possible. No phone orders or delivery from the Peoples Cash and Carry or the Central Market; from the Peoples Market deliveries on the East Side on purchases of $5 and over only, and on the West Side $3 and over. . This saving on our part means saving for you saving without the sacrifice of quality. Everything you buy at any one of our three stores is the best the market affords. Make out the list of what you need and shop at whichever one of the three markets is most convenient for you. PEOPLES MARKET AND GROCERY Miscellaneous Needs 1 large Royal Baking Powder... 350 Chipped Beef 2 Glasses .25 Lea and- Perrins Sauce. 3 pkgs. Shredded Cod-fish. . . 2 lbs. Fancy New Prunes 3 lbs. Broken Maccaroons.... 3 pkgs.. Raisins Split Peas, per lb Fancy Dill Pickles, doz... 3 Shinola ' 3 Bottles EVrtract....... 2 Cans Del Monte Sauce. 6 rolls Wax Paper 6 Rolls Toilet Paper 3 pkgs. Noodles. Jello, per pkg 'Alago Syrup, per can.... Palace Car Jam, per jar 20. 3 Bottles Mustard . ..250 1 qt. Jar Mustard , 250 ..300 250 250 250 250 ..100 ..2O0 ..250 ..250 ..150 ..250 ..250 ..250 ..110 200 Holly Rice and Milk. . .10 2 Cans Holly Milk 250 Armours Milk 7...' 100 Marigold Milk... 100 Cookies and Crackers Fancy Graham Crackers .200 Fancy Soda Crackers, per lb 150 3 pkgs. Roman Meal Biscuits. Crisp Ginger Snaps, per lb. . . . Animal Cookies, per lb...:... 50 ..150 .250 Cereals 1 pkg." Ralstan Bran.. Pearl Barley, per lb... 9 lbs.. Rolled Oats,.... 9 lbs. Corn Meal. 2 Puffed Wheat...... 2 Puffed Rice 2 Shredded Wheat.... ..150 ..100 ..800 ..700 ..250 ..250 Krinkle Corn Flakes, per pkg 100 Beverages Postum Cereal ...200 Large Can Instant Postum 450 1 Can Hershey's Cocoa 150 M. J. B., Golden West, Royal Club and Dependable Coffee, 3 lbs.. .050 Soaps and Cleansers 3 Cans Skat. : .250 3 Cans Dutch Cleanser..... 250 3 Bars Sapolio 250 5 Cakes Ivory Soap 300 1 pkg. Gold Dust 250 1 Cake Palm Olive Soap .. .100 3 Cakes Glycerine Soap. ....... .250 1 pkg. Lux... .....100 1 pkg. Citrus Washing Powder. .250 Canned Goods Always Handy ' Deviled Meat, per can 50 3 Cans Tomato Soup 250 3 Cans Sardines 250 3 Cans Pork and Beans......... 250 2 Large Cans Peaches ...350 2 Large Cans Apricots......... 350 Booth Sardines .200 ExtraSpecial! Fancy King Apples, per box $1.25 Special Karo Syrup, jper gallon 90 Crisco 3 lbs. ...... .90 6 lbs $1.80 Wesson Oil pints... 40 Quarts 75 Pearl Shortening: No. 3, 75; No. 5, $1.25; No. 10, $2.50 For Canning Time Mason Jar Rubbers, per doz.. .... .50 Mason Jar Caps, per doz. 300 Schram Caps, per doz.. 300 Economy Caps, per doz... 300 Phones: A 6255 Main 5700 &$ MARKET 5 1 PEOPLE'S X GROCERY In Vista House Market N; E. Cor. Fourth and Yamhill" CENTRAL MARKET , IN PACIFIC MARKET S. E. Cor. Fourth and Yamhffl HOOD RIVER. Or- Sept. 27. Sna. Another Are is buralngnear Elkhora. claL)x iandHae moTlng an" enormous mass of Ice and stone down tbs north east side of Mount Hood was recently north of Gates, at the edge of the Na tional forest. It is a large Ore, but in an old burn. The two fires near De. troit are burning ret. but it will take rain -to stop them completely. KAHN SOUNDS ALARM CLATSOP FIGHTS MAXY BLAZES Several Destructive Forest Fires Are Rasing Throughout County. ASTORIA. Or, Sept. 27. (Special.) The long- continued dry weather, ac companied by a strong: and hot- east wind, has been the cause of some disas trous forest fires in various sections of Clatsop county. The most serious blaze Is in the vicinity of the Western Coop erate Company, on Klatskanie river, where camp-wven, of the Spruce Divis ion, was completely destroyed last night and the men lost everything but the clothes- on their backs. Foneonkey engines were also destroyed. All the men in the camp are fighting; fires heroically, with every hope of setting them under control. The California Barrel Company's up per camp in the same district was wiped out. while the lower or main camp is threatened and the blase is said to be reaching into the live timber. The extent of actual property loss cannot be estimated as yet. . In the Knappa district is another large fire but not in any green timber as yet. All the loggers and farmers in the vicinity are doing everything In their power to stop it. In the Necanlcum district south of Seaside is another forest fire. One of the Hammond logging engines was de stroyed last night and some green tim ber is threatened. The streets' of Astoria today show evidence of forest fires by the presence of hemlock and spruce burrs, charred by the flames and blown over the city by the high wind. . - There is a brush fire in Astoria court at Smiths Point 'Which men are watch ing to prevent it from spreading to the property of the West End school build ing. Although the fires have done con siderable damage, no one was injured. witnessed by Mark Weygandt, who suc ceeded Elijah Coalman as observer at the forestry lookout station. Alio dim. t iiicu c9l iui . - . Hood River at its source and has turned hear CXDreSSCU Paternalism Slides and avalanches have been! IWaV HnntinilP in IL S. mnrA frenuent n thj . i rl . . nf H Anil th. I - past season than in years. With a light snowfall last Winter, old-time mountaineers say the peak has been barer than for a quarter of a century. "INSIDIOUS FOE" POINTED request for an armistice, and declared that nothing but an unconditional sur render on the part of the central pow ers could end the war. The convention, before adjournment, adopted a recommendation of the State Bankers' Association urging all states to pass laws which will make it de sirable for., all state banks and trust companies to become members of the Federal reserve system. ALL HIGHEST HIDES OREGON ENROLLMENT HUGE More Than 500 Men Register i Training at University. for UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Sept. 27. (Special.) Five hundred men have been accepted for the S. A. T. C, and approximately 150 more are ex pected to enroll by Monday. The "men will be quartered temporarily in Friendly Hall and in the men's and women's gymnasiums and fraternity houses. Barracks are now in process of construction on the south side of the campus. The men will eat in the large mess hall in Friendly Hall, .which will oc- commodate 1000. The entire building has been remodeled. University girls earning their way through college will assist Mrs. Datson in serving the men. CLARKE COCXTY" FIRES SPREAD Homes In Vicinity of Jaggy Station Threatened by Flames. VANCOUVER, Wash, Sept 27. (Spe eaiL) Forest and brush fires are re -ported at Fern Prairie. Burton, near Safe For Infants A Nutritious Diet for All Ages. Quick Lunch; Home or Office, : OTHERS are IMITATIONS ; VKI.SEPWIfllD Til s. it irrin frv J that fully .'I'.ti -34 answers all war STT" time require- vT"y Ga. At Year 7l Bankers in Convention at Chicago Warned of Consequences of Bureaucracy . and Socialism. CHICAGO, Sept. 27. Otto H. Kahn, of New York, declared that "the pic ture of "a bureaucratic paternalism fas tening its shackles upon a nation which went to war to preserve liberty is not a fanciful one," in a speech before the convention of the American Bankers Association today. "Through the accident of war, pa- ternallsm rules supreme," be said. "That Is inevitable In war time. The one and supreme task before the Nation is to win the war. No personal or business consideration must ' be permitted to stand in the way of that task. "But it would be a tragedy if it were to be permitted that while our boys are fighting for liberty the great and splen did. structure which was handed down to all Americans should be invaded by that most Insidious foe of liberty, pa ternalism, with its allies and close rel ativea, bureaucracy and socialism. War taxation, ne said, penalizes cer tain callings and sections of the coun try and favors others. He continued: "Of our total National Income, esti mated at, say, $40,000,000,000 annually, it is safe to say that not more than $2,000,000,000 goes to those . with in comes of, say 1 15,000 and above, whilst J38, 000.000,01(0 gees to those with lower incomes. "There is no limit to the zeal of many when it is a question of taxing busi ness and business men, especially those guilty of success. Yet the farmer, rel atively perhaps, even more than the SAIONJI TO FORM CABINET prosperity. The average value of farm- lngiland between 1900 and 1918 is esti- MOORE SUCCESSOR IS DUE Portland Man. Will Be Named Mem ber of Supreme Court. SALEM, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) Governor Withycombe tomorrow will announce his appointment "Ot a suc cessor to Justice Frank A. Moore, of the Supreme Court, whose recent death left a vacancy on that bench. Aside from Ftattng that his selection will probably be a Portland man he would give no Inkling of who the person will be. He. says the great share of litigation comes from Portland and that city is entitled to its full representation on the court. Believed Coalition 3Iinistry Will Be Organized in Japan. LONDON. Sept. 27. Marquis Kin mochi Saionji, former Premier and president of the constitutionalist party, has been commanded by Emperor Yo shihito to form a cabinet in succession to that headed by Count Terauchl, re cently resigned, according to a Toklo dispatch forwarded from Tien Tsln to the Exchange Telegraph Company. It is probable, the dispatch adds, Saionji Will organise a coalition ministry. mated to have increased 250 per cent. "Yet, according to the latest detailed income tax returns, the farmer is but a small contributor. Of 22 selected oc cupations, he pays the least in the aggregate, although the farmers are the largest class in the country." The delegates cbeered for several minutes when Josephus Daniels. Secre FORMER PORTLANDER DIES A. J. Runyon Passes in San Fran' cisco Following an 'Operation. A. J. Runyon, assistant manager of the firm of W. P. Fuller & Co., of Fort land, when the firm name was Whit tier, Fuller & Co., died Thursday in San Francisco, according to a message received here yesterday. Mr. Runyon is remembered in local business cir cles as the man who secured the con tract to furnish glass for the Portland Hotel, in competition with ' Eastern bidders. Mr. Runyon left Portland in 1891, and since that time had made a for tune in the commission business in San Francisco. While in Portland he married Miss Lillian Stanley, daughter of the late W. T. Stanley. He is sur vived bv his widow and one son, Stan ley .Runyon, now with the American Army in France. WAR WORK DRIVE STARTED Clackamas Couuiy Organizes Raise Total of $26,700. to OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 27. (Spe dal.) Hard on the heels of the fourth liberty loan bond campaign organiza tlon has been perfected here for the United War Work campaign, with Clackamas County s apportionment. J'6.700. The following organization head have been named: A. C. Howland, coun ty chairman: O. D. Eby. siecretary; A. R. Jacobs, treasurer; J. E. Hedges, chairman speakers' bureau; L. Adams, transportation and entertainment: T. W. Sullivan, chairman for distribution of literature, and E. E. Brodie, chair man of publicity" bureau. The county will be divided Into school district units, there being 140 in all, and captains will be appointed In each district. ' Hangman Working Overtime. WINNIPEG, Man., Sept. 27. The exe cutions of Frank Sullivan and Phillip Johnson, of Winnipeg, convicted mur derers, set for this morning, were post poned until Wednesday. A dispatch from Quebec said the Dominion hang man, Arthur Ellis, was detained in the tary of the Navy, referred to Bulgaria's East "by pressure of business." CHILI TAKES GERMAN SHIPS Naval Authorities Ordered to Occupy Interned Vessels. SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 27. The Chi- lean government has ordered the naval authorities to occupy with armed forces all the interned German ships in Chilean harbors. Crews of German ships self-Interned in Chilean ports recently attempted to damage or sink the vessels. On Sep tember 6 the Chilean government took over the ships to prevent further damage. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A 8035, Electric frons 10-Year Guarantee .50 Tungsten Lamps, 10 to 40-Watt. .27J Mazda Lamps, 10 to 40-Watt 30 Double Sockets (for Lamp and Electric Iron) SI. 00 Dry Cell Batteries , . .40 EVINRUDE MOTOR CO. Evinrude Motors and Electrical Supplies 211 Morrison, Near First St. Open Saturday Night Till 10 Kaiser Flees to Cellar When Air Raiders Arrive. VON -STEIN REPORTED OUT Prussian War Minister Said to Have Resigned; Germany to Have Three More. Months of Meatless Weeks. GENEVA. Sept. 26. Emperor Will lam, Field Marshal Duke Albrecht of Wurtte'mburg" and Prince Stephane, of Schaumberg-Llppe, were in Mannheim last week when British airmen raided the city. The royal party, according to the Democrate, of Geneva, was staying in the royal palace and the Emperor and his staff immediately took refuge in the cellar and remained there 20 min utes. The palace was not hit as it had been in a previous raid, but bombs fell in the vicinity. The royal party spent last week in Alsace-Lorraine and visited the chief Rhine towns. The object of the trip was to appease the unrest and fear of the population owing to the ap proach to the frontier of allied armies and the constant aerial bombing. . LONDON, Sept. 27. Lieutenant-General von Stein, the Prussian War Min ister, is reported to have resigned, ac cording to advices to the Exchange Tel graph Company from Copenhagen. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 27. Meatless weeks will continue in Germany through November, December and Jan uary. The Zeitung Am Mittag, of Ber lin, says this has been confirmed of Standard Oil Announces Totals. The Standard Oil Company, for its Portland branch, has subscribed 1100, 000 to the fourth liberty loan. Em ployes' subscriptions aggregate an ad ditional 145,000. For oLhei points In Oregon, where the company maintains stations, an aggregate of $75,000 has been" distributed in subscriptions to local quotas. Lane Pioneers to Frolic. EUGENE, Sept. 27. (Special.) Lana County pioneers will hold their annual reunion In Eugene Saturday, October 5, with a basket picnic in the Municipal Park on Skinner's Butte, according to an announcement made by W. M. Pit ney, of Junction City, and W. L. Bris tow, of Pleasant Hill, president and sec retary of the Lane County Pioneer Association. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, A S095. "A man makes more and better friends through his business than business through his friends." Every friend our busi ness brings is a step toward the success for which we are striving. 1 lb. Bulk Cocoa 30 1 pkg. California Figs lO 2 lbs. Loose Muscatel Raisins 2f 3 lbs. Dried Peaches 0 S lbs. Good Spuds 25 10 bars Crystal White h'oap..fOP 10 bars Bob White Soap haf 10 bars A B Naptha 70r 1 pkg. Citrus 25 3 pkKS. KelloRg's Corn Flakes tl'tf 3 pkgs. Klinkles Corn Fla kes ,"J fn?nrg.hr.-75c, $1.25 & $2,50 A LARGE SUPPLY OP KARO SVRIP OX HAND. 3 lbs. Macaroni ...28 $ lbs. Spaghetti. . 28 4 rolls Crepe Toilet Tissue... 25 E pkgs. Matches 25 I lb. Bulk Cocoanut 35 li lbs. Crisco. -45 6 lbs. Crisco Sl.SO 1 lb. Crisco 33 3 lbs. 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