Morning Oregonian., August 20, 1920, Page 9, Image 9

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAT, AUGUST 20, 1020
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New Blazes Report
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WIND' MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
Forest Supervisor Telephones
"Warnings to All Stations to Use
Extra Precautions.
ALBA'NT, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Kxcept that two new small fires
were reported the forest fire situa
tion in the Santiam national forest
improved today. None of the fires
are serious now. There was a high
east wind today, however, and this
ma v cause trouble.
Forest Supervisor Hall this after
noon telephoned warnings to all sta
tions to use extra precautions be
cause of thfis wind.
One of the new fires is near Lake
Jorn. between Marion lake and Mount
Three Fingered Jack, near the divide.
The. other is near Quartxvllle. Both
are small yet, but both are in green
timber.
The two new fires make a total of
nine fires now burnjng, but none is
making serious progress. The fire
which started Tuesday on the head
waters of the middle fork of the
South Santiam river, the one at Lit
tle Meadows and that near Jefferson
Park are reported practically out. The
fire which started yesterday on Can
yon creek, near Cascadia, and the one
in the southwest corner of the forest
are burning yet but very slowly.
The big fire on the headwaters of
Blue river has been conquered and
most of the fire fighters who were
there are coming out, leaving only a
patrol. The other big fire, at Duffy
Prairie, has also been controlled to
the extent that some of the fire
fighters there have been withdrawn
and are being sent to combat the new
fire near Lake Jorn.
FIRES SPREADING IX IDAHO
of the state within the last two days!
were reported to the local forest
service bureau yesterday by J. L.
Walker, pilot of one of the bureau's
ffre patrol airplanes flying between
Eugene and Portland.
Accompanied by his mechanic, J. J.
Jacobson, Mr. Walker made the trip
from Eugene to Portland yesterday
morning and on the trip sighted only
one blaje, that being east of Larch
mountain. On the return trip to Eu
gene he swung his machine to the
west and along the coast line where
fires were sighted. These were re
ported to the local office by radio.
The forest fires "were reported to be
located at the following places: In
Columbia county near Scappoose; two
in Tillamook county, one near the
small town of Rector and the other
near Tillamook: one on the Wllla
mina river in Yamhill county north
east of Grand Ronde; .two In the
southern part of the Siuslaw national
forest, one on Grass mountain and
the other on Table mountain, and One
Just southeast of Devil's lake..
The patrol planes usually travel at
an altitude of from 800 to 1000 feet
but the hazy atmosphere and smoke
from the burning timber yesterday
compelled Mr. Walker and his me
chanic to keep to a height of over
1700 feet in order to observe the
fires.
SAFETYPI
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DIVORCE PLAIT
BANK AUDIT IS DELAYED
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LAX. BOOKKEEPING METHODS
FOUND AT JACKSONVILLE.
Work or Weeks of Fighters in Big
Area Has Been Nullified.
MISSOULA. Mont., Aug. 19. Heavy
winds in northern Idaho and western
Montana have spread the many for
est fires In that region over large
areas, nullifying the works of weeks
of fire-fighting crews, it was said at
district forest service headquarters
here today.
The- effects of the gale. It was
stated, have been felt most severely
in the Selway, Kaniksu and St. Joe
forest of Idaho and the Flathead for
est of Montana.
Blazing over 4000 acres of timber,
the Otter creek fire in the Selway
forest has developed into the most
dangerous conflagration in the dis
trict, forest service reports Indicated,
and has driven the smoke-grimed
fire-fighters back to safety.
With three new fires burning in the
Kaniksu forest, and four large ones
which have been spreading the last
few days still uncontrolled, the sit
uation is regarded as very critical
in that region.
FIRE RACING INTO TIMBER
Rich Belt In California Threatened.
Fire Fighters Called.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. Towns
as far away as Stockton, 75 miles
distant, were called on today for fire
fighters to check a fire that In the
Stanislau national forest had burned
over between 10,000 and 12,000 acres
Today the fire spread out into four
distinct forks and it is racing toward
the rich timber lands in the forest.
Another fire had swept over 25.
000 acres in the Mill creek district
of the Lassen national forest and a
third, uncontrolled, was sweeping up
Moffat creek near the Klamath n
tional forest.
The Mill creek fire was so vast that
it took an airplane 30 minutes to
circle it. It was reported checked on
all sides but the east. An airplane In
contact with the ground through
portable wireless set is directing the
fire fighters.
The other fires of the Lassen for
est at Lost creek, McElroy trail and
Cornez lake were said to be under
control today, while another at Tam
arack, in the same forest, had been
subdued.
The Soda creek fire in the Shasta
national forest, which was expected
yesterday to burn for five days, was
under control today.
Visibility for airplanes in the fire
area was improving today, it was re
ported, and the airplanes were do
ing good work in directing the fight
ers. MANX HOMELESS FROM FIRE
One Man Reported Killed in Big
Blaze on North Thompson River.
KAMLOOPS, B. C, Aug. 19. A relief
train, bearing injured and refugees
from a vast forest fire along the
North Thompson river northeast of
here arrived at Kamloops today. Pas
sengers brought word of the death
of Frank Smith, a rancher, drowned
while attempting to escape from the
flames, burning of a number of horses
and property, estimated at more than
$100,000. Many persons have been
made homeless.
The train, with a doctor and seven
nurses, was sent out from. Kamloops
Wednesday morning. Another spe
cial was sent from Blue river to res
cue refugees in the northern fire
area. According to the refugees a
number of ranches in the parth of the
fire have been wiped out. The fires
are along the route of the Canada
National railway.
VALUABLE TIMBER DESTROYED
Fire at McCoy Butte Controlled
After Burning Over 150 Acres.
BAKER, Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
After destroying about 150 acres of
valuable timber on McCoy Butte in
the Whitney district, the forest fire
reported last week has been placed
under control, according to a report
made by Ward Holden, warden for the
Baker County Fire association. An
other blaze covering about 100 acres
in Cutter gulch on Burnt river In the
Dooley mountain district was re
ported and seven men have been dis
patched to. -combat the conflagration.
A small blaze on Black mountain
near McEwen has been reported by
the ranger in that district but the
blaze has been extinguished.
PATROL SIGHTS EIGHT FIRES
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Pilot Reports Blazes to Local Bu
reau In Last Two Days.
Bight forest fires which have
sprung up in the northwestern part.
Examiner Bennett Declares Finan
cial Condition Will Not Be
Known for Ten Days.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
Because of the apparent lax book
keeping methods practiced by the of
ficials of the bank of Jacksonville
during a few years preceding the
closing of the institution, it will be
a week or, 10 days before the finan
cial condition of the depository will
be determined, according to Will P.
Bennett, state bank examiner, who
arrived here today from the southern
Oregon city. Marshall Hooper, a
state bank examiner, was put in
charge of the defunct institution
and the work of checking over the
accounts was progressing satisfac
torily. Mr. Bennett refused to inti
mate today the amount of money in
volved, nor would he make public the
names of any of the depositors who
were destined to lose through their
dealings with the institution.
He said he was eager to complete
his investigation as quickly as pos
sible in order to determine whether
any person was criminally liable for
the failure. President Johnson of the
bank was lodged in jail at Jackson
ville as a result of inability to fur
nish $50,000 bonds.
Mr. Bennett will return to Jack
sonville Sunday night to continue his
investigation.
Husband Avers
tuted Buttons
Wife Substi
on Clothes. .
ANOTHER MAN INVOLVED
SALMON GOING TO WASTE
Canneries on Rogue River Unable
to Handle Big Run.
MARSH FIELD, Or., Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) Thousands of fine Chinook sal
mon are going to waste in Rogue
river because of the inalibity of the
two canneries to handle the offerings.
The fish are coming in such schools
that the boats stay out but a short
time when they pull up their nets
and have more than the limit placed
upon the deliveries.
Several limits were made first, as
to fish, and, later, to pounds as the
fishermen threw away the small ones
and delivered the larger fish, since
it meant 12 cents for every pound.
The last limit was made 800 pounds
and established Saturday last. The
canneries are running short of cans.
DEATH IS STILL MYSTERY
No Solution Found for Slaying of
Mrs. Alma Sampson.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 19.
Police announced today they were
still unable to offer any solution of
the mystery surrounding the death of
Mrs. Alma Sampson of Seattle, whose
body was found in a room in a hotel
here early Tuesday. William Cole
man, who had been held pending In
vestigation, wa released today, as
was X red fcaunders, who had been
held as a material witness.
Mrs. Sampson was killed by a blow
from some blunt instrument, police
saia. Her husband. Charles SamD
son, is a Great Northern Hallway
trainman.
Mrs. Goedecke Said to Have Called
Male Friend "My Dearest,
Devest Buddies."
The discovery several days ago that
75 safety pins occupied" the strategic
positions in the clothing of little Roy.
Margaret and Preston Goedecke that
buttons were supposed to fill, to
gether with the announcement of Mrs.
Rose Catherine Goedecke on August
18 that she loved another and would
not give him up, brought Louis F.
Goedecke into the divorce court, he
avers in a complaint filed in the cir
cuit court yesterday.
Goedecke is certain that his wife Is
infatuated with one Claude O. Dann,
his complaint says. She would go
riding with Dann and tell her hus
band at first that she was learning
to drive and later that the machine
was much more convenient than street
cars, he declares. He charges that
his wife caressed Dann and to break
up their relations he sent her to Cali
fornia, where she met a C. W. Clyde,
who later wrote her an affectionate
letter from the east. When in Cali
fornia she wrote both Dann and her
husband. "Friend Hubby" was the
salutation in the letter to Goedecke.
My dearest, dearest Buddie" was the
greeting in the letter to Dann, asserts
Goedecke.
Caresses Declared Seen.
On August 17, 1920, after her return
from California, Mrs. Goedecke went
to see Dann where he was employed in
the building of a school house, says
the husband. She took the children
along but sent them on into Lents, it
is asserted. The dog returned to the
side of the wife, one of the youngsters
went back to get the nog, and saw
caresses of .which the husband now
complains, it is said.
Robert Green almost received a di
vorce Wednesday. He lost his chance
irreparably yesterday after Presiding
Circuit Judge McCourt had called the
wife, Mrs. Hazel Green, into court
and asked her a few questions. Green
Is a petty officer on the North Da
kota, stationed nt Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and came to I'uitland on a furlough to
get his divorce. Ha told the court
Thursday that his wife was very
quarrelsome and that he had never
started a family row, though he oc
casionally would try to "peaclfy" her.
From his testimony. Judge McCourt
was about to award him the custody
of their two children, although Green
appeared willing his wife should have
them. To further determine the dis
position of the youngsters to the best
nterests of all parties, the judge
asked the wife to come into court
yesterday.
Work Always Shirked.
Under questioning of Deputy Dis
trict Attorn 3y Graham, Mrs. Green
told . of a woman by the name of
Miller, to whom she said her husband
had paid attention under guise of a
widower.
"How did he happen to go into the
navy?" the court asked.
"He was arrested for non-support
and the judge told him he would
either have to enlist in the navy or
go to work." replied the, wife. "He
chose to go into the navy rather than
work.
"He didn't like work?"
"No, he never did."
Divorce suits filed yesterday J
eluded: Edward H. against Amelia
E.-Ficklin, F xinda Fern against Wil
liam Rodney Coulter, Marie F. against
Martin Moeller. Carl W. against Mary
Elizabeth .Loop, lose A. against
James I. Moscow, and Anna against
J. H. Hogan.
RISE HELD INSUFFICIENT
Canyon City Phone Company keeks
Rehearing of Rate Case.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
The Bradford telephone lines, of
wnicn u. A. Bradford is manager, yes
terday filed with the Oregon public
service commission application for a
rehearing of the deoision given by
tne commission on July 31, 1920, with
relation to an increase of the cor
poration's rates.
It -ifi alleged" in the petition that
the slight increase granted the com
pany by the commission is insuffi
cient to warrant a continuance of
service. Headquarters of the com
pany are at Canyon City, Grant
county.
Naval Reservist Called.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) Howard Cooper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W.. F. Cooper, who enlisted in
the navy while a student of Oregon
Agricultural college, has been ordered
to report at Bremerton navy yard for
active duty.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
Signature of
Cuticura Soap
The Safety Razor
Shaving Soap
There Is One Electric Store
Where Prices Are Lower!
Electric Irons (complete with cord and stand) . .$3.50
No. 14 House Wire (Saturday special) per foot.. 2 Vi&
Key Sockets (Saturday special) 50c
Vi -Pound Friction Tape .45
Electric Light Globes, 10, 15, 25, 40-watt. -35ir
Hot Shot Batteries .$3.50
Dry Cell Batteries (for door bells, gas engines) . . . .45
Double Sockets (for lamp and electric iron) . . . .$1.20
Electric Light Extension (8-foot cord and plug) .$1.25
Flashlights (largest display in Portland) . -95 to $4
We Repair Your Flashlight Free of Charge
We Guarantee Our Batteries Strictly Fresh
Gas Mantles, Burners and Globes
We Repair Electric Irons and Electric Appliances
Special Equipment , for Re-Charging Magnetos
Fishing Tackle Motor-Boat Engines
EVINRUDE ELECTRIC STORE
Evinrude Motors Electric Supplies--Phone Marshall 1765
211 Morrison, Near First. Look for the Sign, Electric
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Store Opens 9:15 A. M.
Store Closes 5:45 P. Af.
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