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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull
nml Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 33.
IfiOlH.
BHTERS IN HO
DANGER III
DESPERATE DUEL IS FOUGHT
BATTLE WITH
Wf
tow
ARE FIRE BAD IN
flies! iPP FOREST
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BY PROMINENT CALIFORNIA MEN
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ally the Work of Man Is
vercomfng Fire and
Wind.
o
III LIST WILL
BEACH ONE HUNDRED.
AH of Missing Rangers
loughl to Be Lost Are
Saved.
((Br Aiioclatcd Pre".)
Small Fires Between Vancou
ver and Stevenson, Wash.,
Fanned to Fury.
(By Associated Press.)
VANCOUVER, Wash., August 21.
A K.-ilo .that sprang up about 2
IKANE, Vnli., August 21. o'clock tills niuriihiR linn fanned tlio
j banners of forest flres con- im,ltlljI(lo of Urutsh and lnclplont tlm
L advance through the nioun- ,)0l. ltfg i,utwoon Iu;ro ftm gt0voiiBon
(Idaho and Montana, but moro lt() ft flryi UonoitlJ rocoVOd at noon
I lad It Uhclleved the strategy jl0.tIll). mIc(0 tho damage to saw-
, blb ha trliimphod over tlio ... ..,..,..,.. ,.im. ,,. .. jioo.ooo.
(; flames mid wind, in Mon-1 . .,-.- m,l0r can.
Inlo has fallen ami more , ,
tofmorc. in Idnlio tlio nopeu "u - . . n. .
L,, not materialised, but tho run us much or more tlinn hair r
iid ranches are out of danger, "'Minn dollars. Three iilnran nr
llirimii'iu'U, ilium, muni num uuu
Mill Plain. The most serious 11 ro Is
one raging" at Larch Mountnln, near
CnmiiH, This Ik tmld to have u I ready
tt aeiii to-day camo from Suiiil coiihuiiioi! vnlua.blo standing timber
I ' ' ....1 ...... ...111.. MM... ...I...I ...,.,.... I U.K.
Idaho, to tlio effect tltnt tnu """ l"" """D- "" """
t the upper end of Tend d'Ore- '" iu mu .mmi mm .u m,n mu
iwnilK. Klro on Indei.on- Mc wns loss than nix miles from
rrv u nnnranclilne Athol. Camas nml rapidly approaching. Over
li now threatened from two ill- lwo hundred men aro fighting. Ilnck
tw I. nli a nrainoctlvo ot lo ,,or" uiur nnoinor nro in
Iflarki nf l.eon In the moun- tll3 "InndlnB timber. Still another Ih
nirHi nnncnr iinim !,, boon threatening Sunnysldo, a sottlemont
it since Saturday with a small fo!" "'" fro, Wnshougnl. In tho
Imen. Thry were wVklng on neighborhood of Yncoll llro Is In tho
Ij Fork of Coeiird'Alono River. Wcycrhnmor timber, and In tho vl-
Cablnct, two llro fighters wore clnlty of Mill Plain thero Is a big flro
to death nnd one nt Tuscan wmc" " monncmK mo House- ihi miui.
k Four neRro soldiers nro still Plrlo. Tho smoko Is bo denso In
it. md two Jnnniioao who nr- Vancouver it is necessary io ubo uru-
I at Avery this morning report '1c'n' "ght.
I their comradcH perished. ""
Damage So Far Estimated to
Be $50,000 and Blaze
Spreading.
Regarding tho flro In tho Umpqua
forest, tho Itoroburg Review snyB!
To-dayB report Bnys thnt n forco
of ono hundred or moro men Is now
battling with the big lire In tho Ump
qua Nntlonal Forest above Tiller. Of
that number, about fifty aro volun
teers sent from this city by tho local
forestry bureau: tho remainder In
.mado up of settlers In that region and
county bridge building nnd rond re
pair crews, who were requested by
County Judge Wonacott to loud all
'assistance possible toward combntlng
tho droit.
, W. C. Jackson, the forost rnngor of
tho Tiller district, who wns In town
Sunday, said tho lire-swept district
covers twentv-llvo miunro nillos nt tho
- -- ,
lonst calculation nnd ho estimated tho ' no time
(laniago nt $no,uuu.
Small Fires in Different Dis
tricts Being Watched By
Fire Fighters.
Small forest fires nro reported from
different parts ot tho county, but it Is
not believed thnt nny arc so far dan
gcrous. It was said to-day that thoro
wna a lire at Danlols Creek, ono nt
Smith Bnsln nnd nnothor between
Coqulllo nnd MnrBhflold. Thero Is
also known to bo a flro on tho north
fork of (ho Coqulllo River.
Mr. V.nughan, of tho Vaughnn &.
Daniels' Loglng Camp, reports n
COUNCIL RAS
HOT DERATES
Street Improvements, Sewage
System and Engineer's Work
Are Discussed.
Tho Donnelly nvcniio Improvement,
tho West Mnrshflold sewngo system,
il... ll .. la..nul ataa1 n .1 mtlllltin I
rather heavy flro In tho timber of Jns. other municipal matters last night
Kerrey on tho north branch of tho furnished tho subjects for sonio of
Cdqulllo. This Is nn especially lino; tho most animated discussions tho
. ... .,...,,. ,... ,, .. city council has had In n long time.
' For a llttlo while, It looked as though
refused an offor of ?120,000 f3r t at T(jm C(j.AQ n(l n T Strcol mlght cnr.
ry n ratner uittor oxennngo 01 ruimi-
Citizens of King City Shoot at
Each Other With Fatal
Results.
ONE KILLED AND
THREE ARE WOUNDED..
Frederick W. Becker and F.
Tognazzini Are Principals
in Fight.
(By Aasocintcd Press.)
GREENFIELD, Cftl., AugliBt 24.
During a despernte duel last night In
which Frederick W. Docker and F.
Tognnzzlnl, both prominent and well
to do citizens of King City, woro tho
principals, and a shotgun and a rlflo
woro the weapons, Iloekor wns klllou
M human life no longer thront
Ihellrc fighters are able to mnko
rcctlr upon tho forest conlln-
-i thrmiolvcs. Tho most un-
ii'-. :ry a miner umor oxciiiihku u mu- ... ... . , ... ...
. ,,,-,,,..-. A..Mi- !.; ...... ,,,. .n... ,.hn. i,ntnil Mrs. Becker and her father, W.
Tho flro front, he said. Is over Hvo .. '"" w" " "' '"v TWB ! "' ,T ' .Z' , "- . nP..; Fowler, woro wounded. The trngo-
...li.M ),!.. ...,.i nvf...i. i..nk a iiho ,tJ tniIB cvor ,non8mo lo ,re' '"'" .""..': . " "' , "Z "." ...ta,ily occurred In n shack In which Tog-
dlstnnce, rendering work of flro fight
ers dltllcul:. To mnko tho situation
moro forlous n stiff breozo blew yes
terday and tho air was literally filled
with smouldering twigs and branches,
which In tiomo Instances were carried
for sovornl hundred ynrds.
The flro, which prior to Inst night
was confined to tho I'mpqun reserve,
hna spread upon private holdings nnd
consteruntlon prevails among tho Bot
tlers In tho threatened districts.
A pnrty of hunters arriving- lioro
S 01 W1U tuumai. . n .. . ...
.. .. , .., ..... ..-. Bldotrackod thoin. For a row nunuioB -,, ., . ,.
being sent out to different localities " ookd " J0"8 lu In or "d nsleep. Becker Immediately bo
te keop down tho siiial. tiros and pre- " ! lt, rm" CnB,nCr' . shooting the flr0 being quickly
, m, 1,. i i- a n. in returned by Tognnzfclnl. Many BhotB
vent tholr spread. Thoro npponrn. bo Things Btnrted w Hon 1-. J S. Do, ,, In Wflro oxcnnnROlI tll0 8hncls boln8 com..
far to bo no danger In this county. behalf ot tho property owners In Don-1 . T nnsxn t,10 only
Heavy Smoke. "' """ prosonted a o" , q mt boon
There , a heavy smoko Burround- rrrgiu Ir'eguS !,r rro.t.d nnd charged with murder,
lug tho city to-day, and as tho north. dovntoI1B , tho ,nlI,r0vomcnt of thnt j
wet wind wns very hot some think- )iorouKlifaro o Ba(, uvt t,10!, TO BOMB.OOO.ooo.
that It Ih blowing from some big for- Btrcut hn(1 )u)t J)pen RrI,01 f cnn,,.,,!,, i.,.KNintuiv Pnmi-es For
oat flro far distant. I . .... ... . .,.i ri. ' ,i,,. in,, i.'ttwiviiimi.
At lln ndoii the smoko In tho city
width along tho Merchant nnd Wnl
the BIk Exposition.
A pnrty of hunters arriving- horoj At Unnilon tlio bihoko in mo city tor,8 .)rol,orty tlmt BOino 0f tho lum- (By Assoclntod Prws.)
this morning from Diamond Luke, In, wns thick to-day and camo from flros b(jr wng not u Q w 8)(lcjnoj Bjzo, I SACRAMENTO, Cnl., August 24
tho oxtromo eastern pnrt or uougias in tno vicinity. Umi Qa hQ top of tho hin tj10 Brn,i0 Governor Glllotto yestordny callod nn
county, roport thnt a timbered nroa Tho Smith-Powors Logging Com- ,in(1 bcon cut t00 ,,,1,, nnd tho plank- extra aesslon of tho Legislature for
Bald to bo about forty miles long In jinny hna ono hundred mon nt work md (o b(j b,ocUe(1 ,, nn,i Uint September Gth for tho purposo of
thnt region hns been burned. Super-' lighting flres In nddltlon to thoso Bont twonty.ponny instead of thirty-penny raising G,000,000 by bonding tho
it dam u n iinKinnni rr f nn mnnim it iiv thA nuaAtinrinn. i ... . ! .. m...
. ... ... - ... i .
WASHINGTON SAFE.
(Cr Associated Press.)
p)KANK, Wash., August 24.
fujton may lo taken from tho
I Jre-affllcted States. Clayton la
iialio It Newport where yester-
i cre burned to death. Vnrl
'thcr imall towns which havo
threatened, aro out of danger.
la the Colvlllo reservation aro
cr Importance.
TWKNTV BODIES.
(Ur Auoclated Prea?.)
ERY, Idaho, August 24. Tho
E
IS
ill
IN
E
Xatlonnl Forest, Is In thnt locality.
GETS DIVORCE.
(By ARSoelated Proas.)
KANSAS CITY, August 24. Ton
minutes after sho took tho stnud,
Mrs. Jnck Cudnhy wns granted n di
vorce from J. P. Cudnhy. Papers In
tho enso were filed yestorday, Incom
patibility of temper being alleged.
Mrs. Cudnhy was given $1 ullmony.
Flro In Curry.
'nnllB hnd been used In putting down Stnto for tho bonoflt of tho Pnnnma-
Thoro Is n lind blazo botweon Lang- . . . . n . . . n ,,, allI1, . rogB ,i01JKnn(UH Frnnclsco as tho
lols and Port Orford. Tho atago com- ..' na ,,,, .,, lirnn0rtv owners oxDOsltlon city.
lug up to Bnndon hnd to go out of . , . , ., ,
l. . ....... 1 u .1 h.1 .!! 1 .it Ili. nAlno
II1U llnlllU rUilU lllltl UlfSUt ui iiiu Jiwivo
For a Time Ladd Residence
Threatened By Fire in the
Timber.
'Flro In tho woods nsar Klttyvllle,
tho Eugsno O'Connoll resldonce,
looked bad for n time yesterday and
BAD FIRE
NEAR EMPIRE
foilenty employes of the for-:, irt h..i,. i im tnnniitv woro
nc icre found within a radius nto oxci(0lj. Tho Lndd residonco
t BllO CIl Setsnr PraoV vodlnr. ! ... . . .. . i. ....... --
yestor-i v.-n in n,n wort iinnuor. It wns re-
fra icarchlns party headed by nortod ti,nt ti,0 h0U80 ina been burn
ed, but thnt wns a mistake. No dam
ago was dono to any of tho resi
dences. Thoro Is n gulch between
tho flro nnd tho Lndd house, so there
Is nqt much dangor of tho flro spread
ing to tho houso; but for a tlmo yes-
. 1... .i. . ..!. .i.ka flulnff nn,l
p Shtrlft Sullivan nnd"- Bns-
"l tared other bodies will bo
-n the Marches aro corn-
Timber in Neighborhood of Old
Cemetery Burning and Many
Out Fighting It.
This afternoon It Js reportod that
tolophouo company woro
paying for.
HiiRh McLaln, who haa tho con
tract for tho work, was Immediately
nn iii foot nml dcclnred Dow was
of tho
burned.
Bail Flro nt Pulrvlew.
A bad flro Is reported nt nairviow. m,8tnlon, IIo BnIll tlMlt on tho hill
A iiarty of mon has been senf thoro ... ....,.... wero llt
to light It. (, ... lin,i j.ir.i nion to wheel In
dirt nnd All In tho Btreot properly. Ho
said thnt the chango to twonty-punny
nnlla had been nindo bocnuso ft was
found tho. thirty-penny nnlls woro too
long and would split tho lumbor. IIo
enld that tho work was A-Number-1
nnd that It looked to him ns though
Dow wns taking a Jolt nt tho' con
tractor. Walter Condron, who did
tho grndlng, snld that along tho Wil-j
SPEEDY
BOYS
MUS
I CUT IT
COAST LEAGUE
BALL SCORES
HOW TIIEV STAND.
Won. Lost.
I,-'U ...nnnrii' n Hiiln llrt. hnd been
City Council Plans tO Put an loft at tho request of Dick Walter to
protect tho hedgo nnd nlso nlong the
End tO Scorching On Our Morchnnt property. IIo said tho city
onglueor had agreed to this on condl-
ailUUlb.
Portland 70 08
Oakland 77 05
j San Francisco.. 7 (5 C7
Vernon 71 .70
Los Angeles. v.72 73
Sacramento . . .52 84
P. C.
.547
.542
.532
.503
.497
.382
Tho Mnrshflold city council Js plnn-
tlon thnt tho ownora would romovo It
nt their own oxuonso If nt nny tlmo
thero is n bad flro In tho timber near ,g to'put down tho Iron bee, of tho H wfo, u,d . : , -dirt .hould
0XK l'NI)Hi:D l)E.j). '
'By Aiaoclatcd Prna.
OKAVp w u leniay mo bihuub cm 'h "
'. "n,h''Aleust 24, - wn8 nocesanry to carry water to sava
.-uureupcreoniiiroliiiown tye Utuhl hous0 from catching. Peo-
"' Prlihf ll In !,- l.li. n W.. .... ... i.
..., tuv iuuuu iiiv, (j,j0 0f t,0 ncigiinoruoou lougui mu
several government crows nro all dav vostorday.
Tho flro Is In tho woods nlong tho
county rond botweon tho rqnd an1
th0 bny. Yostordny morning ther
was but a llttlo blnzo, nnd In n short
tlmo vtho wind fanned It Into a fierce.
flro. Tho tlmbor wna dry and tn?
flames reached tho tops of tho trees
and mado conditions look rathor
alarming for a time. Tho danger to
tho" residences In that locality, how-
t'vor. Is now passed. , , ,
tho old cemetery Just north of Em- jnw good and hard on tho auto
plro. All of the mon In Empire nro scorchers nnd Joy riders, who ac-
out fighting tho flro. An effort Is bQ.COrijjng to stories told at last nlght'B
-- n-'v.Miuuu vidua
""counted for, but they nro
"wiencea men and Jlttle fear
?reeJ as to tlulr safety, '
Hi, itnpoiiTKii.
B.v Aisoclated Press.)
"JACE, Idaho, August 24. '
..uajent rorn.fn i .
Rhrrd'c:tiios---iSor
- iv ua tare.
' -
IRU' IS SENT.
liJUI'lHlbtl 1.1 . . 1
ihiv: . """-' -
:P(rr::'AUBl,st-4 Fi"y
let v. ' u, Ogden- forest
ito, ""' eraered to MIs
, WpB AT ASM LAND.
inis i...". ...
,v .-iVi word From
E. , T,'at nt
SeforeitV . receivea wril
hS '"Artlapdre
KjfiJr? threatened the water
lng mndo to get moro men to help.
Tho flro Is so near to Empire that
somo of tho residents fear for tho
safety of tho city, while otherB bo
llovo that thoro Is no danger.
Tho flro Is In the plno along tho
county road and It is Impossible to
rench Empire over tho w-agon road.
LEAVES FOR WEST;,
removed. Mr. McLnln furthor said
that his contract waB on tho unit sya.
tern, thnt Is, ho would recelvo bo
much nor ynrd for tho dirt moved, so
sebslon, nro making llfo miserable for much per lineal feet for tho curbing,
the pleblnna who havo to go afoot or!- -nuch for tho planking and aide-
In tho old-fashioned horso and car-;for nnythlnR ,10 m not i0. '
rlago. Besides this, tho council pro- b ., ,,,m,i Mini lm llil not
i' . a. wun uwihivm ...- ..- ----- -- -
poses to put an ond to youngsters . t0 refloct on tho
(By Aaiociatcd Press.)
PORTLAND, Oro., August 24.
Portland won from San Francisco
yostordny and 18 keeping up her
standing. Tho scores of yestorday'B
gnrnes follow:
AT PORTLAND R.
Portland
San Francisco 1
AT OAKLAND R.
Oakland .' . . 1
' , " V ",enn ,n nny wny l0 re"" "" ' "in. Ancolea 0
staling free rides on the autos. !contrctor except that he did think ,L! 'KonC R
Last night, no definite action was thj wQrk fln tba ,,, wnor9 tM0 pInnk. I ATJ LRNON- H.
taken, but many complaints woro reg- ( mocked up Instead of being ! ernon ' "
,. i t.. i. .ioD ,.ininin,r ' l"h WUH ""..'.' , Sacramento 4
istered against tho nutolsts violating ... ,,, .,,, , ,11,, nnt ionic trood
,. x, . ,IUIU uu till! ",' .. "
thospeed ordinanco. Councllmon Nol-ltQ hm noW0vor, ho said that ho
son, Albrecht, Powors nnd otbors wnntod to )U0W how so mnny dovia
told of various ones hitting up tho'Uon8 cou,(1 bo mn(o from Ul0 contrnct
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FIRE IX. MONTANA.
nir Associated Press V
BUTTE, Mont., August 24. Flro
of unknown origin did $30,000 dam
age In beej- Lodgo and for a time
created Intense excitement here be
cause of the report that the entire
town wna bur$ljj$y0W8 that tho Are
Was undor control arrived Just in
tlmo to prevent the flro department
here leaving for Deer Lodge.
iFn.w..t-.i nt ITtli-ii nml Will Denart
To-Night. .Ulgli places, anil tiugn .Mci.nin uuu nnd BpecIflcntion8 on a Job. IIo ninln-
f By Associated Pr. E. F. Morrlssoy told of narrow , tJ)0 cont;nct wnB for a lump
UTICA, N. Y August 24. Col. escapes they recently had. .' c,ty Rec0rdor Butler secured
tho contract nnd It was for a lump
sum providing the plana and speclfl-
IIS SMITH
Roosevelt spent the day with Ills Councilman Powora suggested that
brother-in-law; Douglas Robinson. Ho tho Recorder fine each violator $25
e and
fa under control late
that unless Incendlar-
SMOKE IN PORTLAND.
leased . "mess mcendlar-
faE l ou,brenk. thero was ,
(Sneclal to The Times.)
hltnd r" H,s old-home Is PORTLAND, Ore, August 24.
jtft!je' I a number of rela- Smoke from forest flres Is "denso In
teed ' " ho was more or less Ithe city to-day. Ashes are falling and
L .. " Ine TCnn.l. ,. I ., ... l y,a
V',U1 emanating nro bo thlcK tnat tney uiu ju i.
open windows.
i kaves'for the West to-night.
NEW PLAYERS FOR BAND.
Two Good Miiblcluns Aililed to the
Organization.
! The Coos Bay band has acquired
two now players. They are both flrst
class musicians and will bo Impor
tant additions to tho organization.
One is Edward Busby, who with his
;wlfe baa come hero to locate, Mr.
Busby Is a saxojihone player. Tho
other now player Is Thomas Batchol
der, who comes from California and
with his son will reside hero. He is a
J trombone player. Tho niembera of
the band say they are particularly
fortunate in securing tho two new
j musicians' for the band.
for tho offenso and glvo ono-liair ' ton8 wer0 carried out. Tho nm"
tho fine to the party filing tho Infor- ' rg of tb(J counclj expinjned that I
mntlnn TI on 11 lm linronnnllv Wftllld I ..... x l 11 ...
llitlkiwti u k iiw jiv- w ....
give $10 to havo n certain "Beau
Brummel scorcher" flned.
Marshal Carter will probably keep
a llttlo closer watch 'on tho scorchors
and Invite somo of them to visit tho
Recorder In the near future If thoy
persist in trying to smash Barney
Oldfleld'a record. Ho will also mako
It merry for boys caught riding on
tho rear of autos.
Frost To-Day. Postmaster Curtis
In
settling with tho contractors it was
tho policy to deduct for nny work not
done, regardless of the Btnted sum.
In this connection, Hugh McLnln
snld he wanted It understood thnt he
was doing only flrBt-class work thero.
IIo said that while It would be easier
for him to finish tho planking now.
but In order to Insure a bettor street
for tho peopjo. ho wns going to leave
part of It on the big fill until spring
so it would settle thoroughly uorore
Frost To-Day.-1'ostmas.er 'puttln6 tho planking on.
la authority for the statement that.' MllDlllflelll St.Mel.
the first frost of the year Recurred to-1 evening, th
IS TREJICTOR
Wins in the Political Race
Against Governor Brown
in Georgia. '
(By Associated PrnsfO
ATLANTA, Ga., August 24. Gov
ernor Brown's malingers conceded
Hoko Smith's election. Smith has 15
or 20 votes In tho convention moro
than tho necossary 185 votes.
Lator In the evening, tho West
day and it was quite heavy. The Mar'BnfleW Mwag0 ByBtem brought on
heat later In the day dldinot cau8e(
hira to waver in nis asserium,
J .,...i
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ijfesltl'l I III Ijyutm. Jtltt.Jklh,a -
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(CcctlnueS pn page 4.)
Lyon Is coming Sunday, Aug. 28th.
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