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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1902)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1902. THE EXCLUSIVE CLOAK, SKIRT, SUIT AND WAIST FACTORY Silk Waists made to order for 26.50, complete. Skirts and Jackets Arriving Dally DRESSMAKING A Specialty Gall and Inspect the now ideas. ED. EBEN, Prop. Pendleton Shoe Store Room. THOMPSON, PAWNBROKER 312 COURT STREET Bays old harness, sad dies, clothing, rubber, brass, copper, lead, etc. Dally East Oregonlan by carrier, only 15 cents a week. the national wealth. The air of the iiiountaltiR over hundreds of miles Is piiuccnt with the smoke of conflaga- Every ' ration, and navigation on Pugot Sound ' I . I 1 1 .... ims uui'ii ueuu uuiieuuu uy buiuiyu. The following comment by Dr. Henry Gannett, of the U. S. geological sur voy, should convey n fair Idea of tho damage dono In tho state of washlng- FOREST FIRES. Lives Lost and Many Millions of Do I lars In Property Destroyed Year. Washlnflton. Oct. 10. Tho re ports of recent forest fires In Wash Ington, Oregon, Wyoming and Colo rado. In WhlCll mnnV lives WerO l03t. Inn- "In ls thnn trnnnrntlnn Itvn. will ndd to the Interest In a special fths of the stanumg timber has been study of the subject which has en- destroyed In ono of tho richest timber kubcu uiu umeau 01 iorcsiry ior sov- regions on tho continent, and of the iai H-.ua, i no ruauus ui una srai), destruction more than half has been in mo rorm or a bulletin entitled caused by flro. Assuming that tho "Forest Fires," by Alfred Qasklll. will timber would, If standing, have the uu jiuuusneu soon, uy impressing va,In 0f 75 cent8 pGr 10OO feet, not ul" fuuut- wim Buiiiu luua 01 uiu jiuiii icss than ?3U,uu,0U0 worth has gone it siuiera irom ioresi nres, ami uio in smoke, a dead loss to the pco enormous damage they do, the bureau ne 0 tho state." nopes 10 induce more effective iegis- Tho enumeration of great forest janon in suppressing them. flrea COuid bo extended almost In Investigation has shown that. In an definitely. One featuro. however, Is average year, 60 human lives are lost common to them all: They were small in forest flrest, $25,000,000 worth of fires before they grow uncontrollable real property is destroyed, 10,274,0S9 and with llttlo trouble might have acres of timber land are burned over, been extinguished. For oxamnle, the and young forest growth worth, at Hinckley flro smoked as a ground fire the lowest estimate, $u,000,000, Is for weeks and nobody paid It serious killed. A special canvass of the coun- attention. But ono day the wind try by the department of agriculture rose and fanned the smouldering em- in 1S91 discovered 12.000,000 acres of bors into flame, tho flame caught In timber land destroyed by Arc. the dry underbrush, leaped into the These figures are mere estimates, trees and became a fire of so terrlblo which fall far short of showing in volume that no human power could full the damage done. No account at stay It. all Is taken of the loss to tho country I Legislation, even in tho East, has due to tho Impoverishment of the soil , done little toward solving the forest by Are, to tho ruin of water courses, ' fire problem. Pennsylvania, Mlnne and the drylng-up of springs. Even 1 sota, Massachusetts and Now York tho amount of timber burned Is very are possible exceptions. Tho bent imperfectly calculated, and the actual j forest-fire laws are probably those of HUSTLING PENDLETON. Spokesman-Review Correspondent Tells of Live Business Methods. Pendleton business man uro begin ning to look anxiously toward tho new Morrow county coal fields with an oyo to gottlng trado from that nnd tho Intermediate district when more active dovoiopmoiH wonc is. prose- quantity destroyed Is far in excess of that accounted for. Forest fires in this country have grown so common that only those are reported that are of such magnitude as to threaten large communities. Tho lumbering Industry in remote sections of the country may bo ruined and neoDle forced to flee for their lives without a mention of the disaster beyond tho places near where It occurred. Tho fires that burned this year in Washington and Oregon were un common only In the number of lives lost. The burning of logglnsr and mining camps and farm buildings. the loss to tho country In the de struction of timber and young growth is of yearly occurrence. Everv fall. not only In Washington. Oregon. Col orado, and Wyoming, but up and down the Pacific coast and all over tho Rocky Mountain country fires burn great holes in the forests and destroy Pennsylvania, which makes an an nual expenditure of $15,000 in sup port of them. State constables serve as fire wardens in their townshlp3. and receive extra pay for their serv ices. Minnesota, brought to a sense of responsibility by disasters, of which the Hinckley fire was the most terrible, has established an efficient torost-fire system. Massachusetts has had good legislation in the matter. The New York forest-fire laws, though generally limited in their effect to state reserves and parks, have brought good results. West of the Rocky mountains little is done toward the suppression of forest nres. except by tho forest rangers on government reserves, who are employed by tlis department of the interior The creation of a sentiment against forest fires is the first stop toward their suppression, '-eglslation Is nee- the co-operation of fho people nnd the officers charged with tho enforce ment of tho law. Tho fall nnd the early spring, before vegetation has besun, are the dangerous seasons for forest fires In most densely wooded parts of tho country. At such times special precautions should be taken and tho people should bo kept alert by constant reminders of tho peril. r ...... . , . it nnui An cxcci em inra , u """?""' cuteit. says tho Spokesman-Iloviow. suggests, is to Placard trees nlo nu ' w. loads nnd trails Willi notices in im- dangcr and warnings of penalties to bo Incurred by thoso wna vjoihic mi lire laws. The Connaught Peasantry. London, Oct. 10. A striking proof of tho poverty of tho Irish peasantry is afforded by tho census roturns of the province of Connaught, which have Just been published. Tho popu lation of the province Is 040,932, or just over 10 per cent less than ten years ago. Nearly 90 per cent of the total number of families were in oc cupation nf premises consisting of less than five rooms, nnd of theso 24 families lived In part of n room only, j 10,392 wore occupants of 0110 room. and 47,543 of two rooms. In the 10,' 401 one-room tenements In tho prov ince there were 580 Instances whore the ocupants exceeded soven In num ber, including 91 cases of 10 persons, 34 of 11 persons, and eight of 12 or moro persons living In ono room. Tho emigration figures are startling. In the last decade 117,750 persons left tho province, while In the last half- century 017,255 persons have emi grated from Connaught, tho largo ma jority of them going to the United States. Stelzer vs. Lutz. Heaver Falls, Pa.. Oct. 10. Local fight followers arc looking forward to what promises to bo an Interesting go when Uuck Stelzer, tho Columbus fightar, and Lawrence Lutz como to gether tonight before the Nonpareil Athletic club. The articles call for n 15-round go at 138 pounds. Since the match was made several weeks ago both fighters have been training faithfully and according to reports from their respective camps each In in condition to put up the fight or his lite. While Stelzer is tho favorite the admirers of Lutz aro confident of The feeling horo Is tlmt tho coal find Is a big tiling, destined probnbly to tiring hundreds of miners and a big morcnntiie irauo into uastorn Mor row, nnd with their usual enterprise, merchants hero aro prospecting for possible advantages, though Iloppner claims prior right to nil omolument from tho fields. The locntlon is 22 miles from Hopp nor, tho nearest, railroad point, and 45 miles from Pendleton. Tho route from here lies through Pilot nock, Vinson and tho Potts country, up Birch nnd Upper uuttor creeks, by a rather good wagon road most of the distance. Hcppner's greater proxim ity to the sccno Is partly offsot by her distance from tho main lino of the O. It. fc N., on which Pendleton Is directly located. It Is figured here that a railroad to Morrow county by tho Dlrch and Butter Creek grades would place tho coal fields in moro central and direct communication, desplto the slightly greater dlstanco than they could get elsewhere. Pendleton business men, consequently, may show thoir senti ments shortly by petitioning for n railroad, which, In addition to af fording an outlet for Morrow's coal, would tap tho rich Interior of Uma tilla and bring country people into closer touch .with Pendleton. m 1 . Grnu'c 11 . PP. Wi. When OtllKrc ., ' 0 u" nut 1 u"is, an,,', ,. . 1 3 nn en. including shy dws, moM;.. 1 . . hi ana wmdowH, trrK that k i. . .ciass 'umber M the latter's ability tn hold his own essary, but it must be acompanied by ' against the Columbus man. Farmers Conclude Their Congress. Macon. Ga.. Oct. 10. Thero was no diminution of Interest apparent at tho session of this, tho last day of the National Farmers Congress. Tho chief features of tho dny woro tho discussion of papers as follows: "Mu tual Relations of Northern and South ern Farmers," by E. W. Wlckloy, of .Mississippi; "The Labor Problem From the Farmers' Standpoint," by John M. Etalil, of Illinois; "Farm Pro ducts in tho Markets of tho World," by O. P. Austin, chief of tho bureau of statistics of the United States Agricultural Department. f I l III U 111 newly" ' 11 At Ot UEfflW. Ui 1111,1 O Lfll PrtA IV. II n. 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