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PENDLETON, OREGON, 31 ON DAY, AUGUST 22. 1910.
LIFE, PROPERTY AN
WALLACE IDAHO LI IN
ASHES BY FOREST FIRES
OTHER TOWNS BURNED
LIST OF VICTIMS WILL
XUMBER, HALF HUNDRED
Forest Fire SltuaUon Wont In History
name in Idaho Sweeping Ont
Towns and Settlements Thousands
Flee from Burning Home Fifty
Known to Hare Perished. . Firemen
and Soldiers Battle Brayrly Against
Frames Losses Are Enormous.
112 Are Burned.
Fpokahe. Aug. 22. According
to dispatches from Idaho, 112
are dead In the forest fires
there. According to a report
from the Wallace Presg this af-
ternoon eighty are dead around
Wallace. Thirty-four bodies
were found on Big creek. The
party of 180 men in the forestry
service who were missing yes-
terday, have worked their way
to the shore of the St. Joe rlv-
r and are safe, four excepted,
who are burned.
It is reported the town of
Sallese, 35 miles from Wallace, '
is burning and the entire coun-
try from Wallace to the St. Joe
river, a distance of 25 miles. Is
on fire. There Is a high wind
again at Wallace, but It Is be-
lteved the town Is saved,
.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 22. With
half of Wallace in ruins, the little
towns of Tnft, St. Regis, In Montana,
and Avery In Idaho burned, and va
rious other settlements In Washing
ton, Idaho and Montana threatened,
the forest fire situation Is worse than
ever before. In the fire sone thirty
bodies have been recovered up to an
early hour today. The death list near
and around Wallace .will be at least
fifty, It Is reported. At sunrise sev
en bodies had been recovered In Wal
lace. 12 at Big Creek, Wash., six In
the War Eagle mine near Wallace, 12
at Big Creek and one at Mullan. At
St. Joe, southwest of Wallace, 18 men
are miming. One hundred eighty are
hemmed In and a party of 100 has
gone to the rescue. The flames are
sweeping over an ever Increasing area
and the damage already will amount
to several millions. Approximately
2000 refugees are here and one thou
sand at Missoula. Many escaped with
only their garments, a few are blind
ed and some are badly burned. The
loss at Wallace ia a mtlllon dollars.
The fire department and a company of
the 25th Infantry are trying to save
the remainder of the cKy. Only rain
can save the country from enormous
losses and a number of smaller set
tlements will go, It la Believed, unless
It rains.
Oregon Towns in Danger.
Med ford, Ore., Aug. 22. If the
wind switches to the south with the
present fire raging near Ashland,
there would be great danger of the
town burning, according to Chief
Ranger Grlbble, who Is directing the
fight against the Ashland fire. This
morning bells rang, tne people assem
bled and dribble told the people of
their danger.. A call for volunteers
was answered by 160 men Who left
immediately. The fires continue to
rage unchecked in southern Oregon
and new fires are Btartlng.
Settlers Floe to Ia Grande.
La Grande, Aug. 22. Homesteaders
living ten miles south of La Grande
are fleeing to this city for their lives.
A forest flro springing up suddenly,
has wiped out eight homesteads since
yesterday and many mountaineers are
endangered. The fire Is at the head
of Rock and Ladd creeks.
Montana Fires Unchecked.
Helena, Aug. a, ine loresi iirej
situation in Montana Is the worst In .
the history of the state. Communica
tion with the Flathead country Is cut
off but last reports said the condi
tions are hopeless. The Bitter Root
fires are going with renewed vigor.
High winds are spreading the Galla
tin forest fire seven miles south of
Bozeman. There are other fires In
the western part of the state and It Is
Impossible to secure men to fight
them. Llbby was reported surround
ed by fire. Governor Norrls who was
on an Inspecting trip with the army
engineers has left' the. party and start
ed for Llbby where It Is believed he
will take personal charge of the work.
Fighters are Powerless.
Lewlston, Aug. 12. Fire Is again
raging through the Clearwater forest
reserve. The eight hundred men In
the reserve are powerless until the
wind drops. Miles of forest are be
ing consumed.
Burke Reported Burning.
Hpokane, Aug. 22. The town of
Burke, Idaho, is reDorted hurnlnr.
Its population la 1000 and it Is set
in a narrow canyon ten miles from
Wallace.
To Arrest Fire Bugs.
WflnhlnarfAn Inv 94 TV.- ....
a u n - aiio iuicsuy
service telegraphed Forester Buck at
'uo luuuy 10 use every errort to
arrest the men who set the fire in
IIICU HWy-
Ing 25 detectives are already hunting
uuwh mo uicenaianes.
TRAIXLOAD OF REFUGEES
IS REPORTED BCRXED
Spokane, Ana-. 12. That a. train.
load or 42 refugees and S nurses were
probably burned to death near Wal
lace wnue neeing to Missoula is ad
mitted here Uila afternoon by North
ern Pacific officials.
The railroad officials sall all inuv
of the train had been lost and that re
ports from the scene of the fire Indi
cate the persons on board ran Inti
the fire. The refugee were patients
from the Wallace Providence hospital
In care of (dMen of charity.
BIG STEAMER BITRXIXG
IX SAX FRANCISCO BAY
San Frnncfwn Ant 99 c..t
. - " " . Ltl.llf
with flames the trteamer F. A. KUburti
Is adrift in the bav todav. Flrhnnt
are close to the vessel pouring streams
Into the shlD but it Is hellevnH If will
be a total loss. The Kllburn plied be.
tween San Francisco and Humbolt
bay and it Is sold, hnd Just completed
a voyage and had Innden her n.
sengers and went to the long wharf
hi uHKiana 10 discharge her cargo.
The fire broke out this morning so
suddenly that the few men aboard
hardly escaped with their lives. Haw
sers were cut and the ship allowed to
float Into the bay. The loss will be
$200,000.
Priests on Retreat.
Chicago, Aug. 22. Many priests of
the Chicago diocese went Into retreat
today at the University of Notre
Dame.
IS TO BE
KEPT IN BACKGROUND
WILL XOT BE AMOWED TO
SPEAK DURING CAMPAIGX
Experience In Kansas Shows RcpubU.
can Leaders Folly or Allowing Aged
Speaker to Take Stump Insur
gency Will be Left Alone.
Washington. Aug. 22. Another step
in the attempt of the administration
to relegate Speaker Cannon to less
Important places In the councils of the
republicans. It was learned today, has
been made by the reniihllmn nnn.
gresslonal campaign committee. For
tne nrst time In many campaigns
Cannon will not be assigned speak
ing dates by the committee. Repub
lican leaders say "Uncle Joe's" ser
vices are not wanted on account of
his avowed attitude on lnsnrnnT
Cannon's experience In Kansas which
went insurgent after he spoke, show
ed the leaders Insurgency had best be
icrt alone. It is reported President
Taft and his ndvlsers, after studying
the results from Kansas, Iowa, Cali
fornia and other stnt es hftir. on n
eluded their campaign would best be
a -tread lightly" affair as far
."urgency Is concerned.
In-
ROOSEVELT READY FOR
SPEAK IXG TOUR XO. 1
Oyster Bay. Aui. 22. Colonel -Rnnm.
evelt tomorrow begins his first of a
series of speaking tours during which
he will travel over five thousand
miles. His first address will be at
Utica, N. T., although he will speak
Informally at a number of towns en
route. His most westerly points will
be Denver and Cheyenne. Roosevelt
Is expected to outline his Idea on the
progressive national policy and on
conservation.
Garment Workers In Session.
Detroit. Mich., Aug. 22. The Unit
ed Garment Workers of America con
vened here today Tor an Important
session, during which labor troubles
Increased wages and other matters
will be discussed.
MAY EXPLOIT
KEPPNER COAL
Walla Walla Capitalists Go to
Morrow County to Inspect
Coal Lands.
IF SATISFIED, WILL FORM
CORPORATION AXD DEVELOP
I'iftoiii Garden City Men En-route to
llcpimcr, Headed by Dr. Blalock,
Who Has Option on Over 5000
Acres Has Great Confidence In
Proposition Capitalists Will Inspect
Mines and are Willing to Invest If
Prospects are as Reported.
Fifteen Walla Walla capitalists,
headed by Dr. N. G. Blalock, passed
through Pendleton this morning In
automobiles for Heppner, where they
will Inspect a large tract of coal land
which is now under option to Dr. Bla
lock. If the prospects prove to be all
that they have been represented, the
party of capitalists will form a cor
poration and proceed to develop the
mines, it is proposed to start de
velopment work Immediately, if the
result of their investigations are sat
isfactory. Dr. Blalock has already made a
personal investigation of the land and
is very well satisfied in his own mind
that It is worth developing. When
seen this morning he said:
"Five years ago while in Heppner I
heard of this tract of land which con
tains 5,100 acres, and of the coal that
showed on the surface. After an ex
amination of the land I secured an op
tion on it and ever since that time
I have been making an Investigation
of the natural resources 'of the prop
erty and the possibility of developing
them. The land is in the Blue moun
tains, twenty miles from Heppner, at
the head of Willow creek, and is con
nected by a good road to the O. R. A
X. branch that runs to Heppner. A
mining expert has been all over the
land and in his report he says that
the property overlies a coal deposit
of from 20 to 24 million tons. That
means an output of 150 tons a day
would not be exhausted for 55 years.
There are now five tunnels on the
tia'ct and in every one of them veins
running from 2 1-2 feet to 4 feet in
thickness have been cut.
"We have a ISOOOdiamond drill that
has been used in determining the lo
cation of the deposits and by its use
we know that there are two veins of
ore one 2 1-2 feet in thickness and
the other 7 1-2 feet in thickness, less
than 600 feet below the surface. Be
sides this wonderful coal deposit there
is an estimated amount of timber that
will run from 57 to 62 million feet.
"The location of the land Is favor.
able to shipping and as we have a
number of streams on the propertv I
see nothing that will hinder us from
starting developments on a big scale
immediately. The coal Is of a semi
antraclte variety and is excellent for
cooking. It makes a hot fire and
leaves little ash. Different tests that
have been made show that it Is bet
ter for fuel than some coal on the lo
cal market. There has been probably
150 tons of the coal taken from the
mines there hut none of it has been
shipped out of that immediate neigh
borhood. Farmers come there from
miles around to haul it away.
"The development of this property
would mean a great thing for this
part of the V-ountry as it would give
us cheaper fuel in the absence of the
big freight rates. Some twenty years
(Continued on page .)
NOTES Oil
Mark Moorhouse, cvxhibition man
ager for the "Round-Up" left last
evening for Cheyenne to attend the
frontier celebration to be held in that
city this week. He h
ly commissioned by the "Round-Up"
organization to make observations,
note defects as well as successful fea
tures and also to enlist the services
of the best talent to be found at the
big Cheyenne celebration.
Every effort will be put forth to
exceed the Cheyenne show, both In
the matter of a performance and that
of attendance and for that reason no
stone will bo left unturned. The Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho riders
and ropers will be given an opportu
MARK
MOO O S
COMING WEST
Report is that Denver. Lara
mie and Northwestern
Headed for the Coast.
is
WELL KXOWX ENGINEER
IS OX WAY TO OREGON
J. F. Wallace, Formerly Chief Engl
neer on Panama Canal and Promt
nent Railroad Builder, and W. E,
Green, Official of Railroad In Ques
tion, Headed for this State to Look
Over Field Puget Sound Is Goal of
Proposed Road.
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 22. Railroad
circles were stirred today by the an
nouncement of J. F. Wallace, one of
the biggest engineers Inr the' country.
that the Denver. Laramie & North
western is headed for a Pacific coast
outlet on the Puget Sound, through
Boise.
Mr. Wallace was the first Ameri
can engineer .the Panama canal,
a member of the Tsmmian nmm
sion., vice-president and general man
ner 01 me ranama canal Steamship
ine, nas OU It several ra lrnaria and
now makes Xew York his headquarters-.
He arrived in Boise yesterday
noon, accompanied hv W v r.run
vice president and general manager
or me Denver. Laramie & Northwest
ern; nis son. w. 17, Wallace, chief en.
gineer of that road, and W. n Hniln
engineer in charge of construction de
partment. 1
The party started from Denver and
mane tne entire trip overland by auto
mobile. Thev made the run frnm
Idaho Falls In fast rae. having left
mere vveanesday morning. In dis
cussing their trip, Green said:
"We are making a reconnoissance.
The road's present terminus Is Gree
ley, Colo., but survey is completed to
Elk Mountain. Wyo., 260 miles from
Denver, and the road beyond Greeley
for that distance Is being rapidly
graded and will soon be roaflv fnp
traffic.
"The Denver, Laramie & North
western Is going to build to Puget
sound as last as possible. We had
practically decided on this step, but
to make assurance doubly sure,
brought J. F. Wallace out from New
Tork to pass on the matter. Mr. Wal
lace says that he has found no ob
stacle so far, and we are certain that
our plans will go throueh now with
out a mtch."
The party left Boise this evening,
declining to name their destination,
but it is believed they are bound for
Oregon on a scouting trip. It is un
derstood that Rock Island interests
are behind this road.
TAPS WILL RFCOGXIZE
TREATIES Win I KOREA
Toklo, Aug. 22. Preliminary to
signing the Imperial proclamation that
shall transfer the sovereignty of Ko
rea to Japan, It was published today
that the Japanese government will
recognize, for a time at least, the ex
isting treaties between Korea and for
eign nations. This is particularly Im
portant to this country as the United
States enjoyed more rights in Korea
than under the Japanese treaty. The
annexation proclamation will give the
Korean emperor all the rights of an
ex-emperor. These Include freedom
of supervision anl a certain income.
E WILL TAKE
CHEYENNE SHOW
nity to test their prowess In competi
tion with the best talent that the
Rocky mountain region affords and at
the same time the spectators at the
big event will be given a chance to see
the best exhibition it Is possible to
witness any where In the world.
While the "Round-Up" is to be a
northwest event and while the win
ners of the different contests are to
be given the title of northwest cham
pions it is quite probable that the
northwest champions thus acclaimed
will be the world champions In their
events. The Pendleton show Is grow
ing by leaps and bounds and it is
plainly evident already that It Is go
ing to surpass the wildest dreams of
Its original promoters.
HIE TOLL TO FIRES
FOREST EES SWEEPING
DOWN ON WEN1 SPRINGS
AERONAUT ILS HARD
LUCK IX IIIS FLIGHTS
London, Aug. 22. Misfortune con
tinued to pursue M"ls.sant today. Af
ter circling high into the air in an
attempt to fly. from Upchurch to Lon
don, a high wind finally compelled
him to descend. He flew to Seven
Oaks and went far to windward of
London. He descended on a field and
broke his propellor, the planes and
rudder: He said later he intended to
try it again tomorrow. Seven Oaks
Is 22 miles east of London. In the
course of his flight a gale tipped the
aeroplane dangerously.
F. AUGUSTUS HEIXZE
WILL MARRY ACTRESS
New York, Aug. 22. It was an
nounced today that F. Augustus
Helnze, the Montana copper magnate
who recently figured in federal pros
ecutions, is engaged to marry Bernice
Henderson, a member of the "A Fool
There Was" company. The marriage
is set for this week after which the
couple will go to Europe.
IXSPECTOR DEW TRIES TO
FOOL THE XEWSPAPERS
Father Point. Aug. 22. The wire
less station reports the liner Megan
tic bearing Dr. Crlppen and Mme,
Leneve. at the mouth of the St.
Lawrence river. The prisoners are
kept closely guarded in their cabins.
Although Inspector Dew is known to
a dozen newspaper men aboard he
registered the. prisoners under as.
sumed names, and himself also. He
professed not to recognize the news
papermen. His unusual actions are
causing much joking.
Eagles Fly to St. Louis.
St. Louis. Aug. 22. Two thousand
lodges scattered throughout the Unit
ed States, Canada and Mexico, are
represented at the eleventh grand
aerie of the Fraternal Order of Ea
gles, which opened in St. Louis to
day. In addition to the business ses
sions, there will be a great parade,
band concerts, drills and social en
tertainments galore. There are now
approximately 375.000 Eagles, making
the order one of the five largest fra
ternal organization in the United
States.
I'l
18 ARE DROWNED
BRinsn SHIP GOES
ASHORE LAST XIGHT
Bedford Is Pounding: to Pieces Eigh
teen of Crew Perish Efforts to
Refloat Ship Made Futile by Storm,
London, Aug. 22. Eighteen sail
ors were drowned when the British
warship Bedford went ashore last
night at Quelpart Island near the Ko
rean coast, according to a report
reaching here. She carried a crew of
687 men and was enroute to the Na-
gaskle squadron. The position of the
ship is perilous and it is believed it
will be pounded to pieces. It was
built In 1903 costing over three mil
lion dollars.
The cruisers Monmouth and Mlno-
taus attempted to refloat the strand
ed ship but were driven to sea by rls-
ng gale.
Moose -Meet In Baltimore.
Baltimore, Aug. 22. With charac
teristic Maryland hospitality, Balti
more today extended the glad hand of
welcome to the thousands of good fel
lows gathered together at the annual
nnlonal convenlon of the Loyal Order
of Moose. "Merchants' week," which
awnys attracts thousands of south
ern business men and buyers, also
commenced today, and Baltimore
faces the busiest six days in its his
tory. The Loyal Order of Moose was or
ganized In Louisville In 1S8S and Is
especially strong in the south and
west. Lodges have recently been or
ganized in many eastern cities and
the convenlon here V expected to give
added impetus to the growth of the
order along the Atlantic seaboard
Priests to Elect Chief.
Rome. Aug. 22. Priests of the Or
der of Minor Conventuollsts from all
nations, including thhe United States
are in Rome today to take part in the
chapter elections of a general of their
order. The election will take place
tomorrow. The Rt. Rev. Domonick
Reuter of Albany. N. T. Is the pres
ent incumbent.
MPERS ARE FLEEING
I LAMES AT TOLL GATE
GET BEYOND CONTROL.
Fores Ranger Roy Mom Phones to
Walla Walla for More Help Soya
Fire Burning- Along Stretch Three
Miles in Width and Small Force la
Unable to Combat Them Kavensful
ly Force Is Organized In Walla
Walla. Campers at the Toll Gate in the
Blue mountains have been driven oat
by forest fires and the flames are
sweeping south and westward toward,
the Umatilla river and Wenaha
springs, according to reports reaching
this city today. It i not believed,
however, that the famous Umatilla
river resort is in any danger.
Forest( Ranger Roy Moss, who baa
been directing the work of fire fight
ing in the vicinity of the Toll Gat
for the past eight or ten days, wired
to Walla Walla late last night for
more assistance. He said that the
high wind of yesterday fanned the
smouldering flames that they had
about controlled until the line of fir
extended along the mountain for a
distance of three miles and that ths
small force of fighters was entirely
inadequate to combat the conflagra
tion. When Moss sent out his call for
help last night the ftnmes" were with
in five uiiles of the Toll Gate and were
advancing on that resort so rapidly
that all campers were leaving hi
precipitate haste.
M. N. Unser, acting forest super
visor in Walla Walla during the ab
sence of Supervisor Schmitz, organ
ized a company of men In the Gar
den City and started for the scene of
the fire early this morning.
"COURT OF HOXOR"
AT OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Ore. Work on the "court
of honor" at the. state fair grounds Is
progressing rapidly, the flowers and
vines are maturing to a state of per
fection, and every detail is rounding
to Just as figured on by Landscape
Gardener Hugh Bryan. This added '
improvement toward the beautifying
of the fair grounds will be a surprise
to the many visitors to the show In
September, as the floral display and
artistic scheme worked out is ths
most beautiful In the northwest.
FREE miXKERS COMMEND
CAXALEJAS IX HIS STAND
Brussels, Aug. 22. Resolutions
commending Premier Canalejas of
Spain, and urging him to remain firm
in his attitude toward the Vatican,
were presented today at the first bus
iness session of the International
Free Thought congress. The resolu
tions declare that the present crisis
in Spain was brought about by the
Influence of the "martyr FerreT." .
Mrs. Kate Tremble Woolsey of Ken
tucky, delegate-at-large from Am
erica, presided at todays session over
an assemblage which includes some
of the foremost scientists, literary
men and philosophers or the world.
The only other woman delegate U
Mme. Curie, the discoverer of radium.
Mme. Curie is a firm freethinker, and
declares that Christianity Is the great
est foe to the world's progress.
Mrs. Woolsey comes from a fam
ily of scientists, jurists and patriots,
one of her ancestors having been In
strumental in saving the manuscript
of Thomas Palne s "Age of Reason"
when the author was imprisoned In
France, during the revolution, be
cause he dared advocate mercy. Mrs.
Woolsey's grandfather, assisted by
his brother, John Trimble, afterward
a justice of the American supreme
court, drew up the first bill to secure
to married men the control or their
property.
THE WAR IS OVER AXD
ESTRADA IS PRES-IPENT
Mnuainia. Aue. 22. The Xtcnm.
cusii revolution ondeil todav. rci.
al Mens, the revolutionary leader, en
tered Managua today with sveral
thousand troops. President MadrU
thereupon nubliclr announce,! hi .in.
feat and retired from the presidency
artcr proclaiming General Joan Es
trada president.
DENIES GOYERXOR BENSON
IS AFFLICTED WITH CANCTCB
San Francisco. Cat in. i n.
Culver today Issued a bulletin deny.
Ing Governor Benson of Oregon, to
afflicted with a cancer. He said Ban.
son's recovery Is raDld and ha win
. 1
i
soon be able to return to Oregon.