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VOLUME 44. 5 EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1910 No. 30 Governor Harmon of Ohio Likes ’ Fishing Better Than Strikes > TIMBER BEET Avorv. Ida.. Aup 24 T^r botlies of twenty employes of the forest service were found in a radius of one mile on Sclxer Creek yesterday by a searching party headed by Deputy Sher iffs 8ullivan and Basset. It is feared that other bodies will be found when the searches are completed. Many Points of Danger and Heavy Losses Are Reported Vancouver, Wash . gale that sprang up about 2 o'clock this morning ha» fanned a multitude 4 MONTANA TOWN DESTROYED of brush and Incipient timber fires Wallace, Aug. 24 John L Baylor, who arrived here today, says Salteae, Mont., a town of between here and Stevenson Into fu 1000 population, was destroyed by fire yesterday without loss of life. Baylor says he saw ry. Reports received today at noon Indicate that the damage to sawmill the fire. property alone cannot be estimated at present. It may run as much or more half a million. I than Tbr<* place« are threatened. Cam ONE HUNDRED KNOWN TO BE DEAD as, Sunnyside and MUI Plain. The most serloua fire is the one Spokane, Aug. 24.-—One hundred persons are known to have perished in the Idaho fires. raging on Larch mountain, near Catn- There arc several government crews still unaccounted for, but they are led by experienced aa. This Is «aid to have already con sumed valuable stnndtag timber and men, and little fear is expressed for their safety. two mills. The wind veered this morning from east to north, and nt noon the fire waa lee» than six miles Spoken*. Aug 34 The r*d ban- and there Is promise of more. In ida- [«elver. from Camas and rapidly approaching nrr» of th« forest fire« continue to ho the hoped for rain Jld not rna- Th« most unpleasant news today that place. Over 200 men are fight advance through the tn untalna <>f terlsllze, but the towns and ranchtv* carne from Band Point. Idaho, to th«' ing it. Idaho and Montana. but more «lowly out of danger atul with human life ••ffect that the fir«» at the upper <-nd| Back of Cape Horn there is another and It I* believed the strategy <>f man tv, longer threatened the fir* tight of Pend d’Oreille are Increaring The; fire In the standing timber. Still an ha> Irlui pbed over the fury of flame en are able to make war directly other is threatening Sunnyside, a set and wind la M»ut>iu : ■* • » ' ., '»l>n |«ni the forcai conflagrations them- I Continued on Page 7.) tlement four milea from Washougal. In the n«-lghborh»»od of Yacolt a fire is burning In the Weyerbauser timber, and in the vicinity of Mill' Plain Is a big fire which Is menac ing the houses on that prairie. The smoke is so dense in Vancou ver that It 1» neceeeary to use artifi cial light. CORONER’S JÜRY VERDICT IS APPROVED People of Siuslaw, Even Slain Man’s Brothers, Think Prindel Got Dues Deputy District Attorney G. F. Skipworth, who with Sheriff Boera, Coroner Gordon and Deputy Sheriff Fisk, went from here to Investigate the killing of £. S Prindel by John Johnson on Maple creek Sunday night, said thlui morning that the cor oner's jury verdict of Justiflabin homicide was well received by the citizen« of the lower Siuslaw and ev erybody, even Prindel'a brothers and other relatives, seemed to be satisfied with the decision. According to facts gat her «si by At torney Skipworth before and during the inquest. Mm. Johnson, who Lu a Copyright, l»10, by American Pre»» Association. very pretty woman of a brunette Governor Harmon of Ohio likes to go fishing with the little ones, but jnwt type, did not bear the best reputstloa now be Is engaged In a far more serious vocation—that of trying to keep peace and her husband had suspected her a long time of not being right. He la among the strikers of bis capital city. Tbousands of street car men are ask of a very jealous disposition, Mrs. Ing for tx-tter conditions, and the state militia bas been called noon to pre Johnson told the attorney, and she serve order. Governor Harmon Is dally shout the scenes of the trouble, but admitted that often she did things will anon enter nn active battle for a second term as governor of the Bu<-keye jucC to excite bis jealouey. Her maid State, lie was nominated by the Democrats, wbo may later urge bis name en name was Rose Case, and her folks reside at Yaquina Bay. She is «aid for Die presidency. to have a little Indian blood, and is better locking than the average wom an found in the mountainous regions. The Johnsons have a little boy aged five years, named Bennie. Johnson 1 declares he will not live with hfe wife again, and «he seems to be willing to I the separation and wanted to «some to Eugene yesterday with Sheriff Bown, i Attorney Skipworth and Coroner Gor don in the automobile, but there was DROVE AUTOMOBILE no room for her in the machine. Johnson is a Swede and is a hard THROUGH FOREST FIRE : worker. He owns the 160-acre home stead where they have lived for the 40 MILES AN HOUR past five or six years. He was en- — i I gaged at work in a logging camp pre- ' vious to the tragedy. The party of county officials. con-| i Prindel was employed as cheese slstlng of Deputy District Attorney; Frederick Becker Killed and Difficulty of Getting Out of the early la ’. evening wiped out the r«wl- maker for George Hasbrouck in th* Pass to the High Pass Skipworth, Sheriff Bowu, Ccroner .i«ii<:c M<ilou of Wendling alii at 10; tice at Call of Governor City May Cause Change latter’s cheese factory near Acme and o'clock 150 men are making Jeep r-| Gordon and Deputy Sheriff Fisk.I His Wife and Her Fa was considered by his employer to be lite effort* to «a»« tb* inlllr- of th*| driven by Mahlon Sweet in an ajto is in Flames Bowerman a hard worker and steady. H. tn< bile to Mapleton to Invest gate the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. So, in Route ther Wounded brough says Prindel left Saturday killing of E. S. Prindel by John John-1 | for the mill plant I* »ate and uniesK| son, on the return trip had ad ex see Miss Ada wind blow» strung today It will. After all the Oregon Electric Rail- ------------ "■ ~ The foroat fire that started In th» tho Weeks, with whom he was keeping pl* habit lx. | Practically all of the member., of citing experience with a f »rest fire a way may not enter Eugene over Fifth vicinity of Goldaon. 3k mil«« w«at , company, residing on Fiddle creek. Women and children were placed Companies A and C of thl* city have few nillej beyend Trkaifgle lake cal Greenfield, Cal., Aug. 24.—During The Johnson hou.e la on the read of Eugene, only a few day» ago, baa aboard a apv< lai train and htirrl*<l announced their willingness to go to the Idtke Creek roefJut will long be a dcuperate-duel last night in which street. to Maroola. where they are In charge remembered. For ov--r half a mile between the cheese factory and the now reached »«rtous proportions, and of From a reliable source The Guardi ! Weeks A C Dixon, manager of the the fire lone and make their best en they were hemmed in by the fire and Frederick W. Becker and F. Tognax- place and it was while on his threaten* to wipe out the whole dis Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. I.U- deavors to vanquish the flames which 11.1 danger of being trapped any mo xinl, both prominent and well-to-do learns that the Hill road is having, way back”t ha? Prindel stopped to see trict. nut only on this side of th« di ter tho train came on to Springfield are making such headway if the act ment. They arrived In I ugene about! citizens of King City, were principals, more difficulty In finding a satis- 'Mrs. Johnson. ~ Prindel owned ’ a 150- [midnight and felt glad that they were and a shotgun and rifle were the I- ttcre r»“ch on Deadwood creek, be- vide. but all the way below Triangle an Eugene. Including In the burn,-.! district of ing governor decide* »o <t»ll upon the 1 -nio When within <overal miles of weapons, Becker was killed and Mrs. factory route out of Eugene than In gi(Je8 considerable personal property, Lake. Bridge» have been burned out Wendling are the church, » hoothouse state troops to lend their asslst.-ince t « fire they could see it, but upon getting into the city. The surveying His parents and three brothers were sad i*eople living In th« endangered and the l>uiikhou.*«<a of the mill c rn- One or two of the men have driven *1- rationing rancher* they were told Becker and her father, W. L. Fowler, crews are still busy running lines In at the inquest and thev seemed to be were wounded. The tragedy occurred regions are hurrying to safety. F. pany The town ha > 300 | m * oi >1« into the cl»; from and around the city trying to solve satisfied with the result, for U at they I could go through. They . ____ the __ country ______ __ ' A «Anderson, with the Berger-Bean moat of the men being employed In severe! miles and have offered their ' • »e to the edge of where the fire in a shack in which Tognazzini and the problem. It seems that the en Mrs. JotiruMm’s Story. Mrs. Becker were discovered asleep. The story of the killing of Prindel «•rvic**.«. telling their commanding of- 1 1 burned when there lay a large Becker immediately began shooting, gineers are not allowed more than a *^rdware Company, who own» a »aw- the mill* ati.i lumber camp* Kiigli»,- 1« Kept in Waiting. fleers that If they are needed they * ' ' a<rJ,^*s the r ad. It was already the fire being quickly returned by one-per cent grade and this is the by Johnson, as told Deputy District ■Uli near Goldaon, received a tele They turned . around and went The lumber company has an en are willing to do all they can to assist dark.. T*.;; sticking point. First a line was run Attorney Skioworth by Mrs. Johnson, phone call this afternoon Informing gine In »siting to lake the tire flgm- in the work. to a logging ia.T.p a few miles back Tognazzini. Many shots were ex un High street from Fifth street, is substantially as follow -: Her hus- changed, the shack being completely to get a saw. They hired a man to saw and a preliminary survey made past band was away at the logging camp him that the mill waa threatened. He gine In waiting all last night to take I the Masonic cemetery and over the at the time, Late Sunday evening Acting Gov the log in two and tried to make a riddled. left at 3 o'clock In an automobile tho fire tighter* to a pla « of safetyj Salem. Or., Aug 23 Tognazzini, the only one of the gap through Chula Vista Park addl- Prindel came along the road in front should th* situation require ernor Jay Bowerman Is satisfied that I dash through the burning woods, with all th« hose that they could carrv Telephone and telegraph wire* are the need of nailing out the state mill j The flames were so hot that they four not injured, has been arrested tion. Here the surveyors found they of the house afoot and stopped to talk and two hand force pumps. A for® down, but the latest report |.< that tia Is not urgent at present, as the re scorched their fa es. On either side and charged with murder. would have to exceed the maximum with her. He asked if he might coma of men wa» sent out thia morning few of the residence* wer* saved The sult of a telegram received today the n.e wa > roaring and it was a one per cent grade they were al into the house and she consented. lowed. and this route was rejected. The little boy, Bennie, soon became from Junction City under William mills are situated <i the opiKrtlte from E. T. Allen, of the state conser m *t pr’carious position, The tall JAPAN OFFICIALLY aid« <>f .Mill reek, where tile water vat Ion commission. In which Allen tree® were crashin down on all sides Since then surveys have been made sleepy ard was put to bed. after Harper, who ha» Interests in tnu en-1 system 11 located. '-ay i the offer of the militia is much .of them and any moment they were ANNEXES KOREA along Fifteenth street through Fair which Prlndel made improper ad tfangered district, and lot..»nt «>» : The fire originated yesterday morn appreciated by all concerned but that ; lu danger of being crushed by a fall mount with a view of crossing the vances toward her She resented thl?, and two hand loro* pump. A 6»rge ing lu slashing* to the west of the the situation does not require the ing tree. The road was good and ♦ Tokio, Aug. 24.—The text ♦ river and going over the bottom to she said, and then he began to strug- of the fire, which Is practically be-1 town and. despite the efforts of the services of the state tr ops at present ¡Chauffeur Sweet i’wne.1 the throttle ♦ of the convention of the an ♦ Springfield, virtually on the line laid ’ gle with her, trying to force her up- He succeeded in getting 160 men, swept Into the residence "But In view of dry weather and until the light car was traveling at ♦ nexation of Korea to Japan ♦ out by the Lane County Asset Co. i stairs. yond control. Before Mr. Anderson left he said: | •oetioo and once there the tight was1 great danger. If the wind arises, a forty miles an hour. The smoke was ♦ was communicated to the pow ♦ This route would throw the line to her to a landing half way to the top the stairway, when she heard the “The fire 1» worse than It has been, hopelea? system of state-wide reporting la be j so thick that It was almost imp S ’ible this morning. The docu ♦ the southward on the other side of of A telephone tur*»age from I’ul«' at* ing arranged so we can notify you to see ahead. It was with a feeling ♦ ers front gate creak and knew that some yet, and has spread over many mile» ♦ ment was signed August 22 ♦ the river. ¡of relief that they soon reached the 9:45 last nlcht tiring« tho re; rt that one was coming in. Prindel then ran promptly If troops are needed," he of the most valuable timber. Bofore Surveys have been mad“ in several out the back door and she Immediate ; other side of the biaze. It is not ♦ and will be effective when ♦ it can I m * »topped the whole country the fire raging along the Wild Cat concludes. of the ly heard a shot. Soon afterward her Adjutant General Flnxer ha > re ' known how serious or bow much ♦ officially promulgated, which ♦ directions on the west side end out there will be burned over. The and over the divide from Halt* Is not of husband came ---------- ♦ is stated to be August 29 or ♦ city, not only beyond the , excited _ and in badly whole district from the low pas» to tvrloua tonight, but grave fears are pip'd to the acting governor that 800 damage has been done, but the mem- ♦ 30. ♦ Fitfh street, but also from the end of to know who was In the bers of the party fear that a number the high pa*» Is now nflre. and there entertained If the winds rive again < fflcer- and men tin be put In the , of Fifteenth street westward. It is hou-e with her. She refused to tell settlers will be burned out. Hale also reports a big fire over1 field at an estimate 1 cost of $S0 a Is llttl «-hope of checking It." quite he replied that _________ he would _ go out V likely that the engineers may and ___ ______________ In the DraJwood country. which day for a company, not including The fire 1» burning up toward the destroyed the home» of A. Almasl. trans|K>rtallon. He urges that provi •»*♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦0 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ choose the Fifteenth street entrance anj s<>e what had become of him. He lop of the divide There la no chanco they are soon returned and exclaimed. Rose, The »tagedrlver from Hale to Eu instead of Fifth. If I h > made for a hospital corps at of working down hill against It. but gene. who arrived about 8 30 last sion forced ti find their way out i I have killed my best friend." She an add 11 Io na I cost f approximately what 1« imped to be done tonight Is evening, reports that the fire now- the same as for a company. I through SpringtlelJ, tl*.3 being t*19 then admitted to her husband she to pretent It spreading toward Gold- raging In that vicinity ha a frontage most direct route. says, that Prindel was there and that Every • ■b.«-rlk«r la the Weekly Gear* wbo pay» ose year la ad- ♦ son. There la plenty of w»fer In th® of eight or ten miles. He does not1 Most of the streets over which the he had made undue advances bnt she Iowa State Firemen. Long Tom. and with the rorce pump» think the stag»* between Hal«’ and I Red Oak. Iowa, Aug. 2 4. With vaaee will receive Ike Oreaos Agriculturist tree for see year. O Hill people have run their lines are | had repulsed them. at night, when the fir« dies unto, Mapleton can make the trip today. Jchnson then endeavored to reach This Is ose of the heat farm, trull ssd livestock eagers la the X covered by the Lane County Asset 11000 in purse* offered, the Iowa they hot»« to work from tn«» tower Company's franchises, and It Is sup- some of his neighbors by telephone to state firemen'* tournament opened Xortbweet sad Its matter la well selected aad thoroughly reliable. It X side. The brush la very thick, nlmost posed that the former would have no tell them what he had dune, but waa I here today promises some exciting la a ooleadld paper for the farmer. ♦ trouble In arranging for their use. preventing passageway through , unsuccessful. He then went over to competitions. Fire fighters from COTTON FACTORY timber, and It I® Impossible to The Hill people have not yet for- O. C. Stanwood's house and Stanwood : many cities and towns are entered In Is little hop« of ch«M-klng It." the various events of the t urnament. mallv accepted the Fifth street fran- and George Hasbrough. Prlndel's em- SPINDLES WILL BE The pump« will bo kept along the chise, the delav being due probably ployer, went to the Johnson house and creek, and if th» fire advances th«y to the uncertainty of the route to be removed the body- to Florence, where IDLE THIS MONTH chosen, and it Is more than possible the inquest was held Tu-’sdar John- ^jUII be dropped In th« water and tho will escape. Gasoline pumps that after all the lively scrapping for »"„2^ l.oston. Aug 19. Millions Hasbrough and spent *ai l>«> uhoi I on account of their ♦ Fifth street. It may not be torn up Stanwocd and of I of splnldle» In tho cotton mills ♦ the night at Flor the remainder .o I » The sawmill Is M for railroad tracks for a long time to etc?. ^H^Xered more by the burning brands ♦ of the country will be Idle for come. Johnson War Suspicious. '"Tat have been carried all day for ♦ a period varying frihn one week to sixteen days In the Johnson's own story was that he many mil«*« by th«* hardest wind that « latter part of this month and was very suspicious of his wife and has blown for «onio time. A large ♦ the first SMITH TURNS of September decided to go hem« in the dead of th* force of men | h now on hand with ♦ The mills part in New England, night to see If there was really any hoae and pumps watching this. There ♦ employing 50,000 TABLES UPON HIS foundation for his terrible imagina arc many homes In this territory ♦ have already posted operatives, tions. As he neared his home he saw notices of that ar« al«i endangered and *»'n«' «>f « OLD OPPONENT footprints In the dust and found that the people have moved out nnd left ♦ further curtailment. they led directly to the gate He for safer places, others are protect * Atlanta. Aug. 24.—Governor then went Inside the yard and sat ing their homos a» long ns they dare. The options taken on several pieces Browne's managers have conceded down at the side of the house for at Th<> smoke from thl* fir« blow over of property on West Fifth street be-, He could hear Hoke Smith's election in the Demo I least half an hour Eugen« thia afternoon »nd at tlmsn tween Olive and Charnelton. hive cratic primaries. Smith has 15 or footsteps Inside but could hear no cinder» and aahoa wore seen In the been allowed to expire without a pur-j 20 votes in the convention more than voices. Being alm-wt -tire that some air. The sun this afternoon hung aa chase being made with his wife, he It wa . thought the necessary 185. Two years ago one was in there a red hall In tho »ky. went out into the road again to con- that the Oregon Electric railway wss Browne defeated Smith, who was then La»t night tho fire seen by tho Eu behind the move and was securing! vine* himself thet the footprints led a candidate for re-election. gen«* ivirty coming from Manlot’ n ex Ihls property for terminal grounds,| to the gate, and being satisfied, tended for only half a mile along tho but the fact that the options were al-j turned back. Aa he entered the gate road, and this n few miles from Tri lowed to run out does n t Indicate the second time It creaked on Its SHERMAN DECLINES hinges and Prindel, hearing It. ran angle Lake. Tho stage driver com thet It was the Hill company. TO TALK POLITICS out the back doer. Johnson saw a ing from Deadwood said this morn of there and they left at once to pro dark form but could not distinguish ing. nccordlng to tho report brought Utica. Aug. 24.—Vice Preaident whoa it was. He had his 2 5-30 rifle __It la hard to get lnfor- to Eultone h.v G. W. Carter from tect them. Sherman, who returned home today, and said he fired from the hip with Goldaon. that the fire was burning In mation from the burned districts. declined to talk with reference to the out taking aim, just to scare the man. FIRMT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, TO BE ERECTED AT THE CORNER OF ELEVEN rH AND OAK STREETS soveral places down In the vnlley. New York political situation. fusing to tell who the man was, re Geo. W. Taylor has •< Id his well and thnt It would ho Impossible to The above cut represents the new Christian church building, which will be erected at the corner of fusing to tell who the man was, he ........... outfit to George Buchholz get through ngnln, ns severnl of the . drilling Fast Eleventh and Oak streets this year. Bids will be opened on September first at the office of J. H. An exchange says a strong woman bridges would »oon be burned. He and has retired from that business Daniele. (Contiailed from pax* 7.) This will be the costliest church building In Eugene, and one of the handsomest in the state. is one who can hold her tongue. told Iboto living a few miles thia side for tho present. LIRE CREEK fIRES WENDLING WÌPED LOCAL MILITIAMEN FATAL ODEL OVER OREGON EEECTRIC MAY NOI BUILD CALIFORNIA FARM PAPER FREE