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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1937 PAGE TWO IONE NEWS Fire at Howk House Quickly Subdued By MARGARET BLAKE Mrs. Jennie McMurray and her nephew, David Howe, departed on Monday night for Caldwell, Idaho, where they will visit with David's sister, Mrs. Vera Pugsley. From there David will continue on to his home in Iowa. W. F. Honey and grandson, Mark Nickerson, of Gresham arrived on Friday and are registered at the Park hotel. Mrs. Delia Mobley is quite ill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bry son. A doctor was called from Hepp ner to attend her. Ed Engelmann of Fossil was over Friday, returning to his home Sat urday. George Tucker, superintendent of the school here last year, was in town Sunday enroute to Lander, Wyoming, where he will join his family. Mr. Tucker has accepted a position as superintendent at Odes sa, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake are among those who are enjoying a huckleberry hunt in the mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Balsiger en joyed a week-end visit with Mr. Balsiger's brothers at Hood 'River and White Salmon. Mrs. Gene Glock and two chil dren of Vancouver, Wash., arrived Sunday for a visit with the Riet mann families. Maude Pointer was a business vis itor here from Lexington Monday. Fire of undetermined origin was discovered in the upper story of the house belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howk last Friday evening. While the damage from fire was not great owing to the quick action of the volunteer fire department kept it confined to the upper story, water poured into the lower rooms caus ing considerable damage. The loss was covered by insurance and im mediate adjustment made by the company who carried it. Mr. and Mrs. Howk who live in Condon were over Sunday and plan to have the damage repaired as soon as possible. Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Kincaid of Crowell, Texas, have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kincaid. The men are cousins. Dr. and Mrs. Kincaid departed Monday. Mrs. J. E. Crabtree of Salem is as sisting at the home of W. A. Emert during the remainder of harvest. Mrs. Emert is confined to her bed with a trouble caused from an in jury to her leg in an automobile ac cident some years ago. Mr. and Mrs. D. Emert and Mrs. Blanche Willis and daughter of Port land and Clarence Emert of Califor nia have been visitors at the W. A. Emert home during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Odom and Mrs. Paul O'Meara spent a short time in Spokane last week. Miss Lola Cannon was a visitor here from Hardman the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin have had as their guests recently Mrs. E. A. Johnson and daughter Shirley of Seattle, Mrs. Mike Estes of Pendle ton and Mrs. Lester LaFortune and daughter Jean of Hollywood. 678 Lightning Fires Record for Forest Lightning bombardment of what is believed unprecedented intensity in the history of the national for ests of Oregon and Washington characterized the last ten days of July and ushered in the most crit ical period of the forest fire season to date, according to reports just received by the U. S. Forest service. Of a total of 698 fires reported for the 10-day period, the amazing num ber of 678 were caused by lightning. For the corresponding period in 1936 only 121 lightning fires oc curred. Total lightning fires for the present fire season are now 836 as compared with 263 for the season a year ago. Only two of the twenty forests in the region escaped un scathed from the lightning attack, these being the Olympic forest in Washington and the Siuslaw forest in Oregon. Heaviest sufferers in the two states were the Whitman na tional forest (headquarters Baker, Oregon) with 77 lightning fires in the 10 days, and the Fremont (head quarters Lakeview, Oregon) where 74 lightning fires occurred. Other heavy lightning sufferers were the Umpqua national forest (Oregon) with 70 fires, the Malheur national forest (Oregon) with 61 fires, the Umatilla forest of Oregon and Wash ington (headquarters Pendleton) with 57 lightning fires, and the Co lumbia national forest (headquarters Vancouver, Washington) with 55 lightning fires. Effects of these lightning "hits" have in some instances been difficult to locate and the results, slow smol dering undiscovered "sleeper fires," have placed many of the forests in precarious condition. Other fire causes listed on the ten day report were careless smokers, campers, lumbering operations, rail roads, and brush burners in the or der named. Total area burned to August 1, including land inside na tional forest boundaries and out side land protected by the forest service was 3,016 acres as compared with 1,210 acres for the correspond ing period in 1936. The forest service now is fighting a stubborn blaze resulting from lightning in the hard bitten 1902 Cispus burn area near Randle, Wn., between Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier, The fire which had covered some SEE THESE MODERN FEATURES ftM pored aln mmhmI . . . bullt-to-thi-floor aaastructloa IdMlly suited to modara kitchen ...mm (Mtel-Maled Hotpolnt Flat lap Crfrod . . . M-spaad broiler . . . oxtra larga ptavBy Insulated automatlo man . . . stain, rasiiting work surface . . . three large utility I outlet . . . pilot light, ELECTRIC RANGES Prepare for a new experience la easy, carefree cookery. 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