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Medford Mail Tribune
UNITED PJIK89 ASSOCIATION
Full Leaflet Wlro Report,
FIRST SECTION
Tho only paper In tho worl
publlahoa in n city tho slxs s
Medford having a loniiod wlro.
PAGES 1 TO 8
MOTH YEAR.
MEDITORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1910.
No. 131.
FIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE UNCHECKED
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FOREST RANGERS ARRIVE IN TIE
NICK OE TIME TO SAVE WOMAN
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MRS.HOLTZSENDS
CALL FOR HELP;
FOUND IN TIME
Fire Situation Worso Than at Any
Tlmo Previous Late Reports
Show That Private Holdings Arc
Considered Sate.
HERE'S LATEST ON
THE FIRE SITUATION
Tim fire burning in tho
Four Hit cnujitry run west
th'iH afternoon lo ncetion M,
2:i ami 28, range It west,
towntliiii lift, wliuio it wit
ohcikud by r0 uoltliyr, This
territory if nlniig the oaHtorn
hniindnry of tho tiiuhitr hold
ings of Iho Outer Lake Lum
bar company, mid fa princi
pally sugar pine in a flat,
open country on which thorn
was little brush. Tliii en
abled tin soldiers to check
it, 11111I all danger of it com
ing wont into tho holdings of
tlu coinpmiv in nor.
Tho fire jiiKt cant of Ilutto
Falls is reported under con
trol, nn is tho firo four miles
below (ho Falls, which did lit
tle damage.
Tho AhIiIuimI fire is spread
ing, unchecked. It in doing
great damage.
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BULLETIN.
Report Into tonight slate that
fonr ranger, headed hy ohu llolu,
ttrrived in liinu to nave .Mm. UolU
and family from tho fhuue. Mr.
Holt noticed tho fire nonr the oubiu
from it dint 11 nee, and culling four
men, rushed tu the ncouu. Attiu- a
hard flftlit tlw eablit vu Mivutl.
When tin Ih 1h road It may bo that
tliu grout forest flroa which nro
swooping Houtliorn Oregon will havo
ulnliiiutl tliolr flint victims. If bo,
It will bo a woman anil four umull
children who perished. Lnto thli
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BOTTE FALLS
One Agent Writes $0000 Worth !ti
One Day Great Fears Entertain
ed at Ono Tlmo for Safety of tliu
Mountain City.
Ilutto Kal In hi now carrying moro
Iniiluraiico than at any tlmo In
Hit hlslary. Ono agont succeeded In
writing $ 8000 In ono tiny and this on
small bulldlngn that would not carry
ovor $r00 ouch, i
Tho rosldonts of Ilutto Falls en
tertain groat fear as to tho snfty of
tliolr town during tho, wook, hut tho
situation now In much liupnvod.
Whllo tho fear of flro was tho groat-,
est ono man hogan to write Insurance
and made a great succoss of It, ' .
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OTHER SECTIONS
THAN THIS ARE
Reports From Over State and the
Northwest In General Show That
Much Damano Is Being Done hy
Forest Fires.
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ENTIRE MILITIA OF
STATE MAY COME
PORTLAND, Aug. 20.
Tho war dcpartinont has "
boon rotpionlod to order out
tho entire hUUo militia to ho
taken to fight I lie foiut linw
In tho Crnlur uatlounl ,iurul ""
I " Tliiu iii-tiiiii ivim In I: mi fnl. ""
lowing receipt of infnriaation "
that no nioro regulars wore
available.
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PORTLAND. Aug. 20. With
foroHt flrea In tho Crator National
foreat In Southern Oregon spreading
rapidly today, Associate Forestor
I VjCi.ii nun num. in an appeal 10 uon-
oral Miuih, commaudlni; tho troojm
at tho American lulto encampment,
for -TiO Holdlom to f Iht tho Oregon
flrea.
"Coudltloua nro nrotty bad," anld
Cecil oday. "I cun't toll Just how
much tlmbor la being burned but
tho Iobb imiHt bo troniondoua. Ac-,
cordlag to tliu toloBraniH I havu Just
men aro noodod. A high wind la
blowliiK In tho mouutnlna and tho
rinuioi are opreadliiK. I havo rhUoiI
General .Maun for 500 troopa l( ho
. can Roeur that many for no. lie
Mid ho would do overytlilntc potwlblo
' to noud un the men Hnmutlmo today."
I FlruK Over Xortlieuxt
Additional roportu cotnliiK In Inter
tpdny from nil-parts of tho nortli
wot Indlcato that tho forest flro
; dominium are worse than provlouily
bullovod.
Fifty men aro fighting a llnzo out
Of Kosobui'K in Houtliorn Oregon and
a Kko numbor ot flroflKhtors nro
(Onnliuuod From Pairo Four.)
$50,000 PAIO FOR
BEING
BORNEO
Chicago Man Makes Splendid Buy on Rogue River Ahovo Gold Hill An
Elegant Silo for Country Home and Ono Will Be Built
hy tho Now Owner. ,
A new inventor linn been found for
K'oguo Hivor vnllov fruit laud and
lie has fuoiued one of theJiost truclH
iu tliu valley, bur none.
Jnltii F. ilorroll uf Chicago Thuis
ilny cluichml I lie hnrgnin ,h,v wlieih
lie hccaiuu llie owner of the K. 1V U,
Astbury orchard, tpur LliiJon up tho
lioguo from Hold Hill, nild qui) ot tliu
host pitzenherg anil Now town or
cIuuiIh iu the alle.
.Mr. iMtirrell, aiidj I mm the com
mercial alue of Ins orchard, appre
ciatew the mic ioi a Mimmer home,
lie intend bu hsiii'. i niiiniuer ve-i-deut'o
tliore, fitted with nil modern
improvements, mid thi fall ho in
tends to go after i lint "apple king"
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SECRET SERVICE
MEN WATCHING
FOR IE BOGS
No Doubt But That Fires In Big
Buttt District Are Bclnn Set Out
Dlsnruntleil Homesteaders Said
to Be Trying to Get Even.
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FIRE-FIGHTERS WANTED;
25 CENTS AN HOUR
" Men nro wanted hy the lo-
"" ral forest official.-! to l'ijiht
tho fin's burning in tho dif-
fereiit Hoetions of the eoun-
ty. The office will pay 25
" ecilU uu hour for men ninl ""
will givo them thoir hoard. ""
"" Those who are willing to go ""
" fhould apply to Acting Su- ""
porviMir Swunning in the ""
" forestry offices, In the Jack- "
i tt rvitnit it ii til- imiiiiiiii
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That tho prcaont foreat fires rag
ing In tho Crater National forest
wore set by aomo disgruntled liomo
atoador in an effort to oven up
scores with tho rangers who report
ed upon his homostends last fall is
tho belief now of tho forestry of
ficials and residents ot tho sections
In which tho flro Is rnglntr. It has
also developed that tho government
now hs threo secret service- men In
tho vicinity of tho big firos ondenv
orlng to apprehend tho guilty party
or parties.
Sort At Hangers
Dining tho past year a number of
homesteaders found, whou they
came to provo up, that adverse re
port had been made regarding their
homesteads. This investigation was
made for tho most part by rnngors.
or spaclal a Keats and this Is snld to
be responsible for tho forest -tiros.
A ropreMiitntlvo of tho Mall-Trlb-uno
traveled 100 miles Friday by
automobile, horsoback and on foot,
through tho burning area. Unmis
takable evidence wore found that
tiros were- sot. In many Instances
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ASTBO
title. Tlio price paid for tho Atlnuy
ranch was $n0,00l), mid tho saltuwiiK
made through tliu agency f ,T'. 12.
Harkdull.
This ii tho bocoutl iue.stmeiU Ir.
Morrell has inudo in the Woguu uiver
valley, liaviiu' purehahotl a year ago
211 aeiWol' tho Hurroll orchard tract
for $2.1 ,000.
The homo Mr. Morrell intends
creeling on tho Astbury rane.li will
he un ideal country homo will) mod
ern eiiy convonioneos.
You may "take u dip" iu tho mer
which ilows through the laving or u
"tuli in .our room," as vou idoase.
Heside that, tho orchard is ,jut
about now ready to produce the
fiuit which will win tho priKo,
PLACE
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No Information Is Available, as Tel
egraph Operators Were Forced to
Abandon Their Keys Rescue
Trains Made Up In Butte Forest
Fire Destroys City.
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 20. Wal
lace, Idaho, a town of oOOO inliabi
tantb, in burning tonight, with no
hope of saving, according to tele
graph companies.
At 7:10 p. m. nirtbuununieation
with the stricken city was cut off.
Operators desorted their keys with
a i'liibh that they could no longer re
main nt their pants.
All day a great forc-t lire had
been sweeping tho couutry near the
city. It i-; sunposed that the flumes
swept near tho town and ignited it.
Wallace is .situated in n nnrrow
valley. The inhabitants are com
pelled to flee on one narrow track.
If the fire jumps before them there
will be no cbnnce to jCScape.
One- ot' the moslTSS&ful catas
trophes in recent year, threatens.
Itescue truins are being made up
iu this city to bo rusliod with food
and provi&ioiif to tho strickan city.
Troop's will be tkqn to light the
flnnion. A company of. colored sol
diers nt Hornx are to be dispatched
at onoo to Wallace.
Dispatches roceiu-d before th1
wires wont out stated thnt during th
afternoon it beenmo evident that l .
fire would reach the city.
A dense smoke so clouded the
skies that electric lights were turn
ed on iu the streets, while lurid
glares, showed how fast tho flames
were approaching.
Jinny began to pack their porsonal
belongings preparatory to- flight.
Tho hist information received was
to the effect that the mayor had or
dered every one out to fight the fires
which were approaching the city
limits.
SIX PEACHES WEIGH
OVER THREE POUNDS
Six peaclu's, ioi.il ivouiht threo
LpoumU, were brought iu by II. ft.
v.... t i.: u.. .i.i.ti' i... i
j-u ii-iiiii ins nn --limit; ori'lltllll
Thurbdny. any, the News. , The larg
est was ten inches in oiroumforonco
and weighed y mimes. Tho peaches
aitj ot u viU'iet. unkndwn. to Mr.
Nvo. Three years Hgoffip Februniy
he plumed Kill oumf pliuui trees,
winch came into buniiaj? tUU year.
He .ti tiivi ihmijii tlL Ujoy weie
Hale's Kiulies. insiermoll Knrly
I'rnwfortls, jtr wluohJfli' were
planted, hut liu ha found that 121
of tho tieo nre of a variety known
as (.'hiimplpus, while he reimiiniinr
2H are unidyntit'ied. j
Mr. Nye is sim-M with hi
imu'ho.. b,ui the am-ov 'ym w
be bouglit the stock has- offorod t
roruntl tho imieiiase iH'UJa'ol turnish
its oquivuleut iu '"'t btQuc. Mr.
Nye will accept the hit toy pniposi-
I ion. as! ho still lias manV noro of
fine punch laud which ha litis but ro
eeiulj denied. ,., ,
$30,000,000 MORTGAGEES
FILED IN NORTH YAKIMA
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Auu.
20. -Tho Fiicitu l'-iwor A l.igiu
compiin v, whose iiuinagor is A. S.
fircnier f l'onl.nul. yesterday filed
(V mortgage ot .t.UI.oOO.OOO with tho
Yakima county auditor, Tt is givon
to tho United States Mortgage &
Trust company, as trustee-.
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DESTROYED
New York's Mayor, Photographed as He Fell
Toward Steamer's Deck After Being Shot.
(Mayor Oaynor kept from falling by frl nd. From unapshot by American Preaa
Aenoclntlon photographer
Copyright, W10, by American Press Association.
Mayor William J. Oaynor of New York clly as he was shot Aug. 0 on the
steamer Kaiser Wllbelm der Grosse reeled and would have fallen to the deck
but for Itenjamln Clarke Marsh, secretary of the committee on congestion of
population of New York, who wus reaching forward to grasp the mayor's
blind. Mr. Marsh grabbed the wounded man, holding hlni up. The photograph
shows Mayor Gaynor being held with the blood streaming from his wound Im
mediately after the oliootiug. Tho photographer was about to take a picture
of the executive before ho sailed for n month's vacation In Europe. Theplcturc
Is unique In the history of tho shooting of prominent men lu that It was
taken before the wounded man realized what had occurred and before the
assailant had been felled to the deck by Commissioner William Edwards of
the department of streets. Tho picture shows the blood on Mayor Goynor's
face and the horrified look on the face of the man in front of him.
AUTO WRECKED
IN 016 RACE
Tearing Along Home Stretch, Mar
ion Car Turns Completely Over
Car Elcminated From Race One
Slightly Injured.
BRIGHTON' HKACH, N. Y Aire.
20. Tearing along tho home stretch
at a terrific pace, the JIarion car in
the midnight -daylight 24-honr auto
mobile race at the Brighton Beach
motordrome, turned completely over,
crushing mid burying: I)rier Wally
Owens mid Meclinnieian Thomas
Williams in mud under the debris ot
the machine.
The accident occurred at 3:45 n
ti' , the nice having started under
th white irlaic of electric hh- .11
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PilCE HILL ROAO COST 824,000
Engineer Heldal Makes Report to Crater Lake Highway Commission
Will Meet Thursday Night to Consider Contracts Maxi
mum Grade Will 3c Four Per Cent,
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Ungiccr B. F. Hehlel of the of
fice ot public rotd, U. S. department
of agriculture bus oomnleiod the sur
vey and ostlm:.toH of thnt portiuo ot
tho Cm tor LnKo highway to ho built
by tho Forestry Duron u In tho Orator
National Forest and for that portion
of the road ollmlnntlng tie Klounco
Itotk hill. Tho commission will soon
call for contracts fur the building
ot this Bootioi of tho load. Mr.
lloldol made his roport to tho cotu
mlsslnn Saturday ovonlug.
Tho road will bo 23 foot from tU
fnco of tho cut to tho odgo of tho
fill, Including tho gutter on tho un
yor side, or a width of 10 foot for tlio
road bed. Tho astlmatod cost of
this 2.7 miles, will bo $24,000, In
cluding, clearing, grubbing, grading
and surfacing. ,
Mr. lloldol statud that lho grad
ing should bo dono during tho wint
er months, owing to tho charactor of
tho soil, mostly punlco, which must
bo handled whllo wot to make a por
manont ror.dbod. A surface dressing
ot decomposed sorpontlno rock, of
from 4 to S Inches, specially rolled
CRATER CAR
AT
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Automobile to Be Raffled Off for
Benefit of Crater Lake Road Is on
Exhibition Tickets Will Soon Be
Offered for Sale.
The Plunder's 20, donated by E. M.
P. and Studebaker companies, to bo
rafeled off by tho Crater Lake High
way commission for tho benefit of
tho road Is now on exhibition at Kent
ner's, whore it may bo seen.
Tho car is a beauty and and will bo
raffled. It Is planned to soil 1200
ticket. These tickets will bo plncod
on sale during tho next week. It is
probably that they will be offered at
tho Nash and Moore hotels and at
Ryan and Diowu's as well as by tho
committee.
is railed tor In the specifications, ns
well as drains and dltchoa to nrtyrojit
flood damage.
As tho crows at work on tho Pacific
and Eastern will soon bo laid off un
til next spring, whon tho roadbed
from llntte Falls eastward will bo
constructed, this is an opportune
tlmo to let contracts for brlldlng tho
highway, as it will onablo tho con
tractors to maintain thoir organiza
tion and koop busy during winter
months, (
Two and a quarter miles of rontl
bed will bo graded In tho National
Forest roservo, botweon Union creok
and Whiskey creok, and sovoral rock
cuts niado. thus greatly Improving
and straightening out tho highway.
This will bo a separate contract and
lot by tho (jovorilmont.
The commission authorized Goo. L.
Davis to prepare for publication, a
complete financial statement, after
which bids will bo askotl for tho con
stnictlon of tho highway, A com
mlttco was appointed to havo tho
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TEDDY ASKS
FOR SCALP
OF SHERMAN
Taft Said to Consider Plan as Pre
posterousPoliticians Hint That
Colonel Is Asking Things That Ha
Knows President Will Deny
Means Big Rupture In Party.
DEVERLY. Mass., Aug. 20. That
Colonel Roosevelt has demanded that
Vice President Sherman bo dropped
from tho administration political
councils as tho price of peace and that
President Taft considers tho plaa
preposterous, ig tho report curront
here today.
It Is believed that Roosovelt,
though Lloyd C. Grlsscom, who will
call an Taft some tlmo during the
month and through Congressmaa
Nicholas Longworth, who Is at Oys
ter Bay, today supposedly as an em
issary of tho president, will both In
form Taft of Roosevelt's position.
Say Move Preposterous
Pollticans were many who
,frccly commented on the. report to
day, say that such a movo is prepos prepes prepos
teeous: that It would pat the ad
ministration In the position of yield
ing to Roosevelt and that in alt like
lihood the request will not bo heed
ed. Most ' f,,e politicians who are
considered cioso to Taft, even in these
days of party readjustment, openly
hint that Roosovelt is purposoly ask
ing Taft to make concessions which
he knows tho president will not make.
This, they say, will put tho admini
stration in tho light of rebutting the
former president and will glvo the
colonel a sufficient reason for an
open break with Taft.
Slicnnnu tho Sncrifico
Sherman, It is declared. Is picked
out as tho "sacrifice" which Roosevelt
demands because the vice president
part ot tho administration itsolf, wus
used in tho first direct movo against
Roosevelt. Therefore, tho Roosevelt
men say, unlesa tho administration
intend directly to rebuff tho former
prosidont, Snorman should bo dropp
ed from tho administration political
counolls. Sherman was namod hy
tho Now York stoto committee as
temporary chairman of tho stato con
vention after Roosevolt's namo had
beon presonted.
Means Itnptnro
Tho dropping of Sherman woulld
moan a rupturo of administration
forcoos, tho Taft supporters say, and
thoy declare- It Is propostorous for
the president to break with tho man
who mado tho race with him as head
ot tho tlckot In 10 OS.
That tho breach betwoon tho prosi
dont and his prodecossor Is really
serious, Is Indicated by tho comment
on tho situation, and that tho break
will soon becomo admittedly opon Is
oxpectod.
Grlscom'a coming la awaited hero
with doop Intotoat. Longworth Is
also expected too return to Dovorly
within a fow days with a message
from Roosovelt defining his attitude
In light of tho message ho Id sup
posed to have carried from Taft.
BANANA CHAMP EATS 64
TO RETAIN HIS HONORS
XKW YORK, Aug. 20.- -The b-i .
nun-outing championship of the
world is claimed by Morris Loopesko,
a Pole, who lives oil tho east iifo
and who, nftor a desperate struggle,
and against tremendous competition,
won ii $100 gold watch iu the .n
mini international bnmum-eulti.g
contest at Mnspoth, Tj. T. Morn'
ato 114 l-:i baiinnns. Tho rplos o
tho (loiitohl prevent outrnultf from
taking any liquids while coniotiiig.