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FIRE DAMAGE TO
DAIE LIGHT IN
OREGON
FORESTS
PDllTIuVNI), Or.. Sen!. l.-Kx-Iri'iitclv
tlry wi-nthcr, innumerable
fires from vnriotu causes but com
nnrtrdivcly .pmnll dnmngo lo preen
tunbi'f, ,nnd only nornml loss f 1S
tiit) equipment rind much improve
nicuH, due to. inmy-nqtion on llic
pnrlnE itntniWwiuiniiii'iip the. fire
season to this tiino in tlic Pacific
northwest, nceordint; to reports re
ceived by the Western Forestry mul
Conscrvnlion association. The nh-t-ciico
of future ilnmajjitiK fires will
innrk 3S14 us the most successful
xenonn, taking condition's into ne
count, Hint has ever been experienc
ed by i'ire protection mreneics. Oo
operntivo patrol has everywhere
shown its efficiency ami prepara
tions to meet a bail year, which have
been jroinj? forward the past two fij
vomblc seasons, have helped during
the present dangerous year. Com
parative absence of cast winds has
been the only factor favorable to the
work of fire suppression this season,
which in nan)' sections is the driest
since' weather hnrrai records have
been kept. Cot of protection will,
of necessity, be high hi most locali
ties. Washington had over 100 fires
during August. Some lops have been
burned, but ery little damage to set
tlers has resulted, and only a rainl!
amount of green timber has been
damaged. The chief danger until
rain comes is hiirh winds. Fires
started during the reason are being
carefully guarded, but nnusnally bad
conditions might result in their
breaking out a,id causing dnmage as
well as heavy expense to fight them.
Over 200 regular, association and
state wardens are on duly. No rain
lias fallen since June, and the woods
are extremely dry.
Idaho associations hare had unus
ually bad and expensive fires to con
tend with. Prompt action and the
cmployHicnt of a lar-i-e number of fire
fighters has, however, prevented
gYeatlo&j of green timber. Xol less
than 200 fires have been handled
during August, the bulk of these hav
ing been caused by lightning and
ranchers buroip- slashings. Two
arrest for failure to secure permit
licfore burnings hnve been made.
Wilh heavy dews and cooler, weather
it is riot expected that the fire-fight
ing forces will fail to control nil of
the fires.
Montana renorls nn cxtremelv dry
and dangerous year. A large number
of fires have occurred on government
nnd private land, necessitating the
employment of large crews of fire
fighters. Numerous lightning fires
have occurred, nnd though nil fires
have been promptly detected nnd
fought, the season will not be ouo
without loss of green timber.
Oregon has experienced the driest
season ever recorded by the weather
bureau. Although patrons were ma
terially increased early in the month,
over 200 fires have occurred. Prac
tically no green timber has been dc
stroypdt the fires for the most part
being confined to old 1 urns. Loss of
logging equipment has been sustnin
' cd in a few cases. Tiie most common
cuuso of fires is reported to be
camiiers and rancher. burning slash
ings. Liriitnine also has been re
sponsible for some fies. The coun
try is very smoky in some localities,
renderiui llio lookouts useless. As
a result, reports that hunters were
leaving camp fires extinguished nnd
because of the Jong JryApelJ,,, Gover
nor Ast on August 17 declared n
closed season on hunting until fall
rains occur. Thero are approxi
mately 400 private, state and gov
ernment wardens guarding the urea
outside tho national forests.
Incomplete reports from Califor
nia indicate that conditions continue
more favorable than Inst year, and
that firo losses havo been light.
ORDER ALL BRITISH
EXPELLED FROM BELGIUM
LONOOh, Sept. 1, 5:15 p. m.A
dispatch received here from Oslcnd,
suys Independence, i local newspu
per, dtwlaros (hat the Gemma gover
nor of Brussels has oidercd the ex
puUion of the British teidcnls with
in (wfiiiy-four hours, Tho Knylish
iiiNi have lodged u protegt with Biaud
Wktthwk, (lie AniericHil uii)busiidor,
Tb (U'miuH aro furlll'ylng llic en-
htm of Brunei s nnd Hiey hum
irufom4ni (lit) yuwelrry ino h ro
lUiMr tim km Cms
fm4 tlw intbH T lk Um
PHOTO IN WHICH
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aBJF ki ' l aaaVaaaaV; LaaRaaHK!lBBMaaasHaKCaT. AT- jsWaaaHrV JaHtK?!
TM photograph was taken after
wounded In the battle. Their wound
in t
OF
ALL OF LIEGE
NEW YORK, Sept. 1. The battle
field of Liege a seen through the
eyes of nn American girl, was iidlj
described today by Mis Annn Lning.
a graduate nurse of the Hridgeport,
Conn., hospital, a p.innger on the
steamer Ityndnm from Rotterduni.
"I was in Liege when the tight
started," said Mi Lning. Several
Hclgian officers who were friend of
mine took me to n house where I was
practically out of the range of the
shells that were being hurled at the
city by the German. During the
evening the German- withdrew for
somo rcn-on, nnd (luring win inn in
the fighting two of the Itelgian of fie
on.- !nl'!li..l nin In in Hill llVl-T IllA field
where the heaviest of the fighting
I..J l.l-. ,,ln..
'Tl,ff ro.m.l wa liternllv soaked
with bbl nnd the bodies of horse,
and men lay everywhere. There was
mnny a place where blood had flow
ed down the sides of little hills nnd
earthworks; its course wns plainly
mnrked. Some bushes w ere npnttercd
with red us high up us eight feet
above the ground.
"I saw trenches filled with dead
Gorman soldiers. These trenche. the
Belgian officers explained had been
dug by the Belgians and occupied bj
them until the great army of advanc
ing Germans forced them to retreat.
As 'the Gennnu infantrv mounted the
breastworks in front of tho trenches
the retreating Belgians poind a
murderous fire into their innU nnd
their bodies fell in the trenches.
Then, the Belgian officers said, their
men mowed d own more Germans
with a deadly cros fire, which not
only filled the trenches with bodies,
but left mnny piled on top of one
another on the hrenntworltn and the
ground neaiby."
When .Miss Laing returned lo (he
city sho helped dress the wounds of
many Belgian soldiers. She left tho
city before it was captured by the
Germans, however, nnd managed to
innkft her wny to Itotlerdam, where
she boarded the ship that brought
her to New York.
FRANCE ISSUES CALL
FOR ALL RESERVISTS
PAHIS, Sept. Tj 1 :2.'i p, m.Offic
ial untiouncement was mude this aft
emoon to the effect thai the minister
of war has decided to call out im
mediately nil the reservists in tho
counlrv who have not been previous
ly summoned to the color.
BRITISH SHIP TAKEN
AS GERMAN PRIZE
MOHILi:, Ma., Kept. 1. -The Bril
Ml KiiIhido, n tneicjiiiiit ie of
3201) ions, which smlrl from New Or
h'Hiis on AiU'inl 2, ui been raptur
ed in I lie Atlantic, picniinmhfy by n
riiTHiiiii W'el, acuiidliig hi wlui'wi
H'ciiUil ii'ii dii.v b llit shipic;,
H7f W"
, Ui Ik m muv, ihtf, JiiUuwH,
w4 4 wmw tern,
AIL
BOD
OVER
PEACH AND WAH AUK
the hnnl fighting at Vlc, Itelglnm. nnd shows Oerman cnxilrymen who were
are being dreiictj by the medlenl cor,, w-fw
mm shows
UP AT HONOLULU
WITHOUT COAL
lioxoi.n.r, t. ir., Sept. i.--tiu
Genua n cmi-cr Xurnberg, whose
whereabouts have betn n nvjitery
since she loft here early lust mouth,
appeared off this port early today.
Inasmuch as the timo limit of three
days imposed by the neutrality reg
ulations has nut expired, she cannot
again coal here miles she can show
that in the meantime she has touch
ed nt n German port. Where the
Xurnberg expects to get coal is n
puzzle. Jn(un has invested Ger
many's ba-o on the China const, and
Grcnt Britain has seized German Sa
moa. Nothing has been seen of the fler-
' """ f-flpjr. the only o
thcr
iiiennnu wniuip in uie i-acuic
viennnn wjiiiiip
not
uoltI "l n Kino Chow ony. since
the Leipzig left San Francisco, Aug
ust 15.
Tho Hrilij-h steamer Strnthnrdle,
with coal from Xewcnstlc, inndo xtrl
here last night nfter hating been
chased by a warship, which it is now
known must lme been the Xiimo
berg. The German cruiser has been
thirty-five days out from this port.
Her commander says he has touched
nowhere cNe in the meantime.
MIDDIES ON LARK
10
WASHINGTON', Sep!. 1. On no
count of ulleged mircoiuluet during
the recent summer cruise three Ann
apolis widohipmeu have been asked
to resign. Simon J. Lonorgnn of Xe
bruskn, of the first class, and Thos.
lu Chalmers of New Hampshire, of
tho third class, already have resign
ed and the authorities mc awaiting
the resignation of the third, .Manuel
J. Jcmnil, of llhodc Ihlnnd. The na
ture of tho delinquencies was not
disclosed. '
SHY TEUTONIC FLAVOR
f LONDON, Sept. 1, 10 n. m.A
dispatch to the Kcuter Telegram com
puny from' St. Petersburg says that
by imperial order the city of St. Pe
tersburg, capital of tho ItiiRsiuu em
pire since 1712, will henceforth bo
known us Petrograd. This change,
eliminates the Teuton construction in
the name by which the chief city of
JttiMiu has been known since it was
founded by Peter the Great in 170U.
SERVIAN RANKS SLAIN
IMIfJH, Hi-jiI 1,1! 1.1 w, iii A.lli'
pu I rli In the Untax aic'D")' Join
Nih, Ki'Miii, niin Unit cIkM of Hi"
fhiljnu Juilhiililimi (liiiih'i7( wltli
I ho humuiiH hvhiihI Aiciihi, wu
11411" fur fdUi'ii n Iky j"!fchUh on (hn
CUlUOUSTiY MINGLED
CRUISER
ID7UM0
I-OF-
OFF MARSHFIELD
SAN FIIAXCIBCO, Cal., Sept. 1.
Steaming slowly southward, a threo
tunnelled warship resembling tho
Jnpancso crulner Idzumo was sighted
at 5:30 a. m. yesterday 1-t miles duo
west ot CoosDsy, Oregon, by the
stcamihlp HosoClty, which urrlrod
hero today. Tho cruller scorned to
be making about ten knots.
Tho German crutaer Leipzig also
has threo funnols, but the Idzumo Is
a larger vcisol of different lines, and
ptMcngers familiar with them wcro
positlvo no mistako In Identification
had been irmdo.
Tho Canadian naval nuthorltlef,
however, havo denied that either
Ilrltlflh or Japant'sn warships aro
south of tho Canadian boundaries.
UrltUU vcBsels conllnuo to arrlvo
and lcavo hero without concern.
Their agonta and masters keep In
touch with tho Britten consulate,
which apparently Is satisfied that It
knows tho position ot tho German
cruisers.
Tho cscnpo of tho Japaneto liner
Chiyo Maru Saturday nl;ht from pur
suit by a hostllo cruiser, taken In
conjunction with tho arrival of tho
Xurnberg In Honolulu today, eatnh
Italics approximately tho position of
the Leipzig. She must bo about mid
way between San Frandnco and
Honolulu, hovering over tho trade
routo between America and the
Orient.
T PASSENGER Tl
CANAL REACHES PORT
SAX FItAXCISCO, Cnl., Sept. 1. -Tho
Admiral Dewey, tho first passen
ger vessel to patta through tho Pana
ma canal, arrived jiero today, 23 days
out from New York. Formerly of
tho Unltod Fruit company's fleet, tho
steamship has been houKlit by the
Alaska Pacific Navigation company
and will be put on tho run between
this port and Seattle Tho Admiral
Schley, bought by tho samo company
from tho samo former ownori, Is fol
lowing tho Admiral Dewey at an In
torval of three days.
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Metbtr's fnmi
Before laky hrivtt
TJurlnr svrai wek pt expoctancy
there Is a sptcadM 'usternal embrocation
'is eur 'Uolhtt'm
yrUnd" In which
1houund of women
tav the most tin
(loundt confluence.
They havo usrtl It
land know. They tell
'ef H wonderful In
fluence to mss the
Hb4omlnat muscle
m1 ow they avoid-
itretchlnr pains llmt re so much Ialke4
fix-ut 'ihU uto txternal mppIIoaIIoo is
iiently uetit mtr Uie akin o render It
anibiiuhlq tq liu niuMl atratchlns; which
It iiiiltrKM. 'Hiol-Kiyrkd vf ;irv
thrcuds Jj1 lioinuhth skin Is thus
rrllnu'd til iiiiriu veMry Milairuliwlnif
isueea mid xioit i.m'1nI r)lf U llii
letoll un csniiMif w H hM ut happy
iMbpivrs win tm (turn esperlnur,
It U u eiiljui ilwi wwm,f Miould
U famllUr Willi u "Wltr' Kileiid"
' Im u iimnv fnir: sud Is inuun
utu4n Uf kUliilMiglbofs wUh U I Mr ;
'ff I" '"I v nil i-uu fide HM4
Ym i-a ,Mhi "ikf' Piwiii" at
khi)sil uuy limy tu, (hi m Mlhj
lu'dtfy uh'i Una v.iH fa uvr hlh UvA
su Uiwful m milji4 utiAlvin,
,4 iia0f4 uCjvf vv,t m
JAP MA
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PAPAL CONCLAVE
MEETS TO NAME
POPE; DEADLOCK
KOMK, Sept. L- Tho doois of the
conclave hull, behind which the col
lege of cardinals gathered hmt night
to elect a succesor to the lute Pope
Pius X, were still closed this morn
ing. Not until n now pope linn been
chosen will Ihcy bo opened, or nnV
news of the result of the proceedings
be given out. Heliiml the sittnls the
cardinals last nighl prayed for in
spiration to enable them to chooxe u
pope who would fulfill the reouiio-
nieuts of his IukIi oTtlee, both from
the standpoint of the church nnd thai
of humanity.
Owing to n persistent ruin I here
were few people this morning in the
square outside St. Peters. Tin
streets in this vicinity uie patrolled
by police, and detachments of troops
are kept in readiness for tiny dior
dcr. hut there is no thought that they
will be required lo exercise their au
thority. SILLIMAN HOPES EOR
MEXICAN PEACE SOON
VKUA CIIUZ, Sept. 1. John It.
Sllllman. ot tho American consular
service, who recently has been In
conference with General Carranza as
tho personal agent of President Wil
son, camo hero today from Mexico
City.
Ho cxprcasca himself as hopeful of
tho final success of the new constitu
tionalist government In Mexico but
ho la doubtful ot early peace through
out tho republic. He declares that
no fewer than 167 policemen were
killed In tho recent rioting In Mexico
City, following tho entrance of tho
constitutionalist forces.
Aster Gives $125,
LONDON', Sept. 1, 1 :'Jt p. m. Wil
linm Whldorf Astor hns contributed
$12.1,0100 to tho Prince of Wale.' re
lief fund, which is now approaching
$10,000,000.
fff ""M-JI I IJtl. -U,.lJf3BggS
TUBERCULOSIS
In addition to plenty of fresh ate
and proper diet, thos suffering frora
or who are predisposed to Tuberculo
sis art recommended to use Ecknan's
Alterative to stop nlfht sweats, banish
fever and hasten recovery. This medi
cine, by reason of 1U successful use dur
ing the past. warranU tae fulleit Inves
tigation possible by every nSerer.
Eckman'a Alterative la most efllca
dous in bronchial caUrrh and sever
throat and lung affections, and la up
building the system. It contains no
narcotic, nor hanafnl or bablt-fora-
lag drui s. Accept no aubatltuU. Sold
by leading druggists.
leaaing arnggisia. vyni 10 n
kaan Laboratory, Phlladelphls, Va
Kckaun Laboratory, Pblladelpl
'or booklet tailing of recover!
Price f 1 nnd VI u bottle.
IN OUR NEW QUARTERS
T nin Open for business in my now storeroom, No. 212 East
Main street, where I have more room nnd am better fixed to'
display my stock and take earn of my customers. I havo tho .
Inrgcst lino of fine new and up-to-dato goods to show this fall
I have over had. ' ' ' h. ft1'
Martin J. Reddy, The Jeweler
Showing Fall Millinery
Wo wish to nnuounco that wo ai'o' completely ready' with 'A
most wonderful and varied assortment of all -thn latest
Wo invito pvcrv lady in Medford and vicinity to attend
and see what Dame Fashion has decreed for this hciihoh,
VJBK'B HATSi Wo aro oxclusivo agents for tliesu fa
nioiiH IiiIh in Medford, 'J'hero are none better or uioro
up'to'diito, as ovcryone knows,
Barnard Millinery Parlors
VMl li Main M i'iiHl tlooi vunt Mini NnUomw) JImiiU
fZ&SSPtS
DR. J. D.
Kulto I .S
Jy ryJyai) P9JFWfMf 1
Optometry Is now thn recottnUed word In the Optical World to
designate thn new Ih-iinlcon Helena of Kyn Testing, nnd tho proper
fitting of Klasses.
Lesson Outlines in Musical Kindergarten
Compiled by
Elizabeth Eldridge Heinline
A systematic nnd easily comprehended cotirms of Instruction for
thn very young child. Mrs, llelnllno has developed this after )cnfi
ot practical experience as a teacher of piano, nnd because of a do '
mand for her system. For Information apply 4S3 Kiln Hi., Iltiae
burg, Oregon.
GATES'
SPECIAL BARGAINS
1 "Ruiok Rontlrttpr, nOmill $360.00
1 now Rnxon Tar 375.00
1 Page Detroit RoadHtor 260.00
1 Touring -lO-h. p. California Tourist 360.00
1 Fine Saddle lIor.se, TJridlo and saddle, any
woman or child can handle 65.00
2 Small IIorHesi filie, ejioh..'!,.:.V......!i,t.V...V.t.'.'... 45.00
1 Large Team, lilOO lbs. each A..... 200.00
1 Fine Furniture' Moving Wagon, like new,
co.st .tno.oo : .:. 75.00
1 Sot Dims Mounted Hhriless; 15.00
1 Typewriter, new Oliver ...' '75.00
C. E. GATES
Sparta building
i'iihIimiiiu in Icnll Milliiutrv mul will mulcn n
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY-
SEPTEMBER 4 AND 5
WHATEVER YOU BAKE
Will ho better for a perfect traveller.
CRESCENT BAKING POWDER
realties ih nearly as possible what constitute
the blent lonvniliiK ngottt.
Food mnde with It Is Unlit, moist and delirious.
AMidltOCKHH, S.V Ml.
CIIFSCILVT MANl'FACTl'ltlNO COMPANY
Hen 1 1 lo, Wtif.li.
Asl us to, i)cn you U. H. llullctln 10.1, Dept, of
Agriculture, about linking Powder lURrodlcntH,
RICKERT
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