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the hlgh-powor gun blowing the top horseback and on foot woru also in attacks the forward part and others of the young man's head off. Tho pursuit of (ho murderer. un down snd extinguish the wings. Harrell Is Captured murderer then folded tho boy's hands The front of the fire, attacked from Tho posse bonded by Deputy Sheriff acroaa his breast with the vvldent at the sides is forced gradually and HKNTKNt ED BY Jl lMiK NOI.AN'D tempt to make It spposi aa though ho Arthur nnd Mr. McKcndrse aaw llar- DIStSThRS THIS YEAR HOLD THE constantly into a narrower path. Us ON JULY »TH roll as lio waa snoaklng through th«- had committed suicide. ually the front can bo directed toward RECORD As soon aa Allun found Herbert'1« brush, and McKoudroe and Arlhur some cleared space, road. pond, body ho at once startl'd for I'lunh opened tiro on him. One of tholr stream, swamp or Uro line, when it Intention Is <0 Make the Park One lumi Hl* Nerv«' at the lotst, and ngsln and gave the alarm. bullets struck Iho stock of llarrvll'.i Government Issues Bulletin Telling will be checked er«ugh to admit of a (inMincd as lie Ascended tbe of the Greatest Resorts in gun. disabling II. and glancing struck Murderer In Unconcerned direct front att .««*. Sometimes by How to Combat the Ftiunre. Scaffold Today the Country Tho murder occurred near Honey Harrell In tho leg. He throw up his this plan tho front may be rapidly Skilled Men Needed crook, about live in I Ion from Plush, bands in token of surrender, and was «arrowed by working from the sides, and after killing tho boys Harrell taken to Lakeview and lodged lu Jail. until it is at last entirely extin- ♦ ♦ ♦ walked toward Plush, sleeping In a United States englueera, uuder th« ♦ ♦ ♦ Heailen<ed to Haug ! gulshed. The plan of giving dlrec- WASHINGTON. Sept. ».—Officials ♦ ♦ direction of Major I. J. Morrow, chief Judge Noland and District Attorney haystack that night, and outing hla of the United States department of tion to the course of the fire has often ♦ breakfast In a Plush restaurant tho Kuykendall wore apprised of lb« mur of the engineering corpa, are busy at ♦ been successfully carried out when agriculture are of the opinion that ♦ neat morning Ho talked with a der, and they wont to Lakeview where work in tho Crater l-ako national ♦ 1910 will hold the record among the fighting crew is too small for a park, laying plans for a complete sys ♦ Murdered Walter and Herbert ♦ number of poraona. and appeared as Harrell »as given a hearing Ho had direct attack. \ truny years for the severity of the Nowell June 9th. ♦ cool and unconcerned as though noth confessed to tho killing, and after h<< "When tires gain such headway tem of roads and trails In the park ♦ losses from forest fires. The summer ♦ ing bad happened. He disappeared was given n chanm to plead and the There are three parties In the field ♦ Captured June 14th. that It is impossible to stop them by fires following a spring season be making the surveys, and It Is the In * Sentenced by Judge Noland July shortly afterward nnd was not soon evidence had boon preeentod, Judg« Urv-ct attack, no matter how numer lieved to have been the worst, cer 9th to hang September 9th. ♦ again until captured by tho posse. tention to make one of the most com ♦ Noland sentenced him to ho hanged ous and efficient the crew or com tainly in the lake states, known for a plete systems of roads and trails that ♦ Died on the scaffold at Salem ♦ Soutonco was pronounc'd July 9th, Aa soon as Allen brought word of plete the equipment for fighting, back long time. Nor is it wise to assume penitentiary at 13:30 today. ♦ the tragedy a posse was at once or- and the date for hla execution was act has ever been laid out in a national ♦ that the danger is over when the bring becomes the only means of park. ♦ Dorn near Salem In 1863. ♦ ganls<>d and started for the place for September 9th, toduy stopping tho fire. It should, how- fierce conflagrations which have ♦ where tho murder had boon commu I-aitt year congress appropriated ♦ Harrell was brought' to this city °ver, be used only when It Is abso called forth in the mountain states I « ♦ |t 0,000 for the making of a survey and taken from here to Halem. whore t'd. Tho bodies of the two hoys wore the efforts of three federal depart lutely necessary. One of the com- of the park, the result of the work ho was contlned In tho penitentiary found and brought to Lakeview. •nonest mistakes in fighting tires is ments have been conquered. Tbe for- SALEM, Sept. »- Ike Harrell, the until the day for hla execution should P imumw Start in Pursuit •o overestimate the rapidity of the being what will eventually be th«> aats will not be safe until tbe tall basis on which future appropriations murderer of Walter and Herbert New Tho posses then started after the arrive. Ire and the difficulty of putting it I 1 rains and snows have once more made The only excuse II ar roll gave for mt. A forest Are is always a fright for the improvement of tho park will ell In Lake county last June, ended murderer. A reward of »3.000 was a wet blanket of the dry forest floe.. his life on the gallows In tho peni offered for the capture of Harrell, but the murder of the boys was that "they ening spectacle, particularly if it is be made. That the total losses of the year will The United Stat«»s geological sur tentiary at Salem at noon today. there was no need of an Incentive Io bothered" him. run up to many millions of dollars is 'weeping in the direction of one's vey has Just completed a topographi The nerve which has sustained him capture tho fiend. Kvory man In tho Ike Harrell was born unar Salem In own property. Men often become ex- considered certain. IS63. nnd camo to t-ake county In ~lted and start back fires when it Is cal and contour map of Crater Idiko until the last failed him today, for he county waa eager to get him. How such losses may be prevented I Ho killsvd tho Nswell boys on Tho boys wore killed about 6 t »01 entirely unnecessary. Back firing park, which shows all of tho points of groaned aa he ascended the scaffold is a matter of general public concern. necessarily involves deliberate burn interest as well as the roads and trailb from which he was soon to bo o'clock In tho ovoning of Friday. June 9th On July 9th Judge Noland To the national forest timber burned ing over property. When this be through tbe park. This map will be launched into eternity. Juno 9th, and the following Tuesday sentenced him to bo hanged for the must be added great amounts on state The noose waa adjusted and the Harrell was captured at 6 o'clock In crime, and he paya tho penalty for longs to another person and one's published tho first of next year. and private holdings, beeidee the im The recent visit of Secretary Bul trap was sprung at 12:30 today. The tho evening near Mud creek, a hla bloodthirsty act today, Friday. own forest seems in danger there is mense damage done to town, farm linger to Crater Lake park and his knot tore hla nock when the rope 1 mile and a half from 8toln‘s station, September 9th. ninety days from the a great temptation to sacrifice it. and other property. Railroads have sincere appreciation of the beauties tightened and the blood spurted from and eighteen miles from Lakeview. dav ho committed tho murder 'tack Firing suffered from the interruption of traf Wltn Jarrell In the pealtontlary I m "If it is found that a back fire is of that great pleasure ground has bls jugular vein. Death was Instan- A posse composed of Deputy Sher- fic as well as from direct losses A necessary, a favorable point is se- stimulated activity in the work, and taneous. IL Arthur O. T. McKendree, Chas. a man named Itosolalr, who Is to b« bulletin by Forester Henry S. Graves 'ected In front of the Are. from officials of the government have as Robinson, Billy Burch, Louis Monsa banged for the mrder of a woman discusses forest fires and the proper Tho murder for which Harr«ll suf- Oliver B. Carroll. Jesse Sawyer. Jack Roselair Is afraid to die. while Har sured those interested in tho devel-1 which to set the new fire. This methods of preventing and fight'n- must be a point where It is safe to opnient of the park (hat the work of fered the death penalty was ont» of Dubois, Man Wharton, 8. C. Beck rell Is Just (he opix«»ile. He ridicules them, as follows: ’tart a back fire, such as a road, fire completing the roads and trails wii; the most cold-blooded evor committed with, Bob McCully Lou MeCally. Bert Roselair for hie weakness and boosts Fires May Be I'wveuted in this part of the state. line, stream or swamp. The leaves be hurried as fast as possible. Wade and a young man named Allen ' t* at while bls companion la to hang "In some sections of the country , Walter and Herbert Newell, aged started In one direction after the fugi- 1 for killing n woman, he took tho II vim It is the intention to make the parly are ignited at points five feet to a forest fires have always been of such rod apart for a distance not greater one of the greatest summer resorts In 23 and 24 years respectively, were tlvo. Other men In automobiles. 01. of two tnen common occurrence that there is a It will not only be made two of tho most popular young sheep than the estimated width of the head the world popular notion that they cannot be a summer resort, but a tourist resort men In lutko county. By hard work of the fire. These smai( fires grad prevented. The risk from fires can ually meet and form a continuous as well, and the Improvements out and perseverance they had accum- never be entirely eliminated, for in line, eating back against the wind. A lined by the engineers will make Cra dialed a largo number of ahcep. They the forest there is always inflamma ■»art of the crew Is stationed acroas ter Lake park equal to the Yellow started with a few pet lambs, and by ble material which is very easily buying lambs that had strayed from ’he road or other break from which stone in attractiveness. ignited. They may however, be : The unexcelled fishing, tbe exhlle:- tho flocks and those that had lost the back fire I j started and put out largely prevented, and under efficient at once the small fires which may re ating climate and the delicious water their mothers they accumulated over organization their damage may be sult from the sparks blown over from form a combination that Is difficult to 4,000 head of fine sheep. kept down to a very small amount. | Harrell was working for the boys, 1 find anywhere else. Alfred L. Park Ihu* of Invent« tbe back fire. The problem is like that in cities., but of late he had been negligent In hurst, manager of the Crater Lake “The meeting of the two fires stops nientn tlint xx-111 i tin lev where fires can never be entirely elim-, i at once tbe head of the main fire. It company, which has the concessions hla care of the flocks. One day In ' inated, but where the risk of loss to the piirvIniHer nitniey Is usually possible then to attack the in the park, was here this week, and Juno the Newell boys went out to property may be reduced almost to j wings with the ordinary methods of stated that his company was building look at the herds and when they ar insignificance.” fighting. It is necossary to attack a large lodge on the south part of the rived at tbe flock that Harrell was tc The importance of systematic pro the wings at once, particularly it rim of the crater. This lodge will care for he was not to be found 11« vision for tbe early discovery of fires i there is a strong wind, for otherwise contain a kitchen 34x40, a dining did not appear until 6 o'clock that and for getting a properly equipped ■>ach wing of the old fire would soon room 30x50. a main hall 40x60, with night and Herbert took him to task force of fire fighters quickly to the form an independent fire with a well- two fireplaces, and an administrate i for bls failure to care for the sheep. scene of an outbreak is insisted upon Kills Walter Instantly teveloped bead. It is necessary, also, room with lobby, lavator.es, toilets by Forester Graves. “A careful super The two had some words over the ‘ that a number of men be stationed and baths. The guests will be lodged vision or patrol during the dry sea i matter and Herbert told Harrell that where the origlnsl fire and the back in tents. son," he says, “is one of the most im be could leave and knelt down to When the Oregon Trunk and ’ .he fire meet in order to extinguish smol portant measures in organized forest dering fires in tops, logs and other de Southern Pacific railroads are com write a check for the amount due protection. One of the fundamental pleted near the park a magnificent Harrell, He held his checkbook on bris.” principles in fire protection is to de I hotel will be built on the opposite side one knee, and as be was kneeling II ways Danger tect and attack fires In their incipien- “A fire la never out ” the bulletin of the crater, nearest the railroad. ¡ Harrell struck him with a heavy re cy.” After pointing out the value of concludes, "until the last spark Is ex and close to a falls where the wat^r volver he carried, Walter. who was lookouts, telephone or signal com standing near, saw Harrell's act tinguished. Often a log or snag will drops over 300 feet. munication and various methods of ran to his brother's assistance, Both the lodge and the hotel will smolder unnoticed after the flames patrol, the forester tells how to fight have apparently been conquered, only be massive structures to withstand ha came up Harrell flred one shot at fires, as follows: to break out afresh with a rising the weight of the heavy snow which him, the bullet striking Walter In Principles of Fire Fighting. the left breast, killing him Instantly. wind. After the fire fighting crew falls during the winter months. "The principles of fighting forest ’’as left the ground It is always well A young ntan named All-n win Crater I-ake park is one of the fires are essentially the same as those to assign at least one man to patrol natural wonders of tbe world, and also working for the Newell boys and recognized in fighting fires in cities. tbe edges of tbe burned area until it the completion of the road* and lm> witnessed the murder of Walter. II* The following are of first importance: Is certain that the fire Is entirely out. provementa which the government was so frightened, however, t’at he rs M. c illan Prop’r. (1) Quick arrival at the fire; (2), This may not be for several days." contemplates doing will make It one mounted his horse and fled, thinking an adequate force: (3) proper equip of tbe most frequented spots In the he was taking the road to Plush, five p Moderi« ni<l suite» ment; (4) a thorough organization miles away, but In bls fright taking West. J Sump • wo Olili of the fighting crew, and f5) skill tn SAN FRANCISCANS GREATLY the opposite direction. I i J llooni attacking and fighting fires. Quick INTERESTED IN KLAMATH 8UCCM8FUL IMITATION Murd«-r Not Believed access to fires is accomplished He reachod Plush, however about OF THE NOBLE RUBY ì > SPEGAL RESORT FOR TOURISTS through the work of supervision and Keep Posted on Conditions Here and — 3 o'clock in the morning, and meet patrol In discovering fires before they Are Familiar With Progress A gem expert of the British muse ing Jack Kelliher told him of what have gained much headway, and by a of the City um in a lecture the other day warned had occurred. Kelliher had seen Har well-developed system of communica lay buyers of precious stones against rell since the tragedy, and as he ap tion through the forest by roads and E. R. Willis of the Willis Furniture investing in sapphires and rubies, peared cool and unconcerned he paid ! ! ’ .1.1 I trails. ompany returned last evening from whic he said, could be produced no attention to Allen's story, thinking and irir I I« “A small fire may be put out by San Francisco, where he had been for artificially in such perfect condition the boy wy mistaken. 'l 14 Ln— m ZCI . "¿had n ? 1 ÌJ* «MbH* in »■•»•*»« <•->/./— /». , UM*. , one man. but in extensive forests sev be purpose of placing an order for that the difference between the pro I K<» MDNKT IUQt lfcb.0« ir^.„, 4. ., Allen then returned to the sheep Í.«*. t. Ill' ll. I ,T»llrr« Ui t.'l« II .5 nO.-U,.u. eral hours may pass before the fire 'urnfture. One of the purposes n* duct of the mine and that of the lab camp where the murder had taken fir IW sl.«« 1*.N DAYS* rilKK THIAa.4w.ns »..-n' w t .1 a.anv i«t y..a «uh. II >uu aia .bet, nnt n«ri< > ......... I can be reached. It Is important to '-Is trip was to purchase the furnisn- oratory was ail but imperceptible. place. kaap th.- tacycia m ... It I k tu ua al our •iixnu ..»t .«« »,// a, t Ar, secure an adequate force of men and ngs for the W. P. Johnson residence, The latest synthetic stones, Indsed, In the meantime, Herbert had re FACTORY PRICES T**. -. .. ». ,« « > . rnyiVH! miyae at ona am.Il probi alo«« a.«ul I.. . ry r.u- « to get them to the fire quickly. In a and he states that it is the largest in- are so perfect that even under a mi covered fro mthe effects of the blow to in ml4.Ilam.na pro.ua bu.fn« d.r*. 1 ,u Ua -nd haroiben..-. u.t anuaU 4 yo.tr b. ....la. i»o kuT II Valw- .swap . . ¡ « 1 well-organized svstem of patrol the tividual order for furniture ever croscope their genuineness or not as of Harrell's revolver, and evidently at auy /'• » u..ul > >u rar.lva o. r rai. ■ ...a an.l Iraua vrf uni. >1 f-utt an.l rruaurLaAw r/^aW «/fror to r.... r «Colli,. guard who discovers a fire commu shipped to this city. While there he a natursl product cannot be positively tho latter had shot the boy either •»••.e *1 i h** nicates quicklv to other guards and was continually besieged bv people guaranteed. European pawnbrokers while he was lying on the ground or Zma fru-rimrta make you ltd« yaar. U<- m H ih» I...1 .t, a inr than any c'hae fattory. «-- - — ■' * Wt are MtUned wi;h ÿi ou pruit to headquarters by telephone signal, Inquiring about Klamath Falla. ere chary of lending money on rubles just as he was getting up, for the RICY< >.K DWAI.KKS. yoti c*fi aell «pif our Uc^«. Uc « I s uuder > >41 poti cm priem. Orderii th« H.» d.tjr received. or other means, and indicates the ta nur priena Or.l.ra filled th* y rac.ivad. "I was never more surprised in my I especially and consequently there Is bullet had entered his right side and CYCLIC«. 1 KCONl» MAND HICYÇI.KS. V. a ___ do r-V'larly . J h ,„| «, ■ t number of men he needs. I a number on hand I taken In 'Ife" said Mr. Willis, "than I was a slump In the value of that stone. passed through his lung, coming out -, trade .~A. bf a^ our ---- ( ¿Mr, hkaro rru.l ai..'., 1 h».« • l . u J «4t ___ _ . rtc«« ranfinf frni nm «3 to •■■< or «IO. l)r cr'.u Jrur.n.iye tau*. ** «»•<* nw.i.4 le*. by the knowledge of Klamath Falls The Russian czar suffers in pocket at the back. Harrel then walked Mis. Imp.rtr.l Need Skilled Men. ■ - rutl.r --------- .hat. rhili.a ... .1 LU», pue., . ..ra 1 COMTER-BRAKES, all kind, al Lr« Li</ >Ar /A, wuu/ w*,/ rrUt. rtUil fruit. "The efficiency of the fire fighting ’osseesed by those whom I met in bv this, as be owns one of the finest away. Write« Account of Tragedy crew depends very largely on their San Francisco. As soon as a person collections of rubles In the world. Herbert had strength enough to skill and experience, and particularly learned that I was from this city they The St. Petersburg court jewelers es JI «JUWPtf PJUff on the skill and experience of the 'orgot everything else and started to timate the losa ip value of tbe czar's craw] to the tent and there wrote ro mmoDuot. our man directing the work. It Is not talk about the city. They seem to rubies at »4.000,000. 8ome time ago the following note: >gir, b tt inlrttd ut Wtil "I waa shot by Ike Harrel, and so *11 only & question of knowledge of how keep thoroughly posted on the prog- he tried to take out a policy of In $4.aifUtuh Uttthorilrrfi S 5). He turned the sheep to assign each man where his work -eM of affaire here, and In this re- surance on them, but no company was Walter. 10 MOIETWIBLE FROM PORCTORES will be most effective, but there must meet seem better informed than many would accept the risk.—New Tork loose and I fired him and told him MAHJI, Twhs vr (H om will not l«t Hie oat. Hislv <ho<issn<t paii* »old Is*« y< MT. he was no good, and then he pulled air be judgment exercised In determin of the people who live here. They Sun. Over two Sundrcd tbouMUM pairs now in «ue. his gun, and Walter said: ‘I am not 0n*MWFrM3MfM»<teln*ll«i<rs. ItMIvely ing the general method of attack. believe that Klamath Falls Is the com rldlag.vcryduisblrand linedI um U c with afraid of you.' At that he shot him andeaay "The condition of the atmosphere ing city of this part of Oregon, and LEE O'NEILL BROWNE a special uualily of rubtier, wlilcli nmr become« porous ana which clnara up small punciurr* without allow- in cold blood, and thon shot me. I had the strength and direction of the vverfbse expressed a determination Rnlvn »h« thl-Y riM*. «r*«4 FOUND NOT GUII/TY InCthealrtoeacape. W* have hundreds of lettersfromantla «A* an.l ptatMilurv aari.ro •«*• strength enough to come to camp, iMcuatomersatatlng that their llreahavconlybeen pumped wind, the rapidity with which the to come and look the country over.” end "I»." else rim strip •• If •ponceor twice Ina whole araaoa. They wel^n no more than but am In such awful pain I cannot fire Is running, and many other points to prevent rtnt eiitlln*. This aa ordinary tire, the puncture realat Ingquahi lea being givn Man Charged With Lorimer Bribery tiro will ....tins! .«nr other stand it any longer, and I know I will by Several layer* or thin specially pteparrd fabric,nth* have to be taken into consideration.” Bida -IOrr. KLAstlU nud Acquitted by Jury—Verdict tread The regular price of tliraelirra lag« per pair, but for B.kSY ItIDl.hrh die anyway. Walter Is about three- advertising purpose- we are makings apecial lactorypr ice to After describing bow surface fires PHILADELPHIA HAS OVER Received With Cheers A MILLION AND A HALF the rider of only M fo P”r [Mir. All orders ah inped aonie ___ d»y . , letter 1« received. W» ship C O n on quarters of a mile southwest of here. approval. may be put out by beating, by throw You do not nay no-nt a < rnt until unti" ymt , ‘ ha .-e tvamlned and _____________ _____ __________ found iiirtn sirlrt'v ____ it a K-pi-veined. We will allow a oaaa dlaoount of j r>rr cent pherthy making the price *4.dd |x r <>««i > it you "HERBERT NEWELL." ing sand or loose earth, and by other CHICAGO, Sept. ».—The Jury In aead FULL CASH Wltil OHDKit and enclooe this advertisement. Von mn no risk In WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. «. — methods, the secouât goes on: the case of Lee O'Neill Browne, When Allen arrived at the camp sending u* an order aa th* liras may be remrned at Obit ex pant* If for any reason they ate Philadelphia's population la 1.64»,- not aallafactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money aent to ua iaaa safe aa In a MeGiods of Attack. charged with the legislative bribery again he discovered the body of Her bank. If you order a pair r>( these tires, you will find that they will rlje en*ler, run faatrr, "Sometimes tbe front of the fire is 00«. according to the census returns. In connection with the election of bert in the tent, lying with hie arms wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire vou have ever uaed nr ar, n al any pm r w* know that you will be so well pleased that when «- <i want a hicy, le yon will give ua your order. so fierce that It Is impossible to meet United States Senator William Lorl- folded across his breast and the top We want you to sand ua a trial order at once. hen. e tlii* remarkable lire infer. WDFC don Ibiranrilnil at any price until yon send for a pair of it directly. One method under such Leave for School ■er, returned a verdict of acquittal of his head blown off. His rifle was •F vntf F W fVKKaF FsreKtf Hedge- .orn p, ucture-l*r>a>f tires on approval and trial it circumstances Is to direct the course Mrs. J. A. Best and children came today. They were ready to report at lying across his body. It Is evident the special Introductory prt e quoted al-yvct or wi t'.e fui Uur big Ttre and -umlry Catalogu* whU.h desc ribas and quotrs all malt' a and kin 1a of I' -e a at «1«wt half the uaual pt hr a. of the fire. The attack is made on down from Fort Klamath Thursday 3 o'clock, but were compelled to wait that Harrell returned to the camp for on/n but wtlie ua a pottal tutl.iy, tit» Tllthk or IlftTlsfO * hicycl* tbe sides near tbe froat, separating and left for Pendleton, Ore., this until Browne appeared. The verdict some purpose, and seeing Herbert la •W fWF wr m I nt a |>. r >f '' - I mi anyone until yon I now the new n 1». nrful aflera we ar* making. It only costa a postal to Icaru evrt vthiug. W>,.v it NOW. the forward portion of tbe Are from morning, where the children will ea* was cheered. The Jury retired at 6 tbe tent picked up the boy's rifle and the main wings. A part of tbe crew o'clock yesterday shot him In the head, the bullet from IK MI'S UR ENDED FRIDÄY FIGHTING THE FOREST FIRE t M ason & S lough ABSTRACTERS Lands Ranches City Property Farm Mortgages MASON 4 SLOUGH í Lakeside Inn, M . M M . i / . X WANTED-A RIDER AGENT 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF ‘ALQ J. L MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL