Tillamook headlight., September 18, 1902, Image 5

THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 18,
1902.
ost of Our New FALL GOODS have arrived.
To arrive on next steamer, is twenty five cases of LADIES’ and GE^T.’S SHOES direct from the St. Louis Factory, of
whom we have bought their guaranteed goods from for the last five years.
Also to arrive on next steamer is our large stock of Elegant JACKETS, CAPES and CLOAKS, which will comprise the
latest styles direct lrom the manufacturers. Call and inspect them, just to see how much better value you can get at our store.
In Ladies’ Dress Goods all we ask is to compare quality and price of our goods with any in the city.
Me aie leading them all in our new importations of Ltadies’ Dress Skirts. Our $2.50 Rainy Day Skirt is a beauty for
the price, but our $3.50 Skirt can’t be equalled in the city for $5.00.
Our New Stock of Hats and Undercuear has arrived.
Come where vou can see a BIG ASSORTMENT and get honest values
COHN & CO
BIG L9SS BY
■5
The Leading Merchants
EIRE.
water was kept playing upon it from the
DEAD LIST GROWS.
many are almost crazed from grief over
c »uipany’s fonr-iuch main, it seemed
loss of property.
Flames Destroy Valuable Property, that the water had no effect whatever. Lives and Property Lost in the
Cowlitz County thought it was going
Estimate is $i,000,000.
Shortly after midnight a heavy gale was Fire up the Louis River Valley. to escape until today, when disastrous
blowing, and it soon became apparent
reports came thick and fast, and the last
(From Sunday’s Oregonian)
Driven from their homes in the dark­
that the mill and the town of Palmer
are worse and worse. Five people are
ness
of
the
night
bv
a
raging
forest
fire,
Over $1,000,030 damage has been done were doomed. The men and their fam­
dead and two missing, w’ith only partial
by the forest fires within the last two ilies then prepared to leave the place, which swept everything before it from reports from the burned district. Tlie
days. From nearly every part of the for their own safety, but found they Ariel, Cowlitz County, to the foot of horrible news has east a gloom over the ;
state reports come in of loss in property, were entirely surrounded by fire. Con Mount St. Helens, a distance of 25 miles, entire county that cannot be described I
timber and life. Vast tracks once popu­ sternation ensued, and all fled without oyer 200 people have been left homeless, in words. A courier has just arrived '
lous and wealthy now stretch out, stopping to take any of their belongings and many of them have not even clothes from Lewis River, who states that there :
smoking deserts of ruin. In several dis­ except the clothes they wore. Many enough to cover them. A. J. Towner, are only two houses left standing on |
tricts the loss to the inhabitants has escaped toward Troutdale, while others I W. E. Newhouse, |ohn Polly, his bro­ Lewis River from Strait’s place to the
been total, and help must speedily lie I ran the gauntlet of flames down the road ther and child, are known to have lost head ot the river, a distance of 30 miles,
sent. Owing to a most ¡fortunate ces. to* Bridal Veil. The heat was intense, ; their lives in the fire. Four men who and not less than 15 persons have per­
sation of the heavy wind that has pre­ and iu the dry state of the atmosphere were working oil a claim belonging to ished.
vailed, the farmers and lumbermen have the flames leaped across the road, where James Hawthorne have not been found,
Springwater Appeals for Aid
a respite from labors that have imperiled it seemed there was scarcely anything and it is thought they are killed. Some
50 or 60 people were camped at the lake
O regon C ity , Sept. 13.—Destitute,
life and limb. These fires, though abated, ' to burn.
at the foot of Mount St. Helens, and utterly without food, clothing and
still are burning, and unless a much-
Mr. Hamilton, accompanied by several
wished.for rain comes within the next women and his two boys, started through they have not been heard from since the money, and with no place to lay their
2+hours there is great danger that the the flames carrying his babe under his fire. It is not known whether they head, the people of Springwater and vi­
cinity who have lost everything they had
efforts put forth may prove, after all, coat to protect in from the fire. He cal escaped or uot.
The first news of the devastation wai in the world have sent forth an appeal
unavailing.
led to the women to bring the boys and
In the tire thnt destroyed the town of follow him closely. Once in the fire, brought to this city by Milo M. Dim* for aid in their dire distress.
I’almer, near Bridal Veil, two boys nam­ there was no stopping or turning, but he mick, who experienced many difficulties
J. F. Lovelace, a merchant of Spring­
ed Hamilton were caught while trying rushed onward until he had reached a in making the trip out to send aid to the water, reached this city this afternoon
sufferers.
Saturday
he
reached
Wood
­
to escape from the encircling flames, and place of safety, Then it was discovered
and brought the first reliable news from
yesterday morning the charred body of that the boys had turned back at the land, VVush., from what place a relief the burned district. Contrary to the
one was found where he had been over­ place where the father entered the fire. party was sent to Portland, arriving reports of yesterday, his store was saved,
taken. In the same fire an unknown It was impossible to return through the here early yesterday morning. From but nearly every farmer living in the
mail saved his life by wading out into wide expanse of tire, and thinking that his description, the suffering there is territory covered by the postoffices of
the millpond and staying there all the l»ys had gone with some other party great, and the devastation is the most Springwater and Dodge has been en­
night. In Pleasant Valiev Mrs. Exley, a j of refugees, Mr. Hamilton went on with appalling of any that has been reported. tirely burned out, and the loss is ap­
It will pay you to use
lone woman, was compelled to fight fire I his child. Just as Mr. Bradley was For a stretch of 25 miles, he says, t here palling. In the village of Springwater
that threatened her all for two days, un­ | leaving Bridal Veil yesterday he learned are but two houses standing. The tine the store of W. J Lewellen is saved, as
til her eyes were almost destroyed and | that the body of one of the boyshad been timber from which the people expected are the Maccabee and Grange Halls and
strength failed her and her two children. I found, and there is no doubt that the to realize fortunes has all beeu ruined. the schoolhouse. These buildings were (
The fires came upon them in the night, saved only because of the fact that they
At Fairview Ethel Pullen, who was i other also perished.
watching the fire from a distance of half | The town of Palmer is two miles above and entirely unexpectedly, Dimmick were considerably distant from the dead '
a mile, was set on fire bv a flving ember, Bridal Veil, and * consists of the mill, a was asleep, and was awakened by the timber, and that men constantly fought' For Economy and durability they have no equal. Write us for particulars.
Prices quoted on application.
and before her dress could be torn off schoolhouse, a boarding-house and barking of his dog. His sister. Mrs. M. for their safety.
D. Meserve, had come to Portland but
was badly injured»
O regon C ity , Sept. 15.—The loss by (
about 15 dwellings The residence of the day before, and he says if she had
The timber losses in Clackamas have L. C. Palmer, president of the company,
fires in Clackamas County will amount •
been immense and the whole length of is the principal house in the town, all lieen at home all would have perished.
to over $1,000,000. Miles and miles of |
“I had scarcely time to get to the river
the Clackamas River presents nothing the others being small buildings, The
valuable timber were burned, and liesidet ;
myself.’’ said he, “when the flames were
but vistas of ruined settlements. In I planing mill and yards of the company
this 100 buildings. The greatest loss is i
upon me. and if I bad had to take time
Eastern Multnomah the fires are under are located at Bridal Veil and were not
in the Springwater country, where the
to save any one else we would not Lave
control and no further damage is feared destroyed. The logging camps are at
fire swept through timber land 15 miles
gotten away.”
unless weather conditions change. In various places back in the hills, and
long and from two to four miles wide.
While immersed in the river Mr. Dim.
Southern Oregon excellent work has about 10 miles distant.
According to reports coming in from the j
WILL
.
mick saw one of the grandest but most
been done by the forest rangers, and the
different parts of the state, Clackamas I
About 1 o’clock Friday morning Mr. appalling sights of his life. “Great balls
Save
a
Doctor
Bill
ancl
may
be
Your
Life.
construction confined to a comparatively
County will be the heaviest loser, as the I
Bradley and about a dozen others start­ of fire would roll up like cotton ¡balls, '
fires» are mostly burning in rich timber ( HOW IS
limited area. Eugene and surrounding
YOUR LIVER ?~
ed from Bridal Veil for Palmer, While said he. “and then burst with a mighty
belts, with much of it good green timber. ’
country is now practically out of dan­
they were yet nearly a mile from town roar. 1 have never heard a noise to com­
OREGON
LIVER
REGULATOR
hits the point. For a sick headache, the kind
The
farms
destroyed
will
amount
to
be
­
ger, though the fires are still menacing.
Jhat is caused from a deranged stomach, dizziness, nervousness, <lys|>epsia, consti­
they found that the fiery wall before pare with it, A hundred engines thund­
tween $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, with ! pation or any ailment of the stomach, liver or bowles, there is no medicine that
Tillamook also has been saved by a
them made further advance impossible, ering til rough a tunnel at once would
very little insurance to cover the loss.
change in the direction of the wind, and
wiil relieve you so quickly and permanently as OREGON LIVER REGULATOR.
When they finally turned back they not make half the noise.”
Regular size, 25c. and 1.
the inhabitants have good hopes of sav-
As soon as the fire had passed over him
found that the fire had closed in behind
D. J. Fry, Salem, Oregon.
Star, Idaho.
ing the town, which has twice been al­ them, and it was only bv rushing through he rushed to a neighbor's house and
Bright's Disease.
Dear Sir,—Enclosed find 25c. for a package of Oregon
most abandoned before the raging
Liver Regulator. We used the medicine when we lived in Salem and
found that the family had been driven
the fire that they saved their lives.
The largest sum ever paid for a pre
flames.
found it su|>erior to anything weever tried for headache and bilious­
from home, but had esca|>ed death.
The
fire
seemed
to
spring
up
all
around
scrip«
io
i,
chan
ged
hands
in
San
Fran
­
ness.
Yours truly.
R ev . A nson Cox.
The most distressing losses have been
When morning came he set out to
those suffered in the vicinity of Spring­ them, and almost as soon as a spark bring in relief. The bridges’ were all cisco, Au^. GO, 1901. The transfer in­
FEW WORDS MORE. 1KY’811HLSN,NO
water and Lents. The Springwater re­ fell a blaze would leap upward, soon burned, the roads were obstructed by voked in coin a.id Block $112500.00
and was paid by a party of businc a men i Meaning Best, Quick Cure, A new remedy for all aches and pains. It is the justly
gion his been utterly swept by the tires, sending out sparks to other fires.
trees that had fallen across them, so that for a specific for Bright’s Diseii >e and celebrated Pain Killer—guaranteed or money back, Try it for an ache or pain, ex-
One resident of Portland, whose name
and those who have reached points in
Ins progress was very slow and he did
ternal or internal. Regular size, 50c.
communication witli the outside w< rid Mr. Bradley did not learn, saved his life not reach Woodland until Saturday i Dial>etea, hitherto incurab'e dise^ **.
B enjamin W hkklek , residence Highland Addition. Salem, Or.,
only
by
staying
in
the
mill
pond
all
They
commenced
the
serious
inve
li
­
say that immediate and generous help
a sufferer from rheumatism, says : “Fry’s Lightning Healer is the
mornit*g,
gation of the specific Nov. 15 1 900.
must lie sent in order to save the lives | night. A woman, Mrs. Wood, also
l»est and the only medicine that ever gave me relief. I lielieye it will
K alama . Wash., Sept. I*.—News They interviewed scores of the » un*dand
do all that is claimed for it.”
Above medicines for sale by
rescued from the devouring flames. 8|>ent the last half of Friday night in the
reached here late last night that the tried it out on its merits by putting over
pond.
The
man
was
a
painter,
who
Around Portland the Area are dying
forest fires on Lewis River have wrought th^ee dozen cases on the trea. oie^i and
down and the people in the suburbs are was employed at Bridal Veil. He was
sad havoc—D. L. Wallace, wife and two watching them. They also go« phyn-
drawing their first easy breath since ; not in the employ of the company, but j
He i children burned to death. They were cjnsto name chron'c, ¡neural»««
Thursday. In all parti of the Willamette 1 volunteered to help fight the fire.
camping in the woods when caught by and ad nlnis.ered it with the physicians
and Columbia River Valleys the smoke 1 wns the lost to leave, and when he en-
the fire. Their wagon was found burned
continues very dense, and it is feared 1 deavored to find his way out was un- up and the charred bodies were Iving for judges. Upto Aug. 25 eighty .seven
percent of the test cases were either well
1
able
to
do
so.
He
swam
out
into
the
PROPRIETOR OF
that the full extent of the losses will not
near. A 12-year-old boy of Mr. Hanley’s
lie known until the districts now cut off ! pond and got between two logs, where is also dead. Mrs. John Polly and baby i or progressing favorably.
There being but thirteen per cent of
i he supported himself until the heat sut-
are heard from.
,idcd enough so thnt he could find a ' »nd a brother, name not known, and failures, the parties were satisfied and I
wav out The woman waded out into Mr. Newhouse and Mr..Gravesare dead, closed the transaction. The proceedings I
DEALER IN
LIVES LOST AT BRIDAL VIEL
the' water until it was up to her neck. Fifteen other, were found without of the i.ivestigatinx committee and the
clincial reports of the te< cases were
Hamilton Boys Perishin theFierce and then suffered intensely lrom the heat clothing except gunny-sacks.
from the shore. The brush and refuse ' Five logging camp« are burned out published and will 1« rnai’ed free on
Forest Fire.
Shop next door to Larsen's Hotel, Tillamook]
I complete.
application. Address John J. lV'io » ‘
wood burned to the water’s edge.
The
worst
of
the
fire
wai
on
Lewi»
Company ,420 Montgomery Kt. .Sun Fi.n- j
J. S. Bradlev, manager ot Hie Bridal Jeff Eberhart. the engineer, showed ,
| River, about 12 miles above Woodland. isco, Cal.
Veil Lntnbering Company, whow taw­ great heroism in saving the company’s
The
country
is
well
settled
and
there
mill at Palmer was burned last Friday, logging engines. The engines were osed
arrived in Portland yesterday. From the in bringing out log, from thecamps. .nd «« doubtta. other casualty not yet re.
OF HAN FRANCISCO, DEALERS IN
The fir. ha. spread from Lew..
account lie gives of the fire it is apparent when all ... done that could be done ported.
Hirer north of the Kalama River, and
that the published stories have but meag- at the mill, Eberhart ran his engine 50 sectiona of the finest timber oo the
erly represented the terrible experiences across a burning trestle to get it to a Coast are destroyed. It is impossible to
of those who were surrounded by fire place of safety. He then ran back across give any estimate of the amount of dam­
while defending the mill from the fl ones. the trestle and took out the other en­ age to property. Oak Point, about 20
It Is now certain that tlie two Hamil­ gine, leaving both upon firm land. His miles below here, on the Columbia River,
Yftu ran noAke ynur bar
t-a
aa a gjovs
ton boys were burned to death, bin no face and hands were blistered from the is totally destroyed.
There are no
and as tough ita wht* to?
heat,
but
the
engines
were
saved
from
other lives were lost at that place. The
El'lt EKA Har«
report, of lives lost, but low of property
ne sa OH. You cun
body of one of the boys lias been found. ruin.
hengtbrn l'a hfe— ruaba '.I
is estimated nt about *300,OoO.
I «t
ki l«»n< aa it
The
Bridal
Veil
Mill
gave
employment
j
The fire caught in the refuse logs and
ordiiiarUy »oUd.
A great fire is alsoraging on the Cowe-
AGENTS STEAMERS ‘W. IL KRUGER” AND "ACME.”
brush last Tuewlay morning from a spark to about ISO men, and had a capacity man, in the northern part of the connty.
For Kan Francisco and
Angele*.
from an O. R. ft N. locomotive. The of 100.000 feet of lumber per day. The Everything combustible is consumed in
Hobsonville, Or.
J. E, SIBLEY, Mgr.
file made slow advancement, and was planing mil! is uninjured, and -Mr. Brad­ its path. Nothing like it was ever seen
fought by a gang of men as usual. Such ley feels confident that the timlier owned here by white men. The air is thick with
fires have caught several ¡time* before, by the company back in the hills has not .moke and falling ashes. Hili'. Camp
K«kMiapoor lookloc bar
but were always put under control with­ been burned. While he cannot say what » reported destroyed, Muckle Bro.’,
Ilka n*w. Ma<X of
» pur«.
bod èuri uu, *a- i
out great difficulty. On Tliur-iuy all tlie his company will do. there is every rea­ Camp No. 2 is slao burned out, More­
I
parlali»
praparM U> wtlfc-
auu*.l U m wsatbrr.
m»n in the employ of the company were son to believe under the circumstances | land'S Camp is bndly damaged. Seven
J. P. ALLEN,
ko.d *»»rrwhare
called from other employment to fight that they will rebuild. It is powible. donkey engines are reported ruined. Two
ist— niiakaaa.
Proprietor.
however,
that
they
will
build
nearer
tl e fire, and they responded most loyal­
men from Barr's Camp are reported
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< lose to the mill, and though a stream of Palmer was
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