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DAILY' OAItTAIi JOURNAL, BALKM, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1010.
FAQS xmuc
How About
That
Vacation?
The Mountain The Sea- The River -The Stream Are Calling Yoo
Vacation time is here. Never were we so well prepared to furnish you with the necessary outfits and
having been to all of the various resorts, we are fully competent to advise you what to buy in sporting
goods and where to go. The information we cheerfully give will prove of considerable value to you
Kamp-it Outing Clothing, Duplex Collapsible Buckets. Marble's Safety
i9 w icco mlik. jtsoocs ror ivien ana JLaoies, r isning i acKie9 tcevolv-
ers9 Rif les9 Hunting Knives
LEARN TO SHOOT
Colt's New 22-Cal. Revolver
Shoots 22 Special cartridge; inexpen
sive; no recoil, Just the thing to take
on your vacation, A fine gun for the
ladies, They will enjoy using it,
Marble Safety Ax
A very handy article for camp
ers and automobilists.
You will need one.
-Fine Fishing Tackle
A WORD ON FISHING TACKLE
Most people have an idea that fishing tackle is expensive.
We can show you differently. Rods for $1 .00; reels
for 65c; line 50c; flies 50c dozen.
Orvis Flies
Abbey & Irabrie
Flies
Miss Frost's Flies
Leonard Rods
Win. Mills & Sons
Rods
$ ufcMi B rook
Expert Reels
Martin's Auto Reels
Martin's Silk Lines
Win. Mills & Son's
English Lines
Leather Covered
Baskets
A GOOD, COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR $2.65
Flies Leaders Salmon Eggs Floats
Hooks Lines Spoons Bamboo Rods
Reels Sinkers Basket Straps
Baskets
New Standard Rifles
The only High-Powder Rifle using the slide
action 30-30 caliber. It is a beauty. Call
and see it, Also REMINGTON, SAVAGE,
WINCHESTER and MARLIN Rifles in stock.
ALL STANDARD GOODS
Witch Elk Boots
There is no need for us to praise Witch
. Elk Boots, Ask any sportsman who has
them, They are light, easy on the feet,
strong and as near waterproof as leather
can be made, We have thetn for ladles
and gents, Just the thing for an outing
trip or hunt,
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RELIABLE
GUN Tppi, ... -n MiiiW(jiIii.-MilMg(r
STORE jPF
THE HOUSE
OF
QUALITY
Established
25 YEARS
HOMES ARE
DESTROYED
BY FLAMES
SETTLERS FLEE FOE LIVES BE
FORE FIRE WHICH IS 1)E
STHOYING THOUSANDS OF DOL
XLAHS' WORTH OF TIMBER AND
OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY
IN IDAHO.
UNITED IM!BKH LEASED Willi'.
Wallace, Idaho, July 18. One man
has been driven Insane, half a dozen
settlers' homes havo been destroyed,
tens of thousands of dollars' worth
of timber has been burned, one mill
of one mining company has been
wiped out, and others are threatened
by a forest Are which is burning in
tho Pino creek district today. Tho
flames, according to last reports,
were rapidly advancing toward Kel
logg Peak. One hundred and flfty
' men fought tho furious blaze all night
, without success.
At midnight over throe squaro
miles of timber had been burned, and
the fire was racing across the moun
tainous country. Tho building of the
Dalnatia Mining Company burned
yesterday. When the laBt reports
were recoived men were fighting to
savo tho structures of the Nabob,
Highland Chief and Little Pittsburg
mines. A call has been Issued for
availablo men to assist in an effort to
check tho flames. A large number
responded from Wallace and Kellogg
and more bad planned to leave here
today. It is recognized that unless
thp fire is prevented from spreading
that thfcre Is a possibility of this part
of the Couer d'Alene mining district
being denuded of its forests.
Bottlers who lost their homes have
congregated at Kellogg with such be
longings as they were- able to carry
when compelled to flee.
It was reported that even flro fight
ers woro hemmed In by flames. No
confirmation of the report has been
received here.
The fire started yesterday morn
ing, presumably from a camp flro
carelessly left burning.
This is tho second fire which has
swept through Pine creek district this
year.
Fires Raging in Cnnndn.
Calgara, Alberta, July 18. Forest
and brush flres raging in several
places in the foothills of the Rockies
are assuming such proportions that
settlers and tlmbcrmen are becoming
alarmed.
The country Is dry as tinder and
the flres aro sweep! g unchecked
through valuable timber lands, be
yond the control of men battling
against them.
Unless rain falls, it Is feared that
forests worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars wilt be destroyed,
Chief Margher, of tho Dominion
forest rangers is personally directing
the work of 125 flro lighters who aro
attempting to extinguish a flro south
of tho Priddie.
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(INDIAN NOT DYING;
BLOOD IS DECREASING
IRRIGATION
PROJECTS ARE
FLOURISHING
STATE ENGINEER LEWIS TELLS
OF THE WONDERS OF DEVEL
. OP.MENT OF RECLAMATION
WORK IN EASTERN AND SOU
THERN OREGON ARID SEC
TIONS.
UNITED FEISS ZJUD WIBJB.
Bemidji, Minn., July 18. The
American Indian Is not dying out,
but the purity of tho blood is de
creasing. Where 20 years ago only
tho girls married white men, now
tho men aro marrying white girls."
Thus spoko Dr. Charles Eastman, of
Amherst, Mass., who spent today in
Bemidji on his way to- the Red Lake
Indian reservation for the purpose
of making observations of tho ways
of tho Red Lake Indian band.
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STATE ASSEMBLY HUFITBLIOANS
OF OREGON
To be held at Portland July 21,
1910. For this occasion The Sou
thern Paclflo corajmny will sell tick
ets on tha oertiuoate plan for One
and ono-thlrtl fare, Salera to Port
land. Sale dates: 18th to 21st, re
turn limit, 23rdv
WM. MoMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent.
Try a Journal Want Ad.
UNITED 1'ItESS LEASED Willi. 1
"Tho foaturo of my trip through
central Oregon," said State 'Engi
neer Lewis this mprnlng to a repre
sentative of the 'Capital Journal,
"was the great progressmade in de
velopment work during tho paBt
three years." '
Mr. Lowis's thp' was In tho way
of n tour of Inspection of tho var
ious" Irrigation projects launch!
under tho Carey Act. He covered
In all about 1,000 miles, and half
of which had to- bo made by stage.
Tho trip proper began at Shanlko.
and from there led to Lake View,
and thon on clown to tho Warner
Valloy; from there, to Klamath Falls,
and to Weed, California, and then
back to this olty. lib returned to
tho city Saturday, and will loavo In
tho near future again to mako an
Insepctlon of the projects in Malheur '
county,
I'rinvllle Ih Booming.
"Prlnvlllo is experiencing remark
able aotlvlty because of tho road's
grant of 800,000 aoros," ho contin
usd. - "There is much talk thoro of
a branch railroad to be run up
Crooked river, and everybody is op
timistic and enthusiastic.
"At Bend the railroad, Irrigation
and timber activity, together with
the water power development has
caused a wonderful boom. About
45 miles south of Bend construction
work Is under way for a 31,000-acre
irrigation project of tho DesChutea
Land Company. Heavy excavation
machinery Is being assembled on tho
ground. The proposed railroad runs
through tho project and tho Nutron
Klamath Falls road passes within a
fow hundred feet of tho dam slto at
Crescont Lake which will supply the
wator for tho irrigation of tho pro
ject. Transforming the Desert.
"The greatest development work
which I witnessed on tho trip was
probably at Christmas Lako Valloy.
For 20 or more miles along this
desert work is in progress. Tho
land Is being fenced and on every
hand could bo seen the cabin of tho
homostoader and tho once sagebrush
plain is being rapidly transformed
Into fertilo producing fields.
"Tho state's 12,000-acre project at
Palsly Is at a standstill because of
tho water right difficulties.
"A new 100,000-apro project is
now under investigation in tho War
ner Lake Valloy and the company
Is under J7.000 to thoroughly inves
tigate its feasablllty. This is ono
of tho most beautiful tracts In tho
stato for Irrigation and development,
but it may not provo foosablo with
out railroad transportation. For a
dlstanca of 1C miles a 1000-second
foot canal will havo to ho construct
ed along an almost vertical cliff,
and also a threo mllo dyko across h
peat bog from 30 to 60 foot In
hoight. Thoro are many alternate
schemes and doubtloss many of the
difficulties will bo overcome. Thirty
thousand dollars havo already boon
exponded in investigating tho foasa
billty of this project and tho com
pany appears to bo keeping good
faith with tho state.
"In tho Gooso Lako Valloy a 50,-000-acro
project Is nearlng compln
ti'onand tho lands which will bo Ir
rigated by it havo been cut up into
small tracts and sold." .
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CONGRESSMAN GILMORE,
NEW ORLEANS, IS DEAD
KANSAS CONVICTS MAKE ESCAPE
BY AID OF WOODEN "GUNS"
WITH CLEVERLY' EXECUTED gun, and finds that it 1b made 'of
REPLICAS OF THE REAL ARTI-wooa. u ,8, howovor( a mnrveious
Imitation of a real man-killer. With
UNITED TRESS LSI BED WIRE.
Now Orleans, La., July 18. Repre
sentative Samuel Louis Gllmoro, of
New Orleans, died at his homo at
Alblna Springs today, after a long
Illness.
Gilmoro was a native of Now Or
leans, and before going to congress
sorvod as city attornoy of this city
for 13 years. Ho was elooted to
congress In 1909 to All the vacancy
caused by tho death of R. 0. Davoy.
He took a prominent part In Dem
ocratic politics, and was a delegate
to the Denver convention.
Gilmoro is tho second member of
congross who has died hero recently,
Senator McEnory having expired sud
denly in No w Orleans on Juno 28.
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And oftontlmos oxcusing of a fault
Doth mako tho fault the worso by
the excuse. Shakespoaro.
OLE THEY REDUCE GUARDS
AND RAILROAD' EMPLOYEES
TO TERRORIZED SUBMISSION
AND GET AWAY BUT ARE RE
CAPTURED.
Washington, July 18. An omni
ous looking "gun", ono of those
long-barrolod, 44 caliber rovolvors
that figuro in frontior tnlos, has
come to tho Department of Justlco
as a memento of tho oscapo of sov
oral prisonors, a short time ago, from
tho fedoral penitentiary at Loavon
worth, Kansas. It reposes on the
desk of ono of tho officials and is
naturally n subject of commont iiy
wonderful skill every detail of a ro
volvor has boon reproduced anil,, it Is
stained to a perfect resomblanco to
stool. Tho cyllndor is removable and
is loaded with real cartridges.
In tho prison break at Leaven
worth half a dozen prisonors captured
a locomotive and a string of cars
that wore being delivered in tho
grounds of the penitentiary, Threo
woodon rovolvors, liko tho ono sent
horo, woro usel to intimidate tho
train crow. The sohomo worked to
tho oxtont that tho prisonors escaped
from tho ponltontlnry grounds but
visitors. Tho custodian of tho dead-'noarly all of thorn woro quickly ro-
ELEVEN KILLED AND 68 ARE
INJURED IN AUSTRALIA WRECK
STATE LINK SUBURBAN PASSENGER CRASHES INTO REAR
OF STANDING TRAIN AT RICHMOND IN HHAVY FOG STEEL
TYPE OF COACHES rRHVHNT GREATER LOSS OF LIFE AND
LIMB.
Melbourne, Australia, July 18.
One of tho Stato Line suburban trains
crowded with passengers on their way
to work in this olty today, crashed In
to the rear of a standing train at
Richmond, four miles north of Mel
bourne. Eleven passengers in the
closely packed cars were killed and
08 injured. The accident occurred
during a dense fog, and the driver of
tho suburban truln had no chance to
start bis engine. - The rolling stock
was of tho now stool type, which pre
vented tho cars taking flro or tele
scoping, otberwlso the loss of life
would have been much heavier.
ly "hardwaro" responds by picking
it up and pointing It carelossly at
tho inquiring visitor who ducks and
protests vigorously against boing
obllgod to look into tho yawning
barrel.
Thon ho is allowed to handlo the
Tho Appeal of Platitudes,
That the famous Araorjcan who
has been admonishing all Europe, bo
Binning with tho Kings and Emper
ors, has not told them anything they
did not already know is tho vordlct
of soino of tho European critics. But
in a certain senso wo .can toll no
body what ho does not alroady know
He must havo como to tho point
whoro ho Is mentally able to follow
tho roasouing presented and to talto
pvory step with tho speaker. If ho
hcchjiU the conclusions it is beeaugo
ho has In very fnot alroady worked
up to that point In his own mental
prucossos. Until then no amount of
talking can do moro than set him
thinking tho thing out for himself.
Ho cannot really know it until he
knows It far bimsolf.
To preach platitudes Is Uio d I root
way to tho sympathy and understand
ing of hearers with whom ono could
Inspire to ono's own Joy In obvious
truth. It is a llaao consciousness
captured,
Tho trainmen could not bg con
vinced that they had boon fooled
with woodon guns.
"That was no toy that was poked
nt mo," was tho omphalic statement
of n hrakoman. "It was" cold steel."
alono that.coasoa to rejoice in tho
oxqulslto foot that twice two are al
ways four. A platitudo Is a truth
that has becomo axiomatic to human
thought; but which, unlike tho axiom
is not always soon to bo nqtlve in
human affairs. It is certainly better
to be vigorously stlrrod up pn points
where wo essentially fail than ho ad
vised to veneer over fundamental
errors with virtues assumed because
they appear to be brilliant pud novel
embellishments, if the worst of us
livod the best wo havo always kriown
there would soon bo nobody that
needed haranguing to impel him to
Just plain simple decency of Jtfe.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
COMPANY
"Will sell round trip tickets Salem
to Portland July 18 and 10 for
12.20, return limit July 25. Account
Anolont Order of Hibernians of
America. WM. Mo MURRAY,
General Passenger Agent.