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T.l. W THE DAILY AMISSOHULIAN
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 10erLA, MONTANA UNDAY lNINT u,
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FOREST FIRES IN MERCILESS SWEEP
DESTROY TOWNS IN COEUR D'ALENES
GCIY OF WAILACE
HAS NOTABLE
HISTORY
COEUR D'ALENE :METROPOLIS
HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF
THRILLING EVENTS.
'The l ity rof a'lii'te iIs the ctiliter of
Ithe great L'neuer d'Alene rliingi dis
Irlnt. T'here are nou mines in its im
iledliatel v..lInity, hbut the great produ.
(crls whJicih luhave mitle the regiotln ft
mIiou) are slit .ted in canyons whitl'h
radl liti I' frilm the. city. To1' the ntrilh IN
tcii' l i cill, t, tlong which iare the
Itoman i i f .'i ce, (lent ant lld Ilt'rke, which
erl'e wreP.keil by snowslideis lust
hplring. To the e'list is Mullun with Its
gr'ip of mines. ' Westward are Kel
ie,gg allde'alirdner. All th.set' are min
ing tiwns which constitulte the groutli
l0 prolperouts mining comlmunilties
'whiosie busineWI lllteirests have lfoundI
their cetnter iind cliiliaring ioilei- It
Waillace.
Thel city had i.pecullitr site. It was
,,1lt' In ta cup-shaped busll, cloely
Iemmincln4 in by woldetld molintain walls.
it hose only 'breaks are the narrow can.
yunls which leud tip to the mines andil
lheir settlements. WaJlace long ago
ouitgrew the narrow confines of a lit
tle basin and the houseis began to cre-ep
u1, the hilllsides till around. The dim
lerutive valley filled as closely as
htmits could be built, was the homo of
6,000 people. Its financial and commer
eil IllterestN were uonutsualky -strong
for a city of its sime on account of the
\ust amount of business which was
cleared through its Institltions. Here
was the headquarters of the Federal
Mining company andlt the allled com
alrtles. The furnishing of sulpplles to
the great c ompanliles which operate in
the district lhad buillt upi a mercan
til-e Iuininies of unlsuitl volume In in t
city so small. Wullire was one of the
most prrosperoti cities of the western
mineral belt.
hiver ,lince the Coler d'Alene mines
,l'aamne fnimouis. Wallure( has 'been the
ernter oif illsturbatnce after diisturh
auler. Two great labor wars Ilhave
shaken the region to its foundations.
There have been vast snowalldes in the
canyons about; the. latest slide iccur
ring last February. There has been
iestruti:ton to life and property in the
lithor'wars; mills have been dynamited
at Oem and at Kellogg and human
lives have 'been isacrificed In this
struggle between men,
No less serious have been the strug
gles with the elements. Lives have
peen snuffed, out and thousands and
tholnsands of dollars in proprty have
gonei glimmering In the onslaught of
snow and fire. This latest calamity is
the me'Lc srlious that has ever smitten
the city of Wallace Itself. The oth
ers have struck In neighboring towns.
MISSOULA RESIDENTS
ARE MUCH CONCEINED
1~t-'---;
The close personal and. business
relations whlch exist between Mis.
sonlia and Wallace added to the In
tensity of the local interest in the
news which came 'from the Coesur
d'Alenes last night and early this
morning. Scores of Missoula people
with friends In the stricken city rushed
tno The Missoullap office and lingeredt
there, reading hungrily every line of
news which leaked through the fire
barrier from the burning district.
W.. H. Houston's 'son, Harvey, is a
mining engineer In Wallace and his
)'edsdence vteas not far from where
Placer creek enters the city.
)Prank Silmons .I heavily interested
with .his brother. W. A. Simons, in the
hurning city.
Georgo 1'relshelmer has foo, yeirt
conducted an extensive drug business
in Wallace,
Thp forestry service iteople are con
,erried about their men wh. o have been
'nn the fighting ilne for days.
Scorei of people with, relatives in
ti)W doomed city isought Itformation,
, ,tif all thile satisfaction that could be
given was eontained In the report thiat
Iralniu had taken frmn the city all wlho
wished to leave,
, OOD SERVICE.
Manager Pavey of the iiesoula offlce
of the Bell telegraph rendered valua
ble aerNice last night and early this
ntdramkt whiloh i miloch, appreciated.
Until b ~pperompan~tY'. office in Wallace
burned; he furnldlhed bulletins and he
establllerfd conn.eotlone with Mullan as
soon -45 possible and kept Missoult In
toiuch witlh thheu ltuatlon in that way.
Ta JME #o sl. ppsia"lyi thlankful
ahd A oflBR+lt i 6 the 'service;
NEW ING.. WMMR WINS.
LI1ondoh, Aug. .,--Mlis Ilsle Ayl
the first' to . 'aii' " Hamnm.fmslth
IbritFe, In the "wmmlnlg matdh on
(i'h T.hmalJs thh.ii!t Londorn ' tbday.
Tbe!g.,setjiv,m0.J lr aI 1*JG miles
Tiere wsre A0 s ,w t
FRIGHTENED PEOPLE
FLOCK FROM
TAFT
Telephone nmessage. from Taft ait
2 o'clocl this (Sunday) morning
stated that the forest fires had
crept down iulon the town and that
the Northern Pacifki was taking
the resldents of the famous camp
S idown to Saltere. Two trainloads
had left by 2 o'clock, iat which time
the fire huld Iecome so serious that
it was thloullght thIt further wire
colullnllnlllic ation woulld hl Lmiposibl.e.
The telephone olperator who sent the
in.essauge said thalt he had hbeard Ihlat
thei refluge. frolm Wa llace were
ialso being taken to Snltee. Thle
Sfire was Sidt to be b)urning close to
the trucks, and it was feoared that
i traffic mtight possibly Ie t roittIsly
i tdelayod.
InV
FLAMES SIIURROUN[
THE TOWN OF
MULLAN
CHIEF OF POLICE OF MININt
CAMP SENDS APEAL FOR
FIRE-FIGHTERS.
At 12:30 Mullan callhed Missoula ove
the telephone, appelllng to the eit:
authorities for men and lt equipmentI
with which tI, fight a fire that has
surroulnded the town on tbree sides all
wasl threoutening its existence. Thi
little laining camp was at that timl
incoherent with fright. Eaurly in thll
evening a train hald beent made up ulna
all of the mlen'who could pile on boars
had. fled to safety. The departlure a
this train had left (tie town withao
chanfie of conlnectionl with the nutel
world. Not ia car nor' an etlrJn. wai
left, andl thre peop)l)e wiht, were P)enlner
in il tit) towin were terrifiedl b.eyont
expression.
Six miles below, down the nurrov
canyon, Wallace was a Ilmassn of flames
which could be seon at intervatl
through the shifting smoke that oh
scured the sky, the hills and even Ilh
buildings in town.
Hafir an hour later The Missouliai
managedt to connect with Mullan. I
was stated then that the fire at Wal
lace could be plainly seen. The fires
it was said, were on the south amn
east of town at a common distance o
about two and a half miles. The win,
at that time was generally from the
west, but, affected by the heat In the
caldron-like canyon, was shifting anc
swirling until the direction could no
be determined. The wind was 'high
however, and was sweeping strongli
iup the canyon.
The water power, it was said, was
very low and the fire department hat
been out all day fighting fires unitl i
was nearly exhausted.
At 1 o'clock n speelal train, lader
with men and tools, left St. Regis foi
Mullan.,
Reports fronm Taft at 1:30 brough
the news that the fire was sweeping
down upon the little camp. l)etai)
could not be learned, but It was stater
-that the telegraph and telen'" ..e c on
necthins would be severed unless t.L'it
was a change.
A -man was sent out of Mullan or
horseback shortly after midnight, heand
ed toward Wallace, with a view to as
certalnfng the true state of affairs. It
two hours he was back, with the stalte
ment that so fierce wore oie flames I
the canyon he could not .ct withint t
miles of tile burning cily. -
SICK PEOPLE SAVED.
All patients In the two hospitals aJ
Wallace, the Sisters' and the city, wera
safely removed and placed on the lapi
train that left for Missoula. They wll
be taken to the Sisters' hospital her,
as soon as they arrive. Their numbel
Is not known. Mullan reports, at
o'clock this morning, that the rallwa)
bridges-small affairs-between thai
town and Wallace are all hbrned an.
that trains cannot go beyond Mdillan
ALTITUDE RECORD
REACHED IN ENGAN
Londouj, -Aug. 20.-The stamp of seol
entifle approval was placed today or
the world's altitude record for aero,
planes, 6,752 feet, established ,by J
Armstrong Drexel, the American avia"
tor, when the Key observatory, aftet
testing the, baroagraph carried by Mr
Dreel issaped a oertltltfte of It.q ascur.
RCy and correctness Of the figures.
The flightwas accomplished on th,
evehlig., of August I, when Mr, Drexs
pel itascended from Lianlrk, SIcotapt
pasas fgar above the 1e aluda tpd .tftea
bvR hout ti r steaqy.'nti4i de4*tidter
near tbhhip taw Loela. l mIe5 ftroe
]aperk.. ~HI suffered ,severely frow
cold at the lhighestalttuduq.
FLAMES ENVIELOP WALLACE
CAUSING PEOPLE TO FLEE
TO TH~ "NEARBY CITIES
Placer Creek on Soqth Side, Where Blazes Have Been Threatening
for Three Weeks, Is Soene of Sudden Conflagration and Now
the Entire City Is. Doomed.
Prosperous Young City of Idaho Is Almost Completely Wiped Out by Fires From Sur
rounding Forests, Practically Only: One Building Left In the Town---Loss May
Reach a Million Dollars---$Saoke's,"Terrifying---Other Cities in Danger.
At 3 o'clock this (iMtlfln y) ri,.r
ing the fire Rltutatiin west and nortth
of Mlssonnula is n the most seriitous
phase that it has assumed since the
forest fires became threatening.
Wallace in believed to be de.
stroyed; thert, has iten n cotnu-lll
nicatlon directly with the city sin lce
II o'clok.
Mulian is threatened and at 2
o'clock It was reported that it would
he burning In Il hours unless relief
Taft is entirely surrounded iby
fire, a hich ls within 100 yards of
the nearest building and advancing
rapidly; the telephone operator sent
this message at 3 o'clock and fled.
Libby is reported to be surrounded
Iby fire and its existence menaced.
though this report Is not confirmed.
In the Stillwater district, in ilat
head county, settlers are fleeing in
r charge of forest rangers.
1 In Flatihead county it camp of fire
fighters has been destroyed and It
I ie feared that the lmen Ihav per
S ished.
The loss at Wallace may reach a
million dollars.
Wallace has fallen at lust, a vic
Stim of thie forest fires that have
hedged It aIhboullt with fire and Alnoke
for the past week. This morning, un
less an act of Providence Intervened,
I only tile ashes and smoldering embers
1 mark the plactc where yesterday llorn
ing stood the ilost Ilautillflul city in
tile f'oeur d'Alenes.
Thile loss of Ilfe, if there was ainy,
could not be learned. Only the most
meager reports reached Missoula. All
day fears hIlad been entertained us to
the iafely of the town and tile Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation company
and the Northern Pacific had boxetr
specials standing in the yards since
fmorning. In view of this fact It 1:
thought tllut tile loss of life was
Pshall.
Reports were received In Mlissonla
until 1 o'clock (Sunday). At 8 o'clock
eveUything was reported safe and the
fire fairly quiet and no danger was
ant.cipatted for tile night at least. At
10 o'eldck came the startling word that
the fire, creeping through the pall of
s1 moke, had overwhelmed the east end
of town and was rapidly burning its
way through toward the heart of the
city. Fires were reported at that time
to be raging ini a score of places and
the entire town was flgtlllng to quell
i the flamer.
FIRE-FIGHTERS DIE
:IN FLAMES
REPORTS FROM KALISPELL
STATE THAT THIRTY MEN
ARE MISSING.
Kallspell, Aug. 21.-(Speclal.)-Two
e qmps of fire-fighters are reported
burned thl morning near Kalispell,
Word was received from the camp thi;
morning to the effect that 30 men and
a number of horses were unaccounted
for'.. Pupervisor Haines expressed h~ope
that the men were safe, but stated tq.
nlght, that the two camps. Including
bedding and provisions, were entirely
consumed. Provisions were oreredt
rushed from Wilteflsh to a point near
the camp.
Five companies of the Fourteent. in
fantry fr9m American Lake arrived at
Olney, Stryker, Qlacler palrk nd the
Flathead forest today. Mr. Haines will
le4ve tonight to guide the detachments
to their plkftes.
Spokano Is sending by express an
equipment of too)s, of which the local
supply has teen exhaut:ed. several
camps' are almost'without any tools.
Railway and forest officials declare
that nothing. can be done without the
aid of heavy rains. Dense rsmoke hangs
over this; Whole district.
Three-new fires on the Blackfoot
fore4 to4y , broke out at various'
pints, one, at tbq north qnd of.White
fisti laj.. New crews were sqpilt to;
f!iht .this fire, but none, equld .be se
qured, some 49 or 50. men have been
liPatphed by.traiti and wagon to vari
',ul eoamplr s.ra the r ier 4To wqgrst,
I i1- havq be 1q 4pre l. 4 . and, are
pial4 to hvye boeo tgtlout hy the
rangers. .
An holur later came the I:lst brief
words tellilng of a city overt onl by
fire ati nIght and wi.pofit ihope if win
ning the ftight. '-rOnpl(e were then
flitkiang to.tto rp tlM and were being,
lhurried froni *W .epo to Ip .l.c.'es tf
safrty in 11Wtrdnlr antd Kellogg.
(Iie of. lthe Ilut.,aIen to stick it his
post was W. ln, $amuelsonl, plant chief
of the l tocky Moutiitin Bell Tel'phone
eIlmplany. At 11.e4 otickl he reported to
hei.adquartlrs lil o~l~la lthat the lire
was. ithen rltipg yer t i thI ie. asterin
sNhl of townl ,alin -l'was ill that time
within i5 feet pG. t e bullillig in which
he worked. Thlp.t aus his last word and
with a staternieit that he would try to
Cut In', lower isqwn, lie left, in the facet,
of the flnameq.
The operator. fr the Western Unioni
wa sendilng ita Hpeeli lto The MIN
souiflilan when"the flames parted fhis
wires. Hle had sent only a few words
telling of the blildings then on firei
when the operator at Mlissnila li.tli
him aIdl whether e llIlad fled lbe're
Ilhe fliiunittl or whether the flre hadi
Ihilrtied l il rl ffi couId note be Iitriidl.
The Last Report;
'The Northern PalIfie wire was the
last to holl anul at 10:30 the follow
Ing bullitin was reelyled in the local
division offices.
"Every hill naro.4 4.bwn Is' t mt!ss
of flamels flnd the whole Iplace look
like a dleath trap. No eonneetlons can
be hald with olitulde towns. Mnl,
woimen ad.d children fare hlysterlial iI
streets and leave by ,very p)ossible
conveyance antd route. T'rains ire
being made up of boxcars. Entiro east
side of town in flames. Including the
new Woratell building, Times buillillng,
Michigan hotel, both old and new 0.
11. & N. depots, Puelfle and (ticur
d'Alene hotels and many others.
Attempts are being made to stem
the tide of flames by using dynamite.
"Passenlger coaches aLtd scone at dte
pot Is wild but comparatively orderly
so far. No deaths reported but con
ftsion is such that no accurate li
formation is avallable np ot obtalnaule.
"All 'electric lights are oiut and all
tel6Phone wires are down. Sunset
brewery and many neighboring houses
and places of business are burned. St.
Elmlo hotel, Oettinger's store, 'turnerI
music Atore are In flames. The
Shoshone' epulnty courthouse and i
Samuels hotel are thought to be I
dodrmed. Flames Iare now threatening
the W.Vllttie fire statiohln.'
Spokane Report.
Spokane, Aug. 20.-The Spokesman.
Revlew's Wallace correspondent says:
Driven by a heavy gate the forest
fires that have surrounded Wallace for
weeks swept over the tops of the hIlls
tdonlght ndtl crept down the slopes into
the east end of the town. Twenty or
30 lilpall dwellings on the hillsides
bprrtl Into flames about 9 o'clock, and
the blaze caught a few minutes later
In the wooden warehouses and hotels
east of Seventh street, Every available
man In town, working under orders
from Mayor Walter Hanson, under the
glare of flumes on the surrounding
hills on the pall or jmoke overhead,
at it o'clock were seeking to hold the
tlamage east of Seventh street.
Rough estimates of the loss at that
hour were placed from $300,000 to
$500,0pO. The largest loss was in the
warehouse of the Coeur d'Alene Hard
ware company, which supplies mining
;naterials to a large tributary territory,
placed, at $160,000. The plant of the
Sunset Brewing company, valued at
$80,000, was also burning. The Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company's
depot, recently completed at a 'ost of
$5,000, was burned, as was also the'
old ,wooden depot.
Courthouse Still Stands.,
At 11 o'clock the only building east
of Seventh street still standing was
the Shoshone county courthouse. A
district approximately five blocks long
.REFUGEES ARE DUE
IN MISSOULA
AT 7 A. M.
There will be 800 refugees front
Wallace, Mullan and Taft in Alls
soula probably at 7 o'clock this
mornlhg; thpy qre on a special train
thpt left galjeae at 2:30 o'clock this
morlning. in the n.imber are 30 pa
tientp froni the W'llace hospitals.
'h'.h selck pedeth will be taken care
of at the Slisters' hospital: AMl-.
'poula& Will' ,I dill, she canl for the
relief, atthe others.
ni l.i five Ilocks wihIe was int flatines, hilt
the1 danger of its spreading abuted.
The Pacific hotel, the Coelr d'Alelne
lodging house, both two-story frameln
buildings, were among the first to go.
iEarly in the afternoon, when it was
first realized that the danger was im
minent, the "nearest iluxaes were those
up Placer creek, which were conlhl
ered to have wbean brought tlnder con
trol by the two complnis. of nIegr
troops from 'ort Geiorge Wright, and
one on the hills across the Cocur
d'Alene river toward Wallace. The
blaze on Plancer creek leaped the
trenches and backfired spaces and be
San burning down the west nide of
Placer creek canyon, where the flume
carrying the city water supply runs.
Smoke Vdry *Dens.,
The pull of smoke overhanging tile
town was so dense that tihe electric
lights were turned on at :1 o'clogk int
the afternoon. As soon as dusk fell
t flmllles on ever''y shile turned the
mnoky sky a dullll red.
At ; o'clocl' Mayor WVlter Ihinsion
ordered every available mln out to
hacefire ul tlhel hillsides around the
town, tilreatening ilnmprisonment for all
whoI refused.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the do
manll of the peIplte for trains to leave
the town became so great that both the
Oregon JRailroad & Na.ligaUon com
ipny and the Northern Pacific made
uip special trains, which left at sun
down, bearing hundreds of women and
children and their valuables.
Thu Oregon Railroad & Navigation
train pulled down the Coeur d'Alene
valley to Osborne, out of all possiblh
danger, while the Northern Pacific
train proceeded toward Missoula.
Others who did not wait for the
trains or who desired to carry more of
their househola goods than they could
take by that means, secured every
nvaulhahl e vehicle or started on fot
towarid (shornc.
HELENA MAN FALLS HEIR
TO A HALF MILLION
Helena, Aug. 20.-l)r. W. Wynlond
Miller, snn of Dr. C. B. Miller of this
city, has fallen heir to an estate valued
at half a million dollars. The lucky
doctor lived in Helena for a nunlber
of years practicing hiis profession, but
for several years has been living in
Washington state. About two week.s
aRo his aulnt, Mr . Jane A. Wymold
1ibson, died in Jl.awrencebera, lnd,
leaving an estate valued at about
$1,O0O,00Ul, CopieCs of tile will, which
have bieen rcccived hern, show Mrs.
Gibson left about $100,000 to relatives
andl charitablle instituitions, and the re
mainder' of the estate is divided
quanlly between the testator's sister
anld D)r. Miller.
MISSOULA HURRIES
ASSISTANCE
NORTHERN PACIFIC AND CITY,
AIDED BY C. H. M'LEOD EQUIP
A RELIEF TRAIN.
At 2:30 o'clock this mnornlng a spelial
train left the Northern Pacific station
consisting of six outfit cars and a reg
ular road crew of 60 men with all the
equllpment i thile nature of bl)lckets,
axes, water hugs, saws, etc., which
might lie needed in fighting fires, the
most of the equipment having been
gathered together by Mayor Andrew
Logan, assisted by Asnoriate torester
Hiicox, Ct. H. Me'leot4 having opened
tp the Missoula Mercantile company's
store for anything that was needed.
Besides the otJtfit cars there were three
coaches and a cabno.e in the train.
'irainmaster Hagerty anti Yardmaster
'ilahaven of the Northern Pacific were
in charge of the train and left here
determined to get it as far as possi.
ble towards Wallace In the shortest
practicble time. Assistance will be
rendered wherever most needed and
more help will follow if found, neces
sary after the trip is made. Mayor
1Logan and a Missoutllan reporter ae-.
companied the train.
ST. LOUIS NOW OVER
A HALF MILLION
, Wshingtann, Aug. - ,--The popu
lation of St. Louis Is 687,039, an In
crease or, 111,791, or 19.4 per cent, as
compared wilh, 75,.S3 jn 1900 .
RAILWAY BRIDGES
IN THE PATH
OF FIRE
At , elnek tllls Imorning It Is
letlrtl t that threi if the high
.resthles on the M ilwauee thibs side
to A.very have beenht. reached by the
forIrit firl',. all that train No. C
will niot I, tilt, to proeve.d Th.'ese
Iare in Ihl Si. Joe distrl't, and from
'II fart that thi fht is reported tI
havw rn-Ihetd this .ec'lloll , It sevt'nI
it is spr' lilng in two dilretitns, It
was from the north fork of the at.
Joe that the fire worked its aily aip
Nilnte crk mll over the crest to
I'hltr creek onl Its dreadful way to
Wallthe. Thel inform tion that
rachs hlere thn t (iIHndacuy) morn
Ingl It still very menler, but it In
enough to warrnt ithe statement
that the fie, aret heyonld tll hltttnt
co trol.
CASCADE POREST RESERVES ARE
IN GREAT DAN*ES AND
FEARs ARE EXPRE*sgo.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 0.--The forest
fires which are devastating various
par t of the northtweM are more
thtriuteaning tonightl than at ainy previ
oies time this year. 1 txeept in the GNl.
Vylle country in Washington and the
Wallowta fire in northeastern Oregon,
where the flth es are helltieve to va
untnder control, the situation i mostl
dticouraging.
fit Oregon thle most serious Rituatiol
ll that part of the cl'a. udes of the
Kitnmath lalin and Medford. Two 1
gireat fires are lragig it this district,
aon ll it the vicinity of Mount Muiugh
lIs (Mount Pitt) and th( other on
AshlanIid creek. Tile latter is tltreatego
Ing thi water tpptlty Ianl the electric
light plants of Ashland. Pear in ex
pressed for the safety of the town.
itelf, but this danger probutably is
exaggerated,
.romtatinrg trhese fires the forest
have ab tt iOh mlta in the field a.nd
l0 regiular soldiern are tn their way
from Ameriitn tAke, Wash. 'T'he for
est nservice itt Portlatnd has atked for
information from the San Francisco
offiilt of the service as to whether
rellguitIA troops O California are no lu
culted as to be available in fighting the
southern Oregon fites.
No l Thope of relief frol the preentl I
dry spenll given by the district fore
cuaIster o the United Stules weather
In re itlllr
Troops Are En Route.
Itltena, Aug. 20.-Co.npanlies s aind
Im, FouLrteenth ifantry, arrived ohre
at :30ti o'clock tonight and stopped
just long etiough to load all the fire
iHarriln, including tllllen, horses Iaond
watgonoi The troops aire en mrte th
fight forest fires in the vicinity of
d.r pell M lunud, in the dluietr national
forent.
Iirt Iarrisont is now without any
field etuiptlent wthatever Compltany
I. stopped ainl t Iio tiner and 1will Ie iuse
in the same service, Telegraphing
from St, Paul, Major.Ceneral Hlodges
infnormed tite cornillaondant at Fort
Halrrisont that these were the lust
troops available in nlowtla tand alii-i
ttlta ill t fire- fighting service.
TYNER THANKS COURT.
FOR LIGHT SENTENCE
Helena, Aug. 20.-John Tyner, con
victed in the federal court of using
the mails to defraud eastern mer
chants, was sentenced today by Judge
Raech to pay a fine of $150 and serve
four months in jail. Tyner evidently
expected a more severe septenle, be
cause he thanked tihe court for its
leniency.
STARVATION HIS CURE
FOR CATARRH TROUBLE
) nver, Augg 2i .--owland Miller, a
young studient of this city, has not
tasted food for 461 days. Water ihe
drinks in great quantities. He purposes
to eat nothing for 10 days more. .tl.
fering from catarrh and being too
poor, he says, to obtllln profetalonal
medical attention, Miller declled to
fast himself Imnt heatllth. Ite caine to
C'olorado a ycear ag from Wioonsin,
in tihe h..p! 01' bettering his physical
condition.
The young man weighed 118 poundl
4t the. beginning of his trematment land
II to DOW ha- lost 46 poulnds. He was
quite atryrng and able t l he about u14*
il a few days ago,
a-..- -..- -& V L.s
LOCAL SITUATION
SHOWS SMALL
CHANGE
MISSOULA FORESTRY FORCES
HAVE BEEN BUSY IN ROU
TINE DUTIES.
Thie Waiillaii srensati'yq was the oaly
Ilnportnnt feI'iltrc of an otherwise
qilit daily in fores.try cirlre'P. There
weire no new developments in the sit
untio uaside fromn the continuation of
the' SIltedy fightl agailnst the flames In
praetienlth: ly ve'ryv frlest Its IntItriet No.
'rer,,e companells orf olldiers arrived
in town early yei.terday morning and
were' at once dispatched toi patrol work
in the nlore affected section. Two com.
pIrnl'.s trntl thel l'Irt illatalion of the'
I'"lrteelnth Itnlltry werep senHt tco Bor
~tx tIIn :[ a Sel.i;al train overt. the North
er'n iPe'lfi'c llntl the other, from the
'eeond )llb t ltlon of the sanre regiment,
was sen.it to IlIele'nu, whence it will
probably go to Great Fulls and on to
Shelbl'y, the National Glacier park and
the Flathead national forest. The fire
at Ilorax in not serious, having b'een
entirely "sewed up" by digging fire
trenche's all around it. The main thing
now is to keep the fire well patrolled
and prevent the tflanes from Jumping
the ditches.
At helby,)' ullong the Ore.tel Northern.
and in theg liclclter park the fIres are
preetty i'erious andl the soldiers were
badly needeid there'.
Three more companle from the ca~np
at Amerkan Lake. are following to
dlay's arrivals. Thesea' men will prOb
ably be met with orders to detraln at
Spokano and go on to the Blackfeet
fure.t over the QGreat Northern. the
arrival of these soldieris from 'hee in
struc;tlon camp smplifile the siatuation
Immensely for at new and larger foire
of traineId men was needred to supply
patirols In plnees where hlred lahorers
proved ineffient.tt
New Pires.
Supervlisor Kinney' reported a new
'tire on Moulntiurei c'reek, a trlbulary to
the Big Illackfoot abollut half-way be
twerel Mslie.l,lht aindl Ovando. Mr. K4n-.
ne'y will get pIck horces from t)vando
ifr t.e in flightinlg this blaze.
T'Ihe' Ie'lmcitt creek fire was reported
as serious yi'sterday, ibut In decidedly
better tlilay. T'heree is also Ia baid
),lul' onl tth Hilth Fork of the Plat
head.
Rangers have' raeported sighting a fire
in the Nez PerCe' forest from the Mon
tan-llaito dlivile. Word was sent
yestertlay to O(ranglleville and men will
probably beh sent out from there to
fight this blaze.
It was reportled last nliht that a fire
had broken out near Smead, a little
staltion on the Northern Pacific just
west of Tlhomlpson l'ils, and was do
oing ctonsidlerable dumage. The fire
is burning no close to the track that
traffic over the line has been stqpped.
The fire Is nlit on tile Reky. toun
tlln divlsionll nie no daetails am to its
extent or prohallhllity of its extinetiotr
IIai he' s''clriel.
BIG FIRE ALSO RAGES
IN CALIFORNIA TOWN
liLten, Nev.. Aug. 20 -The town of
loyalton this afternoon is in grave
danger of being wiped nut by a forest
fire which sturtutqi in thlu mountains
about six miles dibtant from the town
yesterday morning ltnd has spread uh
til it is within lone mile of the plase,
Tihe wind is sprudilng the fire rapid
ly towurd the town and the ent.lly pop.
uh.e iunsisting of several hundr'edt
people uitlll alll the liunberrnen and lab.
orers fromn tht surrounding lm Ii er
rampr are fighting the flames. .parJis
anlld iliders are reported to beI, falling
in the ton iand an urgent tlr'iphont
nl.w.gil frolm L.oyuito, lute this after
noonll, aiking for ussistant"L . was to th+
effect' that the totwn seemedllll dtJootInmt.
'he sit ation is mradt more grave by
the fat that the healvy tinlber extends
to the very edge' of ith town. Millionn
of feet oif hlumber, as wetl asi the real
dinc,,est ( lseveiral -lt lldrsil people aht
antili si lltitress hIl,.uates at. huIal teacd,
LOCAL LODGE MEMBERS
TO MEET THE TRAIN
All members of lodi f af Iy of t4 ,
fraternal orders are asked to he at t!
Northern Pacific station at i 'm t'o list '+''
t"ls morning to Ialloel I m(lnletrii .
(, the wants ,ot i Oregm'a .fron ,