The Daily Missoulian. [volume], August 27, 1910, Morning, Page 5, Image 5

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3 PIECE ORCHESTRA..
PART I.-The flight of Eliza over the frozen Ohio river. See the
cotton fields In bloom.
PART II. The pathetic death of little Eva.
PART III. Uncle Tpm's death.
Filrst show begins promptly at .7 p. m.
Monday night a $100 diamond ring given to some lhwky lady.
THE'HIOUSE OF FEATURES.I
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LOOK! i ig Special
See the big Essenay feature ploture,
".Trailed to the Hills"
Stirrlir, Startling, Exioting.
"MAX FOILS THE POLICE."
Max has some fun; full of laughs,
"RIDING FEATS iB THE RUSSIAN COSSACKS," I,
At exhibition of expert riding.
+"THE WCIKED #PARON AND THE PAGE,"
An lnterestin; film, showing elaborate costumes, beautiful scenery
and customs of. the early days.
'"TH MOONLIGHT FLITTING,"
Tricks out of tis9L oridinary makes this film extraordinarily funny.
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PINCHOT SCORES
CONGRESS FOR
THE FIRES
DECLARES THAT, CONGLAGRA.
TION IN IORTHWEST SHOULD
BE S.'IONG LESSON.
WVashington, Jug. 20,--rlffo d Pin
shot of the National Onnservatlonr as
soeiation and former head Of the gov
eirnment forest service, in a statemePn
Issued this morninK, holds that the lonss
of property and life in the recent and
present forest fires was unnecesiary.
The dlsastrous resultsi, he says,' are
traceable to the *unpreparedness to
deal with the fires. lie scores o nem
here ,of congress who have oppb di
approlpriatlons for the proper equip
ment of forest ranges, and in that con
nection lnator Heyburn, whose home
town, Wallace,. uffered serious loss;
M.nator Carter of Montana and Itep
resentative Mondell of Wyoming. The
statemellnt follows:
Proud of Men's Work.
"I am proud of the splendid work
the men of the forest service have been
doing again in the western forest
fires. Many of them have given their
lives to protect the homes of settlers
and the forests on which the pros
perity of the western people depend.
To mny minid their conduct Is beyond
all lpralste.
"lorest fires are preventable. It is
a goodi thing for us to remember at
tills time that nearly or quite all of the
loss, suffering and death the fires have
caulsedt was wholly unppeessary. ",
"A fire in the forest Is the stnmekind
of a thing as a fire in a city. There
is only one way to fight either. 'The
fir.. deparlinnt;:of' every city Is or
ganised with the plime idea rifgetting
to tile fire whge It Is young. So.it .ji
with' the forest: ' fires. The tlmun to
conquer them is before' they grow
strong.
Great Fires May Be Prevented. .
"If a forest is equippedl with roads,
trails, telephone lines qnd reasonable
number of men for patrol, there is no
more likelihood that great fires will be
able to get started than there is that
great conflagrations like the Chloago
fire will get started In a r(lty with a
modern fire department. Under rire'
clrcutmstances they may, hilt the
chances are against it."
"The forest service has done wdn
ders with its handful of men. It has.
put out every year tho(Isns .of small
fires, any ona of wbjehkjunder favor
able', conditions, mnght.:hat. develpped'
Info a conflagratlog which 10,000 r#ten
cotild not stop.-. if i year, bee$use
of dirouth.. there were many fires,, and
the rangers were too few..
Lesson, from Fires.
"'Te lesson from these fi-es Is ter
fectly clear.' When a city suffers from
a great fire it does not retrench In
its fire department, but strengthens it.
That is what the nation must do in
the national forests. " -
"The men in congress like Heyburn,
Carter and Mondell, who have made
light of the efforts of the forest seiv
Ice to prepare itself to prevent-just
such a calamity as, this, have in ef
feet been fighting on the side of tile
fires against the general welfare. If
even a smliall fraction of the loss from
tihe present fles had been expended
In additional patrol and., pre.entlve
equipment, some, or perhaps nearly all,
of the loss could have been avoided.
"I hellevb our people will take this
lesson to heart and Insist that the
settlers and their wives and children,
thi lumbermen and the miners and,
the two billion dollars' worth of prop
erty in the national forests shall be
equally protected."
Waltf advertising shortens your
search for it-if "It" is findablet
PGRAVES ISCUSSES
SITUATION
UNITED STATES FORESTER GIVES
OUT SIGNED INTERVIEW ON
WORK OF SERVICE.
United Ptates Forester Hlcry S.
Graves yesterday gave out a signed
interview on the present fire situation.
Mr. craves expresses himself as de
lighlted with the' work of the forest
service. The men in the employ of
'the service, he states, have done won
derful work and, had It not been for
the fearful hurricane which struck the
fires Flaturday, -there wolld have been
but little damage done.
Mr. (Orkves states that the men In
the employ of the government have
quelled over 3,000 fires in their incip
iency and have, In addition, put out
over 90 fires of considerable size.
The forester praises the people of
Missoula for their treatment of the
refugees. The difficulty in lhndling
the fires he attributes largely to thei,
lack of wagon roads and trails and
means of communication. By sufficient
appropriation, he states, this difficulty
could he eliminated. The stalement
followsi
The Statement.
"During the present year the forest
fires on the national forests have been
the most serious since the forests were
established. This has been due to the
very severe drought, which, in certain
regions of the northwest, is the worst
experienced for many years. The for
ests have been extremely dry and there
have been ainlost constant high winds.
Under these conditions, a small spark
is uttfficlent to start a severe fire in
a very short time. The forest service
has maintained an Increased fire pa
trol, especially along railroad rights
of-way and oiliher points where fires
,rpe likely to start. Innumerable fires
have sprung up, so0me starting within
the national forests andi many on private
lands adjoining them. The patrolmen
have been able to extinguish the bulk
of those starting near the roads and
trails before they reached any consld
erahble proportions. Thus, in this dis
trlct, over 3,000 fires have been put out
in their Incipiency by the forest offI
cers. In addition to over 90 'fires of
consilderable size which have been ex
tinguished. The majority of the fires
started by the railroads were extln
gulshed through the quick work of the
forest rangers and the patrolmen em
ployed by the railroads, The fired
startlng in" the lens-accessible portions
of the forests could not be reached as
qlickly, and consequently many of
them became well developed before the
fire-fighters could reach them.
Communication.
"Since the establislmpent of the pa
tional forests the forest service has
"been constructing trails and telephone
lines in the forests as rapidly as the
fundds appropriated by congress per
mitted. These trails opened up the
forests for communication, enabling
access to fires which might ble started.
Many parts of the northwestern for
easts are, however, still without such
communication, and it Is chiefly the
fires In such areas which have caused
the present disaster in Idaho and Monl
tans. The most sarloips and disastrous
fires havre occurred ,it gcatJons whose
inatce slblllity and lack of communica
tion' made it imncposiblie to reach theqt
quickly with adequate fire-flghtll!
crews.
The Hurricane.
"In spite of all the difficulties of the
situation, the fire-fighters last week
had succeeded in bringing nearly all
the fires under control, with fire lines
surrounding them. On Saturday.night,
August 20, a terrific hurricane arose,
fanning the smouldering fires into life.
Sparks were blown over the fire lines,
new fires sprung up and what had been
dying fires became groat conflagra
tions, far beyond human control while
the high winds lasted. In several
places the flames-swept upon the bands
of fire-fighters ap4.avereame them be
fore they could. escape. 'Before these
fires could be crntrolled, several small
towns Were burned and' others were
seved only by desperate fighting. The
wind' died down Sunday, the 21st, and
rain and snow fell In certain sections
of Montana and Idaho on Tuesday, en
abling the renewal of the tight against
against ~he fires. Rescue parties were
at once sent out by the forest service
to save settlers and. fire-fighters in
danger and those Injured by 'the fires,
and to bring out the bodles of those
who were killed. , Everyone united in
the work of rescue and relief of the
sufferers. The' war department fur
nished troops for help. In rescue and
fire-fighting. The citizens in Missoula
and other cities and towns received thp
refugees and gave aid with open
handed generosity. Since the big fires
of Saturday night and Sunday the fire
fighting has been reorganized and al
ready many r fires have been brought
under control. Several large fires
whloh were spread by the hurricane
are still burning in the inaccessilble
districts, but they, have been checked
at points where a',y communities were
in danger. As rapidly as posslble new
crews are beig organized to cheek the
remaining fires. The situation is still
critical, but Iapld headway is belng
made.
"It Is believed that, altogether, be
tween 80 and 90 men emtployed by the
forest nervice in .iRh)ting fires have
been killed. .The' recue parties have
not yet all reported, so tlat a inal
statement cannot yet be made. It is
impossible as yet to estimate just bow
much property was destroyed. It will
require conlsiderable time to examine
the torests to determine what area was
burned and how much timber was
killed.
"The great damage this year must
be attrlbuted, first, to the exceptional
drought and almost continuous high
dry. winds. I consider that the local
forest offlicers and those' co-operatlnip
with them have done a renyrkable
work to hold the fires down, even to
the present damage, cdnsidering the
dlfflcultles under which they had to
work. The work of fire-fighting has
been spleqdldly orRanlbed. The men
on the figii(M inC'..bve" shown a
spirit and courage in thlif.flittempt to
save life and property that makes one
proud of them, The spirit of co-op.
eration in this emergency, by the state,
the railrondas, imberm;ern, itne B
others Interested has been splendid.
"The lesson of these fires is that
the most urgent need for adequate fire
protection Is a complete system of
roads and tralls, enabling ready trans.
portation throughout the forests, and
telephllonn lines for qullik cmlfnllnina
i Ion.
"It is the system started by the for.
est service: but this year's experience
shows the urgency of rapidly carry
ing the work to completion and the
peed of the necessary funds for It.
With an adequate system of roads,
trails and telephone lines, the forests
can he suc'cesafully patrolled acnd pro.
lected."
BURIED TODAY.
The funeral of Plus Sallle will hbe
held front Marsh's chapel today. In
terment will be It the Missoula come
try. R1ev. . . HMert. will officiate.
HAIM'S PARTY TURNS
UP SAFE
(Continued From Page One.)
non's crew crossed the Bitter Root
mountains from Darby just before the
fire and is thought to be out of dan
ger. it would have been impossible for
them to have returned by this time,
and, since the fires were not serions in
that neighborhood, it Is not to be sup
posed that they would turn back. A
searching party was sent out after
them to make absonlttely certain of
their safety and word is expected fromn
tills party within tile next, few days.
Of the 27 men missing from Ranger
ilollingshed's crew, little Is known, as
they were scattered all over the forest.
How many of them have returned In
not known. .ighteen are known to be
dead and many of the rest are ielieved
to b.e in, the hospital at. St. Joe.
Coeur d'Alene Bad.
The situation on the northern part
of the Coeur d'Alene forest Is still
clouded with mystery and further fa
talitines may develop there. Ranger
Flrsher returned from Wallace yester
day and reported toGreeley. lie evi
dently knew absolutely nothing as to
the whereabouts of many of Ills crews.
Associate Fnorester Slicox Is in Wal
lace now and a definite report fronm
there is expected soon.
The general sltulatlon was practically
ulnchanged yesterday. Tile fires on the
Kootenal were practically all under
control today and those In the vicinity
of Libby and Troy were all out.
E. E. C. arter brought back a detailed
report of conditions In the vicinity of
Avery. The .24 men who were burned
to death on. S.tzer creek died througll
their own negligence, he said.- Ranger
Sheehey was.in charge of the camp In
which these men were killed and from
which the flve, men are at present
mini.ng.., .in the fires became serl
ous, he started a back-fire and went
in to town, Then the wind began to
blow and he sent a messenger to the
camp, telling the men to come In at
once. It was smoky and the then could
not see the flames and, feeling con
fldent of" heir safety, they refused to
obey the orders and remained where
they were, with the result that within
a few mhiuttel the back-fire had cut
them off fsoni escape.
Tro.ible in Avery.
Avel is a if gn and for a time
so may lif.Prgea fire-fighters filled
the town that it was next to impos
sible to feed them. The men were of
fered transportation to St. Joe, but re
fused to accept It and remained In the
stricken town ,drinking and expecting
the service to feed them. The situa
tion has been greatly relieved, how
ever, and there is no present danger
of supplies running short.
It was reported last night that one
crew of surveyors, working for the
United States geological survey, was
lost near the headWaterid of the Clear
water. *'wo parties, were In the field
in the stricken didtl~lot when the fire
broke out, aha yesterday one of thlle
showed up at DeBorgla. No word has
been received from the other party,
hoawever.
Damage at Heron.
IHeron, Aug. Q6,-(i-peclat.)-The
forest fires have destroyed the homes
of Hugh Lillard, Robert Dodge, John
Carroll, William Oraybill, Gus John
son, John f4chiller, Ernest Jacklns,
Ieowls Wagner and John and Mike
Mulvehill. Tile Mulvehill lost all
their posessilons', nclluding their live
stock. The others saved their stock,
and In some Instances, a few personal
belongings.
There has been, as far as known,
but one life lost here. Andrew Christ
was calght by the fire In Copper
gulchl Monday.
ANNUAL PICNIC WILL
BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY
The picnic committee of Electa
chaptgr No.' 7 of the Order of Eastern
Star held a meeting last evening to
arrange for the annual picnic whiich
will be hleld on Valentine Jackey's lawn
in Orchard Homes on August 31. All
thle members o)f the order and their
famllles esldlng in the city are cor
dially Invited to attend, bring tleilr
Iilnch and have a good time.
WILL ATTEMPT TO SOAR
ACROSS THE GOLDEN GATE
Ban WPranclsco, Aug. 26.-In an aero
plane built along the lines of his own
design, Captain Ivy Baldwin will leave
Fort Bakqr at 8 o'clock,,tomorrow
morning in an attempt to make a
flight across the Golden Gate. the
objective point will be a spot on thy'
grounds of the United States Presltio
EFFORT1TORANI7E
LUMBERMEN
PLANS UNDER WAY AT SPOKANE
I TO PROTECT THE LUM.
BER INTERESTS.
Ppokane, Aug. 26.-Plans are under
way In Spokane to organise the lumnhr
Interests of Washington, Idaho, Ore.
gon, Montana and California In a
campaign to secure adequate proter c
tion for the national forest reserva
tions in the northwestern and Pnelfle
states, to avert a recurrento of the fires
that have cost scores of lives and dle
stroyed millions of dollars' worth of
standing timber, nwnedt by the govern.
ment and private Interests, durlng the
last 60 days.
Lumbermen in n pokane say that the
lack of proper precautions on the part
of the United States government to
protedt Its own timber lands Is largely
responsible for the spread of the re
cent fires In northern Idaho.
Delegates appointed In the north
western states will bring the plan to
the attention of the National Con
servation congress at St. Paul, Sep
tember i to 9, with a view Jo securing
the Indorsement of that organization,
and in the meantime nothing will be
left undone to apprise the chief execu
tive of the nation and the forestry and
other departments of the necessity of
protection against the ravages of for
est fires.
Graveness of Trouble.
When the Western Pine Manu
facturers' association, at its. semi-an.
nual meeting in Spokane early In Au
gtust, petitioned Preildent Taft and the
war department to station federal
troops in the national reserves during
the dry season, from May to October,
It was believed the graveness of the
situation had been Indicated, but the
plan of having the soldiers patrol the
forests was frowned upon by Major
general Leonard Wood, chief Cf staff,
who nays the use of the troops for
the purpose suggested Is wholly Itn
practicable.
A. W. Cooper of Spokane, secretary
of the Westerrn Pine Manufacturers'
association, has just received a copy
of General Wood's letter to President
Taft's secretary. The full text fol
lows:
"I have the honor to acknowledge, by
your reference, of a letter from A. W.
Cooper, secretary of the Western Pirh
Manufacturers' association, Spokane,
Wash., inclosing copy of a resolution
passed by the association asking the
assignment of United States troops for
patrol duty in the national forests from
May to October of each year, In order
to prevent forest fires, and In response
thereto to inform you that the com
manding general, dapartment of the
Columbla, Vancouver, barracks, Wash
Ington, and the -commanding general,
department of Dakota, St. Paul, Minn.,
have altleady been directed to place
certain orgat{Isations from posts in
their departments In the field, for duty
In co-operation with the forest service
and with officials of the Interior fie
partment is} extingulishng the forest
fires.
"In this connection It Is deemed
proper to state that the stggested Use
of troops from May until October each
year for the purpose set forth In the
resolution of the Western Pine Manu
facturers' assoclation is wholly im
ract lcable."
Secretary Cooper gave otut this slate
ment after reading General Wood's
letter.
Lumbermen Optimistic.
"The lumbermen in the northwest be
lieve that the use of troops is not only
practical but the most logical and least
expensive method of protecting the vast
areas bf timber in the national forests.
"The training of the troops for this
work would not be a waste of time, bult
should make all the better soldiers and
would be far more beneficial for the
men than holding them in comparative
idleness at military posts.
"The troops used this year In the
conflagratlon did splendid work in
fighting fire, even 'without training, ac
cording to reports, and, if trained to
patrol the mountain timber districts in
the dry months of summer, they would
provide the preventative which Is
sadly needed.
"It Is further pointed out that the
present appropriation at the disposal of
the government forest service Is wholly
inadequate to provide for a suitable
patrol force and at the same time carry
on the necessary business of the for
ests, and also that, when a sbnous fire
does start, the government rangers are
entirely dependent on what clhance
help can be picked up and have no or
ganlzed reliable body of men to fall
back on In emergencies.
"The lumbermen in northern Idaho
and Washington are doing far more
than the government In the way of
patrol In protection of their holdings
and all they ask is that Uncle Elam do
as much, and they point out the army
as the best solution of the problem.
NOTICE.
Anybody found hunting, fishing or
trPspasslng ont ally of mly land will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. This means all.
GASPARD DEtSCHAMPS.
Dysentery In a dangerous disease, but
can be oured. Chamberlatlmt's Colic,
Cholera. and Dilarrhoea Remedy has
been successfully used In nine epidem
Ice of dysentery. It has never been
knowll to fall. It is eqtually valuable
for chldren and adults, and when re
duced with water and sweetened, it is
pleasant to tahe. Sold by all dealer. I
reservation, which Is to be marked by
a small American flag.
Two government tugs, bearlng of.
flolals and newspaper men, will fol.
low the course of Baldwln's machine
across the el'hnnei, ithd' expert
,swlimers ant. lltesai'ers will' be on
'4 a'd to render asilstance in the event
of a mishap.
25 Beautiful All-Wool Dress
Patterns, Worth from $12 to
$25 Each, On Sale Today, $5
They were displayed in the windo~
Thursday evening and we could have
sold half of them yesterday./ Of these
twenty-five dress patterns, each one is
exclusive and individual and bound to
make up into an exquisite, stylish dress,
suit or gown; some are good, heavy
weight, some of medium weight and some
are filmy plain and silk-striped vqlles, in
good patterns---stripes, checks, plaids
and fancy mixtures in stylish colors,
both light and dark.
These' patterns are full eight (8)
yards long andi regula:rly prih'ed at
fromi $12.00 to $25.00 ($1.50 to $2.10
a yard). Your choicer ltday of all
Sf th m.......... .....................................
This is one of those occasions where early attention is imperative.
Several women may have their eye on the same pattern, The one
who gets it will be justly elated. .
Lace Hose, 3 Pairs for $1.00
Regular Prices, 65c and 75c a Pair
Two complete limes of fine, lace-effect hosiery are of
fered today at it remarkable price concession. They
come in pink, blue, green, red, white and black, all
sizes in each color, and are the qualities we have sold
right along at 05e and 75e a pair; 3 Pai 1
specialtoda only ............................... 1 s $
Last Day of Our
La Grecque Corset Demonstration
if you have not taken advantage of
the olpportunity to get the invaluable
* nlhvice of the New York expert cor.
lhierr~', Madaun Petree, about the
corset Lbst adapted to set off your
S figure to its greatest advantage, do
so today without fail.
This demonstration has been a greal
success. Coming, as it did, just 1w.
fore the opening of the fall season,
wihen every woman is concerned in
having just the right corset, over
Swhich her new gowns can be fitted.
La Grecque Coraets
-are the embodiment of grace and
comfort. Skillfully designed and
correct in manulfactire, they develop
an erect, stylish figure and give
sweeping lines to the simlplest dress.
Theirlbasic principri is to gauide the
figuire toward ideal development
where it has hoen retarded or nag
lecttedl. More ihan beautifiers of
form, they are a Hygienic Support
and a Promoter of Health.
Stout or elenddr, tall or short, there's a spe.
cial model of La Grecque corest that will
give you shapely, graceful lines and poise,
with gomfort.
No wilde-awake woman an afford to miss this excep
tional opportunity to get expert advice, FREI~t, aQdi:
this is tile LAST DAY.