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rAGE Form OaXiit OAPTTAIi JOTJIUTAI, HALES t, OREGON. MONDAY", OCTOBER 10, 1010. t i f ' 1 ill ' III THE CITY REASURER PORTS 1LS DISBURSED 871,2311.71 IN PAST THREE MONTHS AXD STARTS NEW QUARTER AV1TU BALANCE ON HAND OK SIo,-233,00. City Treasurer Kobt, A. Crossan lias prepared following report for the quarter, ending September 3U, 1910: Cash per last report $ 37,016.9 i Reelved during July.... 43,747.03 Received during August.. 12,008.99 Recolved during Sept.... 25,192.75 Total niO.465.77 Disbursement-?. Paid during July $37,128.3 L Paid during August 2G.001.75 Paid during September.. 11,103.65 Total disbursements ..$74,233.71 Balanco Oct. 1, 1910. .$45,232.0(5 The money 1b distributed in the various funds as follows, city funds, whlcl includes: General fund $9,041.64 Street fnnd 3,375.50 Dog tax fund 450.05 Sinking fund 128.13 Total $12,995.32 Total balances In the 52 different Improvement funds.' ..$32,23C.7-1 Total. . $45,232. 0.1 For lack of time Mr. Crossun Una not bean ablo to seggregnto, the amounts In tlio 52 different fu'mU, but will do so at n notir dnto in tin future. HUNDREDS PERISH IX FIRE. (Continued from page 1.) woro left to fight tho flro. It was simply a roourronco of tho "survival of tho fittest," and thoso who failed to board tho train ran along after It until they woro overtnkon by the flumes and cremated. May Reach 1000. Wnr Road, Minn., Oct. 10J Tho destruction of Qracotown, Swift, Itoosevolt and Cedar Spiir by a groat forest flro that Is rushing upon Wnr Road from tho southwest today Is predicted to bring tho total of dead in the flro zone up to 750. Couriers ro port scores of lumbermen woro caught by tho flames and killed, and that tho bodies of many mny never bo recov ered. Others esttmnto that tho death list will roach 100,0. The flro zono Is 80 miles long, ex tending from Gravel Pit Spur to Stratton, Ont., and 30 miles wide be- tweon Bod Lako, Mian., and Lako of tho Woods. It Is roportod that tho flro Is spreading In all dlrootlons. Lumbermen ostlmato that an nvornge loss of C. 000, 000 feet of lumber to tho square mllo over a territory ap proximately measuring 3000 squaro nilleg line been caused. Nine families, oaoli having from throe to sight members, perish )d near Rainy Illvor, Tholr bodies wero found along tho railroad tracks. Iluilrond officials stato that tho pnssago of the train loadod with rofugoes Is slow owing to hoat twluted rails. Nine women, throo of them carry ing babies, rode Into War Itoad on horsobook from tho sottlomont. All wore badly scorched and It i feared tlioy will die. The state of Minnesota Is muster ing its fire lighters and rushing thorn to the scene on Bpoclal trains as rap-: Idly as food supplies can bo fur nished. The Itnt Portage lumber mill, val ued at $350,000, and also 10,000, 000 feet of lumber at tho stnvo mills! of the Western Canada flour mills,! togotber with SO homos, wero de stroyed. At Rainy Rivor tho Are burned from the International bridge to Sixth street, within one mile of tho conter of the towu, nni. It Is feared that Rainy River is doomed. ii isi'j Absolutely' Pure Tho only baking powder matto from Royal Crapo Groam of Tartar No Alum, Ho Lime Phosphate flro has reached Rnpld River not a settlor can have escaped. Tho vlllago of Lorotto, sevon miles from Winnipeg, Is in the path of a great wall of Are, estimated to bo eight miles long. The Inhabitants are fleeing toward Winnipeg. Fire fight ers are being sent from here. Tho wind Is nearly a gale, and the sltua tlon Is growing more serious with ev cry passing moment. Pralrlo fires started near Winni peg this morning and are under a high wind advancing toward this city, threatening tho city. At noon the fire was within eight miles of Winnipeg. Telegraphic communication has been recovered from Fort Frances to Fort William. Tho Rainy River Lum ber Company's plant and 40,000,000 foot of lumber Is Intact. It will be n month bofore the total deaths will bo available Death List Growing, Winnipeg. Man., Oct. 10. Sayjan townB. BQuudotto, Spoonor, QraaBtoh, Pitt, Codar Spur, Swift and Roosovolt havo been vpod out In tho forest flroa. Five hundred porsonH nro ro portod 'to huvo porlshed, and the death roll may total 1000, according to ox liarloncod forosters. Fifty houses and two mills woro burned at Rnlny -River. Lumbermon deolnro tho loss of stnndlus timber will total In tho mil. lions. The llrst Canadian Northern train In several days roaohod horo at 11:05 this morning from Fort Frances, this being the Duluth spoolul. Among tho passengoti was J. K. Cameron, genornl superintendent of tho Cana dian Northern, who says published reports of tho total doad of BOO, prob ably are conservative Ho says if tho Rainy River, Ont., Oct. 10. One searching party has returned, bring ing tho nlun bodies of tho Bo fen family, consisting of father, mother and sovon children. Thoy had only got a short distance from their home when ovortaken by tho fire. George Wowor, Charles Bakor and Patrick O'Marn, who woro missing, havo turned up. Of tho Iowa men out looking for homesteads, two of the bodies havo boon found.. Their names cannot bo ascertained. Charles Bakor counted 19 bodies on his way to town. Thoso aro all within a radius of six miles of Baudctte. How many will bo found further but cannot bo ascertained. Persons aro sending their families oast on special trains, made up here, for Fort Francos,, whoro they can transfer for Duluth, At a mass meeting yesterday af ternoon tho citizens of Rainy Rivor organized a vlgllanco commlttco for tho purpose of ending tho activity of thieves and ghouls. Fifty mon aro guarding tho ruins of tho town today as n result. Walter Farlos was probably fatally Injured yestorday when ho nttomptod to stop three cracksmen from blowing open n safe at the dopot. One suspect has slnco been arrostod. Sprnguo, Ont., Oct. 10. Tho vil lage of Longworth bogan to burn this nftornoon nnd 300 porsons nre floolng from tho flames. Editor Stunning, of tlj Warroad Plaln doalor, assorts that tho proporty losses will reach $100,000,000. FRENCHMEN ARE INSULTED BY OFFICERS ti'NiTKu muss Lriatn wins.l New York, Oct. lu A rigid Inves tigation of a direct Insult offered three Fronohmon who arrived horo on tho atoanier Madonna was begun to day. The mon nre IStlune Boyer. president of the Marseilles Cement Company. Jean RubartL, his son-in-law, nnd Joseph Ludovloh Michel. The authorities will try to ascer tain Just why they wore taken to Ullls Island, at the roqutwt of two private- detoctives, although thoy had letters of introduction to Prosl dont Taft, Theodoro Roosovolt and otltors; $30,000 In cash, and latter of credit for $70,000 more. Tho throo mon woro roloasod from the Immigration hondquartors on El lis Island within u fow minutes uftor they landed thoro. Apologise wero made, but thoy havo takon tho mat ter up with tho French oofisul, and the Investigation Is the roettlt. Im migration authorities refuse to dis cuss the affair, and others Involyod are equally reticent. PURCHASE OF PLANT UP T0N1 GHT It Is In time of sudden m'Jhap oi accident that Chamberlain's Lini ment onu be relied upon to tnko tho place of tho family doctor, who can not always bo found nt the moment. Then It Is that Chamberlain's Lini ment Is never found wanting. In eases of sprains, outs, wounds nnd bruises Chamborlaln'a Liniment takes out the Borouess and drives away the pain. Sold by all daalors. i Q Soma hogs around Hormlston aro getting fat on apples. THE DETAILED STATEMEXT OF TITLE AXD ITEMIZED LIST OF PROPERTY' FURNISHED MY WATER COMPAXV COUNCIL MAY AOT OX IT TOXIGIIT. Probably tho most Important Item of business scheduled for this even ing's session of tho city council Is tho introduction of an ordinance au thorizing tho advertising for bid? for tho flontlng of bonds In the ap proximate amount ,of $400,000 for the purchase of the plant of the Sn lem Water company by' tho city and tho Introduction of an ordinance au thorizing tho bond issue and tho pur chnso of the plant. Both of these ordinances are In process of drafting by the law firm of McNary and Mc Nary and will bo ready for presenta tion at tonight's session, and for the nctlon of tho council. In compliance with tho request of the special commltt; nnd Mayor Rodgers tho water company has sub mitted Its abstracts of record of title to all of the properties proffered for sale to the city; and Is preparing an Itemized and detailed statement of tho physical valttntlon of the plant, together with the character and value of the betterments thnt havo been made to tho system slnco th proporty was npprnlsed In May, 1910, and this will bo furnished Uip council committee as soon as com pleted. Then the whole matter will bo gono over thoroughly by a compe tent corps of experts and when final ly passed upon will bo ready for ac ceptance or rejection by the council In tho meantime it will require tit least s'x weeks' time In which to give' the proposed bond Issue dun publication within tho requirement'? of tho city charter and, after the award of tho contract for the flont lng of tho bonds has been mnde. it will bo fully six weeks longer for full examination Into the legality of tho issue by tho bonding company and tho realization of the cash by tho city, hence it will bo nlmost Im possible for tho city to acquire own ership of tho plant before the firs of next year nt tho very best. NINETY ARE BURNED. (Continued from page 1.) with tho deadly damp, oven though a largo fan on a motor car Is fre quently sent In to clear out tho gases Tho explosion Is believed to havo oc curred five miles from the mouth of the mine, but tho shock dislodgsd gront masses of earth which splin tered tho stopes nnd shut off tho es capo of tho men. Tho prisoners havo two chances In a million to oscnpo. Tholr only hope Is to forco their way through tho cloggoij-jipd gas-flllod main tunnol or mako tholr way to an old tunnol load-, lng to tho Englovolle mlno, which adjoins tho Stnrkvllle workings. Sov oral years ago, during a flro In tho Englevlllo mine, this tunnol was walled up. Scores of workmon nro now fran tically toaring Into tho wall with picks and small chargos of powder, In tho hopo of aiding tho men to gain their freedom. Throughout tho night grief-crazed, hopeloss womon wnndorod from group to group of oxhaustod and rusting workors, roltorntlng hopelessly "nny news?" Always tho answor wns that tho roscuo was Impossible. Human life cannot exist In the gns-llllod tunnols. tho only hopo being that tho mon found refugo In nbandonod workings froe from tho fumos. One Itnllan mother, cragod by the strain of watching and waiting, bade her olght children knool In prayor. She wns seised just as she prepared to plungo n knife Info tho hoart of the child knoeltng nearest her. Similar harrowing scones ocourrod In other parts of tho property, as most of tho antombod men are mar ried. One theory of the explosion Is that n minor opened his lamp In an old tunnol, nnd thnt collected dust ex ploded. The mine was considered safe. Blasting had boon forbidden, and tho use of powder wns not noo- twsaryl as tho coal could bo dislodged with tho plpk. Working with tho fan tho resou- ors ronchod within n mllo of tho lm- prlsonod mon, and State Mine In spector Jones said ho ox pooled to roach the scons of tho explosion Into this afternoon. "There Is still a chance that Ihn mon nre alive," he Bald. "There are many crosscut air-ways In the lab ryntha of the tunnels, and H Is pos sible that some of tho men found safety ohnmbers." Tho rosouars oame to the surface at noon nnd declared It would be Im possibly to renoh the Imprisoned victims before night This news brought added woo to the women and children thronging Life Time Pianos You Are To Spen ifetime Life Time Pianos With jl OUlT Irs a Good One Choose it wisely and with caution-avoid the experimental piano, the unknown, the unmerited. They will prove unsatisfactory. T-l l inn o Testing Year Piano Satisfaction IS THE PIANO FOR YOU. Look around and visit all the stores and sales, Inquire, investigate, buy ' only the best piano for the money. 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Tho Upperdlno family, Anjpricans, was the hardest hit. A father and eldest son are entombed. The father leaves eight children and the son has two babies. A discrepancy in tho estimates of tho numbor In tho mine at the tlmo of tho explosion has developed. The company claims that 51 men were in the mine, while the minors declare: that there were 90 men In the work ings. ' Tho miners assort that the dust was very thick, and that three weeks ago tho company bogan laying pipes to tho furthor stopes to allay tho dust. Anita Gonzales, wife of one of tho ontombed men, walled near a live wire with her Infant. Tho baby seized tho wlro and was electrocuted. When told of the child's doath, tho mot'sr became insane. C. L, Roberts, roprosontlng the bureau of mines, Is here today. It dovelopod that last week tho coal company refused to furnish a site for a federal roscuo bureau. probable that the Oregon Electric will present an application for a fran chise to construct a spur to connect with the mill which will contain a "common users' " clause, Which, it Is understood,, will be accepted by the council. Tho council Is almost unanimous In opposition to the granting of any moro franchises over or upon any of tho streets of tho city without con taining a clause giving all common carriers equal rights and privileges In the franchise, and, since the Southern . Pacific's Front street franchise,, which was granted 25 years ago, and gives it exclusive right of way over tho street, expires next year, and will come up for renewal, the "com mon users' " clause question will doubtless be a lively one at the coun cil meetings henceforth. Tho Demon of tho Air. Is tho germ of LaGrlppe, that, breathed In, brings suffering to thous ands. 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HMtMHttHtHMHmHHMMtlMHmtMHm4MMHttM I COMMON USER CLAUSE IS TO GO WITH FRANCHISE One of tho matters of Importance that will come up boforo the coun cil nt tonight's mooting will bo the oonsldetntion of tho application of tho Southern Pacific Company for a franchlso to permit the construction of a snur on Trndo streot. from Us flwlti'hing track to connect with tl.o Cupltnl F:ourIng mills, nt tho corner of Church street, nnd the ordlnanco committee wllj report It back with the recommondntlon that It bo roforreu to the city attornoy with Instructions to Insert In the proposed ordlnnnco a "common users " olause, as a condi tion precedent to Its being enacted, which will grant the Oregon Electrlo railway or any other common carrier tho privilege of Joint usage of the traok. It Is expected that tho Southern Pacific Company will mako a vigor ous contest of this proposition, as It desires exclusive right of way over the coveted switch, particularly to the oxoluslon of the Hill Interests, but. 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