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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

from an engine proceeding through a
forested country during dry weather
are almost sure to start fires. In this
connection it is noteworthy that the
first serious fires in the Adirondack
region this spring 1903, were direct
ly due to the hot cinders thrown out
by a locomotive when a heavy wind
was blowing across the tracks. The
forest was in a highly infammable
condition, due to the long dry spell,
and these fires burned for days. An
other fire in the same region was
caused by an engineer VINO, in order
TO improve the %draught, took the
spark arrester out of the engine while
going from Saranac to Lake Placid.
Section hands, too, in burning old ties,
brush, weeds and rubbish along the
right of way, are apt to let the flames
escape into adjoining wooded lands"
Others responsible for many forest
fires are ~lumbermen, farmers and set
tiers. Hunters cause trouble by leav-
ing camp fires burning. Tourists are
a menace, especially in Maine and the
Adirondacks; n match end, a lighted
fire, sometimes leading to a mighty
confagration. Berry pickers will fire
areas to improve next seasons crop,
sheep herders to improve ~pasturaee;
and both have proved sources of dan
ger. In the south a menace has been
the hurry to set use of lands for corn
and cotton. Each year in the south
immense areas are "girdled' and
burned. Sometimes wantonness and
malice are at the bottom of destruc-
tive fires; boys wanting to see a big
blaze; natives jealous of private pre-
serves and even Of state preserves.
But carelessness is chief cause, there
are but scattered instances where the
cause can be traced to righteousness.
And there are but scattered instances
Of forest fires starting from lightning.
In 1903 the bureau of forestry began
a thorough study in various regions
Of the forest ere problem. Men were
placed in forest regions to study fires
in the process of burning; agents put
to investigate causes, find how fast
fires burn, what conditions favor and
what hinder them, what damage they
do soil and tree growth. Other gents
were delegated to. study fire protec-
ton.
Several substantially New York,
Pennsylvania and Minnesota-have
adopted effective fire laws. Minneso-
ia, learning her lesson in the Hinckley
catastrophe, is credited with the best
example OF fire laws. Mr.. Suter tells
US the only way to deal with forest
fires. is to prevent them, and gives cor
dial praise TO Minnesota with her eff
fective service based solely on tbs
idea OF prevention.
KATHERINE POPE.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
cHILD's AWFUL SKIN HuMoR
Screamed with Pain-Suffering Near
~ Lroke Parents Eeart-speed-
lily Cured by Cutieura.

Il wish TO inform you that the
Cuticura Remedies have put a stop TO
twelve years Of misery ! passed wiki
my son. As an infant | noticed on his
body a red spot, and treated same
with different remedies for about FIVE
years, but when the spot began TO
get larger | put him under the care of
doctors. Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
OF his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse IL grew. Dur
ing the day Il would get rough and
form like scales. At night Il would
be cracked, inlamed and badly swol-
len, with terrible burning and itching.
When think OF his suffering 1t near
ly breaks my heart. His screams
could be heard down stairs. The suf.
fering of my son made me fun Of
misery. | had no ambition to work
to eat, nor could I sleep. One doctor
toln me that my sons eczema was
incurable, and gave IL up for a bad
job. One evening | saw an article in
the paper about the wonderful Cuti-
ouTa and decided to give It a trial.
tell you that Cuticura Ointment is
worth its weisht in gold; and when |
had used the first box of Ointment
there was a great improvement. and
by the time | had used the second set
OF Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resell
vent, my child was cured. He is now
twelve years old, and his skin is as
fine and smooth as silk. Michael
steinman, Z Sumner Avenue, Brook
lyn, N. Y. April 16, 1905"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
"RE RAN FOR LAWYER"
put There Was a Doubt as to Whether
He Had Ever Caught
the Office.

A man from Pennsylvania went TO
Vineland on a business errand. The
town was strange to him, and he was
unacquainted with TIE man Ia lawyer)
he had gone to see. The directions he
received were so indefinite that he
found himself on the elge of the town
without having come to the house he
sought. Then he met an old negro
and asked the way of him and learned
that the house lay about a quarter of
d mile farther down the road.
THE man | want TO see is a law
yer" he said to the old nan rs this
Mr.. Dash down the road a lawyer?''
HE amt no lawyer that | ever
heard tell of" answered the negro.
You're sure?"
The old negro scratched his head in
deep thought. Then a CLEAN OF re-
membrance lighted his eye.
Now / think OF 1t, boss" he said,
"'pears like | do recollect he ran for
lawyer one time"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

acres almost every living thing was
found killed. Even the fish were aft
erward found dead in heaps along the
river banks. Five hundred and ninety
buildings were burned; and a number
OF towns, including Newcastle, Chat
ham and Douglastown, were destroyed.
One hundred and sixty persons per-
ished and and nearly 1000 head of
stock"
The next fire, the Peshtigo fire of
October, 1871, was even more destruc-
tive. Two thousand square miles of
Wisconsin lands were burned over, re-
Suing in timber and other losses
mounting up L many millions of dol
lars. Between 1900 and 1900 persons
were killed, almost half the popula-
ton of the town of Peshtigo persisted.
At about the same time fires ragged in
the neighboring state of Michigan,
hundreds Of people lost their lives, a
strip of land about 40 miles wide and
$50 miles long, extending across the
central part of the state from Lake
Michigan to Lake Huron, was devas-
tated. In this last named confagra-
ton the fire ate up timber estimated
at 1000, 000, 600 feet board measure,
valued at $4,000, Geo.
Ten years afterward, in 1881, great
fires covered more than 1880 miles in
various parts Of Michigan; again
many persons persisted, e 5000 per-
sons were made destitute, much prop
erty was destroyed in addition to the
valuable timber.
Up in the north woods they still
| sneak with bated breath of the dread
full Hinckley fire in Minnesota. in
which SO many persons lost their
lives. The burned-over area was not
SO large as in other great fires, but the
destruction of life and property was
very heavy. Hinckley and six other
towns were destroyed, about 500 per-
sons persisted, and 1000 were left des-
tltute: the estimated loss in property
was S25, 0a0, 900. The loss of life would
have been much greater had it not
been for the heroic conduct of the
railroad men.
Heavy smoke from the frequent fires
on the western coast sometimes rem
ders navigation dangerous on Puse.
Sound. In 1892 forest fires in Oregon
and Washington destroyed within two
weeks over S12, OOO, 900 worth Of tim
Der and property. The loss occurred
in a restricted area and represented
but Il portion CT the country's annuaI
forest fire loss. Yearly forest fires are
looked for: he annual loss is esti
mated 1t $4,000. 900.
AS the chief OF the forest service
suggests, the loss by great forest fires
is a loss very difficult to estimate
1.-The destruction of the timber Is Z
more serious loss than that OF th'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
GOTHAM GRIST.

n New York city there Is one police
10 each $50 persons.
lew York's cemeteries, with their
acres OF land, are sufficient for
burial of the city's dead, at the
Tent death rate, for $50 years.
tnce Peter. Minuit, in 1926, bought
ILhattan island from the Indians
s2I in merchandise, there has been
] ally average OF 80 persons arriv.
\ in the territory now known as New
'Ik city.
the sewers OF New York city were
red end to end in a straight line
would reach from here TO Pixies
TX, LILO miles, and the paved
}ets Of the city would make a road
tg one side Of them all the way.
\ the wind that blew over New
k city in one week recently should
irue its way, at its average We.
ny, it would make the circuit If
earth and be back there the last
il August. for 1t moved at the
of nine miles I'm hour.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

The recent forest fires in the Mich
igan Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin
bring up other forest fires that have
worked such havoc in our splendid
timber lands. Fires in the Adiron-
dacks seem to be annual visitations.
sometimes reaching large proportions.
sometimes effectively routed ere much
damage has been done; again we hear
OF the great waste in the forest re-
gions of the Pacific coast; of fires in
the tuTpentine forests of the south.
again, That timber lands in Michigan
and Wisconsin have been swept by the
fire demon.
Clifford Pinchot, chief Of the forest
service, United States department of
agriculture. gives in the Farmers Bull
letin a short review of historic fires,
ires that have reached gigantic pro-
portions. Mr.. P'lchot tells of the
Hinckley, Mimi, fire Of September /,
1884; the great fires in Michigan in
1881; Wisconsin Peshtigo fire of Octo-
Der, 1871, and tne Michigan fires of the
same year; o. the Miramichi fire of
1925.
In the latter fire a region in New
Brunswick suffered. This fire at about
one O'Clock in the afternoon was rag
Ing at a place some 60 miles above the
town of Newcastle, on the Miramiehi
river; before ten o'clock it was 90
miles below Newcastle. In nine hours
1t had destroyed a belt OF forest so
miles long and 20 miles wide. over
more than two and a half million
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
'Be Pleasant Every Morning Until
Ten O'clock; the Rest of the Day
Will Take Care of Itse.f."

This is one of the best little SER
o we know. Havo you ever
stopped to think that the morning
Is the time when your temper is usu-
ally rufIled, and have you ever
stopped to think that the cause of
bad temper in the mornin; is nearly
always because your stomach has not
been working properly during the
night? 1t has contained a lot of indi-
gestible substances that form gas
and makes you have dreams. 1t
breaks up your rest and you wake up
in the morning tired, instead of re-
freshed, as nature intended you
should.
Our grand sires required no ad.
monition to "Be pleasant every morn.
ing until 10 o'clock; the rest of the
day will take care of itself" for they
digested their food and woke up fun
of life and energy ready for the days
duties, and this was because they
lived on simple foods instead of high
ly seasoned palatable concoctions,
which contain no nourishment. Ma
ture gave us milk, wheat and eggs,
and on these foods a person a
live indefinitely, but If the milk is
skinned, and il the outside of the
wheat Is taken off the kernel, and II
the lime, the salt, and the iron, which
is in the outer part of the wheat
berry, If these are all removed, you
have simply starch alone; the starch
goes into the stomach and becomes
sugar.
DO you know that a person would
starve to death on plain white bread
and water? Do you know that he
could live indefinitely on whole wheat
bread or on whole wheat food ana
water? These interesting facts are
all set forth in a book called Back
to Nature" which tells about proper
living and gives recipes for meals OF
the simple kind-the kind that makes
you strong and well; the kind that
makes you Pleasant every morning
until 10 o'clock" This book is pub.
!ished at a great expense, but it is
gwen free to every reader of this
paper. 1t is an advertisement OF
"EGG-O-SEE," the great food-whlch
Is made from whole wheat, which Is
baked and predigested and is all
ready to serve from the package you
buy at your groeers. You get more
life and energy from a 10-cent pack
age OF EGG-O-SEE than you will gel
from a thousand dollars worth OF
white bread. This is no idle claim
II is a scientific fact. We want tc
tell about this simple food question
so write us AID say please send me
a copy of your book Back to Ma
ture,'" and the book will be sent you
at once without charge. Address
EGG-O-SEE CO., 10. 10 First Street
Quincy. III.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
oRAcULAR

|any a good resolution quickly runs
IN at the heel.
pretty girl can teach a man most
thing but good common sense.
pays to look a mule IN the face
(n you have anything to say to
bout half of the things bought on
lit would not be bought If cash
|e demanded,
fave you noticed that the bottom
/ cup Of Joy that runs over is sei-
/ far from the top?
Is a good deal better to think
|ry than to write It, and better to
lie il than to print II.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

cattle and buildings, for it carries
with IL the impoverishment of a whole
region for tens or even hundreds of
years afterward. The loss of the
stumpage value Of the timber at the
time of the fire is but a small part of
the damage to the neighborhood. The
wages that would have been earned i'm
numbering, added to the value of the
produce that would have been pur-
chased to supply the lumber camps
and the taxes that would have been
devoted to roads, and other public i'm
provements, furnish a much truer
measure of how much, sooner or later,
1t costs a region when it's forests are
destroyed by fire.
There are two recognized fire G n
sons in the United States, in the
spring and fall. The fire season when
the greatest damage Is done in the
middle west, far west and parts of the
south, is In the period between late
August and early November. II. M.
Suter, editor of Forestry and lrriga-
ton, in an article in the Review Of
Reviews, says that carelessness in one
form or another is cause of most Of
the forest fires in the United States.
of those proceeding from carelessness
fully one-half are due TO railroads and
their employees. Indeed, an expe-
rienced forester, who for a number of
years was a locomotive engineer, is
authority for the statement that at
least 65 per cent. of this country's for
est fires are due to railroads. Sparks
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

The would-be diner had called for
ox-tail soup.
He looked at the liquor which was
brought to him hard and long, tasted
II. smelt ii, and then beckoned the
Young waiter-a fresh-complexioned
younc fellow. whose foot had evident
" net rec. long off his native heath.
Il suppose. whispered the Gus
toner. confdentially, that IN OK real
lv did dip his tail in this soup at least
once-a long time ago-ehE
INC. zur," gasped the HORNED
waiter. mo hox never 'ad is tall
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
TONIC TREATMENT
IL Stomach and Sick Headache
Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

In, 1vmptonls of stomach trouble
H. ome victims have a ravenous
~ Others loathe the sight of food.
H. bere is a feeling as of weight on
At. a full feeling in the throat.
Y ,ethnes the gas presses on the heart
Nads the sufferer to think he has
I disease. Sick headache is q FIRE.
! It and distressing symptom.
weak stomach needs II digestive
il aud that there is no better tonic
Itbis purpose than DIR. Williams Pink
l. is shown by tho statement of MIR.
l.. Merrill, n mining man, of Oneals,
u veteran of Battalion G, Third
Regular Infantry.
u never been well since 1 left
II 1,"he says, DEMONSTRATING had
Il with my stomach, which was
~, / was run down and debilitated.
\ keep nothing on my stomach,
{ times had sick headache so bad
/ did not care whether | lived or
N. Ny stomach refused to retain
IN LIQUID food and l almost despaired
letting well us / had tried so many
lis of medicine without relief. Then
las bitten by n r%attlesnake and that
| me up from work entirely for n
b. six months of which l spent in bed.
lone day n friend recommended DR..
Hams Pink Pills to me ana | began
Ing them. They cured me when all
In medicine had failed. L have
(mmended the pills to a great many,
bluring my recovery every one asked
What was helping me so and / told
b DR.. Williams Pink Pills. / can
1speak too highly of them"
/ you want good health you must have
Il blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Tally make new blood and restore
|tered nerves. They are sold by
Druggists or sent, postpaid, OH re-
b Of price, DOC. per box, six boxes for
b by the DIR. Williams Medicine
| Schenectady, NY.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Quite Reasonable.

DR.. Gustave lie Bon, OF Paris. has
reached the revolutionary conclusion
that matter finally passes away -
spontaneous changes in its molecules.
as illustrated in the electrons OF ra-
dunn, and that the result of these
changes is substances which are in
termediary between ponderable bodi -
and uncomfortable ether"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

b Psychologist and an Assyriologist
b dIsputing about the relative ad-
Eement of the two ancient peoples
lm they were studying.
why, sir" cried the Egyptologist,
! tlnd remains of wires in Egypt,
fh prove they understood electric
Pshaw!" answered the Assyriolo-
I'VE don't find any wires in Assy-
and that shows that they under
ID wireless telegraphy!' Stray
lies.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

fnid, nervous and lame in the
ming. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
right away, and the great relief
followed has been permanent"
bld by all dealers. so cents a box.
Dter-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

Thousands tell of
cures made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John c. Coleman, a
prominent merchant
of S~wainsboro, Ca,
y For several
years my kidneys
were affected, and
my back h day
and night. | was
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Care of oilcIoth.

a stiff brush or washed with strong soap.
Remove all dirt by carefully sweeping with
a soft hair brush. Then wash until clean
with tepid water and Ivory Soap. Rinse
with clear water TO which has been added
a teaspoonful of kerosene. Polish with a
dry cloth. ELEANOR r.. PARKER.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Hard to Shut UP.

Putting a parrot in a strong cage"
remarked the Observer OF Events and
Things. doesn't shut the bird up alto
gether."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
MISSED FIRE

within a mile of that soup-I gives
yer my word an honor for it. zur!"
st. Louis Republic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Still spiteful.

Her-Yes, she married him to spite
another girl.
Him-But why did she divorce HIM?
$50 he could marry the other girl.
and thus spite her some more."-Chi.
cago Daily News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

Wanted;-The general public to know
that the Santa Fe Agent at Wichita, Kan
sas. is also agent for all steamer lines
both East and West.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
IS YOUR BACK ACHE?

the Kidneys and the Pain Will
Never Return.
ply one way to cure an aching
/. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

Red Cross Ball Blue should be in every
home. Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 OF
package only ) cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

All ~up-to-date housekeepers use Red
Cross Ball Blue. IL makes clothes clean
and sweet as when new. All groeer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

lost of us at times feel the need OF
Postgraduate course in the school OF
erienee.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

A straight life is the shortest dis
lance between honesty and honor
Saturday Evening Post.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

To sec a mill and say you saw 1t,
seek TO see a saw mill.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

The seat OF conscience often seems
to be in the liver.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup.

It is sometimes easier to set a good
example than TO follow one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

For children teething. softens the gums. reduces IA
ELIMINATION, allays pain. cures wind cole. @oc 3 bottle
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

The mind is a storehouse. but 1
needn't necessarily be a Junk shop,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02

Idleness is the incubator of a lot OF
industrious iniquity.-Chicago Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-08-02
Important TO Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF cAsToRfA,
a cafe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-26
MANY DESERT
FROM ARMY

"a =
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.The re-
port Of the military secretary, Major
General Ainsworth. shows q considers
able increase In the number Of. de-
sertions from the army. FSr the year
ending June 80, there were SASS de-
sertions, a per centage OF ~. In 1886
the rate Of desertions was only SIS.
Each year since has shown an In
crease.
THE number Of desertions," says
General Ainswortr, doubtless will be
decreased II the military authorities
themselves cease to exercise the len
iency with which they have heretofore
treated deserters who have been ap-
pretended and returned to military
control"
Major General Ainsworth. the mili-
tary secretary. in his annual report
commenced using the finger print sys-
tenn and says there is no further need
for unknown dead upon the battlefield.
as identity can be established by finger
prints which win also do service IN
pension matters.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-26
BAD CHECKS LAND
PuRDY IN JAIL

After passing three worthless checks
upon three different firms to the total
sum Of $3A Ben Purdy, we'll known
about Lewiston, was landed in the
city Jail last night upon a charge of
forgery.
The checks passed were either sign
ed B. T. Williams or B. l.. Williams.
They We're passed upon George X.
Reed for $40, Frank Waldrip for IS,
and the Imperial saloon for $780, The
prisoner when arrested gave no rea-
son for his action, but it is stated that
he had been drinking.
The prisoner also managed to get
an additional $40 by using the name
OF Jack Mccormack. In his wander
ings he ran across John Morassick and
told him his name was Mccormack.
Jack will be in soon," he told
Morassick. "and then I will give you
the money"
II knew Mccormack was good,
said Morassick in telling his story
so I gave him the money"
! Purdy was committed this Afternoon
before Judge Coburn. No time was &c
for his preliminary.