Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-12
BOUNDARY LINE IS
WIPED OUT IN
NORTHWEST
SPOKANE'S TIMELY AID
TO STRICKEN FERNIE
Strange Mystery Of Swamp
Lake; All Records for Young
Parents Brokeni Novel Plan
Of 0rchardiSt,
Especial correspondent Morning JournnII

Especial Correspondence Morning journal /
spokane. WASH Aug 9-Bankcrs,
business and professional men iu AN
lines formed "a relief committee uu-
der the direction of ] S. Phillips.
acting mayor. and f r Goodall,
president Of the Spokane chamber
Of commerce. following int receipt
Of be nrst dispatch from Fcrnic, =.
g., which was swept by IRE August
} and the FIRST train north carried Il
car Of provisions. clothing and tents,
w II, Finley. assistant secretary of
the chamber of commerce, who HC-
-CoWponiCd the ear. carried with him
sufficient funds To relieve The immc-
diatc needs, and this WAS followed
by $4,000 sent by the committee.
Funds are being raised by the com
mittee at the rate Of $4,000 a day,
and are being expended for food and
clothing, Ia addition To which pro-
visions ana other supplies are being
sent TO Cranbrook, ~. G.. the dis
trtbuting point. ~ every train which
crosses the border. The Spokane ear
was the FIRST to reach C%raubrook. the
unicialr Of which are directing the
work of caring for the several thou-
sand refugees Hooking into the city
from the districts north and east
The international boundary line has
been oblitcrated by tho ready and
generous response IN which the towns
cities In the Inland Empire, the
Northwest ana the border united to
give aid to the stricken city of Fer
nic which has little left except It's
ana 5000 homeless men, wom-
ca pud children Fresh milk, bread
and other food supplies are being
trnt out of Spokane daily. the run of
456 miles being made IN record time
over the Spokane international line.
the president of which, u. r.. Corbin
of spokane. having ISSUED orders to
furnish ctts aud transportation for
supplies free Of charge. He has
arranged WIN the custom %collcc-
tors for the entrance Of an relief
supplies without duty 1t a expected
that the relief work VIII be continued
several weeks.
Mystery Of swamp Lake.
spokane Wash. Aug 49, Robert
S. Fulton, "a r1ncher living near lInr-
ringtou, wash ntty-two miles south
west OF spokane, reports oup of the
most remarkable phenomena that
has ever mystlnrd the people Of Lin
coin county In the discovery of
swamp Lake. which ~ now aa dark
at night twenty-four hours of the
day. and one day after another The
air is prcfectly dry. but from 10 TO
90 degrees cooler than in the sun
Fulton recently Travelled with
a t%wo-horso team along the shore of
lake and Waa in utter darkness
for more than three-quurters Of "a
lie thought 1t was a fog. and.
aa The horses did not take fright. ne -,
ia not become alarmed. but his M ,
.le daughter was ovcr-awcd and a.,
rird loudly The darkness covers d,
he lake. which H. "A vast swamp. and
,xicnds from so 20 100 feet ONT from :,
hp shore Many theories have beou !
tdvanrcd hy students of natural phc a.,
aud experts. but the matori- T.
a. OF people who visited tho lake. i
.eturnrd non -pIusod and mystIncd ,
tu an. natural ~.,udtI,u. .rp.,, o., d.