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The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE.

The most dreadful confiagration Ia
the history OF Canada Is sweeping
the Elk river valley In East Kooten-
ay. For forty miles a tremendous
bush FIRE has burned everything be-
fore Il. IL has held full and terrible
sway since Saturday afternoon. Lat
est estimates are that 10 people
have met death In the flames. The
property loss is estimated at $4,000
600 TO $4,000. 900. The following
places have been destroyed:
Fernie. with population OF $500.
Coal Creek. with population Of
1900. Hosmer. with a population OF
SO. The homeless will number 5000.
The fatalities are growing hourly.
In one case st Fernie every one In
fve families perished. At least 20
persons pcrished there. seventy men
In Elk river camps perished. The
Crows Nest Pass Coal company has
$l.000.000 In property at Coal Creek
which is reported destroyed. Rail-
road bridges are swept away. The
fire Is still burning.
A territory 100 miles square had
been burned over. The whole Crows
Nest Pass country is In ashes. The
hills on all sides were seething mas
ses Of flames and escape was almoSt
impossible In any direction. Fire ap-
paratus was OF no avail because fan
ned by q terrific gale the flames have
spread with lightning rapidity.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
WANT AMERICAN WIVES.

Jahlcrraius have been received In
chicago that the King OF Servia de-
sired to form alliances with Chicago
heiresses for his two sons. Already
an emissary is on his way to this
country to choose two American girls
for the honor.
The idea OF the King OF Servia has
so greatly pleased the Gar OF Russia
that he has gone 20 far as to agree
that he will stand godfather to the
FIRST born to either Prince through
his American union.
Chicago girls were chosen rs the
prospective wives OF the Royal Prin-
ces owing To- the favorable impression
created on the Russian aud Seryian
people by the Princess Cantacuzene.
a niece OF Mrs. Potter Palmer. and
daughter of General and Mrs. Fred
ID. Grant.
To General Arthur Toherep Spirit
dovioh. President OF the Slavonic
League OF Moscow was given the del
icate work Of deciding on the two
marry. He has already left Servia
and Is expected to reach Chicago be-
fore many weeks
The General admitted he was on
his way TO America for the purpose
OF finding wives for the two Princes.
but that while he desired to find the
girls in wealthy families. poverty
was not bar to n union with the
royal house.
He declared the King wished his
sons TO marry into the blue blood
OF America" and all tina; he requir-
ed OF. the girls was beauty. birth and
breeding.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

Realizing that when Francis JOS
eph. the aged and iniirm emperor of
Austria. dies. the political balance OF
Europe Is likely to be rudely upset.
the European nations are today keep
Ing q death watch" on the emperor.
They have not gone to the limit OF
Turkey. who had secret service
agent shadowing the emperor at
lschl. his summer home But what
the sultan attempted to do openly.
the other powers are doing with sec.
recy and with regard to the emper-
Or's feelings. The keynote to the
present European situation IL the
half open. half veiled antagonism be-
tween England and Germany. Eng
land Ii mastering every possible pow
or to maintain her predominance
and Germany is striving to obstruct
this policy and to gain the position
England now holds. France. Russia
and Spain are friendly 70 England.
and II II believed that In the event OF
! crisis. Portugal. Denmark. Sweden.
and even Italy could be won
o the Dnglish SIDE
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
$500 ACRES FREE.

The Lakeside company has $500
acres Of land under the Adams ditch
that II will give RENT FREE for
one year. This includes the use OF
the land and water. The renter must
clear and place the land In culutiva-
tion. The renter gets all the crops
but We reserve IN. right Ia pasture
tn. stubblc.
The Lakeside Company.
J. Frank Adams. Manager.
Merrill. Oregon.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. 3. Land Once. Lakeyiew. Ore
o,s vulo rG ponQ

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. 8. Land Once. Lakeview. Ore
gop. July IL. 1908.
Notice IL hereby given that the
State Of Oregon has filed In this Of
fce It's applications under the pro-
visions OF the act OF Congress Of
August II. lSls. and the acts sup
Elemental and smsndstory thereto.
for the following described lands. to-
wit:
List No. Os5. for se Y sw Y. Sec
Z and nwk knwh. Sec. 8. r. SO g..
r. 2I E.. w. NJ.
List No. 0ss. for sw Y nsh. Sec.
8. T. 81 S.. r. ~ T.. w. N.
Any and all persons claiming sd-
vsrsely the lands described. or desir-
Ing to object because OF the mineral
character OF the land. or for any
other reasons. to the disposal 70 sp-
should file their saidavits Of
protest IN this once. on or before the
10 day OF September. 1908.
]. N. WATSON.
7-24.0'1l Register.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

You will save money by buying
sewing machines and all OF your sew
Ing machine supplies at Mullsrs. cor
ner Main and sth streets. 7-sitf
sholI says he has the best Ice
cream 10 town. II you are from Mis-
souri, stop 10 at the American Con-
fsctiopsry. 27.lot
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
KEEPING a death WATCH"

90
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

To make room for new goods that
are now on the way ". are disposins
OF all secondhand articles We have
left ut prices less than cost. Virgil
4 Son.
r.. W. Muller carries the largest
stock Of Edison monographs and
gold moulded records In klamath
county. .-3ltf
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

The Kaiser's only avowcd friend Is

The Kaiser's only avowcd friend .s
Emperor Joseph. Even Arch Duke
Francis Ferdinand. heir to the Aus.
trian throne. favors the abandon
msnt Of the German friendship for
English support. To prevent such a
coalition against him there Is little
doubt that the Kaiser would declare
war against one or more of his un-
friendly neighbors.
Germany pines for the West AUS
trian provinces with their outlet to
the Mediterranean at Trieste. Italy
wants the TERRITORY on her own front
Ter, with Its Italian population. rur-
key wonld gladly recover Bosnia and
Herzegovina. which she lost In 1878.
Servia covcts slice of Dalma'ia.
Roumania would lay claim to nu-
kovina and Russia would bid TOT
Gallicia. A perfect web. therefore,
Of new intrigucs. alliances and com.
plications II sure to follow the Aus
trian emperor's death.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05
For LaS..

Hotel with everything new. dining
room kitchen. eight rooms. parlor;
fine patronage. feeding from $50 TO
200 daily. Inquire at Hotel Doris.
Doris, California. s-5tf
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

We, the undersixncd mcrchcnta Of
klamath Falls, Oregon, hereby agree
to close our places Of business. begin
ming on Monday. August 10. 1905,
at Z o'clock .. IN. ON all days except
saturday. ,nnd from tn. 10th to th.
2Gth day Of December and during
county fair and from July iu to
July 3rdJ:
Shive bros. 4 Go.
Van Riper Bros.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-08-05

My nrst kiln Of lime viii be burnt
about August 10Th. ] will be ready
to NIL all orders from then on.
27-2wk GEO BIEHN
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05
HOTEL LOST LICENSE

General Sessions Court Saturday denied
the license privilege to John Kellehpr
proprietor Of the Practical Farmer Hotel,
in Brandy wine hundred The remon-
STRANGE against the application Of Frank
Shaw, Eighth and Orange streets, Whining.
ton, was withdrawn, and the ficeust
granted. Licenses were also granted l.
Keil & Rock. Second and King sirpr'
and Ernenio BuIgiars, No. ~ East Fl,
street, Wilmington. Reuben w. War
withdrew bis application for license !.
Townsend, Thus disp0sing Of the rrmon.
STRANGE against him.
The Practical Farmer, which 10 one
Of the oldest hotels in Brandy wine
hundred, il closed for the first time in 80
years. The Law and Order Society,
which was represented by Caleb E. Bur-
chanal, submitted evidence that Keileher
had sold liquor to mi.or and that the
hotel had been uesed improperly.
Kslleher, on the asEGes hand testified that
he had conducted tbs hostelry 10 ali or
derly manner, aud that be was man Of
good iiabits and sobriesy. He said be had
no recollection Of having sold iiqnor to
Carl Adams, d 20-year-old youth, who testi-
fed for The order society.
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05
THE NEW ROAD

Rapid progress IS beng maoe
in the construction of the new
road leading from the western
limit of Middletown to the Mary
land line near Warwick. the
material used is a limestone for
which it is claimed, that, being
softer than the granite used on
the Odessa road, it will be easier
on the feet of horses and the sur
face will keep good. The CON
tractor doing this work has built
many roads and he says that this
road is the busiest one he has yet
worked on. There is more travel
than on any other road.
Many people in the town think
that while the contractor is at
work here it would be good idea
to build a stone road within the
town limits, from the railroad to
the starting point of this road, a
distance of about quarter OF a
mile. We have been informed
that such a road can be built for
about 80 cents per lineal foot or
a little over $1,000 for the job
There is, of course opposition
based on the claim that such a
large sum, not having been in.
cluded in the estimates at the be-
ginning of the year, should not
be expended unless the entire
matter could be discussed at a
public meeting of tax payers. On
the part of those favoring this
move, the claim is made that more
than three fourths of the busi-
ness of this town, comes IN over
this road and that it costs from
500 to $3.50 annually to keep the
road in its present unsatisfactory
condition.
One matter, not directly con-
nected with a solution of the
above question may well be con
sidered at this time. The town
Of Middletown receives from the
road taxes of st. Georges Hun
dred $500 annually. This amount
was determined at time when it
about represented the amount OF
road taxes paid on town prop
erty. The total assessment for
road purposes at that time was
about S25O,o0 and the rate was
from % to 27 cents per 800. AS,
the town has grown the assess
ment has increased to approAi-
mately $3.50, 900 and the tax rate
to forty cents. 1t would be only
fair to have this matter presented
to the next legislature and have
the towns share of the road tax
proportIonately increased. This
can only be done by legislative
enactment.
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05
MR.. DAVIS SETS FORTH ATTITUDE

Frank H. Davis, Republican nominee
for Attorney. General, pledges himself 10
an enforcement Of the. liquor laws, If
elected, in the following communication,
which explains itself.
While was nominated as the candi-
date OF the Republican party OF Delaware,
for the Office Of the Attorney General, to
be voted Tor at the General Election -of
4. D.. 1908. q considerable time prior to
the nomination Of Andrew G. Gray by
the Democratic party for the same Office,
and although district Superintendent
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

soft and white. Ordinary wheat yielding
fully as much. Best varieties more"
An analysis recently made by the De-
partmento of Agriculture shows that Alaska
wheat contains only little more than
9 per cent. Of protein, while soft winter
wheats average 10 per cent, hard wheats
u per cent, and hard spring wheats l23
per cent.
So startling we're the claims made for
Alaska wheat that a tremendous interest
was excited among the grain raisers Of
the entire country. Abraham Adams, of
Idaho, who said the seed came from
Alaska, announced that he had grown
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05
WHEAT FAKE

Concerning that wonderful New Wheat
which was alleged to be yielding 200
bushels per acre and about which SO
much has been published in our penin-
sula newspapers, despatch from Wash.
ington says:
An agent sent by the Department. of
Agriculture TO Julietta, Idaho, TO investi-
gate the present status OF the so-called
Alaska wheat, said to yield more than
200 bushels per acre. wired the following:
: Alaska yielding % bushels per acre.
Badly mixed. Grain inferior. Quality
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

John NJ. Arters has written Mr.. Gray, re-
qnesting him 10 give 0 statement OF bis
attitude in reference TO the prosecution OF
violations OF the liquor laws and election
laws of the State of Delaware. Mr.. Ar
ters has not eeeu fit to ask me 70 define
my position in referelce 20 violations Of
said laws / notice that Mr.. Artsrs states
in his letter 10 Mr.. Gray, that they are
especially concerned about the enforce.
ment Of the Prohibition statutes already
enacted. Closely related 70 their inter-
est in these matteFss ip also their deep
concern for the sanaskty af tie ballot,
which in times past u been Futhlesaly
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

THr TRAsscaIpr. 90 per year,
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

disregarded in our State Whether this
deep concern for the sanctity OF the bal
lot. which in times past has been ruth
Iessly disregarded in our State, has ref
erence to the recent period of the lass
eight years or time prior thereto | am
unable TO say, as Mr.. Arters does not
state that be and his friends have been
deeply concerned in the prosecution Of
yiolasors Of the election laws In the past
nor does be state whether he and they
are concerned in their prosecution in The
future.
I now hereby promise and pledge my
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05
DEMOCRATS OUT WITH GLAD HAND"

Candidates on the Democratic Congress
sional and State ticket will begin their
Hglad hand" campaign throughout Della
ware to-day. DIR. Rowland G. Paynter,
L. Irving Handy, Andrew G. Gray,
Frank L. Hardesty and others on the
ticket will begin their house-to. house
visitation throughout Kent county. Thew
will start from Smyrna. and expect to
swing through that county, not only ap.
pealing personally to the voters in the
towns but in the country districts.
The tglad hand'' campaign war plan
ned at the meeting Of the Democratic
State Committee in Wilmington last
week, and the idea Of the spelbinders is
TO try to call on as many voters pc rson
ally as they can from now until election.
day. They will have impromptu meet
ings ;n the various towns they visit while
handing out the Democratic ''gIad hand. !"
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

THE TRAsscRlpr 81 Pm YRAR.
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

100 bushels of the new wheat to the acre
and believed it would be possible to get
yield of 200 bushels.
The wheat formed bushy head. weigh
ing two ounces, and the kernels were
twice as large as the hard wheat.
One of the interesting developments
Of the investigation was that the new
wheat was similar to he''Egyptian seven.
headed wheat which enjoyed popular.
ity few years ago and then dropped out
of sight.
Middletown transcript., 1908-10-05

self to the people Of Delaware, that if /
am elected TO the high Office for which ]
have been nominated. / shall fearlessly
and without favor, prosecute all violators
of any law Of the State OF Delaware which
come TO my knowledge and discharge the
duties Of said Office to the best Of my
skill and ability.
Respectfully,
Frank H. Davis.
Dover, Del. Sept. %, 1908.
ss
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
FLYING MACHINES.


Count zeppelin's airship was the only
one OF It's class. IL represented the
German idea OF an alr-navlgable ma
chine 10 be used In time of war, or
all the flying machines the Zeppelin
ship best answered this purpose An
other win speedily be built TO take the
place of the one destroyed near Ech-
terGingen In Wednesdays storm, There
are Two general types Of airshlps-
those which are buoyant by construc-
ton and those which are kept above
ground only through the use of power,
Tho first class necessarily includes bal
looms. whose use makes the specific
gravity Of the whole airship less than
that Of air by reason ol which a ball
loon airship floats in the air as a
boat floats on water. The other type.
10 which the Fnrman machine, eNhib-
ting at Brighton Beach, belongs, Is de-
pendent FOR it's buoyancy wholly on
mechanical means and not on specific
gravity The Wright machines, which
were developed I'm ohio and have re-
Gently been offered for sale In Franco,
belong to the second class I'm that
their buoyanCy depends on mechani-
cal means The Zeppelin alrship diff
fered from the many inventions rely
ing on balloons for their huoyancy I'M
that It wIua metal structure made Of
aluminium which contained series Of
balloons, and was 80 devised as To give
partial protection against rife shots
or explosives. Even ~ "a cannon bail
were 10 strike the Zeppelin airship II
would not necessarily be destructive
Several compartments might be- pune
tured without destroying us efficiency
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12

land In this country still waiting for
settlers. Here the author says, rs
solution to the troubles of the handi-
capped and unemployed. In many
parts of that glorious country beyond
the Fathers Of Waters our government
is Offering land free 10 the genuine
homesceker The widest choice OF
climate and conditions is embraced in
the irrigated areas The settler may
go to New Mexico and cultivate cot
ton or herd cattle. He may so to
Oregon, Kansas Washington. or Coll
orado, where all kinds of deciduous
fruits grow abuudantly In Nebras-
ka, South Dakota, Nevada. Idaho, or
Montana, he may till the ground, tend
the orchard or raise stock. and in
every case find profitable market for
his output"
The author might have included
Utah in the list Right by salt Lake
City west Of the Jordan, Is wide
area Of good land with an abundance
of water worth very little as It is now
but destined to become garden spot
in the future Those who made
homes there, false lucerne. grain,
fruit, garden stuf, etc, and, in add-
tan enjoy the healthiest climate in the
world, owing to the breezes from the
Lake With proper drainage, we are
told, the land there win yield hn
abundance, and there is water enough
running to waste, for thousand fam
HES,
All over the West there are oppor-
tunities for home-building, and there
is little excuse for dependence upon
what is generally known as the labor
market for remunerative employment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The following special articles appear
in Broadway Magazine for August:
1.-THE Black Hand Power and Mystery"
Alfred Henry Lewis, Foreign Para
sites and their American Prey" Vance
Thampson THE Man Bird and His
Flight George Grantham' Balm; III.
quor's Fight Against Prohibition,
Darlington A. Phelps; The Face Fac
tory" Eugene Wood: Luxurious Ad-
irondack Camps" Alice NJ. Kellogg;
"A Painter of the Good Old Times"
Page Dunbar: 1.-The Pest at Our Gates, >
Poultney Bigelow. and prominent Peo-
Pile in Picture and Paragraph There
is also a great number of good stories
and fine poetry-Marbridge Building,
Herald Square, New York
The Standard Oil company's export
trade brings million dollars . week
into the United States. This money
comes from India, where the company
stamps its tins with an elephant, from
China where a dragon is the emblem.
from Arabia, where a Standard agent
once found an old oil can doing service
as a bird cage, from Persia, Sumatra,
the Celebes Islands, and innumerablo
almost inaccessible places of the world.
How this enormous trade has heen built
up and extended over the earth Is tho
subject of the first Of series OF arti-
cles on Great Corporations now appear
ing in The Worlds Work, by Mr.. c. NJ
Keys. The story Is all the more inter-
esting because Standard OIL finds IL
repeatedly necessary to change It's tao
tics abroad to meet political and relig-
ious and social objections. What will
get business In Borneo is OF no avail In
Tasmania The description OF other
corporations will follow in the series.-
Doubleday. Page 81 Co, New York
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
MIR. STEWART KNOWS.


In one Of the official statements is
sued TO the Taxpayers before the late
bond election it was expressly affirmed
that $4,000 shall be applied TO the.
completion and extension of our water
sygtem and si25,OOO of which shall be
applied to the completion and extern
sion oe our sewer system
Tho idea conveyed in this official
statement is that the money asked for
was to be spent on improvements plan
ned Cor the immediate future SO much
SHALL BE spent on the water system,
and 50 much ON the sewer system. The
language used does not seem To admit
OF a double construction.
Not only did the numerical majority
of the City Council pledge themselves
that the money would he expended as
stated. but number of citizens who.
Of course. have no special means of
Knowing Just how the finances are
managed, lent their names to a SINH
lar pledge.
Now comes Mr.. Stewart member
of the numerical majority of the coun-
oil and asserts in council meeting that
100000 Of the bond money has al
ready been spent. long before the bonds
have been disposed OF. II that is true,
how is the pledge to be redeemed? If
100000 has already been spent there
is not $4,000 left for the water system
and $4,000 for the sewer system What
about the pledge?
It seems almost necessary for those
who signed the pledge to look into the
matter without delay.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12
THE REPUBLIC OF LEARNING.
Boston Herald.

Secretary Root, In his letter to the
students from the Argentine Repub-
lie now at Cornell University. hap
PLY phrases sentiment which Is
controlling him IN his efforts to bring
the scientists and experts" Of the
two continents together TO which
enterprise of his we have recently, and
more than once, referred. He says
that, as entering the harbor of Buenos
Ayres he was met by a craft laden
with Argentine and American stu
dents, he then reflected that there
is but one republic NJ learning, and
that all those who follow her path in
whatever land tend toward the meet
ing ground OF broad, unprejudiced and
sympathetic humanity" The Internal
tionalism of the scholastic world, the
lack Of all barriers OF race. creed or
nationality in the search for truth
which scientists and university men
pursue, are factors In affairs of state
today, with which all broad-guaged
statesmen now reckon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-12

ings, etc, etc. occupy ali the time he
has to give to satisfy the III condl-
uon1d requirements of the curriculum
No wonder surreptitious means OF In
formation are resorted to- and every
artiilcc made use Of to Skin through"
tasks that are often absolutely detest-
ed. Intelligent Greeks In this country
smile at the way their language is
taught here
Well, what is to be done7 One prom
inent Greek citizen OF Idaho says tho
best way is to conhne primary instr7ic-
ton entirely TO translating English
into Greek, beginning with the primer.
transposinE the words to accord with
the Greek idiom, and learning the sim
PIE grammatical constructions as the
study progresses by the time the
Fourth reader IS reached the student
VIII have acquired a good working
knowledge of the Greek tongue Then
he can plunge into the classics" TO
some purpose, and having acquired
vocabulary VIII be the better able TO
appreciate the attractions of the Ian
guage, to get practical benefit from it.
But under methods Of instruction that
have Obtained FOR so long In this coun-
try the study of Greek is WEAKNESS of
the flesh. 1t is dry as bone. exhlllarat-
ing as charity sermon. No wonder
there is such an effort TO minimize 1t inr
our college curriculums.