Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-10-14
ADJUTANT GEN. r. B. WOOD is IN
CHARGE OF MINNESOTA
SITUATION.
DEATH LIST NOW ONE HUNDRED
ton of the Burned 7owns-Prac-
ticaIIy All Known Settlers
Accounted For.

officials, the placing of Adjutant Gen
eral Fred B. Wood in general charge
of the situation, with additional mil
itiamen at his command, and the ar
rival of more provisions and supplies,
great deal was accomplished in the
way of temporary relief for the suf-
ferers, and the basis was laid for per-
manent relief.
Wild and unconfirmed reports con
tinue to come in of people found dead
in the woods, but so far as the local
authorities know there have been no
more bodies found
Eberhart lnspects Burned Towns.
Governor Eberhart made a thorough
Beaudette and Spooner and went over
to Clementson in a launch. He stated
that those who had been burned out
were being cared for and that relief
would be sent to them Lumber was
hauled over from Rainy River and &C.
tual work commenced towards the
building of temporary structures.
A crew of men, mostly refugees, was
set to work on the first new build
ing, which will be temporary home
for Mayor Holmes. The building will
also be used for temporary headquar-
ters. Clothing, general household eff
fects and workmen's tools were dis
tributed from the relief cars all day.
Governor Eberhart has received in
formation that generous subscriptions
are being received by the various
branches of the Red Cross throughout
the state and telegram from Winni-
peg announced that the city council
had made an appropriation Of $4,000
for the relief work.
Lumber will be given to those who
wish to build, household goods will be
provided, COWS and horses furnished
wherever possible, and they will be
given such material assistance as will
help them over until they are able to
get back on their feet
Partly Burned Timber Valuable.
Much of the partly burned timber is
valuable if not left standing too long.
This timber the lumber companies
have agreed to buy, thus assuring a
large number of settlers work and a
competence during the winter months.
In laying out the town, particular
attention will be paid to the sanitary
arrangement, as there was an epidemic
Of typhoid fever in the village at the
time of the fire and there are still 10
cases in old Baudette and Rainy River.
Most of these are being cared for
under the direction of DR.. T. G. Clark
of Saltwater and two trained nurses
who came on the St. Paul relief train
Baudette is rapidly becoming vii
lage of tents which were brought in in
large numbers. There are plenty of
provisions for the present. The special
from Crookston brought 1000 loaves of
freshly-baked bread in addition to a
general line of groceries, clothing and
$1,000 in currency which was raised in
two hours.
Another train will be started from
Crookston as soon as it is determined
what is needed most. Just now stoves
are needed as much as anything and a
shipment has been ordered.
Settlers Accounted for.
With the arrival of Theodore Sta
backen from rs miles south on the
Rapid River, practically all of the
known settlers in the fire zone have
been accounted for. Stabacken and
his two cousins walked rs miles
through the burned forest. They re-
ported that three cabins had been
burned in their vicinity but no lives
had been lost.
G. G. Chaplin, of st. Paul, and Frank
Curtiss of Roosevelt, forest rangers,
started south through the burned
country to look up any secluded refu-
gees who are in need Since the ar
rival of Stabacken no fears are enter
tanned for the safety of the Easton
search party.
Nineteen men and two boys, aged 5
and years, arrived here after "a
mile tramp through the woods from
the Rapid River country. They re-
ported that none had been burned in
their vicinity, but their cabins had
been destroyed and the families were
living in root houses. They have been
subsisting on vegetables ever since the
fire.
List of Dead at 100.
International Falls, Oct. 13.-Chief
Deputy Sherman A. G. Rutledge of
Beltrami county returned here with
the optimistic word that many resi-
dents of the fire swept district re-
ported as burned have been accounted
for alive and that the death list in his
opinion would not exceed 100.
Seattle, Wash, Oct. 13.-Rear Ad-
miral John A. Rogers, U. S. N, re-
tired, has arrived from Alaska, con-
WINGED that his missing son, AleXan-
der, who went north in the summer of
1909, persisted on the ValdeZ-Fairbanks
trail after leaving road house 40
miles from Fairbanks, to which town
he was bound. The young man, who
left his heavier luggage at the road
house and walked on, is believed to
have wandered off the trail and be-
came lost in the mountains.