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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19

Mr. and Mrs Al Steiner. Of Salem.
visited in Dallas and Falls city. sun
day
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19
Many CandIdates DIscussed.

Interest naturally centers to a large
degree in the recommendation of a
candidate for Governor. Several names
are being talked Of in this connection.
DIR. Andrew c. Smith has strong fol-
lowing of friends who are urging his
name. this following being especially
strong in Multnomah County, where
he resides. DIR. Smith, however. has not
yet indicated whether he will become
a candidate.
jay BOwerman, OF Condor, is also
an active candidate for the assembly
recommendation and others who have
been persistently talked of are J. II.
Ackerman. State superintendent Of
Public Instruction.; J. w. Bailey. State
Food and Dairy Commissioner; DIR.
James wfthycombe. Of Corvallis, and
C.. A. Johns. of Baker City.
The recommendation Of John b.
coney for the Multnomah County
Clerkship leaves Frank W. Benson
alone at this time in the running for
Secretary Of State. Ralph w. HOyt,
OF Portland. aspires to the State
Treasurer's place. George A Steel,
present incumbent, is also talked Of.
although he has not said that he will
be a candidate.
-Four men are in the open for the
assembly's recommendation for Super
intendent Of Public Instruction. The
four are l. r. Alderman. Of Eugene:
f. ID. Ressier. Of Corvallis; J. r.
Churchill. OF Baker City. and County
Superintendent r. =. Robinson, OF
MuItnomah County.
Three names are being associated
with the consideration Of Attorney
General. J. ~ Hart. o. Baker City: A.
. G. Hugh. Of Grants Pass. and A n
. Crawford, the present holder of the
ofice.
W. J. Clarke. editor Of the Gervaii
star. Is in the field for the recon
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19

Have your printing done the OBJ
server way-the linotype way.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19
DELEGATES ARE MANY
TO ASSEMBLY CALL is
STATEWIDE.
Mass Meetings Held In Nineteen
Counties Saturday--Candidates
Rapidly Enter Field.

Statewide is the response to the call
for the Republican state assembly
which convenes next Thursday morn
ing at the Armory, Tenth and Couch
streets. Thirty-one of the "a counties
already have selected delegates and
sent in the lists to headquarters of the
state central committee in Portland.
OF the three missing counties, Colum-
bia, Lake and Curry, the first named
has chosen part of its delegation
while Lake County Republicans are to
meet early this week, so it is reported
Curry is yet to be heard from.
OF the 1248 deegates entitled to at
tend the assembly in behalf of the Re-
publican electors of the state there
are indications that the actual attend
ance will run past the 100 mark. Let
ters have been received at Republican
headquarters from every section of the
state giving assurance of full attend
ance of delegates.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19
We Want
Young Chix
Hens
Wool
and will pay the highest
CASH market price.


A pkgs Egg-o-see sfush. ...... .25c
bars Fine Toilet Soap and set Of
Teaspoons for. r................. Csc
10 doz. Mems Work Gloves, spec
ial price per pair. .2Sc
Durkee's Spice, regular 1Oc cans. !. Sc
Z bars Wool Soap. ...............2 .25c
pkgs. violet p. 6. Flour. s5c
1ox12, s-oz. Duck Tent for sale;
used just once.
We want to clean up these things, so
If you want a Bargain, come in.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19
10 Meetings Held Saturday.

Since early in June mass meetings
have been held at intervals in the var
ious counties for the purpose of Sc
lecting delegates. The largest number
of these meetings of any one day oc-
Cured Saturday, the total being 10.
Reports from the meetings indicate
that they We're largely attended and
that marked enthusiasm was the rule,
Republicans generally are taking
determined stand on party upbuilding
The counties that chose delegates Sat
urday are Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop,
Columbia, Douglas, Grant, Harney
Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Klam-
ath, Linn, Malheur, Multnomah, Sher-
man, Tillamook, Wallowa, Washington
and Yamhill.
Multnomah County has the largest
delegation, the apportionment being
based on the last Presidential election,
one delegate being allowed for every
so votes cast. Multnomah has quota
of 354. Marion is second with rs. Lane
is third with sc.
AS in the Multnomah County assem-
bly, proxies are not to be recognized,
SO announcement has been made. But
where delegates are unable to attend
their vote may be cast according to the
leads of the majority of their delega-
! tiou
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-07-19

mendation for State Printer. w. S.
Duniway is being urged as successor
to himself He has not announced
whether he will go before the assem-
bly
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
DEVASTATION AT WALLACE
Large Number of Persons Perish in
That Vicinity.

Mssoula, Mont, Aug. 23.-The de-
vastated area in Wallace lies east of
the courthouse, north of Hotel street,
north of High street and south of the
Northern Pacific depot
Six men are known to have died in
an attempt to reach Wallace from Big
Creek, St Joe country. Some assert
that six more are lost.
Ranger Pulaski and forty-one men
were forced to leave Big Creek and at
tempted to cover the ten miles to Wal.
lace. Three miles from the town they
were forced by a wall of fire to crawl
into mine tunnels near by and remain
ten hours. The men broke through
the fire and staggered into Wallace.
When they gave the alarm a party of
rescuers with physician fastened to
the War Eagle mine, where the men
were. One of the forty-one was found
burned to crisp on the trail. Five of
those in the tunnel were suffocated
and dead and dozen others We're re-
suscitated only after an hours work,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
twenty-five Caught in Fire.

Three men are known to be dead on
Pine creek. Ranger Bell had twenty.
five men under him there All were
caught. Three were killed, three 9TH
ers were blinded for life and five had
their legs broken by falling trees.
Three more men met death in a fire
on Boulder creek near Mullan.
Another man was killed on Placer
creek, a mile from Wallace. He and
companion, penned in by flames,
took refuge in the creek and kept each
wet by throwing water with their
hands. While thus engaged a falling
tree struck one of the men on the head
and killed him instantly. His com
panion was able to escape to Wallace,
but his clothing was burned off him.
He was stopped at the city limits by a
policeman, who obtained clothing for
the man before he would permit him
to enter the city for treatment.
When the first train from the Wal.
lace district pulled into Missoula it
carried a most pitiful crowd A thou
sand or more of the people Of Missou-
la, including many women and the
leading business men of the city, were
at the station to receive and minister
to the refugees. Ambulances, auto
mobiles and public conveyances were
pressed into service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
SHOOTS VICTIMS
FROM AMBUSH
Unknown Madman Wounds Three
Men and q Woman.

New York, Aug. 23.-Secreted some
whore within a few hundred feet of
the Sixth avenue entrance to Central
park is person who, all the circum-
stances indicate, is possessed of a
mania for wholesale murder, for with
in an hour he shot four persons down
in the street from his hiding place,
one of them a woman and the others
men.
To add to the mystery of the affair
and intensity the terror of everybody
in the neighborhood his weapon is of
the noiseless variety
Whoever the madman may be and
wherever he may be clever marksman-
ship is an ally of his murderous mania,
for he has picked off his victims with
unerring accuracy in the matter of hit
ting them and that there is not list
of dead to be printed probably is due
alone to the fact that the range Is a
little too far for him to pick out a
vital spot in those he deliberately
plans to kill in their tracks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
FRIGHT Causes Woman's Death.

Sioux Falls, s. d., Aug. 23.-Fright,
resulting from the approach of a
storm, caused the death of Mrs. Synve
Johnson, aged fifty-seven, pioneer
resident of Kingsbury county, from
heart failure, She was out in the yard
when she noticed the storm coming
up and started hurriedly for the house.
Just as she reached the door she fell
to the ground in what appeared to be
faint. Members of the household
carried her inside, where she ap-
peared to revive temporarily, but a
moment later she died
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
MONTANA SITUATION SERIOUS
Outlook in That State Anything but
ENCOURAGING.


Helena, Mont, Aug 23.-Montana is
facing the most serious forest fire sit
uation in its history and the outlook
is anything but encouraging. A heavy
pail of smoke hangs over the city and
falling ashes, carried by a stiff breeze,
makes most outdoor activity disagree
able
With the exception of the immediate
east the fires are raging in every di-
rectiOn from Helena New fires have
broken out in the Delt mountains,
across the Missouri river from here,
in HighwOod district of Choteau coun-
ty, to the north; in the vicinity of
Craig, Cascade and Johns, to the i'm
mediate north! at Austin and Avoin,
on the immediate west, and at Rimini
and Unionyille, south. New fires have
also broken out in the Gallatin nation
al forest, and are spreading toward
Yellowstone National park.
Governor Norris has received tele-
graphic adyices from Flathead and
Lincoln counties that the situation is
most serious, with the town of Syl-
vanite burned and Libby, Whitefsh
and Eureka in grave danger.
Monetary losses run into millions.
The railroads are in bad shape, the
ST Paul and Northern Pacific bridges
having been burned out in large mum
bers. Effort is being made to run
trains westward by way of Helena
over the Great Northern, but it is
thought even this line will be tied up
in Lincoln and Flathead counties.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
Company of Soldiers Missing.

A relief party started out from Sal.
tese over the Milwaukee railway for
Borax, carrying z large searching
party, which will attempt to find a
company Of soldiers unaceounted for
since Saturday morning.
The forestry officials report the Ca
mas country, east of Potomac, as be
ing the zone of a big fire, which is
devastating forests and ranches. A
large force of men was started out
by the big Blackfoot Military company
for Potomac, and later 100 more left
this city for Camas country
Overando, further east. is surround.
ed by flames. which are only twelve
miles from the town on either side
The village, however, is said to be
adequately protected and in no danger
In the Clinton district of the Missou-
la forest, ten men are unaccounted for.
A relief expedition was started out of
Clinton to seek for the men
In the Bitter Root valley from
Woodside to Darby, a distance of
twenty miles on the west side of the
Bitter Root river, twenty five fires
have broken out. destroying a num-
Der of foothill ranches.
Fire Moving Toward Railroad.
At Steyenyille the fire on Kootenai
creek is moving toward the railroad
property on the west side of the river,
but has assumed no alarming proper.
tions.
At Woodside large portion of the
forest on Sweeney creek was de-
stroyed and six men were badly in.
iured These men are now in an i'm.
provised hospital at NVoodsde.
A fire is moving down Lost Horse
canyon toward the city of Hamilton
from the southwest, but is still some
distance from the town. At Darby
there is another big fire reported on
Lick creek, covering the entire sum
NIT of the range.
Ranger Beatty took large force OF
men to Miller creek, about fourteen
miles south of Missoula This fire has
a twenty-mile front and is swinging
into the east side of the Bitter Root
valley. This force will be used to
save the towns and not to fight fires
on the forest reserves, the latter pol
icy having been abandoned wherevel
ravages are threatened.
The railroads can handle 1000 peo
Pile with the equipment now on the
lines between here and the stricken
territory. Refugees are still pouring
into this city with tales of distress and
many children are reported separated
from their parents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

Missoula, Mont, Aug 23.-The gen
eral fire situation in this district is
still discouraging.
intermittent communication, which
was in effect with Wallace. has been
entirely cut off and fears are enter.
tanned that the fires have again start.
ed in that place.
Saltese is still safe, but is sur.
rounded by walls of flames. The
Northern Pacific officials special is
still at Saltese. but cannot be moved
as bridges are burned on either side
Telegraph and telephone communica.
tion to the place is cut off.
st. Regis, old town, has been aban.
doned by the women, children and dis
abled, only force of ablebodied fire
fighters being retained under Super
visor Koch to make stand against
the flames, which are steadily advanc.
ing
Since daylight the wind has risen
and little hope is felt of saving the
place. The breeze has veered slightly
and is moving toward the city from
the east. 1t is probable the new town
will fall first
The towns of Rivulet, Superior and
Iron Mountain have beeil abandoned
The Iron Mountain Tunnel company's
mining property, located near Iron
Mountain, has been destroyed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

Libby and Troy Mont, in grave dam
ger and each town asking for 250
trOpDS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

I1DDy ana Troy Mont, in grave dam
ger and each town asking for 25O
troops.
Many Fire Fighters Killed
twenty-five fire fighters had been
killed, according to the forestry re-
port, and M Potter was inclined to
believe that these had all been in the
employ of the forest service
His reports mentioned only the loss
of two men ( Wallace Fires we're
reported to be acing toward Mullan
and Burke, Ida not far from Wallace,
and the whole west end of Lolo, an
other Idaho town, was said to be blaz-
ing All of tha inhabitants in the st.
Regis valley were reported to have
been taken out on special trains
Two hundred men of the forest ran
gers crew were reported to be in
grave danger in the Idaho side OF the
east fork Of the st. Joe river, in the
Bitter Root mountains. Fires on or
near the Bitter Root, Mlssoula and
Cabinet forests were beyond control.
The war department already has or
dered thirty-five companies into the
fields. If other federal troops are to
be ordered to the threatened regions
they must come from distant forts and
emergency funds must be provided for
their transportation.
Government surveyors have tele-
graphed that forest fires are raging
twenty-one miles south of Republic,
Wash, on the Colyille Indian reserva-
tion. A telegram was received at the
Indian Office from Superintendent
Webster at Spokane, saying that for
est guards are engaged in combating
fires elsewhere, but that Forest Super
visor Reid had reported that soldiers
now at Republic are available for
work there.
OF Incendiary Origin.
Positive evidence that many of the
forest fires in Oregon are of incen.
diary origin has been discovered by
government agents, according to a
telegram received at the office, which
says there is no doubt that the fires
in the Crater national forest and at
Medford resulted from ineendiarism
and that new fires are being set. An
effort is being made to catch the cu.
prits.
Fires in the Crater national forest
in Southern Oregon and at Medford
Ore, are proving more serious every
hour There are 800 men there now
under the forest service, The war de
partment already has 100 soldiers de
tailed in this district and has ordered
250 more from American Lake. AS
sistant District Forester Buck has
gone from Portland to take personal
charge Of the situation lie says the
troops will be used to protect life and
property and it will be hard to extin,
guish the fires without the aid OF rain
He confirms the report that every
effort will be made to keep the fires
on the eastern slope.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
Forest Fire Situa-
tiOn Appalling.
WALLACE is CUT OFF
Fears Entertained That Balance
Of Town Is Burning.
BURKE SAID TO Be ABLAzE
Reports Say Place Is Doomed to
BURKE SAID TO Be ABLAzE
Reports Say Place Is Doomed to
Destruction.
BURKE, IDA, DOOMED.

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
COPPER KING TO BE MARRIED
r. Augustus Heinze VIII Wed Bernice
Henderson, Actress.

New York, Arg. 23.-According to a
statement published here f. Augustus
Heinze, the copper man, and Miss Ber-
nice Henderson, an actress, will be
married in New York this week
1t is said that after the wedding the
couple will visit Ar. Heinzes mining
interests in the West then return to
New York and. after stay here, take
an European trip E Indefinite length.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

Spokane, Wash, Aug. %
From Wallace come reports
that the town of Burke is in
flames and certain of destruc-
ton. The fire rangers in that
territory are so exhausted that
no effective battle against the
flames can be made. The 300
residents Of the town are in
flight toward Wallace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23

ofban6 rtnNad
ii os close fbuanes Mnch
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-08-23
Federal Aid Requested by
Fire Sufferers.
OFFICIALS In CONFERENCE
All Available Troops Ordered to Pro-
ceed to Scene of Devastation, but
This Includes Only Five Companies.
ice Among Those Who Perished in
the Flames.

Washington, Aug. 23.-With forests,
ranches and towns on fire in the
Northwest appeals for help from the
federal government, not to protect the
forests, but to save human life, are
pouring into Washington. AS result
every means at the disposal of the Off
cials was bent toward rendering aid
and the precarious situation was laid
before President Taft by telegraph,
with view to necessary executive
action.
The situation was taken up at a
conference at the war department be-
tween Associate Forester Potter of the
forestry department, Major General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army. who returned from an inspec-
tion at West Point to superintend the
relief from the army standpoint, and
Adjutant General Ainsworth. The i'm
mediate result of the conference was
the ordering into service of the last
five companies available in the
stricken regions for fire fighting duty
and of carving pack trains carrying
medical supplies and army surgeons
to the immediate relief of the suffer
ers.
Mr.. Potter laid before the army Off
cials his latest information from the
| fire regions. His advices were that
high winds prevailed, which resulted
in many dangerous fires AT Wallace,
town had been burned; Newport,
Wash. was said to be threatened and
The evening world., 1910-12-05
BEING HIS OWN LAWYER
GETS HIM A LONG TERM.
Real Attorney Got "Best Pickpocket
in Country a Disagreement
al First Trial.

you have ably defended yourself.
but a man who Is his own lawyer has a
fool for a CLIENT said County Judge
Ia wcett in the Kings County Court
alias Jacob Goldstc!n, to not less than
four years and ten months and not
more than nine years and eight months
In Sing Sing. 1t was his second trial.
Harris on June ~ stole a diamond
ring valued at 500 and wallet con-
tanning s. from Nathan Platter on a
Bushwlck avonue ~ At his first
trial he vas defended by n lawyer
and the jury disagreed. At the second
trial he acted as his " attorney and
was found guilty, largely or his own
testimony, brought out by cross-ex-
animation.
you have been arrested thiTty-two
times and convicted twenty-five times
YOU are a menace to the community
and ply your rad OF cars upon peo-
! pie who wouldn't lie riding In them u
they were rich. You are the best pick
pocket In the country. But ! viii put
you where you cln't continue your
work"
Harris's pal, Henry Fsrbet, upor
whose person the pawn ticket for tn
diamond ring vas found. got or Wit
a sentence OF not less than two o
more yearsmore than four years.
The evening world., 1910-12-05
FEARED EXPLOSION AT
FACTORY BUILDING FIRE.

Al a precautionary measure two
alarms we're sounded at S,b this morn
ing when nre started In tho flve-story
factory building Nos, 52j-53l West
1wenty-sixth stree, watch is occupied
NV several firms o! brass pollsAers and
chandelier manufacturers. These firms
keep LACQUER, alcohol and acids IN stock,
and IL vas feared there would be eE-
p,osions.
the f.s was discovered on the fourth
o,or by policeman Connolly. Deputy
chief Martin thought the hre was under
control when suddenly some acids be-
can blazing and shot toward the root
and also down the elevator shafts and
lstairs TO lower floors.
u The second alarm brought Chief
croker. Fifty horses owned by Levy
q Gilliland were stabbed In No. 62l'
Nearing the hre would spread to the
stable, the horses were driven to the
street, where they were rounded up %
policemen. ,ooo
The evening world., 1910-12-05
NOISY BROKER
QU|ETED HIMSELF
WITH DOSE Of GAS
Jamison Asleep When Police,
Called by Angry NeighborS,
Arrive.

Thomas NJ. Jamison, a broker we'll
known in the financial district. who Is
said to have made a neat SUN In last
weeks market. was taken from his
home. No. 3505 Broadway, at 3 o'clock
this morning to J. Hood Wright Hos
pital, suffering from alcoholism and
accidental gas poisoning.
Jamison. who IL forty-six years old.
Is aid to rave started out Saturday
afternoon to celebrate his good fortune
and spend some OF 1t.
When he appeared in the apartment
house In which he lived at $50 last
night he was In such high good humor
that he yelled Justify, much to the dis
comfiture OF other tenants. Threats
were made to telephone the police un-
less quiet was restored and Jamison
was got to his own rooms. where his
wife attempted to quiet him.
The noise was resumed this morning
shortly after 2 o'clock. There were
such yells from the apartments that no
one In the house could sleep. Then one
VI III ltHdllS ttitpIlOlltu 10 lOllCe
Headquarters.
About the same time there was q
smell OF escaping gas in the upper hall
way.
When Policeman R%esthuler OF the
West ono Hundred and Twenty-ftth
street station knocked at the Jamisor
door It was opened by Mrs. Jamison.
Mr.. Jamison Is quiet now sa!d Mrs
Jamlson. lie will be all right after q
sleep"
The policeman was about. to trrr away
when he got Il Whit OF the gas. Their
he said:
How did gas happen to escape II
here
Mrs. Jamlson did not know gas wa,
escaping. The policeman went into ,
rear room where Jamlson was sleepin,
and found the room filled with gas
which came from a half turned Jet
An ambulance was called from the hos
pital and Jamison was taken there.