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to have escaped. lie says the Flames
got So close to his party that each man
abandoned everything and ran for his
life.
From the Truot Creek region, cight
miles east of here two travellers who
had n remarkable escape from death
arrived this morning. For 1--WE days
these men lay IN the crork, their
heads under water except when they
were compelled to breathe, fire rag
inp on both sides of the creek.
The hospital ~ ~. Joe is filled with
refugees. some Of whom are suffering
from injuries and burns. There are
uctwccn srvcntv.fvc and 100 refugees
in -. Joe touay.
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CONTINUED from hrst page
city, the prediction of the district fore.
caster for tonight and tomorrow be.
ing fair weather throughout Oregon,
Washington and idaho.
A special to the Spokesman. Review
from ~. Joe, Idaho. says:
six members of the fire patrol gang
Of twenty.siX men have been found
dead IN Elk Prairie aud Avery. The
other twenty are missing aud probably
will ne"er be- found.
The fires are now raging between -.
MaIies and 81. Joe aud have reach
ed II point six miles west of -. Joe.
The wind is blowing hard aud the
cinderS are falling in the streets of ~,
luc. The fires are more than II mile
wide aud are raging on both sides Of
the river. The whole country north
of 81. Joe over the divide aud ia the
Nature creek district is ablaze.
\ number of homesteaders unable
10 ma e their way out over the prairie
10 Lane. Idaho, were compelled to re-.
trace their steps aud go Ia ~. Joe by
II southerly route over the divide.
So exhausted wer, some of the wo.
men and children that two rescue part
les went from -. Joe Ia aid the weary
travellers.
Among those reaching 81. Joe from
that vicinity were Mr., and mrs. Smirh
and three children, Mr.. aud Mrs. Os.
horne and two children. and Mr.. aud
Mrs. Andrews, II crippled old man. and
two other families including several
children.
A party of fifteen men is probably
surrounded if nov consumed by forest
fires in the Laturc creek district.
One man Of the party arrived here
Yesterday. lie is the only person known
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-08-27
NO STATEMENT
FROM
President Spends Day Writ
ing Campaign Document
and Watching Race From
Deck of Sylph.
TAFT o
RUMOR OF A

Beverly, Mass, Aug. CO. Beverly
was as silent IA ever today concerning
the tangled condition OF affairs IN New
York politics aud the reported break
bet ween President Taft aud Colonel
Roosevelt.
There still appears Il disposition in
administration circles to minimize ii
not 10 disregard entirely the newspa
per reports from New York aud Oyster
Bay. II there is any intention here
of issuing II statement in reply To the
Roosevelt reports it has been etfectu'
ally concealed,
President Taft was up at $50 this
morning, working on the letter he is
to contribute 10 the republican con.
gressional campaign text book aud at
II clock he boarded the yacht Sylph
and went TO see the Sender races.
representative Mccall, chairman of
the Ballinger. Pinchot Investigation COM
mittee, was a guest on the Sylph. He
will leave shortly for 81. Paul, where
the committee is to meet soOn TO for.
mulate it's report. Whether he talked
with MIR. Taft about the Ballinger mat
ter could not be learned.
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ARE
TORCHES
TO THE FLAMES
Continued from FIRST page
California Town Saved


Reno, New, Aug. 22.-After two days
work on the part of 200 volunteer FIRE
fighters, the town of Loyalton, in Sier.
ra county, California, % miles north
Of here, is out Of danger by q forest
fire which has burned over "A district
nine miles square. The fire originated
from a spark of a donkey engine and
has already done damage TO the ex.
tent Of 100000 TO timber lands.
Ten Bridges Burn
Butte. Mont, Aug. 22.-Ten railroad
bridges of the Chicago, Milwaukee =
Puget Sound railroad are reported burn.
ed in western Montana and traffic ON
the line il tied up for at least 10 days.
st. Regis Threatened
Missoula, Mont, Aug. 22.-The old
town of ~. Regis is threatened; the
fire is in a canyon and is only a mile
from town. approaching rapidly. The
last equipment of the Northern Pacific
in that section is being used 20 bring
away the women and children from st.
Regis. Most of the men of the town
were at DeBorgia, seven miles above,
fghting fire there, and many of them
must have been cut of.
Many Refugees
Missoufa. Mont, Aug. 22.-About 1000
refugees have ben brought into Nilsson.
la. There is much distress among
them. Their wants are being supplied
by Missoula people and they have been
given temporary homes.
These people came from the small
towns along the line between here and
Wallace. Many of them had been rous.
ed from their sleep by the people on
the train, whose summons had been the
first intimation that the fire was near;
there had been no sign Of it when the
people went to bed NJ night. In most
instances these people escaped only
s~caBtily clothed. A woman who had
fled from her home nj midnight gave
birth 10 a child in n box ear Just af.
ter the arrival of the first train at Miss
oula. Another train with 500 people on
board is expected tonight over the Mi.
waukee road.
4 dense pail OF smoke hangs over
all Of western Montana.
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FOREST FIRE DEATH
LIST WILL BE 100

Spokane, Washington, Aug. 22.-
Tw%enty.three persons are known TO be
dead as "a result of the forest fires with
IN a radius of $50 miles of Wallace.
The death list for the entire FIRE
swept district of northern Idaho il Ger.
tain to reach 100 aud probably more.
II is impossible at the present time
to make u correct check on the missing.
From Wallace comes a report that the
town of Burk is in flames and certain
Of destruction. Fire rangers in that
section are so exhausted that no effec
tive battle against the flames can be
made. Three hundred residents of the
town are in flight toward Wallace.
The negro soldiers of the Twenty 6fth
and saved many lives and much property
IN the vicinity of Wallace. are now
resting, having been engaged in contin.
uous battle against the Flames from 4
o clock Saturday afternoon until early
today.
Forest Ranger Gulaski reports TO
supervisor Weigle that six of his men
are dead, five having been smothered n
War Eagle tunnel, where the entire
crew took refuge.
Ranger hell reports IL dead, three
permanently blinded and IL with brok.
en- legs.
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POLITICAL FEUD OVER
LIQUOR IN ROSWELL

Roswell y. NJ, Aug 22.-City Mar.
shall Woofter arrested baud Patrick,
proprietor of the Green front saloon on
IA charge of selling or giving away whis.
key. lie says he found liquor behind
II bar and IN AN clubhouse aud siezed
IL. Tug Wilson replevined the liquor
and had Woofter arrested. Woofter
had Fred Behringer, the constable, and
Charlie Gilbert arrested. charged with
interfering with nim in serving the .iu.
diclal writ.
Rehringer aud Gilber, then bad Mayor
Veal arrested after he had gone to bed
~ a charge of the malicious arrest of
innocent persons on a criminal charge.
There is considerable feeling on both
sides.
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PIRATE, DEFEATED,
JUMPS INTO THE SEA

San Francisco, Calf, Aug, 22.-Mea.
ger details have reached this city Of a
tragedy AZ sea.
Early yesterday morning Capt. f.. h.
Wood, of the Steamer B~uckmau, south.
bound from Seattle 10 San Francisco,
was shot and killed in his cabin, by
Fred Thomas, who then leaped into the
sea, when he realized that his accom-.
plice in the engineroom had failed to
Join him in taking mastery of the boat.
An incomplete stsfy of the sensation,
al attempt at piracy was relayed by
telephone by way of Eureka from the
wireless station at Table Bluff.
The daring attempt to sieze the boat
was made at 2;l5 o'clock, when Thorn.
"a went TO Captain Wood = cabin and
summoned the latter To the door.
Details of the encounter are not lears
ed, as Wood was unable to make a
statement after the shooting and the
murderer leaped into the sea immediat,
ely.
Thomas accomplish was ~overpowercd
by engineers and put in irons.
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ENGLAND LAUNCHES
BIGGEST wARsHIP

Portsmouth, Eng, Aug. 20.-The Or.
ion, Great 5ritain s newest and great.
est battleship, was launched here today.
Her lI,5 inch guns and her ned, deadly
equipment of %torpcdoes will render her
by far the most powerful battleship
afloat, The new torpedo Of the Orion
weighs nearly u ton and It's range viii
exceed 1900 yards at tn" speed Of 40
knots.
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Railway Rates

Special railway rates will be made To
delegates and visitor 10 the Fifth Dry
Farming Congress from all points west
of Chicago. \ rate sheet announcing
special routings, dates of sale, etc, will
he issued by the Board Of Control 30
days in advance Of the Congress and
will be available to all who desire TO
address the Secretary for this or any
other information in regard to the
program, hotels, points of interest or
literature descriptive of Washington or
the Inland Empire.
Permanent Membership in Congress
All persons who desire to receive reg
ularly the h%andhooks aud hullriins and
reports issued by the Dry Farming Con
gress may enroll NJ any time as Mem
hers of the Congress by, sending one dol
lar to the Secretary of the Congress.
Mexico. Owing to postal regulations.
Members from other countries must paw
&i.50.) Delegates not already Memb,- -
Of the Congress will pay one dollar up.
on registration aud will then he entitled
TO the reports and other publications is
sued regularly to Members, Same rule
aS above
Spokane. Washington, L. :. A.. June
30, 1910,
The Dry Farming Congress.
FRANK W. MONDELI.. President.
ALFRED ATKINSON, Chairman.
The Board of Governors.
The Board of Control.
DAVID T. HAM, Chairman.
Address all com'.n cations to
JOHN r. BURNS, secy.Treas.
Chamber of Commerce Building,
spokane, Washington.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Commencing with this issue,
all notices or announcements of
soclals or entertainments to !
which admission fee is charged,
must be paid for at regular ad.
vertising rates. Notices of free
entertainments will be published :
without charge, the editor reserv. I
the right TO limit space.
Respectfully,
} J. w. CAMPBELL
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am prepared to make to order from
combings the latest articles in hair
goods. Have your hair work made ut
home and get satisfaction.
No. lO2 Corner See. and High Streets
s-20.4t. MRS. @. A. LAMAR
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-08-27

.'ulllHutu lIOm httbIu DuEtl
othei beautiful resort lakes. a one.
night ride over the Northern Pacific,
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 Puget Sound,
Burlington, Spokane International. Ore.
gon Railroad and Navigation Co, North
Coast. Idaho & Washington Northern,
or Spokane. Portland 4 seattle railroads
will take delegates 20 either Seattle,
Tacoma, or Portland, or n daylight ride
over these same roads will carry visit.
orS through soIne of the most beautiful
scenery as well as farming lands in the
Great Northwest.
mere will be an abundance of good
hand music in the City and at the FAIR
aud Exposition.
Dry Farming Exposition
The Third international Dry Farming
Exposition will be one Of the interest.
ing educationa features of Congress
week. This Exposition will be held in
conjunction with the seventeenth An.
nual Interstate Fair, which is the larg
est Fair ia the Inland Empire. The
Exposition will occupy the largest tent
in the world, will be a distinct Expo
sition confined entirely to dry farmed
products, all the world being in competi
tion. II is expected that there will be-
! 5000 entries.
Delegates Spokane County, Washing.
ton, exeepted) will carry complimentary
season admission tickets. The interstate
Fair will present a notable racing and
general entertainment program and
there will be aviation contests, sham
battles, and other spectacular events ar.
ranged for the open hours of the Con.
gress.
Accommodations
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ANNUAL
SESSION DRY FARM
ING

Continued from second page
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ARE
NOW HOMELESS

CONTINUED from first page
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Something new every day at spen-
csr'R s-s-tf
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-01-15
The Earth And Halley's Comet

HaIsys comet VIII give the West and the Pacific Coast . close
brusk this year On Nay Is, and the @brush VIII De something spec
s.euIar saw Professor Thomas B1rckhater of Oakland. California
berause the earth viii pass the lat third Of the 20O00.oOo mile tail
Of the visitor, and the effect ought to De IS dazzling . piece Of
b4avanIv fireworks As this generation has ever Witnessed
The news that HaIey's comet will De seen only IN the West
and on the Pacific Coast has not been hitherto given cut
In discussing the comet the Oakland astronomer says
@Astrouomers Cromlin and CoEs1 of the Royal Observatory at
Grsenuieh hare probably made the most exhaustive researches into
the history Of the comet They have worked IN order to calculate
it, ueriOd- period being the time it takes for a comet to travel
from the point nearest the sun to complete It's orbit and to return
to it's original starting point
AThe comet is very near the calculated position at the present
time and there Is no reason for believing the work OF CoWel and
CromIin viii need much, If any. revision
at i unfortunate that the sun will be rather low. but it will
ssl be Of sufficient altitude to make good observations possible
Should the transit take place as predicted it will last about an
give the visiting astronomers a splendid opportunity to study a
comet under the most favorable conditions
Another feature of the visit lies in the fact that the comet will
he II 600 600 miles from the earth. The tail viii be about 10000
600 miles long, and pointing directly away from the sun 1t viii
doubtless be encountered by the earth, but on that point l have
nothing to say"
The astronomer insists that he has nothing to say about so
dramatic a situation fraught not only with awe inspiring possibii-
ties to the dwellers of the globe. but traught as well with p~ossibii-
ties of tragic moment Whether or not the earths dive through
the comets tail will mean anything more than a dazzling starry
spectacle Professor Burkhalter will not predict He only says
swat and see"
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Making A Giant World Map

The return the Oshsr day Of Bailey Willis. -ho together With
Mr. Kubel represented the United States ut the recent InternatonAi
Geographical Couress held in Lo1don. calls attention to an under
taking Of unique interest and inportanes-shAi Of making the hrs
great international map Of the world
II was at the International Congress in Berne in 1891 that Dr.
Penek. a German geographer. suggested the asa OF such = nap
and succeeded in having = COMMITTEES appointed 10 promote the
undertaking That committee reported TO Succeeding Congresses
q the same BODY held in Loadoa in 1895. IN Berlin IN 1883, IN
Washington in 1904 and IN Geneva In 1908 At the Latter meeting
q committee Submitted a plan for making the map. and It's s7sgss-
tiOn, With . few uodifcati0ns vas adopted At the recent Congress
In London
As determined By the London conference the proposed inter
national map Of the world vii be $50 feet BY loo feet IN sDs Ana
will be drawn on a scale Of about Is statute nHes TO the inch As
to the projection adopted for the construction OF this greatest OF all
maps, it was important TO select one permitting every sheet 10 De
fitted exactly With each Of the other four sheets adjoining It's four
sides. and this condition Is best net BY what l. known q the poly
comic projectiOnHa method, BY the way. devised BY q former s1Per-
intendsnt of the United States Coast and Geodete Survey, HAsslsr
On the forthcoming great map the seas and lakes viii oe IN blue
tint, growing darker according to depth All other waters viii also
be blue in tint. special symbols indicating. for instance, rivers persn-
NAL and non perennial and unsurTsyed. their nAHsaoILIfy and 90
strus.iozs to navigation also being shown Contour lines vii be
drawn in brown. With spaces between tinted green for lower sli
tudes and different shades Of brown for heights. increasing IN dark
ness I'd to . certain altitude Heights over 1000 meters viii be left
White. Reads Of Ill kipts, main and secondary, and railroads, o1lt
in construction or projected. viii also be clearly Indicated. together
with telegraph lines, possoEees. boundaries and towns
Thers uanv other details that ara OF interest at present
oulv to those charged with the work Of preparing the nap An N
ssruationaI agreement has already been arrived al b. which the
heavens viii be mapped on q uniform system and eonsaaaraoae
progress in this work has already been made That eventually the
<ompIsme.sarr task Of mapping the earth scientifically, and thus
rive a dsfnissnsss Impossible with our present maps TO our geo
rraDLiraI knowFedze, viii De accomplished by the joint work OF
The scientific carsocrauhers Of the world Is now assured-NeW
York Work.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-01-15

Beginning the first Of the year the
principal sso<es in EIko have agreed 70
close II s p n. except Saturdays
Ex-Goxernor Jexest W. Adams has
fled his resignation as one Of the mem-
bers OF the Banking Commission on &C
e1snt Of III health. the resignation to
take eject AZ once.
The Commissioners Of Nye County
have placed = tax On the business houses
of Rhyollte to carry on the toxn govern
meat, s1ch n has been done in Tonopsh
foe the past lew years The taxation i
aboat on the same basis As the local tax
A man named FItzmaurice. member O
the Lodge Of Elks at Victor. Colorado
aad Of the Western Federation Of Miners
vac found almost dead On the deser
near Paxnes . DAY or two sgo. sufsrin.
from : gaping wound in his throat. causes
bs an attempt to commit suicide Hi
was brought to Dayton fo< treaiment.A ana
may recover
A. ]. Aylesworth. who Is building th'
Nixon-Ayissxorth Tneater in Reno. ma
secured the control Of the Grand the&te
on Virginia street THIS gives him to-
thestsrs in Reno. two in Gold6sld. on
in Tonopsh. and the control Of the Nike.
the2tsr in winnemueca With this ehSil
OF tilesters AYIasworth will try 10 eontro
the theatrical business in this STATE
The sheepmen Of NeYada. and pa=tien
larry Of Eastern Nevada, viii ioin xiti
th0ss Of Utah in efforts 70 prevent n,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-01-15
SELECT SITE FOR pEHITEHTlARY


E4esen Acres OF Lana
The Beard Of Prison Commissioners
has selected the site for the erection OF
the new Nevada State prison The
place selected is what 10 known as the
Charles Schulz ranch. adjoining the
Indian school property, the price being
$4,000 and shs seller. the Dansbarg
Land and Live Stock Company.
The ranch consists OF il60 acres with
= sufficient water right and Is in Oru+
By County. with the exception Of about
10 acres that lies across the line into
Douglas County. Is Il for this eason
that the land in Douglas County was
nos included in the sale bat will be
decided TO the State by the sellers.
The plans and specifications for the
oaildIng 20 be erected have al been pre-.
pared and have been accepted by the
board and q soou ~ the necessary con.
tracts for the supplies and labor can b
arranged the work OF erection viii BE-
commenced.
The Y. & 7. track running 10 Minder
passes near the site and il is possible
taat q spur will BE- laid to the site Of tbs
new prison A postofics is maintained
At the Indian school known as Stewart
and this will be the address Of all mai
matter to the new prison.-Carson City
News
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Notice to Creditors

In the Third Judicial District Court q Se
State Of Nevada. in and for Eureka goanty.
n the matter Il the estate Of Alec Celia de-
ceased
Notice Is hereby siTsa that the Endsrsixned
vas On tn 9Th day Of December. 1909. BY the
Third Judicial District Court q the STATE q
Nevada IN And for Egrsk. County, duly sP-
pointed xduinlssrstuE q the estate Of Alec
Celia. deceased. late Il said Eureka County;
that Letters II AdminzEFxsioa 0f the sail
estate have been duly issued 10 the under
sZasd BY the said CouEts that the under
.gned has daily qualified rs such admins
trAsnr. that q summary administrators Of said
estate has been daily ordered By The sAid
Court: AID that all persons and crsSisors hAg-
sng cl&ims against tie said estate are required
and directed % f< the sane. with the propsr
vouchers And statutory akdAsiss attached.
sith theC Clerk u the said Coart within forty
days u the krss Publication q this notice.
p. II. HUI, Administrator
q the estate q Alec Celia. deceased.
A. s HEsDEESox. Atty for A~3minss1assr.
Fssst Publication December II. 1903.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-01-15

The local Forestry Division has re-
ceived from headquarters approval OF
The following rates for grazing in the
Nevada reserve: Csc for the SamEer
season. or 40c per head year fog es,sie;
SOC for Sammer or SOC a year for horses;
aud Sc for Summer or lie = year Der
head for sheep and goats. The grazing
season for sheep and goats will be from
June ! 10 September 30 and for cattle
and horses from May l to October 81.
Approval has also been given the sag
gestion Of the Nevada branch of the
service that field men be supplied with
poison and ammunition for use in kill
Ing predatory animals.
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State News From Exchanges

passage BY Congress of the Burkett-Cur-
tiss bill. which would give to the Seere-
t2ry OF the Interior the power TO with
draw more lands from public use than
heretofore. to the great detriment. il is
claimed. Of the sheepmen, who would De
deprived Of q great deal OF p&stursge.
Harry Grain. Who Was sent to the peni-
Tertiary for % years about txo years ago
for robbing . man named Williamson on
the streets Of Elko. has been paToled by
the Board Of Pardons. The evidence at
the trial was sufficient TO convince the
jury Of his guilt Grain protested his in
uocence when sentenced. and his con-
duct while in Jail at Elko and in the
prison impressed the officers with the
truth Of his claim
In the work Of enlzrging the ESQ eta
ton to make Don for the new centrif-
as2l pump in the C. & @. shaft it l.
stated that old diamond drill holes were
found On the west side Of the station.
This il reminiscent Of the early days
when il vas the custom to do the pros
pscting largely xith these drills pre-
lininary to drifting. Many years have
elapsed since the holes xere put in.-yir-
GINA Chronicls.
A surveying crew left Tonopah early
last week to begin the work Of selecting
a route Tor the proposed Moao Lake and
ronop<h Railroad This new road xill
leave the Touop&h and Goldfeld Rail-
road in the nsighborhood Of Coalisls.
and vM tap . section in Inyo County
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-01-15

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