The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-08-20

,,merous and costly grain ex-
,..,ons and forest fires are driving
saon,e into that frame OF mind that
INC ,,ph,a TO result in dealing out sum
;ustice to some of the wretches
MAJ! to be at the bottom of the
supr ~ destruction. Over 100 ma
N"a n Is claimed, have been de-
en~e IN the Walla Walla country
49, and the confession of the Mex
ava ,,horer at Moscow this week of
Nal mt matches in the grain, caus-
aSnlosion and destruction of grain
s.s,Isbes the claim that at least a
s0rtlon of the explosions are due to
..ork of such depraved wretches as
~ Mexican. While Camas Prairie has
.nf,ered less in this respect than other
's.tions. we have had from eight to
,,.an machine fires with attendant
ss.in losses The machines of VIM.
yonBeree. of this place, and Burley
r.yton. of Denver, have been burned
sirca our last issue. A Moscow dis
,stch of the 18th, says:
Mexican Confesses Crime.
After having been bound over Satur-
asv TO the district court under bond
!, 1880. Francisco Espanosa, the Mex
tan indian accused of putting matches
| n unthreshed grain near Pennington,
svpressed a desire to plead guilty this
morning and was taken before Judge
Steele He pleaded guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to from one to five
Years in the penitentiary. He is now
awaiting the arrival of guard to take
him to the Boise prison.
On Saturday, at his preliminary hear
jm. the Indian admitted that he had
served three years in San Quentin for
assault and several terms in northern
coast jails for minor offenses He Of
fered no explanation when he pleaded
guilty for his action.
tumberman Makes Direct Charge Of
lncendiarlsm.
W. d. Humiston, Of the Potlatch Lum
Der company, in a recent interview tells
q dramatic story of the forest fires
that have cost his company 500, DOC
this year, of the placing of dynamite
IN the sheaves of wheat to wreck the
threshing machines in the Palouse coun
try, Of the placing of matches in the
grain to be ignited in passing through
the threshing machines, burning ma.
chimes and grain in one conflagration
and of the setting of fires in the tim
Der by unprincipled wretches to en-
danger the lives of hundreds of peo'
pie and to destroy great stretches O.
valuable timber.
"Our company Mr.. Humiston said
shnc IN.
thus far this year. Just now we have
all the fires banked and under con
troll, but there is no telling when the,
will break away from u.s. Our grea
loss has not been in standing greer
timber. but in down timber, in ma
chinery and in the complete disorgan
ization of the system. We have from
300 to 500 men out continually fight
ing fire and the cost Is immense. w
lost 100000 feet of fine white PIN
in one quarter 1t was on a hill sid
with an incline of almost 45 degrees
The logs were lying up and down oil
the side Of the hill and when the fir
struck them they acted as chimneys
There was no possible way to saw
them.
Asked as to the method of fightinl
timber fire, Mr.. Humiston said:
When we have crown fire In tn
timber when the flames are sweeping
through the tops of the trees, throw
Ing sparks far in advance and Great
ing a tremendous suction, 1t is foil
TO fight 1t. The only thing we can d
Then is to work along the edges an
prevent 1t from spreading out fan
SNAPPED. We endeayor to keep the fir
within bounds and letvit run it's cours
until 1t strikes an open space and /