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, 1923-09-17
WET MEASURES
ARE SUBMITTED
TO PRES|DEN
Deluge Of Bills to Be
Offered Congress,
Say Reports.
wAsHINGTON

wAsHINGToN. Sept. 1.-THE
flrst Of an expected deiuge OF bills
to modify the voistead law was
laid before President Coolidge by
Representative Dyer. Missouri.
Dyer told Mr.. Coolidge he would
present q 8 in December per.
hitting AIS Q cent beer. He
asked administration support for
such a measure. Mr.. Coolidge did
not mako any promises.
The effort to ret tho ~admfnistra-
ton to adopt a ''iiberai' attitude on
this question will not end at that.
however. Dyer gave notice he
would be back at the White House
later 20 discuss his bill again when
he has completed work on It.
In addition. other members of
congress and organizations interest
cd in getting the present prohibi.
ton laws l~iberalized. will lay DO.
fore Mr.. Coolidge. before congress
meets. a huge petition, signed by
many citizens in the many states, in
support OF n beer and wine program
Tho object of this IA to show the
administration that there IL q great
popular demand for such legislation.
It will be suggested that this senti.
ment should not be ignored with a
presidential campaign coming on.
To counter tho move OF the beer
and wine advocates. dry forces have
been preparing their own data on
public sentiment and have been urg.
ing that citizens petition congress
against any weakening of the law.
, 1923-09-17
NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED WIRI
PRICES MOVE
Up ON MARKET
Good Gains Registered in
Oils, Motors and
Other Stocks

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-stock
prices moved up moderately
in today's session, tho upward trend
rejecting q natural rebound from
last weeks sharp decline, which ma
terially u into the higher averages
reached in four weeks recovery.
Low priced oils moved counter to the
general trend on further reductions
in gasoline prices. Sales approx.
mated 100000 shares.
WALL sTREET-Early buying
orders nor than offset realizing
sales during the first hour, the mar.
ket In the main moving upward.
Good gains were registered by some
OF the equipments. motors. tobaccos,
oils and various miscellaneous stocks,
Beechnut advancing five, Mack
Truck and American sumatra tobac.
CO 2. A brief period of selling can
oelled the early gains In many in
stances but new buying stiffened
prices generally towards midday.
Several low priced oils were heavy,
sinclair falling to a new low for the
year. Market Street Railway pre-
fered dropped 7 "a points, Youngs-
town sheet and Tube 4 "a, American
Sugar 3 and Columbian Carbon Q SIS.
Call money opened at 8 per cent.
Opening prices in today's stock
market wero irregular with the more
notable changes inclining upward.
Dawson Chemical moved up two
nninfM CnlR Ge,A. Co., - 81
art Warner i IL. Baldwin and Fam.
ous Players "a. Losses OF q point
or were sustained by Ciuett
Peabody and Inland Steel.
Buying orders became more mum.
erous in the subsequent trading and
the market developed a more genera
upward trend. The pan-American Ia.
sues. Utah Copper. American Hide
and Leather preferred. and American
Agricultural Chemical rose / to 1 IA
and DUPONT 2. Several heavy spots
persisted. Simmons company, Schultz
and Railway Steel Spring falling a
point each. Foreign exchanges
opened slightly lower. Germany
marks being quoted at 1853. $50. 900 to
the dollar.
Railroads were neglected but the
remainder OF the list crept slowly
upward In tho afternoon on reduced
dealings whom tine advances tailed
to bring out sufficient realizing to
stop the upward trend and pressure
against the low priced oils moder-
ated. The steel group was in de-
mand. also Baldwin. American Can.
S~tudebaker. u. 8. Alcohol and Fa-
nous Players. wooiworth advanced
5M.
The closing WINS Irregular. Inter
mittent selling Of oil shares. espeo.
tally Shell Union and some profit
taking in the last hour reduced to-
days gains fractionally. Several of
tho standard railroad shares improv-
cd substantially.
, 1923-09-17
By j. w. T. MASON
.ritten for the United Press.

Written for the United Press
@apnn's entire future international
policy will have to be changed be.
cause of the devasting catastrophe
that has so greatly reduced her
wealth.
Tho miiitaristic leaders VIII be I'M
able to engage in foreign ventures
and their oxpapslonist schemes must
give way for years to come to domes-
tic economy necessary for the recon
struotion OF Tokyo and the other dc.
wasted areas.
Out of the most terrible earthquake
destruction in Japan's history n
democratic form of government may
emerge. Tho earthquake came at
tho precise moment when tho up.
pcintment of Count Yamamoto as
premier by the reaotionary influences
marked tho opening of n new
struggle between the democratic
forces Of Japan and those fnvorine
a continuation OF the clan and mill,
taristic a~utocracy which has the final
say at Tokyo In all important mat
ters of policy.
Imperialism Checked
lad there been no earthquake,
Count Yamamoto would have been
expected by the ro~aotionaries to do
velop q policy of impcrialistio ten.
denotes. especially aimed at overa.
wing China and making Japan's in.
fluence at Peking dominant by
means OF threatening gestures. The
enormous property losses oaused by
the earthquake and the conflagra.
ton on Japan's main island have
abruptly terminated such activities
by the new Yamnmoto cabinet
Instead of dlstraoting domestic Mt.
tention from tho antidemocratic
tendencies of Japan's leaders by i'm.
rerialistic steps abroad, Count Yama.
motto must give all OF his attention
TO saving his country from falling to
third or fourth class rank as a world
power. The present calamity In more
devastating than Japan has ever sur
fered through any war. because the
Japanese islands have never been
invaded by an enemy. The result Is
as II a war had been fought within
Japanese territory and the onemJ
had been more ruthless than the Ger.
nan In France.
Faced by such a situation, the 70
dictionary Japanese political leader,
VIII have TO amend their foreign
policies entirely. No money viii bt
forthcoming for aggressive move
monts abroad. All OF Jnpan's sur,
plus wealth for an indefinite tim,
must be used to reconstruct the de
vastated areas. This IN a work
which viii call for n united front
by the Japanese regardless OF party
connections. Amid such movements
democracy finds itself. Count Yama
motto. conservative opponent OF pro
gressive ideas. must become the in.
strument OF democratic rsconstruc,
lion or he win be swept from power.
, 1923-09-17
RAIL LABOR BOARD SAID
TO Be union MENACE

CALGARY. Sept. determination
Of tho United States railway labor
board as the tool of the employers
and OF the strike as "too powerful n
weapon" for workers engaged in
Essential public services to employ,
marked the address of A. r. Mosher.
president. at the convention OF the
Canadian Brotherhood OF Railway
Employees today.
The United States railway labor
board. Mosher declared. "is n
greater menace to railway employees
than any other combination Of indi.
viduals on tho North American con.
tinent."
He accused the board Of aiding
railway Arrangements in their "at.
tacks upon tho pay envelopes Of the
workers" and referred to Il ms n
United States government tribunal
which has made itself ridiculous in
the eyes OF every right thinking
person on this continent by deolar.
ing that n living wage for workers
was impractical and impossible"
, 1923-09-17
One Dead; Two
Hurt in Riots
In Southwest

DENVER, Colo. Sept. I7.-one
man is dead today and three arc suf.
fering from serious wounds as q re.
suit OF disorders attendant upon
Mexican Independence day ceiebra-
tons in Colorado and New Mexico
yesterday, according to dispatches
received here today. At Al.
buauerque. New Mexico. Ignacio
Gomez was wounded fatally in q
shooting fray during tho celebration.
Authorities from Trinidad, Colorado.
are securing the hills in that vicinity
for the suspected assailant OF three
Mexicans who are in a critical con.
dition as q result Of wounds received
in a dance hall shooting affray
there.
, 1923-09-17
livestock


CHICAGO. SEPT. 17.-HoEs re-
ceipts s $4,000; mostly 10 to 15c lower;
few choice light show less decline;
spots on medium kind off moro; bulk
sood and choice 100 to $50 pound
average s.oo09.I5; top $50: desirable
$40 to $40 pound butchers mostly
s.6r6s.e5; packing sows largely $50
D7.75; desirevle strong weight kill.
ing pigs 7.5o1s.oo: heavy weight
hogs s.2oaS. IS; medium s.7o@o.15;
light S.156s.20; light 7.75@s.oo;
packing sows smooth 7:bons.oO;
packing sows rough 7.o0@7.bo;
slaughter pigs e.259S.25.
Cattle receipts 10000; slow, un-
even; killing quality rather plain: run
consists largely OF short fed natives
and western grass steers; trade on
these and fat she stock weak to 25c
lower; mostly 15 to CSC off; bulk fed
yearlings and matured steers of
quality and condition to cash at 10. 90
9ll.bo; some matured steers held
around 1900; weighty western grass.
ers upward to $50 to kiilers; mum.
erous loads to feeder buyers 7.5o %
$50; lower grades western steers re.
nectins maximum decline; bulls
steady; vcalsrs largely SOC lower,
palmer grades stooksrs and feeders
2bo off; others steady.
Sheep receipts 5000, Slow no west.
ern fat lambs sold: bidding az much
as 100 lower on these, feeling lambs
mostly 25o lower; sheep g~enerally
steady early sales native fat lambs
fully 300 lower; bulk 1880 to 400:
top to city butchers 1926: bat sheep
slow. soarcei few heavy fat swes 400
$500; Feeding ewes SIS 9s.25; feed.
Ing lambs mostly 1875 early; few
fifty six pound averages 1900.
, 1923-09-17
DOG EXILED
FOR MURDER

KINGSTON. N. O., Omitted PressD.
-Winona, a blue-blood Of the canine
world. has been sentenced to soli-
tnry confinement for her third muir
der. CarlettA, descendant of a long
line OF field champion beagles. was
murdered by 4 Jealous rival at the
private kennels OF DR.. George p.
Kornegny here. The owner petted
carletta in the presence OF winona,
equally aristocratic. and failed to
similar attentions on the lat
ter.
When he returned to the kennels
again. DR.. Kornegay found tho body
OF carietta- Or. Kornegay stated II
was tho third murder of the kind
Winona had committed. and an.
norneed she would spend the resi- OF
her life in Isolation.
, 1923-09-17
Market Gossip and Briefs
On Operations in Oil Fields

and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT on
company have men at work drilling
two wells for gas on Golden Eagle
dome where there is a we'll now fur.
nishing a wonderful quantity from
which the supply for this town Is
piped. Both wells are progressing
nicely and It Is expected they will
be brought in within the next week
or ten days.
The additional supply Of gas Is
to be piped to Greybull and Basin,
about IS miles as the row fies. and
to the Midwest refinery and other
plants OF that company at Greybull.
Western States Operations
Deer Creek-No. 4 Stewart, neH
sen q c. 20. drilling by casing at
2675 feet. No. 1 Lane, neM sec.
27. spudding at es feet.
Wyoming
Lanes Creek-No. a Elliott, drfn.
ing at $500 feet.
Salt Creek-No. 3aA, swknsk
sec, s-3s.7s: cleaning out and bailinE
after having boon shot at 27so feet.
No. ao-A. swAneA voc b.as-7s, work
in on pipe. No. 12.Ax. nwk sec.
17-ss-7s; repairing rig at 1905 feet.
, 1923-09-17
Foreign Exchange
NEW YORK, Sept. 17-Foreisn e

NEW YORK. Sept. 17--Foreign e-
change easy. Quotations In cents
Great Britain demand 4b4: cables
454k; 60 day bills on banks 45lE.
France demand 40; cables b7eh.
Italy demand 44ohi cables AL. Bel.
GUM demand 4soh; cables 4s1. Ger.
many .o%ooooos5: cables .oooooos5h.
Holland demand $3.50; cables ss3s.
Norway demand 1905. Sweden de.
mand 1858: Denmark 1908: Switzer-
land demand ITO: Spain demand
13.boh: Greece demand 1877; Poland
demand .ooo3k: Czecho siovakia de-
mand 800; JuEo slavia demand 100;
Austria demand .o0014; Rumania de-
mand .A6H: Argentine demand ss25;
Brazil demand 1919. Montreal
OF 21.s3.
, 1923-09-17
Bankers Meet
In Convention

Large delegations OF bankers from
all over the state expected to-
morrow at Douglas for the opening
OF tho annual convention OF the
Wyoming Bankers association.
Several prominent speakers are
on tho program. ths first being Carl
r. Gray. president Of the Union Pa
cine railroad. who discusses the rail-
road situation.
Patrick Sullivan OF Casper IL 70
deliver an address on tho standing
OF agricultural interests in the
United States.
The convention viii be terminated
by a dinner given by Douglas bank
era TO their guests.
, 1923-09-17
Crude Market
Potatoes

CHICAGO. Sept II. ii Potatoes.
steady; receipts. lis cars: total U. s.
shipments Sunday. 81; Wisconsin
and Minnesota sacked bulk round
whites, U. 8. No. i. t1.s5@1.B cwt.:
poorly graded. ,i.bo@1.e0 cwt-;
Minnesota and North Dakota SACKED
and bulk sand land and Red River
ohios. partly Graded, s1.25@1.4o
cwt.; fow si4s owt.; poorly graded.
$1.1591.2o cwt.: Colorado sacked
peoples Russets and irish Cobbiers.
U. s. No. !. t3.25 cwt.
, 1923-09-17
Here's London
Crime Record

LONDoN.-By Man TO United
Press.SHere's London's police rec.
ord for 1922.
S~s,552so7o worth Of property stolen.
1879 indictabls offenses.
s24 automobiles and bicyciea
stolen.
1.542 instances Of detected fraud.
26 murders.
so,7se convictions for drunkenness.
The drunks included $40 women,
which is sis moro women than were
nned for the same offense in 1921.
There were $3.50 moro DRINKS In
1879 than in 1921.
, 1923-09-17
WHEAT MARKET
HAS STRENGTH
Demand Lacked Volume
All Grains Score Raise
in Quotations

CHICAGO, Sept 1T.-wlth prices
both In Winnipeg and Minneapolis
heavier than on Saturday. the wheat
market here showed an upward
tendency during the early dealings.
Strength in the corr market counted
also as a bullish factor. Demand
for wheat. however, lacked volume.
The opening. which varied from I'm.
changed figures to &c higher. with
December s1.o1M to s1.o2 and MAJ
S1.o7h to s1.o7x, was followed by
a slight sag and then by a moderate
general upturn.
On the advance, offerings In
creased. but consequent setbacks in
prices proved transient. The close
was unsettled at a range varying
from 80 off to &c net gain, with
December s1.o2 to s1.o2H and Ma
.1.o7x to s1.o7h.
Reports indicating that damage
by frost to corn had been better
than was generally supposed led to
higher prices for corn and oats.
After opening unchanged to &c off
December $3.50, the corn market
scored gains all around.
Price reactions which ensued
failed to last The close was strong,
&c to 1Ho net higher. December
67ko to 67xo.
Oats started at H@Ho lower to
Nc up, December ssM1ssxo.
Later. all months showed an ad.
vance.
Provisions we're lower in
to weakness Of hog values.
, 1923-09-17
R~esiEnation Confirmed.

Resignation Confirmed.
In a telegram received yesterday
by A ]. Hazlett. editor of the Inland
oil Index. the resignation of James
e. O'Nefl from tho Prairie OIL 8
Gas company In confirmed by off,
Gals at 20 Broadway.
appointment OF other officers has
been made following O'Nen's drop
ping from the ranks of tho Prairie.
These arc: w. 8. Fitzpatrick. chair.
nan of the board: Nelson x. Moody.
president, and d. Kelsey. vice.
president. %
To counteraot rumors that indi-
cate IN impending shakeup in other
Standard oil organizations. It was
added in tho wire that there had
been no change thus far in the
Standard OF New Jersey.
Two Wells on Golden Eagle.
THERMoPoLI5. wyo.. sept. II.
The Midwest Refining company
, 1923-09-17

ohne IN Ohio The chief exeou-
tive stated that Ohio consumers arc
paying around 2oh cents and that
he is informed that "throuxhout the
territory OF the middle western states
9 which the Standard OIL com.
pany of Indiana operates. a gener
ally prevailing price Of 1s cents has
been established. subject to slight
modification in accordance with ar.
ferential O. freight rates.
, 1923-09-17
Metals

NEW YORK. Sept Hooper
easy; ~electrolyno. spot and futures
l3M @13k.
Tin steady; spot and nearby 4ii3;
futures 4os7. Iron steady. number
1 northern 2soo@27oo; number 2
northern 25.ooQ2s.oo; number 2
southern 24.oo827.oo.
Lead firm; spot s.s5@71o. Zinc
easy; a St. Louis spot and nearby
delivery e.b+. Anthony 1850
1855 spot.
, 1923-09-17
Oil : Finance : Bonds : Stocks : Grain /: Livestock : All Markets
HIOCOVERNOR ASKS
FOR CUT In GAS RATE
Middle West Official Thinks Prices Ought to Be
as Low as in Neighboring States
Addresses Standard Oil

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sept. 17-seek.
ing to learn why gasoline Is being
sold considerably cheaper in neigh
boring states than In Ohio. Cover
Donahey yesterday directed a letter
to the chairman of the board Of d.
rectors OF tho Standard OIL Com
pany of Ohio at Cleveland. asking
why there cannot be a substantial
reduction In the retail price of gas.
, 1923-09-17

DENVER. COLO. SEPT. IT. -
Hogs receipts 900; moderately 40.
tive; steady to CSC lower; strictly
good 100 pound averages $40; three
loads good 1870 pound averages to
shippers 900; bulk Of sales s.7B to
800; ono load mixed 27o pound aver
ages 7.7b; other heavy MIXED loads
up to s.soj packer sowa steady,
mostly 6.75 to 100; few plain kind
$50; few heavy pigs 500.
Cattle receipts 1900 calves 500 fat
she stock steady to strong; other
classes around steady: good 1900
pound grade steady at 500: best cows
4.2b TO AS; other loads $50 to 40;
Gamers mostly 400; bologna bulls
mostly 500 to a.25; choice $50 pound
calves s-25; good and choice feeding
heifers 4.bo to 500; early sales feed.
ing steers 500 TO $50; plain to rood
yeariing stookers $50 to s.75.
Sheep receipts 400; slow; one
double ia pound Idaho fat ewe ESQ:
looks steady to strong; no lambs
sold; stock kind held steady TO 2Bc
lower; packer BIDS showing nor
weakness.
, 1923-09-17

o~AKLAND.Srwo men arrested in
connection with alleged AUTOMOBILES
thefts. when searched BY police were
found TO have in their possession
empty money bags bearing the
stamp OF the Denver mint and m
Oakland bank recently robbed. They
arc hald in the belief that they may
b implicated in the robberisS
, 1923-09-17
Omaha Quotations.

OMAHA, NEB., SEPT. 17-Hors
receipts $500; slow. mostly 1926
lower; spots more on light butchers;
bulk 200 to 800 pound butchers 7.75
@s.1b; top s.25; bulk mixed lads
carrying packing sows and lights
7.bo97.75: packing sows mostly 7.15
9I'3b; average price Saturday 7.Ts:
average weight 1858. Cattle receipts
$4,000: slow; corn fed steers soaros.
market dull; early sales steady to weak
early top matured steers Ills; a
steers weak. early bulk sales 7.75@
800; top $50; little done on a
killing she stock. Bids l5@25c low.
or; early bulk a COWS IND heifers
s.oo9b.6o; Gamers and cutters
steady; bulls ESQ lower; boiognas
s.so@e.76; veals steady; practical top
300; few up to $50; stockers ana
feeders uneven 1900 lower; early
sales 5.5ogs.oo.
Sheep receipts 81 1000 killing class..
mostly z6c lower; early sales western
fat lambs 13.5o9is.7B; small lots
choice native lambs 1875; early ton
fat ewes 500; feeders weak 10 aso
lower; early sales range feeding
lambs 1s.oo@1s.25i feeding svves 800
@6.so' breeding swss mostly 100
down.
, 1923-09-17

CHICAGO, Sept 1T.-wheat-No.
2 red s1.o2k @1.osi No. Q hard.
s1.o8h @1.oph.
Corn-No. 3 MIXED. ssh @sek,
No. 2 yellow. se% @s7c.
oats-No. Q white. 4o94ahc; No.
. white. ssh @4oxo.
Rye-No. 2. 6596sc.
Bariey-65@57c.
Timothy seed-s6.so@s.oo
Oliver eed--s1e.oo91e.oo.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-s12.5o. NSf
Ribs-ss.75 @1o.26- y0li
, 1923-09-17
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. Sept. IL Butter
Higher; creamery extras. 47c: stand.
ards. 4se; extra irsts, AN a4se;
firsts. i2@43e; seconds. 4oa40hc.
EgEs Steady; receipts. 14.10S
cases; nrats, s4c: ordinary nrstS,
1s@3so.
, 1923-09-17
FURRY
Of SNOW HITS
MOUNTAIN TOP

Continued From Page One.
perftes will soon feel that old whit
ling wind and re-acquire the bracins
habit. that Is a = much.a part of liv.
ing here in the winter As wearing
heavy clothing.
SHERIDAN, wyo., Sept. 1r-Rain
which has been falling continuously
over Sheridan since $50 o'clock Sun.
day morning had reached a total OF
LIS inches at 1890 o'clock this morn.
ing. tho local U. 8. weather bureau
announced. Tbs rain turned 10
snow in the Big Horn mountains
and had reached a depth OF sevsrai
inohes today. Clear weather with
frost In forecast for tonight.
ROSWELL. ". Mex Sept IL
and apple crops by torrcntiai rains
which, accompanied by hail, fell in
this section yesterday. It was re.
veaied by a check up of the storm
damage. Spring river flooded the
lower part OF the city. Two bridges
were carried out. AL streets were
flooded. but mercantile atockz were
unchanged. More than seven in.
ches OF rain fell in this and q SINH.
lar storm which struck the same dis.
trict Friday evening.
SHERIDAN, wYo.. Sept. IT,
Simmons. custodian at Dome Lake,
, 1923-09-17
Three Flyers are
Reported Safe

NEWPORT NEWS. V. A.. Sept. It
Lieutenant cois and thrss meohan.
les OF Langley Field were reported
missing yesterday. but are safe at
chRriestown. ". Va. according to
tclographic advfees to Langley fisld.
, 1923-09-17

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE Pack.
ard Motor company announces net
operating profits for the fiscal year
ending August 81. 1923. as approx.
mateiy eo,Bo0,0o0.
, 1923-09-17

WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.-Grain
exports from tho United States last
week totalled $4,000 bushels as
compared to s~.sss,ooo for the week
previous.
, 1923-09-17
OF
night NEWS

ToRTo.-Tho bank of Japan has
sgreed to make a loan OF 50. ooo, 900
yen 12b, 900 .ooo) to the Japanese In
surance companies for payments on
policies for thousands killed m the
recent earthquake and ores.
, 1923-09-17
Silver

NEW YORK. Sept 1T-Bar silver
etS; Mexican dollars 49,.
, 1923-09-17

SEATTLE. Survivors Of the
Yokohama earthquake. suffering In
Juries and shock as the result OF
their experiences. were rushed To
hospitals Immediately upon the ar
rival of the liner President Jeffsr-
ION.
, 1923-09-17

LONDON. Sept. 17-Bar silver
AKA e ounce. Money az Per
cent
, 1923-09-17
a.


WASHINGTON. Ten ssnatora
and ten representatives have en-
dorsed a plan for the drafting of
legislation TO curb b~ucketshop oper-
alton. It was announced By the Poo
plo's Legislative Service. organised
by the Progressive group In con-
gress.
, 1923-09-17

RoMB@The government Of the
independent state OF Fiums resigned.
and Italy appointed a military gov
ernor general over the city.
, 1923-09-17

to
tho recently announced issue of AZ
per sent treasury certificates OF In
ccbtedness. dated September is.
amounted to s~65s.6Ts.boo. The treas
ury will accept s24s. 10000. 5sors-
tary Mellen announced
, 1923-09-17

LoNDoN-g1ve thousand persons
are reported to have persisted In the
foods which followed the typhoon At
Tottori. northwest OF Kobe. Japan.
Saturday. according to an Osaka
dispatch TO the Central News.
, 1923-09-17

JERSEY CITY-seven persons
were killed and a score or more In
jured when IRE swept through a
tenement building in q thickly popu-
lated district.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-04-25
VILLAGE ELECTION cAUS-
ES LITTLE EXCITEMENT

The Village Election held in this
city last Tuesday caused very LITTLE
excitement
Following is the return Of the votes
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-04-25
or DOLLARS ARE
LOST EVERY YEAR BY
FOREST FIRES

Late in the sumner and early fall
have you ever noticed the heavy pail
Of smoke that settles over the coun-
try, heavier some years than others2
You have perhaps remarked sometime
about the forest fires in the noun
tains, but have you ever stopped u
consider what il really means7 You
will see but little about Il n t-c d..
ly papers. as It is beyond their reach
and BY the tine the news gets or g
them II is OH ard never published
No doubt the sinking Of the Titanic
over eleven years ago Is fresh II you
mind and vas considered one Of tllo
Tsstest disasters Of the ege becau~
1900 lives were lost and s12, 500. go
-7orth OF properly destroyed. but hn7
many can recall the CIocuet forest
IRE in Minnesota. less than five years
20. when over 1000 lives were lost,
IS towns and villages wiped out and