La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-08


cial dispatches 10 the Rocky Mountain
News give information about the forest
fires:
Steamboat Springs, Colo, Sept. so
A heavy rain Tell last night, with snow
in the mountains, and as result the
dozen forest fires which have de-
stroyed hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth of timber are to-day
smoulderinG.
1t was the first rain for six weeks.
If the weather clears M the fires Will
start again. At Columbia the shaft
house and outbuildings nj the Carron
mine We're destroyed. Other Duliu-
ings in the town caught fire and We're
saved only after II desperate enort.
They have been fighting lire Tor
week. \ great deal OF fine timber has
been destroyed.
Visitors report that fully half OF the
White river timber reserve. the great
game region. has been burned over
and the smoke almost clouds The sun
Ranchmen in Williams fork have lost
over 800 tons Of hay. The Chapman ~
Mole ranches in Egeria have been de-
stroyed by fire. All buildings ana
several hundred tons of hay were de-
stroyed. Additional facts regarding
the fire at Hahn's Peak say that
u
to fight fire End partly for fear that
The county buildings would he de
| stroyed.
Two hundred men fought fire under
! charge of the sheriff and his deputies.
| Ouray, Colo, Sept. Gothic wind Is
| blowing gale here this morning ana
| the mountains between here and Sill
| verton are in flames. Reports came in
,i,nhar ,s h,,rn,n, so t;crccIv that II is
,,,,,,o,..ii,o 90 n,eor,oi,, ,ha ,nount of
dan,aa., no,n,, done There nre several
ua ,,.,,m ,,' NJ ,r.'o,, -, IN. ,,re INIT
nitn,s tn,s IL IN, .ns ,,rn h"r VI ,.an,.J IL nm
] tnn,,m ''
Glepwood Springs. Colo, Sept. 30
| The fires In he mountains near here
| have taken fresh life. today. owing to
| high winds The sun has been nearly
| ohscured all day and the atmosphere
| is heavy with smoke.
The stock on the rnure. as far as
hoard from has cscaped the fire.
Hight winds are blowing o.night In
This Vicinity and the flames are rapidly
increasing
-
Montrosc, Colo. Sept. 3o.-The IN
cipient forest fire southeast OF town
about twenty-five miles has now
plainly be seen from town. The range
between Hairpin mesa and Saw Tooth
mountain IL nearly devastated, anu
what was at first considered to be OF
trivial nature may result In serious
loss.
,r..
Idaho Springs, Colo sept: .'o.--A ~ ~
sky here tonight IL thicS Win snoke
ana the moon mas purhen-ou. nppsr. - !.
nnce. heports coMlhS ~ o w ~,
White river country hnu tns .e
range OF mouAns ae .,, n :
campers VINO "ouiu nave s.uy ~
through here or their way nome, lney
say the DESTRUCTION OF umDer ~ WI
paraileied ana mat every iarm mas SUI
fered py tne loss OF Iouuer Mtnu .
reuius OF thirty-HSe ID! ninety es'
There Is no donpt expressea nnyWh.Ie
as TO the cause OF 'he mre uens ue
Indian In the whole district. Ihls nj,
ternoon Mr.. IL; +. may. nccoHlp,hieu
by the Misses hart, daugn!ers ol LEA,
Hart OF DenVer' nht iuu! i,ieu VI
theirs from New iorK; IN re'urnea from OH, :,
trip IN the park- Ihey repol. snea'
danger from the hrc anu e0rroporute
many OF the tales tod. Ihey also
say that the hre IL nakIhG aHarlIs
headway toward NORM PARK. snouiu
II actually recch there the ues'rucuoh
VIII DE aWtui.
y. y. sherwhn. pres'ueht o Ghc
Chamber OF Commerce OF idaho
Springs. accompanied py Ea Cnester
and DIR. J. z. johnson ana WiiIiaHi
Dole or Denver, nave JUST returnetl
1oxx,n tho Renr river IN Californin nark