The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
ANACONDA NEWS.
FOREST FIRES RAGING
One Hundred Acres Southwest
of Anaconda Ablaze.
CAMP FIRE STARTED IT
small Damage to Property Anticipated.
Fire Moving Away From Farms and
Fences and Is on Govern
ment Land.

Nearly 100 acres of mountain side
burning, sending up dense volume of
smoke, with here and there blazing
tree standing forth out of the smoki-
ness. That was the scene a score or
more people scaled hills and tramped
over rough roads to view yesterday.
Since Saturday night a huge mass of
smoke has been seen from Anaconda.
arising from behind high hill to the
southwest OF the city. Yesterday after
noon it increased in size until it ap-
peared from the city that the whole
valley beyond the hill was in blaze.
$50 1t was that many set out from
anaconda 10 investigate A tramp of
Inle ana half brought them to the
loot OF hill several hundred feet high
ana a mile long. Up this the investi
gators climbed, painting under the hot
sun some of them dragging BICYCLES
ana probably cursing their own stu
pidity. .
Fin ally the summit was reached and
then a-good view Of the fire was had
It was located far up on the side hilI
nearly mile distant, and was burning
nercely. Lower on the hill were i'm
proved lands and fences, but there
We're all out of danger, as the fire was
spreading upward.
rev of the investigators decided
upon closer view. The hill upon which
they We're standing sloped abruptly to
the southwest, terminating in a valley
IN which is located the city dam. Down
TINS hill the weary but determined in
Nestlgators slid, gathering speed, dust
ana bruises as they travelled. Then
tney climbed on to within a short dis
lance of the fire, finding it uncomfort-
ably hot and not so picturesque as at
distance After that they came home,
nnulng road that did away with the
necessity of climbing the steep hill
Wnlle there are no houses in the i'm
mediate vicinity and no great damage
is anticipated change of wind NAV
bring serious results. Several long piles
or cord wood, the property of Demos
Landerville, were destroyed last night
by the fire, and it was feared the tele-
phone line to Lake Hearst would be
ruined. Grows chicken ranch is out of
the direct line of the fire, but near
enough to be injured in case the wind
changes.
Il do not think any property own
ers will be injured said Sher-
if Conley yesterday. THE land, l be-
believe, belongs to the government. The
Anaconda Copper Mining company
owns some land in the vicinity, but l
do not think that will be damaged"
There is still large area of sparseIy
timbered land in the path of the fire
This will probably furnish fuel for sew
eral days.
The origin Of the fire is believed to
have been in a fire gcarelessly started 4
by campers. This is the common cause
of forest fires and frequently results in
great destruction of valuable property
One compensation the tired investiga-
tors-a Standard reporter among them
received for their long, wearisome
climb was the magnificent view. On
one side was Anaconda, spread out
map-like below. red brick city of i'm |
posing size with Warm Springs creek
a silvery thread on it's eastern border, |
fringe of smelter stacks breaking the |
skyline in the distance, while at the ter |
mination of the valley the open coun-
try spreading out in a sweeping curve. |
On the other side was the fire, it's |
smoke obscuring the sun and causing a
rudy glow to be cast over the land
scape. And then, far below. was Noun
tain View park, mass of green foil |
age and open meadow, with the people, |
tiny as pin points, moving about Along |
the valley train would be seen moving |
at snails pace to and from the park. |