Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-23

northwest are or less dlScOuraglng ma
ture. Some of the fires have been con-
trolled, others are less threatening
owing to an absence of wind, while in
some districts the fire fighters have
diverted the course of the flames from
towns that were threatened.
The new fires that have sprung UP
during the past twenty-four hours
have not so far proved serious.
WALLOwA RESERVE IS SAFE
A report received early today that
the Colville fire is eastern Washington
had broken out again with renewed
energy does not seem to be borne out
by the facts. This fire and the one in
the Wallowa reserve in Oregon appear
for the time at least to be under con-
troll
A fire which has been burning in
the Wenaha reserve in southeastern
Washington for the past week became
ugly yesterday afternoon, and advices
today indicate that it is still raging
with undiminished fury.
In eastern Oregon, between Baker
City and La Grande, there are several
fires which are doing serious damage
to live timber. 1t is feared that these
fires will not be controlled until there
Is a rainfall.
There are several fires in the Umpqua
valley in southern Oregon, but so far
they have not done any great damage.
The fires in the neighborhood of Grants
Pass, Oregon, which became decidedly
threatening Sunday evening, are for
the time being under control.
MORE FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVE
The situation in the Crater lake re-
serve and the Mount Mclaughlin dis
tricts, on the extreme southern edge of
n nnPhnnEp6 from
the past few days with the exception
that owing to an absence of wind to-
day these fires are not making such
rapid progress as on previous days.
They are all burning furiously, how
ever, despite the efforts of 700 fire
fighters, among whom are 250 more
regular soldiers from American Lake,
Wash, who arrived this afternoon.
In the vicinity of Medford and Ash
land, Ore, the fires are less menac-
ing only because there is no wind. In
both these places all the men obtain
able have been drafted into service to
back-fire and trench.
In South oregon the fires in many
cases are of incendiary origin. This
has been a matter Of general gossip in
Medford for several days but 1t be-
came officially published today,
through the Associated Press dispatch
es from washington stating that the
associate forester at Portland had noti-
fed the forest service in Washington
that the Crater reserve and Nedford
fires are known to have been of incen-
diary origin and that new fires are be-
ing set constantly.
No hope of rain is yet given by the
weather bureau in this city, the predlc-
tion of the district forecaster for to-
night and tomorrow being fair weather
throughout Oregon, washington and
Idaho.
BODIES OF SIX ARE FOUND
A special to the Spokesman Review
from st. Joe, Idaho, says:
The bodies of six unidentified men,
bers of the patrol gang of twcnty-six
have been found In Elk Prairies. The
other twenty are missing and probably
will never be found
The fires are now raging between St:
Maries and ST. Joe and have reached
a point six miles west of st. Joe. Ihe
wind is blowing hard and the hre is
gaining rapidly. Immense cinders are
falling in the streets of st. Joe. The
fires are more than mile wide ana
are raging on both sides of the river.
The whole country north or ST. Joe
over the divide and in Lature creek
vicinity is ablaze.
A number OF homesteaders, unable TO
make their way out over the prairles
to Lane, Idaho, were compelled to re-
trace their steps and go to st. Joe
by a southerly route over the divide.
SO exhausted were some of the women
and children that two rescue partles