Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-25


Weigle including them In his list OF
dead employees Last night. however,
he declared they were not rangers Add
the number OF dead rangers "a. the A
bodies found near Avery, the 10 Japan
csc, who persisted near Avery. and tn
various known dead In Washington.
Idaho and Montana, and the total Is
1i2. This Is without taking into ac-
count the 1855 rangers imprisoned on
the headwaters of the ST. Joe.
FOREsTERs DIsHEARTENED.
The appalling loss of life among this
forest employees has taken the heart
out of the surviving foresters and an
order has been issued not to risk life
TO save timber. The little fires are
being cxtinguishcd, but the great fires.
TO fight which might result in loss
of more lives. will be allowed to burn
themselves out or they viii burn until
the rains extinguish them.
In the Occur d'Alenc mining country
the fires have exhausted their fuel as
also they have done in the Pend dor
ellis valley In the Clearwater country
and in the thckest timber of the Occur
d'Alene national forest. however. the
flames arc as hungry and active as
ever.
No lumbernan or forester will give
an estimate OF the timber losses Even
dIItH tflt mrs dIN OUT u VIII "
to reckon the cost II is believed, how
ever. that the present fires are the most
expensive the United States has ever
known. An expert railroad builder es-
Inmates the loss of the Milwaukee road
at s2.500,000.
RAISING RELIEF FUND
Tho Spokane Chamber OF Commerce
has. begun the raising of a large relief
fund. The chambers represen tative.
who has just returned from Idaho, be-
lievcs that many ranchers have been
burned to death and that many more
who have lost everything they pos
sessed. viii need financial aid TO car
ry them through the winter and re-es-
tablish them.
Among the first subscribers TO the
fund which is being collected at Wal
lace. were John Hays Hammond and
United states Senator Hepburn of Ida
no.
A special 20 the Spokesman Review
from sites. idaho, says:
Forest Ranger c. II. Watson We'd
nesday night rode into Maj. Fenn's
headquarters Mt Kooskia on faded
horse from which every hair had been
singed. and begged that relief party
be sent to rescue six men surrounded
by fire IN Old Mans basin Watson left
the men Monday morning at daylight
and had been ever since fighting his
way Sc miles to Kooskla. He passed
through burning forests for % miles.
and for Ave miles was compelled to
ride through blazing trees. from which
masses Of burning bark and limbs were
constantly falling upon him and his
horse The smoke was so dense that
he was compelled to dlsmount at inter
walls and lie fiat on the ground IN or
der TO get n breath Of air and his mount
was several times so overcome that II
fell Watson reported the men ex-
hausted and sick.
A party Of 10 are surrounded - miles
beyond Weitus Meadows. but are sun
posed to he safe There are also $50
men surrounded In the mountains be-
tween 10 10 pass and the So Maries, |
and Mai Fem has sent three guides |
to pilot them out.
Conditions In the Clearwater reserve
are hopeless and Mai. Fem has received |
instructions from the forestry head |
quarters at Missoue to recall all the i
fighters from the interior 81 the |
stricken region and set them at work |
on the outskirts OF the fire zone, The |
message said;
SAVE LIVES OF MEN.
save the lives of the men and let |
the timber GO"
There are 80 large fires and many |
smaller ones on the reservation.
There are 1856 men In the two forest |
ranger parties now missing in the |
country at the headquarters of the st. |
Joe river. Eighty-five men are In the |
party headed by Joseph ID Hahn and |
the expedition under II. A. Fern con- |
tatns 100 men. Deputy Rangerc Fisher |
and Holcomb have left Wallace at the |
head OF relief expeditions 10 the st. Joe. |
They viii try to penetrate the forest by |
way of the Clearwater divide carrying |
medicines and condensed rations
A special to the Spokesman Review |
from Wallace says:
Forest Supervisor wegle said there |
were no other large parties than those |
OF Hahn and Fern missing in the Occur |
a. Alene forest although there might be |
less OF life In Isolated districts. Hahn |
and his men are in the densest Of the I
forest Fern and his crew are 30 miles ,
from safety Conditions on the st. Joe |
are very bad. Absence OF news is dis
coura cling. but the leaders are skiital /
and experienced and hope has not been
abandoned.