The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-26

Senator Hepburn, whose home
town is Wallace, Ida, suffered
serious loss. Senator Carter of
Montana and Representative Mon-
dell of Wyoming were also scored
by Pinchotg
The statement follows: 'T am
proud of the splendid work the
men OF the foresr service have been
doing against the western forest
fires. Many OF them have given
their lives to protect the homes
Of settlers and for which the pros
perity of the western people de-
mands. To my mind, their conduct
is beyond all praise. Forest fires
are preventable.
''Tt Is a good thing for us to
remember at this time that nearly
or all of the loss, suffering and
death these fires have caused is
wholly unnecessary. A fire in
forest is the same kind Of a thing
as O FIRE in a city There in only
one way to fight either.
b The fire department of every city
is organized with the prime idea
of getting to the fire when 1t is
young SO with forest fires. The
time to conquer them is before
they gro.t strong.
''If a forest is equipped with
roads, trails, telephone lines and a
reasonable number of men for pa
troll there is no more likelihood that
q great fire would be able to get
started than there is that a great
conflagration like the Chicago fire
will get started in city with a
modern fire department. Under
rare circumstances they may, but
the chances are against it,"
200 Dead, Latest Estimate.
Spokane, Wash, Aug. ga
message received here late today
from Ponderay. Idaho, says he
bodies of twenty men and five liv-
ing men are at a ranch house on
the opposite side OF the river at
Tuscan, Mont.
The Ave men are burned severely
and no doctor is obtainable."
The latest estimates of loss of
life in the forest fires place the
number of dead at more than 200
italians and Austrians in the st.
Joe valley of whom many persisted.
They were employees of a logging
camp. The list Of government
rangers dead, now 100, will prob
ably be heightened.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.--Owing q
reports from Missoula an
spokane, the total number of dead Il
he northwestern forest fires was il
oubt today, but the latest information
ends to substantiate the Spokane esti
nate of $50 as the total for the thre
tates.
The Spokane count includes 10
United States forest employees in Idah
nd Montana. fifty settlers and fir
lghters in the st. Joe valley. Idaho
With the remaining ten distribute,
mong the three states.
The Missoula forestry office's list o
evenly mine dead forest employee
oes not account for twenty-one kille,
t Bullion Mine, Mont. and on tn
'ig fork Of the Occur d'Alene.
Fires Spread in Washington.
Seattle. Wash, Aug. 26.-Within tn
asst forty eight hours forest fires o
erious proportions have broken out il
II sections of western washington
famed by a strong northwest wind
he fires have spread with alarming
apidity and the state forest ranger
nd patrols Of the lumbermen's asso
iations have been impressing all avail
bile men to aid in combating tn
lanes.
Loss Is 100000.
Portland. Ore. Aug. 26.-Tne ar
ituation today IL one OF unrelaxinl
yigilance. 1T IL estimated that L
slarke and CowIitz counties, Washing
on, $4,000. 900 represents the aggregat
oss. Eight hundred persons have bee
endered homeless and 1000 men hav
Deen thrown out OF work.