The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-28
MONUMENTS WILL BE ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF UNIDENTIFIED
FIGHTERS.
SITUATION IS UNCHANGED
Fires Over Northwest Slowly Burning
Forest Service Is Slowly Reorgan.
izng Fighting Fcrces and Progress Is
Expected Soon--No News Received
From Wallace Crews.

We have received many queries
during the past few days rs to the
disposition we We're going 10 make Of
the bodies Of the fire fighters who
We're burned while In the employ OF
The government" said District For
ester w IT, Greeley last night. and
in answer IL these inquiries ! want u
make q public statement"
Tie statement follows.
Wherever we have been able Ia get
track ~ relatives or friends of the
men or whenever requests have been
received for any OF the identified
bodies, we are preparing ana shipping
the bodies at our own expense The
other men who cannot be identified
and for whose bodies no requests are
received. will be moved as soon as
possible from the temporary burial
places. where they now lie. to suitable
plots al the different rangers stations.
where proper care can be taken of the
graves and where protection can be
assured from Wild animals. These
plots viii be carefully preserved. Sim
pie little tablets will be placed over
each grave and In each plot n little
monument viii be erected telling Of
the circumstances under which the
men died and giving them proper rec
oGnition AK men who mot their death
in the service Of the government.
Il have issued instructions 10 all
Killed. -ia-IeiouXe- -ihcae .lpcn 10 ucrun-
nent graves ut thc rangers stations
us soon as the urgent relief work is
over and trails can be cut through
the fallen timber tn the remote places
where many of the bodies were tenn
pornrily buried as nm emergency
measure"
There was little change In the ac-
tnal fire situation yesterday No word
was received all day from Associate
Forester Silcox regarding the number
OF dead In the vicinity Of Wallace, and
late last night no change had been made
In the list Of dead given out Friday
MIR. Silcox Is In Wallace trying to
straighien out the situation there. So
little definite information could be
gained by the local office that he was
the damage, A report Is expected from
him early this morning.
/; Y. stewart. assistant forester. who
Is temporarily engaged in directing the
fight against the fires on the Ncz
Pcree and Clearwater forests. sent
word yesterday that the situation
there Is greatly improved.
new fire broke out yesterday on
Bouldef creek on the Absaroka forest
Men will be sent in there from Butte
as soon as possible. Another fire was
reported by Deputy Supervisor Lcavitt
in the BeaYerhead forest.
Arrangements were made yesterday
SO that in case men were needed.
crews could be secured from Butte
II is not expected, however. that suf-
ficient number Of men can be secured
IN Dillon.
Mr.. Greeley stated yesterday that
he was sending out fresh crews or
men as fast as possible 10 the burn
Ing forests and that within few days
the service would he fighting the fires
hurricane. Crews were sent out yes
terday 10 the Fish lake fire on the
Lolo forest and to the fire near Cor
wallis on the Bitter Root forest.
A party of 80 men and i5 pack horses
was sent out of Oyando yesterday
toward the south fork of the Fldthead,
where scrions fires are stlll raging,