Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-20

rushing thru the woods on their heels. 1t
was said they demanded II hours pay
for Il hours work.
$1,000 Acres in One Fire.
Forest service officials are endeavor-
ing to locate the tprincipal instigators OF
the trouble. it was said. and will arrest
and prosecute them under federal stat
utes. if successful. Unless the work of
alleged agitators is checked, they said.
and the men held on their jobs, it is ex-
pected the fire cannot be controlled.
The Henderson fire in western Mon
tana has already covered 1000 acres,
and there is said to be no prospects of
stopping it, as the flames have crossed
the divide into Mullan guch and are
steadily crossing northward thru the
brush and new forests planted few
wears ago by the forest service in that
region.
st. Regis Peril Grows.
The Gold creek fire, which surrounds
St. Regis on the north and south side
of the river, is said to be most serious
in the district, threatening ranches and
small towns in the vicinity. 1t will be
exceedingly difficult to control, it was
declared, on account of having jumped
the river. 1t covers six sections Of land
south of the river and five sections
north of the stream, about 1000 acres
in ALL The flames are raging over two
mile front. 1t is planned to make a
stand against this fire from Dry creek,
tomorrow. Supervisor White of the Lolo
forest. said.
Eighty men were sent into the Ash
lev lake district in the Blackfoot forest
today This is the largest blaze in that
district Spreading northward over a
mile front, the Landers fork fire is caus-
ing much trouble in the Blackfoot for
est. while in the Flathead forest, the
Sullivan creek fires spread over two
forks Of the stream, by high winds dur
ing the night, are covering a great area.
Fighters Barely Save Camps.
A new fire in the Selway forest all
but destroyed fire fighters camp, the
crew being engaged In a desperate bat
tie before it was saved The fire had
been thought under control, but was
famed to life by the high winds and
rushed 30 miles over the mountains IN
less than an hour.
A novel development of the day was
the discovery of a band of sheep be-
longing to the Northwest Sheep company
of Portland Ore, which was reported
destroyed two days ago. The sheep were
caught between two fires, abandoned by
their herders and left to their fate. Eff
forts later to find them were fruitless,
but today q rancher reported that
large part of the band had been found
safe, thou hundreds had been lost.
New Storm Center.
Slight headway is being made against
the Niger gulch blaze, according to re-
ports received, today, while the Rock
creek fire reported yesterday, was
caught Immediately and is now under
control. Numerous small fires have been
reported during the last week IN the
Lolo forest. coming so rapidly that 1t is
impossible to place crews on all of them.
In the Coeur d Alene forest, the
Steamboat fire il burning in timber
lands of great value. The Pend Oreille
forest. where for few days the situa-
ton was unus daly quiet. has developed
into a storm center. The Mount Hall
fire on the Canadian border has burned
over both forks of Mission creek, with
65 men fighting it from the south end.
The Ruby creek fire has burned over
about $50 acres, with 30 men battling
the flames there.
The Park river fire is the most ser
ious in the Pend Oreille forest, having
covered 5000 acres. This fire, which
has been burning for about ten days. has
crossed north over the divide y and is
threatening the Fall creek erainage,