Show NORRIS TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION HELENA Mont Aug Aig All 27 Gover Governor nor Edwin L Norris expects tonight to a proclamation or on the tho forest situation In which he will call can allen atten attention tion to the necessity for or the observance anco ance of or tho ho greatest caution with re respect respect to the tho forest fire situation and anti andIn andIn In an all interview on oJ tile the U e subject ho lie pointed to the dense smoke now over oer overhanging overhanging hanging tho lie city alt eit and the further fact that th t now fires thre heon reported as ae I showing the tho necessity for COl such a astop stop There seems to be bo a mistaken un understanding I respecting tho forest fores firo fire situation said the th lh governor Tho Tilo tires firos arc are simply under control they thoy tho are aro not nol out t In fact ft f l they thoy the arc burn burning tog ing In as fit fiercely fierce an as ever In the tho several districts hut but they are arc e confined fI to the hc forests Should a brisk wind arise they the would almost Immediately lately he come as threatening to the nearby nearh towns as a ever This Is proved not only onh by hy the dense smoke now overhanging Helena Holona hut also aiso by I 1 the tho fact that fresh resh fires aro are reported on tho the Chicago Little Boulder twenty miles mites from Big Tim Timber her ber and In the Elk park and Boulder districts between Helena Holenn and Butte Butto Again the foremen soldiers had hati scarcely reached home homo when alIon they the wore again ordered out and art are still doing patrol 1 duty dut In the lie In mv my m proclamation I expect to ro re request quest every vor person business does not absolutely his pres pros presence L once ence to stay away from the forests for in their dry sir ry condition It does docs not require much In tho the form of oC a n flame to start a disastrous conflagration It has bas been and an shall bo he the tho policy of this department of tho government of the flue state government to keep leop In close touch with the situation In every section of tho fhe ho state and Ind neither I vigilance I will bo he relaxed nor efforts spared to prevent pro vent the recurrence of ot the tho lie flames Phil adjutant general of or orthe the Second regiment National Guard returned today from Camp Canup Perry Perr and hereafter he lie will be bo In command of o othe the soldiers of tho the regiment His Im Immediate Immediate mediate return upon learning of oC the tho Situation Is commendable and anti In this connection I would also call coll atten atlen attention tion to tho ho prompt manner r In which tho five companies entered tilt the Held field and their efficient services in fighting the tho forest fires I 1 would commend the lie apparent readiness of the other I companies to render similar They will bo hO b kept under tinder call until the danger has passed It may be he noces I sary to send troops to Big Timber this being belg dependent upon tho the laves investigation Investigation I now being conducted by br tho the adjutant general generl gener The forest fires have hao proved th sterling worth and I absolute necessity of the tho National Guard Not only on 1 have havo Its members rendered d efficient service but also I they the thc have proved capable dependable men menI I II I think the tho lh press pross of tho the state I should go the combined efforts of every one to bring about results In Inthis Inthis this situation That the tho danger has lias I not passed Is apparent Tho The loss lossIs lossIs Is greater among private property owners that lint Is generally realized It I behooves every eve one to bo he on guard and see seo that no chances aro are taken I HEl dNA Mont Aug Au 27 Govern or Edwin L L Norris today Issued the tho following proclamation To the People of oC the State stale of Mon Montana Monna Lana tana na Whereas within weeks con conflagrations I lions In tho the forests of Montana and an adjoining states have wrought fear fearful fearful ful ml disaster resulting In deplorable loss of life and vast destruction of I public and private property ty and anti Whereas continued J drouth and possible winds may mar at any nn an time cause a 3 recurrence of the tho distressing condi condl conditions conditions anti and l II work still sUll greater harm harmand harmand and Whereas It Is believed helleved that in innumerous Innumerous innumerous numerous Instances these forest fires have had their Inception as a i result r sult of thoughtlessness or lack of care careon careon careon on tho the part of campers camJ rs in tho he woods woodson on oil pleasure bent or of or persons en on engaged engaged In burning brush hrush or sleeping on their holdings or In sparks from locomotives on the tho rights of or way wa of tho the railroads and Whereas the tIle situation that thaI con confronts confronts confronts fronts the Ito state In the present grave emergency IB 18 i one one that concerns con erns and und should appeal to every eer citizen of o Mon Montana MonI tana I ann Now therefore I J Edwin L Nor ol as governor of said state out of l f fan an abundance of caution In the exist existing existing ing crisis do hereby urge upon all law la abiding citizens to refrain from entering upon pon the forests of the tho state except In unavoidable Instances and whore where such entry Is In the tho perform performance ance of a duty dut until such time LIme as It may be bo found that all damage of fur f ther outbreak of fires tIres In ha the tho forests forest I Is past It Is also urged that all persons re rc refrain I frain frai from Crom the tho burning buinIng of brush or on any an holdings so 50 long as asthore I there thore may ma be bo the lie slightest danger within tho the firo fire zones It if Is further urgently referred to I the tho he railroad companies operating within the Iho state that they establish esta I anti and maintain a and thorough I patrol system on their rights of way war And AntI I 1 do call cail upon all war var wardens I dens dons and anti deputy fire wardens to use I their utmost In tho the enforce enforcement ment went of all forest regulations and to I cause the tho arrest of any and arid all per persons persons sons eons who may violate any such rag reg regulations It Is believed that a compliance with tho he requests of this proclamation I will have hae a salutary effect and may ma mago mago go far towards preventing further loss los I and property suffering on the part of I our and In this the tho ap nil appeal nilI appeal I I peal IB Is Issued I I In testimony whereof I have here hero hereunto hereunto unto sot set my m Iii hand and caused the I I great seal of the state stalo to he affixed I IDone Done at the Iho city of Helena the tho cap capital capItal ital Ilal this day of Au An August Angust gust A D one ono thousand and nino hun hundred hundred dred and ami ten Signed EDWIN EDWN r L NORRIS By n tho the governor A AS N Seer Secy Sac of State BUTTE Mont Aug 27 A special to tho the Miner finer from Bozeman says sa Atthe At tho the preliminary hearing before Judge rud e eY w v Y Smith four men mon who wore were ar arrested arrested arrested rested last Tuesday night In tho the Gal flat Gallatin latin forest on a 3 chargo charge of rekindling the mos fles they thov had harl boon belt hired hilled to put mit putout out were released The Tho CUBe case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence and though it had appeared strong to tolie the lie officers and many mall mail of the tho mon men who wore were near liy hy h It was wan not nol sufficient to 10 satisfy the hue judge that a conviction could bo ho obtained This afternoon however tho the county cout attorney B D BLaw B n BLaw Law und anti VT tr r Clark scored cored a point in the tho preliminary hearing of Emit Emil Fv F lenor who was arrest p st night nighton nl hl hlIn on In a charge of having failed to lo ex ox extinguish a In the forest The that there thero was Wa no 00 wilful negligence on Mr part and I lR ho e thought he had put out the tho fire His bond hond was fixed by b Judge Smith at only onh who nevertheless bound him over oer to the tho district court MISSOULA Mont Ilont Aug 27 Tho I situation In district shows show decided Improvement In tho fires In Inthe Inthe inthe the Missoula district The fire fighters are aro Gradually sub subduing subduing duing tho ho flames Olmes and with a continua continuation continuation continuation tion of the lie present weather condi conditions conditions Ions It seems certain that complete control will be bo a matter of but a few fow days das Ono missing man was located today loday Walter who had hM been given gien up as dead dearl He Ho was found at nt work for a railway foreman near Av Avery y 1 ery or er and had not been in danger at any anytime anytime time In Isolated places the tho fires are 4 breaking out again where they the were wore chocked by hy hi tho the rain Wednesday but butI tho the rangers aro are chasing g them down |