| Show 0 THE destruction OF WALLACE for the pact past month or six weeks the daily press has been teeming with graphic accounts of forest fires in idaho and montana the struggle t to subdue the flames has been ter riffi gigantic and yet the conflagration fla gained in volume and extent until bhole sections were desolated and practically i destroyed isolated towns and mining camps were reduced to ashes many were rendered homeless and a number of lives were lost still it was hoped that theanea th earea of destruction could be so confined as to safeguard places of large population and of great commercial importance and jt it was believed almost the last moment that this could be accomplished still no human agency could check the flames and last week the devouring element swept over the beautiful city of wallace in idaho and practically wiped this charming spot from off the face of the earth wallace is the commercial center of one of the greatest silver lead producing districts in the world its mines are famous for their vast production for their splendid disbursements in the way of dividends the city itself was well built and attractive in many ways in it were the homes of many mining magnates and its streets were lined with big business houses the traffic from a great stretch of country centered there and the place was a beehive bee hive of industry now it is desolated many lives have been lost in the battle with the red scourge and the property loss will run up into the millions and yet there is no reason to doubt but that wallace will rise from its ashes greater and of more importance than ever before we hope so and our deepest sympathy goes out to those who have been the chief sufferers from this calamity |
