Show Destructive Fire in Idaho Gov Steunenberg yesterday received Information from Moscow concerning the forest fires raging in the white pine belt It was stated In his dispatches that large areas of white pine land were likely to be burned over unless a successful campaign against the spread of the flames was conducted Much pine owned by the State is endangered by the fIre The Governor wired to Moscow that the State would bear Its fair proportion of the expense of ex anguishing the flames It seems to be the plan to organize in that place for fighting the fire Moscow Is very much interested In the white pine bolt as It expects to be the center of the lumbering industry when cutting of the timber Is begun Boise Statesman |