Show MOUNTAIN AND COAST FOREST FIRES IN WYOMING Grand Encampment and Battle Lake in Danger of Destruction Saratoga Wyo Aug 20The forest fires continue to burn In the mountains moun-tains between Battle Lake and Grand Encampment and those towns and the numerous mining camps and sheep camps are threatened with destruction Theherders were forced to drive tholr flocks high up In the mountains to get feed owing to the scarcity of both feed and water on the plains below and It IB feared that many of these herders have been surrounded with theh Hocks by the fires The timber Is as dry as tinder and burns fiercely Nothing can prevent the progress of the flames except ex-cept a heavy rain It Is estimated that the loss thus far exclusive of the millions of feet of fine timber will be over 200000 Miners have Joined the forest rangers in the work of fighting the fires Their combined com-bined effortn however seem to be of no avail |