Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-24 | Page 3 | Montana Fire out of Control

I MO NTA NA H FIRE f four OUT our Of MISSOULA Mont Aug 24 CAP AP Fanned by high h winds the Half Hale h Moon forest Ire fire filc has i burned burned- over vc cres of ot timber timberland timberland land Inn early toda today day w was s spreading spreading- yond control of ot the hundreds hundreds' of f men cn who are arc fighting th the blaze Lake The i f Lewis la h hotel M- M Mat at lh tho head i of McDonald was evacuated last night and It was waa feared would be destroyed by tho tim fire Forest ser ser vice vieD men park es railroad inen and residents o of the tIme district threatened Mn S1 n b by uy tho have coin coin- to ht fight the blaze which has been the tho most disastrous of ot any r forest fire in tho the state this season Beason but h heavy avy tabs rains apparently were the tho only hono hon of ot ending the tho blaze blazo before It does docs much mOre moro damage On tho ho Lolo Lob Pass highway bo bo- bo yond which a small army is lii wagIng waging wag wag- Ing a a. desperate battle t J stop tho the flames advancing on the th Montana border from tho Baldpate moun moun moun- tam tain tire fire in Idaho all nh traffic ex except ept that of ot the forestry service was banned On the Flathead Indian tion near DIxon two fires tires were vere burning and men of the Indian agency at DIxon were endeavoring to keep them front spreading The Elk EJk Creek fire in valley drove fire crews crows Into rapid retreat yesterday as M it spread miles mUes Into the Douglas Creek basin Half a n. dozen smaller fires throughout the tho state were sunder under varying stages of control as emer omer emergency gency fire fighting cro crows crown s 's were called Into service to combat them Forestry officials have havo predicted cd lh that t. t the fire Ire d damage this year will be larger than It has been bien for many years ears