Show ASHES BLANKET FOREST REGION I American Fires Defy Efforts of 1200 Firefighters Firefighters Fire Fire- fighters SPOKANE Wash Aug 2 P R- R Towns mountains and valleys of northeastern Washington today had the appearance of ot being visited by byan byan byan an earl early winter snowstorm as ashes from one of 01 the worst forest lorest fires in inthe inthe inthe the region fell feU over the area In the Colville n national forest 25 25 acres containing timber valued at more note than had burned over despite the efforts of about 1200 fire figh fighters ter All AU farmers on Aleck creek were vere moved to Curle Curley by the he forest service ser set vice and all farmers on Deer creek north of ot the fire were moved to Orient One of oC the worst wor Canadian fires west of ot Grand Forks B. B C. C was Vas reported reported re reo re- re ported controlled but a still till serious It wa was in the heaviest timber in the dia dis dis- dis At equipment was moved across the border into the United States before belore the Sire fire was considered safe Men fighting that blaze had hadnot hadnot hadnot not slept since Sunday Several hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred Americans members of ot the C C C were on the front Fire fighters were forced to throw themselves flat on the ground as flames sh t above their heads Other Canadian American fires lires controlled controlled con con- trolled aided by cooler weather included in in- eluded tho those in the Kootenay and boundary districts of or southern Brit British ish Columbia and nd in West Kootenay near a community In Stevens county west of Chewelah Chewelah Che- Che Wash a strong wind fought against the efforts effort of men making mak make ing mg control of the mountain fire virtually vir vir- impossible In Montana a day of wind sent bad fires on Trout creek in the Cabinet national forest and on Meadow creek in the Kootenay forest out of or control |