Show FOREST FIRES RAGING IN PORTION OF OP WYOMING Federal Aid 4 Sought in a i Ex Extinguishing Extinguish Extinguish- N ing th the Flames CHEYENNE June SO Congressman n Mondell has been petitioned by th the residents resi resl- dents Jents of the Ue Battle Lake and and Grand En Encampment En- En n tt mining districts to secure Federal Federa aid to extinguish a a. a terrific forest fire tire which had been devastating the timber timber tim Um- ber berland land nea near the Vy Colorado Wyoming m Colorado nS' line for swept e th t the past entire two eastern weeks n The slope iC efi flames of TeI Timber have t mountain destroying the buildings of th the Cumberland Mining company In Us InUs Its pro pro- gress The fhe breast of the fire Is now ten tent miles in width ant and efforts to check its spread have been abandoned in despair Another fire fife is burning on Independence mountain n and promises to become 0 as as' as rt great as the first Both fires s arc within the recently created Medicine Bow forest reserve |