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Show MOUNTAIN FIRE THREATENS CROPS ROCKLAND,, Ida.. Aug. 14.Ftro that rased on the past side of Tabls mountain Saturday afternoon alarmed the home-steaje-rs of tills vk-Lnity and northwest of town, endangering hundreds of acres of gra In and t lie homes of not less t han t went y se i t lrs. On t he top of Tab W mountain Jeea Havs has a fle'd of l(Mi acres of wheat just ready fnr the reser. at id I lie Aa mt. wers nearl ng It. beetles be-etles spreading la every direction. At I sundown Bert Adams learned the situation situa-tion snd hastened with eighteen men snd as mart' mulee and plowed a fire guard between the Or and ths anoxmoua wheat : 4 1 field. In the niesntlni Sv-v-eral 8'fOTro-htlea 8'fOTro-htlea loaded with tnt-n hfiaur-' i from Amerirsn Fa: It. u-irri . . t towns. By. 1U o'vU. k - r j : e Darn-a Itself It-self out. Sunday the horrettH in ti.at munltv wre bufV gyii'i:e f): 1 around th-tr tk-Wi ss t e , I pU has made tne in U. fie-.- t saice fields r W but a aud lum auotinue. |