Show J FlA SG THAT nN 11 COM co m 12 Mont Aug Al I From every I r corner of or western Montana and Idaho Iho his thure are R r prayers that weather has hn hit hll It II right In the forecast for tor showers for tor today Nothing but rain can the The hundreds hundred of nt weary men mel who for tor days dI h v battled batted with lh tho flames In the forests tor 11 are Ir In safety with wih bloodshot eyes e and n aching limbs Immersing themselves in streams tl or their faces tarla In mud for tor pro from the r ll t when endur endurable able ahle maddening heat heal of ot their con IIA foe to he only Improvement In the lon Is II at Wallace Valaen the remnant of the th town lon that la II left lef seems to be safe from tm fire nr and anc at Mullan where the town tom threatened all day yesterday Is I believed d to be safe Irl It I Is II reported that In Rales western Montana Montan Is IB alro 10 out of ot danger clanger hut but this may prove to be a bit of ot overconfidence TOWNS IN ASHES ASH EA EATh The Th towns tona of at Taft De D Hen Henderson len derson denn nd the old part of at St Rt Regis are In ashes ahu The Th old ail placer town lown of ot Mur Murray Murray ray In Idaho Is I In danger danler The Te flames have hav the upper hand had of ot the situation In a I score lea of ot places rIM Is Ih only salvation of at hundreds of ot miles of at tim timber tm ber br and of at many man camps small 1111 towns town I Men have haf fought IhA flames nales to 10 the limit of at human endurance and are art withdrawing from the contest In many places E Is II the situation In th timbered country along the tho lines In of ot the Milwaukee Western ex extension fX tension ten lon Here the th railway has hns suffered tremendous loss 1011 from fire In tho Iho very It region where havoc nil I lust winter Bridges have been burned and stations wiped II d off ar the map Wherever tho Iho railway company has brought the men to 10 safe safety Ite IteI ty I In special trains ns ni thero has hia been no effort spared to 10 mik complete This morning thero are arf two Iwo rescue seUI trains on the Ih Milwaukee speed InK Inic toward with about abul GOO 5 people aboard abord There Is I another on tho Northern Coeur dAlene branch blanch with SO 30 women and ant children taken from the th burned town of ot St There will wi be b n econ North Northern ern Ir Pacific train betor noon non FOREST GANGS Unless them are al more men n In Isolated positions In the Ih woods than Is I believed I to 10 tv b the case ele the loss 1011 of ot life In n this section cUon will wi not be b great grel 1 men In Inthe the forest service ganus are In charge of ot experienced woodsmen and they know how to take lake care enrA of at themselves It I Is tN only where they have utterly ex n exhausted hausted themselves In their with wih the flames or r have hao sustained disabling that Iha they the are arl to bj b overcome by the tr trIn In Wallace however the death list IBI may grow 10 The Th fire swept that thaI town lOl with wih such alch terrible swiftness that thaI It I U I feared them will 1 be morn mMA bones found In tha Ihl ruins as 1 the search learh prO eSel FIFTY MILES OF FIRE The Tha fiercest forest foret fires Ires In thi dis district tb this morning are Iho e In Sand Sanders Sald ers era county between Thompson and ld tha Idaho line ln The Th e fires extend along an unbroken linn lne for tor more than Ihan bo 30 miles mie and are In such dense denle timber that they Ihy are lre extremely destructive There are several towns In this district built buil In tho very vel midst of or th timber an and It II Is 1 likely Ikel tha t they will wi suffer tel There Th Is II no telegraphic communication with the west owing to 10 the fires de Je destruction of at lines IMS and Rne nothing no thInK lias Ia been b en heard here from Thompson T n midnight The ot oC today will wi de depend dr pend upon the correctness of at the weather er cr forecast |