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Show MUCH TIMBER DESTROYED. , : j Denver, Colo., July 2 State Timber Inspector Wells, who returned today ' j ftom Durango, reports that the forest ; 5 fire near that city has burned over j twenty-five square miles, and is. still j spreading. There . is another fire m J the state timber near Pagosa. On Blanco mountain 5,000 acres have been ' s already burned over, and the fire is 5 still unchecked. This is valuable tim- . ( ber land, and covers the headwaters j f of the Hurfano river. Its loss will sen- . j ously injure the already scare witter j suppl I S |