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Show M FOREST FIRES DO MUCH DAMAGE H For many miles along tho Wyoming- H CaJoiudo lino north of Pearl, Colo., a H furious forest flro Is raging, dovastat- H Ing everything In its path. Every of- H fort to subduo tho llamcs has been ex- H hausted without effect. M i Accoi ding to tho latest reports thero f aro at least eighteen serious foreBt H llrca burning lu Wyoming, to say noth- H' ing of numerous smaller Arcs in south- H ern Albany county that aro destroying K groat swamps of lino plno timber in K, tho Modlcino rnugo and threatening 1 mining buildings. One hundred miles H away from Cheyenne tho smoko from H itheso Arcs obscures tho sky horo nnd H itlio odor of burning wood is plainly B juotlccablo. m I Tho ltres in southern Carbon county nro burning fiercely. A government agent with a large force of men is on tho ground, but is reported to bo making mak-ing llttlo progress. FIvo or mora lircs arc burning in Fremont county, nnd more than 300 squnro miles of mngnlflccut timber land is already In ashes. In Central Uinta county a flro is burning, and In tho Jnckson Holo country two big blazes aro eating the timber In the game country. Farther east in the Shoshone Reservation a flro has been burning for weeks. In Nntronn county a good-sized flro hns beon destroying timber for tho last ten daja. Ono big flro threatens the timber of tho Ulg Horn mountains. LbH W-h&ZLs&t M ft ncMcrsMs I " mL " B . lift bfl -jx H BURNING DISTRICTS. Shadod Spots Show Whora Forost Fires Aro Raging. |