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Show EiltESJ3!PING jj ' , .KOOTENAI WOODS n Lotosx- ; .;;; Nelson, B. C, July 24. With' eJ tatln tlnderjdryvafter a montl M unbroken drought, forest flref aro smarting In many places through tlih' JtpenQ44s"piwliIle fronj tn'e" state of Washlngrdn a groat fr'-Ts' reported trnvollng rapidly toward tho 'BrltlshiColumblaMownrotaPcttPrsorty near tho boundary, In splto of tho offorts of 200 men who nro fighting tho blaze. Other fires aro reported to bo raging In tho Arrow Lako dls- tri,1J' n,t,ftJ(io district arid at ftuifvU. 6;;'C):; ..Thus far crews or men havo suc-(ceeded suc-(ceeded n urnjhg back ho ftaines frpm,(tho jtojnB, but much valliablo jjmber has tjeeadestrpyed. Tho val-uotpf val-uotpf this Umber cannot be approximated'. approxi-mated'. ' ' i If, is, Uio gonoral opinion that only rain n large4,Jpau'tIti,es Svhl stoii the m i . " ? |