Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-12 | Page 1 | $250,000 per Week Paid to Battle Flame

PER PERV V WEEK EEK BATHE DATTLE BA TILE FLAME FUME i Four Thousand ir F i t Fi Fire e Fighters Get ct 7 I a aDay a D Day ay SPOKANE E Wash Aug Auf 12 Ey 12 Dy By The Associated Piers Piers- rc s- s Forest tires fires In northeastern Wash Wash Wash-inston Ington northern Idaho and west west- 01 t cm n Montana arc are costing costine the United d States Slates forest service nearly I a week weel District Fred Fred of Mon Mon- Montana Mon Mon- Montana Montana tana estimated today LOday Mr Morr Morrell ll said that between and acres acres hase hae ha been burned over oyer in the district I At present men mn ai a aro fighting th the tires fIres and nn he said it II cost about 7 1 a day for tor every man mall employed Colonel 13 B 13 chief chier Core forester ter from frons Washington Is IT In personal command of f the llon and Mr Morrell returned to 10 Ills Mis- soula coda soula tonight for Cor further confer confer- conferences with Mr Greely GIe y Mont Aug Aa 12 1 By Tho ho A lsd h battle between flames and men mentor for mastery of the timberlands of western Montana northern Idaho and eastern astern went ahead today unabated In som some sections the fire fighters gaIned on the lames flames while In others the proved foes os pp 00