Show RAIN COMES CREWS REST Gain Respite in Furious Northwest Forest Battle PORTLAND Aug 12 By By The Associated Press Sweating Sweating smoke- smoke smudged men mm today breathed deeply In n the first respite they have had In 10 days of furious battling of the sweeping forest fires tires in Washington and Oregon The northwest cast aside her robes of Thursday and drenched the fires tires with rain The rains were vero general throughout northwestern Oregon and southwest southwest- southwestern ern Washington The onslaught o of the flame lame checked In many the flames lames was checked In many sweeping through the forests reduced the hazard to a marked degree Little information was available from the Columbia nations forest but reports Indicated It was cold ant and cloudy and that rain was likely This condition was expected to check the flames burning In dry old bId snags snag which a 3 swift fire lire many years ago had only seared and killed Effective immediately an order has ha been Issued closing acres In let Inthe Inthe the Mount Hood national forest This order forbids going or being upon upon the land The closing was ordered because the forest floor was extreme extreme- extremely ly dry and because heavy drifts o of smoke made detection of fires tires cult |