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Show TfTEEN RILES ' .. ! Of "FOREST TliiE I Men Battling With the Flames S?nd a Message of Distress to Ogden and More lianjcrs Are Started North Tar gh?e Confirmation Not Yet Under Control 050 Fire Fighters in tiia Field. A blsh wind prevailed near Island Park last night and this morning th? fire line was fifti en miles l..ng.ln the Targlu-e forest, near the entrance to Yellowstone park, and th ? men in chareo of tho fire 'ightora wcro ex-hr.t!lel. ex-hr.t!lel. Such N the EJhstancf ot a , message received at the local forest siTilct headiiiartprR ly Hivislon Forester For-ester A. K. Sherman. The appeal for aid has 1:e.-n answeitd by finding more rangr-rH north froni hero, anil this afternonn even heads f depart- ' nxnts, tralnrd la the c:ire of forcstP, will Ivave Or'le.'i to relieve the rn-n in the f'fld ubo havo heen e-nstantly on guard day ;.nd night since the h'rs in .southern Idaho linV out. There are CT.0 men fighting the Tar-ghre Tar-ghre Dre ned they are expected to gain control of the llames as oon as the heavy wind which hns jirevalled since l.'t Saturday suhsldes. This morning IMv-trict F'ifresler Sherman talked ly tel..pli,.re with Su )ervlsor Pave D.irnetl regarding the fire situation In the Tar.-hoe forest. Mr Harnett was at the Island Park railway station, while he was talking to Mr. Sherman, which Is In the midst of the burning t'inher. Mr. Parnett stated that the wind blew iulte heavily last night, causing the fire to burn fiercely, and that the flre-fightera thli morning Mere worn out. They were fghtlng fire like Trojans Tro-jans all night and against such idds as to make the fight a discouraging one. Mr. Sherman immediately communicated communi-cated with the supervisor at the Po-eatello Po-eatello headquarters and in?tructed him to proceed to Ihe fire with men as soon as possible. Supervisor William Anderson and Rangers Grant Carpenter and AJbert A. Hardy of the Ashley fore Ft, w ho arrived ar-rived in the city last evening from Vernal, and Assistant Forester Timothy Tim-othy C. Iloyt of the land department of the sen ice, also were dispatched t Island park to aid in -Clio tn;tu:ige- ment of the campaign against th- fire. They will reach thc.r destination Bonm time durini; thj. night. It is stated that, after the fire In the Targhee forest has been placed i under complete control, the entire country must ij0 patrolled '-nlll Ihe I pnow and rnln of the fall completely I overcome the fire. I , The folloivlng self-explanatory tele- I gram was receive from Assistant! Forester . . ( '''"'n rf h-- T.-'zIng ' department, who l.? now at Salmor. and has Leoa ::K...r; i.i bght. ng the fire in the Salmon forest for the pact number of days: "Snow aud rain laat night. Salmon fires under control. Expect to go fruin here to Challls. Wire iustruel Ions ti Salmon, if any." Mr. Sherman ays he wlllViave no Instrnctions to send Mr. McCain, and that he thinks he is needed at Challls, more so than at Salmon at the present pres-ent time. This indicates that the lire zone has been well covered and that the flames are virtually conquered in their mad career of destruction. Forester Sherman states that, aside from the damage dene to the timber, fafm propci ty, the loss of life, and the destruction, of the ranges, the lires of the forests in this district is costing the forest service department $2.f.O day to fight. There can be no cessation in the fight against the fire, sajs the forester, even though it should cost SIO.MOO a day |
