Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-30 | Page 7 | Rain Necessary to Stop the Fires

RAIN NECESSARY TO STOP TIE FIRES j Seattle, Aug. 30 Reports today I to the Washington Forest Fire asso-clat.on asso-clat.on indicate a generally Improved condition. The only alarming fire Is that In tho Snoqcaliuio district in King county, whero .1 fifteen mile front of flame spreads out fan-like from Echo lake to a point near North Bend, encircling tho town of Preston. Four hundred men are fighting tho fire, but it will not be extinguished until a soaking rain comes. The fires in- Fouthern Washington are all under control. Id flic Mount Ranler national forest a township of fine tlmVr near LeBter was dostroved. There are no serious ilres in the national na-tional forest now. Redding. Cal.. Aug. r?0 Tho fro In the Tassen national forest has burned i over 20,ooo acres of timber and now Is rag ng at tho hend of Hat Creek and the Shlng'eton divide Two hundred hun-dred soldiers are expected to Join tho Are fighters there today.