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Show KKIY FORESTEhS ARE LUQSPI TAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Forty employes of tho forest service aiC in hospitals as a result of Injuries received in lighting tires in the northwest. Many are dead and some Lavo boon bl.Dded In their endeavors to check the names. Tho Informal. on was received by lue lorest service from the deputy forester at Missoula. Mont. Ho asked ask-ed whether the government could I pay iho hospital expenses of tho in- ! juied men. He was informed that this could not be done. Under an cidor Issued by Secretary Wilson of the department of agrlcuKure the lor- I e.-try empjoves are entitled to mod- J nal supples, but it was mated spe- j c.'tlcally' that this should not. include J surcical attention or hospital fees. 1 Forest ofticlals take little encour- 1 pgenient from the reports from tbe northwest received at the bureau during dur-ing the day. Although a nuiuner of lires are said to be under con rol, the lact that they ure still burning causes no little concern, as a repetition of ml Saturday's hurricane might re-Milt re-Milt In the flames break ng oul anew. The weather bureau's report, however, how-ever, tays that heavy raln-i ure prevalent prev-alent In the stricken district. Fires Still Raging. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 20. Conditions Condi-tions in the fire scouraged forests of western Washington tonight are less encouraging than they have been at any time this season Yesterday's rain was of sufflc ent duration to quench the flames, serving only to I give tho fire fighters a brief brenth- , Inp spell. Today when the ranger believed they had the rituation veil I In hnnd the fl-o bmVo oet with renewed re-newed fury and tonight Chief Warden , Simons Is planning a campaign even more extensive than the one waged last week. Rres Under Control. SPOKANE. Wash.. Anc. 20. At ft o'clock tonight tho Spokesman-Review received tho following by telephone tele-phone from its correspondents at St. M.tIos, Idaho: "Only throe fires are burning In tho region tributary to St. 'nrlos and all of thoso nro prnef -a!lj- under control. con-trol. The Maze 'which started yesterday yester-day necr Ross I. ike on the north fork of the Crxier d'Aleno river I small and no doneer Is nnMr'mtod from 't. "A flre is sMM burnlntr south of St. Varies on Alder Creek but It Is traveling trav-eling slowly nnd a larpe force is fight lnr It "No effort N be'ng mno to In-cras In-cras the force of flro f'eMers br n'en from the outs'd.e nlthoneh ovorv available man In this district Is In use. |