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Show TIRE EIGHT 1 MILES -LONG Now Sweeping Over the Montana-Idaho . Divide ; - Missoula. Aug. 1. With a wall of flame right miles long eating Its way over the Montana. Idaho divide Into tins state, the fire raging at the head of Cedar Creek, and several new fires reported in various sections, a cry lor help and men was raised hero today to-day by the officials of the fore.-t service. ser-vice. Street runners are out arostlng 'very likely candidate as a fire fighter, fight-er, and. when It was found that .Missoula .Mis-soula would fall to supply anything like the needed number, a request wus sent to Butte and there another lire fighting army is being recruited today by forestry agents. The Cedar Creek fire Is rapidly cat-Jtig cat-Jtig into the heavy forests of the Trout Crek district and has spread to such nn extent that it will be almost Ini-P"Sslblo Ini-P"Sslblo to stop its progress unless rnoro men can be secured. A crew of f.O men left Missoula thi? morning for Saltcze where a paelc train of 20 horses awaits them, load fd with supplies to go to the Copper Cop-per Creek fire which Is reported as spreading again. |