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Show BIG FIRES HEM SPENCER, IDAHO General Superintendent E. C. Man-son Man-son of the Oregon Short IJne, who Is In Idaho s"nt the following dispatch to General Manager Jlancroft yesterday yester-day on the fire situation in Idano: "Following from superintendent Montana division: 'Fire near Spencer Spen-cer which started yesterday, near High Bridge spread rapidly toward the cat, and by 11 p.m. was 15 to 20 miles from railroad moving toward Camas Meadows. The two fires in Beaver canyon were extinguished by section men, without doing much damage. dam-age. Wo,d Live Stock company have men in Camas Meadows working uu-der uu-der the direction of Forest Supervisor Burnett, but I have no definite advice ad-vice Riving progress toward the checklcK of the fire. No fires now reported near our tracks." Advices received in Ogden from I Spencer, Idaho, where a number of local men are Interested, is to tho effect that the fire, late yesterday afternoon af-ternoon was blown toward the timber ran co. Vice President H. C. Wood of the Wood Live Stock company and S. Harwood of the Spencer Harwood company secured all tho available men in the town and sent them out to the Camas Meadows country to assist tbe forestry service men flgbt-Inc flgbt-Inc the flBmes. The Wood Live Stock company are moving their sheep out of the danger zone. |