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Show INDIANS SETTING FOREST ON FIRE Missoula, Aug. 5. With the Couer D'Aciene forest still to be heard from but with its losses estimated from the Information on file with the local forestry officials, the total damage Irora the forest fired raging in district dis-trict No. 1 of tho forest service has been more than doubled since yesterday, yes-terday, the Clear Water losses being especially heavy when the report wa iccelved last night. The last estl mate today placed the total loss, both public and private, at $723,000 with an extra of 125,000 acres denuded inl a fire fighting expense of $73,-ooi. $73,-ooi. This does not Include the 150.-(too 150.-(too feet of llmher destroyed In the Glacier National park. A new fire, the tlxth bad one to break out In the same district within with-in the past few days, was reported ou Nine-Mile Creek from Stark ths morning and thirty-five men were tent to Huon on the noon train to fight It. The officials believe there la a fire-bug at work In this district and have caused to be posted in the district a notice of a reward of $50 for Information leading to his arre.t. A man who returned here today lrom the Flathead reservation also reports re-ports It Is his judgment that tho Indian In-dian are setting many fires in that section, there being a very bad blaze rear the head of the Jocko river. It is staled that the Indians are dlsear-lffiecl dlsear-lffiecl with tho regulations covering their use of the timber and say that the white man Is getting it all away from them and refuse to aid in the fire fighting, openly expressing themselves them-selves as glad to sec it burn. |