Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — FOREST FIRES ARE SPREADING [ARTICLE]

FOREST FIRES ARE SPREADING

Five Hundred Men Fighting Flames In the Kootenai District—Food Shortage Imminent. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 6. —Five hundred men are fighting a desperate battle with forest fire® which have spread from the center of the Kootenai forest In all directions into Washington, Idaho and Montana, sweeping east and west on Lamb creek and Soldier creek. The fires are out of all control. Food shortage is imminent at Port Hill as all supplies are low. More men and supplies are being rushed to the stricken district from here.