Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — 500 MEN FIGHT FOREST FIRE [ARTICLE]

500 MEN FIGHT FOREST FIRE

Flames in Kootenai District Spread in All Directions. Spokane, Wush., Aug. 6.—Five hundred men are fighting a desperate battle with forest fires 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 la imminent at Port Hill as all supplies are low. More men and supplies nre being rushed to the stricken district from here.