■ KenaiJjre Forges Ahead
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West OfSkilak Lake. ..
The fire in the.
Kenai peninsula for
est s was blazing up
strongly at least .
eight miles beyond
the west end of Skir
lak Lake, when pilot
Dick Miller flew to
Anchorage last Thurs
day afternoon, he re
ported upon his re
turn yesterday.
Mr. Miller said
that while’ - there is
a definite . fireline
burning steadily In
the Skil-ak Lake area,
fires burning toward*"
anchorage on the
third front are spot
ty, pinpricking the
area for many mile^.:
Smoke s't i 11'. hang s
heavily over the Re-t
nai field >■ and is '
clearly visible in.
Anchorage, 50 miles
aw ay.
Mr. Miller said
flames were not blaz
ing so strongly when
he flew back over the
area yesterday, but
the fire £ave no ind
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icaticm of subsiding.
Rain .in • the Kenai
area yesterday was
light and ho deter
ment to the fire.
It is reported
that' army personnel
and equipment*are at
tempting to fight the
fire on its closest- *
approach to Kenad,
which is still - many
miles away," However
MrV Miller said he -
believed it was im
possible to check the
burning at its pre
sent point', where the
fire * Is • entering
■thick spruce fores-ts
standing at the west
ern end of Skilak
Lake..
CA A MAN HERE.
THEN TO ILLJAMNA
.Robert Bacon, CA**
employe at anchorage,
has been in Seldovia
on business for the
past several days. He
expected to leave for
Illiamna with Seldo
via iiir Service some
time today.
RADIO RHONE
BURNED UP
The new radio tel
ephone transmitter,
delivery pf which has
been expected by i^dam
Lipke for several
months now, arrived
in town recently and
was,installed at Sel
dovia radio station
just in time to blow
its top during the
latest power runaway
here.
Mr. Lipke said the
receiver unit burned
out, but had been re
paired, and he is now
in the process of ad
justing the instru
ment in preparation
for sending.
When the set is
tuned to Mr. Lipke*s
liking, Seldovians
will be able to talk
directly to Anch
age. • „ '
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