Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 90

| 4 22 —_——— "THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 29, 1929. - ——— Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words Across. 1 Raise in relief. T Narrow wooden strips. 12 Agreement. 16 Victory. 17 Species cf sorcery. 18 Characteristic tone of an. institution. 20 Showing ill-will. 21 Make smooth. 22 Thong. 23 Employment. 24 Brood of ducks. 26 Fervent. 28 Greek letter. 29 Withered. 31 Construct. 33 Wrath. 34 Public disturbance. . 35 Chess pieces. 37 Foolish talk: vulgar. 39 Special aptitude. " 41 A fabric. 44 Fur-bearing rodents, 46 Large ic2 masses. 47 One who reproaches abusively. 49 A cardinal number. 80 Toil monotonoausly. 82 At an end. 53 Become stuck in mud. 55 Dissipated the moisture on. 57 Pronoun. 60 Lack of disturbance. 62 One who lays out money in business for profit. * 64 Artful. 65 Gazelle of Arabia. 67 Compact green stone. 68 Discharge freely. 69 Title of respect. . 70 Pronoun. 72 Covered with thin, B scurty scales. ° 74 Appropriate furtively. 77 Goatlike. 80 Gave as a court order. 81 Local congregation. 83 The goal of a pilgrimage. 84 Unit of weight. 85 Assuredly. 86 Inferior devil. 88 Brood of eagles. 90 Female servant. 94 Rotating projec on a Mt.m 95 Beams. 97 Finished. 99 Any small. cubical body. Select body. Kind of water- wheel. Pendant ornaments. 100 102 104 106 the skin. A constellation. Plants that last but one season. 109 Sow. 110 Species of cassia. 111 Makes obdurate. Down. Eaten. Covetous hoarder. Except. Leave unmentioned. Latent spite. Clip. 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I FFITTI TR BN AN R \ X N 3 N 1 Tomorrow's greeting. 12 Elaborate solo. 33 Engrave with acid again. 14 Make ready. 16 Hindu woman’s garment. 17 Compass point. 18 Outside: prefix. 20 Mathematical R . . o dN JEEN ERE «LJEB2E function. Pronoun. Pierce. Scotch river., Low gaiter, Pertaining to osmium. Courteous. One who mimics. So be it. Employ. 20 Learning. Salutes. 61 62 Scoffs. Metric land 63 Runs away. measures, Straight two-edged sword. Prophet. In spit of: ref. spel. Dry. Vegetables., Felt sorry for. /) T W ol - o B %%% According to fact. Transmit, Down. 1 Befalls. 2 Taking into custody. 3 Dessert. 4 Soft food. 5 Builds. 6 Ourselves. 7 Word of consent. 82 A pronoun. 84 Occupant. 87 Son of Zeus and Europa. 89 Particles. 91 Perfect exemplar, 92 Streamlets. 93 Smaller. 95 Dispatch. 96 Ireland. 98 Domestic slave. 101 Digit. 103 Of each an equal quantity, 105 Woo. Heroism in Forest-Five Battles. 'ALES of heroism coming from the forest- fire regions are seldom heard, but now and" then one stands out so vividly that it makes itself known. Forest-fire work is a desperate thing. The fire is spectacular, but the fighting methods call for fortitude rather than the outstanding supreme effort of an individual which shines forth, testifying to the world that the days of heroes are not passed. A forest-fire hero is a man ready to lay down his life in horrible death if need be, He may undertake a death-defying dash to bring a warning to endangered men. He may only be cool-headed in time of panic when a cool head means the lives of many. These things occur far away from civiliza- tion. There is no roaring crowd to shout its approval. There is no reporter stand ng con- veniently by to paint in glowing terms instances of heroism of those who “do their stuff” in the cities or before those closely linked by wire or radio to the cities. These forest heroes risk their lives as a matter of course and now and then some inkling of what they have done is found in an official report which tells in a few matter- of-fact sentences a tale of great bravery. Such a case is that of Douglas C. Ingram, assistant in range management in the district office at Portland, Oreg. The Forest Service in reporting the loss of 14 lives during the forest-fire season among those who fought tells of Ingram’s exploit. The official report’s words are ‘almost cold- blooded. But official reports usually are cold- Greek letters. Pungent. River in Germany. The kind of year 1929 will soon be. What is often made tomorrow. Head covering. Engincering degree. Date on which New Year falls. Two: prefix. Watering place Short for a kind of dog. Beverage. Hardened. Author of “The Raven.” Before. Thing. Compas point. Public carrier: abbr. Dine. Ancient Jewish high priests’ garments. Like, Garners. European finch. Ceremony. 2 The kind of year 1930 will be. Perish. Pronoun. Native metal. Sister of charity. Comparative suffix. - trees beyond. blooded. They seldom deal with other than cold-blooded facts. The facts of Ingram’s case, however, are not cold-blooded. His great heroism is that of the red-blooded man, alive to his danger, yet master not only over his situation but over himsclf as well. His nerves were nerves of steel, that the roaring hell of a forest fire only served to temper. It is tragic that such persons as he should be forced to give their lives in the battle against the great red demon of the forests, Toward the middle of August Ingram was caught with a dozen or so men in a trap in the great Camas Creek fire in the Chelan National Forest. All around them the woods were ablaze, and the fire closed nearer and nearer around the little group, sometimes creeping in, somctimes approaching in great roaring leaps. Panic seized the group, all but its cool-headed leader. Calling on the men to follow him, Ingram led them to a small clear- ing, in the center of which he squatted and had them squat with him. Taking out his jackknife, he picked up a little piece of a stick and began to whittle, As he whittled, he talked. He told them yarns of the woods, yarns of anything that came to his mind, anything that would serve to quiet the panic that he saw slowly leaving them. When they were quieted he told them of their only hope for safety. - All around them crept the ring of fire that would be death to dash through. No man could survive it., A clearing, however, serves now and then to send the flames a little higher off the ground as they rush eagerly for the There, where they sat, was their chance for safety. Instructing his men how to lie flat on their faces and cover them- - selves to the best of their ability from the scorching of the flames, Ingram by his coolness saved their lives. The flames soon reached the little group, jumped over them, and rushed on to meet the rest of the ring beyond, and the dozen remained almost miraculously alive, Twbd days later another crew was led to safety by Ingram. The men were fighting a fire on a front that threat:ned to become rapidly untenable because of the shifting of the winds. Rushing to them, not altogether sure that he would be in time, Ingram warned them and got them out. Soon afterward the fire “blew up,” and all would have been lost had it not been for the quick and accurate Judgment of Ingram and his courage in carrye ing the warning, With the men safely out of the way of the fire. Ingram with another worker named 8t Luise returned to reconnoiter—and die.