Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-11-11
TRIBUTEPAIDTOMEN
WHO FOUGHT FOREST FIRES
In NORTHWEST.
Forest Service Bulletin Gives Names of
Those Brave Men Who Lost Their
Lives Victims Number SO and Their
Graves Will Be Marked by Memorials
Some Bodies Unidentified.

The last issue of the forest service s
official bulletin pays tribute to the
men who lost their lives fighting the
great fires in the national forests of the
northwest.
cit is fitting that record should be
made in the field program of the for
est service temporary employees lost in
fighting the great fires of August, -
says the bulletin. "The bodies of the
killed were of necessity inferred tenn
porarily where they were found. All
unclaimed by family or friends will, as
soon as suitable arrangements can be
made, be given burial in graves within
enclosures upon national forest admin
istrative sites. Members of the forest
service are contributing to provide for
this and for marking the graves with
simple but permanent memorials.
Twenty three Bodies Identified.
"The identified dead numbered 23, as
follows:
"a. NJ. Barrett, G. A. Blodgett, Geo.
w. Cameron, Jimmy Donahue, w. j..
Elliott, George Tease, Joe Ferre, Pat
rick Grogan, Andrew Hanson, j. Har-
ris, Harry Jackson, William Lear
mouth, Larry Lever, J. B. Plant, Frank
Sanders, Louis Shoman, George Smith,
Upton B. Smith, George Strong. l..
Ustlo, Oscar Weigert, E. Williams, Rich
ard Woods.
"Thirty-fve unidentified bodies found
are believed to be those of the following
men: K. Anderson, Vents Attene, H.
w. Baker, o. Bing, D. Bruno, William
Casey, Chris Christensen, Joe Denden,
Jim Denten, NJ. Dilo, Ed Dunn, Ralph
Ekhoen, o. Ellefson, w. Flynn, Edward
Frye, j. Harp, Jack Hill, John Hoss,
Sam Hull, Gus Johnson, L. Johnson,
Frank Masterson, George McGurk, Ed
Murphy, W. F. Norton, NJ. Phwiser, w.
Polk, Ruzick, L. Schwartz, H. Siphers,
Frank Sketchell, Harry Smith, j. Ste
vens, F. D. Swick, Glenn Taylor.
"Ten bodies of fire fighters of un-
known names were found as follows:
On Big creek, Occur d'Alene national
forest, 8; on Placer creek, Occur
u AISu6 udIlOud1 1OlOoIj L AOdA CIONOAo
peak, Occur d'Alene national forest, L.
From the Setser creek crew, Occur
d 'Alene national forest, James Kerr is
reported missing"
Gave Life to Save Men.
The service also announces with re-
greet the death of William H. Polleys
of Missoula, Mont, who was killed by
falling tree while fighting forest
fire in the Lolo national forest. "He
was a volunteer and had worked eff
GENTLY in bringing the fire under con-
troll" says the service bulletin. "The
members of the crew of which he was
in charge were in imminent danger
from falling tree and were saved by
him at the sacrifice of his own life
Mr.. Polleys' service as volunteer in a
time of public need and his heroism in
giving his own life to save the lives of
others entitle him to a place on the
roll of men who have died for hui
mainly"
Relative to the recent sudden death
from kidney disease, while hunting, of
Law Officer William NJ. Aiken of the
Missoula district forestry headquarters,
the bulletin says: Ellis ability and in
tegrity won immediate recognition, and
his untimely death is shock to his
associates in the forest service"