The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1911-10-26
FIRES ARE FEW ON FOREST
Report of Acting Supervisor Shows
Conditions Are Greatly
Improved.


The following summary of fire conditions the Occur dAene
national forest during 1911 has been made by Roscoe
o;ro ootnu nnervsor The headquarters the Occur dAene
formerly located this city but have recently oee
moved to Occur dAene City and has been in charge OF
operations the departure Wege to his new duties
in Alaska, to which he promoted some time ago:
The ended the Occur Aene forest has been many
respects the best fire The lire season @
latter part ended September when general ram e
throughout the forest. 80
total Of 70 fires during the by the forest
officers on the Occur Eight these fires on nation
lands inside the forest on private land inside the forest
and your of these outside the boundaries the but
had they been permitted UNDECIDED might have seriously
ened the forest The Of these fires as follows
OW R. N Railway company, 81 ~ r. Railway company, o.
caeessnes g. campers logging railways q cesess in burning
brush g. 1t singular fact that not single e
occurred from Tightening on the forest curing the su ~
four Of these discovered the forest was necessary TO employ
additional labor place them under control The largest the es on
the Occur dAene discovered what is locally known as
Downey creek on the Fork the Occur Ane river This he
covered somewhat than 40 The Total OF national forest
land forest burned so acres Seventeen acres OF
private lands forest boundaries were burned over Inc to
cost of exnghng which to employ ad
cost of exngushng exclusive Of the salaries OF the regular pa
tromen was $685. flour fires which, was necessary to employ
additional the most inaccessible portions the forest
However only few hours after they started before suhcent
putting them
under control.
The patrol force was considerably increased this year The
fences in the have taught although was well known
fact before that prevent fire have sufficient
patromen the entire forest daily and with the number
guards officers the field this has been possible
to see practically the forest each
rtytwo miles telephone line had been constructed during
the for and the same evening that the telephone line
was completed good sending out for assistance and
plies for fire fighting purposes the local forest office that
the telephone line has amply paid for its consruc
ton possible get sufficient Of men to this fire within
hours whereas would have taken two days to get out and
in me had the
Work 100 miles of old trails placing these
trails in good shape and TRAIL been built This
trail through portion of the forest which could only be
reached by prior this and will be valuable assetn the
control Of the fire situation for all future time
Much valuable assistance has been rendered by the Timber Pro-
associations addition to the 80 men who were employed
on the during the fire patrol had
six on patrol the boundaries Of the forest The Occur
dAene Timber Protective association has also rendered much ASSIST
the construction trails throughout the forest With few
years the trails and the OF tee
phone the Occur Aene forest believed that large fires
absolutely within this since has been demonstrated
that trails telephone daily patrol the factors which reduce
the fire losses in the timber to the minimum
excellent lookout stations and
station the Occur Aene forest Wallace practically
every occurring the forest discovered Jame g.
Danson charge this station determined the location of
within m the distance this fire ben 81 miles from his
lookout station.
general attitude the public notifying the forest officers of
fires within adjacent the has been gratifying and
single fire occurred the forest wherein the local
notified Of the fire. they had not already seen
within a few hours after il started
During the large quantities of tools have been stored at va
points throughout the forest and the trail and other officers
have all under orders drop other work Immediately
upon learning The largest fire the forest reached first
crew. who after days able report that the fire
absolutely exngushed although under control the end of the first
IL hours.
particularly noticeable that and Others having
occasion woods have been much careful this than
previous years. and the railway quite generally have been
more willing assist suppression fires than heretofore During
the year been effect the forest three cooperative fire
agreements with the Occur dAene Timber Protective assoca
ton another covered by the right the railway
another the lands of the n p railway
which were granted and the effectiveness of these
agreements been fully demonstrated during the 1t
tcuary noticeable number fires occurring the railroads
there cooperative times less than where
there is no agreement The mining companies ogge and settlers