The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
SALMON FOREST IS
FAR IN THE LEAD
Stands at Head of Fourth
District for improvements
Made During Year.

OGDEN, Dec e.-In no other nation
al forest of the Fourth district he
there been a greater amount of i'm
provement work carried on during th'
past season than in the Salmon na
tiopal forest of Idaho, according to the
report which has been made at tht
Ogden headquarters by Supervisor JohI
A. Pearson. Mr.. Pearson Is now en-
gagged In annual detail work at thu
Fourth district headquarters.
The construction of four projects 81
tionRl forest Improvement work carried
on In the Salmon forest, Regarding
these improvements, Supervisor Pear
son said:
The four projects to which refer
ence Is made are telephone line,
trunk trail, stock driveway, and
flrebreak, which are among tho
most important helps to fire pro-
lection and the general administra-
ton OF the forest. BY good for
tune all these were needed on the
line of the main divide between
the Salmon river and Big Greek
watersheds, from q point seven
miles southwest OF Salmon City to-
ward the southwest. BY reason Of
combining all into one job II was
possible TO complete these for eigh-
teen miles with a small force Of
regular employees, with the exeep-
tion that because Of interruption
by snow the stringing Of the last
SIX miles of telephone wire will DO
delayed until spring.
There are large areas Of Douglas
fir and lodgepole pine on each side
Of this divide, and n frebreuk hero
can be used effectively in pre-
Uaption fba arnsaipc ~
ary FIRE. AS means OF facilitat-
ing travel horseback and with
pack, the trnil leads directly from
Salmon, the headquarters Of the
forest, to tho upper Big Creek
and Former country, and will also
save two hours time for mners
and stockmen en- route from Sal
mon to the Yellow Jacket, Three
Forks and Camas Creek countries,
over the previous route, following
the stage line by way Of Lees
burg and Leecock.
Another picturesque and useful
trail OF the Salmon forest Is one
which starts with three miles on
the main continental divide and
then practically follows the crest
Of the Bitter root mountains for
sixty-four miles on tho northern
boundary Of the forest This trail
follows the Carpenter survey OF
the state lire between Idaho and
Montana, which is the southern
boundary OF the Bitter root nation
al forest of Montana.
Another. lookout is maintained
on the Salmon forest Mt Baldy
Mountain, or Salmon City Peak,
which is nine miles by telephone
Line southwest of Salmon, At this
point and also ar Rocky Point,
which is due north on the Divide
trail, are maintained instruments
TO indicate the exact location OF
distant fire. Each Of these Is like
the face OF clock, foot and
half in diameter placed horizon
tally, exactly level, foot and a
half high. The margin OF the dial
is marked with 800 degrees, in
stead OF hours, and there is but
one hand. Each dial is placed with
"0' degree exactly north, and by
pointing the hand toward n fire, its
exact direction from the lookout Is
known. and the point Of intersec-
tion of the directions from the two
stations. known 70 the supervisor,
enables him 10 locate the Are very
closely.