Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-08-06
PROMPT AND DILIGENT WORK IN
DISCOVERING AND REPORT.
ING FIRES.
DRIEsT YEAR SINCE 1910
Forest Fires Buring in orofino District
and Call Sent Out for rs Mon
to Help Fight Them.

This being a very dry year, the local
forest office and its assistants are
working diligently and are on the alert
all of the time to discover any fire
which may start in any part of the
reserve SO as to put it out or get IL
under control at once. So far NO
serious fire has started and this speaks
much for the efficiency Of the service.
as other reserves have not been so
fortunate and bad fires are ranging in
their Jurisdictions which yet have not
been gotten under control.
Only three fires on this reserve have
caused the office here any worry or
trouble and they were soon put under
control by quick work One of these
was out in the Buffalo Hump country
on Bull creek and burned over quite 4
large area. For men went to this "A
soon at it was discovered and had IL
under control in short time.
Another ut Salmon Mountain burnt
over about 500 acres but was only n
grass fire. = The third, which was also
In the neighborhood of Buffalo Hump
burnt over quite tract.
lightning has been responsible in
most instances and the Thunder storm
OF last Friday set out several fires
IN different parts of the reserve. Mon
days storm started more than Friday,s
and eight or nine have been reported
so far as being set out by this natural
element. All have been put out. A
good rain fell at the Hump Monday,
so Supervisor Ring reports The dry
weather has made everything dry as
tinder and if a fire should get good
start it would cause much hard work
to control it.
The storm of Friday also set out
serious fires down in the Clearwater
country beyond Orofino on the Lolo
trail Supervisor Fisher of that seq.
tion also reported that there was a bad
fire on Washington creek and more
men are wanted to fight it, Lewiston
had call for IS men to go up to that
reserve to fight fires. There is much
valuable timber in the Orofino section
and big fire would mean great loss.
10000 acres burned over at Bald Noun
tain it is reported from the Orofino
office
Other points in Oregon. Washington
and Montana have had bad fires so far
this year and some of them have been
caused by the carelessness of campers.
Farmers turned out in the Colville re-
serve to fight forest ire there. az
the fire threatened the farms on the
edge Of the valley.
The Forest Fire Bulletin of the West.
ern Forestry & Conversation Associa-
tion that several hundred fires have
started on the coast which have been
put under control with practically no
loss of green timber and this is said to
have been the driest July since 1910.
It reports Is fires for Washington. and
100 fires for Oregon.
As to the preparations made to meet
exigencies as they occur the bulletin
states that throughout the northwest
the preparations were made early to
meet bad year and proving extremely
helpful. Never before has such close
working cooperation existed between
the government, state and private
patrols, and to this can be largely at
tributed the success Of the work up TO
the present time. From now on hunters
and campers will be going into the
mountains and their cooperation IL
needed to prevent fires. Loggers,
road builders and ranchers should be
careful with fire. Only through such
care viii serious fires be averted."
As great amount or the wealth Of
the Inland Empire is in its immense
area Of timber land great attention
should be given to the advice eivea
by these associations and by forest sefs
vice officials 80 ~ to prevent Nrw
which might destroy ! great patt q
the wealth Of the Great Northws1k