Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-27
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Washington, Feb. Occurring 1913 the
forces on the. national forests, fought A.
$50 fires. or nearly twice. nj many as
started In 1912, the best year the for.
ests have ever had.
Notwithstanding the greats increase In
the number of fires, Forester Graves con
siders that the showing made by the for
est service was quito as favorable as
that in tho preceding year. = because the
damage done and the costs OF fire fight
ing were no greater proportionatly than
In 1912. In both years practically so per
cent of all fres were detected and ex-
tinguished before they burned over q
quarter Of in acre, and Is per cent Of
both years fires weie PIT out before
they covered 10 acres OF last years fires
?,,27s. or considerably more than the
whole number 81 fres in 1912, were con
fined to areas .a5 Tess than 10 acres. and
in l, $50 addition Ares less. than: 500; dam
ages vas done bXaEeach. In only 90 fires
did; the damage a'isrnnpunt 10 t1.,epo.
The aggregate fSSssSv III timber Is esti.
mated at nearly 50 million BOARD feet,
valued at about $4,000 and the damage
to young growth and forage Is estimat-
cd at about sLto.0o9 : 31ndHlDs d, total Of
about $l92, 900. About Is per cent of this
loss; however, was incurred on private
lands within, the: 1forests. whercssfsls per
cent Of the fires had their. origin "a
ona oroo,,ro. ,rg ,.ot,,ra q +hot tho -.
"a, number ~ ,rea at ~ roiiroaa loco.
motives Vac acorca,v mora 5thon ~ tho
nrocod,,v vaor ana rarro..rtod or,v -
nor cont =, a., ara. =. oy.,nst nearly
10 nor cont q ,1ei2. aiao tha, nronortion
20 -, son,nn,. ga - sn.,n.s ~ H.
woods wa. cons,derohlv lass than IN
1919 mis- ind,catea varv n,a,ntlv M.
croves avs ,hat ~ an,,blic Il = wakan.
inc - the noad ~ sn.rk orreatar and
nara win ~an,,,ns. IN & 80.
T oor,nv a. ,,e 20, 80 ~ Etha ncto, s .
in number ~ .;frcs !, the,. foraaier,.' finds
th,oo ,oo,n M n.os. 8"%s tE"fsn ~
mrs. ~ 81 "a nnra,o.o.da,ta o,oo-
,r,. s,o,,n. ,rh;oh ou,ant tha uho,o s,,ta
az colirorn; a. tbo ~ - ~ lono dry
soos on o,a at o,rost s,,n,,,,a neo,,siv
.ho,,, nm ares rho eoa iva. a. nv uoh,.
~. :. c.,rou,,o 800. a." IN 49,
49,. =, ~ , coo n,ot, n th.Tno t,ono e 20,
acts ~ ,he state from sTIl :co,,ses and
49, h..,f q IN 4 ~, 10, =.
,nn,.at aros * IN IA :, .s..,os, rarort:
;,n ~ -, @ -,
- $780, ~
oras wb;oh started outside ,ho forests
-, ,,,h,ah -, 1850 ..onn.1 =, .,o .o,,orn'
naon.,s aro aahtors harora .ha,, rooohod
~ ,o.a.. ho,,,dor; T. I.oein., aoa
..h,oh s.a,..d - n,..,d. s-s... !. ,o,,
rIa.as, ~ a.ano.t.as I, go 49, -
az thosa u,h,o,, 'thn mi fha.t,sa n,th
a. aho:,. ~ sono a., a. rs - ,oro
~, $1,000 - as no
.aan.,. M, - ~. .SssS.ss 40 80
nnsd - .hro. stotaa c.,for.
..s - &c.. -, Z. Ss,. ho1;,n. :
So.seoa -. ~ 10 s"oona,o -,
n.a. 100 ,ua.o ~: Arkansos 20 ~ Co,,,
sas.;o ~ 80 - 49, I. 1,,or. 700
IT, 49, ,,.nu,,- - 'ha,,o ~. % ~
w. 1900 a,o.a Thosa : 80 o.hor
.ova.,.,
.s,.' 10; $500 49, ~ ~, x 60.
.e.s.t !. 49, 49,. s 49,
-, 49, e,assoa ,na.s. 49, :,ana.a,
hooa ,nu =. ..o,;o;n unrnov,., .,.re ,,.,n.
j., .noa,sou, =. Co,,,n..,. ~. ,noon-
s,o.', e." .sa,.s xs.;s,t,h,o, -
49, .. 80. ~ .:,,.s. 'h,.ata~ +,,o
80. a.. - 800 =. 49,.
so.cs.. sha,,,a 10 h,-nad o,a- ,ren,,ont,v
~ sa,,an ~. .oo'n;;,,. ~ -.ats1sah
\ forest service Con- It's : ney.
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