Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-05-27

one man must put out all fires that
ocur IL about 80 square miles. Our
.ecords show that unless fire Ia
cached within six hours after IL
ar.s one man Is not likely to be
biz to stop 1t.
low, imagine yourself in his posi-
iOn--yOu discover a fire or someone
erorts one to you at Ave o'clock In
he evening, six or seven miles from
GU by airline; and there Is usually
% trail to travel on; maybe you
an see 1t and maybe you cant
would you do your work then or
he next, morning? II you went to
york for the Forest Service you
would have to go that night; travel
rs far as you could before dark.
each the Are IL possible and go
right after It until 1t IL out Maybe
you would get some sleep and may
be you would have another fire or
two 70 put out before you could
rest.
Lightning Ares usually come in q
rush after electric storms. One OF
the four Ranger Districts on this
forest had 80 Ares burning at one
time last summer. Every man Is
provided with a back pack includ-
Ing three days rations and the nee
sary tools. This he has ready at
all times to do just the task l have
explained. That sort of work Is ex-
pected of every man when necessary
Our regular men know that forest
Ares cannot be stopped when small
any other way. They are loyal.
hardy men and accept such hard
ships knowing that It Is part Of the
job.
You know that Ares have gotten
away and burned large areas. Il
have told you how much country
one man must cover. You can see
for yourselves that IL q mans neigh
iors are busy with Ares and he has
more hres than he can reach in s
to IL hours how easy II would be
for man to do his best and yet
not keep all his fires from spreading
TO meet this possibility we have
trail construction crews (there will
Ac s on this forest this year) who's
duty 1t Is to so to Ares near them
nnd to assist those men who have
more than they can handle; at tn
same time they are adding to the
%. u.
When the regular protection men
are not fighting Are they work at
trail maintenance and construction
and II would be blessing If we
would some time experience an easy
nough IRE season so that they
could get lot of other much need
I'd work done. II such an opportun-
ity ever occurs they will build some
cabins so that they will not have
% live in tents and sleep on the
round, They will build fences no
that pack stock can be held from
straying: build lookout houses and
bridges.
During the fire season the ranger
must see that all the supplies for his
district are purchased and distribu-
ed by pack stock where needed
hat each man Is doing what he
as hired for: replace men who
ave and all this time keep re-
ord of his expenditures In detail
One man in Orofino is responsible
getting all orders for supplies
lied and for seeing that the are
apsported to the rangers. He Isl
spcryible fo~ all ne property on
he forest. The clerk pays our bills
nd audits our accounts and the
enographer types orders and other
CORRESPONDENCE and takes care of
he filing system.
When the hre season is over. the
aBgers have reports to make on
heir fires. on grazing. and an in
.ntory Of all equipment and food
lpplies to make. They must re-
ort the cost Of every improvement. !