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Show LOSSES 81 FIRE rans HUHO Destruction of Timber During Dur-ing Year Is Greatest in History of State. SptxMnl to The Tribune. BOISE. Idaho. De"c. Co. The year j'.ist closing was one of the moft disastrous In the history of the state in the point of f;res, due to the fact that private corporations owning tinmrr failed to assume their responsibilities in connection connec-tion with tire rihtir.s and berauso thev engaercd int ft' icit-nt workmen in I. V. W. mem iters and or'ners. This is the claim of State jand Commissioner Xash. I "The actual des:mctiort of tim!r this I l- year was great," says Mr. Xash. "I.a.'k ' of n nances has hindered the state work, while failure of private- cm-porations to burn tht-ir siasliintrs and failure lo shoulder shoul-der their financial rcsponsi ltd i Lies thri-w the whole burden of protection of liie forests on the state and the protective lire a ssociations." The state has already refused to pay some of the tire claims submitted and has instituted an investigation to ascertain ascer-tain what portion of tho expense involved in-volved should be carried by private cor-po.-;i tions. The l'end Oreille association sneut Sllrt.OCn for five tiirlit insr in l!Ui. There were eiirhty-one fires in forests und'.-r its jursdh-i ion and the damage done is timated as the dot ruction o; a mill hm feet of timber. I-'ires burned over an are t of .".5,iu.) acres. Other protective associations had slmir lar experiences. |