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Show HILLS PARCHED BY SUfflER HEAT A. C. McCain, assistant district for-ef for-ef ler, returned . last evening from a trip of Inspection in tho Caribou National Na-tional forest, lu southeastern IJaho. Mr. McCain paid that he had round f-nnJHIons in the Caribou district vy hatlsfactory coubldertnK thr time of the year when eveothiux of a vegetable nature l.s parclie-d with tho summer heat and as iufianimable I? ho much tinder. Tliore have been no fires in tho Caribou forest this jeRr which is eon-siri eon-siri "rod extremely lucky by tho ran?-im ran?-im who patrol If. The Caribou forest for-est is a sheep district but during thi? dry reason the flocks are forced to ic-ek elsewhere for tln ir Rrazlnx. When uskel regarding tln. dlsas-1 dlsas-1 1 mis fires which have been sweeping Hie forest-clad ranges In Montana. Mr. McCain pnld that it was most unfortunate and that the loss to the government would bo tremendous. " great proportion of these fires," said he, "are probably due to careless care-less campers, while many are started ly sparks from passing locomotives. A patrol of lo.nno mpn would probably probab-ly prove of little avail in the case of Montana owing to tho extremely diy season which has prevailed. In culinary seasons a email patrol In :i government forest will do wonders r.nd can be rolled on to keep the fire damage down to the minimum. In the vast stretches of mountain timber tim-ber In Montana, however, it Is practically prac-tically Impossible to keep the matter in hand when tbo season is as dry ij at present. A spark falling into the dry grass of a forest will grow to a cyclone of flame within a few minutes min-utes and no human agency can hope to cope with It when the densely timbered hills stretch for miles In overy direction and everything is as dry as Under." |