Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-17 | Page 17 | S. L. Jeep Pilots Volunteer to Fight Fires

SI s. SL L. L Jeep P Pilots Volunteer To Fight Fires 1 Offer to Aid AidIn AidIn AidIn In Battle Against Utah Forest Blazes A squad of motorized minute minutemen men men jeep jeep propelled Tuesday propelled Tuesday volunteered volunteered volunteered vol vol- to fight forest fires in Utah Robert W. W Gardner district ranger Wasatch national forest said 25 members of the Salt Lake jeep posse have offered to aid forest forest forest for for- est service officials during emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency fire situations this summer The captain of the Salt Lake posse Paul Chase 1272 Logan ave denounced recent cent antics by jeep and hot rod drivers who have been racing along firebreaks and digging ruts on the mountainsides Jeeps should be used to conserve conserve conserve con con- serve our natural resources resources not not notto to destroy them them Mr Chase said Our club aims to organize all Salt Lake jeep drivers and educate them to be of service instead of creating soil erosion problems by climbing mountains in prohibited areas he added The Salt Lake jeep posse was organized last winter to deliver feed to helpless and starving deer deerin in Utah For emergency fire calls the posse has set up four fighting units Forest rangers Gardner and Bill are instructing the volunteers in fire fighting practices I tices I Also cooperating with the forest j service is the Bountiful jeep posse posse with 25 vehicles available for emergency duty Organized three years ago the Bountiful club was the first such group in the United States Merk Christensen h head ad of the Bountiful jeep drivers and Mr Chase are now attempting attempting- to establish the jeep posse idea on a national scale