Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 9 | Problem Presented by Forest Fires

PROBLEM PRESENTED BY FOREST FIRES Commissioner of Parka and Public Property Says Action Must Be Taken Salt Lake must find some sc entitle and effecti e waj of fig! I ng forest f res such as ravaged the C ty c eek at shed last week declares Heber M el a on m bh oner of parks and publ c property n ler whose jurind c tion all water shed land s adminis tered ... There has been no control of the foreit f res hs jear he sad The wat deiartment has Ion ts best to r t tl e ut aft th have attack 1 he at h ds but th js been o en f p ve nt h f es o he 7 th n b f t e on e la g ro i sa on rr oner We s This year the f res ha e been worse than for a number of years and t s t me the c ty should take steps to guard aga nst the danger they present C ty off c ala after inspect ng the burned area n C ty creek declared that the damage was not so great as ha been feared Wh le a b g a ea was b rned over much of the brush re isted the fla nes wh ch swej t under the brusl and fed on the dry grass Hardly any t mber was burned j