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Show BALLOONS TO HELP ' FOREST FIRE FIGHT SPOKAXE. Wash., March 31. Use of captive baloons. as well as airplanes, in patrolling the forests of the west to locate lo-cate fires and for fighting fires from the v.iir wasi predicted here todav by -Henry SS. Graves, chief of the United States forest for-est service, who besan a five-day conference confer-ence with district foresters from Missou-ik. Missou-ik. Portland. Denver, San Francisco, Og-den Og-den and Albuaueroue. JOxperiments along this line are about to be undertaken in southern California, .Mr. Graves said, in conjunction with' the war department. Expenditure of Jit, 000.-Ooe- for the buildins' of roads and trails, with a further vast sum' that has accumulated ac-cumulated since the war caused sleek-oniiiK sleek-oniiiK of the activities of the forest service ser-vice and which. Mr. Grave said, he was unable to estimate, is being discussed at the conference here. It was stated. Hoad buildim? is to be done in conjunction con-junction with the highway plans of the states. Mr. 'Graves said, that the forest roads mav form a part of the permanent highway system of the section. , |