Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-25 | Page 7 | Forest Fires in Utah Causing Huge Damage Toll, U. S. Official Reports

Forest Fires in Utah Causing Huge 1 f f TT r 1 TS JL Damage Toll U S S. Official Reports Forest t fires which are raging throughout Utah and other sections of at the intermountain mountain region are doing more damage than all of the timber cuttin cutting done since the plon pioneers rs came here Howard Hopkins forest examIner exam examS Iner from Washington D. D C. C reported Saturday II In Utah alone nearly 2000 acres of ot fine ne timberland have been burned already this year ear while several fires are still sUll raging in northeastern Utah near the W Wyoming state line he said In the Blacks Fork Park res region Ion of Summit Sum Sum- mit county one fire destroyed 1200 acres of fine timber on state owned land land while another in Mill MUl creek in Summit county has already burned acres and is still sUIl out of control he reported This fire is destroying much of ot the Evanston E Wyo Wo watershed water shed and that city has furnished a crew of ten men Thousands of dollars worth of ot timber timber tim tim- ber which has been growing for more than years is b being destroyed on state land and t the e state land board has been urged to assist 1st In prevent prevent- In trig ng further destruction he be said snide The forest service has lias a crew of twenty five men under the direction of Ran Ranger er William Smith fl fI fighting the Mill cr creek ek blaze while Ranger J. J H. H H Hahn hn Is battling the Blacks Fork fire Ire with a a. large crew It Is the desire of at the government to replace all aU forest land as LS soon asIt as asIt asit it has been cut but it will be man many years before the thousands of ot acres s re-s that are being destroyed this season season- by fire tire can be replaced Mr Hopkins explained