Show O Fight Fig t on Forest es 1500 Men e Will Be e Rushed e d to flames Following ving Announcement of Government Funds for Blaze Control Ralph S. S Kelley Takes Steps to Wage Battle I WITH Y ITH a special allotment of set aside by Secretary vy Franklin K Lane of the department of the interior for forest fire fighting Ralph S. S Kelley KeIley chief of the field service division of the land office at Salt Lake has been given full charge of the big batt battle e th that must be w waged ged in in Idaho to control numerous forest fores conflagrations now raging there and which have already destroyed millions mil- mil lions of ot dollars worth of ot timber With With- Within in a week there will be between and men in the field said Mr Kelley Fires are burning all through central Idaho and a new one is reported in the northwest corner near Yellowstone park parI Mr Ir Kelley has six field agents out who are ither heading parties or organizing to go into the mountains C CRITICAL SITUATION The action of ot the secretary of ot th the interior was brought about by a special appeal from Idaho sent by the governor I of ot that state and congressmen The situation is described as being very critical as the whole country is extremely ex- ex extremely extremely ex ex- dry and the fires are the worst they have been for man many years In Utah there Is one serious fire burning in Millard county near Scipio which is now being fought by Field Agent GR G G. R R. Milburn and party No word was received from Milburn and the extent of the conflagration Is not yet known BIG FIGHT AHEAD Field Agent T T. T E E. Hunt Bunt in the Yellow Yellow Yellow Yel Yel- low Pine district of ot Idaho reports that he has saved sl sixty five five ty-five sections of ot fine timber but still sUll has a ten-day ten fight ahead of him on the south fork of ot the Salmon river Robert A. A Holley also I a lI field agent is stationed at Boise Doise andIs andis and andis is out men and equipment as asI fast as they can be assembled Field I Agent M. M J J. J Fibush is proceeding down the Salmon river to Yellow Jacl Jacket ct where a huge fire is burning and E. E N. N Quinn is organizing a party which must move overland miles with pack packhorses horses to reach a number of ot fires burnIng burnIng burning burn burn- ing on Sulphur Indian and Pistol l creeks Field Meld Agent Huffman is also heading headIng heading head head- ing a party in Boise Dolse county fighting fires that are burning In the vicinity of ot Yellow Pine A report received at forestry service h headquarters is to the effect that a big bigfire bigfire bigfire fire has crossed the south fork of ot the Salmon on Indian and Phoebe creeks and has entered the Challis forest re reA re- re serve A special party part will probably be dispatched to the scene by the forest service |