Show AGITATORS DETER FIGHTING OF FIRES Radical Must Be Weeded From Ranks Official Declares With men working for the field service of the land office fighting for est eat fires in Idaho the weeding out of I I. I W. W W. W agitators is one of the chief problems of the service according to reports from field agents now at the t fire Word t effect tre t. t w was s' s received by Ralph S. S Kelley Keiley local chief from Field Agent J. J D. D McLeod now in the Thunder mountain country where the fires are raging McLeod who is a government expert on forest orest fire fighting Just sent from Denver to take charge in the Thunder mountain sector says that the conditions conditions conditions condi condi- I in that country are the worst he I has ever over seen and that It will be an utter impossibility to put the fires out until the fall rains come II lie Rh says that the forest humus is as dry as tinder and only requires a spark The ground in m the mountains is dry for a foot below below below be be- low the surface and the foliage of evergreen trees is sustained only by bythe bythe bythe the oil it contains He says that many many of the men Den sent in by employment agents are art patent leather silk stocking agitators and I that It is a a. problem to get rid of them before they damage the morale of the fire army The fires are being held I somewhat in check but they cannot be extinguished until the country Is I wet down by rain I |