Show 3 FOREST FIRES LAID TO HOLIDAY C Carelessness of mot motorists rist with firecrackers and eta cigar was blamed lamed by James B. B Gurr Gui supervisor supervisor super- super visor isor of f the Wasatch national forest forst for- for est eat st Monday for three fires which burned approximately acres of forest brest and brush land during the holiday weekend Firecrackers started a fire east cast ot of f Wasatch boulevard b between tween Mill Millcreek m creek reck and Big Cottonwood canyons about bout p p. p m. m Saturday and another anther an an- other ther blaze at 5 5 p. p im nt at the mo mouth th of f Big Cottonwood canyon V The first fire burned over acres cres before 75 workers from the Big Jig Cottonwood camp andre from the tho Salt Lake county fire department brought It under control A two-hour two fight enabled 26 C C C men to confine the second fire to a small area A lighted was blamed for tor forthe the he fire which burn burned d 40 40 acres of land and east of Bountiful Sunday afternoon after arter- noon before 25 men from the Bo Bound nJ ful camp could extinguish it All flAIl three fires started alongside well traveled highways Mr Gurr said aid Forest service officials patrolled near-by near canyons Sat Saturday and d Sunday Sun Sun- day checking to see that campfires campfires' w were re p properly c perly extinguished |