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Show FIRE DESTROYS UTAHFOHEST Sereral Hundred Acres of Quaking Aspens Burn BKTirrBLD, July 4. Report St foreet fire which devastated several hundred scree of quaking aspen trsee before It could be brought under control con-trol wss brought her yesterday by y or set Supervisor C. A. Matteon. who directed a twenty-four-hour fight t are the timber around Plea lake. The fire originated from a camp fire alleged to have beea made by two boys named Upeey who ar working work-ing on th Fish Inks road. Ten mln-utee mln-utee after the fire started, which wa about I o'clock, foreet rangers on the Pish lake reeerve had been notified noti-fied by elgnal and fir fighting equipment equip-ment was ea the way from the ranrsr station, two mllee north of the Plah lake resort. Every syllable res wss srissid Into service aad only after hours of eeeselee work was ths outbreak out-break under control. . Carelessness rather I has mUchtev-ueaeee mUchtev-ueaeee oa the part ef the Upeey boys eras admitted by ths authorities, who fined them IM for th offense. While the fire at Fleh laks waa raging rag-ing a more aeriou en wa burning In th Bullion oanyosr; five mllee abev Meryeveia, Despite the kardeet fighting fight-ing It burned furleuely for more than thirty hour aad deetroyel all Umber tn It patb af several miles. Ths Bully Boy mlaa and building wer dlreotly la ta path St th fir, but WT"fir la th Butt! on canyon la supposed to have originated from park from th recently elected Bully Hoy mill boiler alighting In cotton trees nearby. A greet dee sf valuabts Umber wsa destroyed. Rsnger Betllson, receiving the alarm at Maryevals. hastily marshaled all possible men together, ssnt calls to nearby towne and rushed to the ecene ef the fire, where he iumd charge ot tb tight. |