Show I SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR STUDIES I FOREST FIRE CONTROL A. A G. G Goord Nord oord supervisor isor of the Ashley Ashley Ash Ash- ley Xa National forest returned to Vernal Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal Sunday after two tw-o a detail detail de de- tail to Cleawater forest in north Idaho on special studies in forest fire control contro Tale great number of fires lightning there were particularly particularly menacing he reports One hun hun- ei fi fires es occurred up io to Ap August list 25 on the forest embracing a apps approximately 0 one million million million mill mill- ion acres All AU but cue oue was seized a and l suppressed before doing notice notice- noticeable able 1 damage One OE fi fire e mad load u. u t a a quick a I P i of cf r about OO acres a acres s This was teas S tile the e result off of ot t a ds dry r y ligh lightning ning storm torm which started s 37 fires s In Its wake Several tires fires in this storm run together in making up the l large larse r e fire lire The hits were in quite ii it accessible accessible ac ac- ac- ac country making it diff to mobIlize mobilise man rawer power for er their control Bad weather we followed and fed by the high r I winds wind's the fire spread nd at the rate of about 1000 acres per days as a's for the tho i first week despite all efforts of approximately approximately ap ap- proximately men engaged in infighting ji lighting fighting hUng it As the winds i Powered lowered I I Ithe the fire was brought under r control ol and held before any rain had fled yet et falle talle nto aid in its suppression The dam ago to merchantable Umbel timber tim Um ber bel by the tho large fu fire e was not great I as the area had been burn burned bunted d over b before in recent years Thero There was a n j I heavy henvy loss of the young grO growth l. l I 1 Airplane patrol ol plays an important pol ant ral part t in the detection of forest tires in the northern district since sinco the I rough mountainous COUll country y can he be I IThe seen in greater detail detal l from in the air tir The The Tho work wc-rk of ot tho the patrolmen I is particularly hazardous due duo to the thc 11 nuan r ier l' l of r suitable lauding landing places in the mountains In one in- in tance the made macho a for forced o landing in fir an all old ld burn amid a a. dense stand of dead timber Tho The plane piano was completely I wr wrecked but tho rho patrolman atro mall arm ar Ij pilot pile wore fortunate fort to e escape cape without ut serious injury |