Show fallk HK COllI buu ogden utah august 11 II in salto ot of tho the extreme hazardous climatic ca tho the forest foredt fire situation in the intermountain region during lur liiK tile the first halt of tile tho summer has boon very gratifying on account of tile tho carol caro which is exercised by nil all who visit the forests in preventing tho the start of conflagrations states it II 11 II ruthledge Ruthl edgo district forester fore ister of the tha in district reports to the ond of july from all forests show unit that irea fires have been suppressed suppress od to that hint date only 48 of them having succo succeeded eded iri id coy ering eatn an area in excess of ton acres A total of acres havo have boon been burned over two hundred and sixty or 83 per cent ot of tile the total number of fires elros occurred in south rn idaho a region of extreme hazard ono one hundred and thirty six wore were due to human carelessness careless nom and to date 29 of offenders fendors in thia regard havo have told it to the judge ind and have been lined filled nearly halt of tile the tres alres caused by were smokers fires this cause has assumed unusual ono once his year while camp fires have been conspicuously few this Is ascribed by forest officers to the tha tact fact that tho the public appreciates t pro preci clates ates tho the fire danger and eli pre predates clates the fire danger and being careful that camp irea fires are put out throwing away cigarette butts and lighted matches Is so BO much it a matter of hit habit that even in a yon year r as ox ex tl timely niely dry as aa this devot devotees eee of the week seldom think what thoy they are doing with their fire on july 31 extreme fire lire hazard was reported to exist throughout central idaho where high temperatures aro are coupled with humidity as low as 6 per cent in western wyon wyoming yellowstone park region reelon conditions aro are about ay aberago aye brage rago while in southern utah recent ratna rains havo have reduced tho the flirdA alro danger langer to it a v very ory satisfactory degree the caribou forest in 1 orn idaho la Is tho the only nation alforest in the fag region lon reporting no fares in 1924 |