Show ires ires 0 in ash J AV r f orela ie under control two forest fires on dry fork mountain one in uintah canyon brought under control by 0 crews bews fighting through thick underbrush due to well organized crews who fought are in three sections os of the ashley forest during the put past week untold losses of valuable timber sere ere averted the fu first k fires area mere ere discovered saturday morning on an dry fork mountain b ra rigger rager ger olen glen lambert and assist ant at wend wendol atwood from point lookout near the trout creek ranger ringer station this was brought I 1 lader control tu dw another atre was discovered monday after noc n near sheep bridge across urn tan tab river in uintah canyon five miles above big park and was brought under wider control wednesday morning the dry fork fires burned in lodge pole reproduction section consuming ng between and 1000 acres the uintah canyon anre was also in a reproduction section and de stroyd about 50 acres of timber the fires on dry fork mountain started on either side of little lake A small me burned north and west of the like and a large fire at the east bt ul the lake toward ashley gorge the larger fire aaa as in the continued on page the FIRES IN FOREST ARE continued from pace page one lodge pole reproduction to in timber that stood on the as average of fateen feet high and 2 to 4 feet in diameter to thick that it as almost impossible to penetrate this same area was as burned thirty three year years apo ago the greatest damage as to to he the sater watershed shed where sno 96 and moisture Is stored after ds d mowing the are saturday morning ranger rambert ser set t sord ord to vernal thinking it sas aa a camp tire fire but it soon grew to great proportions and the aaram as spread by 3 p m a it ere s u fathered gathered together at vernal ernal dmd tent sent to the scene another crew of 0 ts twenty enty men as sent up at 5 p in ind nd at 3 a m sunday morning 20 addi additional tiona men were added at noon sunday a large crew of 40 men making a total of a 1 I 4 men sere tent to combat the fire the fire as bluming to great heights and the heat as intense the underbrush ites as so heavy that tra brals Is or fire lines had to be cut around the burning area and kept clean before the are could be brought under control these lines were from four to fix six feet wide and ere patrolled patr oled to keep the flames from spreading in some instances the flames bild leap over the top of the lines the fighting was under the direction of supervisor J 0 stew art and ranger olen glen lambert on account of valuable aole timber umber belts being on the vest west and north ork I 1 vaas a concentrated at these points and part of the fire driven east eastward ard into ashley gorge AlthO ih the are Is I 1 under control only halt hall of the crew hae hait been released and abe remainder III continue to patrol arol until a torm storm tx ex the smoldering logs and stumps preference I 1 IUM been given to men kith fth dependent dependents tn in contin con tin ulna a cre ere mr fr stewart said he had reier reer corked with a better crew ot of men in combining com biting a fire ire many new riner knew a let up the shifts were ere rom from 18 to 20 hours ind and some worked on through 24 hours the firs two days he ike said he received splendid coopt cooperation ration from the people of 0 the valley in organizing crex and securing supplies it was to transport water in milk can cans by pack WIL horres from the dry fork settlement to the ate a distance of five miles the ite uintah canyon fire wi was rom batted bv oi gi ards arils john D v 1 and ouy guy barton who were t s to the fire as soon as a it was discovered as was road For foreman ernan john 8 ben den nett ar bennett took chal e of I 1 the fire are ts as toon soon as a e arrived the fire was on a very steep side where there hid had been a fire some year years no eo there wa was a thick iland of limber timber twenty men sere er from roosevelt elt and neol and tuesday night district ranger Zan str george walkup ip in whose district the fire occurred u ar bied and took charge the names flames ere brought under control the next r tuesday afternoon an electric storm passed ow oer that ri ii csolty and a bolt of light struck to two t o large trees setting them on fire are they were quickly discoN discovered ered and the flames put out had it not been that the men sere ere on the ground there undoubtedly dould bale been nacre more alres to combat the tiner general condition of 01 tho the for or at Is extremely dry according to mr steward und imil the timber Is U j ot t like powder ready to burst into flames it te is bellei believed ed that the ire fire in bith canyon 1 as caused used by ft a careless fisherman leal leming top a camp fire burning aich stitch spread to a rotten lop log there still be cons demable smoke from the ing stumps and and trees on the dry fork pork moun tain according to mr stewart until a rain colnes conies and puts the fire out entirely |