Show Fourteen Fires Occur on Public Domain in a Month MontI Since about the middle of at Jl July Y 14 14 fires tires on the ranges have been reports L watne Wain I Larson district grazier Seven ha have ve since Sunday when I 3 fires tires In different sections were e I put out One on Monday 2 Tuesday and one Wednesday I A total acreage or of BOO acres has hasI a I been destroyed the largest acreage I beIng Mr Larsen said The fire fighters were from a one man manI I crew to as large as tenI ten Some Bome of the fires are started I through carelessness smokers be- be beIng be Ing log the greater offenders others and spread out of control he stat stat- statI stated stated stat I ed Mr Larsen warned farmers and others desiring to start fires s I should get a permit from the th sheriff to do so as It Is unlawful to start such tires fIres unless adequate protection Is available to prevent spreadIng to other land The range land now is laxly lady dry and even the sagebrush and browse is almost a dry as the sheaf cheat grass he said The least leas wind causes the fires to spread over over ov er a large territory in a very short timeA timeA time A trucker driving over highway 40 reports a fire as he came into int town At one place along the Green River a smoke was re reported reported reported ported by an observer and a crew I dispatched to the place There Ther Continued on Pate P five I I i Fourteen FIres Fire Occur on PublIc Domain in a Month Continued d from paRe page one was no fire but smoke coming from a W Wyoming fire had settled in the valley Mr Me Larsen report report- reported reported reported ed he appreciated this kind of I cooperation as it Is the kind of vigilance that keeps down the fires 1 and has made I is possible to make such a record thus far tar of so 80 few acres being burned over I |