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Show IS 8 DESERET NEWS, Tuesday, December 15, 1970 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Acres fire and private land when state crews battled 225 fires that burned 12,000 acres of land. county fire chief or the county sheriff. Our ultimate goal is to have district wardens in all counties with the appropriate equipment, said Hansen. Pete Hansen, assistant state forester and fire control etr, said the above totals compare with 128 fires on 3,832 acres in 1969 and 405 files that charred 13.082 acres The district fire warden program reduces the acreage of state and private land It was an average year during 1970 on state cent ; smokers, 10 per cent ; machinery operation. 30 per cent; debris burning, 15 per cent; miscellaneous including children playing with matches and firing tracer ammunition, 20 per cent. The biggest fire was 800 because the wardens know the local fire agencies and can obtain help fast if the fire is too large fo them to handle, Hansen said. Causes of this years fires were as follows: lightning, 20 per cent; campfires, five per burned - OUR WE ARE RUNNING TO SAVE ON INVENTORY TAXES AT YEAR'S END FREE SALT SPECIAL ' GOOD FROM NOW 'TIL CHRISTMAS. 1,000 LBS. OF SALT acres in Carbon County. Hansen said total cooperation by federal and local agencies was valuable in the fire program, this year that kept the number of fires and the acreage burned as low as EARLY REE -F- WITH EACH SOFTENER SOLD UNTIL CHRISTMAS WORLDS FiEST WATER SOFTENERS FIBERGLASS-Hea- vy Duty FACTORY WHOLESALE PRICES NO INTEREST! NO CARRYING CHARGES! 90 DAYS IS CASH WITH US FULLY AUTOMATIC White or Brown D0WEX, LIFETIME GUARANTEE 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS in. 1968. wheel-driv- e fo u trucks with equipment and ing fighting tools. They salary during the are i it h , 1 decrease the average of 200 fires per year through fire prevention and Hansen feels the district fire warden system is the way to do it. Twelve counties now have district fire wardens each with their own ? v-- Hansen said the Utah Section of Forestry and Fire Control records an average of more than 200 fires each year. The sections fire program cost 300,000 this year which includes funds from local and county sources. The section Is attempting to J. I. i PLATT r pumpfire- -- i. 'ft paid a five-mont- h fire season. In the balance of the state the fire representative is the u Women Voters Plan Yule Social 1 y . VON DICK holiday social is on the agenda for members of the Salt Lake League of Women Voters and their guests. Setting for the event, to be held on Wednesday, will be the home of Mrs. Irwin Altman. A 2827 Commonwealth PLATT MFG. CO. 3068 Salt Ave. Phone 4664453 Greeting guests will be Mrs. Charles C. Hall, president; Mrs. Blair Walkington, Mrs. M. B. Harris. Featured speakers during the afternoon will be William Dunn and Ralph McClure, newly-electeSalt Lake Coun- NEXT TO VILLA THEATRE DEALER OUTLETS THRU-OU- THE WIST T ACTION ADS PAY DIVIDENDS d commissioners. ty DRIVE Lake City, Utah HIGHLAND 000 - L. f wy X . A M j W 7 ' ra B2aepneifs U W k7 dag GIANT-SCREE-N V CHROMACOLOR supe&scueeh COMPACT CHROMACOLOR CHROMACOLOR IOO 5 t i , PRICES START AS LOW AS v See Your Associated UTAH SALT LAKE CITY DUNCAN ELECTRIC 255 South State SKAGGS HOME CENTER BRIGHAM CITY FARR A CO. 1203 Simpson Ave. 3500 So. 4000 W. PREITENBEKER STATE ELECTRONICS, INC 131 East 1st South HOMER HANSEN FURN. 460 South State W. A. HTMAS CO. 1358 Indiana JOHN PARAS FURN. A APPL 3360 So. Redwood Kd. THE PARIS Downtown and Cottonwood Mdl 4685 Holliday B!vd. SOUTH EAST FURNITURE 2144 So. tilth East TOWN A COUNTRY HOME FURNISHING 36 So, Main READ BROS. A Kiesel BOUNTIFUL 2010 South State AXELfUD FURNITURE i- PETE YR0NTIKIS Dealer for the Chromccolor Set to fit Your Budget 24th RIVERTON ST. GEORGE JUST'S PAGE'S ENTERPRISES. DIXIE INTERIORS 402 Shoup ROOSEVELT TOOELE SFENCER HOME FURN. SULLIVAN'S GORDON LOGAN PROTO ROY LEE'S TV UTAH APPLIANCE READ BROS. 255 West Center 10 DAWN ED'S FURNITURE HOME FURNISHINGS WYOMING SANDY UNION PAYSON ELECTRIC MIDVALE LEONARD NEWBOLO CO. & APPL 268 W. Center MIDWAY SKAGGS HOME CENTER COLEMAN'S 1324 No. Stott OGDEN RICHFIELD-EPMKAI- TV RADIO CENTER KIESEL SALES 3337 Highland Dr. 28S5 Washington Blvd. 1 SERVICE FUMTURE POCATELLO MOUNTAIN TREMONTON DAB ELECTRIC 355 East Center ELECTRIC POCATELLO ELECTRIC 253 North Main ROCK SPRINGS JOHN'S ELECTRIC A TV 9469 So. 700 East M CHRISTIANSEN FURNITURE Room Size & SPANISH FORK DAVIS FURNITURE MERC. CO. PRESTON U A I FURNITURE IDAHO IDAHO FALLS SHELLEY KlkKHAM'S 190 First St. I APPLIANCE J |