Show five fires do damage on powell forest orest during past pas t week forester issues closing order three fires on oil the powell na lonal forest did considerable damage over the past weekend week end olid according to supervisor ilott 31 11 park while thoy they wore brought under control by firefighters and did not prove serious Bor loua it was betat ed that there Is need for more care by campora campers and users ot of the t i forest in handling fire two other ll 11 fires were handled during the week bringing tho the total to date of live five fires on tile tho forest in each casse case it was stated tho ilia iraa fires were started as a result ot and one practically prati cally inundated a sawmill the other flroa fires burned over brush land and destroyed tho the prote protective etive cover in 3 tour localities leaving the ground abare bare to bromon damage by storm and wind I 1 A ag a result of the long dry spell grasses gramos and other range vegetation has hag been dehydrated until tho the fire hazard la is serious demon tire fire if started in somo some of the lle timbered areas would be practically impossible to control the following closing order against fire issued by C N woods regional forester and announced by albert albert albertsons albertson sons supervisor per visor of the dixie forest would eem to apply to other forest reas freaa in this section it Is announced announce dby by albert al bertson lert er ason son supervisor of the dixie lat lonal forest fores is that a clo closing ising ader ta Is now in effect prohibiting he use of fireworks etc within he confines of the forest until urther notice the order la Is oc because of tho ilia present rough of humidity now prevail ng ig throughout thia section of the tute tate and attending conditions of trel ira hazard on the forest or eat tho file su eryl sol said the order closing he ie forest la in quoted as follows under and by virtue of the au arity conferred on me by the ct of june 4 1897 30 stat 36 nd tho the regulations regulation tl T l 1 al 16 following acts acta are prohibited a the dixie nat nathionel ionel forest be inning on oa the day of july until further notice the throwing or placing of a cigarette cigar match pe heel beel firecracker or any cited sub substance stanco in any place here it may start a fire and the ging of any kind of fire arks on any portion of a nation forest closed by order of the forester to the dl arbing of fireworks dated june 30 1942 signed C N WOODS regional forester I 1 |