Show TO GUARD FORESTS BY NIGHT AND DAY Mounted Rangers Watch the Bitter Biter Root Reserve for Fires Ida Aug 16 The Tho The valuable valuable vaIn vaIn- able pi pine no forests of or central Idaho arc aro heln being cre carefully fn 1 guarded from fire fire- fro by bythe bythe bythe the patrolmen who ride long IonS beats bEats inthe In th the tho timber constantly constan- watching for Cor or In Indications indications In- In of Incipient blaz blazes which may grow row into dangerous forest fire s In II a a fow Cw hours hour owing owing- to the tho dry weather veather which has ha rendered the tho forests forests forts for for- ests ts like tinder The valuable whito ee e pino forests In tho the hands of private privat e companies are aro zealous zealously patrolled b by byan byn nn an n organized fire fighting rr brigade known as tho the Clearwater timber timbe r patrol patrol Tho patrolmen arc are skilled kled fire Iro fight fighters fighters cr ers with wih an Intimate knowledge of th the e country countr while during during the dry rf summer r months the force I Is sometimes doubled to 10 afford absolute protection from lire The government forest service patrols acres In tho ni Bitter tel Root forest for for- est eat st st. thus affording n a perfect lire tiro pa patrol patrol patrol pa- pa for nil 11 of tho ho valuable timber Inthis in inthis inthis this section of or Idaho Tho The danger of oC forest fire has haq di diminished dl- dl since the tho people have havo o ha learned the thc cau causes e of or so many of or tho the serious conflagrations The state attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to protect tho the forests forest from front careless citizens b by Imposing a heavy fine on campers who leave burning fre fires hut but Major F. F A A. A Fenn supervisor of or tho the Bitter Root tore forest t. t I Is responsible ble for tor the tho statement that tho people who uso usa tho forests for tor camping purposes pUrpose aro are extremely careful of or campfires and matches matches Last LaRt year ear tho the campers In the tho Cor forests under the supervision of Major Fenn extinguished 99 per cent ent of or their campfires and the campers themselves rendered valuable assistance in Ih fighting tight fight tIng t- t ing incipient blazes Eer Every precaution precaution tion ton Is being taken h by the authorities and patrol forces havo have b been cn lar largely ely Increased while man many maii of or the tho men mn guard their districts so carefully that th they get et little Ile sleep p |