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Show Originjof Forest Fires Information Given Out By Local Forest For-est Office Contains interesting Figures Somo very Interesting Information regarding forest fires h3 just been prepared by tho United. States forestry fores-try department and through tho courtesy of Supervisor Clinton l. Smith, tho information Is he e given: Lightning and campers nro almos' equally responsible for CO per cent of all tho forest fires In district No. 4 of tho forest service according to 1 records kept for tho four years, 1910-1013, 1910-1013, whllo fires of an Incendiary o--lg'n amount to only 2 per cent of tho total loss of J83G.134 from fires In tho four years, the fire of 1910 consumed $S19,G28.G2 worth or 9S per cent of tho 'total and of this 98 per cent a total loss of $767,500 or 92 per cent occurred on six forests across tho north part of tho district tho Teton. Palisade, Salmon, ClmlMs, Idaho and Welser. This belt is ihero fore considered the dangerous fue zone of district 4. In thp four yeara a total of 151 000 acres of t'mherod land and '2,000 ncres of open pnsturo land were bun ed over. Tho expense of fire isht-Ing isht-Ing was $56,000 In 1910, $3000 in 1311 and less than $1,000 each In 1912 aid 1913. |