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Show Forest Fires. An especially good showing was made by the forest officers lastyear in extinguishing fires outside the national na-tional forests before they reached the forest boundaries. Such fires constituted consti-tuted more than one-sixth of all fought by the forest rangers and guards. About nine-tenths were extinguished before they touched the forests. Ot the fires within the forest boundaries, more than IS per cent were on lands in private ownership. Nearly one-fourth one-fourth of the extra expenditures due to fighting fires that is, expenditures outside the time of the regular forest force was incurred in fighting these fires. Lightning caused more fires than any other agency, followed by railroads, rail-roads, campers, and incendiaries, in the order given. |