Show NEAR FOREST FIRE T SOON BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL Wednesday afternoon a forest fire was started by a f tret stub stab dropped by some passer ser by on the theOld theOld theOld Old Mountain 1 south of the Metcalf Metcalf Met Met- calf correl south sonth east of Manti ManU that taxed axed the efforts all Wednesday night of ranger Ed P. P Cox and Merril 1 Jensen to bring under conI con con- I I Fortunately not much damage resulted d from the fire but had it not been discovered by Hyrum Pe terson shortly alfter after it started who brought the word to Ranger Cox there thele might have been a real fire as there is plen plenty of Urn timber bel in this locality with dense growth of sagebrush sago sage brush between to carry carlT the flames The fire started from a lighted among the dry aspen leave leaves eaveS Ranger Cox and Merril 1 Jensen Jenson hurried to the fire ire and with shovels and axes set to work hedging it in By midnight they had it under conI control control con con- I but the remained on patrol nil all night tn to guard a g an In out out- r nt w o U J Y vU Ib break a k 1 Due to the dry we weather ther the forest forest for for- I est is reported to be in the most condition in ill its history and every traveler in the forest is urged to use every precaution precaution pre pro caution In putting out camp fires and seeing to it that lighted ciga- ciga and lighted matches ars ar not thrown away before beCore they ar a v completely completely com com- extinguished |