Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-19 | Page 1 | No Serious Fires in the Forests

NO SERIOUS FIRES IN THE FORESTS Washington, July 19. Although the season during which forest fires cause concern throughout tho west has been- running ow for about five weeks, no serious conflagrations In atloal forest reserves have been reported re-ported to the forest service headquarters headquar-ters her. This is attributd partly to the fact that the season so far has not been excessively dry and partly to the fact that, because of the great fires of last year, the forest service officials have taken unusual precautions to prevent fires. Plans have been made whereby large forces can (be concentrated upon short otlce and a fire extinguished in I Its Inciplecy. oo