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Show FACmTtES FOR FIGHTING FIRES Acting Districtiorcsler T. C. Hoyt ' states that Forester Sherman has been in the forests of Idaho, In the vlcln-i vlcln-i ity of tho Salmon river, for the past j number of weeks looking Into conditions condi-tions there respecting the fighting of flro. Mr. Shormau has not been heard ' from for a number of days, but it is , anticipated that he will return home within the next week or ten days A great deal of trouble was encountered encoun-tered in this section of country last ear, when the fires broke out In the ; forests and Mr. Sherman has doterm-ined doterm-ined that, after making a complete examination or tho country, he will install in-stall fire-fighting apparatus that will I give bettor protection to the valuable I forests there. It is said by the foresters that the i fire season Is virtually over and many of the supervisors arc asking that some of the money appropriated for I fire purposes be turned to other I uses. |