| Show SCOUTS FIGHT RIT fOREST FIRE IRE 25 Acres of Fine Timber East of Ogden Destroyed The Boy Scouts from rom Troop No 10 C C CE with Scoutmaster 0 together If E Fish lOft left Ogden Saturday aft aft- afternoon aft afternoon tor for an OVI over night hike to Mount Ogden den and vicinity The troop reached Malan Malans s a Heights earlY In the evening where camp os cas established and supper pr pre pre- pre prepared tho the evening pared After Arter the meal the was as spent In story telling by boss S and scoutmaster Ari Ai An early rise riso was as made mado Sunday nto so MO o as liS to enable the tho bela to get to the summit ot of Mount Og- Og Ogden Ogden Og Ogden den by sunrise The air was verY cold old on ott the mountain top and did 3 I m not warm arm up until about a a In looking 0 over oer er tho country II a blue haze hung bung over the mountains mountaIn th t indicated smoke and forest tires fires ires wet web 0 ob ved On top or of I the he ridge at the head ot of South SouthFork rork can on quite a large fire seemed to be bo burning and one was located on en the cast side ot of the range iange back bach ot or and one In Strong canyon LOt 11 li BLAZE ZI After on the tho summit ot of Mount Ogden the bos bo s follow rollow- followed ed od the tho ridge of ot mountains south south- west south west ot of o the peak and came out et th thi head of ot ong's canyon there the party of ot boys boss wont ent down don downin downIn In to the canyon and came to the forest tire fire that has been burning for tor s several erat days having been 01 ob oh observed served by the troop on Sunday Sunda July 27 and at that time the tho boys talked of oC an expedition up there thereto thereto thereto to extinguish the blaze fit BRIG WC The Tho bois bols bo s found the tho tire fire burn burn- burnIng burnIng burning ing quite lively elY along the tho creeK and fOI med a bucket brigade and soon extinguished the tho blaze Far Far- Farther Farther ther thor up the mountain In a a dozen places the tire fire was wall burning slow slow- slow slow-Iv lc h there thero being no I cind Ind to tan fan the blaze E II BIG DIG TIMBER Tho The bo bois bols s cut boughs and fiat sticks slicks and went up to tight fight the Individual tires fires some of ot h nero erO like regular blast furnaces In some cases a trip had to b ho homade made down the mountain side Bide to totne totne creek for tor niter weter ter It b b being ing lax lax- Impossible Im Impossible possible to do an any thing to put out the tire fire with Ith the Improvised tools the boys had The Tho boys boss bo s had a ahard ahard ahard hard tight fight to sa save sate cone one big fir tree 36 Inches in di and a regu regular forest and were lar br giant of o the re rewarded bv by being able to extin eUn extin- extin extinguish the tire fire which was as eating into a I hollow In the trunk of ot the tho tree near the Several oth- oth othel oth-e oth el Ct large trees wore were sa saved saed ed in the thO same manner Numerous old stumps stump and fallen tallen trees were burn burn- burnIng burning ing tag and these were extinguished by throwIng throw inc dirt and trenching 21 ACRES The ashes were ero knee keep I ii and great grent beds heds ot of o Ih live e eo 8 ere cseTe found and extinguished The irO was In hi in the hea lest stand of oC fir tir timber In the can on and since it started has by hy actual count destro destroyed ed 86 large fir trees and numerous small ones the tho aret arel co by the tire fire Ire Is about 25 5 acres A sheepherder camped In the creek bottom Is suspected ot of start start- start Ins If in the conflagration He made mado madeno madeno no effort to extinguish the tl which seemed to have hae been start tart started started ed at the trail In the bottom of the c canyon in a heavy stand gland of ot bruen bru but not from a camp fire tiro a as there thero Were vere no Indications ot of o a camp and no available a place tor for L 1 camp campOn On the way ay down the canyon canyo several miles below blow the tire fire the thebo ho bo s met an officer of the l iw 1 w an and 1 two tO men on the way to the fir fir- and they were ero also loo looking tor for the thA sheepherder the boys ere tt w ere able to tolIe togie lI gie them considerable Inform i tion and tell them the location ot of the tho sheep and the herder herders s a camp cami All Alt arrived home homo safely but N 11 need ot of o a bath after their fire fire- firefighting fighting fighting experience and tired be- be vond be-vond ond ond question |
