Show FIRE GUARD IS ONE MAN FOREST CREW CREWl l M I EVEN CRAWLS INTO TREES TO PUT OUT FIRE TH T HE E story etory of a forest fire gU guard on the Boise na- na nat na t forest who single handed extinguished two bad lightning fires in distinctly individual ll and nd hazardous methods was told here this morning by Guy B. B Mains of the Boise for for- forest est et in Idaho p The guard Fred C Call 19 years of age was WilS st sta l. l In a district where every lightning storm caused from one to five fires His first exploit took place when he ha chopped a tour four feet in diameter alameter pine down following a storm and then d g a trench undermined the tree and buried It It Ho H. was alone Mr Mains said and took this ac ac- lion only when the blaze threatened to spread He Heh h had ld no water available On another occasion lightning fired another pine tree 42 inches in diameter dl lmeter in Calls Call's C district tree was hollow and Call was unable to get at the blaze He cut the pine down clown and was waa still unable to tl reach the fire which was inside Call was stumped for a I minute Mr Mains de- de de I dared but finally whetted u his case knite and with that and his shovel crawled InsIde the tha Isol- Isol low tree When he reached the tire fire he chipped the tho sparks out with his knife and crawled back out with the tho sparks in hIs hll shovel Many trips were made Into the tree sod and as a result Calls Call's hall hair and clothe were badly burned In all he crawled about 30 feet Into the black hot smoked hollow tree However he accomplish accomplished ed his purpose extinguished the fire I C |