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Show HEAVY WIND IN FIRE ZONE INCREASES DANCER Associate Forester A F Potter of! the forest service will arrive in Og den tomorrow to remain a number of I days on a general Inspection of for-j for-j est affairs W C Barnes of the grazing de partment of the forest service, who has been in the west a number of weeks making investigations of grazing graz-ing lands, will also arrive tomorrow to confer with Mr Potter. Felix Moore came up from the Fish Lake forest today to aid In the fire lighting work In the Idaho forests, if his services are required. Acting District Forester Homer E. Fenn states that the fire situation Is about the same today as it was yes-Urday yes-Urday Fires are still raging but It Is said that the fighters have pretty good control on the fire line Fenn says that he has registered 150 men in Ogden, 450 in Salt Lake and 100 at Pocatello, who are read to tight ths forest fires on a moment's notice and that he will call out additional forces, If they are needed The forester states that quite a heavy wind prevails pre-vails in the fire zone today and that the hot sun is rapidly parching vegetation, vege-tation, making It more inflammable each day. The outlook is serious, he srns. but every effort is being put forth to check the fire9. Mr Fenn states that the foresters are in better shape to fight fires than they were last vear and that much Is being accompliuhed each da in cheCkine the nrotrnss of the flames However h' Is hourly expecting a wire to send more men to the tire zone |