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Show uu 0 Pigeon Carries Word of a Big I Forest Fire I BEND, Ore., July 8 Pigeons brought to Bend b the forest serv-lice serv-lice are demonstrating their valae as H a means of communication between points not connected by telephone, William Sproat of the Deschutes na- ! . i mnal forest reported today after a trip to East Lake, where he carried on a series of tests with the birds. Six carriers were taken to the lake and released al intervals, time being J kept on the flights The birds tooK from iO to 60 minutes each, averaging close to a mile a minute. One small I forest fire was located by Spmat and J 'he news was sent into headquarters by carrier pigeon before it could be transmitted by telephone by the fire lookout |