Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-21 | Page 14 | Win Convictions for Forest Fires

WIN CONVICTIONS FOR FOREST FIRES Offenders against the federal law relative to setting fire within the national forests In Idaho have rccelv--t-d the first taste of the government 3' campaign agalnsj carelessness. ac- cording to an announcement made this morning by officials of district four of tho forest service. David Dalzel, who told the officials offi-cials that h had set a fire .to keep coyotes from bol hiring sheep he was bf-rdlng and Which v.as put out by Guard Vernon White after It had 'ui-ned over 16u square foot, was tried and convicted before Justice of; the Peace Carl Brown at McCall, ' 1-lnho. last week. The fire was sot1 on tho Idaho nitional forest. J. J. Thompson, scoutmaster of' Iirl.md. in oh.irge of a troop of D"; Scouts in the Teton national forest, was tried and convicted before Justice Jus-tice of the Peace C. E. Fessler ot Moran, Wyo., for allowing the br.y, to leave their camp without putting out the flr. j S. I. Hosklns of Gajdlng. Idaho. 1 started a camp fire, faligd to put It out before he left, and was zlso tried mid convicted before Justice of the PeacS C E Fessler. For starting a fire on th Weise-natlonal Weise-natlonal rarest Ralph rentes uas also 1 led and convli ted Local officials announced yesterdsvl ' ' vlKorou- , ut ition u.miM t,e oontlnued against all person's thut are fouhd guilty of bo. ing caieleas with fire within' the n .-tlonal .-tlonal forests.