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Show I HOME OF FOREST I RANGER DESTROYED I J The extreme slowness of the mail service from isolated sections of N'o-M N'o-M ada was illustrated at the district of- fices of the forest service this morn-; 3 ing when advices wore received from' 'ja the South Ruby Ranger station on the Humboldt national lorest to the effect M that on December 12 the ranger sta- M tlon was burned to the ground byi M Ranger J. W. Mink was heating! m some tar on the kitchen stove pre-, "m paratory to repairing the roof of the M ranger station on that date whan the I J can containing the lar exploded, set-j M ting the house on fire and burning. -S the station to the ground. The let- 'I ter stated that the smoke from the burning tar was no dense and so s- 're on the throat and eyes that it :JB "as impossible to save an- of the' property belonging to Mr. "and Mrs.: jg vllnk. - Steps have been taken for an allot-' fcjf ment to replace the ranger station andl Ibe office force expressed th-lr sym-1 sym-1 pathy for the family lifin victims mi 'lW tt is Fason of the year of such an ot- currenco. |