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Show ment's slep. pxeept what 11 tt lo they could get by lying down In the underbrush under-brush while the flames subsided. 1 While the fire zone is but. a charred ruin of timber, says Mr. Calvert, It Is goln; to require considerable vigilance vigi-lance to keen the fires from kindling anew, and bo thinks the country will not be safe from fire until the rains and snows of the fall of the year completely extinguish the smoldering embers. j WAS IN THE FOREST FIRES C. P. Calvert, assistant forester In the drafting department has returned from the Coeur D'Alene national forest for-est where he has been since the beginning be-ginning of the fires ihere. directing the fight acalnst tho llanios. Mi. Calvert states that the boys on tho tire line have had to go through a great many hardships and many thrilling thril-ling experiences. The destruction of property and forest timber lias been extensive and the loss of life in tx-llugulshiug tx-llugulshiug tho flames has been heart rend lug. The forester is pretty well worn out because of the long-continued fight he has made and because of lack of rest fclnce the lighting ceased. He bays that as soon as be reached the fire zone be, with a crew of twcniy-flve men, were dispatched to the t'oeur D'Alene forest. In order to reach the lire line Ue-y had to charter ft boat i to carry them across the Coucr D'Alene D'-Alene lake. "As boon as they landed on the opposlto ahore. they planned to pitch carnp and prepare something 1 to cat, but the fire broke forth from the timber with such fury that there was not a moment to spare aud the bojs began the fight on empty stomachs. stom-achs. They fought for 2tJ hours with-ut with-ut a bite to eat and without a mo- |