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Show been ?2,0n0 a day. Tho apportion-' incut lor tin? entire foiuat sen Ice for the ".truing of flies this year exceed-, pj .$13ii,0fM, which. has ull been expended, ex-pended, find much more. : ' FIRE FIGHTERS ARE RETURNING The forest Ore fighters, sent out from district No 4 are returning from the northern country and it is anticipated antici-pated at headquarters that nearly all the men will be in within tho next ten days or two weeks. The recent rains in tho Idaho and Montana sections have aided materially in the quenching quench-ing of tho remaining fires and it now requires no extra help to take care of them. Mr. Sherman states that district No. 1 is now capable of taking tak-ing earc of lis own fire district. The government appropriates each year a certain amount of money for fire fighting purposes, but this year the entire fund has been exhausted and the foresters state that they will have to ask for a deficiency fund to aid them In handling fires that may occur during the late spring time. Monday District Fiscal Agent Q. R. Craft of district No. 4 paid out JG.OOo for fire fighting, and the cost to this district alone owing to the fires started in the Targhec forest has |