Show Fire Danger High As the last of summer vacation vacation vacation va va- cation approaches Fire Control Control Control Con Con- Officers at Forest Service Service Service ice headquarters in Ogden urged everyone to be careful careful careful care care- ful with fire Fire danger throughout the Intermountain Region is reaching critical levels Special care should be exercised by hunters as the bow season gets under under- way Also in some areas the dove hunting season is open at this time IN THE past week over fires have occurred in inthe inthe inthe the Intermountain Region Most of these have been kept small but the Big Creek Fire on the Payette National Forest Forest Forest For For- est in in Idaho reached 1040 acres before it was controlled Regional Forester Vern Hamre stated that the entire western United States has been hard hit with fires in inthe inthe inthe the past week and urged all forest visitors to use extreme caution with smokes open fires and all other ignition ignition- sources OVER men from all parts of the United States have been sent to the State of Washington to battle fires The largest blaze in that state is is the Mitchell Creek Fire on the Wenatchee National Forest which has consumed acres of timber and brush Over acres of valuable valuable valuable val val- timber and grasslands have been charred on the Wenatchee National Forest in the last week |