Show FIRE while ft a number dumber of small fires has ended bended to keep the local forest service officials official on edge and jumping mide sideways ay at the least sign or omell amell of amok ethey are never nevertheless optimistic over the prospects of a favorable favo rabla fire season at least they can heave great sighs of relief when they hey t look back upon the years yeara of 1910 and 1919 which can never be erased from the memory of those who helped in the almost hopeless efforts to chain the demon fire those two summers although they knock wood when they dare to even think it the general feeling is that their well organized fire fight forces coupled with a reasonably favorable fire season will mean a gratifying conservation of our timber resources this summer bummer the first note of danger this summer was sounded by the Bri bridger iSger in wyoming Wyo minK and along about june 30 the first skirmish occurred on the pavel 0 in idaho with a small lightning fire which was extin at slight alight cost and with few casualties to the timber during the first farat part of july I 1 things thing began to warm no at an the BI Pv payette ette tad retaa tot henvy heavy elect electrical with but slight alight rain left trails of small mall fires fire in their wake thin thia condition tins has been woral m a t on the he P eite tc where her two iwo stormi at recently ty barted started farted ft a total of 65 fires the the efficiency of the SuPervisor al fire organizations tiona and I 1 never fouladi failing ajom ot of the rangers is ig demonstrated by the i fact that none done of these email fires nave have been allowed to develop loto into real cow one gratifying element in the present situation is the increasing thoughtfulness A by tou and it compete people are coniing to realize what a hot holocaust t may fr from m an unthinking act upon thair heir part only two or three arrests have been made thus far arest and it the forest service officials are hoping that they will be the only ones ner of the season the next 30 or 40 days day are goins going to see the period of greatest danger and ad if our timber is to escape the demon this yet year it will wiit be only I 1 through the intelligent co ca operation of everybody visiting a national forest it was wait tot not st so long ago the man who went cut back and doused his hia fire was wag regarded as aa kind of a crank now it is gettine to be dont be outa out of style be careful with fire doin dmn it |