Show ashley valley forest supervisor studies forest fire control in idaho A G nord supervisor of tile the ashley national forest returned to vernal sunday after a two months detail to the clearwater forest in north idaho on oil special studies in in t forest fire control the gibat number of tires fires started from lightning there were particularly ticul arly menacing ho he reports tires fires occurred up to august 25 on the clearwater forest embracing approximately orle ore million acres all but on was seized and ed before doing noticeable noti cable damage one firs fire made a quick spread of about acres this was the re 1 suit of a dry lightning storm which started 37 fires in its wake several fires in this storm run together making up the large acreage the hits were in quite inaccessible making it difficult to mobilize lize sufficient roan man power for their control bad weather conditions followed and fed by the h high g winds the tire fire spread at the rate of 0 about 1000 acres per day for the first week despite all efforts of approximately men engaged in fighting it As the winds lowered the fire was brought under control and held before any rain had wet fallen to aid in its su the damage to merchantable timber by y the large tire fire was v as not great as the area had been burned over before in recent years there was a heavy loss of the young growth aeroplane patrol plays an important part in the detection of forest tires fires in the northern districts since the rough mountainous country can in greater detail from the air the work of the aeroplane patrolmen is particularly hazardous due to the limited number of suitable landing places in ili the mountains in ons ona instance the patrolman made a forced landing in an old burn amid a dense stand of dead timber the plane plan was completely wrecked but the patrolman and pilot were fortunate to escape serious injury |