Show FIRE SITUATION As a precautionary measure five forest rangers from the southern portion of this region are being sent to dolse boise to be held in readiness tor for fire duty ranger na u ger A J wa wagstaff Wag ast aff was listed in this number and left moab july 21 ibn on account of the extremely extreme ay dry liot hot weather that has preva prevailed ed for the past two months the forage on oil the forest Is very dry this unusual condition makes it absolutely necessary to take every precaution to prevent forest fires some rome of our mos me s important ant springs epil such as the one 1 at the alesa mea ranger station that havo have never been known knon 0 ury dry up have hao I 1 ceased to low flow other or major importance for stock watering purposes are aie also dry tile tha la sa f forest Is expending MOO 1400 this season for range lange water nater development in ad to this the stockmen stoc kmen are cooperating in developing water vater EVENTS ON OTHER FORESTS firemen Five men were vere v ere recently arrested on a neighboring forest by a forest ran 1 ger eer under a charge of pointing po stream anig a b throwing tin ov ing refuse from their camps campa into the water which holcli Is strictly i 1 against regulations of the forest foiest service these men were ere fined lu on another forest quite a numbed direction of signs have been dest destroyed 1 by thoughtless or mal malicious cefous li divid i bals in one instance a r ranger trig e r where some men lad had tn taken k efa el clubs u baoan and nd I 1 beaten one of the baked bak ed enamel signa until the enamel peeled oft off and the sign ruined in abnot another her case it was found Fol someone neone had taken a screw driver and taken off the enamel sign and appropriated it to ills his own use throwing tin owing the board back to the he sl sign a nay wa Y it is believed sufficient evi dence has been gathered to convict the guilty pel sous tn in the above cases i 1 A word to tile the wise should be sut suf fl nc elent ct it aaa ranger christensen lias hils bein been en the past lew few days davs in round lound up i trespassing tres passing stock on the camp jackson range the stock will be handled under the state esthay law later on he anticipates making it a round up of 0 all the trespassing tres passing hories on ills his district such stock are cou coh gaming burning forage that rightfully belo belongs ngsi to 10 stock and every effort will be made to eliminate such tres passing hanger hunt hns has a crew of twenty men at work on mhd D N B road all aa the equipment necessary for this work Is on tile the ground and ready for action with the except exception loa of an air compressor which tho the foiest service expected to 0 o rent from the state road commission the extended heat beat wave was apparel t ly too intense tor for this piece of machinery as it was blown to ao atoms yesterday july 21 and therefore will not be serviceable tills this necessitates additional mui man power for tills class of work |