Show fight forest fire on elk mountain on he tha morning of june 29 a fire was started from a campfire left burning on the west side of cottonwood canyon on ithe the elk mountains abacut six acres of ponderosa pine timber and oaks were destroyed forest ranger julian thomas was notified of the fir fire 6 by grant bayles of blan blanding ding and heimbe h e immediately appointed dee black fire warden to take charge of firefighting operations it was not until july 2 that it was considered sa safe f e to leave the forest harry chee a navajo indian was charged having left the campfire burning and ranger thomas filed a complaint against him he plead guilty on july 6 at monticello before justice of the peace james thompson on charges of starting a fire on the monticello district of the la sal national forest and was fined 50 of this fine 45 was suspended suspend edon on the condition that chee would agree to put out any fire he made for camp purposes before leaving the fire and if he started another fire ere he would be required to pay the 45 suspended from this fine unable to speak our language during 1 the trial an interpreter interpret eti john cuthair cathair a ute indian was called in he could read as well wall as speak and translate what he read or was asked to colv convey ey to harry chee and made clear to him that state fire laws make it unlawful to leave a campfire burning the the law covering this point follows so that all who go to the mountains during the coming weeks may read and observe it from see sec 9 improper or unattended campfires Camp fires it is unlawful during the closed season for anyone amyoni on his own lands cr r lands of another to build a campfire without first clearing the ground around it sufficiently to prevent the spread of the fire it is unlawful for anyone to leave a campfire burning and unattended on his own lands or lands of another it is unlawful for anyone to permit a campfire to spread unattended on his own lands or lands of another |