Show I FIGHTING FOREST FIRES IN DINT UINTA A MOUNTAINS W. W I I. I PACK of or the S SUPERVISOR Uinta forest with headquarters at Provo reports leports another fire season closed with a a. clean record for far his patrol force torce not a single fire tire having gotten gollen beyond control this tills year rear Up t to date the record of oC fire control upon the Uinta i is unblemished b by a single shingle le costly error or disaster Before this forest was proclaimed by President Roosevelt flies fires In that region ion were frequent fre tre- frequent quent often orten burning for tor weeks trolled The rapid work and con constant lence to make this record Is It shown bythe bythe by the fires discovered and put out during during dur dur- I dur-I ing the past summer I ingIn I In the ear early part of or August in the afternoon a ran ranger er patrolling along the Divide Trail discovered a fire ire gave the alarm set out himself at once t to fight it picking up all the help hOlp he could on the way Ho He arrived at the fire tire in the evening with four tour sheepherders an and started to work at once The rhe same evening e at S o'clock an another another another an- an other ranger rangel thirty miles away re received TO- TO cd warning o of this fire sa saddled lcd up ant and started to assist in Lighting It picking ln up tour four our or five fl men on the way wa the he Ho arrived arrhe thero there at nt 2 o'clock In Inthe Inthe the tilt morning and began besan work worl A J third ran ranger cr located at nt Heber re received ro- ro instructions at 10 o'clock that same evening picked up upa a small force read to start In a short time an and was as ready On account of ot the long long- distance hard lard night riding his party was delayed from Cram reaching tho tine scene until o o'clock clock i ithe the tike next morning I With this extra help the tire fire was put under control before beCore It Jt gained much hea headway way The fire did little damage but it was burning directly towards a largo large body of timber Without Without With With- out quick action on tho the part of or the time ranger who discovered It and 1 the help given I en by his brother officers a 1 great loss might have easily easH resulted Another fire tire was han handled le much much Inthe inthe In Inthe the same manner The ranger patrolling patrolling patrolling patrol patrol- ling on the tho DIl Divide e Trail discovered It 11 rode rodo at once to the tho telephone station station sta ta tion nearby informed the supervisor at Provo and wont went back to the fire tire at once lie picked etl up s several everal men menat menat menat at the reclamation service ser camp some campers campt rs and rs and started In n fighting hUng Another ran ranger er t twenty twenty- five lve miles distant waS was was' In instructed to pet Jet all the assistance possible and ride riel to the time fire Not ot ln knowing how ho homan man many men linen would he be needed he telephoned to Fork ForIe to the president of oC tho the Stock Growers' Growers association telling him of or the fire on the thc forest and askIn asking asking ask ask- In ing him to get t together tog ns lis its lar large e a aCoree force Coree as he could uld but not to fo o send them until further Instructions In a short time a n. force of or one hundred men with saddle hor horses es and antI fire tire fighting tools was ready reay to start Asit As Asit it happened this fire tire was un under er control control control con con- and this extra force torce was not needed but bul should the fire tire have havo developed de developed de- de is as was first expected a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred men would ha c have havo been at It and anel would have crushed It out before covering cov cov- covering ering a n largo large a area ea and doing much dam- dam ng- ng ago age The fire was dl discovered ere co at 2 o'clock In iii the tho afternoon an and In two hours was u under el control and entirely out before dark darl of ur tho the same day a Late In August another fire was discovered dis covered erel near the forest nursery on Beaver creel creek The same quick tIe tIe- de decisive action Was as taken en and In a few tew hours a force of or thirteen men and a 3 complete fire fighting outfit supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies sufficient for tOr three days was gotten ott n to together ethel at Kamas The They arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived at the fire at 7 i o'clock In time the evening and went to work Immediately without waiting for Cor an anything to eat B By 2 o'clock In the morning the fire was completely trenched aroun around and anel fairly well under control The Tire force torce I stopped a a delayed supper and antI a short re rest t. t returning returning- to work at 4 o'clock By 10 o'clock the same morning morn morn- ing Inc the tho fire was was was' under control This fire Cire was burning towards a boll body of fine CIne merchantable t timber ber amounting to thirty million f feet et and worth proba probably h 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