. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Forest Ranger R. M, Debitt and Crew, near Avery, Idaho companies of troops left American Lake, August 13, for the Colville. Be- fore their arrival, however, the rains set in and they were only required to assist in patrolling the fire lines to be absolutely sure that no fires started up again. In all, twenty-nine fires started on the Colville Forest this summer, burning over an area of approximately 100,000 acres of merchantile timber and causing a loss of 50,000,000 feet of timber valued at not less than $150,000. Before the fires on the Colville For
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. Forest Ranger R. M, Debitt and Crew, near Avery, Idaho companies of troops left American Lake, August 13, for the Colville. Be- fore their arrival, however, the rains set in and they were only required to assist in patrolling the fire lines to be absolutely sure that no fires started up again. In all, twenty-nine fires started on the Colville Forest this summer, burning over an area of approximately 100,000 acres of merchantile timber and causing a loss of 50,000,000 feet of timber valued at not less than $150,000. Before the fires on the Colville For- est were fairly under control, the situa- tion on the Crater in southern Oregon became serious and those on the Wall- owa and Whitman forests assumed serious proportions. But the condition on the Crater was by far the most serious in the two States, for not only did the fires burn in heavy stands of valuable timber, but the lives and property of settlers were seriously threatened, and even a city was men- aced. As on the Colville, fires on the Crater were, scattered over the entire area and National Forest timber was threatened by fires burning on private lands outside the boundaries of the Forest. The surrounding country was drawn on to the fullest extent for help, but enough could not be secured. On August 19, no soldiers arrived at Med- ford, and on August 21, 250 more. These men greatly strengthened the force. Through the willingness of the men and the hearty cooperation of their ofificers they became at once an efii- cient fire fighting crew, which stayed with the situation until the fires were under control, September 9. It was estimated roughly, for" the timber has not yet been carefully cruised, that on the Crater alone tim- ber to the amount of 140,000,000 feet, valued at $150,000 was burned, while, if the value of young growth killed is counted, the loss aggregated not less that $450,000. In all, over 110,000 acres were burned over. The loss on private lands ad
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