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1912.
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1913.
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1914.
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Eighth Annual Report.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Potlatch Timber Protective
Association
1912
DIVISION
FORESTRY
1
COUCC3C Of A A6RICULT ->C
tlHlVCHSlTY OF CAUFOK
F ICER^J
A. W. LAIRD, POTLATCH.YDXHO" ' PRESIDENT
GEORGE A. DAY, BOISE. IDAHO VICE PRESIDENT
W. D. HUMISTON, POTLATCH, IDAHO, - SEC'Y AND TREASURER
DIRECTORS
A. W. LAIRD GEORGE A. DAY G.A.RUBEDEW
C. H.FANCHER T. J.HUMBIRD
MEMBERS
Acres.
Potlatch Lumber Co , 199,490
State of Idaho 33,040
Clearwater Timber Co 18,440
Milwaukee Land Co - 18,360
(i. A. Rubedew, Agent , 5,080
lihickwcll Lumber Co... .. .1,120
Edward Rutledge Timber Co 440
Northern Pacific Railway Co 25,930
Total revenue acreage 301,900
Total acreage regularly patrolled within the boundaries
of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association... ...594,000
NOTE. — The^pvovtherrV I3ad6c; Railway Company is not a
member but contributes' tbw'af'd's the, expense of our protective
work. ,", r ' '*'*,'» '• -r ; " ;\
COLLEGE OF A AGRtCULTUftC
(JNIVCRSlTY OF CAUFORNIA
PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
POTLATCH, IDAHO, Nov. 30, 1912.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD
OF LAND COMMISSIONERS.
GENTLEMEN :
It is a great pleasure to me to be in a position to again
report a favorable year of operation and a loss which is negli-
ble.
( )wing to the fact that we changed chief fire wardens in
August it would be manifestly impossible to secure a chief
fire warden's report in the detail which you have a right to
expect, and for this reason I have decided to incorporate in
my own report those details which have been embodied in the
annual report of the chief fire warden heretofore.
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
On May 10th we commenced work on our telephone sys-
tem and prosecuted the work of construction vigorously until
we had completed those lines which had been projected for
completion this season.
We strung 37 miles of telephone lines through some of
our finest timber, connecting headquarters at Elk River with
a number of our best and most advantageously located look-
outs. Part of these lines are number nine wire and part num-
ber ten. All wire is the B.B. grade, galvanized.
We spared neither pains nor expense to construct these
lines in the best possible manner, and employed several men
of wide experience in such work in order that we might be
assured of first-class workmanship and correspondingly good
service.
We exercised the utmost care in selecting our equipment
and made no effort to economize at the expense of the good
4 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
service which is demanded of such lines under the most ad-
verse conditions. So far as my personal experience goes I
have never seen a better built telephone line in the woods or
one that gave better satisfaction at all times. Our lines have
never, so far, been out of commission and we have been put
to no expense maintaining them.
The entire system and all equipment cost us $3036.75, in-
cluding superintendence and its pro rata of all such overhead
expense as chief fire warden's salary, office and miscellaneous
expense, depreciation on tools, equipment and horses. Next
to our expenditures on trails and in fighting fires I know of
no money we spent which is better invested or pays larger
dividends, for by the use of these telephone lines we are kept
in constant and close communication with the lookouts which
command views of most of our territory and with the patrol-
men on their beats.
We need more of these telephone lines.
CLEARING OUT OLD TRAILS
On May 25th we put a crew into the field clearing out old
trails and during the season cleared out over 194 miles. These
are trails which have either been built by us in previous sea-
sons or were built by homesteaders and others before we be-
gan our protective work and have been utilized by us on ac-
count of their advantageous location for our work.
The maintenance of these trails includes the up-keep of'
good, strong bridges across creeks and mud holes, and all
such bridges are built to safely carry heavy pack trains.
Our total expense of the season for clearing out old trails
was $1,086.60, including its pro rata of all overhead expense
such as chief fire warden's salary, office expense, depreciation,
etc.
BUILDING NEW TRAILS
We expended $325.43 in building two and one-half miles
of new trails during the season. At first this seems a little
steep but the country was steep too, and, after using consider-
able dynamite, we got an easy grade and a wide, comfortable
tread on a trail which is a very important link in our system.
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 5
PATROLLING
Owing to light, though very timely rains which fell at
short intervals until the middle of June it was not necessary
to put our patrolmen out until the latter part of June, at which
time a long hot period, accompanied by frequent high winds,
compelled us to throw a patrol force into the field.
During the month of July our patrol unit averaged 23,760
acres and in August this unit was reduced to an average of
22,000 acres.
In July, 1911, our patrol unit was 18,000 acres and in
August of the same year less than 13,000 acres.
Conditions were generally very much more favorable this
year than last. From June 1st to 30th this season we had ten
showers and a total precipitation of 1.57 inches; from June
1st to July 31st 15 showers and a total precipitation of 1.86
inches; and from June 1st to August 31st 25 showers and
rains, with a total precipitation during the active fire season of
4.29 inches.
Under these conditions it was not necessary to maintain
our usual close patrol, and, while taking no chances, we saved
some money by keeping down the patrol force.
Our total expenditures for patrolling, including all over-
head expense properly chargeable thereto, was $5,570.38.
WEATHER
In my annual report of last year I recommended the in-
stallation of a maximum and minimum registering thermometer
and a rain gauge at headquarters and that weekly weather re-
ports be sent to all members.
We tried the experiment this season at very little expense,
and, in my opinion, got very satisfactory results. From the
weather reports, which were mailed to each member from
headquarters every Sunday morning, it was possible to see at
a glance what the fire hazard had been each day during the
week ending the previous Saturday night.
For my own part I was very much interested and surprised
when I had my reports tabulated and found that the average
minimum temperature for June, July and August at head-
6 POTLATCH TIM HER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
quarters, away back there in the mountains, was 54 degrees
and that the average maximum temperature for the same
months was 87 degrees. I certainly expected both figures
would be much lower. With these figures before one it is not
so surprising that our success in preventing and controlling-
forest fires is only attained at considerable cost and at the ex-
pense of eternal vigilance.
Our reports show that we had a total precipitation of
4.29 inches of rain during the three summer months. These
rains come at short intervals and were very opportune con-
sidering that we had 33 days from June 1st to September 1st
when the thermometer reached 90 degrees or more.
I am now of the opinion that we should install a good
barometer at headquarters, properly adjusted to altitude, and
take readings at least twice a day so that the chief fire warden
can have timely notice of approaching sharp changes in tem-
perature, high winds and rains. We who have fought forest
fires know how valuable such information would be a hundred
times a season, and I believe it would be a wise step to put
the man whom we hold responsible for the protection of our
timber in possession of such a valuable aid in his efforts to
out-guess the elements.
CHANGE IN CHIEF FIRE WARDEN
\Ye began, the season with Air. Ed. McGuire as chief
fire warden holding over under the appointment of 1911. About
the middle of August Ed. McGuire resigned and Frank W.
Mallory was appointed in his place as chief fire warden. Air.
Mallory was chief fire warden of this association from its
organization until 1911, at which time he resigned to go into
business for himself. He is young, active, perfectly reliable,
has good judgment, knows our territory thoroughly, can handle
men well, and, when it comes to fighting forest fires, he doesn't
have to yield honors to anyone.
I feel that we are fortunate in being able to get Mallory
again for this position and look forward to next season's oper-
ations with confidence that, whatever is in store for us. we
have a good man at the head of our field forces who will do
whatever can be done to protect our interests.
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 7
COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
As has been our custom for a number of years we have
co-operated with the United States Forest Service in the pro-
tection of that portion of our territory which is also in the
Palouse. Division of the St. Joe National Forest Under our
co-operative arrangement the Forest Service patrolled such
territory as it could efficiently with the few men its limited
appropriations made it possible to maintain in the field and
we looked after the balance of the co-operative territory.
This scheme has worked without a hitch for a number
of years and I only trust has given the same satisfaction to
the local and district Forest Service officials that it has to us.
I know that we have profited greatly by our close and
friendly relations with these earnest young men and I should
be gla^JxtfT feel that the benefit has been mutual.
^"•""if the Forest Service has any better men in its organiza-
tion than Greely, Silcox, Weigle, Fisher, Spanieling and the
dozen other brilliant young men with whom we northwestern
timbermen have been brought into contact it is -indeed fort-
unate.
It is a hopeful sign that these men, whoJh.ave mastered
our peculiar local conditions, are retained in charge, and I am
glad to see that their recommendations and suggestions are
beginning to carry weight with those at Washington who, here-
tofore, have apparently been trying to administer our immense
western forests in the light of an all-too-limited experience
which has been bounded by the narrow confines of some small
wood lot in New Hampshire or Pennsylvania.
FIRES
We had reports on 24 fires this season and there were
possibly twice as many more which did no damage and were
not reported. The 24 reported fires were caused as follows:
Breaking out from old clearing and slashing fires, 1 1 ; settlers
clearing land, 6; lightning, 2; logging engine, 1.
These fires burned over an area of 851.37 acres, of which
perhaps 200 acres were in merchantable timber. No saw tim-
ber was destroyed and but 860,000 feet fire killed, all of which
can be readily logged in the near future. As a matter of fact
8 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
I think that most of this fire killed timber, if not all of it, has
been logged ere this. There was no other damage done by any
of these fires.
Ninety-seven per cent of the total acreage burned over
and the only loss sustained was caused by three fires which
started in old burns the latter part of June.
The slashing and debris of logging operations had been
burned carefully and well some time before these fires and ex-
traordinary precautions had been taken to see that all fire was
out.
From June 1st to June 15th we had one-half inch of pre-
cipitation, and on the 16th twelve-hundredths of an inch, so
that, under anything like normal conditions, it would have
been practically impossible for a fire to get started from these
old slashing fires.
However, on Tuesday. June 18th, the temperature began
to raise and reached a point of 90 degress. On the 19th the
mercury mounted to 92, on the 20th to 93 and on the 21st
reached 104. The next two days were comparatively cool,
but it got hot again on Monday, the 24th, the thermometer
registering 101 degrees on this date. The temperature reached
104 on the 25th, 104.5 on the 26th and 105 on the 27th.
This protracted period of extreme heat dried out the
woods, and especially the open slashings, to a really remark-
able extent. It culminated in a dust storm during which the
wind attained a velocity seldom experienced in this section, with
the result that old slashing fires, which would have been en-
tirely safe tinder all ordinary circumstances, broke out, were
scattered by the hurricane which was blowing at the time,
and were soon beyond control. These three fires burned over
an area of 825 acres and were the hottest and most stubborn
I have ever seen.
Several times during the progress of the fires it looked
as though the entire crew of fire fighters would be utterly
wiped out in the swirling maelstorm of flames.
The Potlatch Lumber Company, in whose operations all
three fires started, put all of its men in the vicinity into the field
and finally got the fires under control at no expense to the
association.
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 9
The association's total expense for fires, including all over-
head expense, was $360.05. It should be borne in mind, how-
ever, that this figure does not include the wages of men reg-
ularly engaged in patrolling for putting out such small fires
as they could handle without assistance.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion let me say that in my opinion we should
extend our telephone lines next season and continue to build
new trails where experience has shown us they are most needed.
Let us keep a close watch on conditions and continue to
avail ourselves of every opportunity to improve our methods,
to the end that we may attain the maximum perfection of or-
ganization and greatest efficiency in our efforts to save the
forests of northern Idaho from the ravages of forest fires.
Today Idaho unquestionably occupies leading place in the
organized effort to prevent and control forest fires throughout
the world, and, while we who are closely identified with this
great work are always ready and glad to lend any assistance to
those who are following the trail we have blazed, we must see
to it that the many who are now following in .our footsteps do
not pass us and attain the coveted goal of ultimate perfection
of organization and efficiency before we have reached it.
Respectfully,
A. W. LAIRD, President.
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POTLATCH TIM15ER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
FIRES IN TERITORY OF POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION, SEASON OF 1912
Date
LOCATION OF FIRES
Acres
Burned
Timber
Timber Fire
Destroy'd Killed
Subdivision Sec. Twp. Range
May 19
XE XE ' 26
40
2E
10.00
June 21
sy> sw
17
SE SE
18
wy2 NE
20
V/
>
xy sw
20
20
1
NW SE
20
41
1\V
360.00
20,000
June 26
SW XE
3
sy2 xw
3
v
SWM
3
wy> SE
3
-
sy2 XE
4
sy2 xw
4
Ey2 sw
4
SEj4
4
41
1\Y
350.00
840,000
June 26
X^ S\Y
31
.
SE SW
31
/
wy2 SE
31
41
IE
115.00
July 21
SE SE
26 39
1W
1.00
July 24
XW SW
24
39
IE
.12
July 28 Ey2 SW
33
j\V^/ SE
33
40
2E
3.00
July 31 SE SW
33
40
2E
.25
-
Aug. 1 SW SW
27
40
2E
.50
Aug. 1
SE SE
27
40
2E
.25
Aug. 3 SE SE
8
41
1W
.50
Aug. 5
SE XW
28
40
2W
.13
Aug. 5
SE NW
9
40
2W
.12
jj
Aug. 8
SW X\V
22
40
3W
1.00
Aug. 9
Xy2 XW
1
39
1W
.50
Aug. 9
SE'4
22
40
2E
.25
Aug. 12
SE NW 4
41
1W
1.00
Aug. 13
NW XW 18
41
4W
1.00
V
Aug. 13
SW NW
4
41
1W
2.00
Aug. 13
XE NW 18
41
1W
1.00
,
Aug. 14
SW SW 17
41
1W
.13
Aug. 14
XW XW 20
41
1W
.12
Aug. 15
SE XW
19
41
1\Y
3.00
Aug. 25 iXEXE
31
41
IE
.50
Total ...|851.37| 1860,000
ANNUAL REPORT — 1912
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SEASON'S WEATHER REPORT
Observations Taken at Headquarters, Elk River, Idaho
For Week
Ending
Average
Minimum
Temperature
Average
Maximum
Temperature
Precipitation
For Week
Precipitation
June 1 to Date
June 22
50
88
.30
.80
June 29
57
92
.34
1.14
July 6
52
76
.43
1.57
July 13
55
83
.16
1.73
July 20
57
93
1.73
July 27
57
87
.13
1.86
Aug. 3
60
96
1.86
Aug. 10
53
90
.03 ^
1.89
Aug. 17
52
83
.36
2.25
Aug. 24
49
88
.03
2.28
Aug. 31
50
75
2.01 | 4.29
Average For Season
54
87
. Total For Season
4.29
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POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
INVENTORY
CAMP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS AT ELK RIVER, IDAHO, DEC-
EMBER 1, 1912
Item. Quantity.
Anger ...; 1
Axes, D. B 18
Axes, D. B., Hung . 58
Axes, Pole, Hung 3
Axes, Cruising 3
Bags, Canvas Water 5
Belts, Safety 4
Belts, Tool 4
Boilers, Copper Bottom 2
Boilers, Large Camp 15
Brace and Bit ~ — . 1
Branding Iron 1
Brush Hook , 1
Can Openers 4
Cant Hook 1
Chisel, Wood 1
Climbers 4 pr.
Coffee Mills 3
Coffee Pots , 2
Compasses, Gurley 2
Connectors 4
Cork Screw 1
Cups, Granite 35
Cups, Tin 355
Curry Comb and Brush 1
Field Glasses 4
Files 27
Forks, Flesh 5
Forks, Iron Table 402
Forks, Pitch 1
Frying Pans, Heavy 8
Frying Pans, Light 6
•Griddle Iron, 14x28 : 1
Hammers, Claw . 5
Price,
Amount.
$ .40
.80
14.40
.80
46.40
.50
1.50
.50
1.50
1.00
5.00
1.37
y* 5.50
1.18
3/4 4.75
1.25
2.50
2.00
30.00
2.00
1.50
.75
.10
.40
1.00
.60
1.98
7.92
.40
1.20
1.00
2.00
4.60
().20
1.90
7.60
.15
.60
doz. 1.75
.30
doz! 8.85
.75
15.80
63.20
1.00
doz. 2.25
.20
1.00
.30
doz. 10.05
.75
.40
3.20
.20
1.20
.50
.75
3.75
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 13
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Hammers, 8 Ib. Sledge 1 .50
Hammers, 10 Ib. Sledge 1 .50
Handles, Axe 6 .22 % 1.33
Handles, Mattock 14 .50 7.00
Horseshoes 30 Ib. .09 2.70
Jugs, Stone 2 .30 .60
Kettles, Camp 5 .50 2.50
Kettles, Camp Sets 2 2.00 4.00
Kettles, Stew 9 1.00 9.00
Knives, Hutcher 5 .40 2.00
Knives, Iron Table 402 .30 doz. 10.05
Ladles, Soup 5 .15 .75
Lamp 1 .75
Lanterns 2 .75 1.50
Looking Glasses, Large 2 .50 1.00
Looking Glasses, Small 2 .25 .50
Marine Saw Tools 1 set .75
Mattocks 5 .50 2.50
Mattresses 2 4.00 8.00
Xails 100 Ib. .05 5.00
Ovens, Dutch 2 1.75 3.50
Pack Sacks, Duluth 4 1.70 6.80
Pails, Water 47 4.00 doz. 15.67
Pancake Turners 2 .15 .30
Pans, Dish 7 —£0 3.50
Pans, Dishup 32 .35 doz. .93
Pans, Drip 6 .50 3.00
Peavey, Large 1 1.00
Pillows 4 .75 3.00
Pillow Slips 8 .20 1.60
Pitchers, Syrup 3 .25 .75
Plates, Tin' 311 .40 doz. 10.40
Pliers 4 1.90 7.60
Protractor Boards , 6 5.00 30.00
Reflectors, New 2 2.00 4.00
Reflectors. Old 9 1.00 9.00
Rivets, Tubular */2 box .60 .30
Riveting Machine 1 1.50
Saws, Crosscut ,11 2.00 22.00
Saws, Hand 1 2.00
Saws, Meat 2 .70 1.40
Scale Platform 1 20.60
Shakers, Salt 4 .10 .40
Shovels, R. P 119 7.00 doz. 69.42
Spoons, Iron 4 .10 .40
Spoons, Table 286 .25 doz. 5.96
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POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Item.
Quantity.
Price. Amount.
Square, Carpenter 1 1.00
Stove, Box 1 6.50
Stove, Cook 1 12.50
Straps, Climber 3 .95 2.85
Tent, 12x16 1 5.00
Tent, 9K>xl4 1 10.00
Tent, 10x12 2 5.00 10.00
Tent, 7x7 A 1 3.00
Torch, 1 5 low 1 1.50
Towels 14 2.50 doz. 2.92
Traps, Mouse 5 ,05 .25
Truck, Warehouse 1 9.60
Tubs, Galvanized 2 . 2.00 4.00
Wash Basins 2 .15 .30
Wedges; 5 Ib. Saw 2 .60 1.20
Wedges, 2 Ib. Saw 2 .25 .50
Wrench, Pipe 1 1.75
Total . $602.35
AT BOVILL, IDAHO
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Adz, Ship 1 $ $ 1.25
Axes, D. B. Hung, Old 16 .75 12.00
Axes, D. B. Hung, New 11 1.00 11.00
Axes, Pole 3 .50 , 1.50
Axes, Sportsman's 2 .50 1.00
Bags, Water 5 1.00 5.00
Boilers, Camp, 10 gal 4 2.50 10.00
Boilers, Camrj, 5 gal 1 1.50
Boilers, Copper Bottom 2 1.25 2.50
Brush Hooks 2 .75 1.50
Can Openers - 2 .10 .20
Cant Hooks 2 1.00 2.00
Cups, Granite 36 .60 1.80
Cups, Tin, New ....! 90 .30 2.25
Cups, Tin, Old 48 .25 1.00
Dippers 2 .15 .30
Files, 8 in. Saw 10 .10 1.00
Forks, Iron Table 42 .30 1.05
Frying Pans, Large 5 .25 1.25
Frying Pans, Small 6 .25 1.50
Grindstdne 1 2.50
Hammers , 2 .50 l.CO
Handles, Axe . 10 .50 5.00
ANNUAL REPORT 1912
15
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Handles, Mattock 2 .50 1.00
Handles, Saw 7 .15 1.05
Kettles, Large Granite Stew 6 1.25 7.50
Kettles, Small Granite Stew 2 .75 1.50
Knives, Butcher 5 .40 2.00
Knives, Iron Table 48 .30 1.20
Lamp 1 1.75
Lanterns 5 .75 3.75
Mattocks 16 .50 8.00
Pails, Water 12 .25 3.00
Pans, Dish 6 .50 3.00
Pans, Dishup 16 .40 .55
Pans, Large Drip 2 .50 1.00
Pans, Small Drip 12 .25 3.00
Pans, Wash 2 .10 .20
Plates, Tin 95 .30 2.35
Reflector 1 1.00 1.00
Saws, Crosscut 3 2.50 7.50
Saws, Meat 1 .90
Saws, Hand 1 2.00
Shovels, S. H., R. P 58 7.00 33.83
Shovels, S. H., S. P 13 7.00 7.58
Spoons, Table 60 ^20 1.00
Spoons, Tea 48 .12 */2 .50
Stove, Cook 1 3.00
Stove, Heating 1 1.00
Tent, 9^x14 1 5.00
Tub, Galvanized 1 2.00
Total $174.26
AT HARVARD, IDAHO
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Axes 8 $ .80 $ 6.40
Frying Pans 2 .25 .50
Reflector 1 1.00 1.00
Saws 2 2.75 5.50
Shovels 32 7.00 18.67
Sledge 1 1.00
Total $ 33.07
Grand Total .. $809.68
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POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
HORSES, HARNESSES AND SADDLES
Horses, Saddle . 3 $75.00 S225.00
Horses, Saddle 2 60.00 120.00
Horses, Pack 2 60.00 120.00
Horses, Pack 4 40.00 160.00
Horses, Pack 3 20.00 60.00
Saddles, Riding
Saddles, Heavy Stock 2 15.00 30.00
Saddles, Heavy Stock 3 10.00 30.00
Saddles, Heavy Stock 2 8.00 16.00
Saddles, McQellan 2 7.50 15.00
Saddles, Pack 20 3.00 60.00
Blankets, Saddle 24 1.00 24.00
Blankets, Wool 9 . 1.00 9.00
Ropes, Pack 23 .50 11.50
Halters, Leather 6 1.00 6.00
Ba^s, Canvas Nose 5 .50 2.50
Bags, Pack Saddle ; 5 3.00 15.00
Total . $904.00
18 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Assessments of 1912.
Potlatch Lbr. Co 199,490 A. at 4#c $8,478.33
State of Idaho 33,040 A. at 4 -c 1,321.60
Clearwater Timber Co. 18,440 A. at 4 r4c 783.70
Milwaukee Land Co 18,360 A. at 4V4c 780.30
G. A. Rubeclew, Agent 5,080 A. at 4T4c 215.90
Blackwell Lbr. Co 1,120 A. at 4*/4c 47.60
Edw. Rutledge Tim. Co. 440 A. at 4V4c 18.70 1 1,646.13
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
Borrowed on Demand Note $3,000.00
Old Headquarters Sold to C., M. & P.
S. Ry 800.00
Contributions (Northern Pacific 'Ry. Co.) 777.92
Sale of Supplies, etc 236.20
Two Patrol Horses Sold 90.00
Telephone Wire Sold 10.55
Horse Feed Sold 9.50
W. D. Humiston, Pasture of One Horse.... 6.25 4,930.42
Total $16,576.55
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 19
DISBURSEMENTS
Board, Lodging and Horse Feed $ 1,271.58
Clearing out Old Trails..... 496.15
Fires i 201.90
Miscellaneous Expense 352.68
Patrolling 2,432.40
Provisions and Supplies.... 790.96
Salary Chief Fire Warden 1,270.00
Office Expense 254.15
Trail Cutting, New 162.00
Transportation 784.93
Camp Equipment and Tools 212.61
Horses, Harness and Saddles 171.28
Bills Payable 3,500.00
Pasture, Potlatch Lumber Company's Horses 16.25
Pasture, W. D. Humiston's Horse . 6.25
Warehouse 14.60
Headquarters 1 17.35
Telephone System 1,604.95
Clearwater Timber Protective Assn. (Field Glasses) 31.58
Western Forestry and Conservation Assn 607.33
Mrs. Chas. David (Acct. Horse Shoeing) 2.00
Interest . 100.20
Total Cash Disbursed $14,401.15
Cash on Hand December 1, 1912.... 1,726.30
$16,127.45
Less Overdraft of 1911... 449.10
$16,576.55
20 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
NOTE : The statement of Disbursements shows cash ex-
penditures charged to accounts itemized. These amounts do not
agree with the figures given in the President's Annual report
for the reason that the figures given by the President include
all overhead expense.
The miscellaneous items such as Board, Lodging and
Horse Feed, Miscellaneous Expense, Provisions and Supplies,
Salary of Chief Fire Warden, Office Expense, Transportation,
Interest, and the depreciation and loss on Horses, Harness
and Saddles, Camp Equipment and Tools, Buildings, etc.. were
pro rated at the end of the season to the four primary operat-
ing accounts of the Association, viz., Clearing out Old Trails,
Fires, Patrolling and Trail Cutting, and to the construction of
our Telephone System.
CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 809.68
Horses, Harness and Saddles 904.00
Potlatch State Bank 1,726.30
Assessments $6.113.56
Headquarters 765.60
Bills Payable 2,000.00
Mortgage (Snyder Telephone Line) 202.50
Telephone System 3,036.75
Motor Cycle 300.00
Corral Fence 20.00
\Yarehouse 300.00
Mrs. Chas. David (Acct. Horse Shoeing) 2.00
Clearwater Timber Protective Assn. (Field
Glasses) 31.58
Samson Snyder (Interest on Mortgage) 15.15
Total $8,113.56 $3,113.56
ANNUAL REPORT 1912 21
RESOURCES
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 809.68
Horses, Harness and Saddles 904.00
Potlatch State Bank 1,726.30
Headquarters 765.60
Mortgage (Snyder Telephone Line) 202.50
Telephone System 3,036.75
Motor Cycle 300.00
Corral Fence 20.00
Warehouse 300.00
Mrs. Chas. David (Acct. Horse Shoeing) 2.00
Clearwater Timber Protective Assn. (Field
Glasses) 31.58
Samson Snyder (Interest on Mortgage) 15.15
$8,113.56
LIABILITIES
Assessments (Present Worth) $6,113.56
Bills Payable 2,000.00
$8,113.56
POTLATCH STATE BANK
Balance to our Credit $1,860.10
Outstanding Check No. 509 4.90
Outstanding Check No. 675 87.25
Outstanding Check No. 212 25.00
Outstanding Check No. 113 16.65 133.80
Our Ledger Balance $1,726.30
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. HUMISTON, Treasurer.
22 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE
SPOKANE, WASH., DEC. 9, 1912.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD
OF LA xi) COMMISSIONERS.
( ri-; XT i, KM EX :
\Ve. your Auditing Committee, have this day carefully
examined the vouchers and audited the books and accounts of
the Potlatch Timber Protective Association and beg to report
that we have found the same correct in every particular up to
and including Nov. 30th, 1912.
The bank book of the association shows a balance of
$1,860.19, while the ledger cash account shows a balance of
$1,726.30. This is accounted for by the fact that vouchers
numbered 113, 202, 509 and 675, aggregating $133.80, were
outstanding.
The attached trial balance and statement of resources and
liabilities are correct according to the association books.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. DAY, Chairman.
By Ben. E. Bush.
G. A. RUBEDEW,
F. J. DA VIES.
FOR^STRi
course OF,
Of CAUFO**JA
ANNUAL REPORT
Potlatch Timber Protective
Association
1913
OFFICERS
A. W. LAIRD, Potlatch, Idaho - President
GEORGE A. DAY, Boise, Vice President
W. D. HUMISTON, Potlatch, Idaho - Secretary and Treasurer
Dl R ECTO RS
A. W. LAIRD GEORGE A. DAY G. A. RUBEDEW
C, H, FANCHER T, J. HUMBIRP
MEMBERS
Acres.
Potlatch Lumber Co 206,090
State of Idaho 33,560
Clearwater Timber Co 18,840
Milwaukee Land Co 18,360
G. A. Rubedew, Agent •„ . . 5,720
Hlackwcll Lumber Co 1,120
Edward Rutledge Timber Co 267
Northern Pacific Railway Co.. 25,930
Total revenue acreage 309,88
Total acreage regularly patrolled within the boundaries
of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association 594,000
NOTE: The Northern Pacific Railway Company is not a
member but contributes towards the expense of our protective
work.
FORESTRY
COLLEGE OF
tJNIVCRSlTY
PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
POTLATCH, IDAHO, DECEMBER 1, 1913.
PoTLATCH TniUHk PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD
OF LAND COMMISSIONERS.
( rENTLEMEN :
In many ways the fire season just closed marks an eqoch
in the history of this association. We have confined the total
area burned over during1 a season to less than 70 acres and the
total damage done by forest fires in an area almost equal to that
of some of our smaller eastern states to 13,000 feet of timber,
which was merely fife killed and was logged within a few weeks
without appreciable loss.
Idaho participated for the first time this year in the appropri-
ation made by Congress some time since for the protection of
the forests on the watersheds of inter-state navigable streams and
the Potlatch Timber Protective Association secured a portion of
the funds set aside for Idaho out of this appropriation.
Any misgivings which might have been entertained at one
time by lumbermen and timbermen as to the wisdom of giving
the federal Forest Service any voice in the afrairs_of an associa-
tion made up entirely of practical business men engaged in an
effort to save their own timber and that of the "State from forest
fires have been entirely dispelled by the results of our first year's
experience in co-operating with the Forest Service in expending
our share of the Weeks Law appropriation.
It seems only fitting and proper that I should here express
the feeling of appreciation and the sense of obligation of every
member of this association towards Mr. F. A. Silcox, District
Forester, of Missoula, Mr. E. A. Holcomb, Supervisor of the
St. Joe National Forest, and Mr. C. A. Fisher, Supervisor of the
Clearwater National Forest, for their helpful, practical sugges-
tions, their unfailing courtesy and patience under circumstances
which at times must have been trying' to them, and for the
promptness with which our share of the Weeks Law funds was
passed to our credit.
To my mind no better evidence exists of the fact that the
gulf of misunderstanding and mutual distrust which has ex-
isted between the Forest Service officer and the timberman in
years gone by has been finally bridged than the harmonious and
thoroughly practical way in which our relations under the Weeks
4 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Law have been handled. I was especially pleased with the total
elimination of useless red tape and delay in getting our funds
from time to time during the fire season. In fact the only delay
any place along the line was in our failure to get our reports
to the Forest Service promptly, and this was overlooked with
generous courtesy.
( )ur forces were well organized this year and capably and
efficiently handled by the Chief Fire \Yarden. I think I am
borne out in this statement by the small area burned over and the
entire absence of loss of timber.
By a comparison of the weather reports of this year and last
year it will be seen that this summer has been a little cooler than
last and that there has been a little more precipitation — 0.25 of
an inch, to be exact. However, we might have had a bad fire at
any time after the middle of July and the fact that we had none
is a convincing argument in support of the assertion that each
year we are getting a step nearer to that ultimate perfection for
which we are all striving.
Respectfully,
A. W. LAIRD, President.
CHIEF FIRE WARDEN'S REPORT
POTLATCH, IDAHO, DECEMBER 1, 1913.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD
OF LAND COMMISSIONERS.
GENTEMEN :
Early in May I made an inspection of that part of our
territory in which logging operations had been carried on dur-
ing the preceding winter and found that the slashings were gen-
erally in very nice condition to get a good clean burn with safety
later in the month.
SLASHINGS
About May 20th slashings were found to be. dry enough to
warrant the operators in beginning burning and this work pro-
ceeded under the direction and with the assistance of the as-
sociation until the slashings were disposed of and the cut-over
area left in a reasonably satisfactory condition.
TRAILS
The work of cleaning out our Established trails began on
ANNUAL REPORT — 1913 5
May 5th and was prosecuted vigorously throughout the remaind-
er of the season, during which time our entire territory was cov-
ered more thoroughly than ever before. Over 200 miles of
trails were cleaned out in this way and many curves were elim-
inated and grades reduced so that this work will be beneficial
for several years in contributing to the ease and dispatch with
which we can reach any part of our teritory in an emregency with
men, tools and supplies.
TELEPHONE
The entire private telephone system of the association was
thoroughly inspected and carefully repaired early in the season.
It wras put in first-class condition and worked satisfactorily all
summer.
Our telephone system has proved a very good investment
and one that has made for much greater efficiency. In the light
of our experience in this line the wisdom of using only first-
class equipment and of taking extraordinary pains in the installa-
tion has been fully demonstrated. A good telephone line is cheap
at any reasonable price in protecting our forests from fire.
PATROLLING
Owing to a fairly wet spring and the regularity and fre-
quency of showers during June and the first three weeks of July
it was not found necessary to do much patrolling^ until the latter
part of July .Our weather reports show that from June 1st to
July 19th we had a total precipitation of 3.57 inches, but the
last two weeks of this period show only 0.12 of an inch of rain,
so that about July 20th our regular patrol force was thrown out
and kept in the field until the end of the fire season.
FIRES
Our first fire of any importance occurred on July 18th and
the last on August llth. Of course there were innumerable
small fires which were so quickly discovered and controlled that
they were not deemed of enough importance to report.
We had eight reported fires which burned over a total of a
little less than 70 acres — mostly in cut-over land. Of the eight
fires reported two were caused by lightning, one by sparks from
a donkey engine, four; from old slashing fires breaking out and
one was of unknown origin. Xo timber or other property was
destroyed and but 13.000 feet of timber was fire killed. The lat-
ter has practically all been logged at this writing.
Respectfully,
F. W. MALLORY, Chief Fire Warden.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
FIRES IN THE TERRITORY OF POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION, SEASON OF 1913
Date
LOCATION OF FIRES
Acres
Burned
2.00
Timber
Destroy-
ed
Timber
Fire
Killed
Subdivision
Sec.
34
Twp.
Range
July 18
NE SE
40
2 E
20
22
NW SW
NE SW
20
30
41
41
1 E
1 W
1.50
.50
25
SE NW
17
41
1 E
,60
28
El-2 SW
7
41
1 W
NW SE
7
41
1 W
50.00
29
Nl-2 SW
5
41
1 W
NW SE
5
41
1 W
15.00
12,000
Aug. 11
SE SW
19
42
2 W
.12
11
NE NW
30
42
2 W
.10
1,000
Total
69.72
13,000
ANNUAL REPORT 1913
SEASON'S WEATHER REPORT
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT HEADQUARTERS, ELK RIVER, IDAHO
For Week
Ending
Average
Minimum
Temperature
Average
Maximum
Temperature
Precipitation
for
Week
Precipitation
June 1
to Date
June 7 42
85
14
48
75
.79
.79
21
43
80
.26
1.05
28
July 5
12
51
48
48
71
75
82
1.82
.58
.06
-2.87
3.45
3.51
19
41
83
.06
3.57
26
55
92
.11
3.68
Aug 2
46
85
3.68
9
51
86
.09
3.77
16
45
81
.74
4.51
23
44
83
4.51
30
Average
for Season
50
47
87
82
.05
4.56
Total for
Season
4.56
POTLATCH TIM HER PROTJ-XTIVF. ASSOCIATION
TREASURER'S REPORT
December 1st, 1913
RECEIPTS
Assessments of 1913:
Potlatch Lumber Co. ... 206,090 A. @ 2l/4c $4,637.03
State of Idaho 33,560 A. @ 2 c 671.20
Clearwater Timber Co. 18,840 A. @ 2%c 423.90
Milwaukee Land Co... 18,360 A. @ 2'4c 413.10
G. A. Rubedew, Agent 5,720 A. @ 2;4c 128.70
Blackwell Lbr. Co 1,120 A. @ 2V4c 25.20
Edw. Rutledere Tbr. Co. 267 A. @ 2#c 6.00 $6,305.13
Al ISCELLAXEC )l'S RECEIPTS.
Contributions (Xorthern Pacific Ry. Co. )... .$437.57
Sale of Supplies •..-...- 127.38
One Patrol Horse Sold 75.00
Tools Sold 4.86
Old Checks Written off 92.15
Refund under Weeks Law 711.25
Account Pasture 20.00
Clearwater Tbr. Protective Assn. (field glasses \ 31.50
Horses Rented 10.00
Potlatch Lbr. Co., Acct. Burning Slashings. . . 198.00 $1,707.71
$8,012.84
Cash, Balance on Hand December 1, 1912. . . . 1,726.30
Total $9,739.14
XOTK : Eor the month of July $286.25 was paid directly by
the Forest Service to our employees, making total actually re-
ceived under Weeks Law $997.50.
ANNUAL REPORT 1913
DISBURSEMENTS
Board, Lodging and Horse Feed $ 631.10
Clearing out Old Trails 1,674.68
Fires .. 241.99
Miscellaneous Expense 415.79
Patrolling 849.35
Provisions and Supplies 632.42
Salary Chief Fire Warden 937.00
Office Expense 292.59
Trail Cutting, Xevv 39.75
Transportation 624.00
Camp Equipment and Tools 132.77
Horses, Harness and Saddles . . 277. 50
Bills Payable 2,000.00
Headquarters __. 76.50
Telephone System 17.70
Western Forestry & Conservation Assn 625.99
Interest 73.65
Burning Slashings 162.50
Joe Nichols (Advance ) 10.00
Total Cash Disbursed $9,715.28
Cash on Hand December 1, 1913. . 23.86
Total . $9,739.14
10 POTLATCH TIM HER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE.
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 775.07
Horses, Harness and Saddles 1,077.50
Potlatch State Bank 23.86
Assessments $6,249.16
Headquarters 742.10
Mortgage 202.50
Motorcycle 200.00
Telephone System 3,054.45
Warehouse 200.00
Western Forestry & Conservation Assn 48.62
Samson Snvder. . 22.30
Total ...,. ... .$6,297.78 $6,297.78
RESOURCES.
Camp Equipment and Tools. . . . $ 775.07
Horses, Harness and Saddles 1,077.50
Potlatch State Bank. . . 23.86
Headquarters 742.10
Mortgage 202.50
Motorcycle 200.00
Telephone System 3,054.45
Warehouse 200.00
Samson Snvder. . 22.30
$6,297.78
LIABILITIES.
Assessments $6,249.16
Western Forestry & Conservation Assn 48.62
$6,297.78
POTLATCH STATE BANK.
Balance to our credit $74.21
Outstanding Check Xo. 392 $ 1.60
Outstanding' Check No. 394 9.75
Outstanding Check No. 395 7.50
Outstanding Check No. 399 31.50
Our Balance. . 23.86
$74.21 $74.21
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. HUMISTON, Treasurer.
ANNUAL REPORT 1913 11
SPOKANE, WASH., FEBRUARY 6, 1914.
PoTLATCH TlM HER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD
OF LAND COMMISSIONERS.
GENTLEMEN :
We, your Auditing Committee, have this day carefully
examined the vouchers and audited the hooks and accounts of
the Potlatch Timber Protective Association and beg to report
that we have found the same correct in every particular up to and
including November 30th, 1913.
The bank book of the association shows a balance of $74.21,
while the ledger cash account shows a balance of $23.86. This
is accounted for by the fact that vouchers 392, 394, 395, and
399, aggregating $50.35, were outstanding.
The attached trial balance and statement of resources and
liabilities are correct according to the association books.
Respectfully submitted,
BEN E. BUSH,
Chairman.
F. J. DAVIES,
G. A. RUBEDEW.
12 POTLATCU T1MI5KR PROTKCTIVK ASSOCIATION'
INVENTORY
CAMP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS AT ELK RIVER, IDAHO
December 1, 1913
Item. Quantity.
Auger 1
Axes, D. B 12
Axes, D. B., Hung 25
Axes, Pole. Hung 2
Axes, Cruising 3
Bags, Canvas Water 8
Barometer 1
Belts. Safety 4 .
Belts, Tool 4
Boiler, Copper Bottom 1
Boilers, Large Camp 12
Brace and Bit 1
Branding Iron 1
Brush Hook 1
Can Openers 3
Cant Hook 1
Chisel, Wood 1
Climbers 4 pr.
Coffee Mills 3
Coffee Pots 2
Compasses, Gurley 2
Connectors 3
Cork Screw 1
Cups, Granite 30
Cups, Tin 340
Curry Comb and Brush 1
Field Glasses 5
Files 21
Forks, Flesh 5
Forks, Iron Table 390
Fork, Pitch 1
Frying Pans, Heavy 7
Frying Pans, Light 5
Griddle Iron, 14x28 1
Grindstone 1
Hammers, Claw 4
Hammer, 8 lb., Sledge 1
Hammer, 10 lb., Sledge 1
Handles, Axe 24
Price.
$ .35
.70
.70
.45
.45
.90
1.30
1.10
1.90
.10
1.90
.35
.90
4.50
1.80
.60 doz.
.30 doz.
15.80
1.00
.20
.30
doz.
.40
.20
.60
Amount.
$ .35
8.40
17.50
.90
1.35
7.20
15.00
5.20
4.40
1.20
22.80
1.90
1.40
.75
.30
1.00
.50
7.60
1.05
1.80
9.00
5.40
.15
1.50
8.50
.75
79.00
1.75
1.00
0.75
.60
2.80
1.00
.50
2.00
2.40
I
5.34
ANNUAL REPORT 1913 13
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Handles, Mattock 11 .40 4.40
Horseshoes 20 Ib. .09 1.80
Hygrodeik 1 12.00
Jugs, Stone 3 .20 .60
Kettles, Cam]) 4 .50 2.00
Kettles, Camp Sets 2 1.50 3.00
Kettles, Stew 8 1.00 8.00
Knives, lUitcher 6 .40 2.40
Knives, Iron Table 390 ,30 doz. 9.75
Ladles, Soup 5 .15 .75
Lamps 2 1.25 2.50
Lanterns 2 .65 1.30
Looking Glasses, Large 2 .50 1.00
Looking Glasses, Small 1 .25
Moran Saw Tools 1 set 2.25
Mattocks 4 .45 1.80
Mattresses 2 4.00 8.00
Xails •. 90 Ib. .05 4.50
Ovens, Dutch 2 1.75 3.50
Pack Sacks, Duluth 2 1.60 3.20
Pails/ Water 45 4.00 doz. 15.00
Pancake Turners 2 .15 .30
Pans, Dish 6 .45 2.70
Pans, Dishup 30 .35 doz. .87
Pans, Drip 6 .50 3.00
Peavey, Large 1 .90
Pillow's 4 .75 3.00
Pillow Slips 8 .20 1.60
Pitchers, Syrup 2 .20 .40
Plates, Tin'. . . 300 .40 doz. 10.00
Pliers 3 1.90 5.70
Protractor Boards 6 5.00 30.00
Rain Gauge 1 4.00
Reflectors, Old 11 .95 10.45
Rivets, Tubular Y4 box .60 .15
Riveting Machine 1 1.50
Saws, Crosscut 11 2.00 22.00
Saw, Hand 1 2.00
Saws, Meat 2 .60 1.20
Scale, Platform 1 15.00
Shakers, Salt 4 .10 .40
Shovels, R. P 95 7.00 doz. 55.42
Spoons, Iron 4 .10 .40
Spoons, Table 260 .25 doz, 5.40
14 POTLATCIT TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Square, Carpenter 1 1.00
Stove, Box 1 5.90
Stove, Cook 1 10.00
Straps, Climber 4 .90 3.60
Tent, 12x16 1 4.75
Tent, 9^x14 1 9.50
Tents, 10x12 2 4.50 9.00
Tent, 7x7 A 1 3.00
Tent, 9^x12 1 9.00
Tent, 10x14 1 9.00
Thermometer, self registering 1 5.00
Torch, Blow. 1 1.50
Towels 11 2.50 doz. 2.30
Traps, Mouse 5 .05 .25
Truck, Warehouse 1 8.00
Tub, Galvanized 1 1 .50
Wash Basins 2 .15 .30
Wedges, 5 lb.. Saw 2 .60 1.20
Wedges, 2 lb.. Saw ; 2 .25 .50
Wrench, Pipe 1 1 .75
Total $584.33
AT BOYILL, IDAHO.
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Adz, Ship 1 $ 1.10
Axes, D. B., Hung, Old 16 $ .60 9.60
Axes, Pole 3 .45 1.35
Axe, Sportsman's . 1 .45
Bags, Water 2 .95 1.90
Boilers, Camp, 10 gal 4 2.50 10.00
Boiler, Camp, 5 gal 1 1.25
Boiler, Copper Bottom 1 1.25
Brush Hook '. 1 .75
Can Openers 2 .10 .20
Cant Hooks. . . 2 .90 1.80
Cups, Granite 30 .60 doz. 1.50
Cups. Tin, New 75 .30 doz. 1.87
Cups, Tin, Old 50 .25 doz. 1.05
Dippers 2 .15 .30
Forks, Iron Table 40 .30 doz. 1.00
Frying Pans, Small 7. .25 1.75
Grindstone 1 2.00
Hammer . 1 .50
A N X I ' A I . K IMPORT 1 913 15
Item. Quantity. . Price. Amount.
Handles, Axe 12 .50 6.00
Handles, Mattock . 2 .50 1.00
I landles. Saw 7 .15 1.05
Kettles, Large Granite Stew 6 1.10 6.60
Kettles, Small Granite Stew 2 .60 1.20
Knives, Uutclier 4 .40 1.60
Knives, Iron Table 40 .30 doz. 1.00
Lamp 1 1.25
Lanterns 5 .50 2.50
Mattocks 15 .40 6.00
Ovens, Dutch 4 1.50 6.00
Pails, Water 11 .20 2.20
Pans, Dish 4 .40 1.6ft
Pans, Dishup 12 .40 doz. .40
Pans, Large Drip 2 .45 .90
Pans, Small Drip 4 .20 .80
Pans, Wash 2 .10 .20
Plates, Tin 80 .30 doz. 2.00
Reflector 1 .90
Saws, Crosscut 2 2.00 4.00
Saws, Meat 1 .75
Saw, Hand 1 1.75
Shake Frow 1 .20
Shovels, S. H., R. P 56 6.50 doz. 30.33
Shovels, S. H., S. P 11 6.50 doz. 5.95
Spoons, Table ; 55 .20 doz. .90
Spoons, Tea ; 42 .12^ doz. .44
Stove, Cook 1 2.00
Stove, Heating 1 .75
Tub, Galvanized 1 1.75
Total $131.64
AT HARVARD, IDAHO.
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Axes, D. B 16 $ .70 $11.20
Cups, Tin 24 .30 doz. .60
Coffee Pot 1 .20
Dishups 8 .35 doz.
Frying Pans 4 .25 1.00
Forks^ Table. 20 .30 doz. .50
Knives, Table 20 .30 doz. .50
Knife, Butcher ,.... 1 .40
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POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Item.
Quantity. Price. Amount.
Ladle, Soup 1 .15
Pails, Water 6 .20 1.20
Plates 24 .30 doz. .60
Reflectors 2 .90 1.80
Saws 3 2.00 6.00
Shovels 52 6.50 doz. 28.17
Sledges 2 .90 1.80
Spoons, Large 24 .20 doz. .40
Spoosn, Extra Big; 7 .60 doz. .35
Tent, 7x7A 1 3.00
Wedges 2 .50 1.00
Total ...$59.10
Grand Total , $775.07
HORSES, HARNESSES AND SADDLES.
Item. Quantity. Price. Amount.
Horse, Saddle 1 $125.00
Horses. Saddle 3 $75.00 225.00
Horses, Pack 12 43.75 525.00
Saddles, Riding
Saddles, Heavy Stock 2 15.00 30.00
Saddles, Heavy Stock 3 10.00 30.00
Saddles, Heavy Stock 2 8.00 16.00
Saddles, McClellan 1 7.50
Saddles, Pack 17 3.00 51.00
Blankets, Saddle 24 1.00 24.00
Blankets, Wool 9 1.00 9.00
Ropes, Pack 23 .50 1 1 .50
Halters, Leather 6 1.00 6.00
Bags, Canvas Nose 5 .50 2.50
Bags, Pack Saddle 5 3.00 15.00
Total $1077.50
FORESTRY
COLLEGE or A AGRICULTURE
UfclVCRSlTY OF CALIFORNIA
ANNUAL REPORT
Potlatch Timber Protective
Association
1914
OFFICERS
A. W. LAIRD, Potlatch, Idaho President
GEORGE A. DAY, Boise Vice President
W. D. HUMISTON, Potlatch, Idaho - Secretary and Treasurer
Dl R ECTO RS
A. W. LAIRD GEORGE A. DAY G. A. RUBEDEW
A. L. FLEWELLING T. J. HUMBIRD
MEMBERS
Acres.
Potlatch Lumber Co 212,106
State of Idaho .. 38,320
Clearwater Timber Co . 19,367
Milwaukee Land Co . 18,360
G. A. Rubedew, Agent : 6,240
Blackwell Lumber Co 1,120
Edward Rutledge Timber Co.... 267
Northern Pacific Railway Co.... 28,102
Total revenue acreage .323,882
Total acreage regularly patrolled within the boundaries
of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association 594,000
NOTE : The Northern Pacific Railway Company is not a
member but contributes towards the expense of our protective
work.
FORESTRY
C0LUGC OF 4 AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REPORT
POTLATCH, IDAHO, DECEMBER 1, 1914.
POTLATCII Tl.MIlKK PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD OF
LAND COM M ISSIONERS.
GENTLEMEN :
It is with feeling's of the keenest regret that I have to re-
port the fire season of 1914 as having been the most disastrous
the Potlatch Timber Protective Association has ever experienced.
LOSSES AND CASUALITIES
Our fires burned over an area of 19,734 acres, of which 6,988
acres were covered by merchantable green timber and 12,746
acres was cut-over and brush land. The loss of merchantable
timber amounts to 110,310,000 feet, board measure.
In addition to the timber losses fourteen families were burn-
ed out, losing their homes and entire contents ; a new schoolhouse,
one of the association warehouses, four bunk houses, one gondola
car, one flat car, 5,000 new ties, three miles of railroad track,
26,000 feet of logging cable, 4,000,000 feet of logs, a barn, and
a blacksmith shop and tools were burned and utterly destroyed.
Besides the above there was perhaps $5,000.00 worth of miscel-
laneous property lost or badly damaged.
Bovill, a town of 500 population, was seriously threatened
and was only saved by a combination of good fortune and the
indefatigable work of our men. As it was the fire jumped the
town and the houses were only saved by having water barrels
and men on the roofs.
The association fought a number of fires outside its bound-
aries during the past season, two of which were quite large.
These fires burned over 147 acres of land which was not timbered
and 1,593 acres of land which was well wooded, killing 26,344,000
feet of saw timber.
Two men were killed on the fire line by falling timber and
one man, riding on the foot of a McGifford loader, running clown
a steep grade, fell of? on the track ahead of the loader and was run
over and killed. One man was quite seriously hurt in the back
by a falling tree and several others received painful, though not
serious, injuries.
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FINANCES
The assessments on members this year were over eleven
times greater than in 1913, reaching the unprecedented levy of
25 1-4 cents per acre.
We spent slightly over $100,000.00, our average expenses
during the greater part of the month of August running over
$2,500.00 a day.
A comparison of some of the principal items entering into
the total expenses of this season with those of last year is illum-
inating.
Item. 1914 1913
Board, Lodging and Horse Feed !...$ 1,720.79 $ 631.10
Clearing out Old Trails 911.75 U>74.6S
Fires „-.. 82,170.89 241.99
Patrolling 3,775.50 849.35
Provisions and Supplies 4.115.21 632.42
Transportation (Packing, etc.) 2,256.22 624.00
Camp Equipment and Tools 739.56 132.77
Total Disbursements of Season 100,217.41 $9,715.28
The item of "Provisions and Supplies" does not include the
expense of feeding the crews on the Bovill fires. These bills
were charged direct to the fire account.
INCENDIARISM
Last February word was received it was planned to call a
strike in the logging camps in the vicinity of St. Maries, Bovill,
and Elk River about April 15th. This strike did not materialize.
During the late spring and early summer, however, threats and
warnings were found printed on the ends of logs and along the
roads, trails, and logging spurs.
Although the debris of the previous winter's logging had
been well cleaned up in the spring, some of it having been burned
two and three times, about the middle of July an occasional small
fire would break out in this area, the cause being shrouded in
mystery. These fires showed up with considerable regularity on
Monday mornings but at first were thought to have been started
from some old stump or log which had possibly held fire since the
early spring burning.
• After a number of such small fires had been discovered and
put out a man was found who had been making incendiary talks
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to the men in one of the camps of the Potlatch Lumber Company
nearby. He was promptly discharged.
A few days later he and his partner were found working at
another camp a few miles distant. He was making inflammatory
speeches, advising the men to set fire to the timber and to refuse
to fight fire. He and his partner were again discharged.
( )n July 26th a very hot fire broke out and a few days later
a number of men were sent to this fire from Bovill. These two
men were in the crew when it arrived at the fire. They were
noticed and the foremen were warned to keep a close watch on
them.
However, these men succeeded in slipping out of line soon
after the crew began work and disappeared, not showing up again
until night. When pressed for an explanation they at first claimed
that they had been working on the fire line all day, but when a
demand was made that they tell the location of their work and
that they point out the men with whom they worked they finally
stated that they had stepped out of the trench to rest and had
fallen asleep in the brush.
That night a very fierce fire sprang up in a gulch nearby,
where logging operations had been completed several months
before and the debris thoroughly cleaned up. There is little doubt
in the minds of those familiar with all the circumstances that this
fire was set by these men, although no positive proof is available.
They were sent out of camp the evening it was discovered that
they were not working and have not been back in the country
since.
Another incendiary was apprehended, prosecuted and con-
victed. He was in the crew of fire fighters and was evidently
intent on keeping the fire going.
No punishment should be too severe for such men, for they
not only endanger millions of dollars worth of property but threat-
en the lives of hundred of individuals and those industries which
furnish the largest, surest and best-paying markets for labor in
the State.
WEEKS LAW APPROPRIATION
This has been the second year of our participation in the
appropriation made by Congress some time since for the pro-
tection of the forests on the watersheds of inter-state navigable
streams, under what is generally known as the Weeks Law.
We received $1,000.00 of this appropriation from the gov-
ernment this year. It was expended under the direction of Mr.
F. A. Silcox, District Forester, of Missoula, and Mr. E. A. Hoi-
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comb, Supervisior of the St. Joe National Forest, with headquar-
ters at St. Maries.
I can not add anything to what I said in my annual report
of last year regarding our pleasant relations with these gentle-
men and the organization they so ably represent. The same un-
failing courtesy, the same practical, helpful co-operation marked
our dealings this year as last. No trouble whatever was exper-
ienced in getting our funds promptly.
COOPERATION WITH FOREST SERVICE
For several years we have had an arrangement with the For-
est Service under which that portion of the Palouse Division of
the St. Joe National Forest which lies within the boundaries of
this association has been protected and patrolled through the
co-operation of the two organizations. This arrangement seemed
best for the reason that a small congressional appropriation made
it impossible for the Forest Service to assign as many men to this
territory as the area needs to insure efficient service. The fact
that the State of Idaho, as wrell as a number of other association
members and contributors, have large and valuable holdings in
this national forest made it imperative that some arrangement be
made, without conflict of authority, whereby all timber in this
territory would be fully protected.
With this end in view a contract w^as entered into by and be-
tween this association and the Forest Service whereby it was ar-
ranged that the Forest Service guards were to be assigned patrol
units of the same size as the units generally covered by the pa-
trolmen of this association and we were to look after the balance
of this forest with our own men. Each organization was to pay
and board its men, but any extraordinary expense incurred in em-
ploying and providing for extra men for fighting fires was to be
pro rated on the basis of 58 per cent to be borne by the Forest
Service and 42 per cent to be borne by this association. These
percentages represent the ratio of vacant government land to that
of association members in this forest. The arrangement has al-
ways worked very well in actual practice.
Our large fires in the vicinity of Bovill ran well into this co-
operative district, crossing the Forest Reserve line in a number
of places. Bills, covering its pro rata share of the expense of
these fires, have been rendered on the Forest Service. They total
$14,157.90, have been approved after a careful audit, and I have
no doubt will be paid with reasonable promptness.
Soon after our Bovill fires were gotten under control Super-
visor Holcomb and some of his subordinates made an extended
personal inspection of the burned over area for the purpose of
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gathering data for a report to the District Forester.
It has been my privilege to read this report and I have se-
cured Mr. Holcomb's permission to incorporate it, and the maps,
charts and diagrams accompanying it, in our own report of the
season's operations.
I have been reading fire reports for a great many years but
to my mind this report of Mr. Holcomb's is more complete in
detail, shows a keener analytical thought and handles and disposes
of the subject in better shape than anything of the kind I have
ever read.
I particularly recommend this report to your careful con-
sideration and will publish it herewith in full in lieu of any report
of our own on the fires it covers. The charts and diagrams ac-
companying it are particularly interesting.
There are several ways in which it seems to me that we can
improve our policies and methods in the light of this year's ex-
perience.
LOSS OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT .
We had over $700.00 worth of equipment and tools lost,
broken, worn out and stolen during the past season. This is out
of all reason, even after considering and making allowances for
.the exigencies of the circumstances under which the equipment
and tools were rushed in to the fire crews. ^After the Bovill
fires literally dozens of axes, shovels, saws, and mattocks were
found in the burned over area. Almost all of these tools were
so damaged by the extreme heat that they were not -worth trying
to repair.
Certainly some method should be devised to stop such heavy
losses of this kind. I believe that it would be well .worth while
whenever we have a large fire in the future to detail as many men
as necessary to keep a close check on all tools used, and it might
be well to have such men patrol the fire lines constantly and to
have one or more tool clerks at the fire camps to give out and
receive tools whenever the men leave or return to camp.
IMPROVEMENT IN TIMEKEEPING NEEDED
During all large fires, when men of all kinds are rushed in
from any place they can be picked up, are hastily assigned to
crews under straw bosses and foremen who have never seen them
before and then scattered out over fire trails of from ten to thirty
miles in length, it has always seemed to me that our organization
is weak in the matter of timekeeping.
Of course I realize the importance of getting the men to the
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work a? quickly as possible and the temptation to put a shovel,
an axe or a saw into the hands of every able-bodied man, but I
also feel sure that by yielding to this temptation we lose hundreds
of dollars on every large fire by reason of men claiming more
time than is due them and our inability in many cases to prove
that such claims should not be allowed.
I believe this condition can be remedied to some extent, at
least, by taking a little more time in organizing each crew before
sending it onto the fire line and by placing enough timekeepers
with each crew so that the time of every man can be taken at
least four times a day. By doing this I think we would gain
enough in the efficiency of the crew, to say nothing of the saving
in wages effected, to more than pay the wages of the timekeepers
and make up for the decreased size of 'the crew actually fighting
fires by reason of using a few of the men as timekeepers.
I do not mean that it should be inferred we do not have time-
keepers. We do; but I think that our timekeeping system can
be improved and on large fires the number of timekeepers could be
profitably increased.
SELECTION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
There is a great difference in the value of men as fire fighters.
Some men who have the requisite courage and willingness to do
work of this kind are utterly unfit for it by reason of their physic-
al limitations. An office or store clerk or a barber, for instance,
would find that his back would give out and his hands become so
blistered in an hour of fire fighting that he would be entirely use-
less thereafter for several days. A railroad section hand is usually
able to shovel all days without inconvenience or fatigue but he
knows nothing of the work. He has to be carefully shown just
what to do as often as conditions change and is apt to have an
exaggerated fear of the danger of getting lost or cut off by the
fire if he gets separated from the balance of the crew. Illustra-
tions of the point I wish to make might be multiplied indefinitely.
The woodsman, the lumberjack or the homesteader in the
timbered country makes the best fire fighter, not only because he
is accustomed to the use of such tools as are employed in fire
fighting and is physically able to work all day with them, but also
because he feels perfectly at home under conditions obtaining in
the timber, knows just what to do under nearly every condition
likely to arise, has no fear of getting lost, and, in short, makes
a wonderfully efficient fire fighting unit, capable of independent
action and of taking good care of himself. In addition to all this
he has a good conception of the value of the resources threatened
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and of the enormous loss to the laboring man, especially in his
own line of work, if the timber is allowed to burn.
( )ne man of this kind will do as much or more work, that
actually counts in controlling a fire than three men of any other'
kind.
While there are occasional emergencies in our work which
make it necessary for us to pick up any kind of men any place we
can get them, I feel that we should not lose sight of the fact that
all men will demand 25 cents an hour, that it costs just as much
to feed and transport a poor fire fighter as a good one, and that
the efficiency of such a man is not more than 25 per cent to 30
per cent of that of a man who is used to hard manual labor and
conditions in the timber. If its costs us $3.25 a day for the wages
and board of a man who is 100 per cent efficient in this work it
must cost us nearly $10.00 to get the same amount of work done
by many of the men we rush into our large fires who are recruited
from employment offices, farms, and the ranks of the pool room,
saloon or corner loafers. Unfortunately we can not entirely avoid
the use of these undesirables and incompetents, but we can hold,
down their number to the minimum and thereby save money
while increasing the average efficiency of what force we have. In
my opinion we have no use for such men, except in the face of
the most overruling necessity, and that then their employment
should be limited to the shortest possible term.
WASTED EFFORT
Some trouble was experienced last summer by reason of the
failure of green men to realize the importance of holding any
ground gained and of watching the trench back of them to see
that fire did not crawl across it. This is another of the draw-
backs experienced in using green men and in having to string
them out over a long line without enough supervision. The prob-
lem is a serious one and deserves very careful consideration in the
future.
SUPERVISION
When fire fighting crews consist almost entirely of woods-
men, lumberjacks and the like one foreman or straw boss can
handle a comparatively large number of men, stretched out over
a long fire line. When our forces consist of green men, wholly
unfamiliar with the work, it becomes necessary to put an experi-
enced straw boss in charge of a very small crew.
The efficiency of the work done by green men depends almost
entirely on the care with which the supervisory organization is
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first built up and it is very evident to me that the larger the super-
visory force with such a crew the greater will be its efficacy.
NECESSITY OF GOOD FOOD AND WATER
Some great general has said that an army rights on its stom-
ach. This is literally true of fire fighters and too much care can
not be given to the commissary and arrangements for furnishing
the men regularly with good meals and lunches and plenty ot
pure, cold water while on the fire line.
With a hot fire in their faces and an August sun beating down
on their backs men who are working well on a fire line require
a great deal of water. Unless arrangements are made to supply
them with plenty of water at frequent intervals they will leave
the fire line in search of it and will drink from mud holes or any
.place they can find.
This makes the men even more uncomfortable than they are
anyway ; reduces the time they actually put in fire fighting ; much
of their strength is exhausted by the long walks back and forth
for water, and it is only a matter of a few days until the entire
force is greatly weakened, if not entirely incapacitated, by seroius
bowel trouble.
At times, last summer, I am afraid some of our men suffered
from the lack of water. Perhaps this was unavoidable in some
cases and I only refer to it in order that I may make plain my
reason for stating that, in building up our organization for large
fires in the future, one of the first things to be taken care of is
an ample supply of good water at all times for the men on the
fire line.
AGITATORS MUST GO
I want to take this occasion to urge all operators to weed
out the malcontents and agitators in their camps as rapidly as
possible. Except in the logging camps there is very little work
to be had in the timber. If every operator will summarily dis-
charge the employee who makes inflammatory speeches or seems
inclined to breed trouble it seems to me that we will at least min-
imize the danger from incendiaries.
With a season like that of 1914 our fire hazard is great
enough without having to look out for incendiaries. In fact, I
question whether an organization could ever be perfected which
could offer any adequate measure of protection to our forests
against cunning fire bugs. Our only recourse, if we are to pro-
tect the timber from such, is to see that they do not get a foot-
hold in our neighborhood and are kept moving. The winter
and spring is the best time to rid the camps of these men.
REPORT— 1914 11
CONCLUSION
In stating my views as to the ways in which improvements
can be made in our organization and wrork I do not want to be
understood as criticising or condemning anyone connected with
our association or those who assisted us in performing the colos-
sal tasks and in solving the difficult problems which each day
and almost every hour brought us.
Never were men more loyal in their self sacrificing devotion
to duty and it would be impossible for human endurance to be
pushed beyond what some of our men suffered and bore heroically
and cheerfully.
At this distance one gets a' truer perspective on such matters,
however, and the salient and important features stand out clearer
and sharper than when one is so close to his problems and condi-
tions that >a multiplicity of annoying details cloud the more im-
portant issues. For this reason I feel justified in touching on
those things with regard to which I feel that changes of policy
or plans of campaign may be made to advantage in the future.
I have nothing but words of praise for the men who had
charge of our field forces and operations.
In the report of our Chief Fire Warden, Mr. Mallory, you
have been given a condensed account of the actual field operations
of the season. It has been my aim to give you my views and ideas
on the season's operations from an entirely different viewpoint
and to touch on those matters not properly coming within the
scope of our Chief Fire Warden's report.
While our losses have been immense and our expenses stag-
gering, my recollection of these details is overshadowed by the
picture my memory constantly recalls of the trains of flat cars,
as they pulled out of Bovill 'that August evening, bearing the
women and children with their pitifully small bundles and sur-
rounded by what few little possessions they could catch up as
they fled from their burning homes.
This picture, with its lurid background, constantly rises
between me and all considerations of our own financial losses. We
know that some lost everything they had— those things that made
homes for them of what may have looked to some of us like mere
shacks — but who can say, or even surmise, what other or deeper
or more far-reaching effect that holacaust of fire may have had
on some of those babies and children and women ?
In the last analysis the destruction of the homes and cherished
keepsakes of those "unfortunate refugees was a far greater^ loss
than that suffered by the State, the corporation or the individual
whose timber was burned.
Respectfully,
A. W. LAIRD, President.
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CHIEF FIRE WARDEN'S REPORT
ELK RIVER, IDAHO, DKCEMMER 1, 1914.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE HOARD or
LAND COM MISSIOXERS.
GENTLEMEN :
The usual precautions were taken early this year to see that
the debris of the logging operations of the previous winter was
well cleaned up in the spring before there could be any danger of
fire getting out of control of the crews burning the slashings.
Our established trails were cleaned out as fast as the snow
went off, our telephone system was carefully inspected and re-
paired, and the horses were brought in from their winter range.
PREVENTION OF* FIRES
With this very important preliminary work completed, par-
ticular consideration was next given to the human agencies
through which experience has taught us fires might be expected
to be started, and campaigns of education and publicity were
launched in order to minimize the danger from carelessness,
thoughtlessness, and ignorance on the part of those whose pleas-
ure or business took them into the timber.
We furnished practically every child in this district with a
neat, hard wood, brass bound ruler, on which were printed six
rules for the prevention and control of forest fires ; thoroughly
practical pocket carborundum whet-stones, with a warning printed
on the back, were distributed to campers, fishermen, and hunters ;
large, strong, tin drinking cups, with a warning enameled in the
bottom of the inside, were placed at springs and drinking places ;
catchy sequence signs, in a series of six, printed in red on tough
manila tagboard, were tacked up along trails and roads and on
depots, country hotels, blacksmith shops, hitching racks and livery
stables ; and boxes of safety matches, with the inevitable warning
printed on the label, were given to campers, hunters, and fisher-
men whom our patrolmen found in the timber.
Certainly no effort was spared to keep constantly before the
public the danger arising from carelessness with fire in and about
the timbered district. This is undoubtedly having a good effect,
for not a single fire was started during the past season from care-
lessness with a camp fire.
PREPARATION IN ADVANCE OF ACTUAL FIRES
We have ample camp equipment and tools for any ordinary
season, and these are distributed throughout the district at patrol-
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men's and homesteader's cabins and in caches and tool boxes.
All camp equipment and tools in excess of ordinary requirements
are kept at headquarters and at several places of strategic import-
ance throughout the district.
Jt is the usual practice to buy the food staples in quantities in
advance of the fire season and to keep a good stock of provisions
and supplies at headquarters and at several easily accessible points.
Early in the season 1 make it a point to see that all patrolmen
and lookouts are well informed as to the location of men available
in case of emergency, such as experienced foremen, straw bosses,
cooks, saw filers and fire fighters.
WEATHER
During the winter of 1913 and 1914 we had much less snow
than usual and very warm weather for the time of year was ex-
perienced in March and April.
The light snowfall, combined with an unusually warm March
and April, bared the forest floor early in the season and when set-
tled warm weather came on vegetation attained its growth, rip-
ened and died much earlier than usual.
During the first part of the fire season we had an inch less
rainfall than usual, although the Coeur d'Alene and Pend
d'Oreille associations to the north of us enjoyed soaking rains
in the middle of July, which went far towards reducing their fire
hazard. From June 1st to September 1st the rainfall was 1.87
inches less than in 1913, which was practically an average season
insofar as precipitation is concerned.
The average maximum temperature from June 1st to Sep-
tember 1st was 83.3 degrees, which is much higher than usual,
while the average minimum temperature was correspondingly
high. Our hygrodeik showed very low relative humidity through-
out the months of July and August.
Streams and springs dried up to an extent never before ex-
perienced since I have been in Idaho. High, hot, west winds
blew almost continually throughout the month of August.
DETECTION OF FIRES
Patrol systems were carefully planned, every precaution being
taken to insure quick and certain communication between all
parts of the district. Lookout stations were established on points
commanding the clearest view of the surrounding country. Our
Headquarters is connected by telephone with all the lookout
stations in the district.
Our principal lookout has always been on Elk Butte, situated
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in Sec. 5, Twp. 40 X., R. 3 E. This lookout covers nearly all the
country in the Potlatch District south of the line between Twps.
40 and 41 and east of the Boise Meridian, except the Dick Creek
drainage, in Twp. 38 X., R. 1 E. This district is covered by a
lookout in Sec. 17, Twp. .38 X., R. 1 E. Xorth of the line be-
tween Twps. 40 and 41 the country is well covered by the lookout
on Hemlock Butte, in Sec. 12, Twp. 41 X., R. 2 E. In an ordinary
season at least one of these three lookouts is able to pick up any
fire that starts .east of the Boise Meridian before it has made very
much headway. As an additional precaution, however, a lookout
has been established on Jackson's Mountain, in Sec, 11, Twp.
40 X., R. 1 E., on the divide between Ruby Creek and the Ea*t
Fork of the Potlatch River. There is also a lookout on ( ireen
Mountain, in Sec. 1, Twp. 40 X., R. 3 E., at the head of Robinson
Creek.
We have a telephone line running from Headquarters to
Hemlock Butte by way of Elk Butte, and there is a line which
was built jointly by the Potlatch and Clearwater associations from
Hemlock Butte to Freezeout Mountain (the latter being in Sec.
12, Twp. 42 X., R. 3 E. ), over which the lookouts and patrolmen
of the two associations are able to exchange notes and get cros>
lines on fires. This is of great assistance in finding and reporting
small fires. Green Mountain Lookout has no telephone, but re-
ports every day from Elk Butte, which is four miles away. \\ e
also have a telephone on the Milwaukee Railroad on Ruby Creek,
from which the lookout on Jackson's Mountain, in Sec. 11, Twp.
40 X., R. 1 E., reports. A telephone line runs from Headquarters
to Mason Meadows, in Sec. 8, Twp. 38 X., R. 1 E., a distance of
21 miles. These meadows are fenced and \ve have a patrolmen'.
cabin there 14 feet by 18 feet, inside dimensions. Two or three
men are always kept at Mason Meadows with tools and grub
{or 15 men for a month. We also have a telphone instrument on
this line at Torgerson's ranch, at Round Meadows, in Sec. 3, Twp.
39 N., R. 1 E. A lookout on Beal's Butte, in Sec. 31, Twp. 42 X.,
R. 1 W., is connected with Bovill by telephone. From this point
all logging operations in the vicinity of Bovill are overlooked.
We have lookouts on Mica Mountain, in Sec. 15, Twp. 41
N. R. 2 W., and on Gold Hill, in Sec. 23, Twp. 42 X., R 4 W.
Neither is supplied with telephones, although it is planned to
run a line to the top of Gold Hill in the near future. Both of these
lookouts command a clear view of a very wide range of country.
Two men are left at each lookout, one man staying on the
lookout all the time there is daylight to see. It is their duty to
pat out any small fires within reach of their camp and to report
any smoke to Headquarters as soon as it is seen. The lookouts
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are equipped with field glasses, a protractor board, axes, shovels,
cross-cut saws, and a cooking outfit.
The association owns one share of stock in the Washington-
Idaho Telephone Company, operating a farmers' telephone line
which runs up the Palouse River. We maintain 16 miles of this
line, from Harvard to the forks of the river. This is used to keep
in touch with people along the line and to get reports of fires.
The topography and character of the country west of the
Boise Meridian makes patrolling it an entirely different problem
from that east of the Boise Meridian. The country west of the
Meridian is lower and less cut up by high divides, in many local-
ities is partly settled, and the danger from electrical storms seems
to be very small. Around Bovill the operations of the Potlatch
Lumber Company make it possible at all times to get men and
supplies, engines, boarding cars, and tools. Only enough patrol-
men to locate the fires are necessary.
Most of the fires in this part of the district, aside from those
caused by burning slashings, are caused by settlers, and about
the only way much can be accomplished is to keep in touch with
the settlers and persuade them to keep their slashings burned in
the proper time and try to get them to co-operate with the parol-
men. For his purpose we have a motorcycle and keep a man
traveling around among the settlers, writing burning permits and
keeping track of everyone who has a slashing to burn.
On July 10th thirty men were put out patrolling. These men
were paid $2.50 per day and board. This force was increased
from time to time until September 1st, when 45 men were patrol-
ling.
After August 1st the air was so smoky that it became hard
to locate fires with either patrolmen or lookouts, although at some
time in the day the smoke would generally drift away or lift
enough to get a view of the country. However, extra men hail
to be put on to patrol out-of-the-way corners and localities where
the haze and smoke made it difficult to be sure there were no fires.
CONTROL OF FIRES
Very little trouble was experienced in getting men to fight
fires. In most cases they were taken from the logging camps
at Bovill and Elk River and their own foremen and cooks went
with them. In several instances the mill men from Potlatch and
Elk River were used. At the large fires near Bovill no trouble
was experienced moving men and supplies as logging spurs, roads,
and trails run all through the country, making it possible to move
camps rapidly and to get the men where they were most needed.
Two reliable, experienced men, who were thoroughly ac-
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quainted with the country, were kept at Headquarters and were
used in chasing down smokes and to take charge of the men when
it was found necessary to send out a large crew to a fire.
The force at Headquarters consisted of a clerk, a chief
packer and his two assistant packers and a cook. The clerk kept
track of the time, settled with the men, attended to the commissary
and acted as chief warden in my absence..
Camps were located as near as possible to the fires and a com-
petent foreman was put in charge of each camp. If the crew was
large a straw boss was put in charge of 20 men, under the general
supervision of the camp foreman. In crews of less than 25 men
the foreman kept the time. If there were over 25 men in the crew
a timekeeper was sent in to keep the time, sometimes acting as
straw boss and at other times helping the cook and carrying the
lunch.
Three pack trains were used, Lester Riddle, the head packer,
taking one, and each of his assistants one, each packer having a
helper. As far as possible the management of the horses and
packers was left to the head packer. In the early part of the sea-
son the packing was light, most of the forest fires being located
where they could be reached by either rail or wagon, but after
the big electrical storm of August 17th many fires were scattered
along the North Fork of the Clearwater River and the nature
of the country and the distance from a base of supplies made it
doubly hard to get supplies in to the men. During the fires in
Twp. 38 X., R. 1 E., supplies were hauled in by wagon from South-
wick, and the men were taken over the trails from Elk River.
Tools and blankets were brought in on pack horses.
The number of temporary men employed varied. At no time
during the month of August were there less than 200 men fight-
ing fires, and on the big fires around Bovill over 800 men were
employed most of the time. These men were paid 25 cents an
hour, with board.
We had three large and very stubborn fires near Bovill. T\v«
of these fires ran together on Moose Creek, in the western portion
of Twp. 41 X., R. 1 W., and may be considered as one fire. The
third fire, in Twp. 42 X., Ranges 1 E. and 1 W., was so near the
other two that it was handled at the same time and by the same
crews.
These three fires are so ably described and analyzed in the
report of Air. E. A. Holcomb, Supervisor of the St. Joe Xational
Forest, which appears in full elsewhere, that I will only refer to
them incidentally.
The main fire was discovered on July 26th by Patrolmen
Alackev and Campbell. The air was perfectly clear, making it
possible to locate the fire quickly and accurately, and our men were
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working on the fire within three hours from the time it started.
Backfiring was not tried unless there was a logging railroad
right-of-way or a good sized stream to work from, except in one
case where several million feet of decked logs and the town of
Bovill were at stake. Here we put about 150 men on three-
quarters of. a mile of trench, which was cut early in the morning,
and backfired. Men were scattered back half a mile from the
trench to put out the fires which started from the sparks that blew
over. Although there was an extremely high wind, we managed
to hold it all day and eventually got the fire out on that side. In
spite of almost superhuman efforts the main fire got a fresh start
at one time from about four million feet of logs, which were
cut and swamped on the side of Beal's Butte, and ran eight miles
in about four hours. --,<
Thev Moose Creek fire, which soon ran into the main firer
started in Sec. 18, Twp. 41 N., R. 1 W., from the electrical storm
of August 17th and was discovered by Patrolman Erickson on
August 19th. Smoke from the large fire a mile and a half
away made it hard to see this one and it had burned over about
five acres before Erickson found it. The fire started in an old
burning and heavy buck brush made it impossible to hurry the
work of getting a trench around it. In some places the brush was
so bad that trails had to be cut to move men from one place to
another. This fire was backfired on the east side in the old slash-
ing and the back-firing was very successful. _JWe had a stream
and an old logging spur grade to work from and the wind was
generally favorable. We backfired about five miles here with a
crew of men under Patrolman Erickson. This was a very stub-
born, hot fire and it was found necessary to cut all snags and
stubs for a distance of ten rods from the trench.
The fire in Twp. 42 N., Ranges 1 E. and 1 W., while very
close to the main fire in Twp. 41 N., R. 1 W., was undoubtedly
started by lightning on August 17th, but the dense smoke which
had settled over that part of the country made it impossible to
see the fire. At first there was some question about there being
a fire, but Mr. T. P. Jones, Woods Superintendent of the Potlatch
Lumber Company, and Mr. A. E. Dailey made a trip in and after
four or five hours search found it. It had then burned over 20
or 30 acres and was starting to burn up fiercely.
The three fires referred to above burned over 16,609 acres,
fire killing 90,940,000 feet of merchantable timber. Of the area
burned 11,778 acres had been previously cut over or had no timber
of value on it. The area of merchantable timber burned over ag-
gregated 4,831 acres.
These three fires are generally referred to as the Bovill fires,
since the entire area burned over by them is within a radius of
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eight miles from the town. Bovill was the base of supplies and
operations.
We had a very hot fire in Sections 19, 20, 28, 29, and 30, Twp.
38 N., R. 1 E., which was discovered August 8th by Patrolman
Mitchell from his lookout in Sec. 17 of this township. The high
wind of August 12th put the fire into the tree tops after it had
been trenched and partially covered up and it ran two miles and
a half in about two hours.
This fire burned over 472 acres, fire killing 7,347,000 feet of
merchantable timber, none of which can be logged. Of the area
burned 147 acres had been previously burned over or had no tim-
ber of value on it. The area of merchantable timber burned over
amounted to 325 acres.
This fire was about a mile and a half south of the southern
boundary of our association, being wholly in the territory of the
Clearwater association. Owing to the isolation of this locality
from the other territory of the Clearwater association an ar-
rangement was made last spring between myself and Chief Fire
Warden Swanson, of the Clearwater association, whereby we
undertook to patrol the south half of Twp. 38 X., R. 1 E., with the
understanding that we were to be reimbursed for any extra ex-
pense we might incur in fighting fires. We spent $5,419.28 on
this fire, for which the Clearwater association sent us a remittance
as soon as our bill was rendered and audited.
Another large fire occurring outside of our boundaries was
one which burned over portions of Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 27,
35, and 36, Tw.p. 39 N., R. 1 W. This fire was started by a
homesteader burning his slashings and gave us considerable trou-
ble to get it under control. Ordinarily we would not have been
justified in fighting such a fire outside of our own territory, but
this one started within a couple of miles of our western boundary
at this point and the high west winds prevailing at the time made it
a serious menace to a large body of fine young second growth tim-
ber on our side of the meridian. The fire burned 1,249 acres,
doing consjderable damage to 18,753,000 feet of merchantable tim-
ber, none of which can be logged.
One of the largest fires we had in point of area burned over
covered portions of Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and
36, Twp. 40 N., R. 4 W. The cause of this fire is not positively
known, but it is thought it was started by some homesteader
burning his slashings. It burned over 1,801 acres of yellow pine,
red fir and tamarack timber, aggregating about 13,712,000 feet.
How much damage was done to this timber remains to be seen,
for none of these three varieties is very easily fire killed. Being on
the south side of the Moscow Mountains, the fire got very hot
in places, however, and it is possible that a considerable part of
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the timber which was not fire killed at the time may die during
the next two or three years by reason of its reduced vitality.
Certainly the entire tract now presents a fertile field for heavy
insect depredations. While there are two or three small saw-
mills in the vicinity, their operations are so small and their cap-
ital so limited it is doubtful that they will salvage much of this
timber.
We had a number of comparatively smalT lightning fires which
burned over areas ranging from a few square rods up to 600
acres. Ordinarily these fires would have been considered of
great importance, but during a season when we have to reckon
our burned over acreage by the thousand and our losses of
merchantable timber by the hundred million feet these fires sink
into relative insignificance. For detailed descriptions of the lands
burned over I refer you to the accompanying tables. I can only
add that every one of these fires was fought vigorously with every
resource at our command and that no effort or expense was
spared to control them in the shortest possible time and with the
minimum loss of timber.
Of the total of 110,310,000 feet of merchantable timber which
was more or less damaged or killed outright by fires within our
territory perhaps 40 per cent, or 44,000,000 feet, can not be logged
in time to realize much salvage from it.
Of the 1,593 acres of timber burned over in the territory out-
side of our boundaries, by fires which this association fought, I
have grave doubts that any portion of the 26;344,000 feet which
was damaged or fire killed can ever be logged.
Some statements can be made which have a general applica-
tion to practically all of our fires.,
Wherever possible trenches were dug ahead of the fire and
all the stubs and dry trees, as well as green balsam and bushy
trees near the fire line, were cut. After cutting off the head of the
fire the trenches were put clear around it. Then the men were
put to work covering up and putting out all fire near the edges
and falling snags. When this was done the fire was watched
until the rains came. About three men were left to watch a mile
of fire line and as the fire burned out they were taken off until
one man was left to watch from one to three miles. A great deal
of trouble was experienced in getting reliable men to watch fire
lines after the fire was under control, as they would bunch up
and get to talking unless closely watched. We overcame this to
some extent by putting a reliable man in charge of several miles
of fire line and giving him what men were needed to watch it,
holding him responsible for the work.
It was found almost impossible to control fires in the old
slash which had been burned over or which had grown up to
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thistles and fire weeds. The dry season was not particularly long,
but high winds were almost constant and they dried everything
out worse than in 1910. This made it very difficult in the after-
noon to do anything more than to hold the fire line. In the green
timber little trouble was experienced in handling fires after men
were got to them, but the fires were so widely scattered and pack
horses so scarce that in several instances the high wind drove
the fire, which ordinarily would have been handled with little
loss, through fine bodies of green timber.
Jt was often found hard to impress on crews of green men
the importance of watching and holding what trench they cut.
Occasionally two or three miles of trail were cut and later al-
lowed to burn over behind the crew when a little care would
have saved the whole thing.
TOOLS
At the beginning of the season all tools and equipment be-
longing to the association were branded "P. T. P. A." and orders
were given to so brand all new tools that came on the works, but
during the big fires it was often necessary to buy tools and ship
them directly to the fires and these were not branded. After the
fires were finally extinguished it was generally found that a good
many of the axes and shovels had been burned. As some of the
settlers and logging crews brought their own tools with them,
when any such were burned the association replaced them. A
great many unbranded tools were probably stolen, and some were
no doubt mixed up with the lumber company's tools. The only
way to prevent this happening again will be to brand everything
before it goes into the woods, even at the sacrifice of time.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The number of men that a straw boss or foreman can han-
dle depends somewhat on the character of the ground and the fire,
and largely on the kind of men he has. With" inexperienced men
12 or 15 is about all one straw boss or foreman can get good re-
sults from, while with a crew of woodsmen one boss can handle
50 men. It is unfortunate that we can not always get enough
woodsmen with whom to fight our forest fires. They are much
more efficient than almost any class, of men we can get, there-
fore they are very much the cheapest help in the end.
The past season has plainly shown the need of more care
in putting out slashing fires and keeping at them until they are
entirely out.
We were seriously handicapped late in the season by lack of
horses. We had plenty of horses for an ordinary season, but this
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year the fire was scattered so badly that we could have used 50
or 60 pack horses to good advantage. It is almost impossible to
hire suitable horses in this district. As it costs very little to keep
them I think the association should own at least 30 pack and sad-
dle horses. At present we have 21 head, some of which will prob-
ably not survive the winter.
More tools and 'more grub should be cached early in the
season, especially in the country north and east of Elk River, and
a couple of cabins should be put up for that purpose.
Respectfully,
F. W. MALLORY, Chief Fire Warden.
REPORT ON BOViLL FIRE, ST. JOE NATIONAL
FOREST
PALOUSE DIVISION
TOWNSHIPS 41 AND 42 N., RANGES 1 E. AND 1 W. B.
M. WITHIN POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE AS-
SOCIATION'S AREA INCLUSIVE DATES OF FIRES,
JULY 20 TO SEPT. 6, 1914.
By E. A. HOLCOMB.
As nearly as can be determined, the causes of fires in this
locality in the past have been evenly divided bet wen human
agencies and the elements. It is a notable fact that during bad
fire seasons a large percentage of lightning fire occurred through-
out the country. This is entirely due to the fact that a dry sea-
son is necessary for a bad fire season and lightning flashes strik-
ing under j:he conditions of a dry season bear fruits in fire, while
in a reasonably wet year a large majority of the fires which do
start is the result of human agencies. This may be explained
somewhat by the fact that by far the largest percentage of travel
in and about the woods is over trails, roads and in the main over
the more open and consequently more easily traveled routes,
which, by reason of being open, dry out quickly and furnish in-
flammable places for the careless smoker's match, cigar or cigar-
ette stump. Campers unfamiliar with the fire hazard are also
more likely to camp and build camp fires in the more open places.
Lightning flashes under the conditions of an ordinarily wet year,
.unless they happen to strike in an open air and sun-dried situation,
will ordinarily not set fire, or will quickly die out for want of in-
flammable material. Two of the three fires covered by this re-
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port were undoubtedly started by lightning. The main fire,
however, was possibly of incendiary origin.
Considerable effort has been put forth by the Potlatch Tim-
ber Protective Association and the Potlatch Lumber Company
to prevent fires. Posters and placards, showing graphically and
in figures the yearly loss from fires to the community, and giving
warning as to the danger of carelessness with camp fires, matches,
cigar and cigarette stumps, have been distributed over this sec-
tion of Idaho for the past four years. It is impossible to travel
within the boundaries of the Potlatch Timber Protective Associa-
tion's area by rail, wagon road or trail without constantly seeing
on all sides placards and posters warning the traveller, camper,
hunter and fisherman of the danger of fire and appealing to him
for his co-operation in the prevention of 'fires.
The Fallon Fire Law has done much to prevent fires in Idaho,
by requiring that all slashing be disposed of before the opening
of each fire season. The Potlatch Lumber Company has used a
great deal of care in keeping this slashing cleaned up, never al-
lowing a slashed area to lie over. This law also regulates the
season for slash burning through the State Fire Warden and his
deputies.
The patrol system of the association is similar to that of the
Forest Service, i. e., primary control is from lookouts supple-
mented by patrolmen over trails and roads. (Patrol on roads
and trails corresponds to that portion of fixed patrol in the For-
est Service which patrols trails frequented by campers and through
settled portions of the country where brush fires are likely to oc-
cur.) The entire organization is under the supervision of a Chief
Fire Warden, empowered to appoint any number of deputies he
may desire. His headquarters are at Elk River, which point is
centrally located within the boundaries of the association area,
transportation facilities being taken into consideration. Patrolmen
are hired with the idea of securing the best possible material avail-
able. Local men who are well acquainted with the country, condi-
tions and people seem to be given a preference. This class is supple-
mented somewhat by students from the University of Idaho, most
of them being students in the School of Forestry. This last class
of material makes an ideal combination with the practical woods-
man who knows the country and local conditions. The patrolman
on this particular area was a Forest School student from the UniL
versity of Idaho, working either the second or third year as pa-
trolman for the association. I spent two days on the burned-
over area with him and found that in addition to his natural qual-
ifications as a woodsman he was alive to the general fire situation
of the country, chock-full of energy and really thinking of his
work and of the possibilities of better fire protection. The super-
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vision of patrolmen is entirely under the Chief Fire Warden of
the association.
The patrol of the area burned and the area adjoining is from,
Bcal\s Butte, which, under ordinary conditions, is one hundred
per cent efficient for the areas covered by the fire. Few low-
land patrolmen have been used in the past in this locality because
of the presence of a number of Potlatch Lumber Company camps.
During the past season, owing to the presence of dense smoke,
several patrolmen were used along the C., M., & St. P. Railway
and some along the logging railroads of the Potlatch Lumber
Company. A system 01 telephone lines radiates from the office
of the Chief Fire Warden. In several instances local farmer
lines are used in co-operation with the lines of the association.
Four of the Potlatch Lumber Company's camps on the fire were
connected with Bovill and Fire Warden's office by phone. No
temporary lines were installed and messenger service was installed
when necessary.
The association has made no preparation for tools and sup-
plies in this locality, inasmuch as they have depended upon the
logging camps of the Potlatch Lumber Company to supply tools,
men and food supplies in case of fire. This company's opera-
tions are so extensive in this locality and so well organized as to
make it by far the most efficient fire fighting organization in nor-
thern Idaho. The area covered by this fire is in the main low
rolling hills, overlooked by Seal's Butte, whictLjeaches an eleva-
tion of approximately one thousand feet above the remainder of
the area. The patrolman on Beal's Butte was in no wise hampered
by haze, sun rays or smoke at the time this fire was discovered.
The patrolman immediately reported the fire to the nearest camp
foreman and secured men at once for its control.
The association has the co-operation of the entire Potlatch
Lumber Company's men and equipment for the control of fires.
As stated before, this is the largest and best equipped organiza-
tion of its kind in Idaho. The mobilization diagram accompany-
ing this report shows the railroad facilities for mobilizing the fire
fighting force. The tools at the logging camps are depended upon
for fire use. Some new equipment was purchased for use in this
fire and, as nearly as I can learn, a portion of it was taken over
by the Potlatch Lumber Company and the remainder by the Pot-
latch Timber Protective Association. It was all carefully gather-
ed up and placed at points where it would be readily accessible
for future use. The matter of supplying food for fire fighters
was a very simple one, inasmuch as the lumber company main-
tains an exceptionally well organized commissary department in
connection with its operations. Horses used in the logging op-
erations were in some instances pressed into service as pack
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horses. Sufficient horses were available at all times to meet the
requirements. The organization as to foremen, straw bosses,
cooks, saw filers, and laborers can be said to be as efficient as is
possible. The lumber company has been working for a number
of years and their woods organization has been carefully built
up to a high degree of efficiency.
The fires consisted of two large ones. The larger fire had
its origin in three separate fires — the first in Section 17, T. 41
N., R. 1 W., on or about July 20 ; the second in Section 6, T. 41
N., R. 1 W., on July 27; and the third in Section 17, T. 41 N.,
R. 1 W., on August 20. The first two fires were sighted from
Real's Butte and immediately reported to the association head-
quarters at Elk River.' After reporting the fires the lookout se-
cured men and tools from the Potlatch Lumber Company's camps
and with this force began work on the fires. The third fire was
discovered by men patrolling the larger fire, which at this time
covered several hundred acres, and it is doubtful if this fire was
reported at Elk River, since men were taken from the fire line of
the other fires to fight it. The other large fire had its origin
about August 14 and was sighted from the right-of-way of the
C, M., & St. P. Railroad.
On account of the dry conditions and heavy wind the fires
began burning very severely on July 27. Up to this time they
had been well under control and on the fires in Sections 6 and 17
there were probably twenty men. On July 28 and 29 there were
furnished from the Potlatch Lumber Company's camps Numbers
1 and 5 two hundred men. On July 30 and 31 additional men were
brought up from other camps until on August 1 there were ap-
proximately three hundred and fifty men on the two fires. It was
found that this force of men was unable to check them and on
August 2 three hundred men were supplied from the Potlatch
Lumber Company's mills at Elk River and Potlatch. These men
reached the fire on the night of August 2, by way of the C., M.,
& St. P. Railroad and Potlatch Lumber Company's logging spurs.
On August 3, 4, and 5 approximately two hundred more men
were supplied from the Potlatch mills and camps, section crews
and from Bovill. This brought the total number of men on Au-
gust 5 up to approximately eight hundred and forty. Practically
this entire force was held on the fire until September 6.
The transportation of men and ^supplies was handled prin-
cipally by railroad. Several of the logging camps were used as
fire camps. A large number of men were quartered in camp
cars on the various logging spurs of the lumber company.
It is estimated that seventy-five camp cars were used in this man-
ner. The supplies for the various camps were furnished by the
Potlatch Lumber Company's warehouse at Bovill, which in turn
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was supplied from the Potlatch Lumber Company's store at Pot-
latch. This commissary is capable of furnishing from two to
three thousand men with supplies without greatly taxing its ca-
pacity. Each camp was supplied with a well stocked commissary,
consisting of clothing, tobacco and all the necessary articles for
the personal use of the men. Each camp was furnished with a
complete medicine kit, which is made up by the Milwaukee Hos-
pital Association, and each employee is charged a nominal hospital
fee of one dollar per month. The Milwaukee Hospital Associa-
tion has a branch hospital at Bovill. Telephone lines which were
already established to various logging camps were used as means
of communication. No attempt was made to install emergency
wire or portable phones.
As stated before, the larger portion of the area burned con-
sisted of low rolling hills, which are covered with a good depth
of soil. The extreme northwestern portion of the area burned
is steep and on the southern exposure the soil is quite thin. Tak-
ing the area as a whole, practically every exposure is represented.
Several streams cross the area and these were used effectively to
check the fire. A number of abandoned railroad grades and
ditches, caused by logging with donkey engines, were also used
as fire lines.
The past season was an exceptionally dry one. The amount,
of rain which fell over this section of the country was far below
the average. The temperature, while not exceptional, ran up
quite high and remained there for a period of about a month. As
a consequence everything became very dry and the fire hazard
increased daily. The prevailing wind over this area was west,
dying down at nightfall, with very little wind during the night
and the early part of the following day. As the atmosphere
warmed up the wind would come up and increase in velocity
until toward sundown.
Practically all the timber had been cut off the area, and the
ground had been burned over from one to three times. There
were, however, some old snags and rotten windfalls on the
ground. The area had grown up to small brush and grass, which
was very dry. Fire ran rapidly through this cover when fanned
by the afternoon winds.
The general plan of fighting on this fire was to entrench the
area burning, building the trench as close to the fire as possible
and patrolling the line to prevent the fire crossing. In locating
the fire lines the principal object in view seemed to be checking
the fire. Little attention was apparently paid to the most desir-
able places where fire could easily be checked. Advantage was
taken, however, of any roads, trails or logging spur grades which
were factors in attacking the fire. The lines were well swamped
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out and the brush and logs thrown both to and from the fire,
according to the general slope and condition of the area, so that
it would lessen the danger of the fire jumping the trenches. The
trenches were from two and one-half to four feet wide and dug
deep in the soil, and as a general rule the dirt thrown toward the
fire. I have been unable to learn of any back firing being done in
connection with this fire. Considerable work was done in cut-
ting and banking snags inside the fire line after its completion.
The organization on the fire line consisted of crews from the
various camps in charge of their camp foremen and several other
crews were in charge of the patrolmen of the Potlatch Timber
Protective Association. The various crews ranged from forty to
two hundred men each. Each crew was provided with several straw
bosses, and each straw boss was directly in charge of from twenty
to thirty men. On the completion of the trenches the number
of men left to patrol them depended entirely upon the location, the
danger of the fire at that point and the weather conditions on that
particular day.
One thing which was very noticeable in the patrolling of the
fire, and which worked out to a very good advantage was the
distribution of the men from one camp as patrolmen. This par-
ticular crew consisted almost entirely of American laborers, and
it was felt by the men in charge that these men were much more
responsible for this work than the majority of the foreign laborers
employed on the fire.
The resources at stake on the adjoining areas were very
large. It is estimated that if this fire had been allowed to run, or
if prompt action had not been taken to control it, at least two
billion feet of timber would have been destroyed, since this is
the most heavily timbered district in Idaho. The major portion
of it is very accessible. The loss in timber actually burned in this
fire is very low and no doubt the greater part of the timber killed
by fire will be logged with but small loss and the most appreciable
loss was to the Potlatch Lumber Company of approximately four
million feet of cut logs.
In going over this fire area and the operations of the Pot-
latch Lumber Company on the area itself and adjoining it, it is
my opinion that this fire was handled in a very efficient manner.
With their logging organization on the ground, backed up by
the transportation facilities at hand, by their well organized and
efficient commissary and from the fact that they can draw on their
various other camps in the near vicinity and their mill forces at
Potlatch and Elk River, the Potlatch Lumber Company is un-
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questionably the best organized fire fighting force in this section
of Idaho.
The only criticism that I can offer on the whole is that not
enough stress is placed upon early attempts to extinguish fires.
The past season brings out the fact more forcibly than ever that
more attention must be given to the suppression of fires in their
first stages and that what might be considered lavish expenditure
of funds on small fires be resorted to in the future. This fire
first broke out on July 20 and up to July 27 or 28 only about
twenty men were engaged in fighting it. There is no doubt that
the men in charge of the fire felt reasonably sure that it was
safely entrenched and that there was no danger of its spreading.
In view of the methods heretofore in vogue in fire control they
were undoubtedly justified in keeping the expense of the fire
down by simply trenching and patrolling it. They were men of
good judgment, well versed in woocraft and fire fighting, per-
fectly familiar with local conditions, such as prevailing winds,
storms, etc., yet their method failed. It appears to me that had
the force on the fire the first or second day been increased to
fifty, seventy-five or one hundred men, the trench quickly com-
pleted, and then the entire crew put at work on the fire with dirt
and water (water when available), it is likely the fire could have
been controlled. Figuring the rate of pay at $3.50 per day, one
hundred men up to July 28 would have meant a cost of $3,150.00.
It is a question if the fire would have burned until July 28 had
one hundred men been placed on it at the beginning. I believe it
is reasonable to assume that it could have been put entirely out
by that number of men in the time stated. In view of the past,
however, it is doubtful if the man in charge of such a fire could
have justified to his own satisfaction, or the satisfaction of his
superiors, the expenditure of such a sum on so small an area.
Yet, in view of approximately $80,000.00 really spent on this
fire, $3,150.00 pales into insignificance.
The fotlatch Timber Protective Association is unquestion-
ably in better shape to cope with a bad fire situation than any other
organization in Idaho. The Potlatch Lumber Company's woods
and mill crew will ordinarily aggregate from eight hundred to
one thousand men. This is an organized force with the over-
head built up and tested. The commissary department is capable
of handling, under pressure, perhaps twice the ordinary number
of men. Still with this well organized force it was impossible
to check the fire until it had run over an area of over 16,000 acres.
It appears that some method other than great numbers 011 a fire
after it has earned headway must be resorted to to insure any
great degree^of fire protection. That fires must be controlled
their firs't stages is obvious. A system of quick detection, rapid
28
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
mobilization and very thorough action on the fire line seems the
only logical solution of the problem.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. HOLCOMB, Forest Supervisor.
St. Maries, Idaho, December 1, 1914.
ORGANIZATION IN CHARGE BOVILL FIRES— 1914
Chief Fire Warden
Logging Superintendent
Potlatch Lumber Co
Deputy Fire Wardens
Warehouse and Supplies
Camp Foremen
Straw Bosses and Timekeepers
Fire Crews
ANNUAL REPORT 1914
MOBILIZATION DIAGRAM
BOVILL FIRES, 1914
29
imps 4 and 7
Camps 1 and 5
Fire Camp
Fire Camp
30 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
REPORT OF LAND BURNED OVER- SEASON OF 1914
IX TWP. 38
X R
1 E. B. M.
XE SE
17
8
Acres
NW SE
17
10
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SW SE
17
40
SW SW
19
18- t
SE SE
17
38
SE SW
19
14 t
SE XE
18
2
SW S E
19
11 t
XE SW
18
10
SESE
19
12 t
Lot 3
18
4
S WSW
20
12 +
sy> sw
18
80.58
SE SW
20
12 t
XE SE
18
39
SW SE
20
5 "*"
XW SE
18
28
SW X\V
28
6 *
sy> SE
18
80
XW SW
28
1 t
ALL
19
641.72
XE XE
29
3 t
XE XE
20
23
XW XE
29
38 t
XWXE
20
38
SW XE
29
25 T
XEX\Y
20
39
SE XE
29.
36 t
wy2 xw
20
80
X/, XW
29
80 t
SE NW
20
12
SW XW
29
10 t
XE SW
20
16
SE XW
29
25 t
XW SW
20
40
NE XK
30
40 t
SW S W
20
37
XW XE
30
39 t
SESW
20
4
sw xi-:
30
10 *
XW XW
21
2
*^t V ^ ^ ^ -I— <
SE XE
30
34 t
XW NW
29
2
XK XW
30
31 t
XE XE
30
IS
SE X\Y
30
10 t
XW XE
SWNE
30
30
40
20
472
X^ NW
30
80.28
Lot 2
30
4
SE XW
30
39
IX TWP. 40
X., R.
1 E. B. M.
XE SW
30
9
Acres
XE XW
33
".12
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SE SE
34
.50
X'W \'F
31
3
IN TWP. 41 X., R. 1 E. B. M.
1690.20
Acres
IX TWP. 42
X.. R. 1
E. B. M.
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
Acres
SW SW
16
2
Subdivision
Sec.
liurned
NW XE
17
1
Lot 3
19
3
S\V XE
17
12
Lot 4
19
12
SW NW
17
10
SESW
19
1
SENW
17
30
XE S\V
29
5
swy4
17
160
NW SW
29
28
ANNUAL REPORT 1914
31
sw sw
29
36
NW SE
15
3
SESW
29
20
SWSE
15
1
SWNE
30
1
SE SE
15
1
NE-NW
30
6
SENE
16
2
Lotl
30
38
SWNE
16
14
Lot 2
30
8
SE.NW
16
1
SENW
30
8
NESW
16
2
sw'4
30
170.51
NW SE
16
16
NESE
30
35
SE NE
23
1
NW SE
30
40
NESE
23
25
SW SE
30
39
NENW
24
1
SE SE
30
39
NW NW
24
1
NW NE
31
8
SW NW
24
8
XE NW
31
30
NE SW
24
1
Lot 1
31
30
NWSW
24
25
557.51
107
IN TWP. 39
N., R.
2 E. B. M.
Acres
IN TWP. 41
N., R.
3 E. B. M.
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
Acres
Lot 4
SW SW
6
8
.50
1
Subdivision
NW NW
Sec.
8
Burned
.13
SW NW
8
.50
1.50
NE SW
-26
2
IN TWP. 40
N., R.
2 E. B. M.
Acres
NW SW
SWSW
26
26
25
30
Subdivision
SW NE
NE NW
SW NW
SE NW
NENE
Sec.
3
3
3
3
27
Burned
1
10
3
26
.12
SESW
NE SE
SE SE
NE NW
SENW
SESW
26
27
27
33
33
33
1
20
25
1
1
.12
SE NW
27
.13
105.75
40.25
IN TWP. 39
N., R.
4 E. B. M.
IN TWP. 41
N.,R.
2 E. B. M.
Acres
Acres
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SW SE
14
3
NW NE
5
15
SW NE
5
2
IN TWP. 40
N., R.
3 E. B. M.
NE NW
• 5
34
Acres
SE NW
5
3
Subdivision
Qpp
Burned
NE SE^
Ot.V'.
15
5
54
32
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
IN TWP. 40
N., R.
4 E. B. M.
NE NE
21
10
t
Acres
SE SW
23
25
t
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SWSE
23
25
t
SW SW
SESW
17
17
11
11
SE SE
SW NE
SE NE
23
25
25
3
30
32
t
t
T
SW SE
17
10
SWNW
25
31
t
SW SE
18
8
SE NW
25
31
t
SESE
18
9
swj4
25
160
t
19
160
NE S E
25
2
t
NE NW
19
6
NW SE
SW SE
25
25
15
30
t
T
SENW
19
8
NENE
26
20
t
NE SW
19
1
wy2 NE
26
80
t
NE SE
19
8
SE NE
26
38
t
NW SE
19
8
NENW
26
39
t
NWNE
20
26
SW NW
26
38
t
SW NE
20
7
SE NW
26
40
t
20
160
S/2
26
320
t
NE SW
20
7
SWNE
27
4
t
NWSW
20
8
SE NE
27
25
t
SW NW
32
4
NE SE
27
40
t
SE NW
32
3
NW SE
27
20
•i*
NE SW
32
35
SE SE
27
37
t
NWSW
32
15
NE NE
34
6
t
SWSW
32
12
NE NE
35
15
t
SE SW
32
40
NW NE
35
18
t
NE SE
32
6
NE NW
35
35
t
NWSE
32
30
NW NW
35
35
J.
SWSE
32
37
SW NW
35
1
t
SE NW
35
12
t
630
NW NE
36
2
t
NE NW
36
15
t
TAT T^TH T~T\ A 1
AT T"\
A T-< T» "1\ T
NW NW
36
15
t
IN TWP. 41 N., R. 4 E. B. M.
Acres
Subdivision Sec. Burned
NE SE 30 20
NW SE 30 15
1255
IN TWP. 40 N., R. 1 W. B. M.
IN TWP. 39 N., R. 1 W. B. M.
Acres
Subdivision Sec. Burned
SE NE 16 6
Acres
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SE NW
7
5
NW XE
22
4
NE NW
22
2
11
ANNUAL REPORT 1914 33
IX TWP. 41
X., R. 1
W. B. M.
SW XE
11
40
Acres
SE XE
11
3
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
XE XW
11
25
XW XE
2
3
XW XW
11
20
NW XW
2
10
SW NW
11
36
SW XW
2 •
38
SE NW
11
40
SE XW
2
12
NESW
11
25
XE SW
2
3
NW SW
11
34
XW SW .
2
12
SWS W
11
40
XE XE
3
36
SE SW
11
15
\vy2 XE
3
80
NWSE
11
14
SE XE
3
40
NW SW
13
8
Wl/2
3
320
SW SW
13
10
XE'SE
3
36
SE SW
13
12
XW SE
3
40
NE SE
13
1
SWSE
3
38
SWSE
13
28
SE SE
3
28
SE SE
13
34
All
4
640
NW XE
14
8
All
5
640 *
SW NE
14
39
~Ey
6
320.16*
SENE
14
12
NE NW
6
18 *
XE NW
14
39
SE XW
6
35 *
wy2 NW
14
80
XE SW
6
30 *
SE XW
14
40
SE SW
6
30 *
swj4
14
170.10
XE^4
7
160 *
XE SE
""14
39
XE NW
7
36 *
wy2 SE
14
84.83
XW NW
7
22 *
SE SE
14
15
SW NW
7
2 *
All
15
662.80
SE NW
7
10 *
All
16
666.64
Ey2 SE
7
80 *
NET4
17
160 *
NW SE
7
18 *
N^' NW
17
80 *
SW SE
7
o -^
SW NW
17
38 *
All
8
640 *
SE NW
17
40 *
All
9
640
SJ4
17
350.08*
NW NE
10
3
NENE
18
30 *
SW NE
10
32
NWNE
18
1 *
SENE
10
10
XESE
18
18 *
NE NW
10
39
SE SE
18
28 *
wy2 NW
10
80
NE NE
19
39 *
SENW
10
38
NW NE
19
18 *
SWT4
10
160
sy2 NE
19
80 *
NE'SE
10
35
NE NW
19
15 *
W^2 SE
10
80
Lot 1
19
5 *
SE SE
10
40
"Lot 2
19
50 *
NW NE
11
12
SENW
19
4-Q *
34 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
S\Vl/4
19
183.41*
XE XE
30
36
X/2 SE
19
80 *
XW NE
30
40
SW SE
19
40 *
SW NE
30
2
SE SE
20
20 :
SE NE
30
3
N^
20
324.54-
XE XW
30
40
N^SW
20
81.54*
Lot 1
30
51.53
SWSW
20
20 *
Lot 2
30
3
SESW
20
38 *
SE XW
30
2
CppT/
?n
1 ^n *
x^4
£\j
21
n y\j
320
11,968.27
SW^4
21
160
X^ SE
21
80
1XTWP. 42
X..R.
1 W. P>. M.
SWSE
21
22
Acres
SE SE
21
2
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
X^4
22
320
XEXE
20
.12-
XK, sw
22
80
SENE
24
10 *
SW SW
22
15
NE SW
24
1 -
SE SW
22
30
SWSW
24
26 *
SE^4
22
160
SESW
24
39 *
All
23
644.96
NESE
24
38 *
XEl/J
24
162.77
NW SE
24
20 *
XE XW
24
40
S^ SE
24
80 *
Lot 2
24
36
NEj/4
25
160 *
sy2 xw
24
81.41
. E^ NW
25
80 *
S/2
24
327.50
XW XW
25
37 *
NE NE
25
35
SW XW
25
39 *
NW NE
25
38
N^ SW
25
80 *
NE XW
25
38
SWSW
25
37 *
NW NW
25
40
SESW
25
28 *
NW SE
25
4
N^ SE
25
80 *
NE NE
26
40
SW SE
25
39 *
XWNE
26
39
SE SE
25
40 *
N1^ NW
26
80
SW NE
26
24 *
NE NE
27
32
SENE
26
10 *
NWNE
27
10
NE NW
26
2 *
NW NE
28
12
NWNW
26
15 *
SW NE
28
1
SW NW
26
36 *
N1/ NW
28
80
SE NW
26
38 *
SW NW
28
15
NE SW
26
39 *
SE NW
28
6
NWSW
26
12 *
NENE
29
38
SWSW
26
8 *
NWNE
29
38
SE SW
26
5 *
SE NE
29
1
N1/ SE
26
80 *
NE NW
29
2
SW SE
26
15 *
NWNW
29
25
SE SE
26
28 *
SW NW
29
6
SW NE
31
1 *
ANNUAL REPORT 1914
35
SE XE
31
1 *
IX TWP. 40
N.,R. 2
W. B. M.
SE S\V
31
2 *
Acres
XE SE
31
39 *
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
XW SE
31
30 *
NE NW
9
2
sy> SE
31
80 *
XEXE
32
6 *
SW NW
11
3
SW XE
32
8 *
SE NW
11
2
SE XE
32
22 *
NE SW
11
1
SW XW
32
2 *
NW SW
11
4
SE XW ,
NE SW
XW SW
sy2 sw
32
32
32
32
1 *
38 *
39 *
80 *
NE SW *
SESW
NW SE
SW SE
23
23
23
23
1
15
1
15
XW XW,
SW NW
SE NW
NE SW
W/> SW
SE SW
NW SE
SWSE
SE SE
NWSW
SW SW
SE SW
SW SE
SE SE
32
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
160 *
15 *
39 *
15 *
39 *
80 *
40 *
22 *
39 *
38 *
1 *
36 -
35 *
31 *
1 *
NW NE
SW NE
SENE
NE NW
SWNW
SE NW
NE SW
NW SW
SE SW
NW SE
SW SE
SENE
NESW
NWSE
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
31
31
20
25
5
22
30
40
40
3
1
28
2
3
15
10
NE NE
36
20 *
m.7] v
288
NWXE
36
5 *
NW NW
36
15 *
IN TWP. 41
N., R. 2
W. B. M.
2126.12
Acres
x
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
IN TWP. 39
N.,R.
2W.B. M.
SW NE
SENE
24
24
10 *
32 *
Acres
NESE
24
40 *
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
NW SE
24
25 *
NW NW
1
10 t
SWSE
24
32 *
NW NE
2
1 t
SESE
24
40 *
SW NW
13
2 t
NE NE
25
40
NE NE
14
1 t
NWNE
25
34
SENE
14
3 t
SW NE
25
8
NE SE
14
2 t
SE NE
25
6
19
267
36
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
IX TWP. 42
X., R. 3
W. B. M.
XE SW
24
38
Acres
\\y2 sw
24
80
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SE SW
24
39
SE XW
28
25*
XW SE
24
2
SW SE
24
1
IX TWP. 40
N., R. 4
W. B. M.
XE XW
XW NW
25
25
38
40
Subdivision
Sec.
Acres
Burned
SW XW
SE NW
25
25
20
10
XE SW
9 '
3
XE XE
26
40
XW SW
9
1
XW XE
26
5
SW SW
SE SW
SW SE
9
9
9
30
26
1
SW XK
SEXE
SE XW
XE SW
26
26
26
26
20
39
6
35
SE SE
SW SW
9
10
8
10
SWr SW
SESW
26
26
3
39
SE SW
10
2
X E SE
26
20
SW XE
NE XW
wy2 xw
15
15
15
5
18
80
XW SE
SWSE
SE SE
26
26
26
39
39
5
SE XW
15
35
X>7> XE
35
80
XE SW
XW SW
15
15
32
38
SW XE
SE XE
35
35
37
38
XW SE
15
8
XE NW
35
35
XE XE
NWXE
16
16
40
37
SE XW
XW XW
35
36
12
15
sy XE
NE XW
16
16
80
39
SW XW
XE SW
36
36
30
30
XW XW
16
30
XW SW
36
30
SW XW
SE XW
XE SW
NESE
NW SE
XE XE
16
16
16
16
16
23
20
40
8
20
8
12
SW SW
SESW
NW SE
SWSE
SE SE
36
36
36
36
36
8
28
10
30
38
SW XE
23
8
1801
SEXE
23
40
XE SE
23
39
IX TWP. 41
N R 4
W. B. M.
XW SE
23
2
SW SE
23
4
Acres
SE SE
23
40
Subdivision
Sec.
Burned
SWT XE
24
8
NE SE
5
2
NW XW
24
'5
SWNE
7
4
SW XW
24
30
SE NE
7
15
SE NW
24
15
NE SE
7
2
ANNUAL RKPORT 1914
37
SW SE
NW X\V
7
22
15
1
40 X. 2 W.
41 X. 2 W.
42 X. 3 W.
40 X. 4-W.
41 X. 4 W.
39
RECAPITULATION
TWP.
Rani^e
Acres Burned
38 X.
1 E.
472.00
40 X.
1 E.
3.00
41 X.
1 E.
1690.20
42 X.
1 E.
557.51
3{) X.
2 E.
1.50
40 X.
2 E;.
40.25
41 X.
2 E.
3.00
40 X.
3 E.
107.00
41 X.
3 E.
105.75
39 X.
4 E.
54.00
40 X.
4 E.
630.00
41 X.
4 E.
35.00
39 X.
1 W.
1255.00
40 X.
1 W.
11.00
41 X.
1 W.
11968.27
42 X.
1 W.
2126.12
39 X.
2 W.
19.00
288.00
267.00
.25
1801.00
39.00
21473.85
c In the Palouse Division of
the St. Joe National Forest.
t Outside Association bound-
aries.
XTOTE : The -south half of
Township 38-1 E. is not in the
territory of this association but
was being- looked after by us at
the request of the Clearwater
Timber Protective Association.
The south half of Township
39-1 W. is not in the territory
of this association but the
fires were fought by us to pre-
vent their being driven across
on us by the high southwest
winds prevailing at the time.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
TREASURER'S REPORT
December 1st, 1914
RECEIPTS
ASSESSMENTS
Potlatch Lumber Co. 212,106 A. 25c $53,026.50
State of Idaho 38,320 A. 4.36c 1,670.75
Milwaukee Land Co 18,360 A. 25c 4,590.00
Clearwater Timber Co. 19,367 A. 25c. 4,841.75
Blackwell Lbr. Co 1,120 A. 8c 89.60
Edw. Rutledge Tbr. Co. 267 A. 25c 66.75
G. A. Rubedew 6,240 A. 8c 499.20
Overpayment by Clearwater Timber
Protective Assn. .01 $ 64784.56
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
Contributions N. P. Ry. Co $ 1,709.35
Interest on Samson Snyder Mortgage 22.30
Money Borrowed 5,200.00
Voucher No. 453 Cancelled 34.40
Refund under Weeks Law 1,000.00
Clearwater Timber Prot. Assn. a c Fire
Fighting 5,419.28
Clearwater Timber Prot. Assn. a|c Tele-
phone Construction 316.35
Clearwater Timber Prot. Assn. a|c Photo-
graphs, Inspection Trip 18.03
Sale of Telphone Wire 14.46
Sale of Provisions and Supplies : 18.67
Sale of Tools 44.73
Collected for Western Forestry and Con-
servation Assn.... 633.84 $ 14.431.41
$ 79,215.07
Cash Balance on Hand Dec. 1, 1913 23.86
Total : $ 79,239.83
ANNUAL REPORT 1914 39
TREASURER'S REPORT
December 1st, 1914
DISBURSEMENTS
Board, Lodging and Horse Feed $ 1,720.79
Clearing Out Old Trails 911.75
Fires : 82,170.89
Miscellaneous Expense 460.41
Patrolling u 3,775.50
Provisions and Supplies 4,115.21
Salary Chief Fire Warden and Assistant 1,161.00
Office Expense 686.90
Trail Cutting, New 262.75
Transportation 2,256.22
Camp Equipment and Tools 739.56
Horses, Harness and Saddles 333.24
Bills Payable 200.00
Interest ,^~ 1.05
Western Forestry & Conservation Assn 682.46
Clearwater Timber Protective Assn 18.03
Washington Idaho Telephone Co., Stock 20.00
Maintenance Headquarters 52.05
Telephone System 513.93
Maintenance Telephone System 102.67
Brush Burning 33.00
$100,217.41
Of the above amount of fires there is carried as a
credit to Potlatch Lumber Co.... 20,643.09
Actual Cash Disbursements.. $ 79,574.32
Bank Overdraft December 1, 1914 334.49
Total .. .-$ 79.239.83
40 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE— Nov. 30.. 1914
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 653.70
Horses, Harness and Saddles 1,064.95
Potlatch State Baank, Overdraft 8 334.4<!
Assessments, Present Worth 6.772. (>2
Headquarters 600.00
Potlatch Lumber Co 20,610.09
Bills Payable, Note 5..000.00
Mortgage 202.50
Motorcycle 100.00
Telephone System 3,177.07
State of Idaho 7,909.25
G. A. Rubedew 1,060.80
Blackwell Lumber Co 190.40
Northern Pacific Railway Co 3,559.68
Samson Snyder 6.70
Washington-Idaho Telephone Stock 20.00
St. Joe National Forest :. 14,157.90
Wash., Idaho & Montana Railway Co 14.25
$32.717.20 $ 32.717.20
RESOURCES
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 653.70
Horses, Harness and Saddles ': 1,064.95
Headquarters 600.00
Mortgage 202.50
Motorcycle 100.00
Telephone System 3,177.07
State of Idaho, Unpaid Assessments 7,909.25
G. A. Rubedew, Unpaid Assessments 1,060.80
Blackwell Lumber Co., Unpaid Assessments 190.40
Northern Pacific Railway Co., L'npaid Contribution.... 3,559.68
Samson Snyder 6.70
Washington-Idaho Telephone, Stock 20.00
St. Joe National Forest, Account Its Proportion Fire
Expense : '... 14,157.90
Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Co 14.25
$ 32,717.20
L REPORT— 1914 41
LIABILITIES
Potlatch State Bank, Overdraft $ 334.49
Assessments, Present Worth 6,772.62
Potlatch Lumber Co 20,610.09
Bills Payable, Xote... 5,000.00
$ 32,717.20
POTLATCH STATE BANK
Bank's Balance to our debit (Overdraft) $156.94
Outstanding Check No. 593 , 52.40
Outstanding- Check Xo. 649.... 100.00
Outstanding Check Xo. 652 "~ 71.40
Outstanding- Check Xo. 653 7.00
Our Balance to Bank's credit (Overdraft) $334.49
Time Check charged us by Bank but not credited
by us
Forest Service Check charged back to us and re-
turned for endorsement but not credited by us 52.50
$387.74 $387.74
Respectfully,
W. D. HUMISTQN, Treasurer.
42 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2, 1914.
POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AND STATE BOARD OF
LAND COMMISSIONERS.
GENTLEMEN :
We, your Auditing Committee, have this day carefully ex-
amined the vouchers and audited the books and accounts of the
Potlatch Timber Protective Association and beg to report that
we have found the same correct in every particular up to and
including November 30th, 1914.
The bank book of the association shows an overdraft of
$156.94, while the ledger cash account shows an overdraft of
$334.49. This is accounted for by the fact that vouchers 593, 649,
652, and 653, aggregating $230.80, were outstanding. As an off-
set to these outstanding checks there is a time check for 75 cents
which has been charged to the association by the bank but has not
as yet passed through the books and a Forest Reserve check for
$52.50 which was returned for an ink endorsement and was
charged back to us by the bank.
The attached trial balance and statements of resources and
liabilities are correct according to the association books.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. DAY, Chairman,
By BEN E. BUSH,
G. A. RUBEDEW,
F. J. DA VIES.
ANNUAL REPORT 1914
43
SEASON'S WEATHER WEATHER REPORT
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT HEADQUARTERS, ELK RIVER, IDAHO
For Week
Ending
Average
Minimum
Temperature
Average
Maximum
Temperature
Precipitation
for
Week
Precipitation
June 1
to Date
June 6
44.83
69.33
.2.9
.29
Tune 13
44.00
70.29
.39
.68
June 20
44.86
84.14
June 27
44.85
69.71
1.41
2.09
July 4
46.57
84.43
.09
2.18
July 11
53.14
90.29
.14
2.32
July 18
51.43
86.56
.27
2.59
Tulv 25
46.00
84.00
.01
2.60
Aug. 1
50.00
93.00
2.60
Aug. 8
52.00
89.00
2.60
Aug. 15
44.00
92.00
2.60
Aug. 22
46.00
83.00
.09
2.69
Aug. 29
43.00
87.00
2.69
Average Minimum Temperature for Season, 46.93.
Average Maximum Temperature for Season, 83.33.
Total Precipitation for Season, 2.69.
44 POTLATCH TI.MUKR PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
THE MEANEST MAN
The meanest man has been found. He did not beat his
mother or eat the delicacies on the grave of a dead Chinaman—
and he is not a million miles from Elk River.
This man has a ranch not far from Southwick. During the
dry weather last summer he started a slashing tire on hi> u\vn
place without a permit and would have been jailed if there had
been evidence enough to convict him.
This fire got away from him, as he had made no preparations
whatever to control it and so the Potlatch Timber Protective As-
sociation had to fight it for two weeks. The hardest fight was that
to save his own home and barn, and at that time 126 men, hired
by the association were on the job, together with hired teams and
an automobile. One of the fire fighters was injured and several
badly scorched, while the whole bunch worked almost to the limit
of human endurance.
"When the rains came and the crew came in. more or less
equipment was missing, as is always the case after a big fire and
the missing tools are understood to have shown up at his house as
his own property.
Then this man brought in a little bill against the association.
He charged it $16 a day for the hire of himself and a jack-
leg team in saving his own home and crop. He charged for the
use of his barn when the men fighting the fire he himself started
slept in it. He charged rent for the ground the fire fighters camp-
ed on. He charged for the water from his spring that the wean-
crew drank. He charged for the wood the cooks burned although
he ate free at the fire fighter's table, and to crown it all he charged
$2.50 for hauling away the empty tin cans left at the camp by the
cooks.
And he got the money.
The association cut his bill a little and paid it, with the hope
that he would be gathered to his fathers in using the tools that he
so miraculously found after. the fire, — Elk River Sentinel.
CLEARWATER
TIMBER PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION
EIGHTH
ANNUAL
REPORT
1914
OFFICERS
T. J. HUMBIRD President
GEO. A. DAY - Vice-President
BEN E. BUSH, Secretary-Treasurer
JOHN SWANSON - Fire Warden
DIRECTORS
T. J. HUMBIRD GEO. A. DAY
G. A. RUBEDEW A. W. LAIRD
C. B. SANDERSON
FIRE COMMITTEE
G. A. RUBEDEW T. J. HUMBIRD BEN E. BUSH
(SHearwater ©tmh?r luxate rtto Aajaartattoit
DECEMBER 1, 1914.
To THE MEMBERS OF THE CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE As-
FOCIATIOX AND STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS.
ASSETS
Accounts Receivable .$17,889.75
Clearwater Telephone & Telephone Co 2.25
Camp Buildings 1,406.50
Telephone Line 5,397.86
Equipments, Tools and Supplies (Inven-
tory) ; 934.24
Horses, Harness and Saddles 1,260.25
Office Furniture , 50.00
Mortgage 722.39
$27,663.24
LIABILITIES
Bills Payable.... ....$17,110.03
Balance : $10,553.21
4 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS— 1914
Cash on hand from Season 1913 $ l,349.5S
Assessments levied, Season 1914:
State of Idaho, Acres 234,120 $27,509.10
Clearwater Tbr. Co., Acres 146,820 17,588.40
Milwaukee Land Co., Acres 18,200 2,184.00
North Fork Lbr. Co., Acres 8,820 986.40
Geo. A. Rubedew. Acres 9,320 1,118.40
C. A. Smith Timber Co., Acres 3,120 374.40
Potlatch Lumber Co., Acres 12,300 1,476.00
Western Land Co., Acres 10,480 1,257.60
Contributions by individuals 1,468.31
$53,962.61
Less Outstanding Accounts 17,889.75 S 36,072.86
Assessments Levied, 1913 206.40
Weeks Law Fund 966.50
Provisions and Supplies.. 1,120.21
Bills Payable, Note Old National Bank.... 16,338.40
Bills Payable, Overdraft, Bank Orofmo.... 721.63 17,110.03
$ 56,831.58
BANK BALANCE
Balance in Bank per Pass Book
No.
41
178
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
5 11.95
25.90
2.80
1,065.80
4,343.14
18.03
23.00
11.50
11.95
39.28
3.10
6.50
No.
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
$ 6.317.89
1.20
2.00
46.65
50.00
25.30
3.15
1,000.00
238.77
12.00
15.00
57.50
25.00
$ 7,039.52
Overdraft as per Ledger, December 1, 1914
$ 721.63
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
DISBURSEMENTS— 1914
Camp Equipment and Tools $ 402.14
Clearing out old trails 3,899.84
Fires 46,358.70
Patrolling , 3,772.65
Trail Cutting, New 1,431.75
AYeeks Law Fund 966.50
$56,831.58
TRIAL, BALANCE, Before Closing, December 1, 1914
Bank of Orofino...: $ 721.63
Bills Payable r 16,388.40
Board, Lodging and Horse Feed $ 1,094.99
Camp Buildings (All) 726.00
Telephone 3,650.79
Clearwater Telephone & Telegraph Co 2.25
Camp Equipment and Tools 1,645.64
Horses, Harness and Saddles 1,514.95-
Office Furniture 50.00
Office Expense 508.90
Contributions ,... 1,468.31
Provisions and Supplies 9,985.47
-M-nents 60,994.06
Mortgage 722.39
Clearing out Old Trails. 2,266.00
Patrolling 2,194.50
Transportation 5,243.40
Fires 26,961.50
Salary, Chief Fire Warden 700.00
Trail Cutting, New 833.00
Accounts Receivable 17,889.75
Miscellaneous Expense 3,582.87
$79,572.40 $ 79,572.40
6 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
TRIAL BALANCE, After Closing, December 1, 1914
Bills Payable 8 17.110.03
Telephone Lines $ 5,397.86
Clearwater Telephone & Telegraph Co 2.25
Camp Buildings (Inventory) 1,406.50
Camp Equipment, Tools 934.24
Horses, Harness and Saddles , 1,260.25
Office Furniture 50.00
Mortgage , 722.39
Accounts Receivable . 17,889.75
Clearwater Timber Protective Associa-
tion (Present Worth) :... 10,553.21
$27,663.24 $ 27.663.24
Very respectfully submitted,
BEN E. BUSH, Sec.-Tres.
To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF STATE LAND COMMISSIONERS, FOR
IDAHO, AND MEMBERS OF THE CLEARWATER TIMBER PRO-
TECTIVE ASSOCIATION :
GENTLEMEN :
The undersigned, having been appointed as Auditing Com-
mittee, have this day checked vouchers, books, and accounts of
the Clearwater Timber Protective Association, and compared the
books with the Trial Balance and Bank Statement, attached here-
to, and respectfully report that we find the same correct and in
good order.
On December 1st, 1914, there was no balance in cash on hand
and there were oustanding vouchers which absorb the balance
as shown in the bank statement and will leave the account over-
drawn $721.63, which is shown in the annual statement as Bills
Payable.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. FARNHAM,
G. A. RUBEDE\Y,
W, J. RILEY.
Spokane, December 16, 1914.
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF STATE LAND COMMISSIONERS,
IDAHO, AND MEMBERS OF THE CLEAR WATER TIMBER PRO-
TECTIVE ASSOCIATION :
GENTLEMEN :
I beg to submit the following report for the fire season of
1914:
There was less snow fall during the winter of 1913-14 than
usual and this was gone some three weeks earlier than we have
ever known it to be before.' Though we had some light rains
during May and the earlier part of June they were not sufficiently
heavy to keep the decayed vegetation moist. There was practical-
ly no more rain after the light one that we had on June 20th until
September 7th when we had a rain of several days' duration that
extinguished the fires to such an extent that they caused us no
more trouble.
The season opened June 1st when thirty men were employed
and we gradually increased this number as the fire hazard grew
worse until August 1st we had forty-nine men on the pay-roll.
During August and the first week of September we had about
three hundred men on the fire line.
Only one fire was reported in June. On July~9th a general
lightning storm started nine fires and on July 13th five more and
on July 20th two more but these were easily controlled and were
completely extinguished with a very light loss before the first of
August.
On July 28th a lightning fire was started on Washington
Creek in Sec. 35-39-6 E. which we trenched and had under com-
plete control except for the smouldering trash inside of the first
trench. During the high wind of August 2nd the sparks from
this smouldering trash blew into the moss-covered trees and start-
ed a crown fire that was impossible to control. This fire ran out
of 35-39-6 E. and across Sections 34 and 33 and into Section 5-
38-6 in less than two hours when the wind changed and we were
able to check it on the west. We continued to have high winds
for the next two weeks but they were generally from the west
and though the fire did not run much more to the west it was
impossible to get it under control on the north and east until
August 15th. During this trouble that we were having with
the Washington Creek fire there were a number of smaller fires
that were giving us considerable trouble.
On August 20th a general lightning storm that covered the
8 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
entire Clearwater district as well as the greater portions of the
Potlatch and Coeur d'Alene started more than ninety fires in
the Clearwater. However, after this date we had no extremely
high winds but with the great number of fires we were unable to
get a force of men on each one of them at once and we had some
loss. P>y September 1st we had practically all the fires under con-
trol but as it still remained extremely dry we kept the men on the
fire line, widening trenches and cutting snags that might fall
over the line.
I wish to thank the officers of the Clearwater National Forest,
of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association and of the Coeur
d'Alene Timber Protective Association for their prompt co-opera-
tion during the season.
Fires in Territory of Clearwater Timber Protective
Association— Season of 1914
Date.
Sub-Div.
S. T. R.
Acres. Cost.
Cause Tbr
. Burned.
June
28
SEi/4 XWii
30-42-4E
0
$ 5.00
Lightning
00
Julv
7
XWi/i SE^i
26-34-5E
0
9.00
Lightning
or
July
9
SWi/4 NWi/i
20-39-6E
0
5.00
Lightning WP
4,000
July
9
SW!/i XWi/i
26-39-6E
0
70,00
Lightning WP
5,000
July
9
XW1^ XWii
11-39-6E
0
9.75
Lightning
00
July
9
SE^ NW*4
29-39-6E
0
7.00
Lightning WP
1,000
July
9
SWi/i SEi/i
16-39-5E
^
. 50.00
Lightning WP
00
July
9
S1/^
33-41-5E
' 2
80.00
Lightning
00
July
9
sy2
24-41-5E
1
48.00
Lightning
00
July
13
XWi/i SWi/i
24-42-3E
5
10.00
Lightning WP
15,000
July
13
SEVi SWii
14-42-3E
1
. 10.00
Lightning WP
8,000
July
13
SWii .XEii
20-42-3E
1
10.00
Lightning WP
12,000
July
13
XWii SE^L
13-42-3E
0
10.00
Lightning
00
July
13
SWii NW^4
18-42-4E
0
5.00
Lightning
00
July
20
xwi,i sw^i
11-38-3E
2M
. 65.00
00
Julv
20
X'!">
24-38-4E
10
July
28
Sec. 8 and
9-34-4E
170
75.00
00
July
28
SEi/i 32 and
33-35-4E
10
25.00
00
Aug.
1
NW% SWi/i
18-35-5E
5
7.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
2
Center
12-38-6E
100.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
2
SEii XE!/i
12-38-6E
10.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
2
SEi/i SEi/i
12-38-6E
12.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
q
XW*4 SE3^
3-34-4E
4.50
Lightning
00
Aug.
5
SWii SE^i
16-34-4E
6.50
Lightning
00
Aug.
11
XEi/4 SW^
H-38-1E
6M
• 144.-",-)
Slashings
00
Aug.
12
5. 6, 7, and
8-35-4E
Aug.
12
Si--> SE!/i
8-35-4E
60
Aug.
12
XEii SWi/4
8-35-4E
Aug.
14
XW^i SE^i
12-33-4E
3.00
Aug.
3
sy2 sy2
17-35-5E
65.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
16
SE% XW%
1 .1-33-5E
6.00
00
Aug.
1.")
XEi/i NE^i
18-35-5E
25
Aug.
15
SE1/! XWi/i
16-34-4E
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
Date.
Aug. 20
Aug. 20
Sub-Div.
S. T. R.
34-38-5E
27-38-5E
Acres. Cost.
Cause Tbr. Burned.
Aug.
20
NW1!
NW!/4
6-38-5E
118.07
Aug.
20
SWy4
SEi/4
39-5E
2
WP
3,000
Aug.
20
Sec. 31
31-39-4E
60
Aug.
20
Sec
36-39-3E
240
1
,000,000
Aug.
20
Sec. 12 and
13-38-5E
140
Poles
300
Aug.
20
Sec
7-38-6E
40
WP 1
,000,000
Aug.
20
Sec.
35-37-3E
40
Aug.
20
Sec.
34-37-3E
80
30,000
Aug.
20
Sec.
3-36-3E
100
Aug.
20
Sec.
2-36-3E
80
Aug.
20
SWl/4
•NEi4
1-37-4E
2
10.00
00
Aug.
20
NW%
SE1^
1-37-4E
3
15.00
00
Aug.
20
NEi/i
SE!/4
1-37-4E
5
30.00
00
Aug.
20
NW*4
NW^4
8-37-6E
1/2
30.00
00
Aug.
20
SW*4
NEi/4
8-37-6E
14
25.00
00
Aug.
20
SEi/4
SW!/4
31-38-6E
y2
30.00
00
Aug.
20
Ny2 i
^y2
16-35-5E
14
7.00
00
Aug.
20
NEi/4
9-35-5E
l/8
3.50
00
Aug.
20
NWi4
SEi/4
35-35-5E
15.00
00
Aug.
20
Ei/2 N
4-34-4E
Aug.
20
SWl/4
NE!/4
3-39-5E
2l/2
171.50
Lightning
30,000
Aug.
20
sy2 :
3Ei,4
11-41-5K
40
•126.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
NE*4
NE14
28-40-4E
10
160.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Sec.
29-39-4E
120
160.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
NE!/4
NEi4
29-39-4E
6
40.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NI/S S
w&
34-39-4E
80
180.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NE}4
NEi4
9-40-5E
10
154.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
SE14
NW*/4
15-42-4E
1
30.00
Lightning WP
80,000
Aug.
20
SE*4
SEi/4
36-39-3E
6
48.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Center
25-39-3E
20
288.50
Lightning—
00
Aug.
20
SE^4
NWi/4
26-39-3E
5
86.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NWi/4
NWi,4
23-39-3E
10
180.50
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NW!/4
SWy4
23-39-3E
2
72.50
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swi
SEi4
20-39-3E
1/2
36.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SB 14
NW*4
34-39-3E
3
43.00
Lightning
5,000
Aug.
20
NW!/4
NW^4
14-39-3E
12
144.25
Lightnnig
00
Aug.
20
SWi/4
NW%
28-39-4E
1
8.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SW!/4
NW!/4
22-39-4E
10
50.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
sw%
NEi/4
20-39-4E
1
8.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SE1/!
NE"}4
19-39 4E
10
32.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
NE!/4
SWi/4
10-35-3E
10
60.00
00
Aug.
20
SW!/4
SEi/4
14-35-3E
40
75.00
00
Aug.
20
SW14
NW14
5-37-4E
10
96.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Sec.
17-39-7E
25
50.00
Lightning-
175,000
Aug.
20
Sec.
35-40-7E
20
35.00
Lightning
10,000
Aug.
20
NEi4
30-35-4E
1
10.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
SEi/4
SE%
10-38-3E
3%
108.25
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NWJ/4
NW1^
12-38-3E
2
108.50
Lightning WP
15,000
Aug.
20
Nl/2 N
W^4
11-38-3E
14
29.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
NWi/4
SW1^
12-38-3E
y2
43.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Sec. 1
and
2-38-3E
15
276.00
Lightning
60.000
Aug.
20
SWi4
NEi/4
29-42-4E
7
50.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
NE14
NE!/4
15-38-3E
3
79.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NWx/4
NE!/4
29-42-4E
8 '
50.00
Lightning
00
10
CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Date.
Sub-Div.
S. T. R.
Acres.
Cost.
Cause Tbr.
Burned.
Aug.
20
SWi,4
16-41-4E
160
300.00
Lightning-
00
Aug.
20
SEi/i
SW!/4
14-42-3E
1/2
25.00
Lightning WP
15,000
Aug.
20
SE!/4
SEi/4
23-42-3E
10
150.00
Lightning WP
300,000
Aug.
20
SWi/4
SW^4
32-42-4E
5
150.00
75,000
Aug.
20
19-41-4E
360
350.00
Lightning WP
10,000
Aug.
20
NW!/4
NW*4
5-41-4E
y2
25.00
Lightning
7,000
Aug.
20
N\yi'i
SWi/4
7-35-5E
%
Aug.
20
SEi/4
SWi/i
31-37-4E
5
55.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NW^4.
NW*4
6-38-4E
Aug.
20
NEi/i
NEi/4
1-38-4E
8
117.82
WP
40,000
Aug.
20
NWi/i
SEi/4
22-38-2E
1
50.00
00
Aug.
20
SW^4
SW*4
1-36-3E
60
Aug.
20
NW%
SEi
22-42-3E
iy2
50.00
Lightning
15,000
Aug.
20
SE*4
NWi/i
15-42-3E
2y2
1.75
Lightning
17,500
Aug.
20
swi/i
swy4
29-42-3E
2
100.00
Lightning WP
25,000
Aug.
20
SEi4
28-42-3E
2
200.00
Lightning-
10,000
Aug.
20
Wo*
<Ei4
15- 42-3E
60
700.00
Lightning
12,000
Aug.
20
Sec. 3
5 and
36-42-3E
360
1,100.00
Lightning
360,000
Aug.
20
NEi/4
SW^
15-42-3E
7
450.00
Lightning-
125,000
Aug.
20
SE%
NE1^
31-42-3E
2%
250.00
Lightning
20,000
Aug.
20
sy2 N
El/4
32-42-3E
40
575.00
Lightning
300,000
Aug.
20
SEi/4
17-42-3E
8
350.00
Lightning
200,000
Aug.
20
NE%
SWl/4
11-42-3E
8
40.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NEi/4
SE.i/4
20-42-3E
50
975.00
Lightning
550,000
Aug.
20
NEy4
NEi/4
31-42-3E
10
100.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swy4
27-42-3E
2
150.00
Lightning
20,000
Aug.
20
NW^i
NE^4
26-40-5E
3
91.00
Lightning
25,000
Aug.
20
NEi/4
NW^4
32-42-3E
15
400.00
Lightning
250,000
Aug.
20
NEi4
4-39-5E
4
231.00
Lightning
40,000
Aug.
20
SE&
SW14
23-42-4E
24.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SW1^
23-42-4E
60.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NE-^4
NEi/4
27-41-4E
60.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
N%
28-41-4E
60.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swy4
NW^4
1-40-4E
24.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
sw*4
24-41-5E
24.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
,sw*4
SW^4
27-42-6E
24.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swy4
29-42-6E
24.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SE^4
swy4
31-37-4E
35.00
Unknown
00
Aug.
20
Sec.
2 and
3-36-3E
250.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swy4
NW&
11-36-3E
5
17.50
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Ey2 NEi/i
25-38-4E
60
240.00
Lightning
2,000
Aug.
20
N%
24-38-4E
80
180.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SWi/i
SW1^
17-38-4E
3
16.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NW^
NEi/4
24-38-4E
10
80.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SWI/i
SW1^
1-38-3E
20
375.00
Lightning
100,000
Aug.
20
NE*4
NW14
11-38-3E
2Yz
65.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NE%
NEi/4
15-38-3E
3
79.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NEi/i
24-41-3E
50.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
Sec. 10 and
13-40-4E
15.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
swy4
34-41-5E
21.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SW1£
SEi/i
33-39-5E
30.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NW1^
NW^4
9-38-6E
28
150.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NE^4
:NEi4
8-38-6E
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
SWi/4
NE1^
5-34-4E
45.00
Lightning
oe.
Aug.
20
SEi/i
5-38-4E
8
150.00
Lightning
00
Aug.
20
NE^
SW^t
8-35-4E
35.00
Lightning
00
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
u
Date. Sub-Div.
S. T. R. Acres. Cost. Cause
Aug. 20
Aug. 20 XV2
Aug. 25 XEi
Aug. 25 Ny2
Aug. 26 SW14
Sept. 1 NEi4 SWi4
Sept. 1 SEi4 SWi4
Sept. 1 NE^4 XWi4
Sept. 2 NW% SEi,i
Sept, 3 NWi/4 SE^4
Sept. 4 SWi4 NE%
24-35-4E
30.00 Lightning
13-35-4E
20.00 Lightning
5-34-4E
50.00 Lightning
25-35-4E 2
25.00
33-35-4E 160
150.00
13-33-4E
29.50
16-36-3E
21-36-3E 80
14-33-4E
6.00
30-34-5E
3.00
27-34-5E
3.00
Tbr. Burned.
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
The Washington Creek fire was set by lightning on July 28th
and got beyond control on August 2nd, burned the following tim-
ber:
Acres
Sec.
Twp.
Rge. E.
Burned.
1
38
6
80
2
38
6
440
o
6
38
6
80
4
38
6
320
5
38
6
360
6
38
6
40
25
39
6
100
26
39 .
6
180
27
39
6
480 M
28
39
6
160
32
39
6
120
33
39
6
400
34
39
6
640
35
39
6
640
36
39
6
640
31
39
7
40
30
39
6
25
Mostly a good stand of white pine.
The Elk Mountain fire started from lightning on August 6th
and burned the following timber:*
Mostly old burn and very .little
good timber.
Acres
Sec.
Twp.
Rge. E.
Burned.
5
38
7
160
6
38
7
30
7
38
7
160
8
38
7
480 £
9
38
7
480
4
38
7
110
12 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Another Elk Mountain fire started on August 1 5th by lightn-
ing, burned the following area :
Acres
Sec. Twp. Rge. E. Burned.
5 38 V 160 _..
31 39 ~j JJQ ims was nearly all burned in
32 39 7 220 1908'
Telephone Lines Constructed in 1914
Fourteen miles from Headquarters (Sec. 15-38-5 E. ) to the j-«>hn
Lewis Cabin, connecting with the lookout in Section 27-3! '
-4 E., at a cost of $659.^54.
Seven miles from Bertha Hill (Sec. 35-40-5 E. ) to the Moscow
Bar trail (Sec. 21-39-6 E. ), to 'be known as the "Elk Moun-
tain Line/' at a cost of $300.00.
Seven miles of the Bertha Hill line (from Sec. 15-38-5 E. to Sec.
35-40-5 E.), which was constructed in 1911 with Xo. 12 line
wire, was rebuilt with Xo. 10 wire at a cost of $359.54.
Two and one-half miles of line was rebuilt in Twp. 38-3 K. to
connect the Clearwater Telephone line with Joseph Duffle'.-
cabin instead of A. T. Rogers, in Section 19. The material
in the old line was used and the work was done by men doing
patrol duty at no extra cost to the Association.
The average cost of this construction was v$47.11 per mile,
as shown below :
Labor, 249 days.... .$647.50
Provisions ! 149.80
Wire and equipment 521.92
$1,319.08
In addition to the foregoing the Association built one-half
of the joint line from Freezeout to Hemlock Butte (11 Miles)
at a cost of $427.99. This makes a total of 26>< miles constructed
at a cost of $1,747.07.
All the new lines constructed this year were built oft the
trails, so they could be built closer to the ground. AYe have found
from experience that when the line is built ten or twelve feet
from the ground and with plenty of slack, there is less danger
of the line being broken by falling trees, as it will give enough
to let the wire go to the ground without breaking.
Sixty-four miles of telephone line were repaired this year.
Seventeen miles of this was taken down and rebuilt off the road
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 13
or trail. This repairing- and rebuilding- was done at a cost of $7.54
per mile, as shown by the following figures:
Labor, 141 days.' ..$396.00
Provisions 86.43
$482.43
Telephone Lines Constructed
Miles. Miles.
In the year 1911 ................................ . ....................... 20
In the year 1912 ........................................................ 2\y2
In the year 1913 ........................ : ............................... 23
In the year 1914 ....................................................... . 21 85^
Co-operative line, constructed in 1914 .................... .. 11
Co-operative line, constructed in 1912 .................... 18
Total...
Trails Constructed in 1914
Eight miles from Sec. 8-38-5 E. to Sec. 27-39-4 E.
One mile from Sec. 27-39-4 E. (Big Island Lookout) to Sec. 22.
One mile on the Bertha Hill trail in Sec. 34-39-5 E.
Nine miles from Sec. 35-40-5 E. to Sec. 4-39-4 E.
Two miles in Sec. 5-37-6 E. through Sec. 7 and into Sec. 13-
37-5 E.
Two miles in Sec. 30-39-6 E. into Sec. 31 to the ^post between
Sees. 5 and 6-38-6 E.
One and one-half miles in Sec. 2 through Sec. 12 and into Sec.
7-39-7 E.
Six miles from Sec. 20-39-7 E. through Sees. 29 and 33-39-7 E.
and Sec. 4 and NWT4 Sec. 9 into Sees. 7 and 8-38-7 E.
Thirty and one-half miles of new trail, in all, were built this
year, at a cost of $36.62 per mile.
Labor, 342 days ...................... . ............................... $ 908.50
Provisions . 208.65
$1,117.15
Tn addition to the foregoing, 480 miles of trail and wagon
road were cleaned out and improved and new bridges built where
old ones were found unsafe, at an average cost of $4.99 per mile.
Labor, 787 days $1,916.75
Provisions . 479.98
$2,396.73
14
CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
OROFINO, IDAHO
(At Close of Season of 1914)
TELEPHONES
1 Green Mountain Lookout
1 Brown's Creek Lookout
1 Brown's Creek (Peterson's)
1 Louis C. BoehFs Place
1 Bertha Hill
1 Bald Mountain
1 Elk Mountain
1 Freezeout
1 Ford's Creek (Cooper's)
1 Stocking Meadows Lookout
1 Westover's Place
1 John Lewis Lookout
1 John Lewis Cabin
1 Headquarters
1 Chas. Schill's Cabin
1 Joe Duffie's Cabin
1 Moscow Bar Trail
(x) Sec. 19-39-3 E. $ 12.00
Sec. 33-35o E. 12.00
Sec. 14-35-5 E. 12.00
Sec. 24-41-4 E. 12.00
Sec. 35-40-5 E. 12.00
Sec. 1-37-4 E. 12.00
Sec. 7-38-7 E. 12.00
Sec. 12-42-3 E. 12.00
Sec 14-36-3 E. 12.00
Sec. 1-41-4 E. 12.00
Sec. 4-37-6 E. 12.00
Sec. 27-39-4 E. 12.00
Sec. 29-39-4 E. 12.00
Sec. 15-38-5 E. 12.00
(x) Sec. 5-38-3 E. 12.00
Sec. 19-38-3 E. 12.00
(xx) Sec. 21-39-6 E. 12.00
$204.00
"x" Stored at Joe Duffie's Cabin.
"xx" Stored at Headquarters.
Phones in use in 1912 t 10
Purchased in 1913 6
Purchased in 1914.... 1
Total Phones in Use.... 17
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
HORSES OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION
INC
iName.
Weight
Color.
Age.
Pounds.
1
Blue
Blue Roan
11
900
2
Bum
Bay
13
800
3
Bus
Chestnut
6
800
4
(x) Big Bill
Brown
6
1100
'5
Casey
Black
10
950
6
Forty-six
Pinto
9
800
7
(xx) Friday
Roan
12
800
8
Harvey
Speckled
16
750
9
Maud
Bay
12
900
10
Rochie
Pinto
9
800
11
Shorty
Gray
12
800
12
Stockings
Pinto
18
800
13
Sunrise
Pinto
12
800
14
Tommy
Sorrel
17
800
15
Ticks
Bay
9
800
16
Whiteye
Black
12
950,
17
Fool
Light Bay
13
850
18
Pappoose
Buckskin
5
800
19
Buck Harris
Buckskin
11
850
20
Brownie
Brown
5
900
21
.Red
Sorrell
13
850
22
Pet
Roan
6
900
23
Indian
White
12
800
24
Tony
Bay
12
700
25
Lady
Bay
,7
900
"x" Bought from Ernest Schroeder in
1914.
"xx" Bought from Clearwater Timber
Company in
1914.
24 horses at $35.00
each
$840
00
1 horse "Big Bill"
at $125
125
00
$965.00
PACK EQUIPMENT
IN SHED AT OROFINO :
9 Pack saddles, with half breeds. $ 63.00
1 Riding saddle 15.00
16 Saddle blankets 8.00
16 Saddle pads, 8.00
5 Pairs pack bags 30.00
10 Lash ropes ' 7.50
16 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
AT HEADQUARTERS :
14 Pack saddles, complete..... $ 98.00
1 Riding saddle 15.00
5 Pairs pack bags 30.00
17 Mandies : - 17.00
19 Lash ropes 14.25
8 Swing ropes 3.20
1 Bridle 1.00
AT McCOLLUM'S RANCH:
2 Riding saddles $ 30.00
2 Bridles 2.00
AT JOHN SWAXSON'S HOUSE:
3 Riding saddles $ 30.00
3 Riding bridles 3.00
1 3;!4-m. Mitchell wagon 15.00
$ 389.95
TELEPHONE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
(Stored at John Swanson's House)
5 Pairs of splicing clamps $ 10.00
3 Pairs Klin's 8-in. pliers 6.00
5 Hand axes * 3.75
2 Claw hammers 1.00
4 Pairs 16^2-in. climbers, with straps 8.40
5 Safety straps 7.50
4 Safety belts 6.00
2 Roll tape 15
$ 42.80
OFFICE AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
(Stored at John Swanson's House)
1 Roll-top desk and chair $ 50.00
1 Remington typewriter No. 7 (No. 177,141 ) 25.00
1 Compensated barometer
1 Aneroid barometer chart
1 Self-registering therometer 20.00
1 Claisher Rain Gauge (at headquarters)
l/2 Side of Ladgo leather 6.25
l/2 Side of lace leather 4.75
$ 105.80
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914
1 Protractor board at .Bertha Hill
1 Protractor board at Headquarters
1 Protractor board at Elk Mountain
1 Protractor board at Bald Mountain...
17
50.50
$ 165.30
TELEPHONE LINES
1911 CONSTRUCTION:
From Clearwater Telephone Co. line
(21-37-5) to Headquarters (15-38-
5) 8
From Headquarters (15-38-5) to
Bertha Hill (35-40-5) 12
1912 CONSTRUCTION :
MILES
MILES
20 MILES $ 654.21
From Bertha Hill (35-40-5) to
Mouth of Breakfast Creek on Little
North Fork (25-41-4) 14 MILES
From Bald Mountain (1-37-4) to our
main line (16-37-5) 5 MILES
From Clearwater Telephone line (7-
38-3) to A. T. Rogers (19-38-3)
(Rebuilt to Joe Duffle's in 1914).... 2y2 MILES
Co-operative line from Pierce (2-36-
5) to Elk Mountain (7-38-7)
(Equipment furnished by Govern-
ment) . ...18
2\y2 MILES 819.72
MILES 394.75
1913 CONSTRUCTION:
From Government line ( 14-35-5 ) to
Brown's Creek Lookout (33-35-5) 4^ MILES
From mouth of Breakfast Creek (24-
41-4) to Freezeout (12-42-3) 14 MILES
From Breakfast Creek (23-41-4) to
Stocking- Meadows (1-41-4) 4^ MILES
23 MILES 725.^5
18 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
1914 CONSTRUCTION :
From Headquarters (15-38-5) to
John Lewis Cabin (27-39-4) 14 MILES
From Bertha Hill (35-40-5) to the
Moscow Bar Trail (21-39-6) 7 MILES
21 MILES 959.54
. 553.8
BUILDINGS AND CABINS
Buildings and Improvements at Headquarters S 800.00
John Lewis Lookout cabin ( Sec. 27-39-4 E. ) 85.00
Dead Horse Lookout cabin (Sec. 7-39-7 E.). 85.00
Bertha Hill Lookout cabin (Sec. 35-40-5 E.) 150.00
Freezeout Lookout cabin (Sec. 12-42-4 E.)..- 100.00
Stocking Meadows cabin and Lookout cabin ( 1-41-4) .... 75.00
Balk Mountain Lookout cabin (Sec. 1-37-4 E. ) 25.00
Brown's Creek Lookout cabin (Sec. 33-35-5 E.) 40.00
Shed at Orofino for storage purposes 46.50
81.406.50
CAMP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
BERTHA HILL:
Axes 17 S17.00
Grub hoes 2 2.00
Shovels 13 6.50
Sledge Hammer, No. 8 1 1.00
Brush scythes 2 4.00
Set saw tools 1 .75
Dish pans 4 3.00
Reflectors 2 6.00
Tin plates 60 1.50
Tin cups . 38
Table spoons 24 .25
Teaspoons 40 .40
Knives 42 2.00
Forks.... 30 1.50
Butcher knives 3 1.80
Basting spoons 2 .20
Dippers 2 .20
Fry pans 14 2.80
Coffee pots 6 4.00
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 19
Tea pot 1 .40
Water pails 3 .75
Set nested pails 1 2DO
Camp pots 12 6.00
Stew pans 9 3.60
Wash basins 4 .40
Water bags 3 1.80
Can opener 1 .10
Lamp 1 .50
Cook stove (old) 1 1.00
Cook stove 1 10.00
Heating stove 1 4.50
$ 87.10
JOHN LEWIS CABIN :
Axes 10 $10.00
Shovels . 10 . 5.00'
Grub hoes 2 2.00
Tent 1 9.00
Reflectors 2 3.00
Dish-up pans 10 2.00
Water ~ pails 2 .50
Dish pans 2 1.50
Tin plates 40 1.00
Cups 40 2.00
Knives and forks 40 4.00
Coffee pots 2 1.50
Kettles 6 3.00
Teaspoons 40 .40
Table spoons 40 .40
Large spoons 2 .20
$45.50
BROWN'S CREEK LOOKOUT:
Flyers (in phone) 1 $ 1.50
Axe 1 1.00
Shovel 1 .50
Spikes No. 10 .50
Axe (Toe Hamiltons) 1 LOO
Axe 1 LOO
Shovel 1 .50
Water pails
Granite pots 2 . LOO
Coffee pot ..: 1 .5C
20 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Reflector 1 l.QO
Granite pans 3 1.20
Granite pots 5 2.00
Coffee pot 1 .75
Pot covers 2 .10
Water bags 2 1.20
$15.00
STOCKING MEADOWS LOOKOUT:
Axes 3 $ 3.00
Shovels 2 1.00
Grub hoes 3 3.00
Cross-cut saw 1 4.00
Grind stone 1 1.00
Brush hook 1 .75
Brush scythe 1 2.00
Tin plates 12 .40
Tin cups 12 .60
Knives and forks 12 1.20
Coffee pot . 1 .60
Fry pans 3 .60
Kettles 4 1.60
Spoons 24 .50
Tin basins 6 .30
Cross-cut saw 1 4.00
Shovels 8 4.00
Axes 6 6.00
Grub hoes.... .. 3 3.00
$37.55
KATE DRISCOLL'S CABIN :
Shovels 4 $ 2.00
Axes 3 3.00
Grub hoes 3 3.00
$ 8.00
L. C. BOEHL'S PLACE:
Pails 4 $ 1.00
Bean pots 2 .75
Rehectors 1 2.00
Fry pans 2 .40
Tin plates 12 .40
Tin cups 12 .60
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 21
Knives and forks 12 1.20
Coffee pot 1 .75
Tin basins 4 .40
Kettles 6 2.40
Spoons 20 .25
$10.15
ELK MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT:
Axes 5 $ 5.00
Shovels 8 4.00
Knives and forks 6 .60
Spoons 12 .30
Plates 6 .30
Frv pans 2 .40
Kettle 1 .50
Bake pan 1 .25
Coffee pot 1 75
Cook stove.... . 1 9.00
$21.10
FORD'S CREEK LOOKOUT :
Axes 3 $ 3.00
Shovels 3 1.50
Canteens 4 1.00
Water bags 6 3.60
Tin plates 6 .25
Knives and forks , 6 .60
Fry pans 3 .60
Coffee pot 1 .75
Kettles 4 2.00
Tin cups 6 .25
Tin basins 6 .30
Tea pot - 1
$14.10
BALD MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT:
Axes 2 $ 2.0G
Shovels 2 1.00
Tin plates 3
Tib basins 2 .10
Tin cups., .' 3 .10
CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Coffee pot 1 .40
Spoons 6 .25
Kettles 3 .75
Cook stove 1 6.00
$10.75
DEAD HORSE CABIX:
Shovels 2 $ 1.00
Axe 1 1.00
Cross-cut saw 1 3.00
Mattock 1 1.00
Cook stove 1 5.00
Tin plates 4 .20
Knives and forks 4 .40
Coffee pot 1
Fry pans 2 .40
Spoons 6 .10
Kettles 4 1.00
Tin basins 6 .50
$13.85
JOE DUFFIE'S CABIN :
D. Handled shovels .41 $20.50
Shovel (long handled) 1 .50
D-B axes 21 21.00
D-B axes (hdls. broken) 2 1.00
Cross-cut saws 2 6.00
Brush hook 1 1.00
Files (new) 11 1.20
Grindstone 1 1.50
Shovel (D. handle) x 1 .50
D-B axe xx 1 . 1.00
Field glasses (pair) 1 15.00
Candles 10 doz. 2.00
Frying pans 7 1.20
Granite pans 3 .90
Bake pans 3 .60
Coffee pots 3 - 1.50
Tin cups .....12
Forks 34 .50
Knives 32 .50
Teaspoons 34 .35
Basting spoons 2 .20
Table spoons -. 15 .20
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 23
Granite cups .'.... 5 .50
Mush bowls. 28 2.80
Platters 5 • 1.00
Galv. pails (large) 3 1.20
Tin pails (large) 2 .40
Reflector 1 2.00
Tin pails (large) 3 .75
Nests of pails 2 .50
Butcher knives (large) 1 .75
$87.30
"x" Stored at Ritchie's.
"xx" Stored at Savior's.
FREEZEOUT :
Shovels 57 $28.50
Axes 35 35.00
Axes (old) , 15 .00
Peavie 1 1.50
Sledge hammer 1 1.00
Brush scythe 1 2.00
Grub hoes 15 15.00
Cross-cut saws.. 4 16.00
Pr. Cros-cut saw handles... 4 2.00
Iron wedge 1 .50
Tent 1 10.00
Table knives 122 6.10
Forks 110 5.50
Table spoons 38 .40
Teaspoons 117 1.20
Basting spoons •. 7 .40
Butcher knives 4 .40
Cake turners 4 .40
Steels 2 1.50
Meat forks 2 .20
Reflector (large)... 2 6.00
Reflector (medium) 1 2.00
Tin plates 110 2.75
Tin basins 63 3.15
Dish pans 6 3.00
Tin cups 144 7.20
Fry pans 10 2.00
Coffee pots (large) 3.00
Pails (12 quarts) 13 3.25
Stock boilers 4 4.00
Alarm clock... - 1 **3
24 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Dripping pans 2 .40
Cook stove . 1 goo
$173.70
HEADQUARTERS: (Tools, etc.)
Shovels 59 82' '.50
Spades 3 1.50
Cant hooks and peavies 5 7.50
D-B axes . 60 30.00
S-B.axes 3 2.25
Grub hoes 2 2.00
Picks 3 1.80
Nut augers (\l/\ in.)-- 2 .90
Brush hook 1 .75
D-B axe handles : 11 3.30
Singletrees , 2 1.20
Sets of stretcher chains 2 1.50
Scyth snath -. 1 .75
Splitting maul 1 .75
Cross-cut saws 3 9.00
Cross-cut saw handles..... 6 J.80
Mattock handles 8 2.40
Garden hoe 1 .25
Garden rake 1 .25
Side hill plow 1 13.00
Blacksmith forge 1 7.00
Froe 1 .75
Combination vise and anvil 1 - 1.50
Anvil 1 LOO
Hay forks 2 1.00
Scyth and snath 1 1.50
Hand saws 3 1.80
Square 1 .50
Blacksmith hammers.... 2 1.00
Set of steel letters 1 1.25
Stencil outfit 1 1.50
Set of saw tools 2 1.00
Crow bars 2 1.50
Grindstone 1
Heating stove 1 1.00
Horse shoes ,...: ,.30 Ib. 1.50
Plane 1
Pair shoeing tongs 2 1.00
Pinchers 2 1.50
Clinch cutter.... . 1 .50
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 25
Riveting machine 1 1.00
Farrier's hammer 1 .75
Bed ticks 4 2.00
Folding cots 2 6.00
Mattress '..'. 3 3.00
Range 1 35.00
Bed springs 4 8.00
BB wire No. 10 225 Ib. 10.12
BB wire No. 12 330 Ib. 15.84
Platform scales 1 23.00
Pair names 1 .50
Tents 4 36*00
Wagon sheet 1 6.00
Wire reel (Crampton Cabin) 1 1.50
HEADQUARTERS: (Kitchen Outfit)
$287.91
Alarm clocks 2 $ 2.00
Butcher knives 3 2.25
W. W. cups 24 2.40
Coffee pot 1 .80
Cake tins 3 .45
Coffee mill 1 .50
Cake griddle 1 .50
W. W. plates 24 2.40
Granite dish pans 3 3.00
Tin dish pans (heavy) 2 1.50
Dripping pans..... 5 1.00
Dust pan -.-- 1 .10
Enamel dipper 1 .15
Egg beater 1 .10
Fry pans 4 .80
Gem pans 4 .60
Grater 1 .10
Knives and forks 18 1.80
Lamps 4 2.00
Meat platters 2 1.00
Meat saw 1 .50
Food chopper '. 1 . 1.00
Mason fruit jars (doz.).... 1 .70
Mirrors 3 .75
Mop 1 .15
Granite pans 8 1.60
W. W. Granite plates 18 1.80
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CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Enamel pails 2 .80
Tin pans 4 .60
Galv. pails 6 1.50
Rolling pin ^ 1 .25
W. W. saucers 16 .80
$33.90
MISCELLANEOUS CAMP EQUIPMENT: (Stored at Head-
quarters)
Forks 73 $ 1.40
Knives 85 1.70
Teaspoons 108 1.08
Soup bowls 18 3.75
Stew kettles : 4 ZOO
Syrup pitchers 3 .45
Steamer 1 .25
Tea pot 1 .50
Teaspoons 24 .25
Table spoons 24 .30
Tea kettle 1 .75
Vegetable dishes 3 .80
Wash basins 4 .80
Wash tubs.. 2 2.00
Wash board 1 .50
Sad irons (set) 1 1.50
Table spoons 66 .65
Basting spoons 3 .10
Can opener 2 .20
Butcher knives 2 1.00
Tin cups 108
Granite basins 11 1.10
Tin pans 26 1.30
Galv. pails (12 qt.) 14 4.80
Galv. pails (16 qt.) 2 1.00
Coffee boilers (8 qt.) 6 3.00
Tin plates 180 3.60
Fry pans 24 4.80
Granite kettles 27
Reflectors 3 6.00
Kettle covers -. 9
Dish pans ..' 4
Wash basin '. 1 .25
Nests of pails 6
Cans pepper 12
Tea pots 2 .50
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 27
Clip (1 qt.) 1 .10
Bake pans _- 2 .40
Granite plates 1 8 .40
Baking powder 40 Ib. 16.00
$88.33
SUMMARY OF INVENTORY
Telephones $ 204.00
Horses , 965.00
Pack Equipment 389.95
Telephone tools and equipment 42.80
Office and miscellaneous equipment 165.30
Telephone lines 3,553.87
Buildings and cabins 1.406.50
Camp Equipment and Tools :
Bertha Hill $ 87.10
John Lewis Cabin 45.50
Brown's Creek Lookout 15.00
Stocking Meadows Lookout 37.55
Kate Driscoll's Cabin 8.00
L. C. Boehl's place 10.15
Elk Mountain Lookout 21.10
Ford's Creek Lookout 14.10
Bald Mountain Lookout 10.75.
Dead Horse Lookout 13.85
Joe Duffie's Cabin 87.30
Freezeout Lookout 173.70
Headquarters (Tools, etc.) : 287.91
Headquarters (Kitchen) 33.90
Headquarters (Stored)... 88.33 934.24
Total $ 7..661.66
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN SWANSON, Chief Fire \Yarden.
28 CLEARWATER TIMBER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
(Eommitto'a
Clearwater Timber Protective Association— Season 1914
Gentlemen :
The past summer will be remembered as one of the worst
fire seasons that we have experienced since the Clearwater Tim-
ber Protective Association was organized eight years ago and in
some respects was even worse than the season of 1910. Without
the efficient organization that we had there is no doubt but that
there would have been an area burned over fully as great as in
1889 when many thousands of acres of pine was destroyed.
The snow was gone a month earlier than usual, and though
we had some light rains during May and June they were of so
little importance that they only halted the evaporation caused
by the sun and wind for a few days. During July and August
we had a few days that were partly cloudy but we had no rain
nor did we have any until September 7th after which date there
was sufficient rain to relieve us of further worry.
The latter part of June the fire committees of the Coeur
d'Alene Timber Protective Association, the Potlatch Timber
Protective Association, and the Clearwater Timber Protective
Association, accompanied by Dr. W. L. Carlyle, Dean of Ag-
riculture of the University of Idaho, and Dr. C. H. Shattuck,
Professor of Forestry of the University of Idaho, made a joint
trip of inspection over a large portion of the territory of the
three associations. We found that the fire warden who had start-
ed a crew on June 1st had the trails nearly all in good shape and
had built a number of new ones and that he had telephone lines
repaired from the damage that always occurs in the winter from
snow and falling trees and was building some new telephone
lines. For itemized list of trails and telephone lines we would
refer to Fire Warden's report.
Though we had quite a number of lightning fires during
June and July, our lookouts and patrolmen were able to locate
and control them at once with practically no loss of timber.
The latter part of July was extremely hot and dry and the
moisture from the decayed vegetation and leaf mold was rapidly
carried away by the constant winds. On August 2nd a lightn-
ing fire on Washington Creek that had been set on July 28th
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT— 1914 29
broke away by the wind fanning the smouldering trash into a
flame that ran up in the tree tops. Though we had this fire com-
pletely trenched it traveled over these fire breaks in the mossy
tree tops, driven by a heavy wind, and in an hour's time had
covered several sections of timber land. This was the worst
fire that we had during the season and as the wind was blowing
every day it was nearly impossible to completely control it though
we employed two hundred men. While the Washington Creek
fire was at its worst two more fires broke out in the Weippe dis-
trict but these were more easily controlled on account of them
being in a different class of timber where the under-brush and
trash were not so heavy.
On the night of August 20th a general lightning storm that
covered the entire Clearwater District as well as a large area
both to the north and south of us set more than ninety fires. At
this time we had the Washington Creek fire under complete con-
trol and we could give the greater part of our attention to the
new fires and were able to extinguish the greater part of them
before they did much damage.
The labor conditions were different from what they were
in 1910 and we experienced no difficulty in securing plenty of
men that were accustomed to woods work to fight fires. As a
general thing they were a good class of men and gave us good
service. . Though there is a good amount of danger in this class
of work when there are limbs, dead snags and large trees con-
stantly falling and quite often a crown fire raging we had but
one man seriously hurt and this was from his owru_carelessness
in cutting his own foot. After two weeks in the hospital he was
ready for work again.
The Clearwater district is only tapped by a rail road on the
extreme south line and we experienced a very hard problem in
transporting men and supplies to the different fires. We were
forced to employ all available teams and pack horses in the dis-
trict and in this way barely kept supplied. It is possible that it
will be good policy to secure an auto truck of three or four tons
capacity for future emergencies.
We, at all times, received the most hearty co-operation from
the officers of the Clearwater National Forest, the Potlatch Tim-
ber Protective Association and the Coeur d'Alene Timber Pro-
tective Association.
Very respectfully submitted,
T. J. HUMBIRD,
G. A. RUBEDEW,
BEN E. BUSH,
Fire Committee.
Pend d'Oreille
Timber Protective
Association
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©fftora
B. H. Hornby President
Geo. A. Day - Vice President
J. A. Humbird Secretary-Treasurer
W. G. Phalon - - Chief Fire Warden
H. C. Culver B. H. Hornby
A. C. White E. W. Harris
Geo. A. Day E. O. Hawksett
J. A Humbird
PEND D'OREILLE TIMBER
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
1913
Sandpoint, Idaho, December 6, 1913.
Gentlemen:
At the end of the sixth year of the life of the Pend
d'Oreille Timber Protective Association your Fire Com-
mittee begs to report it as one of the most successful in
the history of our work.
Mr. W. G. Fh,alon of Spirit Lake was engaged as Chief
Warden, and commenced lining up his work April 15th.
Experienced District Wardens were employed , and the con-
troling and killing of 52 fires during the season was done
at a very low cost. Arrangements were made for the pa-
troling of 190,000 acres of additional State land in the up-
per Priest Lake country. This necessitated the purchase
of a motor boat and the building of a boat house for the
purpose of getting supplies and men into the upper country.
Several additional wardens were also employed.
We now have 27 members with a total acreage of
584,302.09 acres, on which we levied during the season
assessments amounting to 1% cents per acre. The total
number of acres within our district is something like 1,-
000,000.
We are pleased to report that the damage sustained
during the past season has been practically nothing.
Respectfully submitted,
BEN E. BUSH,
B. H. HORNBY,
J. A. HUMBIRD,
Fire Committee.
SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT
Season 1913
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
From 1913 Subscription list as follows:
Acres Amount
Bonners Ferry Lbr. Co 3,840 $ 57.60
E. T. Chapin Co 480 7.20
Dalkena Lumber Co 5,439.85 81.60
Dover Lumber Co 12,062.81 180.94
M. W. Evans 160 2.40
Fidelity Lumber Co 5,230 78.45
Hope Lumber Co 3,063 45.94
Humbird Lbr. Co 173,820.45 2,607.30
Lindsley Bros. Co 2,401.46 36.01
McGoldrick Lbr. Co 3,920 58.80
Menasha Woodenware Co. . . 11,480 172.20
J. C. Natvig 480 7.20
Chas. L. Heitman 1,219.19 18.29
Northern Pacific Ry 81,572.68 917.70
Albert Otrado 160 2.40
Panhandle Lbr. Co 24,273.15 364.10
Potlatch Lbr. Co 2,559.21 38.39
Rogers Lumber Co 2,480 37.20
Rutledge Timber Co 160 2.40
Sandpoint Lbr. & Pole Co. . . 6,125 91.88
Wm. Wallace 160 1.60
Ignatz Weil 640 9.60
W. P. Whitaker 193 2.90
A. C. White 5,360.09 80.40
Frank Wood 155 1.55
C. M. Young 160 1.60
State of Idaho 236,707.20 2,900.46
, $7,806.11
584,302.09 $7,806.11
From other accounts:
Patrol $ 13.00
Burning slashings 10.65
Bills Payable 500.00
Total Receipts $8,329.76
DISBURSEMENTS.
Deferred Expenses, Season 1912 $ 51.25
Clearing out old trails $ 212.50
Fire Fighting 288.93
Miscellaneous Expense 1,448.41
Patrol 4,430.84
Salary of Chief Fire Warden and Assist. 1,095.85
Office Expense 176.07
Tools 41.25
Horses and saddles 179.65
Burning Slashings 37.50
Maps 32.08
Motor Boat, Boat House for Priest Lake 639.36
. — $8,582.44
Total Disbursements $8,633.69
Bank balance, December 10th, 1912 ..$ 603.62
Receipts during the season 8,329.76
$8,933.38
Less disbursements 8,633.69
Bank Balance, December 1st, 1913 $299.69
Trial balance December 6th, before closing books:
Clearing old trails $ 212.50
Fire Fighting , 288.93
Miscellaneous expense 1,448.41
Patrol 4,417.84
Salary of Chief Warden and Assistant. .1,095.85
Office expense ... 176.07
Camp equipment and tools 806.70
Horses and saddles 779.30
First National bank 299.69
Assessments 7,866.87
Bills Payable 500.00
Burning slashings 26.85
Maps 52.26
Office fixtures 85.95
Season of 1912 1,965.22
Water craft 639.36
Wm. Wallace 80
Frank Wood 78
C. M. Young 80
$10,332.09 $10,332.09
Trial balance December 6th, 1913, after closing books:
Tools $806.70
Horses and saddles 279.30
First National bank 299.69
Bills Payable 500.00
Maps 52.26
Office fixtures 8b.95
Season of 1913 2,165.64
Water craft 639.36
Wm. Wallace 80
Frank Wood 78
C. M. Young . 80
$2,665.64 $2,665.64
The telephone companies, as usual, allowed our War-
dans free use of their toll lines throughout the district.
Cost of extinguishing 52 fires during the season was only
$288.93. Cost of patroling, $4,417.84, while the net cost
for the season was only $7,666.45. Of this amount
$2,953 was expended for labor, $1,569.79 for board, lodg-
ing and horse feed, and $287.69 for provisions and sup-
plies. $1,000, received from the Federal Government un-
der the Weeks Law, should be added, which would make
the net cost $8,666.45, which is very low, considering the
1,060,332 acres patroled.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. HUMBIRD,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Dec. 6, 1913.
Board of Directors,
Pend d'Oreille Timber Protective Assn.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned, have examined the books of the
Association for the year ending December 1st, 1913, and
find them to be correct. Vouchers for all payments made
are on file, all items properly charged, and all entries
correctly made.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. WHITE,
H. C. CULVER,
By B. HITCHCOCK,
Auditing Committee.
REPORT OF CHIEF WARDEN
Pend d'Oreille Fire District
Nov. 17, 1139.
To the Idaho State Land Board and the Pend d'Oreille
Timber Protective Association:
Gentlemen:
The following is my report of work done during the
season of 1913:
Came to Sandpoint and started work on the 15th of
April; on May 1st we started burning slashings in Sec-
12-58-1 West; slashings were a little damp, so concluded
to wait for dryer weather, commencing operations again
May 6th, burning over about 160 acres. Also burned
some slashings in Section 33 and 34 in Twp. 59-1, West,
lying north of Pack River. This burning was done for
Humbird Lumber Company. The above company also
gave me -Sections 27 and 35 in Twp. 58-1, West, to burn,
but on looking over the land found some cedar left, so
did not burn this; up to date this cedar has not been
removed, so the slashings on these two sections will have
to be burned next spring.
Burned the following slashings for A. C. White in
May: the S%, the NW^4 of SE^ of Section 1-56-4 West;
the SWSW of Section 6; the NWNW of Section 7, in 56-3,
West. In all, about 310 acres.
On May the 10th had a heavy rain, which continued in-
termittently until the end of the open season, so did not
fc-et any more slashings burned.
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During the summer we looked after the burning of
1000 acres of slashings for H. P. Samuels of lola; it was
piled up in good shape; Mr. Samuels furnished the men
and myself and deputies looked after it, as most of the
burning was done near timber belonging to Association
members.
On gathering up the horses this spring I found that
we need a couple more, and purchased two at good bar-
gains, paying $55 for a two-year-old mare with saddle, and
paying $45 for another. We needefl three saddles, so made
a trip to Spokane and purchased three good ones for $50.
Two or three of the old horses are not in very good shape,
and I would advise selling them in the spring.
On the first of June put on five Deputy Wardens un-
der the Weeks Law Provision; these men were paid by the
Federal Service under the Weeks Law Provision until
Aug. 19th; thereafter were paid by the Association, as
the $1000 had been expended. About the middle of June
commenced puttting on the balance of the patrolmen, and
by the 7th of July had all the men placed in their dif-
ferent districts. On July 22nd considered it advisable to
put another man in the Blanchard district, which I did.
Wardens on patrol cleared out the trails in each district.
Put on four additional patrolmen in the Priest Lake coun-
try to patrol the State selections in that district. During
the season had 23 wardens employed.
Issued 210 fire permits during the season in the dis-
trict, and 157 in the Forest Reserves, through the Forest
Supervisors. Permits ranged, from one to fifty acres,
which goes to show that there was considerable burning
done during the dry season; there was no damage done,
and we had no trouble with any of this burning.
Stationed only one man at the head of Spirit Lake,
where in former years there had been two, and did not
consider it necessary to put a man at Fish Lake this
season, instructing the Spirit Lake Warden to look after
that territory. During the season took one man from the
Lightning Creek district and sent him over to patrol the
Grouse Creek territory to fill a vacancy there; saving the
cost of three men during the summer.
Humbird Lumber Company loaned the Association the
use of two telephones, one of which I placed on Section
11-58-4 West, and the other at the mouth of Indian
Creek, connecting them with the Government line. Gave
Wardens instructions to keep the line in good order during
the season.
During the season we controlled and killed 52 fires;
below is listed the causes:
6 careless workmen
8 smokers
11 unknown origin
6 old burning
7 ranchers burning without permits
3 campers
9 sparks from locomotives
1 mischievous boy
1 lightning
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Following is a report of such fires as caused extra
expense to the Association in controlling:
DISRICT NO. 1.
Aug. 27. — Fire started on Section 1752-4 West, caused
by careless workmen in the employ of Wilson Leuthold
Lumber Co. Panhandle Lumber Co. sent 9 men from Spirit
Lake, and the Wilson Leuthold Company furnished two
men. The last named company claimed their men did not
set the fire, and the Association was compelled to stand
most of the cost. The Wilson Leuthold Company had 7
or 8 men on the job a few hours, and rendered the bill for
the two men above mentioned, and for the meals. The
fire burned over about 80 acres in Sections 7 and 17.
Cost of controlling, $56.43.
DISTRICT NO. 7.
June 25th. — On above date was returning to Sand-
point from Clagstone via the S. I. and noticed a fire some-
where back of Laclede. On arriving at Sandpoint immedi-
ately called up A. C. White's office and was told they did
not know about the fire, but would look it up. Took War-
den Young of Sandpoint with me and drove drown; met
Alex McMillan on the way and put him on patrol in that
district temporarily. When we arrived at the fire, which
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was on the Sy2 NW of Section 11-56-4 and the N%NW of
14, found A. C. White had 19 men at work on the fire. It
was in a heavy slashing and there were quite a few poles,
and the ground was pretty well covered with chutes. About
6:00 in the evening it started to rain, so left Warden
McMillan to put out the fire. This fire burned over about
120 acres, burning about 750 cedar poles belonging to A.
C. White. Extra cost to Association, $27, as per bill from
A. C. White.
Aug. 27th. — Fire started on the SESE of Section 1-56-4
West, burning over about 120 acres in Sections 1, 6 and
12. Caused by the carelessness of A. C. White's man in
charge of burning around the camp. A. C. White took
care of this fire the first 24 hours, and after that had 24
of his men for one day to kill it. No damage. Extra cost
to the Association, $60.
Aug. 30th. — Fire started on the NW1^ of Section
12-56-4 West, burning over about 200 acres in Sections 2,
11 and 12. Cause of fire unknown. A. C. White kept
men at work on the fire for the first 24 hours; after that
it took 22 men one day to kill the fire; Warden John-
ston could not patrol his district and look after this fire
at the same time, so sent Assistant Chief Ballinger to
help him. A small strip of timber on the edge of Section
1 was scorched, but is now being cut by Mr. White, so the
damage was practically nothing. Total cost to Association,
$55.00.
DISTRICT NO. 10.
July 24th.- — Fire started on Section 16-58-1 West,
burning over about 400 acres. Cause unknown. Hum-
bird Lumber Company had all their men at Camp No. 3 at
work on the fire the first 24 hours; Assistant Chief War-
den Ballinger took 15 men from town and went to the
assistance of Warden Seymour; it took 3% days to con-
trol the fire, after which it was looked after by Warden
Seymour and 2 men for a couple of days. No damage.
The fire burned on for over a month, but was kept under
control by Warden Seymour. Extra cost to Association,
$134.00.
Aug. 4th. — Fire started on Section 20-58-1 West, burn-
ing over 40 acres in the NE%. Cause unknown. It took
±1
2 men 3 days to kill the fire. No damage. Extra cost to
Association, $17.00.
DISTRICT NO. 14.
July 26th. — Fire started on the NESW of Section 12-
58-1 West, burning over a very small area. Caused by a
careless smoker. Warden Martin employed six men to
help kill this fire. Told him to keep his expense down
on similar fires, and he turned in his resignation. No dam-
age. Extra cost, $10.00.
Sept. 1st started laying off the patrolmen, and had
them all off by Sept. 5th. The weather became very dry
after that date, and on Sept. 16th put a man to patrol the
Grouse Creek District, as there were several very bad
slashings in that neighborhood. Kept him on until the
22nd, when we had a good rain.
About the 1st of September wrote to the different
members for a list of slashings to be burned. Burned
160 acres for Dalkena Lumber Company in Section 34-
58-4 West. Humbird Lumber Company furnished a list for
burning, but the weather was too wet for good burning,
so thought best to leave it until spring.
Gathered up the horses, and have let them out for
the winter to good responsible parties, securing signed
agreements to feed and take good care of them until
spring. Report of the disposition of each horse is filed in
the office of the Secretary.
Tools are in good condition and are stored as per
detailed report filed with the Secretary. Launch at Priest
Lake is raised out of the water and stored in boat house
for the winter.
Respectfully submitted,
W. G. PHALON,
Chief Fire Warden.
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PEND D'OREILLE
TIMBER PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION
1914
OFFICERS:
B. H. HORNBY - President
GEO. A. DAY - - - - - Vice President
J. A. HUMBIRD - Secretary-Treasurer
W. G. PHALON - Chief Fire Warden
DIRECTORS:
H. C. Culver B. H. Hornby
A. C. White B. L. Willis
Geo. A. Day G. F. Hagenbuch
J. A. Humbird
SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT
Season 1914
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
From 1914 subscription list as follows:
Acres Amount
Bonners Ferry Lbr. Co 3,840 153.60
E. T. Chapin Co 833 33.32
Dalkena Lbr. Co 5,439.85 217.56
Dover Lbr. Co 12,862.81 514.48
M. W. Evans 160 6.40
Fidelity Lbr. Co 6,270 250.80
Hope Lbr. Co 3,063 122.52
Humbird Lbr. Co 173,762.01 6,950.48
Lindsley Lbr. Co 2,401.46 96.04
McGoldrick Lbr. Co 4,160 166.40
Menasha Woodenware Co 11,160 446.40
J. C. Natvig 240 9.60
Chas. L. Heitman 1,219.19 48.76
Northern Pacific 80,946.96 2,428.40
Albert Otrado 160 6.40
Panhandle Lbr. Co 24,273.15 970.92
Potlatch Lbr. Co 2,559.21 102.36
Rogers Lbr. Co 2,480 99.20
E. Rutledge Timber Co 160 6.40
Sandpoint Lbr. & Pole Co.... 7,365 294.60
Ignatz Weil 640 26.20
W. F. Whitaker 193 1.95
A. C. White 6,300 90.75
Frank Wood 155 6.20
C. M. Young 160 7.20
J. B. Page 140 4.70
State of Idaho 230,683.54 5,580.22
$18,641.36
575,824.18
From other accounts:
Donated by Great Northern Ry $ 250.00
Burning slashings 191.75
Total receipts $19,083.11
DISBURSEMENTS.
Deferred expenses, season 1913 $ 132.85
Board, lodging and horse feed $ 422.53
Clearing old trails 52.00
Miscellaneous expense 1,046.15
Patrol 5,656.08
Provisions and supplies 450.57
Salary of chief warden 1,813.80
Office expense 199.80
Trail cutting, new 150.60
Transportation 213.49
Fire 4,973.09
Bills payable 500.00
Camp equipment and tools 122.08
Water craft expense 240.00
Total disbursements $16.003.04
Bank balance, December 1, 1913. . $ 299.69
Receipts during the season 19,083.11
$19,382.80
Less disbursements 16,003.04
Bank balance, December 1, 1914 3,379.76
TRIAL BALANCE BEFORE CLOSING BOOKS:
Board, lodging and horse feed $ 422.53
Clearing old trails 52.00
Miscellaneous expense 1,046.15
Patrol 5,656.08
Provisions and supplies 450.57
Salary of chief warden and assistant 1,813.80
Office expense 199.80
Trail cutting, new 150.60
Transportation 213.49
Camp equipment and tools 928.78
Horses and saddles 779.30
Burning slashings 39.50
First National bank 3,379.76
Fires 4,973.09
Assessments, 1914 $22,159.97
Mi\ps 52.26
Office fixtures 85.95
Season, 1913 $ 2,281.21
Water craft . -. 669.36
St&te of Idaho 3,358.76
Panhandle Lumber Co 8.75
Ignatz Weil .60
A. C. White . ... 161.25
$24,441.78 $24,441.78
TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 1, 1914, AFTER CLOSING
BOOKS.
Season, 1914 $ 8,572.92
C^mp equipment $ 700.00
Horses arid saddles 400.00
First National Bank 3,379.76
Maps 25.00
Office fixtures 40.00
Water craft 500.00
State of Idaho 3,358.76
Panhandle Lbr. Co 8.75
Ignatz Weil .60
A. C. White 161.25
$ 8,573.52 $ 8,573.52
To the above expenditures should be added $1,000 received
under- the "Weeks Law" from the government, whioh would
make the total expenditure for the scanon $17,003.04. With an
acreage of 575,824 acres contributing makes the actual cost
of protection per acre 2.95 cents, which is ve:y low consider-
ing ti:e unusually dry seison.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. HUMBIRD,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Pend d'Oreille Timber Protective Association rind State Beard
of Land Commissioners.
Gentlemen —
We, your auditing committee, have this day carofiuiy ex-
amined the vouchers and audited the> books and accounts of
the Pend d'Oreille Timber Protective Association and teg to
report that we h?ve found the sams correct in every par-
ticular up to and including December 1, 1914.
The ba:.ik book of the association shows a balance of
$3,510.26, while the ledger cash account shows a balance of
$3,379.76. This is accounted for by the fact that vouchers
Nos. 411, 572, 576 and 579, aggregating $130.50 are outstanding.
The attached trial balance and statement of resources and
liabilities are correct according to the association books.
Respectfully submitted,
BEN E. BUSH, Chairman.
B. L. WILLIS.
REPORT OF CHIEF WARDEN
Pend d'Oreille Fire District
December 1, 1914.
To the Idaho State Land Board and the Pend d'Oreille Timber
Protective Association.
Gentlemen —
The following is my report of the work done during the
season of 1914:
I started work on April 15, looking up tools and horses and
soon afterwards started to burn slashing.
The following is list of slashing burned over this spring:
Slashing burned for the Humbird Lumber company:
Section 10-58-1 west, burned over, 160 acres.
North y2 Section 27-57-3 west, burned over, 320 acres.
Section 21-58-3 west, burned over, 600 acres.
Section 9-58-1 west, part cf line south of river.
Section 16-58-1 west, small corner of slashing NE%.
Section 11-58-1 west, burr.ed over, 400 acres.
SW1^, Section 1-58-1 west, burned over, 40 acres.
S1^ of Sy2, Section 2-58-1 west, burned over, 120 acres.
NWJ/4, Section 12-58-1 west, burned over, 160 acres.
Section 27-58-1 west, burn 3d over, 160 acres.
Section 26-58-1 west, burn 3d over, SO acres.
We also put in a fire line through the SW1/! of Section 1-
58-1 west to keep out any fires from getting into the Humbird
Lumber company's cuttings. Parts of this land getting a good
burn while other parts were damp and did not get as good a
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burn. This burning and trail work was done at a cost of
$191.75 to the Humbird Lumber company.
Slashing burned over for the Panhandle Lumber company:
Section 20-54-4 west, cut by the Panhandle Lumber com-
pany at a cost of $8.75.
June 1 — Alex Ballinger waft put on as assistant.
June 2 — One of "Week's Law" fire wardens was put on.
June 19 — I commenced putting on wardens for the different
districts and by July 7, had wardens covering every district.
August 6 — Several more wardens were put on, this season
of the year being very dry and it being necessary to put on
more help, having 31 wardens on in all. Five of these were
"Week's Law" men paid by the federal government.
A list of the equipment and tools have been filed with the
secretary, and horses have been let out for the winter to par-
ties agreeing to take care of them until spring cr until such
time as called for with no extra expense to the association.
The following is a list of fires and causes:
Incendiary 29
Unknown 51
Without permit 18
Hunters 3
Sawdust pile 1
Lightning 9
Burning out wood rats 1
Railroads 72
Blasting on county road 1
Campers 5
Spring burning 5
Sparks from donkey engine 1
Smoking in woods 3
Carelessness 3
Homesteader's chimney 1
Berry pickers 1
Fishermen 5
Portable saw mill 3
Drilling machine 3
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The following is a report of such fires as caused extra ex-
pense to the association in controlling:
District No. 1— Spirit Lake.
August 6— Fire started on Section 7-56-3 west, in the Wil-
son-Leuthold land slashings, coming 'up the hill and endanger-
ing the timber belonging to Mr. Heitman. Fire Warden
Phalon received two men from the Panhandle Lumber com-
pany. The Wilson-Leuthold Lumber company sent up a few
men also, and they had fire under control next morning. On
the morning of August 7, the Panhandle Lumber company sent
their camp crew down from the head of Spirit Lake. I ar-
rived there from Sandpoint about an hour later and put a trail
all around the burnings. The fire was about out and the men
were there using the Panhandle men for about five hours.
These men of the Panhandle Lumber company were not called
for by the fire warden. The Panhandle Lumber company pay-
ing for the labor. I had Fire Warden Phalon keep men on
this fire day and night for three days or until there was no
possible chance for the fire to break out again. The associa-
tion paid boat and railway transportation and board for the
men from iSpirit Lake and return. No damage of timber.
Total cost to the association, $104.75.
August 20 — This fire started in 20-52-4 west, burning
in a northeasterly direction; burning over 320 acres on Sec-
tion 20; 480 acres on Section 16; 320 acres on Section 9; 640
acres in Section 10; 640 acres in Section 2; 320 acres in Sec-
tion 3; 160 acres in Section 1, being total acreage of 2880
acres. None of the above land belonged to the association
members and was taken care of by Warden Phalon and Up-
tagraffe. This fire was finally put out by back-firing on old
roads and did not get into any association timber. There was
no timber of any kind destroyed on this land. It was partly
covered by slashings and a small second growth of timber.
No cost to the association other than warden's time.
September 5 — Fire started in the SE*4 of Section 36-53-5
west, burning over two acres. This fire was started after
dark in heavy slashings. Fire Warden Phalon had three paid
fire-fighters on this fire and the help of twenty-two Washing-
ton State football players, who worked with him for five hours
getting this fire under control. With this extra help, and be-
ing on the ground shortly after the fire started saved a big
expense and killing of timber belonging to the Panhandle
Lumber company and the Humbird Lumber company. These
twenty-two men put in their services free of charge. No tim-
ber was killed. Total cost to the association, $10.00.
September 16— Fire started in Section 28-53-4 west. This
fire had a small start when Warden Uptagraffe discovered it,
which was in an old slashing, and burned over about two acres.
Warden hired one man to help him for a day. No timber
killed. Cost to the association, $2.50.
During the season there were seven other fires put out in
this district by wardens with no cost to the association and
no damage to timber of any kind.
District No. 2— Blanchard, Idaho.
September 3 — This fire started in the NE*4 on Section, 30-
54-5 west, and SW*4 of Section 29. Fire Warden Warner
noticed this fire shortly after it started, getting help of six
men and working for three days on this fire, getting it under
control when a small rain came and helped put it entirely out.
This fire was started in several places by an unknown, War-
den finding matches in a box near the fire on his arrival.
This fire cost the association $38.00, killing about 15,000 feet
of timber on the Porier land and burning over aboue 150
acres.
There were seven other fires in this district taken care of
by Wardens and the help of ranchers with no extra cost to the
association and no damage done.
District No. 3— Clagstone and Harlem, Idaho.
August 23— Fire started in NW% of the SE& of Section
32-55-4 west, by someone hunting and dropping matches in old
slashings just by the Northern Mercantile company, burning
over about two acres of slashings. Fire Warden Otrado had
help of two men for a day and put fire out, causing no further
trouble. No damage was done and the cost to the association
was $3.75.
August 31— Fire started in SW& of the SE& on Section 15-
55-4 west, burning south into the NW1^ of the NB% and the
NE% of the NW*4 of Section 22 ; burning 15 acres in Section
15, and 40 acres in Section 22. This fire would have done
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considerable damage if not taken care of at once. Fire War-
den Otrado had the help of five men and himself on this fire.
About 2000 feet of fir and tamarack was killed. Cost to the
association, $16.25.
August 31 — Fire startred on Section 9-55-4 west. The
origin of this fire was unknown, burning over 16 acres. Fire
Warden Otrado had five men for three days on this fire, which
killed about 1000 feet of fir and tamarack. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $37.50.
Fire Warden Otrado had seven other fires which were taken
care of by himself and ranchers, also railroad company, wv;3i
no extra cost to the association and no damage done.
District No. 4— Priest River, Idaho.
August 2 — Fire started on SW1^ of Section 24-56-5 west,
burning over about 16 acres in slashings. It was necessary to
put the help of nineteen men on this fire for two days. Hum-
bird Lumber company having a large number of poles piled
near the fire. No damage was done and the cost to the asso-
ciation was $54.25.
August 4 — Fire started in the west half of Section 20-56-4
west, near the Stage Road, bruning over 10 acres. Fire War-
den Gohr securing the help of three men putting this fire out.
No damage was done and cost to the association was $9.25.
August 4 — Fire started on the Great Northern right-of-way
in Section 25-56-4 west, caused by Great Northern engine
Fire warden secured the help of five men on this for a few
hours. This fire burned over about two acres and cost the
association $5.50, with no damage done.
August 4 — Fire started on Section 17-56-4 west, burning
over 12 acres. This fire was started by an unknown for the
purpose of clearing land. Fire Warden Gohr secured lr'e help
of some men on this fire as it was endangering Association
timber on the east half of the section. No damage was done.
Cost to the association, $44.00.
August 6 — Fire started on Section 13-56-5 west, burning
over about eight acres, which was started by a hunter. No
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damage was done as timber was cut. Fire warden and help
of four men, with cost of $11.00 to the association.
August 9 — Fire started on Section 29-56-4 west, burning
over about 90 acres. This fire was started by an unknown
for the purpose of clearing land. Fire Warden Gohr secured
the help of six men to assist him. Some timber was scorched
in this fire, but did not belong to the association members.
The association furnished one man for two days with extra
help of ranchers. Cost to the association, $5.00.
August 11 — This fire was started by Great Northern engine
on Section 27-56-5 west, burning over 1300 acres and threaten-
ing the mills and yards of the Jurgen Brothers, also the town
of Priest River. The Great Northern Railway company had
150 men on this fire, section gang and extra crews under the
supervision of Fire Wardens Gohr and Thompson. Fire war-
dens and crews did very good work by back-firing and
trenching around this fire. Fire warden estimated the dam-
age done to the ranchers in fences to the amount of $500.00.
The estimated cost of controlling this fire was about $400.00.
No cost to the association. No damage done to timber.
August 12 — Fire started on the SE*4 of the SW*4 of Section
18-56-5 west. This fire was caused by road men blasting
stumps. Government fire guard discovered this fire and in en-
engaging the men working on the road to put it out. Fire War-
dens Gohr and Thompson arrived shortly after the fire started
and it was turned over to them. This fire burned over about
five acres, causing no damage. Wardens Gohr and Thompson
informed me the fire was caused by carelessness by the road
workers. They were not entitled to any wages for the same.
The number of men furnished by the road crew amounted to
about seven men for 32 hours. Total amount, $9.60. The
claim for $9.60 in this fire has not been paid for the above rea-
sons. No damage was done to any timber.
August 18 — Fire started on the NW*4 of the SE*4 on Sec-
tion 17-56-5 west, burning over about 80 to 90 acres. This
fire causing considerable trouble. Fire Wardens Gohr and
Thompson securing help from the Fidelity Lumber company
and also help from Newport, Wash. No merchantable timber
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was killed. Fire burned most in small growth of young trees
and brush. Total cost of this fire, $131.87.
August 19 — Fire started on Section 30-56-4 west, by Great
Northern locomotive on the right-of-way, burning over dry
grass and into a stubble field of about three acres. This fire
destroyed two small log barns and burned eight tons of hay,
also killing 10 apple trees. This fire was taken care of by
section crew of eight men and fire warden in half a day's time
with no cost to the association.
August 31— This fire started on the SW1^ of Section 35-56-4
west, burning over about 120 acres, mostly grass and waste
material lying on the ground. This fire was on the side of the
mountain along the county road between Laclede and Priest
River and had the appearance of a bad fire. No timber was
killed. Five men on this fire beside the warden. Cost to the
association $30.40.
September 2 — Fire started on the SE*4 of Section 25-56-6
west, burning over about 90 acres. This fire endangered tim-
ber in section 30 belonging to the association members. Fire
warden secured help of the ranchers. Twenty men working
on this fire 200 hours. The association paid for 72 hours of
this time which amounted to $18.00. The balance of the time
was donated by the ranchers in fighting fire doing damage to
themselves. A small amount of cord wood timber was killed
but was in private land and did not belong to the association.
September 9 — Fire started in South half of the SW& on
Section 21-56-5 west, and was taken care of by Fire Warden
Thompson and two men. Total time putting this fire out was
116 hours with total cost to the association of $29.00. Burn-
ing over about 28 acres in the slashings made by the Dalkena
Lumber company. No damage was done to timber. This
burn will be of benefit next year, being a bad fire trap.
During the season there were 23 other fires not including
the ones mentioned above. Taken care of by the wardens
with help from the ranchers and railroad companies, which
gave considerable trouble and burned over considerable slash-
ings which will be of a large benefit next season as a number
of these fires were along the railway companies' old roads and
trails.
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District No. 6— Falks, Idaho.
August 4 — Fire started on the S|B^4 and SW*4 of Section
4-57-4 west. Fire Warden Huot thinks this fire was started
by someone. He had several men and a team on the fire put-
ting trenches around it and hauling water from a nearby
creek; putting fire entirely out. This fire would have caused
considerable damage as it was in a heavy slashing and en-
dangered timber belonging to the association. Cost to the
association, $67.00. No damage done.
August 18 — Fire started on Section 28-57-4 west, in slash-
ings made by the Forest Service Sales. It was caused by an
old burn in the spring by the forest service. I had Fire War-
dens Mitchell and Huot on this fire for several days, until re-
lieved by Fire Warden Garvey. This fire broke out several
times later in the season and was. taken care of by Fire
Warden Garvey. No damage was done and made a very good
burn which will be of valuable aid next summer. Govern-
ment settled cost of this fire.
August 28— Fire started in the SW^ of the NW% of Sec-
tion 14-57-4 west, burning over about 10 acres of dead grass
and brush, killing about 5000 feet of yellow pine. Fire War-
den Gohr and 13 men come up from Priest River putting
trenches around the fire, also burying 'up any scattered fire.
Caused no further trouble. This fire was undoubtedly set by
someone for it had started in 15 different places. Cost to the
association, $125.26.
August 30 — Fire started on the SE*4 and NW% of Section
16-57-4 west, burning over one acre. Fire Warden Gohr left
one man on this fire for four days. This fire was mostly in
thick, dead brush. No damage was done to standing timber.
Cost of this fire to the association, $11.00.
September 1— This fire broke out in the NE^4 of the NiW&
on Section 4-57-4 west, burning over about 30 acres. Fire
Warden Huot discovered this fire and immediately notified
Forest Supervisor Stickney of the Forest Service of this fire.
Mr. Stickney informed Mr. Huot that the government would
attend to the cost of this fire. A stageload of men came up
from Priest River and with what men could be gotten locally,
had a crew of about 40 men putting a fire trail around the
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edge of the green timber. About 2000 feet of the green tim-
ber was scorched and will die. The same amount of timber
would have been scorched in burning the slashings either in
the spring or fall. This fire looked as though it had been
startred by someone to gain work. Estimated cost to the
government of this fire, $275.00.
There were four other fires in this district taken care of by
the warden and help from the ranchers with no cost to the
association.
District No. 7 — Wrencoe and Laclede, Idaho.
June 23 — This fire started in the NE1^ of the SE^4 of Sec-
tion 11-56-4 west, caused by sparks from a donkey engine.
This fire burned over about 15 acres and burned about 2000
decked cedar logs. Also burned about 200 cedar poles. Mr.
White furnished the help on this fire for the first 24 hours.
I was at the fire with Mr. White and he was pleased that the
damage was as small as it was as the fire was in a bad place
on the slope of the hill. Fire Warden McMillan put trenches
around the fire, cutting down all such trees with fire in and
burying all fires inside the trenches. This fire caused us no
further trouble during the summer. Cost to the association,
$24.90.
July 21— This fire started in the NW% of the SE^ on Sec-
tion 1-56-4 west, burning over 160 acres. Fire Warden John-
son reports this fire was started to make cheap swamping
later on in the season. This fire killed about^OOO feet of
white pine and 75,000 feet of cedar which was of no loss as it
was logged soon alter. Cost to the association, $24.75.
July 26— Fire started- on the SW^ of the NE*4 of section
21-57-3 west. This fire was caused by campers and burned
over two acres. Warden Jchnson left one man in charge of
this fire for two days putting the fire entirely out, as ha had
to be at another fire the same time. Cost to the association,
$5.50.
August 15— Fire started en the SW% of the SE^i of Sec-
tion 11-56-4 west, burning over about two acres of slashings
and was taken care of by the f.re warden and extra help. This
was in heavy slashing and would have caused a bad fire if
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not taken care of at once. No damage done and cost to the
association, $14.62.
August 15 — This fire started in the NE*4 of the NW% of
Section 1-56-4 west, burning over five acres and taken care of
at once by the warden and extra help. This also was in heavy
slashing and would have caused heavy expense in loss of logs
cut and skidded. No damage was done by this fire and cost
to the association was $18.12.
Fire Warden Johnson had 19 other fires which were taken
care of by himself and the railroad companies with no extra
cost to the association.
District No. &— Sandpoint, Idaho.
August 5 — This fire started on the east half of the east half
of Section 23-58-2 west, and near the old logging chute going
up hill to the old slashings to the top of the hill
in Section 23. I happened along about the time when
the fire started and went up in the woods and found Jack
O'Malley coming out of the woods. He had just discovered
the fire which was in the neighborhood of where he was mak-
ing posts out of the old chute. He claimed that he did not
know how the fire started. I secured help from Christ
Peterson and had a fire trail put around the fire, cutting trees
down with fire in and burying up this fire. These men
worked a total of 117 hours and cost the association $29.25.
No damage was done and no standing timber damaged. This
fire gave us considerable trouble.
August 15 — This fire burned over SE1^ of Section 5; NW&
of Section 8 and NE% of Section 7-56-2 west; burning over
about 480 acres. This fire was in heavy brush and burned
slowly. We kept close watch on this fire and by the first of
September put men on for two days until a rain came and put
this fire out. No damage done. Coat to the association,
$56.90.
August 16— Fire started in the SW*4 of the NE*4 of Section
29-57-2 west. This fire was started by ranchers and burned
over 120 acres. Fire burning fairly bad. Fire Warden
Brooks and myself and one man took care of this fire which
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was burning west into the association timber, getting same
under control. Cost of this fire was $5.50. No damage.
August 25 — Fire started on the SE^ of the SW*4 of Section
9-57-2 west, burning over five acres. Fire Warden Brooks
and myself and five men worked on this fire all day and finally
getting it under control. It was making headway for the
mountain northwest of Sandpoint. We checked this fire on
old roads and trails. This fire was started by A. D. Hood
without a permit. I had Mr. Hood arrested. Also Mr. Lin-
strom, a rancher west of Dover, for starting fire without a per-
mit. So far neither of them have had trial. No damage was
done. Cost to the association, $11.00.
August 28— Fire started in the SW& of the SE% of Section
34-58-2 west Caused by sparks from homesteader's chimney,
his cabin being on this side of the hill. This land had been
burned over in 1910 and was mostly brush fire and caused no
damage. It was necessary to keep two men with Warden
Brooks on this fire to keep it from spreading further north
into the association timber. This land was covered with rock
and was hard to put out as no soil could be had to work with.
Burned over about 300 acres, doing no damage. Cost to the
association, $17.87.
September 1 — Fire started in the NE^ of the SW^ of Sec-
tion 21-57-2 west. It was necessary to put two men on this
fire for five days as this, if it had gotten any headway, would
have caused damage to the association timber further west.
The ranchers out in this neighborhood were continually set-
ting fires for clearing land and did not look after the fires. It
was to their benefit that these fires should run over their land
and they did not seem to care anything about other people's
timber. No damage done by this fire. Cost to the association,
$13.75.
Fifty other fires were taken care of by wardens and help
from the ranchers. No other cost to the association.
District No. 9— Westmond, Idaho.
August 11 — Fire started in slashings on Section 29-56-3
west. Warden McMillan reported that he thought the ranch-
ers caused these fires, which burned over slashings in the
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south 'half of the section and the south half of the north half.
It was necessary to do considerable trenching and back-firing
as the north half of the section belonged to the c.ssociation mem-
bers. McMillan secured help from ranchers and men were sent
out from Sandpoint. Fire swept across the SW*A of Section 24
into the NE*4 of Section 26 and into NW*4 of Section 26 and
about 120 acres in the north half of north half of Section 25,
burning about 640 acres over in all- It was necessary to keep a
few men on this fire until the fall rain set in. No damage
done to association members by this fire. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $413.50.
August 20 — Fire started by ranchers in Section 9-56-3 west,
burning over about 480 acres in the west half of Section 9 arid
the east half of Section 8. This fire was taken care oi by
warden and help of settlers and there were also six other fires
which cleared up considerable slashings and will be of benefit
next year as these were bad fire traps. No cost to the asso-
ciation.
District No. 10— Colburn, Idaho.
July 9 — Fire started in slashing in Section 9-58-1 west,
burning over one acre. Fire Warden Seymour with the help
of one man put this fire out. No damage. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $1.25.
July 14 — Fire started by lightning in the East half of Sec-
tion 12-58-2 west, burning over one acre. Taken care of by
warden and one man. No damage done. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $1.50.
July 21 — Fire started in Section 9-58-1 west, in slashing,
burning over about 80 acres. Fire Warden with the help of
six men put this fire out. No damage dene and cost the
association $16.56.
July 25 — Small fire started in Section 20-58-1 west, burning
over a small space in the slashings. Fire warden had help of
one man on this fire. No damage and cost to the association
$2.50.
July 29— Fire broke out on the SE*4 of Section 14-55-2
west. As near as we could find out this fire was caused by
ranchers. Fire Warden Seymour worked on this fire for a
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day and it was necessary to secure the help of extra men as
he had a large fire in Section 8. This fire broke out in three
different places. Cost the association $36.15. No damage to
timber.
August 1 — Fire started on Section 8-58-1 west, caused by
berry pickers and owned by the Sandpoint Lumber & Pole
company. It was necessary to keep a few men on this fire for
some time as the company had camp buildings and a large
pole yard on the land. We did considerable trenching and
back firing work, keeping fire away from poles and buildings.
On August 11, this fire fanned up by a heavy wind blew north-
east across Sections 4 and 5, burning up 150 cords of wood be-
longing to Mr. Foote of Colburn, Idaho. This fire ran into
Section 33 and was taken care of there. This fire burned over
800 acres in this district. No damage other than done to
cord wood, and the cost to the association was $162.85.
August 3— Fire started in North half of Section 16-58-1
west, burning over 40 acres along the Pack River bottom. It
was necessary to keep a man patrolling this fire for five days
and keep it out of SW*4 of section 10 owned by the Mensha
Woodenware company. No damage done by this fire and cost
to the association was $13.75.
August 28 — Fire started on the South half of Section 8-58-1
west, burning over 80 acres of slashings. It was necessary to
keep one man on this for a few days. This fire did not do
any damage other than clear up the slashing with a cost to
the association of $6.00.
September 5 — Fire was started in 15 different places, burn-
ing over about ten acres in all in Section 34 and 35-59-1 west.
This fire was started by someone on both sides of the trail for
two miles and by prompt action ^f the Fire Warden in dis-
covering this fire and getting help this fire was put out. Part
of this fire was in green timber in Section 24 and slashing in
Section 35. Fire was started in the evening and did not get
any chance to do any damage Cost to the association, $13.75.
District No. 12— Upper Pack Hirer.
August 2— Fire started in the iSjE1^ of the SW*4 of Section
13-59-1 west, near the wagon road, burning considerable
slashing on bottom land and fire running up hill in grass and
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brush and was endangering the timber north and east of it.
Warden McGregor telephoned for men and I sent 15 men up
by train and auto with Assistant Ballinger. This fire was
hard to handle on the hill as it was rocky and not much soil
to work with. About 200 acres being burned over. No dam-
age and cost to the association, $193.05.
September 4— Fire started on SE1^ of the SW^4 of Section
24-59-2 west, burning over 120 acres. Could not learn cause
of this fire. Fire warden came to lola and telephoned me for
help. It startred to rain shortly after I received the message
and no help was sent. This fire killed about 50,000 feet of
white pine in Section 23 and along the line between Sections
23 and 24. Not being necessary to send men on acco'unt of
the heavy rain.
Two other fires occurred in this district being taken care of
by the warden, one by lightning and the other caused by
fishermen.
District tfo. 14— Elmira, Idaho.
July 19— Fire startred on the NW% of Section 22-59-1 west.
Mr. Samuels had his crew of 10 men for a day and a half on
this fire, which burned over five acres, putting a good ditch all
around the fire and cutting down all stubs and burying fire.
He wanted to make sure that this fire would cause no other
trouble. Mr. Samuels was inclined to think that thirj fire had
been set on his land by a certain man but did not have suffi-
cient evidence to convict him. No damage to timber and no
cost to the association.
August 11 — This fire started from Section 8-58-1 west, and
a very heavy wind blowing caused this fire to sweep across
Section 5 and the west half of Section 4-59-1 west. Mr. J. A.
Humbird and myself were over on Section 8 and made our
way around to Section 33 and met Fire Warden Young, who
had just come around from the east side of the fire. We se-
cured help of Mr. Samuels' crew and found an old road that
we could use as a fire line and commenced to back fire against
the fire. Also had help of ranchers. Fire had jumped this
road in several places and it was necessary to put a trench
around these places and keep up a good patrol all night hold-
ing the fire here. If this fire had gotten any headway north
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of this road it would have gotten into heavy slashing in Sec-
tion 34 and most likely burned the Humbird Lumber camps
and timber lying north. No damage was done and cost to the
association was $105.50.
August 23 — Fire started on NE*4 of the SE1^ of Section 22-
59-1 west, caused by someone camping over night. This fire
was caught in time and burned two acres of slashing. No
damage done and cost to the association was $5.00.
Thirty-two other fires occurred in this district, mostly fires
from locomotives along the right-of-way of the S. & I and G.
N. railways.
These fires ranged from one-quarter acre to two acres in
size.
District No. 15— Naples, Idaho.
July 17— This fire started in the North half
of the North half of Section 20-60-1 west, and was
caused by men clearing a mill site for the .Sandpoint Lumber
& Pole company. The company :had a lot of cedar made on
this ground an I were skidding it up into piles. This fire
spread quickly and burned over this ground which
was covered with cedar bark and tops, causing con-
siderable damage, amounting to $2,000. The company had
their crew on the ground and took care of the fire for the first
twenty-four hours. I sent Fire Warden Young up to the fire
from Sandpoint as soon as notified, who took charge of the
fire and put a good line around this, burying up all live fire.
Caused no further trouble the balance of the season. Cost of
controlling fire, $72.50.
August 17— Fire started on the SW% of the NW^4 of Sec-
tion 36-61-1 west, burning over two acres. The cause of this
fire was unknown. It was necessary to keep three men on
this fire trenching and burying up fire which did no damage
on account of being taken care of on time. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $18.75.
August 26 — Fire started in the SW% of the NW*4 in Section
11-60-1 west, burning over 8 acres in slashing. Fire warden
with help of three men put fire trail around this fire. No
damage done and cost to the association, $18.25.
August 28 — The above fire on Section 11, fanned up again
by strong wind, getting over fire line. Warden Leflam had
one man help him for four hours. Fire doing no damage and
cost to the association, $1.00.
September 7 — Fire startred on the North half of SE*4 of
Section 35-61-1 west, burning over 60 acres. Fire Warden
Leflam secured the help of six men, local, putting fire line on
east side, keeping this fire out of Section 36. No damage done
to timber. Cost to the association, $45.00.
September 5 — Fire started on N(W% of the SE^i of Section
6-60-1 east, burning over two acres. Cause of fire was un-
known. Fire warden with help of two men put fire under
control and owner of land paying costs. No damage done.
District at Large.
August 1— Fire started on SE%'of the NW*4 of Section 32-
59-1 west, caused by sparks from Bolin's mill. Firel Warden
Shipley was on the ground shortly after the fire started. Mr.
Bolin furnished three men putting fire line entirely around
fire. This fire killed 30,000 feet of white pine and 2,000 feet
of cedar and 1,500 feet of fir. The white pine was small, run-
ning about 20 logs to the thousand feet, and can be saved with
only a small loss if logged in the next few years. Fire burn-
ing over about 20 acres. This timber was killed along the
line of the NW% of the NW.% and NE% of the NW&. No cost
to the association.
August 18 — Fire broke out on Section 26-58-1 west, burning
over about 2,000 acres, caused by an old spring burning. This
fire was watched by wardens at different times and we put
a man on it for a few days to keep it away from some cedar
on the ground. This fire did no damage other than clearing
up a lot of slashing which will be of benefit next year in Sec-
tions 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, 36. Cost to the association, $27.75.
This district had three other fires, taken care of by war-
dens with no cost to the association. Burned over 30 acres
with no damage.
Coolin District
August 14 — Fire broke out in the West half of Section 15-
60-3 west, caused by lightning storm. Burned over about 40
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acres east of Section 14. This fire was discovered by Patrol-
man Mitchell while patrolling Priest Lake. Fire Warden
Mitchell started out to find this fire in the evening but was
unsuccessful. I sent Fire Warden Huot out to locate this fire
which he did in two days, as it had rained, causing consider-
able trouble in locating the fire. Fire Warden Mitchell built
trail from the end of Soldier Creek to the top of the Di/ide
on the North and East Fork of Soldier Creek. This fire
caused considerable work and it was necessary to keep a
force of men on this fire for some time. This firo burned over
a small second growth of timber and across the top of the
main divide. There being no soil on the Divide to work with.
No damage to merchantable timber was done and the cost of
this fire to the association $524.70.
August 18 — Fire broke out in Sections 20-21-64-4 west,
caused by lightning and burning over about 160 acres in grass
and brush on the top of the main Divide at Priest Lake. It
was necessary to keep these men working on this fire to keep
it out of timber in the north part of Trapper Basin. This fire
was above the timber line. No damage was done and the cost
to the association, $92.50.
August 21— Fire broke out in Section 26-54-5 west, caused
by lightning. It was necessary to keep a few men on this
fire for some time io keep it from spreading. This fire did no
damage other than in the old burning. Cost to the association
fire was $79.90.
August 21 — Fire broke out in Section 23-54-5 west, caused
by lightning. This fire did no damage and was taken care of
by the warden with extra help. This fire was not in the asso-
ciation land but endangered timber lying east of it on the
association holdings. No damage was done and cost of the
fire was $79.00.
Several other small fires occurred in this district which
were taken care of by the wardens in this district with no
further expense to the association.
Grouse Creek District.
July 18— Fire started in the SE*4 of the NW^4 of Section 1-
59-1 west, burning over one acre of slashing. Fire Warden
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Deffenbacher secured the help of five men putting this fire
under control. No damage. Cost to the association of con-
trolling fire was $4.00.
July 18— Fire started on the SW^4 of the NE& of Section
11-58-1 west, burning over 80 acres. Cause of this fire un-
known. We did considerable back firing to keep it in control
and kept a few men around Lane's Camp to keep from burn-
ing camp. Also had been putting out small fires. N > dam-
age done by this fire. Cost to the association was $63.00.
July 20— Fire started in the NE^4 of the SW*4 of Section 36-
58-1 west. This fire was caused by an old burning, which
burned through the works of the Humbird Lumber Co.'s Camp
No. 3, a heavy wind making fire very bad. It was necessary
to put in a back-firing line from SE*4 of Section 26 through
the NE*4 of 36 and a number of men were sent up from Sand-
pom, also crew of the Humbird Lumber company working on
fire. This fire destroyed 100,000 feet of white pine and cedar
logs which were cut on the ground, making a total loss. It
was necessary to keep a number of men on this fire for some
time. The Humbird Lumber company had their force of men
on the fire for the first twenty-four hours. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $631.15.
August 1 — Fire started in the NW*4 of the SW*4 of Section
30-59-1 east. This fire was caused by fishermen. It was
necessary to put a fire trail around part of the fire to keep it
away from the green timber. No timber was killed and the
cost to the association was $133.65.
August 6 — Fire startred in the NE^4 of the SE^ of Section
34-59, 1 west. This fire was caused by an unknown, burning
over 80 acres. This fire was started in a heavy slashing, it
being necessary to put a fire line around this to keep it from
spreading into the green timber and keep it from burning
west, which would have caused a loss to the Humbird Lumber
company's camp No. 1. No damage done. Fire cost the asso-
ciation $165.00.
August 7— Fire started in the SE*4 of the SWi/i of Section
1, burning over 300 acres. Fire started from other fires in a
high wind. This fire soon spread through the workings of the
Humbird Lumber company, doing considerable damage to
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chutes and logs. Humbird Lumber company had all men
from Camp No. 4, about 100 in number, and a number of men
were sent up from .Sandpoint also. It was necessary to put
trenches across Section 1, north, into Section 31 and part of
Section 26. It was necessary to keep men on this fire for
some time to keep it from going into greren timber on Sec-
tions 1 and 31. The damage to logs, 250,000 white pine and
cedar which was a total loss. Cost to the association,
$839.30.
August 24 — Fire startred in SE% of the SE% of Section
25-59-1 west. Cause unknown. Fire burned over 10 acres in
green timber. This was a ground fire and did not damage
much as timber was soon cut afterwards. It was necessary
to keep men on this fire for a few days to watch fire trail and
keep fire from spreading east. No damage. Cost to the asso-
ciation, $32.00.
August 7— Fire started in the NE% of the NW^i of Sec-
tion 31 and SE%- of the SW% of Section 30-59-1 east. This
fire burned over about 100 acres. It was necessary to send
30 men from Sandpoint. This fire did no damage to the
chutes. It was necessary to put a fire line in Section 30 and
31 to keep the fire out of the green timber. This fire cost
the association $293.50.
Three other fires occurred in this district and were taken
care of by the warden.
Respectfully submitted,
W. G. PHALON,
Chief Fire Warden.
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Why Are Forest Fires More
Numerous Now Than
Formerly?
History of the Age-Old Struggle by
Pacific Northwest Forests
WESTERN FORESTRY C& CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
K. T. ALLEN, Forester
The Pacific Northwest leads America in organization for forest fire
prevention. State and federal government do as much in other regions —
in some more— but it is here that cooperative patrol by private forest
owners originated and has reached its highest development. This move-
ment, started by a few Coeur d'Alene timbermen in 1906, has spread
from coast to coast, but is most effective in the territory from Northern
Montana to Northern California, where private owners, at an expense of
hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, maintain a chain of patrols
which safeguard a fifth of the nation's timber and cooperate or dovetail
with public protective systems to complete the greatest fire preventive
organization in the world. It extinguishes thousands of fires annually
and keeps the loss of the nation's forest resources, and of citizens' prop-
erty and lives, down to a negligible percentage.
Yet the very activities of this great protective system, and the atten-
tion it calls to the forest fire evil, sometimes lead to queries as to the
reason why these matters demand increasing attention. "Once we had
no protection," say such inquirers, "but no one thought much about
forest fire danger. Why are there so many more fires than there used
to be? Is all this expensive effort really needed now, more than it was
then?"
THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FIRES
A better knowledge of this country we live in demands that this
question be answered. It is seldom asked except by those who do not
know the history of our forests, but to such, as well as to those who
do know it, this history, written with a flame-tipped pencil, should be
of absorbing interest. For we live in a fire-scarred land, swept from
time immemorial by conflagrations which have not only changed its face
from time to time but have, through slow ages, determined the very
trees and plants of the landscape as surely as the gardener of today
selects those best adapted for his purpose. Our forests exist where they
do exist, and contain the species which make them familiar, just because
they have evolved defenses against this perpetual enemy. And the balance
is a precarious one, like all in Nature. Man can tip it either way.
Go where you will in the great western forests extending from
Montana to California and the signs of recurring fires are there to read.
All are familiar with the open recent "burn," perhaps hardly beginning to
show tiny seedlings spreading as far as the wind carries from scattered
surviving trees or from the edges. Almost as recognizable are older
burns already green with thicket-like second growth but bristling with
charred or whitened snags. Every succeeding stage also exists in equal
or greater areas although less easily classified by the careless eye. As
the snags fall and the young growth grows taller, the evidence is less
conspicuous, until the last stage is reached — the magnificent mature
stand of white pine or Douglas fir whose only visible dead are their own
companions and whose predecessors are fallen, rotted and moss-covered.
Yet even here, practically without exception, search will disclose charred
remnants which testify that this old forest also began on a burn like those
of today.
And so did its predecessor, and its again, back into remote ages.
Slides and excavations show the same evidence on long-buried levels.
Periodically lightning, or perhaps an Indian fire, started a new cycle.
Sometimes, no doubt, recurring fires swept the area many times before
wind-blown seeds began to start advance groups which in time themselves
fruited and filled the gaps between them. Sometimes destruction was
not so complete. A ground fire merely killed the old stand, which seeded
the ground fully the same season, then fell gradually as it rotted years
later.
HABITS OF OUR TREES PROVE IT
This we may know, even without the always-present evidence, to
be the history of certain forests like those of Douglas fir, white and
lodgepole pine, or tamarack, because in our climate, they will not re-
produce except under such circumstances. Being intolerant of shade,
such species cannot start a new forest as an under story beneath an
old one. However, other western trees can; hemlock, cedar and white
fir being examples. So, just as we see them doing the same thing today,
these frequently came in under former stands and when the latter
escaped fire by chance but eventually died of old age, seized and held
such spots. These spots also, are recognizable by the woodsman.
One of our most important trees is the western yellow pine, for it
occupies regions too dry for other commercially valuable species. Many
people think it immune from fire because, as a rule, its floor is too dry
for much underbrush and fire is not apt to be very severe. But here,
also, practical observation tells much the same story. The yellow pine
stand is typically an open one. Yet occasionally it is very dense and
certainly we know that reproduction is often almost thicket-like. All
evidence goes to show that to a very large extent the openness is due
to nothing but ground fires which have successively killed, or injured
so they died later, a large proportion of the trees which would otherwise
have escaped. Where proof of this is not given by visible surface scars
on the survivors, it appears when low stumps are cut, disclosing healed-
over injuires. The so-called "Indian method" of forest protection, which
is to allow fire to run when it will in order to remove debris which may
feed a more serious fire later, is not well supported by the reason thus
made evident for poor pine stands.
If anything further were needed to show the age-old prevalence of
fire and the struggle of species to survive in spite of it, the peculiar
adaptation of the trees of this region, after aeons of the "survival of the
fittest," is ample and striking evidence. Practically all our trees are
of the winged-seed type, capable of restocking burned areas quickly.
Lacking are the heavy-seeded conifers and especially the nut-bearing
hardwoods, although the winged maples and flossed cottonwoods hold
their own sparingly. Some of our trees, like Douglas fir and white pine
have become so habituated to starting only in burns that, like the familiar
fire-weed, they can scarcely germinate or grow except on bare mineral
soil. But the adaptation has gone still farther than this. Everywhere in
the drier and most fire-threatened parts of the west, lodge-pole pine ap-
pears like magic, almost as thick as grass, where every other species has
been destroyed so completely as to leave little seed. One wonders
where it comes from. The secret is that this tree, bred by Nature to
hold its own by following fire, keeps many of its hard woody cones
on the branches almost indefinitely, to open and liberate the seed only
after fire has killed the tree itself. And to insure success in reclothing
the burn, these seedlings bear fertile cones at the early age of 7 to
10 years, some opening at once and others remaining sealed unless fire
comes again. Or observe the tamarack, which is another species
typically occupying the lightning-struck drier situations of Idaho and sur-
rounding states. For what purpose, except to withstand fire, has it been
obliged during innumerable centuries to develop its peculiar buttressing
of almost uninflammable bark at the base?
So, as in the animal kingdom Nature has fitted some to survive by
means of defense and others, defenseless, by swiftness or by unusual
fertility, the perpetual menace of fire to the forests of the Pacific North-
west has determined their varying composition, form and traits. It
has made them what they are in their familiar majority, and has made
future forestry easy for us by insuring reproduction after logging with
little difficulty except protecting the young growth which, following its
heredity, seeks to occupy every opening. Yet where by accident or by
reason of unusual dampness of situation the menace fails to materialize,
provision has been made for other tree families, with other traits. Who
cannot see the greater resemblance of this minority to the trees of fire-
free regions elsewhere? And who cannot see, from the whole story as
both classes tell it, that the history of our Northwestern forests has been
flame- written from its earliest dawn? Forest fires did not come first
with man, nor can Nature or accident be trusted to prevent them now.
MAN INCREASED NUMBER OF FIRES
Yet it is true that in the long run Nature once preserved a general
balance. Vast acres were being fire-swept and equal areas were reforest-
ing. But the balance was a delicate one and the causes of fire were few.
Nature was satisfied with a cycle of hundreds of years. With the advent
of the white man, the whole system was disturbed. First came the ex-
plorer; then the prospector, trapper and settler. All were equally inclined
to regard the forest as an obstacle, often firing it purposely. The rail-
road followed, burning wood or soft coal without spark arresters. Fires
spread from the right of way until rain extinguished it or until there
was nothing left to burn. Later the lumber industry sprang up, but with
stumpage of small value and small attempt to restrain the danger caused
by its activities. The entire community was reckless with fire and vast
areas were destroyed, creating a greater hazard for the remainder by
reason of the fallen material and semi-dried weeds that filled such
openings to feed any fire that might occur. It is estimated by competent
authority that more timber has been destroyed by man in the Pacific
Northwest than has been put by him to any useful purpose.
This was the stage of conquering the wilderness. Its value as a
resource was unappreciated. The fire destruction was not less than now.
It was immensely greater. But it went unnoticed.
Then the situation began to change. Not only did timber begin to
acquire a value, but the lumber industry grew to be the chief sustaining
industry of the Pacific Northwest, bringing in most of its community
wealth. Timber furnished most of the tax revenue for community im-
provements. Settlers were scattered throughout the forest territory;
their lives and properly menaced by fire, their crops and labor marketable
chiefly by reason of the lumber industry. Towns grew up, dependent
upon the forest and sending their inhabitants into the forest for recrea-
tion.
Thus the stage of utilizing the wilderness arrived. And with its in-
creased human activities — logging, roadbuilding, clearing, camping, etc. —
came added hazard. While the population became proportionately less
careless, it also became a greater source of fire in the aggregate, with
the danger scattered instead of concentrated. This was particularly
true of the slashing menace. Where once a birdseye view would have
presented a sea of forest with here and there a fire-trap opening like
an island, it would now show these islands growing larger and more
numerous in the process which will eventually make them the sea with
mere islands of forest remaining. It was also true of trails and roads,
carrying the careless match and campfire in every direction.
PROTECTION UNIVERSALLY DEMANDED
This continuation of the hazard, with the increase of life and resource
values at stake, led to the establishment of protective measures; first by
the Government on the National Forests, then by forest owners, and
finally by the state. As in the contest of ordnance and armorplate, the
balance has varied a little, but on the whole forest protection has been
perfected to keep the loss of life and property down to a negligible
minimum in the ordinary season. It is comparable to the efficient city
fire departments which occasionally meet a Baltimore or a San Francisco
fire but as a rule make the difference between intolerable danger and
reasonable safety.
So efficient is it that in all but the exceptional season its work now
goes almost unnoticed, like the block signal system which makes rail-
roads safe, but it is equally essential. And every year, in increased
perfection, in the extension of trails, telephones and lookouts, in better
cooperation between private and public agencies, it is overcoming the
handicap of the abnormal season. The season of 1914 was as bad in
hazard as that of 1910, but, thanks to the development of organized
protection, the loss of life and forest resources was insignificant in com-
parison.
TO SLACKEN DEFENSE MEANS DISASTER
With continued support it will eventually reduce even a worse hazard
to comparatively small proportions. Nevertheless there should be no
false sense of security to arrest such support and such progress. The
fact remains that the Pacific Northwest is a forested region subject to
great fire danger. Conflagrations beside which those of Hinckley,
Gaudette and Coeur d'Alene were insignificant have occurred many times
in the past and are even more likely to occur again, were it not for
protective measures, because there are more agencies to start them.
This need cause no alarm if such measures are adequate. Other countries
have conquered such menaces of Nature and become the most secure and
productive in the world. But just as Japan has evolved an earthquake-
proof architecture, as Holland has shut out the sea by dykes, as arid
lands have defied desolation with ditches; so must the forested North-
west keep its immemorial enemy in subjection by an intelligent and
liberally-supported protective system.
?noi»ei?Tir
or
FORESTRY
COLLEGE OF A AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Coeur d'Alene
Timber Protective
Association
Eighth Annual Report
1913
OFFICERS
J. P. McGOLDRICK
C. M. CREGO
F. J. DA VIES .
WM. J. ROSS
President
Vice President
Sec'y and Treas.
Fire Warden
DIRECTORS
J. P. McGOLDRICK
A. L. FLEWELLING
GEO. A. DAY
C. M. CREGO
R. M. HART
DIVISION or
FORESTRY
Of AGRICULTURE
PF CALIFORNIA
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
of the
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective
Association
MEMBERS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE TIMBER PROTEC-
TIVE ASSOCIATION:
Gentlemen: At the close of the eighth season in the
history of the Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association,
I, as President of that association, do not hesitate to say
that in my judgment a better equipped or more highly effi-
cient organization for the protection of the forests from
fire, does not exist.
An organization of this nature must necessarily be the
outgrowth of experiments, and constant endeavor on the
part of its members to eliminate methods that prove to be
unsatisfactory, adopting and amplifying those showing
good results. In this connection it might not be amiss to
briefly sketch the history of our organization and the causes
leading up to it.
Prior to the year 1905 there were but few timber land
owners in the district now covered by our Association,
and these few were individually fighting the forest fires
wherever they occurred in or near their own buildings,
generally ceasing their work when the immediate danger
to their own property was passed. From the standpoints
of efficiency and economy, this method was highly unsat-
isfactory.
In 1905, during the latter part of July, forest fires be-
came quite prevalent throughout our district, and a crude
attempt at co-operation was made — Mr. F. A. Blackwell and
Mr. O. C. Rice directing a fire-fighting force in one sec-
tion; Mr. F. J. Da vies in another; while I assumed charge of
the work in a third district. The result of this co-operation,
incomplete as it was, showed plainly the advantages to be
obtained by complete co-operation among the owners of
timber lands, and in June, 1906, the timber land owners or
their representatives met at Coeur d'Alene and the Coeur
d'Alene Timber Protective Association was then and there
formed.
This meeting was well attended and practically all
owners of timber land within our district, including a repre-
sentative of the State of Idaho, signed the articles of asso-
ciation adopted.
The benefits of co-operation were so apparent that with-
in a year three other associations, embracing other timbered
districts within the state of Idaho, were formed on the same
plan; and the Washington Forest Fire Association, embrac-
ing practically all of the timbered area of the State of
Washington, was organized along corresponding lines.
Since that time the movement has spread until at the present
time there are similar organizations in the states of Mon-
tana, Oregon and California.
As the work progressed the necessity for some legisla-
tion along these lines became evident, and at the regular
biennial session of the legislature of the State of Idaho in
January, 1907, Mr. J. P. Fallen, representative from Koot-
enai County, introduced the Fallon Fire Law, which was
drawn by our Association, and provides for local adminis-
tration under the authority of the state. Mr. F. J. Davies,
being fully conversant with our needs, was sent to the
state capital to assist in the passage of this act by making
such explanations as might be necessary, and the bill was
passed by the House of Representatives without a dissent-
ing vote. With the assistance of Captain Spaulding, senator
from Kootenai County, it passed the Senate, was signed by
Governor Gooding, thus becoming a law. Our work during
the next two years disclosed the desirability of some minor
amendments to this act, which were made by the legislature
at its 1 909 session, these amendments being more in the
nature of improvements to the machinery than change of
the machine itself.
Under the Fallon Fire Law we have gone steadily on
perfecting our organization and improving our methods
until the present, when, although further improvement is
our watchword, we have a most efficient organization.
We next turned our attention to co-operation with the
United States Forest Service, the United States owning
many thousands of acres intermingling with the holdings
of our members, and patroled by their guards or rangers
who were in many places duplicating our own efforts; and
by the spring of 1910 we had effected a co-operative agree-
ment with the Forest Service by which duplicate work of
this nature is almost entirely eliminated, and at the same
time provides for a division of fire fighting expense on a
satisfactory basis. As indicating that this co-operative
agreement is satisfactory to both parties, it is still in force
and working smoothly.
In carrying out the plans of our organization, I cannot
lay too much stress upon the splendid support the officials
of the Association have had from its members, who have
oeen at all times ready to contribute the funds necessary,
and to assist the officers with advice, labor or fire-fighting
equipment whenever called upon. This Association has also
been very fortunate in its selection of fire committees for
the different years, and particularly so in its choice of its
Chief Fire Warden, Mr. W. J. Ross, whose capacity for or-
ganization and close application to detail amounts to genius.
It will not be necessary for me to take up space to cover
in detail the work of the Association for the season of 1913,
as this is covered fully by the reports of our fire committee,
secretary and fire warden. The season of 1913 has not
been exceptional in any way. We had some rainfall during
the summer months, and we also had a great number of
dry, electrical storms, which are always dangerous in the
mountains of Idaho. That we have passed through the
season with such a small loss of standing timber is a
tribute to the efficiency of our organization greater than I
could express in words.
It is our hope to improve our methods, and to that end
suggestions of members and others are cordially invited.
I wish to express the thanks and appreciation of the Coeur
d'Alene Timber Protective Association to the members of
the Board of Land Commissioners of the State of Idaho for
their support and hearty co-operation in this movement,
as well as to the National Forestry Bureau and the officers
of this Association, for the part they have had in contribut-
ing to our success; to the press of Idaho and the Inland Em-
pire for the support and publicity given; and particularly
to the public-spirited men and women living within our dis-
trict, without whose good will and assistance the work of the
Association would be much harder, if not impossible.
J. P. McGOLDRICK,
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 30, 1913. President.
REPORT OF FIRE COMMITTEE
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective
Association
SEASON OF 1913
Gentlemen: After eight years of co-operative effort
we are pleased to report our organization stronger than
ever, our members firm in the faith, and the season's oper-
ation the most successful in our history. Embracing as it
does one and three-quarters million acres of land extending
from Coeur d'Alene Lake to the various sources of the three
large rivers, the St. Joe, the St. Maries and the Coeur
d'Alene, thus including the entire Coeur d'Alene Lake
drainage, our district is not an easy one to care for. With
revenue acreage of 581,597 acres we patrol two-thirds of
this whole area, the remainder being adequately cared for
by the United States Forest Service, and the total loss by
fire of merchantable timber within the district during the
past season will not exceed one hundred dollars in value.
Our 1913 work began as soon as the snow went off
sufficiently to permit travel upon the trails with horses.
Our first work being the clearing out of trails and repairing
of telephone lines, both of which were in extremely bad
condition owing to the deep snow and many wind storms
of last winter. As soon as the trails were opened the tele-
phone lines of the Association were repaired, and in June
a new line of about six miles, extending from Sec. 3 1 , Tp.
5 1 N.. R. 1 W. to Sec. 1 6, TP. 5 1 N., R. 2 W., was built
to connect the line built by us in 1912 to the first named
point, with a line built by the United States Forest Service
from Hayden Lake to the last named point. This extension
gives us a continuous line of telephone from Wallace, Mur-
ray and other Coeur d'Alene River points, directly across
the main portion of the Coeur d'Alene River basin to Hay-
den Lake and Coeur d'Alene, thus assuring service even in
time of storm or fire, as either outlet can be used as needed.
No other new telephone line was constructed during 191 3.
6
We have on hand at this time, as shown by the inven-
tory, material for building about two miles of telephone line.
Patrolling was commenced in May as usual, a skeleton
patrol that covered the district thinly being established.
This was increased until the extreme dry weather when
twenty-six men were on patrol duty. The force was then
gradually reduced until the end of the season, about Sep-
tember first. Our experience has shown us that this is the
most efficient and economical manner of handling the
patrol forces, as with this skeleton patrol we are able to
fill as closely as may be required by weather conditions.
There were twenty-four fires reported and undoubtedly
nearly as many that were so small that they were not re-
ported, although we have endeavored to get reports of each
and every fire that occurs within the district during the
season. It is very difficult to impress this upon our deputy
wardens, their idea seeming to be that a fire which requires
the work of an hour or so to extinguish, is not worth men-
tioning. Details of the fires, causes, etc., are shown in
the report of the Chief Fire Warden.
With the assistance of the State Land Commissioner,
Hon. Geo. A. Day, we succeeded in having allotted to Idaho
a portion of the money appropriated by Congress under
the Weeks Law for the purpose of timber protection; $1,000
being allotted to our district. We drew on this fund to the
extent of $938, which is greatly appreciated, as it repre-
sents approximately fifteen-hundredths of a cent per acre
on our revenue acreage.
Our co-operative agreement with the United States
Forest Service was continued in force under the same ar-
rangement as heretofore, and we have every reason to be-
lieve that this has proved satisfactory to both sides.
We have kept our telephone lines and trails up to a
high degree of efficiency; we have built six miles of new
telephone line; we have increased the number of pack-
horses from seven to twelve, having purchased six and
disposed of one that was getting too old for service. Our
warehouse at St. Maries has been repaired. We have tools
and camp equipment on hand sufficient for 250 men; riding
saddles, pack saddles, etc., for our pack train.
During the season we have not advertised in the local
papers as extensively as we should have done, our advertising
consisting chiefly of posters, pamphlets and cards stating
where deputy wardens could be found. These were distrib-
uted very generally throughout the district.
We recommend the extension of telephone lines to con-
nect with the lines of the United States Forest Service and
others wherever such connection will give us two outlets
from the same locality, as we feel that depending upon a
single line of communication may result in failure to get
important information at some critical time.
We recommend the building of trails wherever so doing
will make a cut-off between main trails into a locality, or
in any wise tend to improve the service by shortening the
distance between the warden's station and all points in his
district.
We recommend that as soon as possible after a fire a
copy of the report on same be mailed to each member of
the Association, so that the members may be advised as to
the location and extent of all fires within the district.
We repeat the recommendation of last year that some
system be devised to obtain daily weather reports from
patrol men, in order that these may be kept as a record in
the office of the Chief Warden for reference during the
season.
We desire to thank operators throughout the district
for complying with the recommendation of last year as
to instructions to camp foremen in case of fire in or near
their works, and to ask them to renew those instruction*
annually.
F. J. DAVIES,
R. M. HART,
C. M. CREGO,
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 30, 1913. Fire Committee.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
FIRE SEASON 1913
RECEIPTS IN TOTAL FOR SEASON
Cash on hand Dec. I, 1912 $ 73.76
Collected for telephone tolls 36.40
Coeur d'Alene Lumber Co., 1912 account 383.70
Bunker Hill & Sullivan M. & C. Co., 1912 account. 6.40
Burning brush for Stack-Gibbs Lumber Co 41.20
Sale of Fire Warning Notices 1.40
Sale of one pack horse 25.00
Sale of telephone test set 11.50
Pack horse hire 6.50
From Assessments Levied During Season:
Member. Acreage. Amt. Paid.
Blackwell Lumber Co 48,640 $ 608.00
Bonners Ferry Lumber Co 680 8.50
Bunk'r Hill & Sulliv'n M. & C. Co. 800 10.00
Branson, Geo. A 320 4.00
Clearwater Timber Co 2,000 25.00
Coeur d'Alene Lumber Co 38,370 479.63
Cameron Lumber Co 33,450 418.12
Empire Mill Co 1,600 20.00
Federal Mining & Smelting Co._._ 160 2.00
Idaho Timber Co 4,080 51.00
Kehl, F. W 440 8.80
Lane Lumber Co., Ltd 6,400
Milwaukee Land Co 95,530 1,194,13
Milwaukee Lumber Co 2,160 27.00
McGoldrick Lumber Co 18,600 232.50
McCord, W. E 4,840 60.50
Potlatch Lumber Co 9,120 114.00
Edward Rutledge Timber Co 53,280 666.00
Reeves-Farrell Lumber Co 2,800 35.00
Rose Lake Lumber Co 7,080 88.50
Rice, O. C 320 4.00
Stack-Gibbs Lumber Co 7,320 91.50
Springston Lumber Co 1,560 19.50
Shoshone Lumber Co 7,320 91.50
Steele, Geo. F 880 11.00
State of Idaho 97,140 971.40
444,890
Contributed by N. P. Ry. Co 1,281.62
Contributed by claim owners 2.00
Total ~ $7,111.06
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EXPENDITURES.
Vouchers drawn from December I, 1912, to November
30, 1913, are numbered 1304 to 1422, inclusive, and have
receipted bills attached, all properly O. K.'d by the Chief
Warden. These vouchers were given in payment as follows:
Contribution to Western Forestry
& Con. Ass'n $ 869.38
Repairs made to warehouse 4.35
Telephone construction and main-
tenance 497.90
Salary of fire warden 1,200.00
Burning brush for Stack-Gibbs
Lumber Co. 41.20
Office-
Maps, stationery and postage_$ 79.38
Light, telephone and telegraph- 29.60
Secretary's clerk hire 175.00 283.98
Miscellaneous Expense
Printing annual reports $ 22.50
Secretary's bond 8.00
Printing fire warnings 5.25
Quarter cost of Weeks Law Map 4.00
Grinding axes for general use_ 6.20
Shipping box material .80
Insurance on warehouse 53.60
Sign on warehouse 7.00
Water in warehouse, 1912-13- 16.75
Expenses of Fire Warden and
his assistant— 251.55 375.65
Transportation, including pack
hors e hire, railroad and boat
fares, freight and cartage 140.03
Cooking utensils for camps 7.65
Cleaning out old trails 397.60
Six saddle horses 250.00
Patrolling 1,543.09
Fighting fires 187.07
Cash in bank 1,313.16
Total $7, 11 1 .06
Assessments per acre for season, I I -4 cents.
Cost of operation on revenue acreage, I 22-100 cents.
Expenditures from Association funds $5,797.90
Expenditures from Weeks Law fund 938.00
Depreciation charged 860.98
$7,596.88
Credit by assets added 490.00
$7,106.88
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TRIAL BALANCE
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association
November 30, 1913
Assessments $ 6,599.90
Individual owners 2.00
Cash in bank $ 1,313.16
Warehouse 1,304.35
Telephone construction 3,450.00
Fire season of 1913 6,584.06
Salary of Fire Warden 1,200.00
Office expense 313.98
Miscellaneous expense 374.25
Transportation 140.03
Camp equipment and tools 392.65
Cleaning out trails 397.60
Horses, harness and saddles 625.00
Patrolling 1,536.59
Fires 187.07
Western Forestry & Con. Ass'n 869.38
Lane Lumber Company, Ltd 1,085.20
F. W. Kehl _ 3.30
$13,189.26 $13,189.26
After Closing
Cash in bank— ._$ 1,313.16
Warehouse 1,300.00
Telephone lines 3,000.00
Office furniture 25.00
Camp equipment and tools 300.00
Horses, harness and saddles 600.00
Lane Lumber Co., Ltd 1,085.20
F. W. Kehl 3.30
Fire season 7,620.06
$7,623.36 $7,623.36
F. J. DAVIES,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUDITING COMMITTEE
To the Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association:
We, the members of the Auditing Committee of the
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association, hereby cer-
tify that we have examined the Secretary's and Treasurer's
books and accounts of the Coeur d'Alene Timber Protec-
tive Association, covering the operations from November
27, 1912, to and including November 30, 1913, and find
the same correct. All moneys received and paid out prop-
erly accounted for, and we find the bank account, as shown
on books, agrees with the statement furnished by the bank
November 30, 1913.
C. B. SANDERSON,
F. J. LONG,
BEN E. BUSH,
Auditing Committee.
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REPORT OF CHIEF FIRE WARDEN
Coeur d'Alene Fire District
To the Idaho State Land Board and Coeur d'Alene Timber
Protective Association.
Gentlemen: I hereby sibmit the following report for
the season of 1913. During the season of 1913 there were
in the Coeur d'Alene district twenty-four fires, caused as
follows:
Logging operations 4
Breaking out of old fires 5
Settlers clearing land 3
Carelessness of campers 3
Railway locomotive 1
From a burning building 1
Lightning 2
Unknown origin 5
(I know of several fires caused by lightning, which
were extinguished by patrolmen before spreading, and of
which they made no report.)
Below is an account of the fires reported:
July 16th. — Fire started on Sec. 3, Tp. 41 N., R. 1. E.,
caused by sparks from jammer. This was extin-
guished before spreading; no extra cost and no
damage was done.
July 17th. — Fire started on Sec. 3., Tp. 41 N., R. I E.,
caused by sparks from jammer. Was extinguished
before spreading; no extra cost and no damage
was done.
July 19th.— Fire started on Sec. 3, Tp. 41 N., R. I. E.,
caused by sparks from jammer. Was extinguished
before spreading; no extra cost and no damage was
done.
July 20th. — A fire started from an old burning on Sec. 3,
Tp. 4 1 N., R. 1 E. No damage done.
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July 23rd.— Fire started on SE 1-4 of SW 1-4 Sec. 27, Tp.
42 N., R. 1 E., caused from a fire in the same place
in the early summer. It was controlled before any
damage was done at a cost of $60.25.
July 24th. — From the burning of a pile of debris at a log-
ging camp barns, a fire was started on Sec. 26,
Tp. 42 N., R. I E., destroying about 6,000 feet of
white pine, and costing $116.30 to control it.
July 26th.— A fire started in Sec. 34, Tp. 42 N., R. 1 E.,
caused from a fire in the same place in the early
summer. No damage was done and there was no
extra cost in controlling.
July 26th.— A fire started on Sec. 26, Tp. 42 N., R. 1 E.,
caused by fire in the same place in the early sum-
mer. It was put out without extra cost and before
any damage was done.
July 28th. — Some parties clearing land caused a fire to
start on Sec. 3, Tp 43 N., R. 1 W. No damage re-
sulted and it was extinguished without extra cost.
July 29th. — Sparks from a jammer caused a fire on Sec.
3, Tp. 41 N., R. 1 E. No damage and no extra
cost.
July 3 1 st. — A fire, from an unknown cause, started on
Sec. 30, Tp. 49 N., R. 1 E. It was put out by the
patrolman without extra cost.
July 3 1 st. — The carelessness of some campers in leaving
their fire burning caused a fire on Sec. 7, Tp. 48
N., R. 1 E. The patrolman discovered it and put it
out before any damage was done. No extra cost.
Aug. 1st. — The sparks from a railway locomotive caused a
fire to start on Sec. 36, Tp. 44 N., R. 1 W. It was
put out by the patrolman before any damage was
done. No extra cost.
Aug. 5th. — A fire started on Sec. 3, Tp. 42 N., R. 2 E.
Cause unknown It was put out by the patrolman;
no damage done.
Aug. 5th.— A fire started on Sec. 23, Tp. 49 N., R. 1 W.;
cause unknown. It was put out by the patrolman;
no damage done.
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Aug. 6th. — A fire started on Sec. 24, Tp. 49 N., R. 1 E.,
cause unknown. It was put out by the patrolman;
no damage done.
Aug. 7th. — Lightning started a fire on Sec. 20, Tp. 45
N., R. 1 W. It was put out by the patrolman; no
damage done.
Aug. 8th. — Lightning caused a fire on Sec. I 9, Tp. 45 N.,
R. 1 E. It was put out by the patrolman; 800 feet
timber destroyed.
Aug. I I th. — The carelessness of some fishermen in leav-
ing their camp fire started a fire on Sec. 32, Tp. 43
N., R. 1 E. It was put out by the patrolman; no
damage being done.
Aug. 1 1th. — A fire started on Sec. 36, Tp. 49 N., R. I E.
This was caused by some campers leaving their
fire; it was put out by the patrolman before any
damage resulted.
Aug. 1 1 th. — The fire of a settler in clearing his land
caused us to send some men to Sec. 30, Tp. 47 N., R.
3 W. For a time this fire looked quite threatening,
but it was kept under control and there was no
damage done. The extra cost was $8.65.
Aug. 1 2th. — A settler clearing land started a fire on Sec.
13, Tp. 48 N., R. 2 W., but no damage resulted
and there was no extra cost.
Aug. 23rd. — A fire started on Sec. 8, Tp. 45 N., R. 4 E.,
caused by sparks from some burning buildings near.
It was extinguished without damage to timber and
at a cost of $9.50.
Aug. 30th. — A fire started on a homestead in Tp. 48 N.,
R. 3 W. Cause unknown. It was extinguished at
a cost of $5.00, without doing any damage to timber.
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STOCK, CAMP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS OWNED
BY ASSOCIATION
Stored in Warehouse at St. Maries, Idaho:
1 Motor Speeder
I 06 Axes
141 Shovels
225 Mattocks and Handles
1 3 Pack Saddles
8 Riding Saddles
3 Crosscut Saws
1 Grindstone
4 Tents
Cooking Outfit for 250 Men.
2 Linemen's Outfits.
3 Telephone Instruments.
1 Telephone Test Set.
1 Barrel Glass Insulators.
8 Dozen Brackets.
1 Hand Saw.
Stored in Office at St. Maries, Idaho:
2 Desks.
2 Chairs.
1 Stove.
At Lieberg Station:
1 Coil No. 10 Telephone Wire.
1 Coil No. 14 Telephone Wire.
Cooking Outfit for Eight Men.
At Tom Coddington's Cabin, on Sec. 23, Tp. 44 N., R. 2 E. :
3 Coils No. 1 0 Telephone Wire.
At F. Garrett's Ranch in Whitman County, Wash., near
Lee's Siding:
1 2 Head of Horses.
I Riding Saddle.
1 Bridle.
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. ROSS, Warden.
St. Maries, Idaho, Nov. 30, 1913.
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COEUR D'ALENE
TIMBER PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
1914
C. M. CREGO
GEO. A. DAY
F. J. DAVIES
WM. J. ROSS
OFFICERS
Prcsi.
Vice Presi<
Secretary and Treas
Fire Wai
DIRECTORS
GEO. A. DAY
R. M. HART
J. P. McGOLDRICK
A. L. FLEWELLING
C. M. CREGO
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
of the
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective
Association
Members of the Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association:
Gentlemen : The aims and plans of our Association have
been fully explained in previous reports. The details of the
Association work for the season of 1914 will be covered by
reports of the Secretary, Fire Committee and Fire Warden.
The J914 season was in the early portion very favorable,
but 'later we were confronted with extreme drouth and dangerous
atmospheric conditions, resulting in electrical storms causing
many dangerous fires. Some portions of our district suffered
serious loss, but this loss was trifling compared with possible
loss if our Association had not been in existence and in readi-
ness to take charge of and fight the fires when starting. We
were able to extinguish many fires before any damage occurred,
but losses have occurred where quick action was impossible.
It is my opinion that a larger patrol force should be used.
The patrolmen should be good, capable woodsmen, and employed
with the understanding that they are at all times to work at
cutting new trails and cleaning up old trails when the weather
conditions do not require patrol service. It is necessary that
we have good trails to every portion of our timbered area, that
supplies and men may be quickly rushed to fires. I would
suggest that a few good men be regularly employed in trail
work; also that a map be prepared showing every trail now
open, and have outlined on this map new trails to be con-
structed.
We should at an early date be prepared with some form
of signal service, either wireless or telephone, at all lookout
stations, that we may give quick notice of fires and their location.
We should also give consideration to possibility of airship
service during fire season. We may expect that machines of
this kind will soon be in use that will serve our needs very
3
thoroughly and quickly patroling our lands, locating fires and
perhaps of capacity to carry supplies, fire fighting extinguishers
and men where needed.
Our Fire Association should take up the matter of timber
insurance. It is possible that some form, mutual or otherwise,
can be provided that will take care of a portion of the risks that
confront timber owners.
C. M. CREGO, President.
REPORT OF FIRE COMMITTEE
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective
Association
SEASON OF 1914
Gentlemen : At the close of the fire season of 1914, in
making our annual report, we can perhaps not congratulate our
members so much upon the low cost of our operation or the
slight losses sustained as a whole, but we feel that they are to
be congratulated upon the loss, which is comparatively slight
compared with that of the season of 1910, and this slight loss
is in a large measure due to the organization and efficiency of
the Assoication.
The fire season of 1914 began early. On account of the
light snowfall during the winter of 1913-14, and the early
melting of the snows, the woods were almost entirely free
from snow early in April, and in the lower altitudes in our
district, were quite dry during that month. During May there
was but slight rainfall, and June was much drier than the
average June in this locality. In fact, by the first of July we
were becoming quite worried over the situation. However,
on July 4th a gentle rain fell over the entire district, lasting
several hours, which moistened the forest covering to such an
extent that danger was over for the time. But this rain was
followed by a long period of extremely hot weather, with hot,
dry winds which rapidly dried out the ground, and this weather
continued without a break until August 17th, the only redeem-
ing feature being the lack of extremely high winds.
During this period, from July 4th to August 17th, a great
many fires were started from various causes, nearly all of which
were controlled without heavy expense and with practically
no losses. On August 17th, after twenty-four hours of east
wind, it began to rain, and for about two hours there was every
indication that we were to receive a weather breaker in the
shape of a continued rainfall. This, however, did not ma-
terialize, although the northern portion of our district was pretty
well served, and some portions of the district lying along the
St. Joe River received rain enough to dampen the undergrowth.
The southern part of the district, that is the St. Maries drain-
age, received no rain at all, and the rainfall in the other districts
was simply enough to moisten the undergrowth, and in the few
days following this moisture was quickly dried out with the hot
winds.
However, the fires in existence at that time were under
good control and many fires which had been fought early in
the season were completely out and we thought our danger
was practically over for the season.
On the evening of August 20th there occurred the worst
electrical storm we have had since our organization, and the
worst known for many years in this locality. We are, as you
know, subject to electrical storms along the high divides be-
tween our rivers, but these are usually followed by some rain,
which is of great assistance in putting out the fires started by
the lightning. No rain accompanied the electrical storm of
this year, and the result was fires scattered on all the divides
south of the Coeur d'Alene River district. These fires were
so many and so scattered that it was an immense undertaking
to supply men, tools and provisions to man them all quickly,
but by the evening of the 22nd practically all of the fires so
far discovered had been manned. At this time the smoke was
so thick throughout the district that it was almost impossible
to discover a fire at all until it had attained sufficient force
to make itself plain, and many fires reported by our look-out
men were so hidden by the smoke that they were not actually
located for two or three days after the reports were received.
In one instance a logging contractor, his foreman and a cruiser
searched for an entire day for a fire that they must have passed
a number of times within two hundred yards.
Fortunately we were favored by comparatively calm
weather for several days after the electrical storm. At this time
the conditions were, in our opinion, as bad, if not worse than
in 1910, and it is true that had the atmospheric conditions been
the same as in 1910, we would have had a loss to report that
would be staggering. As it was the continued calm weather
enabled us to materially retard the progress of these fires from
the beginning, and within a reasonable length of time we had
them all under very good control, with a total loss of merchant-
able timber destroyed, according to reports received, about
20,000,000 feet. By September 1st we commenced to reduce our
force, which had been very heavy, there being at one time
approximatly 500 fire fighters on the line.
The end of the season came on September 7th, when it
began to rain, and all danger was over.
The season's expense is shown in the report of the Sec-
retary, and 70 per cent of it was incurred between August 20th
and September 7th.
During the season we constructed seven and one-half miles
of new telephone line, connecting our line previously built from
St. Joe to Sec. 30, Tp. 44 N., R. 3 E., with the United States
Forest Service line on Marble Mountain in Sec. 24, Tp. 44 N.,
R. 3 -E. This gives us two outlets for reports. Other lines
remain as shown in last year's report, we now having over eighty
miles of telephone lines in working order.
Trail cutting began in April and by the middle of June all
old trails were cleared out and such new trails had been cut as
was thought necessary to cover our district conveniently.
This season's experience shows us the need of more trails;
in fact, the trails we now have should be connected by cross
trails so as to make a more complete net work, thus facilitating
movement of men and supplies in case of fires.
At the time of the electrical storm our chief difficulty was
in transporting supplies and tools for the fire fighters. Men
were plentiful and willing to walk to the fire line, but it was
almost impossible to procure pack horses in sufficient number
to take out supplies for them, and we had to use work horses
and cayuses until the fire camps were stocked up, and at that
our supply train would have been wholly inadequate had it not
been for the Decker pack train, which was supplying the Carey
& Harper logging camps, and which was turned over to us to
use in our emergency. The Association should have more pack
horses or should hire some to be held in reserve for just such
cases as this.
There were some few losses of timber products, such as
logs, telegraph poles and wood, but these were of comparatively
no consequence in the aggregate.
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The lines of our district remain as heretofore, the acreage
being" the same.
Our co-operative agreement with the United States Forest
Service is still in force and we think it is working to our
mutual advantage. We wish to thank the forest supervisors,
rangers and other government employees for their prompt and
efficient aid throughout the season.
Very many fires occurred along the St. Maries River and
Coeur d'Alene Lake which were, without question, caused by
carelessness of homesteaders in attempting to burn their slash
during the dry season without permit, and without sufficient
help to control them. These settlers are very largely non-mem-
bers of our Association. They disobey the law of the state,
and when a fire gets away from them call on the Association
for assistance, which in all cases has been furnished as promptly
as possible under the circumstances. It is fortunate that the
timber in the regions occupied by these settlers is of a species
not easily killed by fire or the entire Coeur d'Alene Lake region
would be a waste. Many of these settlers have joined the
Association and quite a few of them have paid the assessments
made; the majority, however, are either non-members or have
failed to pay when called upon.
The State of Idaho is interested in our district to the extent
of nearly one-fifth of the total revenue acreage therein. During
the past season its loss was so slight that it cannot be com-
puted, although its holdings are scattered throughout the entire
district, and in many places were threatened by fires. It is safe
to say that it has not had ten acres of land burned over, and
this so situated that it contains no timber of value.
Our patrol system commenced in May, at which time a few
men were put on in the lower altitudes, and for a time we had
only ten patrolmen at work. This number was increased to
twenty-nine during July and maintained at that number during
August, although in the latter part of August we had so many
fire fighters, packers, etc., at work that a large portion of the
district was covered by men other than regular patrolmen.
Supplemental to our patrol system we had a number of
good look-out points established, and these proved very satis-
factory, inasmuch as our first reports usually came from look-
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out stations. These stations are connected with the outside by
telephone lines in most cases, and where not so connected are
located near a telephone station. The efficiency of our look-outs
was a large feature in keeping down fires during the season.
We recommend the continuation, maintenance and exten-
sion of our telephone lines wherever such extension will result
in earlier information as to new fires and report of progress
in fighting old ones.
We recommend the building of cut-off trails indiscriminately
throughout the district, connecting main trails in as many places
as possible, and to facilitate this work we recommend the earlier
distribution of patrolmen, these patrolmen to work as trail
cutters until the season advances to a point where their constant
attention must be given to patrolling.
We recommend that the attention of the newly elected
legislature of Idaho, which will convene in January, 1915, be
called to the work of the Association, and that a larger appro-
priation be made for the state's proportion of our expenses, it
appearing that if the appropriation is larger than is needed the
amount can be carried forward to the next year, and the state's
proportion is adjusted as that of all other members, by assess-
ments upon its acreage within the district.
We acknowledge receipt of practically $1,000.00 of the
United States government appropriation under what is known
as the Week's law, and greatly appreciate this help. We recom-
mend the continued application by the State Board of Land
Commissioners for our proportion of this appropriation, deem-
ing it to the best interests of the entire country to protect the
growth on the watersheds of navigable streams.
We recommend the amendment of the Idaho state fire law
to conform to the terms of the Oregon fire law, which makes
compulsory the payment of regular assessments on an acreage
basis of all timber land owners within the district. This would
enable us to collect fees from all owners of timber land, whereas
now the membership is confined to those voluntarily subscribing
to our organization.
We recommend that early in the season of 1915 at least
two good, reliable patrolmen be placed in wrhat is known as the
lake region, the number to be increased as the season advances,
their duties to be looking after the "burning of slash by home-
steaders within the district, and we recommend that in case of
violation of the Fallon Fire Law the individual, firm or corpora-
tion so violating it shall be immediately prosecuted for the better
protection of his law-abiding neighbor.
We recommend that the Association purchase ten or twelve
more pack horses before the season of 1915 begins, it being our
opinion that a few hundred dollars invested in pack horses will
be of great benefit to the Association, and will assist in pre-
venting fire losses should an emergency such as that of August
20th, 1914, occur again.
We recommend that during the fire season a clerk be fur-
nished the State Fire Warden in order that daily reports of
weather conditions, fires, location of patrolmen, etc., may be
sent out to members, it having developed during the season
past that the warden has been unable to keep the members
fully advised of conditions.
We desire to thank the press of the Inland Empire for the
support given our organization and the timber operators for their
careful attention to the law of Idaho and the fire rules of the
Association.
We feel that we can congratulate the members of the Asso-
ciation on the slight loss of resources sustained by them indi-
vidually, and have no hesitancy in saying that without our or-
ganization there would have been immense fire losses during
1914.
F. J. DAVIES,
C. M. CREGO,
R. M. HART,
Fire Committee.
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SECRETARY'S REPORT
FIRE SEASON 1914
RECEIPTS IN TOTAL FOR SEASON
Cash on hand December 1, 1913 $1,313.16
Sale of one pack horse 20.00
Supplies sold 84.30
Fire fighting tools sold 46.65
Money borrowed from bank 5,000.00
FROM ASSESSMENTS LEVIED DURING SEASON :
Members. Acreage. Amt. Paid.
Blackwell Lumber Company 48,480 $ 1,090.80
Bonners Ferry Lumber Company 680 68.00
Bunker Hill & Sullivan M. & C. Co 800 80.00
Branson, Geo. A . 320 32.00
Boyce, Eleanor Day 1,040 91.00
Clearwater Timber Ccmpany 2,000 200.00
Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company 38,370 3,837.00
Cameron Lumber Company 34,290 2,428.60
D. H. Dollar Logging Company 920 92.00
Empire Mill Company 1,600 160.00
Idaho Timber Company 3,440 344.00
Kehl, F. W - 440 40.10
Lane Lumber Company, Ltd 3,960
Milwaukee Land Company 95,450 9,544.97
Milwaukee Lumber Company __ __ 2,480 248.00
McGoldrick Lumber Company 17,480 1,748.00
McCord, W. E 4,840 484.00
Potlatch Lumber Company 9,120 912.00
Edward Rutledge Timber Co 54,160 5,416.00
Reeves-Farrell Lumber Company 2,800 280.00
Rose Lake Lumber Company 5,200 520.00
Rice, .O. C 320 22.20
Springston Lumber Company 1,240 124.00
Stack-Gibbs Lumber Company 7,960
Shoshone Lumber Company 7,320 732.00
Steele, Geo. F 880 88.00
State of Idaho 84,120 3,455.65
Weber Logging & Timber Company 320 32.00
430,030
Contributed by N. P. Ry. Co 10,222.95
Contributed by claim owners 276.80
$49,034.18
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Expenditures
Vouchers drawn from December 1, 1913, to November 30, 1914, are
numbered 1423 to 1688, inclusive, and bave bills attached all properly O. K.'d
by the Chief Warden. These vouchers were given in payment as follows :
Contributed to Western Forestry & Con. Ass'n $ 859.90
Repairs made to warehouse 37.80
Telephone construction and maintenance 388.55
Salary of Fire Warden 1,200.00
OFFICE :
Maps, stationery and postage $ 50.70
Light, telephone and telegraph 30.75
Secretary's clerk hire 200.00 281.45
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE:
Taxes on warehouse for 1913 27.45
Insurance on warehouse 53.60
Printing annual reports 32.50
Secretary's bond 8.00
Water rent 13.35
Repairs to gasoline car 15.00
Publicity material bought from Western Forestry
and Conservation Association 15.50
Expense of Fire Waclen and assistants 368.75 534.15
Interest paid on money borrowed 33.33
Transportation, including pack horse hire, railroad
and boat fares, freight and cartage 2,142.75
Cutting new trails 114.75
Cleaning out old trails 327.05
Cooking utensils for camps, and fire-fighting tools__ 782.32
Pack horse 20.00
Bridles and repairs to saddles 6.40
Patrolling 6,748.35
Fighting fires 34,143.72
Cash in bank 1,413.66
$49,034.18
Assessments per acre for i^ason, 10 cents.
Cost of operation on revenue acreage, 9^4 cents per acre.
Expenditures from Association funds $47,620.52
Expenditures from Week's Law fund 997.75
Depreciation charged 1,173.42
$49,791.69
Credit by assets added 500.00
$49,291.69
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TRIAL BALANCE
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association
November 30, 1914
Assessments $53,002.60
Individual owners 276.80
Cash in bank $ 1,413.66
Warehouse 1,337.80
Fire season of 1914 7,620.06
Telephone construction 3,383.55
Fires 31,668.69
Salary of Fire. Warden 1,200.00
Office 306.45
Miscellaneous expense 534.15
Bills payable 5,000.00
Interest 33.33
Transportation 2,142.75
Trail cutting 114.75
Camp equipment and tools ; 1,035.67
Cleaning out old trails 327.05
Horses, harness and saddles ,. 606.40
Patrolling 6,748.35
Cameron Lumber Company 1,000.38
Blackwell Lumber Company 3,757.20
Lane Lumber Company, Ltd 1,481.20
O. C. Rice 1- 9.80
F. W. Kehl .60
Stack-Gibbs Lumber Company 796.00
State of Idaho 4,746.05
Forest Service 2,390.73.
Western Forestry and Conservation Ass'n 859.90
$65,899.46 $65,899.46
After Closing
Cash in bank $ 1,413.66
Warehouse 1,200.00
Fire, season $15,815.62
Telephone construction 3,000.00
Office 20.00
Camp equipment and tools *__ 500.00
Horses, harness and saddles 500.00
Bills payable 5,000.00
Cameron Lumber Company 1,000.38
Blackwell Lumber Company 3,757.20
Lane Lumber Company, Ltd 1,481.20
O. C. Rice 9.80
F. W. Kehl .60
Stack-Gibbs Lumber Company 796.00
State of Idaho 4,746.05
Forest Service _ 2,390.73
$20,815.62 $20,815.62
F. J. DAVIES,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUDITING COMMITTEE
December 3, 1914.
Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective Association and State Board
of Land Commissioners :
We, the members of the Auditing Committee of the Coeur
d'Alene Timber Protective Association, hereby certify that we
have examined the books and accounts of the Secretary and
Treasurer covering- operations from December 1, 1913, to and
including November 30, 1914, and find the same correct.
All moneys received and paid out are properly accounted
for.
The bank statement of November 30, 1914, shows a cash
balance of $2,788.90, while the bank account on the books of
the Association shows a balance of $1,413.66; there are out-
standing checks aggregating $1,446.69; deposits charged to the
bank and not received by the bank in time to show on its state-
ment of November 30, 1914, $71.45.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. A. DAY,
Chairman.
By BEN E. BUSH,
C. H. FANCHER,
W. D. HUMISTON.
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REPORT OF CHIEF FIRE WARDEN
Coeur d'Alene Fire District
To the Idaho State Land Board and Coeur d'Alene Timber
Protective Association :
Gentlemen : During the season of 1914 we had patrolmen
covering about two-thirds of the total area of the Coeur d'Alene
Timber Protective Association district, or 1,250,000 acres. The
remainder of the district, comprising about 600,000 acres, was
patrolled by the United States Forest Service through the co-
operative agreement between the Forest Service and our Asso-
ciation.
We had reported during the season one hundred ninety
fires. These fires were caused as follows :
Settlers burning slash 18
Logging engines 12
Logging operations 4
Donkey engines 2
Railroad engines 3
Clearing right-of-way 2
Sparks from fires in other districts 4
Old fires not extinguished 1
Camp fires 5
Careless smokers 2
Hunters 2
Fire crackers 1
Lightning • 115
Unknown 19
We estimate not less than one hundred fires extinguished
by patrolmen, of which no report has been made.
The season commenced earlier than usual, owing to the
light snowfall during the winter of 1913-14, and which went off
rather early in the spring. Our patrol season commenced in
May, although we had some few men cutting trail and repairing
telephone lines as early as April, and in June we had ten regular
patrolmen at work. This number was increased to twenty-nine
during July, and held at about that number during August.
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The month of June was quite dry, but on July 4th we had
a nice, gentle rain, covering the entire district. No more rainfall
was had until August 17th, when there was a very light fall of
rain, lasting a couple of hours. There was not enough pre-
cipitation to wet the ground or the forest covering, the moisture
merely dampening the trees and brush. This rainfall did not
cover our entire district, being rather heavier in the northern
portion, and there being none at all in the southeastern part.
On the evening of August 20th a very bad electrical storm
traversed the district, coming in from the Clearwater district
along the divide between the St. Joe, Clearwater and St. Maries
Rivers, and along the divide between the St. Maries River and
the Potlatch and Palouse Rivers, its worst effect being felt in
Tps. 42 N., Rs. 1 W. and 1 and 2 E., and in 43 N., Rs. 1, 2 and 3
E., 44 N., Rs. 2 and 3 E., with some more or less serious results
along the divide between the St. Joe and Coeur d'Alene Rivers
in Tps. 46 and 47 N., Rs. 1 and 2 E.
Owing to the large number of fires I will attempt to give
the location and extent only of those causing any considerable
damage :
July 12th— Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec.
8-43-3E. About 8,000 ft. of timber was killed before the
fire was extinguished.
July 18th— Fire started on SE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 1-43-3E., sup-
posed to have been caused from a fire used for melting
chute grease. This burned over about eighty acres of
slashing and destroyed from 300 to 500 cedar poles.
July 20th — A logging engine started a fire on SE 1-4 Sec. 11-
44-1 W.; about eighty acres of slashing burned over,
with little or no damage.
July 26th— A small fire started on SW 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec. 29-
48-1W., caused by lightning. Only a few small red fir
and white fir trees were killed. .
July 27th — Lightning caused a small fire on SE 1-4 Sec. 18-
45-1W. About 4,000 ft. of white pine and 500 ft. of
cedar were destroyed.
Aug. 1— Fire started on SE 1-4 SE 1-4 Sec. 4-45-3E., extending
into Sec. 3 of the same township. Caused by a home-
steader leaving a fire in his clearing. About eighty
acres of land were burned over, causing practically no
damage, as the merchantable timber had nearly all
been cut.
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Aug. 3rd — Fire started on Sec. 13-46-3W. Cause unknown.
This fire spread over quite a large area, but did very
little damage, probably not to exceed 100,000 ft. of
green timber being destroyed.
Aug. 4th— Fire started on NE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 8-43-1 W., caused
by lightning. About 6,000 ft. of green timber was
killed before the fire was controlled.
Aug. 6th — Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4 Sec. 9-46-1 E.
About two acres in an old burn were burned over with
trifling damage.
Aug. .6th— Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 Sec. 33-47-1E.
and spread into Sec. 4-46-1 E. This location is high, on
a comparatively bald ridge which was burned over
many years ago. The fire burned over nearly eighty
acres of ground, containing less than 200,000 ft. of
green timber, not all of which was destroyed.
Aug. 6th— Fire started on SW 1-4 Sec. 9-46-2 W., supposed to
have been caused by the carelessness of fishermen pass-
ing through. The fire burned over about 1,000,000 ft.
of yellow pine. There being but little undergrowth
the damage was slight and probably none of the timber
will be destroyed.
Aug. 9th— Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec.
24-42-2E., covering about one-quarter of an acre and
killing 3,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. llth — Fire started by a logging engine on NW 1-4 NE 1-4
Sec. 26-44-1 W., causing very little damage as it ran
through a growth of bull pine.
Aug. 12th — Lightning started nine fires on Sec. 5-41-2E. These
fires quickly ran together and covered about eighty
acres of land, damaging approximately 1,000,000 ft. of
good timber. The extent of the loss is unknown at
this time, as they were ground fires and the timber is
still green.
Aug. 19th — Fire from an unknown cause started on SE 1-4
SW 1-4 Sec. 23-49-1W., burning over a small area and
damaging about 10,000 ft. of stull timber.
Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec.
18-43-3E., covering about five acres and destroying pos-
sibly 100,00 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20— Lightning started a fire on the N 1-2 of Sec. 1-41-1E.
This fire covered nearly 300 acres on and along the
divide between the St. Maries and Clearwater Rivers,
which is high and was burned over many years ago.
The timber loss amounted to about 125,000 ft.
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Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on NE 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec.
35-42-2E., on a barren ridge. About 25 acres burned
over with a small loss of standing timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 XE 1-4 Sec.
19-42-3E., about three acres were burned over and
30,000 ft. of standing timber destroyed.
Aug. 20— Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec.
20-42-3E. Covered but a small area and killed less than
20,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec.
1-42-1 E., covering but half an acre and destroying no
timber, as the growth is tamarack.
Aug. 20th— Fire started on E 1-2 NE 1-4 Sec. 26-45-3E. ; caused
by lightning. This fire burned over about 100 acres
of old burning, doing very little damage, as it was
grown up to a thick stand of very small, second-growth
timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire in Sec. 5-46- 1W. It covered
about ninety acres and destroyed but a small amount
of timber, probably not to exceed 50,000 ft. of cedar.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec.
23-43-2E. This fire burned over nearly 100 acres on a
high ridge which had been burned over in 1889 and
grown up to brush, making the fire very hard to handle.
It is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 ft. of timber of all
kinds burned over, but the extent of the damage is
not known.
Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4. Sec. 19-42-1E.,
covering about ten acres and destroying about 125,000
ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th— Fire started in SE 1-4 Sec. 19-42-1 E., caused by
floating ember from a fire in the Potlatch district. This
fire covered about four and one-half acres and killed
probably 40,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire in NE 1-4 SWr 1-4 Sec.
11-43-3E., covering about three acres containing about
20,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started four fires in Sec. 35-44-3E. These
fires were extinguished before spreading and destroyed
not to exceed 10,000 ft. of merchantable timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started two fires, one on SW 1-4 NE 1-4
and one on NE 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec. 3-43-3E. These fires
were extinguished by our patrolmen with a loss of not
to exceed 20,000 ft. of merchantable timber.
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Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 SE 1-4 Sec. 24-
44-3 E., covering about one acre before it was ex-
tinguished, and destroying 12,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on NE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec.
2-43-2E. This fire ran north into Sec. 35-44-2E. and
east, covering a portion of NE 1-4 Sec. 2-43-2E. and a
portion of SE 1-4 Sec. 35-44-2E., burning over about
200 acres and destroying probably 2,000,000 ft. of first-
class white pine timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on Sec. 11-43-2E., burning
over about one and a half acres before being ex-
tinguished, and destroying about 30,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th — A small fire was started on SE 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec.
23-43-2E., caused by lightning. Very little damage was
done as the stand of timber was light.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec.
14-43-2E., running in a northeasterly direction and cov-
ering quite a large area. This is an old burn and con-
tained very little valuable timber. The loss from this
fire was about 200,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on NE 1-4 Sec. 24-42-1 E.,
burning over about fifteen acres and killing about 80,000
ft. of white pine and 225,000 ft. of mixed timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started ten fires on a five acre area in
the NE J-4 Sec. 5-42-1 E. These fires quickly joined
but were controlled before much damage was done. In
the five acres burned over about 60,000 ft. of timber was
killed.
Aug. 20th— Lightning started a fire on the NE 1-4 Sec. 8-42rlE.,
burning over about nine acres and killing probably
150,000 ft. of timber.
Aug. 20th— Fire started on the south half of Sec. 24-42-1 E.,
caused by floating embers from the Potlatch fire, and
burning over about 180 acres along the divide, which
had been burned over many years ago. Very little
damage was done, although the tract burned over con-
tained a scattering growth of timber.
Aug. 20th— Fire started on the south half of Sec. 19-42-1 E.,
caused by floating embers from the Potlatch fire, cover-
ing about 140 acres, containing very little valuable tim-
ber, it being in an old burn.
Aug. 20th— Fire started on SE 1-4 Sec. 18-42-1 E., caused by
lightning. This burned over about twelve acres of well-
timbered land and destroyed probably 300,000 ft. of
timber.
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Aug. 20th — Lightning started six fires on NAY 1-4 SE 1-4 Sec.
3-43-2E. These fires joined and extended in a westerly
direction, burning over about 120 acres and destroying
about 1,000,000 ft. of merchantable timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 Sec. 26-44-2E.,
extending eastwardly along a burned ridge and cover-
ing probably fifty acres which contained not to exceed
300,000 ft. of merchantable timber.
Aug. 20th — Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec.
20-44-3E., which was promptly extinguished with a loss
of about 20,000 ft. of all kinds of timber.
Aug. 26th — A fire started on the right-of-way of the Milwaukee
railway at Rover, in Sec. 34-45-2\Y. ; cause unknown.
This fire covered about 200 acres of sparsely timbered
land, the growth being scattering tamarack and yellow
pine. It is impossible at this time to state what amount
of timber was destroyed, as both species are thick
barked and hard to kill. Our patrolman estimated a
loss of not to exceed 20,000 ft.
Aug. 30th — Fire started from an unknown cause on XW 1-4
NW 1-4 Sec. 25-48-1 E. ; burned over a small area, de-
stroying about 3,000 ft. of pine timber.
A fire started on Sec. 6-49-2E., caused by lightning. But
little damage was done as the land was very lightly timbered.
A fire in Sec. 26-50- 1W. was caused by lightning. This
fire burned over about sixty acres of land, 'with a loss of ap-
proximately 100,000 ft. of white pine and probably an equal
amount of mixed timber.
In July a fire was started from a donkey engine being used
by the D. H. Dollar Logging Company on Sec. 36-44-3E. This
fire spread over a large area of slash into the operation of the
D. H. Dollar Logging Company and that of Carey & Harper.
It was controlled after a stubborn fight lasting nearly three
weeks, being pretty generally confined to the slashing. The
loss of standing, green timber outside of the slashing was
about 1,500,000 ft.
During the month of August a great many fires were started
along the south side of the St. Joe River between Coeur d'Alene
Lake and St. Maries, and along the west side of Coeur d'Alene
Lake from Coeur d'Alene to Chatcolet. These fires were nearly
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all set by homesteaders, thinking' to take advanage of the dry
weather and burn their slashing's. It is safe to say that 90 per
cent of the fires so set became unmanageable and that all of the
fires west of Lake Coeur d'Alene and along the south shore of
the St. Joe River were directly caused by these settlers burning
without permit. The loss of standing timber or other property
caused by these fires is very slight, largely owing to the fact
that the growth is yellow pine, bull pine, tamarack and red fir,
all of which' species have thick bark and will stand a great deal
of fire; also the undergrowth is comparatively light, allowing
the fire to run through without creating heat enough to kill
the thick barked varieties of timber.
It is practically impossible to get direct evidence to convict
these lawbreakers, especially at a time like this, when the entire
resources of the Association and the attention of all its officers
and employees are so completely taken up in caring for other
fires within the district. Something- must be done to stop this
indiscriminate burning without permit.
The trails, telephone lines and other property of the Asso-
ciation are all in good condition and with our connections with
government trails and telephone lines, our district is pretty
thoroughly covered. The property of the Association in my
charge is being cared for.
To be prepared for an emergency such as was caused by
the general electric storm of August 20th of this year, the Asso-
ciation should either purchase twelve additional pack horses
and equip them, or hire enough extra pack horses early in the
season to provide a reserve in case of emergency, and as pack
horse hire is $1.50 per day and board, it would be cheaper to
purchase the horses, even though the cost of keeping them is
from $15.00 to $20.00 per head per annum.
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STOCK, CAMP EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS OWNED BY
ASSOCIATION
Stored in Warehouse at St. Maries. Idaho:
12 Pack Saddles.
8 Riding- Saddles.
178 L. H. Shovels.
87 S. H. Shovels.
245 D. B. Axes.
248 Mattocks.
14 Crosscut Saws.
Cooking outfit for 375 men.
4 Tents.
4 Telephone Instruments.
1 Telephone Test Set.
Stored in Office at St. Maries, Idaho :
1 Roll Top Desk.
1 Flat Top Desk.
1 Box Stove.
2 Chairs.
At F. Garrett's Ranch in Whitman County, Wash. :
11 Head of Horses.
1 Saddle.
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. ROSS. Warden.
St. Maries, Idaho, November 30, 1914.
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