fire fighters was glad to be sent with him. Old Jim 

 said when we started out that he wouldn't let me get 

 tied up on a commissary job this time, but that we 

 would both go through together to the same camp. 

 On arriving at Orofino, Idaho, however, we were split 

 up. I went to Musselshell and Jim to Oxford, and 

 as it turned out I guess it was just as well. Jim 

 had to do a lot of scouting and I would probably 

 have seen more fire and less fire fighting if I had 

 followed his tracks. I got my fill of it anyhow in 

 about three weeks time, for there is a good deal of 

 care and grief connected with this sort of work. The 

 trails were so dry that the dust was six inches deep 

 in places, and the fire fighters were harder to handle 

 than ever before. 



My first job was in the Lolo Camp with about 40 

 men. and after getting three fires under control which 

 could all be worked from the camp we reduced the 

 crew to 16 patrolmen. Canned all of the others who 

 were "wobblies" and I went to Holm's fire, which I 

 have mentioned before. I had a very good chance 

 there to see some very efficient work done. I was 

 called in from the fire to go to another District on 

 the Clearwater (Fish Creek) but different" arrange- 

 ments were made before I actually got there, and 

 after getting into Missoula in the latter part of 

 August, took up some of my ow r n work in Silviculture 

 and have been picking up the loose ends ever since. 



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