1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



343 



tions for infringement of the state for- 

 est laws, and prompt action by state 

 forest officials and forest-reserve rangers 

 in several states have in many cases 

 averted serious damage. Reports from 

 the State of Washington indicate that 

 forest fires are again prevalent, al- 

 though not in the same territory as 

 those chronicled in the July number of 

 FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. Four dif- 

 ferent fires were reported in Kings 

 county on July 12, and it is reported 

 that about 800 acres of fine timber were 

 burned over. Damage was also done 

 in the territory surrounding the Tula- 

 lip Indian Reservation. By far the 

 most serious fires of the past month, 

 however, have been in Newfoundland 

 and British Columbia. The area of 

 destruction in the interior of Newfound- 

 land is stated to be greater than that 

 affected by any previous conflagration. 

 Notre Dame Junction, a lumber set- 

 tlement, was all but consumed, and 

 several lumbering firms have suffered 

 extensive loss through destruction of 

 their outfits and plants. Canadian 

 newspapers place the loss in Newfound- 

 land alone at $175,000, including loss 



incurred in the destruction of build- 

 ings, lumbering outfits, mills, and tim- 

 berland. Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick have been visited by numerous 

 minor forest fires, owing to the favor- 

 able conditions of drouth and heat. 

 On the other side of the Canadian do- 

 main serious damage has been done in 

 the northern Saanich district of Van- 

 couver Island, and in the mountains 

 near Ladysmith. In the northeast of 

 Wulffsohn Bay a fire of considerable 

 magnitude is reported to have destroyed 

 a large acreage of timberland. 



A small fire engaged the attention of 

 forest rangers near Prescott, Arizona, 

 in the early half of July, and during 

 the same period a serious fire was re- 

 ported in the Huachua Mountains near 

 Tombstone. Forest fires in this sec- 

 tion are of a more serious aspect than 

 the actual monetary value of the prop- 

 erty destroyed implies, since their pro- 

 tection of the water supply is vital and 

 the welfare of the country greatly de- 

 pendent upon their influence. 



California suffered losses in two lo- 

 calities in the Yosemite, at the foot 

 of Mount Starr King, and in Sierra 



HEADGATE OF AN IRRIGATION CANAL ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER. 



