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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. 

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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 



