14 POTLATCH TIMBER PROTECTIVE AS 



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 



