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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 



