PEND D'OREILLE TIMBER 

 PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 



1913 



Sandpoint, Idaho, December 6, 1913. 

 Gentlemen: 



At the end of the sixth year of the life of the Pend 

 d'Oreille Timber Protective Association your Fire Com- 

 mittee begs to report it as one of the most successful in 

 the history of our work. 



Mr. W. G. Fh,alon of Spirit Lake was engaged as Chief 

 Warden, and commenced lining up his work April 15th. 

 Experienced District Wardens were employed , and the con- 

 troling and killing of 52 fires during the season was done 

 at a very low cost. Arrangements were made for the pa- 

 troling of 190,000 acres of additional State land in the up- 

 per Priest Lake country. This necessitated the purchase 

 of a motor boat and the building of a boat house for the 

 purpose of getting supplies and men into the upper country. 

 Several additional wardens were also employed. 



We now have 27 members with a total acreage of 

 584,302.09 acres, on which we levied during the season 

 assessments amounting to 1% cents per acre. The total 



