was burning west into the association timber, getting same 

 under control. Cost of this fire was $5.50. No damage. 



August 25 Fire started on the SE^ of the SW*4 of Section 

 9-57-2 west, burning over five acres. Fire Warden Brooks 

 and myself and five men worked on this fire all day and finally 

 getting it under control. It was making headway for the 

 mountain northwest of Sandpoint. We checked this fire on 

 old roads and trails. This fire was started by A. D. Hood 

 without a permit. I had Mr. Hood arrested. Also Mr. Lin- 

 strom, a rancher west of Dover, for starting fire without a per- 

 mit. So far neither of them have had trial. No damage was 

 done. Cost to the association, $11.00. 



August 28 Fire started in the SW& of the SE% of Section 

 34-58-2 west Caused by sparks from homesteader's chimney, 

 his cabin being on this side of the hill. This land had been 

 burned over in 1910 and was mostly brush fire and caused no 

 damage. It was necessary to keep two men with Warden 

 Brooks on this fire to keep it from spreading further north 

 into the association timber. This land was covered with rock 

 and was hard to put out as no soil could be had to work with. 

 Burned over about 300 acres, doing no damage. Cost to the 

 association, $17.87. 



September 1 Fire started in the NE^ of the SW^ of Sec- 

 tion 21-57-2 west. It was necessary to put two men on this 

 fire for five days as this, if it had gotten any headway, would 

 have caused damage to the association timber further west. 

 The ranchers out in this neighborhood were continually set- 

 ting fires for clearing land and did not look after the fires. It 

 was to their benefit that these fires should run over their land 

 and they did not seem to care anything about other people's 

 timber. No damage done by this fire. Cost to the association, 

 $13.75. 



Fifty other fires were taken care of by wardens and help 

 from the ranchers. No other cost to the association. 



District No. 9 Westmond, Idaho. 



August 11 Fire started in slashings on Section 29-56-3 

 west. Warden McMillan reported that he thought the ranch- 

 ers caused these fires, which burned over slashings in the 



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