where deputy wardens could be found. These were distrib- 

 uted very generally throughout the district. 



We recommend the extension of telephone lines to con- 

 nect with the lines of the United States Forest Service and 

 others wherever such connection will give us two outlets 

 from the same locality, as we feel that depending upon a 

 single line of communication may result in failure to get 

 important information at some critical time. 



We recommend the building of trails wherever so doing 

 will make a cut-off between main trails into a locality, or 

 in any wise tend to improve the service by shortening the 

 distance between the warden's station and all points in his 

 district. 



We recommend that as soon as possible after a fire a 

 copy of the report on same be mailed to each member of 

 the Association, so that the members may be advised as to 

 the location and extent of all fires within the district. 



We repeat the recommendation of last year that some 

 system be devised to obtain daily weather reports from 

 patrol men, in order that these may be kept as a record in 

 the office of the Chief Warden for reference during the 

 season. 



We desire to thank operators throughout the district 

 for complying with the recommendation of last year as 

 to instructions to camp foremen in case of fire in or near 

 their works, and to ask them to renew those instruction* 

 annually. 



F. J. DAVIES, 

 R. M. HART, 

 C. M. CREGO, 

 Spokane, Wash., Nov. 30, 1913. Fire Committee. 



