The lines of our district remain as heretofore, the acreage 

 being" the same. 



Our co-operative agreement with the United States Forest 

 Service is still in force and we think it is working to our 

 mutual advantage. We wish to thank the forest supervisors, 

 rangers and other government employees for their prompt and 

 efficient aid throughout the season. 



Very many fires occurred along the St. Maries River and 

 Coeur d'Alene Lake which were, without question, caused by 

 carelessness of homesteaders in attempting to burn their slash 

 during the dry season without permit, and without sufficient 

 help to control them. These settlers are very largely non-mem- 

 bers of our Association. They disobey the law of the state, 

 and when a fire gets away from them call on the Association 

 for assistance, which in all cases has been furnished as promptly 

 as possible under the circumstances. It is fortunate that the 

 timber in the regions occupied by these settlers is of a species 

 not easily killed by fire or the entire Coeur d'Alene Lake region 

 would be a waste. Many of these settlers have joined the 

 Association and quite a few of them have paid the assessments 

 made; the majority, however, are either non-members or have 

 failed to pay when called upon. 



The State of Idaho is interested in our district to the extent 

 of nearly one-fifth of the total revenue acreage therein. During 

 the past season its loss was so slight that it cannot be com- 

 puted, although its holdings are scattered throughout the entire 

 district, and in many places were threatened by fires. It is safe 

 to say that it has not had ten acres of land burned over, and 

 this so situated that it contains no timber of value. 



Our patrol system commenced in May, at which time a few 

 men were put on in the lower altitudes, and for a time we had 

 only ten patrolmen at work. This number was increased to 

 twenty-nine during July and maintained at that number during 

 August, although in the latter part of August we had so many 

 fire fighters, packers, etc., at work that a large portion of the 

 district was covered by men other than regular patrolmen. 



Supplemental to our patrol system we had a number of 

 good look-out points established, and these proved very satis- 

 factory, inasmuch as our first reports usually came from look- 



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