Aug. 3rd Fire started on Sec. 13-46-3W. Cause unknown. 

 This fire spread over quite a large area, but did very 

 little damage, probably not to exceed 100,000 ft. of 

 green timber being destroyed. 



Aug. 4th Fire started on NE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 8-43-1 W., caused 

 by lightning. About 6,000 ft. of green timber was 

 killed before the fire was controlled. 



Aug. 6th Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4 Sec. 9-46-1 E. 

 About two acres in an old burn were burned over with 

 trifling damage. 



Aug. .6th Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 Sec. 33-47-1E. 

 and spread into Sec. 4-46-1 E. This location is high, on 

 a comparatively bald ridge which was burned over 

 many years ago. The fire burned over nearly eighty 

 acres of ground, containing less than 200,000 ft. of 

 green timber, not all of which was destroyed. 



Aug. 6th Fire started on SW 1-4 Sec. 9-46-2 W., supposed to 

 have been caused by the carelessness of fishermen pass- 

 ing through. The fire burned over about 1,000,000 ft. 

 of yellow pine. There being but little undergrowth 

 the damage was slight and probably none of the timber 

 will be destroyed. 



Aug. 9th Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NE 1-4 Sec. 

 24-42-2E., covering about one-quarter of an acre and 

 killing 3,000 ft. of timber. 



Aug. llth Fire started by a logging engine on NW 1-4 NE 1-4 

 Sec. 26-44-1 W., causing very little damage as it ran 

 through a growth of bull pine. 



Aug. 12th Lightning started nine fires on Sec. 5-41-2E. These 

 fires quickly ran together and covered about eighty 

 acres of land, damaging approximately 1,000,000 ft. of 

 good timber. The extent of the loss is unknown at 

 this time, as they were ground fires and the timber is 

 still green. 



Aug. 19th Fire from an unknown cause started on SE 1-4 

 SW 1-4 Sec. 23-49-1W., burning over a small area and 

 damaging about 10,000 ft. of stull timber. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started a fire on SE 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec. 

 18-43-3E., covering about five acres and destroying pos- 

 sibly 100,00 ft. of timber. 



Aug. 20 Lightning started a fire on the N 1-2 of Sec. 1-41-1E. 

 This fire covered nearly 300 acres on and along the 

 divide between the St. Maries and Clearwater Rivers, 

 which is high and was burned over many years ago. 

 The timber loss amounted to about 125,000 ft. 



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