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

 35-42-2E., on a barren ridge. About 25 acres burned 

 over with a small loss of standing timber. 



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

 19-42-3E., about three acres were burned over and 

 30,000 ft. of standing timber destroyed. 



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

 20-42-3E. Covered but a small area and killed less than 

 20,000 ft. of timber. 



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

 1-42-1 E., covering but half an acre and destroying no 

 timber, as the growth is tamarack. 



Aug. 20th Fire started on E 1-2 NE 1-4 Sec. 26-45-3E. ; caused 

 by lightning. This fire burned over about 100 acres 

 of old burning, doing very little damage, as it was 

 grown up to a thick stand of very small, second-growth 

 timber. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started a fire in Sec. 5-46- 1W. It covered 

 about ninety acres and destroyed but a small amount 

 of timber, probably not to exceed 50,000 ft. of cedar. 



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

 23-43-2E. This fire burned over nearly 100 acres on a 

 high ridge which had been burned over in 1889 and 

 grown up to brush, making the fire very hard to handle. 

 It is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 ft. of timber of all 

 kinds burned over, but the extent of the damage is 

 not known. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started a fire on NW 1-4. Sec. 19-42-1E., 

 covering about ten acres and destroying about 125,000 

 ft. of timber. 



Aug. 20th Fire started in SE 1-4 Sec. 19-42-1 E., caused by 

 floating ember from a fire in the Potlatch district. This 

 fire covered about four and one-half acres and killed 

 probably 40,000 ft. of timber. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started a fire in NE 1-4 SW r 1-4 Sec. 

 11-43-3E., covering about three acres containing about 

 20,000 ft. of timber. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started four fires in Sec. 35-44-3E. These 

 fires were extinguished before spreading and destroyed 

 not to exceed 10,000 ft. of merchantable timber. 



Aug. 20th Lightning started two fires, one on SW 1-4 NE 1-4 

 and one on NE 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec. 3-43-3E. These fires 

 were extinguished by our patrolmen with a loss of not 

 to exceed 20,000 ft. of merchantable timber. 



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