90 Third Annual Report of the 



ing fires, was less than fourteen mills per acre, which is on the 

 average, approximately two mills per dollar of valuation. 



During the latter part of August fires were occurring in all 

 parts of the forest territory. They were being detected constantly 

 by the observers, and it became a question of how many fires the 

 rangers could handle with the limited amount of help available in 

 the localities. A large number of the rangers were working night 

 and day, securing assistance, going to fires, getting them under 

 control, appointing competent foremen, and then communicating 

 with their headquarters, and, in most instances, immediately 

 starting for some other fire. At this time, the commission author- 

 ized the district rangers to employ rangers temporarily in locali- 

 ties which they considered dangerous and, in this way, the diffi- 

 culty was, to a large extent, surmounted. 



