• • - Twin Falla,M d d h o £Saturday, Octal 74tlfyear.fr . N o . 2 7 9 t o b e r 6 , 1 9 7 9 15* I w ^ t r e anded m i t i v c mfiree I c CHALLIS, Idaho (UP(UPi)~AtoutIOO -said crewrew8 from lite Shasta, ~Meh*in-- - ' The 48'firefighters - mostm of them Tliursdaylay morning. llCklngiCfiJaJDJ-ifUi — closed for-tho season^ Men'onthellne-forsomo^hours,-- — _iflrefighlers from CalltCalifornia national jdicino and ‘nrihlty national forests •nin smokejumpers from LaGriGrandCi Ore., 15-acree sectionso op Norton Ridge, neai ; James said smokeokejumpers were forestIt offlofflclals said. ..H J o r e s t s w e re s tr a n dled e d I15 miles from a -Californiania were stranded at fire base^ California and B o ise ddropped r from thestiU-bJill-black earth thot was scorchec flo w n to tb e fire im mmedlotdy et but, like Jamesmes salS the exact cause of the - ' nnore lhan 600-acro0. mman-caused fire ^ m p alLat Indian Creek throughout the^0 oircraft Into the area ThiThursday'and bytheMorM o rta rC re e k blaze, •. the lorge Mortar CreekCn fire, 11 Is fb^JsuncIs und^r investigation but th ere Is f u m i n g In tb e C h e lllsJ ls ^N a tio n a l F o r e s t 'd a y . He sisaid they wer4s frustrated to continued to be the only groundgr crews . Beforeire as fire-control effort could b< burning in extremelylely steep,, rough, no questluestion but tbat it was man- •drtlday-whcn heavyy clclouds of smoke 'leam thathat flames licked heavy tim ber>er on the lines throughoul Friday,F: Reid launched,jed, the fire, term ed the Nortor)rton te r r a in th a t is he av ilyIly timt b e re d .'. c a u seed. d , . ' . tor transportation -;along the southern.boundafy of the . Ridge bbio: la ze , s p r e a d to 100 a c r e s . B j cgroimdM hellcoptcr ^ sa id . - : F(^*adaitlijnal.cre\crews were colled He» 80idsok the public should bc aw are ; - ' ifllnr-^— r — - - J jl a s e r tthreatening h P to spread If nightJht • “They’ve-been workingng more than ' nightfallall ItI co n su m ed -430 a c re s o: r into the rugged t ^ l i r and It had been hopedfiedabout.w jncn-of.theexieextremeiyserlous conditions ta ----- firefighters on the—iem peraltratures.find humidity did notwt 24- hours now." Reld-si- s a i d - F r id a y -ico m me ero rc la l l-g r a d e tim b e r - - - - — ' =• prahs"l6-have' nrcf ,, jg- -would"b€ on the firelirelines by Friday auoreafrea fom ts this fall because of the vere cancelled late /^low theflle fire 's ad v an c e. night. “They're lired andid -dirty. I Just : Tho basebasi camp was set up about ll Jlnes by.nlghtfall were night.-Becausc of smsmoke and other jon- dry^ and hot periods experience ■ I smoke-blackened Reid; saisa id 23.000 g a llo n s of r e ta rd a»nt n t hope we can gel some reliefrel to them miles southwestsout of.the fire at Indlar :in the day when an conditions these crews summer- -' 'B kles d id n o t d e a r aas s texpected.'Light cboppedoid on the fire Friday kept "hot,lOti Saturday.” -- . - .;C r e e k;. ;. wherev, fire boss Gordor to roadr the Kdl&ii “- ' P r - 1-------- £wJndgJiepLUieJlreji^»within a line built 'spoU” fnfrom spreading, as did the- Challis Information officero Jim StevensIS andar 0 fire management crew ; aiw opportunity, he sold, i ' - ron the nocjhem.edgeIge cof the biazfi-but—-dou?lng-;g^tb-40,00&-gaHon» of- the s-stllHeai^the-^nllnued-uedto map a-flreflgtittnrstrattfp r rat«-fOT^flr«>-ftf_rnngft Hra eyn te Friday, Jam es said. ‘also hampered crewiw trtransportation to vchemlcafi:alir Thursday. He, said the possibility that the ouout-of-control egy late Fi talwn to lhe llrellneIne before flights Blg^ Baldy ■ lookout crew: I terrain such OS the Norton Creek' ,- r;the naming timberr Iwlocaled obout sbt aerial baibattle against-the blaze was f la m e s CQUld s e a r s e veral e n thousand - The Bl '?”^.werecan,cclcd: , — t i n le r r & of this sum m er's .successfulsful, biit noted that fire strate-.te-. -acres t>efare the fire is bnbrought under «poltedd ththe Tire about 8 a.m. Thurs J lld gse e U11 is extremely difficult to . ■ rjnlles from the site of from "Only M firefighters ■ ■ 165,000-acrBMortarCre•Creek flro., .glsUareer e e a g e r to p la c e th e total o f 148*48 c o n tro l. day. Itt sUstarted about two miles fron :rs were available :controliroI 4a fire once it gels a good s to rt,' brton Creek lookout which:h iiis fo r F r id a y niK ht Includ!Iudlng38 men who . ]he wam</onied. ' - Challis forest plnmiinmier.Gordon Reid av^ltln^ng firefighters on the lines. The man-caused fire} vwas spotted the Norto 'onnally: Jtumland I - ' ' '.5. >lstates I DENVIINVER (UPI) - Republlbohv. - 'H - : _ i _ l i ____ p r e s id[dential. e n t aspirant John Connally .,^ 1 sy- endoi^ the "Sagebrush--------- illloh” 'aiidproposecttheretum of - -t-:- millions of acres V}f'federally — idwestemlondtostofecontrol. ruially, cam paigning In 0 region «. President X!artcr's popularity ■■ suiik ond speoking on an Issue .........: ■ J : to the hearts of many officials. I the* f e d e r ^ . governm ent owns - .. ! than 60 percent of the3ond w est' ' 5 Rocky Mountains. — ........... - r- he lands (uriaer federal control) ' insvolloble for Western Jobs, for em lndustiy,~for Western pioces / ‘esidence, land ownedi'and " ' Iged by foroway . bureoucrots . { comprehend neither Western at- ' | ssnorconcernsr^'hesald.- • (oklng first a t o $200-a-plate fund I Ig breakfast, then to. a nevra \ rence and later to a realtors J m Colorado SprlngsTthe former s govemoi’ saldhe supported the : i.to. re tu rp federal lands.lo sto te ■ . ■ol. ■ . " . ' i M rrSagebrnstrRebciJlt)n^*-5toTlod-r'’^ f ™ ivada and has galncd'popuIarlty~ F r i dher a y ' iwestern states with heovy ■ — Rebelliondl land ownership. Connally said T r aict'oHlke c t'o machine uhdch d e r ^ t i n d te le p h o n e c a bbte l e wv here none h a s b e m befilefore * outside Murphy>hy H ot Springs near th,e e B:B runeau River canyon the mllll'vould propose legislation to o w n edfer w lorge e parccls of land to the 13 'I C onnallaffected stotes; ■ Lines laid1 fifor Murphy, Thrhree Creek w h e re> .those’who P r denounce the merits . h a s su! ‘Sagebrush iik Rdjciilon.' to those c lo se{uestion to tl its need. 1 would sim p lf . s a td the*north to Alasko, the longtime . - Where rnophonnehaseevergcfone bejifore m o re)lng th o iboy of economic purists, of , V onmentoipurlsts/'hesoid. of the Roc soid-rederfll-ownershlpH)f4and;— —, -------------- -------— By-BBN-IE N -M c K a JV A Y -.-i— “ T h e la ftfr m h n .f i a hlp is p x t e a ^ mh_he_tias_suDervlscdrt-KKA K tdenhono InvTnsIns returni lo~Cfillforniri next t o r e ueuircd n o v t In Alaska. Doved the wov - - V ^ l T lmles-News es-^ w riter of the one-robnl'schooitiDusihouse.-un-autoiny'tic— ^projecjiects.Jigim d_Mrs. irwIniFavelSl^cnonlhr' hav ‘dall Bn Brewer, anotlier Three Cm W e ste=eaUad.flLM rn 1 tjk^llfdB WMit'a t^ a -' W __________ m u r p h y h o t P-SPRJNGS—-s p : Ry-Thaiiksgiv------------swItclJboard will-bo Inslullwlullod-lD-the-schiloi’s ------ -Three-ee;Creok-proj<K!tas-thelr-lelr-own-busliiuiis.-- --^aiiil- pn -prKJldenl-of-thc-M aRic-V o f ri-6ff-to-gra2ingrminUtgriini^'"^^rr™ e s id Ing this-tiny commimmunity of mobile homes_______ Harage. according lo ThoiThomos Irwin, the REA\ (ifflcinisi InlrtKliiccd lhe Jte-ionthersJo -------^ilcmcn:iwn!sj\ssoclatlon..will.ovcrsec. m a n ag g enr^H d without -------------^alSnrihecafl'rSrlfo;rk ofTRe "Bruneau Klve'r will California telephone cnglnee;ilneer who formed the IrwinIn Ila s t y e a r. T h e a j’cn cyy turnedlu: down the aflerr llsII.S completion. IrwIn sold tu w ho citlontothestalcs. o m t !oscabUofltslsolatl<)latlon. Independent telephone com|company and heads resldeidents' loan rcqu&t bccnu:cause the system for a lo<local retired telephone rcpa litudesno:tbe4ederol ^vem oient wishes' AndZJsccludcdcal1 c a ttle r a n c h c s tu c k e d a w a y the project;^ _____ . -.vvillhahave too few customers,I. ......... ■' couldId btbe on call In case compllcai , -J-.. S peoIlize-Westem k ln lands, let it buy tn the desert draws- ' ',.'Allh<3irgh‘Irwlh sald-fioltS‘noltailwrs -anrtlff thir " n eed ed . win originally esllmated:d ththe total cost of are neet r a is in. gAnd b let the taxpayers from all -the lown of Rogecsaerson, aboul SO miles lo the it&w c a b le should be, ab le; to cjcall c a c h o th e r b y ‘t ” " system ot rno.OOOr butjut now says___ M rs, 1Irwin will liandle the blllin c o n felies re n cequolly divide the cost, llic oasl, will also feel•1 a Ilittle closer to the rest of la te N o v em b er, he a d d edJ thatthai it will probabb'.