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Show Carelessness Cause of Many Big Forest Fires (Prepared by th United States Department of Agriculture.) The forest service. United States Department of Agriculture, says that 3G.0O0 forest fires every year destroy timber and property valued at $16,500,-Q00 $16,500,-Q00 besides costing many human lives. Kearly 9,000,000 automobllists visited tile national forests during 1923 for recreational purposes, and many fires were directly . traceable to carlessness on the part of the visiting automo-bilist automo-bilist Here are simple rules which If observed ob-served will help prevent forest fires: 1. Be sure your match Is out break It In two before throwing It away. 2. Don't throw cigars, cigarettes and pipe ashes over the side of your machine. ma-chine. Provide a closed receptacle. A tin can will do. 8. Build small camp fires on bare ground or on rocky surfaces away from brush and trees. Scrape away all inflammable material. 4. Never leave your camp fire un-watched. un-watched. When you are finished with the camp fire be sure It's dead then bury It with dirt or gravel and not with Inflammable leaf mold. 5. Keep In touch with the forest ranger. Report all fires you may s however small. Consider the ranger as your friend whose duty It is to protect pro-tect your forests. 6. Inquire about fire regulations. In some states the law requires permits before camp fires may fie built. 7. At all times and under all circumstances circum-stances be as careful with fire while you are in wooded areas as you would be In your own home. |