Show I SCOUTS PROTECT OREGON FORESTS Prove Effective ve Agency When Forest Service vicc Is Not T Available Portland nd Ore Jan 31 The 31 The most or- or ef effective C volunteer agency In the United States to today a for t the tho protection of ot tho the f forests la Is tho the Boy Scouts of ot America says an article In the tb last number of ot The Forest Patrolman published by the Western Forestry and Conservation as association as- as here liere Bo Boy Scouts of or Portland have a weekend weekend week wook- end camp and a I. I summer camp located in tho forests forests' and a knowledge of trees is easily obtained tho they aro are taught how to build fires Ires properly and how bow to put putout putout putout out all nIl fires During hikes hikes and patrol- patrol trig Ing o of forests Boy Scouts o of Portland have havo put out a n great man many fires left b by campers and b by careless hikers Last summer eighty scouts worked for tor two days putting out fire on tho the Eagle Creek trail tran No forest service help holp was available a tho first day and the scouts fought tho fire right up to the tho flames Because of ot this education in forest protection some somo of ot tho the western states have havo placed the scouts to patrol moun moun- thin tain trails and forest areas oreas for fires firos during the summer months and a Q num num- num- num Jar her have been I placed laced as lookouts In tho the United States forest reservations Oregon is proposing to organize scout fire wardens and to Issue to Bo Boy Scouts certificates and badges on passInG passing pass pass- ing a n. prescribed examination in forest preservation |