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Show CARRY RADIO ON MOTORCYCLE The protection against fiies of the great forests of the 1'aciflc northwest north-west Is a tremendously important matter mat-ter to federal and state officials and to private owners of timber as well. The vast tracts of virgin timber In he I'uget Sound basin represents billions bil-lions in wealth Forest fire Is the great menace to this Immense treasure-house, and In reducing the danger hazard of timber tim-ber conflagrations', the motorcyclo is HMHmnMnKinaaaBmsigHK jiJiMU.il ."BHnnsmKnnm coming into Its own. Recently two Seattle motorcycle riders were employed em-ployed by lumber interests to patrol forest roads and trails, teaching the docirim- of "put out your ramp fires" and educating the amateur camper In forest fire prevention li nipped with radio the motorcycle motor-cycle patrols travel the highways and trails of this region during the months when the forests are a vast mass of highly inflammable material The riders" urge the co-operation or camper camp-er in preventing fires Motorcycle mounted, the forest patrol pa-trol reaches the small fires before they gain headway and summon helpi in the shortest possible time. His mount is far faster than the time-honored time-honored horse and more easily operated oper-ated than the auto He can travel j trails to lookout stations and In every, way render the maximum of efficient1 protection Truly his work is wlll worth while. Many of the leading lumber firms and holders of large timber tracts ln the northwest are keenly watching the work being dono by the motor-cycle motor-cycle forest patrols and the increasing increas-ing use of this form of timber protection protec-tion Is a Certainty. In fact, throughout through-out the western timber country, thu, motorcycle patrol could be used ev- tensively with the greatest econom,r. I oc |