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Show turies of growth. "Very often campers will allow their camp fire to smolder on ana these fires will be whipped by a gust of wind and wipe out hundreds ot acres of beautiful foliage and occasionally occa-sionally graceful fir and spruce which will never be replanted." Warning is given to watch all smoldering camp fires during the summer months in the mountains so that no destruction is experienced here. RED CROSS TO WATCHCAMPS Utah County Chapter Asked to Guard Against D'estruc- ' tive Forest Fires. Members of the Dtah county chapter chap-ter of the American Red Cross have been urged by the officials of the Pacific division to co-operate with the national forest officials in preserving pre-serving the abundance of wealth and beauty in the forests in thu section of the country. In a letter sent out by L. O. Potter, Pot-ter, chairman of the Utah county chapter, attention is called to the beauties of the mountains and to-este to-este in the county and an appeal made to the members of the association associa-tion to assist in preserving the eam, "Forest fires do not cause the great destruction in our immediate forests as they do in other states a Idaho, Montana. Oregon, Washington Washing-ton and California," says the lette-, "but we do have fires that destroy forage and scenic nooks, many ol which cannot be replaced In cen- |