Show I REGARDING FOREST FIRES Secretary HoUe Smith Issues a Circular I Circu-lar Giving Warning Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith has issued the following notice in regard to forest fires The attention of the public is called to the fact that immense acres of the public forests are annually destroyed by fire originated in many instances through the carelessness of prospectors and camp ers hunters sheep herders and others svhile in some cases the fires are started with malicious Intent Warning is hereby given that the origin ori-gin of all forest fires will be closely investigated in-vestigated and where the fire Is ascertained ascer-tained to have originated through care lessness or design the persons implicated r will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law The public generally is requested to aid the officers of the government In thee the-e to check the evilreferred to and in the punishment of all offenders |