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Show iiiiiiiiiiiraiiiiiiiiiiiir3iMiiiiiiiRiriitiiiiHiC3itiiHMiiiic3iiiiiMriiiic3iiiriiiiniic3iiiiiiiriiiiE3iiiiiiiiiiiiciniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiM Don't-Lets Start a Fire Over ninety percent of the fires that occur on range and forest lands in dry grass and elsewhere are caused by human carelessness. The extremely dry weather of the past two months has caused a serious fire hazard on all of the watershed lands adjacent to this valley and in dry grass everywhere, When fires occur in the cheatgrass or oak brush types, they spread rapidly and usually cover a large area before they are brought under control. Large numbers of people are using the national forest recreation areas and extreme care should be taken to see that cigarettes and matches are not thrown from automobiles. Camp and picnic fires should be started only in designated places for fires. All fires should be put out and soaked with water before leaving. It is unlawful to throw or place a burning burn-ing cigarette, cigar, match, firecracker or any ignited substance sub-stance in any place where it may start a fire; the discharging of any kind of fire works on any portion of the national forest for-est is prohibitive. Everyone is therefore urged to be careful with fire and parents are asked to keep their children from playing with matches on the dry foothills or near fields of cheatgrass. In the past, fires starting on the low foothills have destroyed valuable watershed lands farther up the mountains and the runs which the fire department makes to cheatgrass fires proves pro-ves costly. . |