Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-04-03 | Page 17 | Igorrote Foresters Averse to Khaki

IGO OTE m FORESTERS ESTE S AVERSE TO KHAKI WASHINGTON April I 2 Maj MaJ George GeorgeP P Ahern director of forestry In the Philippines has In hi his service man many Igor- Igor rote fire wardens In northern Luzon Ho lie Hohas has designed a natt natty dark green khaki uniform coat for them but It Is not popular popular pop pop- ular because tho the fabric catches on the thorns and so FO Impedes their passage through the tho timber Tho The coat IB is adorned adorne with brass brasH buttons and shoulder cords of Interwoven green and yellow rho Tho gee Jee string to bo ho worn with the coat IB is of ot ofa a similar shade hade o of gr green eno trimmed with yellow With Uh a Do ton long tong green STeen fringe e. e Heretofore the go o e wardens warden have been wearing their b badges of ot authority on their gee strings for tor want of ot a hotter boiler place to pin them It Is la somewhat cult for or the forest users and trespassers to locate badges had so en placed and one reason rea rea- son Vh why Major Ahern W wants the Igor Igor- rotes to wear these coats Is that they thoy will thus be able to pin their badges In Ina a conspicuous place There Is a n suspicion suspicion cion that some of or the who have ha accepted the uniform coats hang them themon on a convenient con limb or secrete them on entering tho the forests and don them on their return The Philippine forest service Is modeled mod mOlt modeled clEd so far ar as conditions ns will permit upon tho the service 1 In this this h s countr country o But the Philippine PhilippI no forest service returns a u profit Instead of oC being a bU burden en For the tho year cor I ended elided Juno 30 there thero was a a. surplus of ot over O Comparatively cly few Americans at nt home Comparatively realize the th extent of the Philippine for tor- ests Or Ordinarily one thinks of ot a few tew cocoanut cocoanut co- co commit groves cs palms and other tropical tropIc trees treel Major Ahern and ond his experts estimate cs- cs K- K the tho timber read ready to cut in the Philippine forests at upward upward upward up up- ward of ot feet The woods ran range e from pine and other othel soft species to the hardest of hard woods Manila is only two da days s 's from Hong Hong- kon kong and China furnishes a rend ready mar mar- kot ket Philippine lumber Is admitted fr free c cInto Into this country