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Show PROTECTION FOR : F0RESTSJ1ED ( Matter to Receive Attention ! During Special Week i . j Forest Protection week will be celebrated cele-brated In I'tah and througnout the na-. na-. tlon from April IS to 27. with officials ! of the foreat service and the Commer-trial Commer-trial club taking an active part in the j educational and foreat fire prevention features of the week. 'Die wet-k has been set aside for the primary purpose of Impreaalng cttlsens generally with the Importance of forest firs prevention as a means of preanrv-Ing preanrv-Ing and Incre&alng the eountry'a lumber lum-ber renourca. It haa been pointed out that the nation Is unine lumber faster than It Is growing and that the prevention preven-tion of forest flrea due to human cars-lenanena cars-lenanena will go far to solve this must Important problem. According to reports received today at the Commercial club from H. H. Rut-ledge, Rut-ledge, chief of the fourth foreat aervire dlatrlct. there were lhO forest flrca In thla Intermountfttn district last year. I Hlnre the beginning of the compilation of foreat records fourteen yesrs ago, there have been 4433 foreat flrea, with (a. total lose of Sl.3o0.noo. It Is said j that 61 per cent of theae flrea were !due to human careleaaneas. Thirty per cent were due to the Ceireleasneaa of campers. Lightning caused t9 per cent. I'tah used 7H.UO0.Ooe feet of lumber In and In normal vears will use U'S.Ooo.OOO feet. At this rate the supply sup-ply would be exhausted in forty-five yfars snd it Is to prevenr this expsus-tlnn expsus-tlnn that the campaign of education a as Inst csreteapneaa is to be waged. Foreat service officiate plan to utilize downtown show windows for exhibits, showing how campers and others can prevent fore.it ffrei.. |