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Show FORESTERS DISCUSS WORK FOR FUTURE H. ,R. Graves, chief for eater, of Washington, D. C. successor to Gif-ford Gif-ford Pinchot, presided at a meetipg of national, district and aasiataat district forester ia the petit jury room of the federal building thi morning. Meeting Meet-ing will be held every day thia week. Thev are not npea to tb public, hut Chief Forester Grave told THE TELEGRAM TEL-EGRAM thi morning that tb meetings meet-ings were being held for th pwrpoa , of outlining th year' work for th department. Congress ha appmpriat- ed 5,nnfl,fM10 for the department ' work thi year, and the forester will discuss plan and method for the expenditure ex-penditure of thi money ia th most judicious manner. On of the ub.ieti of general inter- est tn be taken up at the meeting, Mr. (1 raves Mid, is that of forest protection protec-tion against fire, , Which ravagea thousands of acre of forest land every year aad result ia the loss of tremendous tre-mendous timber loaee. Kir patrol, trail through th forest, bar areas to . stop possible fire, forest telephone and other devise are used to fight the fire lose and theae and other proposed mrthMra of fire prevention will be di-ensecd. di-ensecd. - - |