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Show APPEAL FOR TROOPS TO FIGHT FIRES PAN BKR.V ARD1NO, Cat.. Auf. 1 frntle appeals for troops to combat th ftireat flra In th mount aim north of thta city wera a-nt to the war department yesterday. yes-terday. Between fifty and sevanty-flva square mltea of forett already hav bea destroyed on tha watershed of the Saa Bernardino reserve. Fallowtna; the admission ad-mission by Korea t Supervisor Charlton Charl-ton that he was unahle to cope with the situation, every civic body In this section kept the wires to Washington hot with apptale for aid. "The Are has been devastating the ftan Bernardino mountain for nine days and Is now beyond all control. Between nrtv and seventy-five square miles of watershed already burned over and entire en-tire watershed threatened. Forest service serv-ice utterly Inadequate to cope with the riresent sltuatlun and nothing but troops n fores aeems likely to save even a remnant of mountain forests and cover. Will you urge war department to act msfantly?" This messaga waa sent to Senators John D. Works and Oeorse C Perkins, Congressman W. D. Stephens, ths department de-partment of the Interior, and to Chief Forester Graves. The signers were tha I executive committees of the Kan Bernardino Ber-nardino chamber of commerce, the Trl-Counties Trl-Counties Reforestation committee, ths Merchants ssaovlatlon and many prominent promi-nent men as Individuals. Forest Supervisor Charlton was also In communication with Washington and Is said to have advised the Interior department that hla email force of men was absolutely helpless before the flame. |