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Show iTbree Three Fires Burn 24 124 Acres of IAshley Ash ley Forest Areal Arei 1 I Supervisor Earl C & Sanford &anford anford rethat re ' ports that three forest fires hav have haveoccured havoccured occured on the Ashley National NationalIforest forest Iforest to date this summerThese summer summerThese These three fires burned a to L1 [ ' of 07 24 acres Two of the fires firesIwere fire firewere Iwere were man made and one was was'started i started 'started ' by lightning All fires fireswere fire ; , were promptly discovered and andsuppressed anc I suppressed suppressedSupervisor Supervisor Sanford urges that thata11 thaall . : a11 forest visitors exercise every everyprecautIOn everprecaution precautIOn with fire In view Qf Qfthe q the present emergency it is 01 01ever o ' ever increasing increasmg importance that thatforest thaforest ; forest fires be prevented The Theloss Th < loss of valuable vaiuable stands of timber timberand timberand and the diversion of labor needed neededin needecin in the war effort to fight fires firescould firecould ) could do much to hamper our ourall ouiall all important unportant war programOnly program Only a small amount of cautlon cau tion tlon and foresight foesight ( is required to topre t < i pre prevent nt man-caused man caused - - forest firesCare fires Care with camptires campfires and cigare cigaret cigaretashes ashes would do much to eHmin eHminate eliminate ate fires Said Supervisor Sanford San ford It s patriotic to prevent preventforest provenforest forest tiresBe fires tires -Be Be - Be patriotic _ |