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Show THE SEASON FOR HHt FIRES Foroyt fire expenditures on :iiu htU'iinountain National l'orests during the fiscal year vmcli S'tilsod Juno 10 totalled $290,000. 'tins 1'iguru represents the acta il cash outlay for labor, la-bor, supplies and cqmpiue.it used In suprcssiiig over 7W : I'ties, most of which occured during the lutzardous )criod of last' July, Augsut and September. Sep-tember. It docs not include cost of the time spent in firo suppression by the regular forest organizations, nor the damage done to tho forest resources re-sources which nmounted to np-jMoxinmtely np-jMoxinmtely an equivalent amount. Over GO per cent of tho forest for-est fires which caused this heavy hea-vy economic loss woro duo to enrjoss visitors to tho National Nation-al Forests, a big share of them by campers who "didn't know their campfires woro loaded," or in other words went away and loft them unextinguished. Tho hazardous season is ..re again. Natural conditions are omewhat' more favorable than a .war ago un'jil Forest Service officials are relying upon up-on this fact, improved methods, meth-ods, a vigorous campaign to secure publics cooperation and absolute enforcement of the Stato hum Federal laws against again-st careless or wilful sotting of fires to hold down tho firo losses los-ses between now and fall. |