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Show PROTECT YOUR FORESTS In the western part of the United States this promises to be the worst forest fire season on record as the country is drier at this time of the year than ever before known. Already forest fires are taking their toll of large tracts of timber and it has been suggested that our nattional forests be closed to tourist tour-ist traffic. As most of these fires are caused by man, this terrific annual loss in timber, buildings and lives rests almost wholly with th.e people who live in or use our forests. Every newspaper, every moving picture theater, every public speaker, every teacher and every minister should call the attention of ! the public to the necessity for caution in the woods and for hearty 1 co-operation in preventing and extinguishing fires of every description descrip-tion that are found unattended. Officers of the lav should see that punishment is quickly given to offenders against rules and regulations, which seek to safeguard our forests and people who live in same. j |