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Show -narkab!': because there was an inc. re;isc 1.1 nu:iiO.T ot LrcJ frcm p(j.'il..::io;-.i c-m.bulio.i a. id o;L r natural u:d uniVCi.L'.'e c: .use .-. The i 92 5 report sets a g.v ti example for this yerr- i: :he need L. r cort.-tnpt vigil? nee v- kept in the pul-.U-: mind, may Ji!i:ce.'-(J in l-lI'! farther reducing ci .tructior. ol cur lvrc- ts through l.cftfUe.-is -..dling O; fire. I FOREST FIRE PREVENTION A PUBLIC OBLIGATION Total number of forest fires showed a considerable declite last year, leading to the assumption that at least the campaign of educating the public to reasonable care against fire is beginning to bear fruit. For example, the acreage burned over in national forests in California was only about one-eighth of the area of a year ago, and cost of fire fighting was only about one-tenth. This is more rc- |