Show to prevent fires in national forests because of the fact that many forest firos fires are arc set through the carelessness less noss of hunters campers and others who go into tho tile woods for recreation tho the forest service has taken up with the manufacturers S of arms and ammunition the quasti in n of a operative cooperative co arrangement through which purchasers and users of guns and cartridges shall be reminded of the fire danger it has been pointed out that in tho the lumber regions of thu tho northwest for example manufacturers and other business men have been having printed or stamped PI on their stationery and pay checks various crisp catchy statements about the tile loss which the public suffers through the decreased demand for labor and decreased money in circulation if tim ber which is the source of many 11 of the industries is burned up it has ulso boon been pointed out that in the east cast pai ticul arly miny forest tiros tires are started b the carelessness of hunters who ho drop burning matches cigar or cigarette stumps rr r p pe coals in tile woods or perhaps build a fire chich is ig left burning when the hunter goes on oil forest alres of course creatis injure the interests of sportsmen by robbing the b ads of their proper cover they also impair tho the food supply of both binds and big game through the destruction of the undergrowth which furnish furnis bes cs browse br berries and other food the eastern castera woods are exposed to the danger from flieg principally in the spring and fall when most of the trees are hire bire and the leaves on the ground are dry the spring fires wany of which are ara due to trout fish ermen may destroy ilie the eggs of game birds and even thu thel young birds themselves since trout fishermen are likely to hunt bunt in the fall the same individuals lg if careless may be a source of danger d anger at both seasons |