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Show Dixie Forest Official Issues Order Prohibiting Fireworks I In the Interest of preventing I damaging forest fires and to re-' re-' duce the amount of damage done needlessly to forested watersheds, Regional Forester C. J. Olsen, of the U. S. Forest Service with headquarters in Ogden, has Is-I Is-I sued the following order prohibiting prohibit-ing the discharge of fireworks on all Dixie National Forest lands: Under and by virtue of the authority conferred on the Re- ' glonal Forester by the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35) and the regulations thereunder, particu-laryl particu-laryl Regulation T-l (L), the following fol-lowing acts are prohibited on the National Forests of Region 4, United States Forest Service, beginning be-ginning on the 1st day of July, ! 1955, until further notice: I The throwing or placing of a burning cigarette, cigar, match, .pipe heel, firecracker, or any ig-' ig-' nlted substance In any place , where It may start a fire; and 'the discharging of any kind of fireworks on any portion of a ! National Forest closed by order of the Regional Forester to the discharging of fireworks. This action is being' taken at this time to protect the long time interest of the general public, according ac-cording to Albert Albertson, Forest For-est Supervisor of the Dixie National Na-tional Forest. |