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Show Suggests Pigeon for j Fire Alarm Messenger Use of pigeons as carriers of messages mes-sages with data of new forost fires, as, suggested by Hanger Kstep nf the Idaho Ida-ho National forest, may mark a new development in the establishing of communications In newly acquired forest for-est traets. Hanger Estep. in a communication to the local headQu&rtersi calls atten- 1 Hon to the faet that hellocraph works 1 only on sunny days, Wireless tele-phones, tele-phones, while successful, to some de-1 gree. have failed to met t all require-1 menfs, and thu patrolman's mudo of j carrying messages la not only expens-1 n e. but. very slow. Hanger Kstep idvanees the theory! that carrier pigeons might answer tho I need of the service In establishing quick communication. In cas.' a fire started, a ranger could write his message, affix it to the pig-' eon's leg. and release the bird. It would fly to forest headquarters, alight 1 In a box equipped with an electric I alarm, and the office would this be notified no-tified of the fire. In the mean time, the ranger could be exerting his en- orgies In koeplng the fire In check, In his communication to the local headquarters. Hanger Estep casually expressed tho Idea that squab, as an emergency Item on the bill of fare, could tiot be classed as undesirable. J nn |