| Show AN sim k z EYE afie A I 1 R lox ROBERT M se s j s 6 A aircraft kir craft to Search Out forest fires and outlaw cotton v fields I 1 from washington Washing tAr seem to indicate that lot it the R air een eaulm ice Is going to pieces rapidly owns from varl tarl ous mes causes and that sep seli will mill practically see the b last t of it this I 1 la especially sp achilly to be regretted ed 1 in view of ad the recent meant nu inu ceroua extensive 1 aud and dis estrous at mus forest fires in the N hoest ril the lesson of th these as im I 1 Is that t the no na floral forests and ad national parks must be patrolled by airplanes Ir ples and protect ed by elre wireless less telephone time Is a vital factor in fighting forest fires they must be detected io instantly standly and aal combites combi ted pr prompt mAtl ones one a forest fire gains sufficient headway th the mane convert each live Vs plus pine into a a gas start retort and the flaming gois gas carried by the wind jumps far hend ahead of the fire am line I 1 a to start new files I 1 alla alho forest ore fire will re run up tf mountain slope flop with tremendous speed crent creating ng its A own draft as it A goes A airplane a service would instantly detect defeet a forest fire it would reach the spot promptly mild smothering co gas firefighters firelighters fire lighters ran tools pro pron visions War and ad ma 1 facials if the national forest and not national pat parka r it A nrc worth creating and chor they are worth preserve ing TI the a ordinary forest real fire IS IB a ca lamity the big on one in IB a cats in in a twinkling it the growth of sea gen sea ernt lons a Is gone where a forest stood the there IS Is desolation which will last for many a year the 1 bosies st in money this ihla season saying YS nothing of the beah dmn menace to A human man life would pay tor for an extensive air service see equipment ant equip I 1 that hot th there are 1 la a afi distinct blet and d impair foot tant plan place for far aircraft 1 in fire am prone 1 glnn I of timberlands hns has been regard ed by tile the to forestry try officials for some imme atme A as beyond doubt it w was with this id lika a in mind that arrangements ere am made to have army my al ione mid and cap if five be balloons cover portions pa attl on of the na an boned forests ns ot of california all new merl mexico an nna other state mates this sit mer face the p a trolling wes was started aly turly in bi june mm and nd ten lias so quickly proved it is worth that it was wall in pro to tn extend worth the lie I 1 service ice to other points in the past east retailing including one a near me the file white whit nom gnoun fiat in new hampshire no fo difficulty 1 Is experienced by the ormen in a detecting fires in heavy hm her bet from elevations of 6 to 10 feet at present the faces service mile I 1 for r it alie a detection der t ion of arm partly on an pa ila fiol bad irv hv me nian a on home imdars cities A or ailrad it ile rr on 1 0 tarm at tiered on ballast points aircraft nnie baie ganv aid polite is nf f oli met 11 this 1111 11 e bod lookouts Joo houta I 1 in ei ery ry broken maw country cut up III bv deep canons or where since mean tell obstruct list the ile view Is or ar in not flat country that affords no good points of vantage are am often amab nimble I 1 to I pick up 11 fires re quickly by the 1 Is c rising 1 AM or to locate knote them arean accurately tely r precise location the system in use spends a on triangulation llon through re ports aris telephoned chiple art d from separate ion points airplanes a however ho cr Is can ou use uie wireless or even the new wireless telephone and they hey con locate fires arco by mord coordinates intes lu in the same game way that gun fire in BT at I 1 t directed to a particular spot experiments mode made in bombing alrea fir a to put them out she show the possibilities life in this direction bombs charged with suitable chemicals tor for film have bove been used falth till good results at present ent the only observation balloon used in ili mn connection e with forest fire patent patrolling g Is B the one ft filed led at it the arcadia field near los angehr angel chis till bell balloon 1 Is sent act aloft left to a felcht of about 3 feet and remains there from 7 a in until 6 p in in case of lire a report from the balloon observer Is telephoned to the arany balloon school old and transmitted to the fort forest service at djoa I 1 agel angelea another plan to be tested later 1 in the summer in 11 ivan ani de porting lire fire fighters by dirigibles from ladders ladder c can be lowered ad to the dorand outlaw call cotton field the alra airplane lane to stir spy out hidden hadde cot at to ton fields he has to proved ved successful it 1 t the it at result of an experiment carried out by the federal horticultural base if f the da department of agriculture am in southern louthern tess where tile me in ing pink bollworm of cotton hns has imen trying to invade the united states form blest mexico there are cottor cotton free jirred rone no declared ter bv in dinv inv as a har hii riP against the progress of the worm arm but a t few former firl sit fah their right righta hen have been infringed and ila liae a del developed ld fl tevi tendency dency to become became catlow cotton catton plants fl much of the e country 1 Is heavily timbered inhered tl road i teilhet plentiful nor ar good in many pin gablere ce ces and it has been possible ble to for nn outlaw planter to tuck away amay a few acres of cotton in some norair nook of nf the words woods beyond probability of dim discovery very hy by ordinary means can though ill the report depart real of lin ila been making dil diligent leat efforts 1 to spot p eiers 0 t ik of 0 cotton I 1 in the anam at A d arent I 1 nt st benr r when he 0 of the fad bial 1 horticultural h conrd were on the accrued tried out call tire tor for I 1 emming nark in this thin un av inspector I 1 of the b hoad bl l ake rd or sev ap pp a outlaw cotton an in li ahe e hively ay iy as rl wooded country nanne to ill iha T trinity r in 1 pr and arialda aa ta her hav all I 1 hinl bad bcd aff vr let or of benr mr the jonm of fila loi I 1 rating ahng tribal cotton feilds in the rhe at in ione wn bv b aerial patrol metal as was 1 ID a led old and has I 1 been 1 in mg regular me pro else ever eer since sales two flights nere ere made craft later I 1 in january for far it the purpose of ob AS a panoramic view of the territory bordering the quarantine line to not note the ch cher character er and extent of any fore forests to olk 0 wooded areas which olden might act aa 3 a natural barrier to the are spread ad of fit atie pink boll bollworm by flint of ill the moil IS as well all as to secure mence some A idea of the i value lue of aerial an tiona I 1 in ile lin cosell connection t with entomological a scout about ing and mopping mapping these them flights were ere made mad at an alt ial tude rude of from 1500 1 to 2 feet at this eltion el ele tion atlon ou an a closer clear day a III dia smart vision could be had of IS he a court coun tri III over met a range of 30 miles afim and cut fields buildings she shell rands mad mily mil y lines creeks and the chatow caiar ter of flooded hooded areas whether harbor pine or ar deciduous could be easily distinguish ed ad at the normal at speed of the an air pame 75 milca ile at an hoar forn the cannot i coves so BO slowly that tile the observer obi erver ver be has t time line to SO a complete picture of tile the ines area and castle to distinguish calt aotoa on train from corn fields inspector horsley hensley la Is enthusiastic in ID the belief that the alir airplane plan e will tre mand facilitate all euch ami unit and reconnaissance work including mapping ue can be made of it in other abilay bacon ba to I 1 and ad forestry aur access veva shilla alane anro onal to the and purvey ey use made do of it tor far war our pur ina posea ferm the test tells made lost year followed osoM II 11 by y the more are important par at lad and lenoal len owl at often of this new means of sar mr ey and In inspection carried out this ear marks probably bly the flat use on of beare airplane 1 in a practical nay may in agthe rhul ture and may to be the starting atoning ot of an important us use of this new means ot of it site and ti fur far mavrer scouting and ad Ip ettkin purposes 1 in all oilier fields field ot of research or car contro work |
