Show conservation 4 of resources Is urged by forest supervisor almost from the day settlers lers landed on the shores of america we americans american have been waste tul ful with our national resources in those historic earlier days it appeared to the settler that there therel was literally no end to the resources he found consequently lie he went about using them without any thought of their runn dig out perhaps in the beginning he can bo be forgiven tor for to tb li him ini tile the new country stretch jag ing west westward Vard contained a nev er ending supply of the resource ell eshe i lie needed li Today in these history making ng days alsys we can see the end of stany of 0 our national resources 1 no longer Is there a fresh supply just ovey over the aie next mountain range 0 no o longer can we afford to wear out our farms in the hope of moving forward to new virgin soil when they are gone no longer can we afford to deplete our timber or our range r sources resource a without making pro violona I 1 ous tor ford sustaining those re sources sou ices no longer can we live wastefully waste tully car lessly extravagantly walthou th thought of the geu gea orations erat ions to come use ot of our oui resources Is not the only way we deplete them hundreds eds of thousands of acres I 1 of land and range land tire aie burned over each year a shouldering ing monument to our oui age it Is true borne of 0 these firse start from causes beyond the control of nian man but nine tenths ot of them are aie man caused in the united statts states there are aie an average ot of forest and range flies fires per pel year that burn acres or an area almost as large laige as the state of new boik yorki ninety per cent of these fires were ratin man caused and thirty per cent were caused by careless smoker and campers these figures are national in scope they apply to utah and this county only in n part they show what can happen and Continue don page tour four citizens urged to conserve resources continued from page one sometimes does happen hero here in that sense wo we cannot afford to overlook oveil ook their significance but they apply more than that you had a share la in that resource reBO res urao ourse destroyed st 1 one of our boasts as americans americana la Is that we own a share in america that la is more literally truo true than we generally realize zo we own a share in all the natural resources of ct america not in the sense that we can graze our stock where we wish or cut timber where we wish or dig for minerals where we wish but bt in the sense that every natural resource Is making america what she is and what we wish it to lie be right now these resources are protecting america from hordes boides that would overrun over run her they are not protecting only the man or woman who happens to claim ownership of them but th they eyare are protecting you and me our interest tri in them to Is vital vita 1 take care 0 of f this forest and range land in which you own a 4 share A carelessly thrown match or a neglected camp tire fire can detroy them do not be guilty of such carelessness or thoughtlessness n break your match in two t wo before you throw it away so that you know it Is out put out camp fir tires es with water or bury them in mineral soil dont miss a single ingle spark dont flip that cigarette butt crush it out and remember america Is ours we intend to keep it ours protect it so we can be proud of what we have saved use it dont abuse it pass it on to the next ext generation as good as it came to us ua |