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Show Lad's Keen Eye for Fires Charlie Williams, a twelve-year-old lad of Salida, Colo., has again distin- guished himself in fighting forest (ires. In the summer of 1923 Charlie discovered dis-covered a fire caused by a passing train on the Cochetopa National forest. His prompt work in notifying the for- .? est service officers and his personal i aid on the flre line brought forth a strong commendation from the late Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture. agri-culture. Recently Charlie was instrumental in checking another fire that , had started in a dense stand of pine trees. His work was again commended by department officials. f |