Show HOW FOREST nees DRIVE BRIVE AWAY TOURISTS A very rapid development of use of tho the national forests by tourists Jouris ts and campers Is being experienced in the intermountain inter mountain region says district forester jo rester R H ruthledge last year nearly p ople visited these national forests to camp fish hunt or merely to enjoy the scenery enery bc if this use is to he be perpetuated tho the inter region should take a t leaf from the experiences of california and the northwest where it it has been found that forest fires are the chief deterrent rent of lot such de it is not the fear of the ires fires themselves that out the tourists touris tv and campers it is the disappointment of smoke laden air which kills the finest scenery in the world coupled with burnt and blackened ell ed cp camp grounds mud chocked fishing streams and roads which run through barren sun beaten wastes in place of cool green forests A few experiences like that and the region is amed as an attraction to the vacation seeker it if this region is to boost tile the wonders of southern bouthern utah the uinta mountains gran daddy lakes jacksons hole the national forest route from caldwell to the yellowstone it must see that the effect of its advertising is not ruined by forest fires practically all fires that destroy the attract attractions ious sought by tourists a and nd campers are aie caused by human carelessness the camp fire the cigar or cigarette but thrown carelessly from A speeding car the campaign against carelessness must be pushed and the utmost rare care must be insisted upon especially with fires that are sate sale of out or are mere inere sparks 11 they are the ones that c cause the havoc nearly every time local residents with the welfare of their community in mind and near enough to forests to know real woods manship and the dangers of fire ought never to bo be guilty of fires the outsider Is more difficult to roach reach and more ignorant this year tho the forest foreit service will post warning signs in the forests of the intermountain inter mountain region but this work needs to be supplemented lamented by a word along the same line by all agencies and people interested in boosting our forests as vacation lands tor for with fires all such efforts are useless |