Show NOTED ia PAINTER n PRESENTS eA HUNTING INTING I 1 1 june julie 10 1937 janies james montgomery Ni flugg the noted painter has haa created and abid presented tu to tile the united states GON an all original painting pain as his personal per bonal contribution to the cause ol of loreal lire fire prevention and the campaign or t the he forest service to halt vast economic losses that follow in the wake of forest fires advices advises from froin the forest oer iSer vico said aid the painting linting iN is to ile be formally re ac felted thy iby president roosevelt today oday t pud find after afler a brici brief in ill washing toll ion IN will ill begin a national tour lour it if expected to be shown in utah and idaho cities possibly early in jill stated regional forester fore ster R II if R ant nt adze in ill osden ogden the 1110 pAli ting portrays pur trays uncle ram in ile he of a 1 forest rador rad g or point ing toward a burning forest over the title tille your fore forests t Y your ur ran fault t V your our loss logs the ile familiar uncle sani sam in ili ahn painting resembles mr flaggs gs war tonii 1 I wan you ou which bilich was wag called by the con coil the greatest war car loon of all timp some soine four million copies of this war picture were dis 0 illi ted b I 1 flu government and HV iti 10 si 11 villi V ath a circulation af inett ij r llian ten times that number ici io produced it all the original 1 I want vi ani you painting ill now 1111 hangs qs in tile the salli t lloja 11 mu 11 mum kouni lit in wahington ava hington F A silcox chief of tile the forest forc I 1 service comment commenting comm entina inz upon 11 tile the recent flagg creation said mr air flagg F lag famous for his war pos posters nell a 1 I want AV lilt you armless Ar tell it to the file marines pant t re read a I 1 history lapke it if mid and 42 others which h h IT gave to the Govern IT gave to the Govern government mont during the world war lins now dedicated liis ills 1 li t epst war anter tor to ill the fight against fore foret forest t firof and th ill huian huni in carelessness s thit flint contributes to thorn the bailit painting ting eilf alls directly the es agential problem in ili fire control the human hitman element clement the title tells the story ili hi rapid fire style americas anderic as forets forests are literally your forests regardless gard less of public or private owners ownership hip barc forests ts nee nce the daily lives of millions of people who are directly dependent for their livelihood on forest fores products millions of others also ue ilze the forests for hunting i thing campi campin I 1 ing in and other forms of recreation groen forests prote protest et watersheds exert a control on the source of floods the second ond part of the title your fault incani thi 00 per cent of all ruic i 1 ilits aies s in ili the nation ire are maii inan caus ed cd they are caused by man ther are able due to the file close interrelationship between ill the forests and our everyday life the phrase phrae your loss becomes en nally tally true liue it can he be reasonably said that when a forest burns everyone loss los s mr flagg has made a valuable contribution in ili the fight against forest fires annually burn over an alea almost almont a t laige as the entire state of washington the approaching fire season reason in the country particularly in ill idaho forets forests promises to be unusually dry and dangL dangerous rous said regional forester rutledge aud we are arc especially Y pleased that mr flaggs painting ai ia now being brought to public attention everyone the hie forests this dummer must be doubly careful with their camp fires ares ond when smoking in ili 1930 43 per for cent of all our fires were nian man allus ed our most important single problem in fire control is tile the elimination of un ill necessary lose lo io se ies resulting from human carelessness with fire fit C in ill tile woods we hope that the wide distribution that we flail to give copies of mr F flaggs paint in ing will servo serve as 11 a coil constant s tant warning to those who use lue fire iu in tile the forests in any form forill |