Show TO FOREST USERS the summer bummer ot at 1919 brought to the national forests ot of this district the most disastrous forest fire season on oil record the forest service or in the intermountain region handled over distinct alrea between the first of june and the last of september expenditures for fire suppression in addition to the cost of maintaining the regular protection force were nearly while v hile the damage to the timber forage and watersheds exceeded that amount of all the ires fires occurring last season only 6 per cent were directly traceable to lightning the remainder over 60 per cent 6 or 7 out of 0 every 10 fires were the direct result of human carelessness in one form or another under our timber sale free use special use or other regulations regulation 2 governing the development and utilization of the national forests you now share directly and personally in the benefits benefit which these public properties afford As a forest user you also share with us responsibility for the protection of the forest re burces on oil this basis we appeal tor for your direct and personal cooperation and assistance during the 1920 1910 season of forest fire hazard it business or pleasure takes you into the forest this summer BE CAREFUL IN THE USE OF FIRE see to it that neither yourself nor our employees or members of 0 your party are responsible lor for a fire at al owed to get away you may be first to discover a fire GET WORD TO THE NEAREST FOREST OFFICER without delay better still extinguish THE FIRE if 1 this action Is possible or endeavor to prevents its spreading until the forest arrives give us your wholehearted whole hearted cooperation in our efforts to secure strict enforcement ol of the state and federal forest fire laws we propose to bring to justice this season every person who wilfully maliciously or carelessly causes a forest fire BACK UP THAT PROPOSAL with your moral support and active support in brief the forest service enters the season of 1920 determined to eliminate the man made forest fire from the intermountain forests so tar far as this Is humanly possible WE CONFIDE confidently COUNT ON YOU to line up strongly and aggressively in support of this endeavor WM WAL M ANDERSON forest supervisor ashley national forest |