Show RANGERS GIVE UP recognizing the danger ot of foredt fires from roni burning tobacco even when used by forest officers Dis district forester R H rutledge has called upon the field workers of the intermountain national forests to voluntarily retrain refrain from smoking during next few months of 0 high fire hazard except in camp and places ot of regular habitation or in barren and ather alier places where there is positively no fire danger I 1 1 in response to the call every smoker in the service Is writing his immediate I 1 superior agreeing to cut wit olt the smokes in fri the ethe woods until untie the tall fall rains send the fire edason ot if 1021 into the closed sec section tion of 0 the the records the forest ranger recognizes says district forester rutledge go that accidents will happen and that even the most careful man has lapses further it is ot of course the plain duty of the forest officer to do everything within his power by example education and otherwise to eliminate the serious hazard which results from careless smokers in the forests A laru large body of forest officers doing without their smokes tor for the good ot of I 1 the cause should be a potent factor in driving home the idea ot of zare are with fire both to 10 the general bubli and to the thousands ot of individuals who ame some la in contact with the rangers ranger on the he job said mr rutledge the call for or voluntary action on bhe he part of field men lott left it up to the forest supervisors to absolutely pro babit smoking by their men during the ire fire season but the rush ot of volunteers un has proved that such sueh action will in no ccase be necessary to date the fire season in the in ter mountain forests has been favorable the period ot of high hazard Is now hope here however and forest cers indicate dicato in that nothing will be I 1 left e it undone in d on in ia education example or strict etor fo cement rement of 0 the ire fire laws lawa and regulations to eliminate the man made fire from tile the forests |