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watch for the thin spires of smoke which mean tiie begin- 

 ning of a forest fire. 



When a fire is lighted, sometimes 25 to 30 miles 

 away, he estimates its exact location by means of in- 

 struments for that purpose, and then calls up the ranger, 

 who immediately rushes to the scene of the fire all the 

 men at his disposal. If the fire promises to be more 

 than a small one, he telephones or telegiaphs to the 

 nearest city for help. In case of a very bad fire, several 

 hundred men are hurriedly gotten together and hastened 

 to the fire. Fire fighting instruments and cooking equip- 

 ment are already on hand and every one works day and 

 night till the fire is under control. Not long ago, a fire 

 was started by lightning way back in the mountains, 15 

 miles from the nearest habitation. In the course of an 

 hour and a half after the fire had started, or at least after 

 the smoke had risen through the trees, the ranger had 



five telephiine calls informing him, not only of the fire 

 but also of its exact location. This shows how closely 

 the forests are guarded and explains why most fires are 

 not more serious than they are. But even with the great- 

 est precautions, a smouldering fire left by careless 

 campers, sparks from the smoke-stack and live coals 

 from the fire of a passing train, or a lighted match 

 thrown in some inflammable material in the forest, com- 

 bined with an east wind, will often wipe out in an hour 

 what nature has taken hundreds of years to create. And 

 not one in a hundred upon reading the startling headlines 

 in his favorite daily, "Millions in Lives and Timber 

 Lost," realizes the brave fight that is made to keep this 

 loss down. But what of the khaki-clad ranger, who with 

 eyes quick and keen, dices with death in a losing game? 

 He is "among the missing," and it's all in the day's 

 work. 



NATIONAL HONOR ROLL, MEMORIAL TREES 



Trees have been planted for the following and registered with the American Forestry Association. 



BERKELEY, CAL.— By Luther Burbank Intermediate School: 

 Edward Werner, John Gazanago, James Gimbel, Rollie Ramos, 

 Martin Dall, Cladius Vinther. 



MIDDLETOWN, CONN.— By Dr. Kate C. Mead: Arthur 

 Leonard Johnson. 



NORWICH, CONN.— By W. L T.'s First Congregational 

 Church: William Morgan Durr; by Mrs. James L. Case: Wil- 

 liam E. Perry. 



WASHINGTON, D. C— By Mrs. George Combs: The Pa- 

 triots of the War. 



COMMERCE, GA.— By First Baptist Church: Ellis Luthi. 



TIFTON, GA.— By Harding Methodist Church: Joe J. Mon- 

 crief, Richmond Lovett. 



KASBEER, ILL.— By Public Schools: Claus Larson, Walter 

 Paden. 



MURPHYSBORO, ILL.— By Public Schools : Will Connelly, 

 Will Richards, Peter Weber, Ernest H. Rowald, Thaddeus Lee. 



ROCKFORD, ILL.— By Memorial Tree Committee : Theodore 

 Roosevelt, Soldiers and Sailors of Rockford. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— By Enos School: Miss Alice K. 

 Flower. 



WHITE HALL, ILL.— By White Hall Senior High School: 

 Francis Grimes; by White Hall Round Table: Charles Martin. 



CLAY CITY, IND.— By Betsy Ross Club: Robert Andrew, 

 Edwin Shonk, Samuel Knipe, Jacob Miller, Russell McGrifF, 

 Albert Werremeyer. 



EBENEZER, IND.— By Miss Cora Grapy : Elmer Andrews. 



ELIZABETHTOWN, IND.— By Women's Welfare Club: 

 Kent Voyles. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— By Country Club: Lieut. H. C. 

 Colburn, McCrea Stephenson, Reginald Wallace Hughes; by 

 Arsenal Technical High School : Alfred Sloan, Franklin Burns, 

 Ralph Burns, Ralph Gullett. 



MUNCIE, IND.— By St. John's Universalist Church: J. R. 

 Hummel. 



COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.— By Second Presbyterian 

 Church : Lieut. Richard E. Cook, The Honor Roll. 



HARTFORD, KY.— By Mrs. S. O. Keown : Boys from Ohio 

 County, Kentucky, 



PADUCAH, KY.— By Robert E. Lee School: Norman E. 

 Lovell, Harry Cornwell. 



HARWICK, MASS.— By Park Commissioner: Leslie M. 

 Clark, Valmer H. Bassett, Earle M. Chase, Clarence L. Berry, 

 Josiah D. Nickerson. 



MARBLEHEAD, MASS.— By Tree Warden Stevens: Lieut. 

 Charles H. Evans, Irving E, Brown, John A. Roundy, William 



RANDOLPH, MASS.— By Stetson High School: Lieut. John 

 B. Crawford, Thomas D. McEnelly, Daniel J. McNeill, Lieut. 

 Thomas W. Desmond, Charles G. Devine. 



READING, MASS.— By Reading Park Commission: Ernest 

 H. Leach, Clarence S. Eaton, Lieut. Edward J. Haines, Stan- 

 wood E. Hill, Thomas E. Meuse, Timothy E. Cummings, Wil- 

 liam A. Riley, Corp. Edward Walsh, Ralph E. Morey, William 



A. White, Sgt. -Major William G. Britain, Jr., Carl L. Coombs, 

 Sgt. Chester G. Hartshorne. 



EAST LANSING, MICH.— By Michigan Agricultural Col- 

 lege: R. S. Welsh, I. D. MacLachlan, F. E. Leonard, W. R. 

 Johnson, L. Crone, A. F. Edwardsen, W. T. McNeil, H. J. 

 Sheldon, T. W. Churchill, E. E. Ewing, N. F. Hood, D. Mc- 

 Millan, E. E. Peterson, F. I. Lankey, D. A. Miller, L. P. Harris, 

 S. D. Harvey, H. R. Siggins, L. J. Bauer, G. W. Cooper, F. H. 

 Esselstyn, L. K. Hice, C. M. Leveau.x, G. S. Monroe, J. S. 

 Palmer, W. H. Rust, O. N. Hinkle, O. C. Luther, L. T. Perrottet, 



B. F. Smith, G. J. Williams, H. B. Wylie, E. Halbert, S. R. 

 McNair, W. B. Lutz, O. W. Wissmann. 



LANSING, MICH.— By Eclectic Society of M. A. C. : George 

 Monroe, Hugh Wiley, Samuel McNair. 



MOUND, MINN.— By Public Schools: George Kohler, Mar- 

 tin Shabert. 



LAUREL, MISS.— By Dr. W. P. Davis: Lieut. Marvin 

 Stainton, D, S. C. 



BOWLING GREEN, MO.— By Reading Club: Erritt Sidwell. 



FORT OMAHA, NEB.— By United States Army Balloon 

 School : Maurice A, Reed, Oscar F. Lindh, Frank A. Kaczkow- 

 ski, Frederick T. Kaulitz. 



CAMDEN, N. J.— By Whitman Improvement Association : 

 Walt Whitman. 



ELIZABETH, N. J.— By School No. 15: Theodore Roosevelt, 

 Vincent Carroll. 



RAHWAY, N. J.— By Mrs. Leillie Burt: John Franklin Burt. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y.— By American Association for Planting 

 and Preservation of Trees : Louis Goldberg. 



MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.— By Jefferson School: Theodore 

 Roosevelt. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y.— By Oakhurst Grammar School: How- 

 ard Levy. 



CINCINNATI, OHIO— By Cummins School: Robert Schro- 

 der; by Linwood School: Albert Mider, Grant Long; by Gen- 

 eral Protestant Orphan Asylum: Charles Banger, Charles 

 Stratmeyer. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO— By the Altrurian Club: Sgt. W. E. 

 Wolfersberger, 



NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO— By Mr. A. D. Fowler, Scout 



