FOREST COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 155 



Iii closing I wish to ask the aid of all the citizens of the 

 State to do everything in their power to lessen the damage to 

 our forests by fire. Maine is rapidly taking her place as the 

 banner State for recreation and pleasure and many thousands 

 annuallv come to our seashore resorts and our inland lakes, 

 to hunt in our forests and fish in our waters. Let us all unite 

 tinder one banner with this motto in our minds "Maine, now 

 as alwavs, the best State in the Union." 



