QROjMTIZ3 TO FIGHT FIRE 



One of the most important economic movement* of the 



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day about which the general public has yet learned^ II title is 

 the concerted action of oroiefs of timber In different part-3 

 of the country In organising associations to protect their 

 holdings from fire. In tha Par, If 5. c Jfortownct , the Wasb'n^ton 

 Forest Fire Association has just elected officers at Sr^ttil'e 

 and begun work for the year with 3,000,000 acres under its 

 care. The plans include a system of patrol by rangers re- 

 SGJnbling the wcrk dn.ie by the United States Forest Serrice 

 in guarding against and extinguishing fires. 



Organisations of similar kind and for a like purpose 



are at work in Oregon and Idaho. In the latter State,, a por- 



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 tion of the erp^nse Is borne by taxation and paid fr:-m tlie 



State .treasury. A western railroad company which hol-!?!/large 

 tracts of ti^>6r has taken steps to guard its property from 

 fire, and durSng t!n short ti!ne that its plans. hare b^en in 

 operation, it has met with most encouraging success. 



Similar work is being done on the other s.Tds of the 

 continent. Forest owners in Maine have gone to v/ork In th$ 

 sarae systematic way tc control t.Via rrrsstg' great >n<?^y f . fire. 

 Like organisations are found in other parts of tUe co^mtry, 



