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men under obligation to fight fire because they hold per- 

 mits will profit greatly by such prevention, because it 

 reduces the work which they may be called upon to do. 

 ^Aji organization which will^put out a fire before it 

 gathers headway may save many days' hard work." 



Residents in the vicinity of Forests, and especially 

 those holding permits of any kind, are urged to cooper- 

 ate with the Forest officers by holding themselves in 

 readiness to respond with a fixed number of men to a 

 call from the .Forest officer. If, for example, one man 

 in each of ten different districts had previously notified 

 the supervisor that he would hold himself responsible 

 for the appearance of himself and nine others at any 

 fire that could not be controlled by the Forest force, 

 by calling on the ten men a force of a hundred would be 

 quickly available. The local ranger should keep these 

 leaders informed of his movements as far as practicable. 

 States, towns and cities, lumber companies, water com- 

 panies, railroads, and others interested are invited to 

 cooperate with the Forest Service in guarding against 

 fire. 



Care with small fires is the best preventive _of large 

 onesT The following simple regulation may easily be 

 cIBseTved by all, and its violation will be treated as 

 trespass. (Appendix, p. 253.) 



REGr. 78. The willful setting on fire, or causing to be 

 set on fire, of any timber, brush, or grass, or leaving or 

 suffering any fire to burn unattended near any timber or 

 other inflammable material in a National Forest is pro- 

 hibited. 



