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THE STATE REVIEW 



protect the district. These men should be 

 occupied in making fire lines, on roads, etc., 

 whenever a shower of rain would make 

 their service as fire patrol temporarily un- 

 necessary, and should be laid off as soon as 

 ihe danger from fire is past. This part of 

 the service would rarely exist for over one 

 month in a year. 



The power to call help, power of arrest, 

 etc., should naturally go with these posi- 

 tions, and it should be proper for the State 

 Warden to appoint such extra rangers, vol- 

 unteers and others as would seem best. 



That this service should.be non-poliical, 

 should be entirely under the direct control 

 of some non-political head office, that the 

 right to appoint and dismiss any man at 

 any time, and also that prompt payment of 

 help, etc., should be provided for, all this ' 

 seems self-evident. 



The expense of such a service may be 

 estimated from the experience of the Fed- 

 eral Government. A ranger, who provides 

 his own horses (two at least) can be had 

 in the West at ?600 per year. It should be 

 possible to get a good man in Michigan for 

 the same money. Allowir.g the foreman 

 S200 extra, the permanent force would cost 

 $3,200 for such a county, or about 350,000 

 acres. For the whole north county districts 

 of about 18.000,000 acres, this service 

 would mean about fifty such squads, or 

 $160,000. In addition there would be in all 

 of these districts some temporary help each 

 year and an appropriation of $300,000 per 

 year should at least be provided. With such 

 a patrol, large forest fires would become 

 impossible. 



The State Lands 



Besides this general patrol, the state 

 should provide for the protection of its- own 

 lands, inclusive of all tax lands. As soon 

 as a tract of land becomes delinquent for 

 taxes it should be under jurisdiction of the 

 state land office or some other body, and 

 should be protected, the cost of this to be 

 added to the taxes, in proportion to area. 



The special patrol of state lands should 

 be restricted to districts where sufficient 

 state holdings exist to warrant a separate 

 organization. The ranger service in this 

 work should also undertake the improve- 

 ment, survey, restocking, etc., of the lands, 

 and assist in the sale of material, timber, 

 etc. Preferably, no doubt, the state lands 

 should be examined and permanent forest 

 lands turned over to the State Commission 

 created for this purpose. 



In the modification of the present laws 

 concerning forest fires, the following points 

 need attention: 



1. The care of debris in lumbering. No 

 person should be allowed to leave a "slash" 

 which endangers all of the neighboring 

 property. 



2. A definite part of the taxes levied on 

 nil forest and wild lands should be devoted 

 to the protection of these lands as outlined. 



3. Simpler and clearer law as to what is 

 malicious, wilful and careless firing of 

 woods, and proportionate punishment. 



4. Prohibition of: 



(a) Setting fires of any kind in or near 



Ihe woods without permit, during certain 

 dry months of the year. 



(b) Clearing land with fires during cer- 

 tain months without permission of proper 

 officer. 



(c) Smoking cigars, cigarettes and open 

 pipes; throwing away burning matches or 

 carrying open fire or light in any form on 

 wild lands and in forests during certain 

 months; i. e., during dry and dangerous 

 season. 



5. In all cases the fact that a person is 



found during dry seasons on the land of 

 another, without permission, should be im- 

 portant evidence, and preferably should in 

 itself constitute a punishable trespass. 



6. Responsibility of every person to pro- 

 test against violation of law; to report as 

 soon as practicable either the violation of 

 law or the fire; and also responsibility of 

 every person to do what lies in his power 

 to prevent and extinguish fires. 



It will be argued that these measures are 

 extreme and not in keeping with our free 



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THE DRIVER. RIDES 



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DUMPING AND SPREADING 



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