FIRE-THE GREAT DESTROYER 



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FIRE'S AFTERMATH 



Forest fires in the United States have burned to death over three thousand people. 

 No one knows how many billions of dollars worth of wood has been reduced to 

 smoke and ashes. It must make at least one tall monument of solid gold. 



making it possible to move men and supplies quickly when the 

 need comes. 



The Government is not the only timber owner that is attack- 

 ing the fire problem. The States are protecting their forest 

 lands with greater effectiveness each year and in the Northwest 

 private companies are banding together for the protection of 

 their merchantable timber. 



