286 THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS 



trails, at camping grounds, near permanent camps and 

 settlements, and in many cases along the boundaries of 

 tracts. On private tracts the fire warning is combined 

 with the trespass notice. 



In the National Forests fire-warning notices are print- 

 ed in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. Notices 

 printed in Italian are posted where Italians are employed 

 in railroad construction or section work. Spanish notices 

 are used in New Mexico, southern Arizona, or other 

 localities where there are many Spanish-speaking people. 

 Near the northern boundary French notices are some- 

 times used. Beyond question many forest fires have 

 been prevented by these warnings. 



In the case of a forest owned by a non-resident it is a 

 good plan to have on the notice the name of the respon- 

 sible local agent, as well as the owner's name. This 

 lends emphasis to the fact that there is a local man who 

 is looking after the property. 



Lookout Stations. Lookout stations include watch 

 towers, mountain lookouts, and other elevated stations 

 used for overlooking tracts and watching for fires. On 

 small tracts they consist usually of some simple structure 

 which enables the person responsible for the property to 

 overlook the forest to see if there are any fires, and, in 

 case he sees smoke, to locate the fire. Sometimes an 

 arrangement on the roof of the house or barn serves as a 

 watch-tower, or a lookout may be built in a tall tree, or 

 it may be necessary to build a rough tower to see over the 

 tree-tops. In a rugged country it is usually possible to 



