THE post office department has just repeated, in the cur- 

 rent postal guide supplement, the instructions through 

 which rural carriers are to report forest fires to the 

 proper authorities during the coming season. These instruc- 

 tions were first issued in May, 1912, and during the past two 

 years the co-operation has resulted in the detection and sup- 

 pression of many fires. 



State and federal forest officers will make a special effort 

 this year to get even more value out of the service than has 

 been obtained heretofore. The usual procedure has been 

 for the state fire wardens or federal forest officers to send to 

 the postmasters lists of local wardens and potrolmen, with 

 their addresses and telephone numbers. These lists are given 

 to the carriers with instructions to report forest fires to men 

 whose names appear thereon, or to other responsible persons. 

 This year a special effort will be made to follow up the send- 

 ing out of the lists by having the patrolmen and wardens 

 meet the carriers personally and to take the initiative in 

 arranging such meetings, and also to map out a plan of action 

 to be followed. 



Cooperation between the rural carriers and forest officers 

 will be effective in the twenty states which have established 

 their own fire protecetive systems, as well as in the national 

 forest states. 



Armstrong lake, within the Beartooth national forest, Montana, 

 is said to rival the famed Lake Louise of the Canadian Rockies. 

 It lies at an elevation of 7,000 feet surrounded by towering 

 mountain. A good road which can be traveled in half a day by 

 automobile connects it with the railroad at Billings. A rustic 

 hotel has recently been completed, and many trails make the sur- 

 rounding region accessible. 



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