the last year's plants has been rapidly drying. Noth- 

 ing but heavy and quite frequent rains from now till 

 the time that the leaves come out can save us. 



Once the leaves are out and the ground shaded from 

 the rays of the drying sun the danger is fairly past. 

 Until that time everyone should use extraordinary pre- 

 cautions to prevent forest fires; not only fires of one's 

 own making, but fires from any source whatever. 

 Everyone is in duty bound a forest patrolman if he goes 

 into the woods at all and should take that duty seri- 

 ously. 



The danger this spring is more serious than usual. 

 More serious because there is more danger of a greater 

 loss. Besides the usual danger of loss in young growth, 

 soil fertility, and weakened timber not to mention the 

 ever present danger to settlers' homes and human lives 

 there are thousands of logs, and poles and cords of 

 wood scattered throughout the forest. The early 

 breakup of the winter roads left them stranded in the 

 forest. They represent not only the trees, but the win- 

 ter 's labor of many men, and a considerable proportion 

 of a lumber supply that we badly need. 



These things cannot be taken from the burning forest 

 as the furniture is carried from a burning house. It is 

 quite as impossible to move them as it is to move the 

 standing trees. To save them, the fire must be kept 

 away. 



For still another reason the fire danger is greater 

 than usual. This is a year of thrift. Every true citi- 

 zen is straining every nerve to conserve all our re- 

 sources. Not only food must be saved, but every other 



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