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the Olympic Highway for 42 miles through 

 the storm zone. These water tanks sup- 

 plied wagons, which in dry weather wet 

 down the growth beside the roadway. Ad- 

 equate fire patrols were maintained, and 

 a detachment of National Guard troops 

 regulated tourist travel in the danger area. 

 Stringent fire regulations were rigidly en- 

 forced. Smoking was prohibited and no 

 campfires could be kindled except at des- 

 ignated spots. 



The coming summer the fire menace 

 will be much more serious than during that 

 of 1921. The dead foliage, needles and 

 wood splinters will be thoroughly seasoned, 

 and the new green growth will not be suf- 

 ficiently heavy to keep the debris and top 

 soil from becoming exceedingly dry. Safe- 

 guards additional to those employed last 

 year are contemplated. The state has 

 $67,000 to spend during 1922 for continuing 

 and expanding protective work on the 

 Peninsula. 



SPARE ARRESTERS 



'T'HE Forest Products Laboratory of the 

 Forest Service has undertaken a study 

 of the efficiency of locomotive spark ar- 

 resters, which is being conducted by Mr. 

 J. S. Mathewson, a mechanical eng'ineer 

 of wide experience. Many spark arresters 

 at present in use are inefficient and com- 

 paratively little is known as to their rela- 

 tive value and efficiency. The results of 

 the study will be of far-reaching value, 

 particularly at this time when the impend- 

 ing scarcity of fuel oil is forcing many 

 railroads to revert to coal for fuel. 



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RECREATION IN THE FOREST 



Outdoor recreation ranks today as one 

 of the major resources or utilities of the 

 National Forests, according to Col. W. B. 

 Greeley, Chief of the Forest Service, who 

 states that this is not because of anything 

 the Government has done to facilitate or in- 

 crease this form of use, but because of 

 the demonstrated belief of several million 

 people that the Forests offer a broad 

 and varied field of recreational opportuni- 

 ties. 



According to the figures received from 

 the forests just compiled, there was a total 

 of 973,652 visitors to the National Forests 

 of Oregon and Washington during 1921. 

 The Washington national forests had 550,- 

 460, while the Oregon forests had 423,192. 



The Forester emphasizes the fact that 

 the presence of large numbers of people 

 on favored recreation areas creates prob 

 lems of sanitation, of public health, and of 

 protection of public property which can 

 not be safely ignored. He says that coun- 

 ties, municipalities, forest recreation asso- 

 ciations and other semi-public organizations 

 and in some cases individual citizens are 

 doing much by generous donations and con- 

 structive planning to relieve the situation. 

 They have installed toilets, fireplaces, shel- 

 ters, sources of water supply, tables and 

 benches, refuse depositories, parking 

 places, and other almost indispensable fa- 

 cilities. 



"After the fullest possible co-operation 

 has been secured, however, there will re- 

 main many important recreation areas 

 where action by the Government will be 

 necessary to preserve public health and 

 property. The Government should install 

 necessary sanitary and protective facilities 

 upon camp grounds where other means of 

 improvements are unobtainable. The esti- 

 mate submitted of $10,000 to meet the cost 

 of work of this kind during the fiscal 

 year 1923 is but a tithe of the amount 

 needed, but it will provide for a few of 

 the most urgent cases. 



"The presence of game," the forester 

 points out, "adds to the attractiveness of 

 the National Forests not only to hunters 

 but to residents generally, and anything 

 that contributes to the abundance and va- 

 riety of game increases the value of the 

 Forests for' public purposes. One of the 

 outstanding requirements for the perpetua- 

 tion of the game resources of the National 

 Forests is a considerable number of small, 

 well-distributed game refugees, within 

 which the rapidly diminishing stocks of 

 valuable mammals and birds may rear their 

 young free from molestation, thus main- 

 taining upon the surrounding lands a nor- 

 mal overflow or drift to supply the hunter, 

 naturalist, and lover of the wild. The Na- 

 tional Forests contain many areas remote, 

 inaccessible, and largely unsuited for the 

 grazing of domestic stock, which might 



