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Forest fire observers employed by the 

 I'eiiiisylvania Department of Forestry are 

 now on duty, day and night, in small glass- 

 enclosed cabins on the sixty-eight steel 

 towers that have been erected on mountain 

 tops in various parts of the State. They 

 are guarding the State's timberlands, both 

 privately-owned and State controlled, from 

 destruction by fire. 



The observers have been equipped with 

 the most approved appliances and instru- 

 ments for the location of fires. Maps have 

 been prepared showing all the mountain 

 peaks, streams, valleys, ravines, towns and 

 other features that lie within the range 

 of the watchmen's vision. In some cases 

 all the territory within twenty miles of 

 the tower is shown on the map, and it is 

 under the constant observation of the for- 

 est guardians. 



The maps are mounted on revolving ta- 

 bles in the cabins, and in the center of the 

 map is an alidade, an instrument set on a 

 pivot so that it may be swung in any ri- 

 rection and sighted on a fire. This in- 

 strument shows the exact location of the 

 fire, with reference to topographic features 

 on the map. Arrows indicate the direction 

 and distance to principal cities in the East. 



Towers, as far as practicable, have been 

 placed so that they cover virtually all the 

 forested area within a given region. Some- 

 times the outlying territories visible from 

 nearby towers overlap, thereby providing 

 increased protection against fires. 



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NEW JERSEY NEWS NOTES 

 .Alfred Gaskill, State Forester and di- 

 rector of the State Department of Gm- 

 servation and Development of New J<t- 

 sey, tendered his resignation to take ef- 

 fect July 1. Charles P. Wilber, of Tren- 

 ton, Fire Warden, will probably becotne 

 State Forester. Gaskill's retirement is due 

 to ill health. 



Gaskill studied forestry at Harvard Uni- 

 versity, the University of Munich and in 

 organized forests of Europe. He entered 

 the United States Forest Service in 1901 

 and on February 1, 1907, was engaged as 

 State Forester. He was a director of the 

 .American Forestry Association for a ninn- 

 her of years. 



Practical forestry has been adopted l)y 

 the East Orange, Water Department for 

 its 2,000-acre watershed in Essex County. 

 Approximately 1,400 acres of the land is 

 covered with natural timber and is being 

 systeanaticaHy cleaned of undesirable 

 growth. Of the remaining are^, 400 acres 

 will be planted with forest trees at the rate 

 of about 50 acres a year until all the idle 

 land has been put to work. This spring 

 38,000 young trees of pine, spruce and black 

 locust were, set out. Over 50 acres were 

 planted about 10 years ago and now have 

 become fine stands of pine and spruce, 

 some of the trees being more than 25 feet 

 tall and 4 to 6 inches in diameter. A 40- 

 acre tract on the watershed has been lea.'ied 

 to the Boy Scouts of East Orange for a 

 permanent camp. 



A course in forestry, with special ref- 

 erence to the farm woddlot, is being given 

 this year for the first time to agricultural 

 students at Rutge.rs College, New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., by foresters from the State 

 Department of Conservation and Develop- 

 ment. This course will consist of four 

 lectures and a field trip. 



"There is no need of a forestry school 

 in New Jersey," said C. P. Wilber, state 

 forester, "but forestry is fast being recog- 

 nized as a part of present day farming.'' 



A new 60-foot steel lookout tower, which 

 will guard one of the largest wilderness 

 areas in New Jersey, was recently erected 

 by the, State Forest Fire Service near Mill- 

 ville. Two more towers, one at Lakewood 

 and one near Blairstown, will soon be 

 opened. 



