FOREST PROTECTION PARADE 



By W. G. Weigle 



/^N account of the increased use of the automobile 

 ^-^ during the last few years many thousands of people 

 are now going out into the mountains to spend their 

 week ends who used to be 

 :ontent to stroll in the park. 

 This increased travel into 

 the forests has materially 

 increased the number of 

 forest fires. On account of 

 this unfortunate condition 

 the President of the United 

 States issued a proclama- 

 tion declaring April i6 to 

 22, inclusive, "Forest Pro- 

 tection Week," and April 

 22 "Golden Arbor Day." 

 During the week April i6 

 to 22 every person and or- 

 ganization interested in 

 keeping the forests green 

 was supposed to do every- 

 thing they possibly could to 

 educate the people along 

 the line of being careful 

 with fire while in the 

 woods. 



The United States For- 

 est Service office at Seattle 

 staged a big parade on 

 April 22. The following 



"SMOKES" REPRESENTED IN THE FOREST PROTECTION PA- 

 RADE. ALL RIGHT WHEN USED WITH CARE, BUT A MENACE 

 IN THE HANDS OF THE CARELESS. 



organizations came out very strong in helping along 



with the parade: 



Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Mountaineers, United" 



States Forest Service, Col- 

 lege of Forestry, Univer- 

 sity of Washington, Seattle 

 Chamber of Commerce, Au- 

 tomobile Club of Western 

 Washington, Natural Parks 

 Association, Washington 

 Forest Fire Association, 

 and the Washington State 

 Forester. 



The parade was made up 

 of flag bearer mounted, fol- 

 lowed by numerous floats, 

 one of which, made up by 

 the United States Forest 

 Service, represented a large 

 mountain with snow capped 

 peaks, timbered slopes, a 

 village in the distance, and 

 a large forest fire repre- 

 sented by an area actually 

 burned over and still smok- 

 ing. Another, by the For- 

 est Club, carried a fire look- 

 out mounted on a truck 

 with the lookout man tak- 

 ing observations. Another 



ANOTHER ShXTlO.N- OF THK PARADE i.\ SE.MTLK SHOWING THE GIUL SCOUTS CARRYING THEIR ATTRACTIVE AND VERY 



MUCH TO THE POINT SIGNS 



