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AFTER BARE BORERS 



TJEALIZING that the destruction of Cali- 

 fornia pine timber by bark-boring 

 beetles is a serious menace a menace 

 directly comparable only to that of forest 

 fires District Forester P. G. Redington, 

 of San Francisco, has arranged for control 

 work looking to the eradication of these 

 destructive insects in some 115,000 acres of 

 Government timber on the San Joaquin 

 River drainage in the Sierra National 

 Forest 



unprecedented logging and milling opera- 

 tions in progress on this coast because 

 the forests of the Atlantic and Gulf States 

 are practically gone. Practically no at- 

 tempts are being made anywhere to pro- 

 vide for new forests on logged-off areas. 

 "Immediate action must be taken in 

 California," declared Dr. George C. Par- 

 dee, Chairman of the Board of Forestry, 

 "if this state is to profit by the mistakes 

 of states and other nations that allowed 

 their forests to be devastated without pro- 

 viding for future forests. 



NEW JERSEY 

 TPHE FOREST FIRE SERVICE, which 

 has been developed into an effective force 

 with over 360 fire wardens, has been operat- 

 ing in the field on a pay-scale based on pre- 

 vailing rates for common labor of 14 years 

 ago. With changing conditions the morale 

 of the organization is being maintained with 

 more and more difficulty because there is 

 less desire for appointment as fire wardens. 

 This is true not only because they feel that 

 their services are inadequately rewarded but 

 because they find it increasingly difficult to 

 secure the prompt and willing assistance that 

 is so imperative in curtailing fire losses. 



At the request of a large number of town- 

 ships and after a thorough study of the situ- 

 ation by the State Fire Warden a bill has 

 been introduced in the Legislature which 

 provides an increase in pay of fire wardens 

 while engaged in fighting fires to $2 for two 

 hours or less and 50 cents per hour there- 

 after. The present rate is $2 for five hours 

 or less and 30 cents per hour thereafter. The 

 pay of fire wardens for other work would 

 be increased from 25 cents to 50 cents per 

 hour. The annual salary of $20 for town- 

 ship wardens and $10 for district wardens 

 would remain unchanged. The pay of helpers 

 fighting fire, which is $1 for five hours or 

 less and 20 cents per hour for more than five 

 hours, would be increased to $1 for two 

 hours or less and 40 cents per hour for more 

 than two hours. Helpers on patrol or em- 

 ployed otherwise than fighting 'fire would 

 be increased from 20 cents to 40 cents per 

 hour. Townships pay one-half of the cost 

 of fire fighting and any township may fix its 

 own rate, according to the bill, but in no 

 case would the State's share be based upon 

 a higher rate for services than that provided 

 above. 



A reorganization of the field force of the 

 Forest Fire Service has been practically 

 completed. The three-year terms of most 

 of the local fire wardens expired this year, 

 giving an opportunity to make desirable 

 changes. The dead wood has been replaced 

 by good timber and special efforts have been 

 made to insure that wardens who have dis- 

 played ability be reappointed. 

 T N addition to the new forest fire lookout 

 towers recently begun, New Jersey has 

 just been assured that a fourth will be 

 ready when the spring opens. Through the 

 generosity of the New Jersey Zinc Com- 



