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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A FINE CAMPING PLACE FOR ROAD LOVERS WITH MOTOR CARS, NEAR THE BOUNDARY 

 LINE OF THE PIKE NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO 



the most used camp develop- 

 ment that can be built. The 

 cost is low and replacement of 

 the entire structure would not 

 be prohibitive. Wood is con- 

 served by making this fireplace 

 small in the fire floor and dis- 

 tance between the floor and 

 bars. In wooded countries the 

 fire hazard is greatly reduced 

 by the use of this camp stove. 

 After the very essential sani- 

 tary arrangements are made on 

 a camp area this cooking fire- 

 place is probably the most de- 

 sirable, low-cost, improvement 

 which can be built. 



A modification of this fire- 

 place is found in Yellowstone 

 National Park. The walls are 

 of cast concrete, and while this 

 may be very suitable in some 

 locations, it is not in keeping 



placed fireplace used by careful visitors has prevented with the general surroundings found in Rural Park and 



such a disaster. Forest Camps. A feature of this fireplace is its arrange- 



A small cooking fireplace on this same camp ground is ment in the form ,of the Geneva Cross. This allows for 



also shown. These fireplaces are placed near good building a fire in the arm which will have the best draft to 



water, fuel and pleasing view with all plans so arranged fan the fire. Where stone is not available the concrete 



that there will be ample room at each fireplace for each fireplace is well suited for camp use but should have 



party. The cost of these fireplaces is so low and the some coloring matter added to the mixture to relieve the 



return is so great on invest- 

 ment that many more are plan- 

 ned for this same camp. The 



only materials that are needed 



for this fireplace, which must 



be purchased, are the half inch 



steel rods which form the 



grate and the necessary cement 



to bind the stones together. 



The fireplace shown is one of 



eight built by one man in one 



day, each of which have been 



in use throughout the season 



and will stand for a like use 



for several seasons to come. 

 Any autoist can build one of 



these fireplaces in a short time, 



and where the same family 



comes to a delightful spot many 



times during the summer such 



a convenience will always be 



appreciated and used. In this 



one small canyon camp two 



individuals have used these 



fireplaces as models and have 



built similar little camp stoves 



in spots they liked well. 



All things considered, this 



nnen <rr-itP rnnWina firpnt-i,-*. is A VERY DOMESTIC SCENE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD-UNDER THEIR OWN VINE AND 



opt" grate cooKing nrtpiace is FIG TREE . A modern, "motorized" gypsy camp 



