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in his anxiety fo make a new record in the output of his camp became care- 

 len and neglected the necessary precautions to prevent fires. 



.\. \V. Laird, of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association, charged that 

 , arelevness on the part of the foreman of the logging camp, the indiscriminate 

 Mm. kin:: 1'v workmen and inadequate spark arresters were the most serious 

 menaces to timber. Oil-burning equipment in the woods, he said, was desirable, 

 hut in- predicted that the demands of safety and economy eventually would 

 f,,rre tin- application of electrical power in all big logging enterprises. 



In the discussion of this subject, which was general, one speaker proposed 

 that all dgarette smokers be denied employment in logging camps. Although 

 tin- surest ion was admitted to have merit, the association took no formal 

 art i. .11. Another logger proposed that employers supply their operatives In 

 the woods with patented cigar-lighters, on the theory that many of the forest 

 titv> reMilt from discarded cigarette or cigar stumps or the careless throwing 

 of an miextinguished match into inflammable debris. 



Taking up the subject of railroad fires, F. A. Silcox, of the United States 

 Foi-ot Service, made the assertion that 40 per cent of the forest fires in the 

 riiiintry could be charged to the railroads. Three means of combatting the 

 danger of fires from this source were recommended, as follows: Safeguarding 

 railroad engines by the use of adequate spark arresters and equipping fire- 

 boxes with a mechanical contrivance for preventing the scattering of cinders, 

 clearing right of way under supervision of forestry officials and patrolling 

 the tracks. 



Karnest co-operation of the railroad officials in his district, reported 

 I". 0, I la \vksett, of the Pend d'Oreille Timber Protective Association, had 

 heen supplied with the result that the number of fires resulting from railroad 

 engines had been reduced to a minimum. 



State Forester Elliott, of Oregon, made the announcement that only 5 

 !"> "'in of the forest fires reported to his office this year were charged to 

 lie i--p,.i,<ii,j]ity of the railroads. "The other 95 per cent," said he, "were 

 caiiM-d l.y the carelessness of logging camp operators." 



George A. Day, personal representative of Governor Hawley, of Idaho, a 



th 400,000 acres of timber lands, told of the interest the* people of his 



dad in the subject of forest conservation. The last Idaho Legislature, 



toed Mr. Day, appropriated f 30,000 for the protection of the forests of 



tate, which for the year had been thoroughly and efficiently patrolled at 



a cost of only 3 cents an acre. 



George S. Long, of Tacoma, president of the Washington Forest Fire 

 . discussed public and private co-operation as the only direct and 

 cans of combatting forest fires and conserving the forest wealth 

 of the West. 



"The entire Pacific Northwest has every cause for felicitation as a result 

 hearty co-operation by the Government, state, forest fire asso- 

 ilroads in safeguarding timber resources by providing protection 

 t fires," said Mr. Long. 



nr,.,"t " f cin? Cky Mountaius we have a priceless treasure. In that 

 there are 800,000,000,000 feet of timber, amounting to 50 per cent of the 



