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One evening last September Nvlicn tli«' incn had <iiiit work and wcrn all 

 in camp or on the way, a patrolman l)le\v the fire; sii^nal at a "<lonk<'V " 

 ahout sixty rods fro'u cami) and within three mimitcs lil'tv mm wm* at 

 work. In half an hniir there were a hnndr<'d, ;iiid in fifteen minut«'s 

 more, a hundred and lifty. I^ven witli this prompt action it took all 

 niyht and all the next day to extinL^'ii^li the fire. \o\v what I siiouUl 

 like to know is how to keep 

 a lire from working" you 

 forty honrs even when you 

 see it start and can get your 

 crew on the ground at once. 

 It was a dry slashing and a 

 cigarette. How stop the 

 cigarette ? — Proceedirif/s 

 of Forest-Fire Conference, 

 Seattle, lOl'i, p. 19 



This is the crucial, 

 vital pohit ill civic co- 

 operation, to have every 

 one, youno- or old, na- 

 tive or foreign-born, 

 rich or poor, thoroughly 

 careful about these lit- 

 tle sparks that start the 

 big fires. 



For outdoor labora- 

 tory work organize the 

 class so as to utilize all 

 local brush burnings 

 and actual forest fires. Make i)racti('al demonstrations of put- 

 ting out camp lires by^ the use of water and earth. Teach the 

 factors that go to make u\) a safe, model camp lire — proximity 

 to water nv moist carlii, use cd" stones and roeks to prevent 

 spreading, and distance from di-v stumps, logs, peat, or leaf 

 mold. Finally oro-anize a survey for daULfer s|)ots and ti\ 

 to have these attended to before the (hmLTcr season. 



Fic. H'2. P'orest-fire lookout, Croydon Moun- 

 tain, New IIanii»sliire 



Ph()t(tgr:ii>li !)> Cliarlfs I. Kiro 



