Much has already "been written and said about this 

 tower, and as stated in the August issue, it beats any amount 

 of firewarnings in impressing upon the mind of the public the 

 earnestness with which we are going at the question of fire 

 protection. 



The Chambers of Commerce of both Nevada City and 

 Grass Valley are taking an activo part in making Banner 

 Mountain one of the most popular points of interest in this 

 section of the country. The organization of a "Banner Club" 

 is now contemplated in both cities, htving for its aim the 

 construction of e. sconio automobile boulevard to the top of 

 the mountain. A subscription list is also in circulation to 

 secure funds to place a large telescope on the tower. We 

 earnestly hope that both movements will be a success. The 

 more people we oan attract to the tower, the greater will be 

 the interest in the work we are doing to protect our Forests. 



Ho ono oan go on the tower and view the surround- 

 ing country without taking an interest in it and it has been 

 noticed this summer that nearly every visitor has carefully 

 scanned the country in search of a fire. This is a big step 

 towards securing cooperation of the people with the Forest 

 Service. They leave the tower with an Indelible impression 

 of our endeavors and in the future whenever they see a For- 

 est fire it will at once occur to them to notify us, since 

 they realize that we are here to extinguish that fire and 

 protect the interests of the whole people. The interest 

 that has been manifested this summer is demonstrated by the 

 number of people registering in the book kept on the tower ' 

 for that purpose. This register shows 386 visitors in July, 

 238 in August and 235 in September, a total of 859 for the 

 season. Registrations were made from Philadelphia, Seattle, 

 Rochester, Albany, Goldfield, Washington D. C. , Ogdea, Palo 

 Alto, Sacranonto, San Francisco and San Jose. Since the close 

 of the fire season there have been 145 additional names 

 registered making a total of 1004 visitors to date. 



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