A tree on the outer sido of a "bend in the road has 

 an advantageous position in that the warning catches the travel- 

 er^ o; 'ore ho reaches it from either direction, end the 

 notice will "bo rood "before it has "boon passed by, When placed 

 sruaroly on the side of a straight road the sign will not be 

 seen until one io directly opposite* On this account it vould 

 soea advisable to fa6o the signs alternately in opposite direc- 

 tion? along the rocd. In this 'tray the traveler T s attention 

 \7ill bo a-utrc.ctecL at a existence, hia curiosity aroused and the 

 impression wo are striving for, gained. 



In this connection I believe that a variety of fire 

 warnings r.lon~ the ordor of modern advertising methods would 

 prove more effective than a out 'and dried eirjn vrhich tonds to 

 monotonous to the traveler. 



EDITORS IIOTE; In connection v.lth the above article we wish to 



state that the monotony of the out and dried 



signs has been apparent for some time, and that quite recently 

 the District Forester called on Supervisors for suggestions of 

 signs along the lino of present day advertising. A good variety 

 was suggested by this Forest and these, in connection with other 

 Poroets" should result in something entirely different in the way 

 of fire wrrnlng airrns then wo have heretofore been using. 



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Ranger Wilson has the following suggestion to malro re- 

 garding merging hatchets: 



"For the lest three or four seasons I have been experi- 

 menting with oup marking hatchots to see if they could be made 

 more eifective. The short handles were not good and the long 

 ones were too long, and a poor excuse whem-cut off. At last I 

 tried the experiment of putting a boy's axe handle into one of 

 them enc. the results V7ere far bettor than I expected. ifhis 

 handle is light, well shaped, and not too long to carry on a 

 saddle horse. It makes & first class light brush exe and when 

 it coinos to marking timber the handle is long enough to save 

 bruising your hand. Anyone wishing to try this experiment will 

 find that these light axe handles are the right else to fit the 

 mar!d.ng hatchets with very little trimming down". 



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