'he 1912 The l-istrlot Forester has written the 

 Protection Supervisors of Lintrict 5 as follows: 



.tlon. "A Clrss-A fire is one that is discovered, 

 rerorted and put out Before it burns over 

 e few scuare roc's. In 1910 23> of the fires 

 - in District 5 were Clsss-A; in 1C11, C7>. That 

 r thu^o saa an inoraaee of 14;, in the effeotive- 

 "i -i-ctcoi-'vc ?,oiU. All o\;r fires w?ulc be but 



our jrDtoctivo eystec were 100^ efficient. 

 v.e aHlve oix Clscr-A'e out of every ten firen royoiteo 

 tnlp suu^uf? Evioercas of rrcreretion so far leed me to 

 believe thet there 10 ^oing to be the hardest '. ind of t try. 



"The shovel is now on the Trinity, the hoe on the 

 Mofloc, anf the axe on the Inyo. Arc they 0ing to stay 

 there? 



"This year the protection prizes will be awarded 

 -the mortns of Jure, July, Au-riBt end Sep.t3!nber. The 

 sts V."* "grain been divided ir.to three cl-tses in order 

 all uay cccpete on an equfcl footing. They ore as 

 follows: 



First Class Second Class Third Claso 



Angeles California Inyr- 

 Cleveland Eldorado Kcno 

 Kletatb Kern Kcnterey" 



Moooc 

 Sequoia 

 L& Barbara 



Sierra 

 Stur.islaus 

 Tchoe 

 Trinity 



Cleasifioation "For the purpose of this contest the 



of Fires. Following cli-nification cf Tires, rhich it 



in bel-'.eved will aid ia;>';oriaMj in rcaking 



the ewords, res been aocp-tec and ehoulu be aoed in ell your 

 reports to this offics: 



Class -A: area burned over not more than 



one t-cie. 

 Class-B: arec buried over not more than 



ten acres. 

 Cless-C: fires burning over nore than ten 



acres. 



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