There is a Itr^e amount of fire-killed timber 

 on thia reservation wl ich is rapidly deteriorating 

 in vclue i ru muat be manufacturer at enoe, ether- 

 wise it r. ill be a total leas. Inaemuchan It will 

 aave the yrererty ol the Indiana, amounting ta 

 thousands of collars, it ia arpeient that it vill 

 bo a .Joed tuoiness proposition if this money ahould 

 be made available. 



Aa-.erioan Lumberman. 



Poreat Protootire Force Strengthened. 



By an erder ieaued !ley 31st. Postmaster General 

 Hitchcock haa otrenghtened the foreet f ire-pravontive 

 force by rlrtcot 66,0^0 nen. Theae men are the rural 

 and atar mute ^trriera of the foetal Bervioe, who ar 

 di rooted to ooererate with the Forest Rangers and State 

 ?irc "cr'ena whenerer and wherever roaalbla* 



Forest fires lest year destroyed prTOxiraately 

 ^50,000,000 worth of froyerty. The Derartment of Agri- 

 culture has b*en anxious* te Increase in erery way the 

 efficiency tf its freventive Bervioe. Postmaster General 

 Hitchcock haa feund the way to offer assistance, and as 

 soon ea his plan wea found feasible the crder referred to 

 was issued. 



American Lumberman. 



The Sundry civil bill aa reported to the Houne 

 \y the ArToyriations Committee oerrlea $500,000 for r'~ 

 taoting fablic lands anc rreventlng depredations en public 

 timber and regulating the cutting of timber. 



Amor loan Lumberman. 



yire Prevention ^n California,. 



Fort Bragg, Gal.. Juno 4, 1912, 

 The TimbermRn: In regaxd to the work we are 

 carrying ut for fire prevention this year, will say that 

 oach member of the Association hao undertaken te build 

 trcila on their lends under the euperviHlon of this 

 Association, and ao far some twenty-six miles of now 

 trcils have been comrletod this yeer. 



At a meeting of the bcerd of directors an 

 assessment of one cent *-er acre wea levied to cover costs 

 of patrolling, getting out fire rarning notices, and 

 general office supplies. 



3. B. Unix, 



President Redwood Fire and Protective Assn. 



The Tisbernan. 



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