Motion Pictures to Stop Fires 



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Motion Pictures to Stop Fires 



All interesting departure has been made 

 in British Cohunbia to niaUe our people 

 realize the great importance of the lumber 

 industry and the necessity of protecting 

 the forest resources of Britisli ('oiuiiibia 

 from damage by lire. 



Moving pictures have nowadays an edu- 

 cational jiower only second to that of the 

 Press itself. Hence last year a number of 

 the motion-jticture theatres in the Coast 

 province were supplie<i with a set of slides 

 to be used in tlie intervals between the 

 ordinary films, the pictures bearing the fol- 

 lowing legends, each supported by a typi- 

 cal forest scene: 



''One moment please! ^Vhile waiting, 

 resolve to be careful with fire in the 

 woods. " 



"Only six trees (shown in picture) but 

 their manufartuie into lumber employed 

 ItiO men for one day. Put your fires out." 



".$400,000 reward! is what the lumber 

 industry of the Pacific North West pays 

 the community DAILY for labor, supplies, 

 etc. You share it. Be careful with fire in 

 the woods. The road to prosperity lies 

 through the forests; don't burn them up! '' 



The slides were sent out under instruc- 

 tions from the Minister of Lands with a 

 letter ex[daining the need for the co- 

 operation of the theatre projtrietors in or- 

 der to reach a large body of the i)ublic 

 inaccessible by any other means. The re- 

 sult was entirely satisfactory, both thea- 

 tres and patrons expressing their apprecia- 

 tion. 



This year the idea was extended, every 

 motion-picture theatre in British Colum- 

 bia receiving a set, the subjects being 

 more ilirect in their appeals, as is shown 

 by the inscrijitions: 



(1) "Wage earners and Merchants! The 

 lumber imlustry alreuily (.Miiploys over half 

 the wage earners in British Columbia, and 

 distributes over 20 million dollars annually 

 for labor and supplies. . . . Make it per- 

 manent by protecting the Forests from 

 fire." (View shown of export sawmill 

 with shipfiing.) 



(2) "Taxpayers! Forests j.ay into Bri- 

 tish Columbia Treasury 21^ million dollars 

 annually. . . . Prevent fires, and keep 

 your taxes down." ''Lo^iriu^r si-one.) 



(3) "Hunters and Fishermen! Green 

 forests aflford shelter for game, and clear 

 water for fish. . . . Help keep them 

 green." (Forest Guard in canoe on patrol.) 



FOli'EST liESEErATIONS IX 

 STATES. 



lXITED 



Tlie lands approveil for. acquisition by 

 the T'liitcd States (Jovornmcnt for national 

 forest purposes in the east, since the pur- 

 chase jiolicy was inaugurated in 1910, now 

 total 1,104,000 acres, representing a pur- 

 chase price of $5,500,000. About $2,000,- 

 0(M> of the original appropriation remains 

 available for further jiurchases in the fiscal 

 year 1015. The lands favourably acted on 

 to date include 133,000 acres in 'the White 

 mountains of New Hampshire, while 071,- 

 000 acres are located in various parts of 

 the southern Appalachians, from Virginia 

 to Georgia. Nearly 400,000 acres were ap- 

 proved i'or purchase during the past year, 

 at an average price of $4.96 per acre. 



The first object of administration is to 

 protect the forest against fire, for the two- 

 fold purpose of steadying stream-flow and 

 increasing timber production. There is, 

 however, provision for all forms of use of 

 the forests not detrimental to their per- 

 water supplies, 

 manent value as sources of timber and 



Davis W. Lusk. .Jr.. a praduafe of Yale Forest 

 School. 1912, is at Calgary conducting a special 

 investigation in regard to fire damage for the 

 Dominion Government. 



mi mmm fOR[si sera 



NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. 



Y.\LE University Forest School it. a 

 graduate department of Yale Uni- 

 versity. It is tlie oldest existing forest 

 school in the United State? and exceeds 

 any other in the number of its alumni. 

 A general two-year course leading to the 

 degree of Master of Forestry is offered 

 to grailuatesof universities, colleges and 

 ^cientiBc institutions of high .standing, 

 and, under exceptional conditions, to 

 men who have had three years of colleg- 

 iate training including certain prescrib- 

 ed suhji'Ct». Men who are not candi- 

 dates for the degree may enter the 

 school as sp'>cial students, for work in 

 any of the subjects ofiFcred in the reg- 

 ular course, by submitting evidence 

 that will warrant their taking the work 

 to their own advantage and that of the 

 School. Those who have completed a 

 general course in forestry are admitted 

 for rciearch and advanced work in 

 Dendrology, Sil\-iculture, Forest Man- 

 agement, Forest Technology and Lum- 

 bering. The regular two-year course 

 begins the first week in July at the 

 School camp, Milford, Pennsylvania. 



J^or further infonnatien addritt 



JAHES W. TOUnEV. Director 



- NEW HAVEN .... CON.SBCTICUT 



