TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION IN THE FLATHEAD NATIONAL PARK: MONTANA 



The forest service has already built 7,000 miles of telephone lines in the forest reserves, but 

 45,000 miles more are required and will be constructed as soon as funds are available 



From the foregoing it will be seen that 

 enormous advances have been made in 

 fire protection in the last few years. The 

 annual fire loss is being very greatly re- 

 duced. The problem is, however, by no 

 means solved. There is still required a 



great deal of public education, to elimi- 

 nate carelessness in the use of fire in the 

 forest. j\Iany States have not yet ade- 

 quate fire laws, and the appropriations 

 for fire protection by the States and hy 

 the government are still inadequate. 



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