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Lumber Company has decided to cooperate with the Forest 

 Service in preventing fires on its holdings. A news 

 letter published "by the United States Forest Service of 

 California, on April 29, 1921, quoted an article which 

 appeared in the "Westwood Sugar Pine", a paper printed 

 by the Red River Ltunber Company, which is the largest 

 private timberland holder within the state. The ar- 

 ticle quoted reads; - 



"A very important step forward was taken a few 

 days ago, when an. agreement was signed by Vice-pres- 

 ident Willis Walker of the Red River Lumber Co. and 

 the Hnited States Forest Service. 



"Under this agreement the entire fire protection 

 of approximately 800,000 acreac of timberland owned by 

 the Company will be undertaken by the governirient. The 

 cost will be about |12, 000.00 per year. 



"This will mean that every. precaution known to 

 the Forest Service both for preventing and fighting 

 forest fires will be employed. Airplanes will patrol 

 the timberlands; every ranger will be a fire warden, 

 endowed with the powers the rangers now possess, and 

 woe be to the careless camper whh leaves a camp fire 

 burning, or who does not use every precaution to Safe- 

 guard the forests he is permitted to use, 



"This agreement will do much to help preserve the 

 forests, as lumbermen afterrrmany months oC discussion 

 have decided to a,bandon the habit of Light Burning in 

 the woods as the fires so started are hard to control." 



