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Penalties have been provided by law for the following acts — Contd. 



(4) Leaving fires unextinguished or allowing them to spread. 



(5) Throwing away lighted matches, cigars, or cigarettes, or 



smoldering pipe tobacco. 



(6) In times of special danger: 



A. Building camp fires upon prohibited areas. 



B. Smoking on prohibited areas. 



C. Going on areas closed to public travel on account 



of fire danger. 

 The removal or defacement of fire notices or warnings posted any- 

 where by the authority of the State or the United States is also 

 prohibited. 



Six Rules Foe Preventing Fire In The Forest 



(1) Matches. — Be sure your match is out. Break it in two 

 before you throw it away. 



(2) Tobacco. — Be sure that pipe ashes, and cigar or cigarette, 

 stubs are dead before throwing them away. Never throw them into 

 brush, leaves:, or needles. 



(3) Making camp, — Before building a fire, clear away all inflam- 

 mable material from a spot 5 feet in diameter. Dig a hole in the 

 center, and in it build your camp fire. Keep your fire small. Never 

 build it against trees or logs or near brush. 



(4) Breaking camp.— Never break camp until your fire is out — 

 dead out. 



(5) Brush burning. — Never burn slash or brush in windy weather 

 or while there is the slightest danger that the fire will get away. 



(6) How to put out a camp fire. — Stir the coals while soaking 

 them with water. Turn small sticks and drench both sides. Wet 

 the ground around the fire. If you can't get water, stir in dirt and 

 tread it down until packed tight over and around the fire. Be sure 

 the last spark is dead. 



FOREST IMPROVEMENTS 



When the forests of Idaho were created they were in a large 

 measure undeveloped by roads or trails, and there were practically 

 no telephone lines or other means of communication. The effective- 

 ness of forest protection depends to a large extent on the nature of 

 the transportation and communication systems, and the construction 

 of these improvements has from the start been one of the important 

 lines of national forest work. 



Up to the present time the Forest Service has constructed 1,664 

 miles of roads in Idaho at a total cost of $3,761,510. In order to 

 reach the inaccessible portions of the forests, 8,831 miles of trail 

 have been built at a cost of $1,275,670. For communicating fire re- 

 ports and transacting forest business 5,510 miles of telephone lines 

 have been built at a cost of $428,427. Nearly 100 lookout stations 

 have been established in the national forests of the State. 



Various other improvements, such as ranger-station dwellings, 

 barns, and fences have been constructed in order to provide head- 

 quarters for rangers and guards, and the necessary pasturage and 

 shelter for Government stock. Including the cost of constructing 

 bridges, warehouses, and miscellaneous improvements the public 

 has a capital investment in improvements on the Idaho national for- 



