16 Miscellaneous Circular 19, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Use care! Figure 11 shows what might be done. In 1922 public 
carefulness would have reduced the number of fires in all the regions 
except western Idaho to a very small number of lightning fires, a 
problem easy to deal with. The public is learning to be careful, but 
the national forests are becoming more and more popular; people 
_ WHAT CARE 
Woutp Have DoNE 
IN 1922 
NuMBER Or Fires ACTUALLY 
FOUND (above line) AND NUMBER 
THERE MiGHT Have BEEN IF No Fires 
Hap BEEN STARTED By HuMAN BEINGS (below line) 
Fie, 11. 
from the Middle West are coming in with their cars, people who 
never saw a forest, who know nothing of forest fires. The story of 
the disastrous consequences of forest fires must go to every person 
in this region, and the readers of this pamphlet are expected to help 
spread the message. 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1924 
