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SEVEN TESTED RULES FOR PREVENTING FOREST FIRES 



1 . Matches. — Be sure your match is out. Put it in your pocket or break it in two before throw- 

 ing it away. Make this a habit. 



2. Tobacco. — Throw pipe ashes and cigar or cigarette stubs in the dust of the road, and stamp 

 or pinch out the fire before leaving them. Do not throw them into brush, leaves, or needles. 



3. I^ocATiON OF CAMP. — Select a spot as free as possible from inflammable material, sheltered 

 from the wind, and near accessible water. 



4. Camp FirKS. — Never build a camp fire against a tree or log, in leaf mold, or in rotten wood. 

 Build all fires away from overhanging branches and on a dirt or rock foundation. Dig out all rot- 

 ten wood or leaf mold from the fire pit, and scrape away all inflammable material within a radius 

 of from 3 to 5 feet. Make sure the fire can not spread on or under the ground or up the moss or 

 bark of a tree while you are in camp, and that it is going to be easy to put out when you are ready 

 to leave. 



5. Leaving CAMP. — Never leave a camp fire, even for a short time, without completely extiti' 

 guishmg every spark with water or fresh dirt free from moss and leaf mold. Do not throw charred cross 

 logs to one side where a smoldering spark might catch. It is well to soak thoroughly all embers 

 and charred pieces of wood and then cover them with dirt. Feel around the outer edge of the fire 

 pit to make sure no fire is smoldering in charred roots or leaf mold. Hundreds of fires escape each 

 year after campers have thought they were extinguished. 



6. Try to put out any fire that you find. — If you can not put it out, get word to the nearest 

 Forest officer as quickly as possible. Every minute saved in reaching the fire is of vital importance. 



7. Help enforce the fire laws. — -They were made to protect your interests. 



CHELAN NATIONAL FOREST 



THE Chelan National Forest, with famous I^ake Chelan, lies in north-central 

 Washington, on the watershed of the Chelan and Entiat Rivers, which flow 

 southeasterly into the Columbia. lyovers of wild mountain scenery visit 

 this Forest by thousands every year. Of Lake Chelan a landscape engineer has 

 written : 



If one had the wildest fjord of Norway brought inland and filled with sweet and quiet waters, 

 or if one had Lake Brienz of Switzerland extended to a length of 50 miles, one would have a pos- 

 sible competitor for Lake Chelan; but until such improvements in terrestrial topography can be 

 made this lake is unique. It is, in short, and without exaggeration or qualification, one of the 

 best landscapes in the world. 



Lake Chelan occupies 49 miles of an ancient glacial valley, and the Stehekin 

 River flows into it, passing through a continuation of the same valley for about 25 

 miles. The Cascade, Sawtooth, and Chelan Ranges, which surround the lake, rise to 



