14 The Land of Beautiful Water 



Would you enjoy a beautiful evening spent on your front lawn 

 with your family grouped about viewing the charred remains of 

 your own home? How about your favorite camp ground? How 

 much would you care for it if it were a blackened and ashy devas- 

 tation? Federal and State fire laws are necessarily severe. Of all 

 disagreeable tasks that come to the hands of a ranger or a fire 

 warden that of arresting or taking evidence against an unintentional 

 criminal, one who has unwittingly let a camp fire go astray, is the 

 worst, for the officer knows he is making great trouble for one who 

 has intended no harm but who must be used as an example to other 

 thoughtless and careless people. One little camp fire may set a 

 township afire and do untold damage. Don't be responsible for a 

 fire you know may destroy millions of trees, ruin your own camp 

 grounds, and kill animals and even human beings. 



