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AMERICAN MUSEUM (HIDE LEAFLETS 



demand national attention. Each new one of large proportions proves a 

 national calamity. Conservatively estimated, the loss to new forest growth 

 amounts annually to $90,000,000, leaving out the 150,000,000 waste of mature 

 timber as well as the loss due to decreased fertility of the forest floor. 



FIG. 36. FIRE IN VIRGIN WHITE FIR 



Prattville, California. The problem of insurance of forest property at rates no 

 prohibitive must come up for settlement in the near future 



In case of large and isolated tract- ol land, forest rangers must be em- 

 ployed*; 1 in >maller woodlands, fire lanes, constructed to divide the forest 



'Systems of telephone lines connected with outlooks have been found to facilitate 

 greatly the work of these rangers. 



Secretary of Agriculture James R. Wilson has sinned an agreement with the Great 

 Northern Railway Company and with the Northern Pacific Railway Company by which 

 in the future the Forest Service and the railroads will cooperate closely in preventing fires 

 in national forests adjoining the tracks of these companies. 



