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gation. In timber trespass, however, the facts are usually 
plain, and action is seldom criminal. Law-enforcement 
investigation, therefore, will seldom be required unless 
the identity of the trespasser or the time and manner of 
committing the trespass are in doubt. 
PREVENTION. 
In all law-enforcement efforts prevention propaganda 
should not be forgotten. An ounce of prevention is still 
worth a pound of cure. Every stockman is not to be held 
an incendiary, nor must such an impression be permitted 
to arise. Warning should be given, however, that every 
incendiary will be caught, if possible, and punished; but, 
at the same time, appreciation of good work done should 
be conveyed to stockmen and all other cooperators. 
Friendly relations should be established with campers, in 
the course of which unobtrusive warnings of the danger 
of fire and advice on how to avoid it can be extended. 
This will make friends for the sendee instead of enemies, 
and strengthen its position in every way. 
AUTHORITY. 
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FEDERAL. 
Forest officers have authority, derived from Federal 
statutes, to enforce Federal laws or regulations of the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture within national forests. 
The authority to cooperate with other Federal bureaus 
and the State along certain lines is contained in the act of 
May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 251): “And hereafter officials of 
the Forest Service designated by the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture shall, in all ways that are practicable, aid in the 
enforcement of the laws of the States and Territories with 
regard to stock, for the prevention and extinguishment of 
forest fires, and for the protection of fish and game, and, 
with respect to national forests, shall aid the other Federal 
bureaus and departments, on request from them, in the 
performance of the duties imposed on them by law.” 
