Oct. 15, 1910.] 
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FIRE FIGHTING IN THE ROCKIES. 
A Government official in the Brooklyn Eagle 
describes the method ol fire fighting employed 
by the Forest Service in the reserves of the 
YVest. He says: 
The Government method of fighting and con¬ 
trolling forest fires are simple. They consist of 
nothing more than extreme care to prevent as 
many fires as possible, and plain, businesslike 
methods of getting to work on the flames as 
soon as they are discovered and staying with 
the fire until it is out. 
An axe, a mattock, a pick, a shovel and a wet 
gunnysack, water if obtainable, are the forest 
rangers’ fire fighting apparatus. In the more-ac¬ 
cessible regions, where water is abundant, wagons 
equipped with hose are used. But these are im¬ 
possible far up in the mountains where the most 
sure-footed horses find progress difficult. 
There the work is done by the cool, nervy 
rangers. Trained woodmen they are who know 
their work and have the heart to do it. They 
haunt the high places and keep persistent watch 
over the surrounding country for miles. 
•When they see a fire they go to it. If it looks 
too big for one or two men to handle they hurry 
to the nearest station for help. In some of the 
ranges the telephone and telegraph wire and the 
railroads are at their disposal. 
The fire-fighting crews of the forest service 
are well organized. One man is always in 
charge. All know their business. The first rule 
is to _ get there as quickly as possible. Then 
organization counts. A well organized small 
crew can do more work in an hour than an 
ordinary gang of able-bodied men, well-inten¬ 
tioned but ignorant, could accomplish in twenty- 
four. 
In most cases the battle between the rangers 
and the fire is a hand-to-hand conflict. Using 
coats, slickers, gunnysacks or whatever they 
'have, Uncle Sam’s guardians go after the fire 
as though it were a den of snakes, and beat it 
■out. Dirt, if it is loose, may be dug and thrown 
on the fire. 
Sometimes water is absolutely necessary. Often 
it has to be brought from a distance and must 
be used economically. A little water is thrown 
• on the ground to deaden the fire, and then beat¬ 
ing begins. 
Ihe great danger lies in what are known as 
crown fires. They are the fires which move 
along the tops of the trees. 
Naturally they move more rapidly because of 
the air that fans them. 
The crown fires were responsible for the great 
damage recently done in Idaho. They got ahead 
of the guards and rangers, passed beyond all 
human control, and took their tribute in life and 
property. 
Of the thousands of fires that are put out 
every year in the National reserves before they 
get well started, the general oublic knows noth¬ 
ing. They are part of the regular routine of 
the forest guards and rangers. 
The amount spent on forest fire fighting by 
the Forest Service is approximately $50,000 a 
* year in ordinary years. Twice or three times 
that sum would not seem large in view of the 
amount of property saved, to say nothing of 
loss of life prevented. 
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HITTING vs. MISSING. 
TO SPORTSMEN 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price $1.00 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. This prompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the 
forms of practice followed were his own. This then may 
be termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligently, it will prove not less 
effective with others. 
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