Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1913 — Fewer Forest Fires. [ARTICLE]

Fewer Forest Fires.

Working arrangements for the prevention of forest fires are so remotely from the attention of* men generally that comparatively little is known of them outside tbs circle qf those who are immediately interested, ft is therefore no wonder that when we have passed a summer season with few forest fires and little damage, many people consider It a matter of accident rather than precaution. This Is not a sound conclusion. The record of forest fires during the summer Just passed has been exceptionally low; and that is not qnly true of this section of the country, hot of every other section an well. —Portland (Ore.) Telegram. ii —— nr- i jj* '* "'