Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1915 — Forest Fires Preventable. [ARTICLE]

Forest Fires Preventable.

More than half of the forest fires in the United States are preventable, declares the forest service, sending out its annual warning with the opening of the season of fire danger on most of the national forests. The" statement is based on an analysis of 7,000 cases of fire on national forests last season and 10,000 fires on state and private holdings