Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1919 — Forest Fire Is Big War Evil [ARTICLE]

Forest Fire Is Big War Evil

The president, we are told by .Science. New York, has authorized a loan of $1,000,000 to the forest service for lire fighting expenses, to meet emer- ; gency conditions in the national for- ; ests of the northwest and the Pacific coast. j The loan was made from the special ; ■4 r.-f —ttF — CpH— —l ■finen>y luun hi »v,vrvtv.vntYt piituviA the disposal of the president by con- ; gross. It is recognized that the projection of the national forests is an important and es<i‘iiti:il xvar activity. 'Forestry officials regard the presefit , fire season in the qnrthwest as in-some ways the most serious with which the -government'h«s ever hn drid cope.. Ear ■—j ly drought, high winds, electrical 8 storms, labor shortage anti depletion of j the regular, protective force as a result i of the war have combined to make the i fire conditions unprecedented : y bad. I Necessity for resort to the presidential i fund was due to the fact that the ap» propriation bill for The department of j agriculture for the’ current year had not yet been passed.