Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1909 — State Forestry Board Orders Law Printed to Prevent Losses. [ARTICLE]

State Forestry Board Orders Law Printed to Prevent Losses.

The State Board of Forestry has ordered 2,500 copies of "the law which provides a penalty of from $5 to SSO fine for setting fire to forest lands p’ithin this, state, printed on cardboard. The notices are to be furnished to farmers free of charge on application. Few people in Indiana are aware that there is a penalty for causing fires in w’oodlands. Hunters are often careless in throwing matches; farmers are careless in burning stubble and railroads often neglect to guard against sparks. Prosecuting attorneys have also been negligent in prosecuting offenders of this law. According to members of the board statistics show that for every forest tree planted two acres of forest land has been burned over and the timber wafeted. Indiana suffered heavily from forest fires two years ago. The damage done each year--by forest fires in this state amounts to thousands of dollars.