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PAGE SIXTEEN THE ECHO February, Do Your Part To Prevent Forest Fires RULES LISTED FOR SMOKERS; AVERAGE OVER 575 DAILY More Than Million Man- Days Spent Annually In Fighting Forest Fires Caught By Furman’s Trap Every year America’s forest and woods and ranges suffer an aver- ■sge of 210,000 fires . . . 575 a day. Kvery year almost a million man- days of labor is required to fight these forest and woods and range firesc The labor is equivalent to that of 100 crews of 100 men work ing for. 100 days in smoke and grinie to chop snags and saw them, dig trenches and plow them, to throw dirt and pump water and chemicals, to surround every fire and after gruelling and backbreak ing work, every fire dead out. Common-sense everyday ways to help prevent forest, woods, and range , fires, as set down by peo- pie with experience in forest, woods, and range areas, read as follows: SMOKERS: 1. Slop to smoke in safe places that are cleared of dry or inflam mable materials. 2. Observe “no smoking” rules in forests, brush, and grass areas that ha.ve been closed to smoking because of high fire hazard. 3. Break your match in two. Hold the burned ends till they are cold. Then use your ashtray. 4. Crush out your cigarette stub, cigar stub, pipe ashes; be sure they sre also "cold”. Then play safe again. CA.^IPERS: Before building a camp fire— 1. Observe the state laws. If a nermit is necessary, get it from a ranker or fire warden. 2. From a circle at least five feet in diameter, scrape all inflam mable material away from the clean mineral soil. 3. Pig a hole in the center— build your fire in it—^keep that fire small. Before leaving your campfire— 1. Stir the coals while soaking them with water. 2. then stick and drench both sides. 3. Soak the ground around the fire. 4. Be sure the last spark is dead. SMOKEY SAYS: WHOA,FELLA- ^C’MON BACK AND- PUT THAT CAMP Fine/ The gray fox pictured above won’t prowl around the ■chicken yards of Pisgah Forest residejits any more. It was one of five caught this winter by Furman Cansler, foreman of the Cleaner Crew, in his carefully-prepared trap which you can read about below. Fur man’s technique is obviously a successful one, judging from his success this season. GIRLS WIN 11 OF If you want to enjoy the woods, protect them. Drowji your campfire, every spark (Continued From Page One) Ecusta 27, Brevard College 11. Ecusta 29, Champion “Y” 21. Ecusta 22, Enka 16. Ecusta 16, Hanes Hosiery 34. Ecusta 16, Asheville Bombers 6. Ecusta 17, Asheville Waste Pa per 9. Total points—Ecusta 250; oppo nents 175. Willie Prince was high scorer for the season with 76 points, fol lowed closely by Evelyn Taylor with 74. Other scorers were: Sarah \very 30, Florence Snyder 30, ■^^ary Alice Merrill 19, Charlotte Barnwell 10; Wanda Smith 6, Ev elyn Morrow 4. Willie also tossed >n the most points in a single game with 14 in the second Brevard Col lege contest. Evelyn Taylor fol lowed closely with 12 points in the ’^nka game here. Lest we become too “offensive- '■ninded” in this summary, we 5hould hasten to give credit to the defensive s^ars who played such "in important part in the season’s success. When you consider that 'heir opponents averaged only 14 '•oints a game, you realize the out- ‘s^andin? guarding done bv the en- “■’’re tesm. and narti'’iil^r1v Sarah A.very, Mar^^ Alice Merrill. Char lotte Barnwell and Barney Sisk. The pprsnnnel of the team is 'vell-distribuf^pd amons our three '‘firtiTianies. Willip Prince. Evelvn '’’avlor. Sarah Averv. Charlotte ’Barnwell, and D'xip Whitaker are '^’•om Chamn'>«ne: Florence Snv- •’or. Marv Alice Mprrii] and Kv- ^vTi Mo’toxv arp f'"oryi Endless Bolt- md Wanda ^mi*h and Barnpv SisV -irR from Friictq Ri’-ni’v had "''VP UT) ba«Vp1hnn 'hofoTR thp sp^- "OT) was cnmnletpd, but was a val uable member of the squad when she was playing. One of the most loyal support ers and boosters of the team was Mrs. Margaret Head who served as scorekeeper. On the center page of this month’s Echo is a photographic iayout devoted to the girls’ team Next month a similar one vidll fea ture the boys’ team. Fortune Teller The gypsy, the gypsy With magic-tinged art Said two would come wooing To sue for my heart, Slender and sunnle With eyes darkly blue— And one would be false As the other was true. She told me, she told me That one would bring song And one fill with sorrow My whole life long. But there was an end To her clairvoyant art; She didn’t sav how I could tell th'’m apart —^Ethel Jacobson EXPERIENCE Wifie; “Darlinff, I saw the sweet- pst. cleverest hat downtown today.” Knowing Hubbv; “Put it on; ’et’s see how you look in it” OOTNG CHEAP Mikp- “What are you taking for vonr cnid?” Tkp; “Hard to say; make me an offer.” T^VKRYBODY: PT.tt'AC'r TjvA-p) 'TTrn'ciT^ RTTi.Triq Tfl? A T) TTTTTM A fJ ^ I'M n'RT'T'TT' 'FTT'p^M r-r^r-P', to \ TTPTFNT* TtTTTM no VOTTT? ^^■RT. ANTI ACV TTTM '’'O -no me; TO PRTTTrrvT vnT?T?t;T V70nr)S. AND RANGE FIRES IN OUR XOCALIiy, Tt tak^s njinntitv p^'Oduct’On to *rts:Tirp» snPPP^*5 hilt thp oiialUv TTiiK^t lip pntj^inv ffond TaVo . for in. ct'inc'’. thn mnf"nitr, Jgyj mnre eggs than the hen. “Tho trinTT’^h 5;nr»5 nf Ufe o’fiiiid inco its melody without its minor keys.” —Mary CTark Leeper FURMAN CANSLER SNARES 5 FOXB Technique Used To Tr»P Blood-Thirsty Prowler* Proves Successful w^nt of nrpffv they pan hp for want of food.”—Lafly Duff-Gordon. In a sports world that is liberal with its rewards and pionship titles, certainly ^ must be one for the “chafflP gray fox catcher.” If there Furman Cansler, well-known gah Forest resident and jj. of the Cleaner Crew, should ceive due consideration for title. His total for the season far is five. m Furman, who lives near plant just over the ridge . Ray Bennett’s home, set out bis campaign when the gray began slipping down from "• j hangouts in the Pisgah forest reservation and were talo^ a noticeable toll in chickens * small game such as quail- j rascals bark just like a .md can be heard clearly on cold, winter nights. But catching these blood-tly ty prowlers is no job for a ^ ^ bred amateur, Furman hasten®^ explain. You must be thorow .jj familiar with the fox’s and instincts or you will be appointed when you check J trap. Let Furman tell you it’s done; j. “You must first dig ^ f iized hole and get your m gether. Parched meat skins good bait. The foxes are fond of live bait, but meat will do the job fine. After ^ double-spring trap has been j stretch a piece of paper the hole and rake some clean j, over the paper. The fox is iicular where he roams and ^ space must be clean. Even j chain must be cleverly Place your bait nearby to at' his attention. After all of preparations, your chances pretty good.” Furman’s technique must ^ of the best—his crop for son is good evidence. Those Furman have caught look three or four years old. alt**® one was apparently younge*’- Some sportsmen who t* hear their dogs howl pref^*' jj, turn the job over to the but Furman’s method is s'j^iil —and obviously more succ®* > Smokey Says: nre DESTWJyS ATflCEj IN NO TIME— BUT IT^ TAKtS VEARS TO GflOW A NtV/OMt-' ir M’ Whether seedling trees planted or natural repro*)'• they must l>e protected fronv' order to grow. Young trees ® jsiH® forests of tomorroWf p*’® harvests of valuable tfmbe*'*
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