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Page 10 Which One Started The Most Fires? THE ECHO September, : >V-' PIIEVEIIf FOIIESI HUES! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, „ore forest fires were started last summer by patriotic Americans like you than by arsonists, lightning, or any other single cause! WE CANT LET IT HAPPEN THIS SEASON 4 Yes, it’s true—^tragically true. A savage menace to our countiy’s forests is . . . the average, outdoor-loving patriotic Ameri can. A man like you. He doesn’t mean to start a fire, naturally He just forgets. Forgets to put out his cigarette, his match, his campfire. n0,0"0"loresffir^:“ ^'iLhtert thoughtlessly flip a, iignted butt from a car or wander sihfiv from a campfire you “think” fs out vour Wt fire may sabotage the war effort 1. Destroying millions of feet of timber when we need every tree. 2. Laying huge watersheds bare when we need green ones most. 3. Calling for millions of man-hours that are needed to produce food, planes, tanks, and ships. With two million former fire fighters at the front, with enemy sabotage always possible, we know you WANT to help. THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW FIRST, read carefully the Forest Fire Pre vention Creed printed here. SECOND, mention this advertisement to at least three of your friends. The Forest Fire Prevention Creed 1- I WILL smoke in the woods ONLY while halted in a safe place, complete- terial^^^^ of dry or inflammable ma' 2-1 Will break all burned matches before I throw them away, and WILL Never throw pipe tobacco> cigarette stubs into rusn, leaves, or pine needles. scrape away aU inflam- m^ie material before building a then build it in a hole dug the center of this cleared space. I WILL put out campfires befor® ^^'^®“7Stir the coals while soaking inem with water; wet the ground around the fire; make certain the last spark is dead. will never burn brush hefp 0^ without plenty of 6. I WILL put out any small fires I iina, or report them AT ONCE by phoning the Ranger or Fire Warden- ^ WILL remember that a burning i^atch, a glowing cigarette, or a smold ering campfire can be just as danger' ous as an incendiary bomb . . . that careless matches aid the Axis.
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