PACE TEN
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 193
MANY FIRES IN
10-YEAR PERIOD
During the last 10 years on the
Nantahala national forest, accord
ing to Paul II. Gerrard, forest sup
ervisor, the forest service lias
fought approximately 400 fires, and
all were caused by man except 11
lightning fires. An analysis of. the
man-caused fires reveals that 41
percent of the fires were caused by
incendiarists who started the for
est fires purposely through any one
ot the many erroneous ideas. Some
believed that forest fires "green
up" the woods for grazing, not
realizing that inferior grasses and
Weeds replace better grasses when
fires occur. Many burn the woods
to kill insects, snakes, and other
forms of wild life, . while these
forms of wild life usually escape
the fire and the larger game ani
mals afe killed. Numerous reasons
are propounded for woods burn
ing, but science has failed to dis
cover beneficial results for -widespread
'burning of forest lands.
Hrush burners caused 19 per cent
of all fires on the Nantahala na
tional forest during the past 10
years. These fires, altliougn unin
tentional, have caused quite .a
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fared, so well against American heavyweights, has lost another deci
sion, this Ume to Cupid, and is shown here with his intended wife,
Eileen Wenzel, as they boarded a plane for California to investigate the
possibilities of a movie career.
Club; Wilton' II. Cobb, president
Highlands Lions , club; Mrs. John
VVasilik. Jr.,. president Franklin
Parent -Teacher-.. Association; Mrs.
VV. H. Sellers, chairman social ser
vice, Episcopal church; Mrs. W. J.
Zachary, chairman social service,
Methodist church; Mrs. H. T.
Horsley, representative social ser
vice, Baptist church; Mrs. Ted
Gribble, chairman social service,
Presbyterian church; Mrs. J. W.
Cantey Johnson, representative of
The. Franklin Press. " '
. E. Perry, F. H. Potts and C.
S. Slagle, of the Macon county
welfare board, were present and
17 other persons, jjicluding visitors
from the welfare departments of
Jackson and Graham counties. ,
brush or grass at the side of the
trail have caused 13 oer cent of the
problem and are caused 'by the lack fires on the forest. It is not often
of judgment on the part of farm- ; that the same individual would be
.crs who have brush piles to burn. So careless as to throw a cigarette
Often it is too late when they dis- on his rug at home, but little does
cover that the weather is too dry lie realize that the forest floor be
and windy to burn brush and the comes much more inflammable than
forest fire has already spread into his parlor and the death and de
the woods. Brush burning should struction that follows a large far
be done in late afternoon on a est fire is much greater than
damp day. would be the loss of his own
Smokers, with the toss of a light- home,
ed. cigarette or match into the Many ' campers are also careless
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and have started 12 per cent of
the forest fires. When their picnic
or camping, is over, their only
thought is to take their tired bod
ies home. The fire they left would
.have been so easy to have put out,
but their minds were occupied with
getting their belongings into 1 the
car.
Lumbering industries caused '8
per cent of the fires and railroads
3 per cent, while fires due to mis
cellaneous causes amounted to 4
per cent.
During the past 10 years each
fire has burned an average of 55
acres of federal and private land,
a total of over 21,000 acres'.
The picture of the past has been
dark but the forest service has 'not
been waging a losing fig-ht. Forest
fires are on the decrease and it is
fast becoming uncommon to see an
uncontrollable fire raging through
the forests. ,
At the present time, the Nanta
hala national forest, as well as
other forests in the United States,
is conducting .a study to reduce
fires to a minimum. During the
past year all of the residents liv
ing near national forest land liave
been contacted and their aid re
quested in lowering the-number of
fires ' caused by burning brush.
These residents have unanimously
agreed to cooperate by notifying
forest rangers or state 'wardens'
when and where they would burn
brush and. to be most careful in
this practice. This contact work is
already showing results. Heretofore,
20 per cent of the forest fires
have resulted from this cause, while
so far in 1938, only one fire has
resulted from this cause, and !
when the forest ranger arrived at
the fire, the man responsible had
nearly extinguished it. .
Through the press, the radio, and;
personal contacts, the public has
learned that fire is as destructive
in the woods as in the. city when
it gets on the rampage and thought
ful citizens are fast becoming fire
conscious in the woods.
In 1936 the' Nantahala.--national
forest had 116 fires in which nearly
4,000 acres of Federal and private
forests were burned while in 1937-
only 23 fires were experienced with
a loss of 273 acres out of 300,000
acres protected. All indications
point to the loss of even less acre
age during the present year if the
fine cooperation of tourists and
local people continues.
The fight is not over but the foe
is retreating and with the public
joiining the federal and state org
anization in the fight, the forest
fire will soon become a -nightmare.,
of the past. '- 1
SOCIAL AGENCY
COUNCILFORMED
(Continued from Page One)
projects; Ethel Hurst, supervisor
WPA lunch rooms; Mrs. Leona
I. Duncan, supervisor adult edu
cation; Mrs. Margaret Ordway,
supervisor national youth 'adminis
tration; J. R. Faison, supervisor
farm security administration Mrs.
Hayes B. Overcash, county home
aent farm security administration ;
John Wasilik, Jr., commander
American Leeion. A. k. Hi
adjutant American Legion ; J. E.
rerry, president mnkhn Rotary
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