The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-08

Hunters and Fishermcn are Asked to Zee
Care % % to Reduce Danger to tho
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Every simmer and autumn. larGs
areas of public and private forests are
devastated by FIRE. This destruction is
universal injury. It not only de-
stroys a valuable asset in the list of the
country's resources, but is productive Of
floods. The forest is the most effective
means of preventing floods and produc-
ing more regular flow of water for
irrigation and other useful purposes.
TO prevent the mischievous fores:
fires congress has enacted law which
forbids setting fire to the woods, and
forbids leaving fires (camp fires and
others) without first extinguishing the
same.
The law provides a maximum fine OF
$1,000 or imprisonment for two years, or
both, if the fire is set n,aliciously, and
fine of 81 600 or Imprisonment for one
year, if the fire is due to carelessness.
1t also provides that the money from,
these fines goes to the school funds OF
the county in which the offense is CON-
mitted.
Commissioner w. A. Richards of the
general land Office, has issued. circulars,
warning the public against carelessness,
inasmuch as many fires start from neg
lected camp fires, and makes the follow
ing requests: i ~, -
DO not build a'larger fire than yo,,
need.
2-Do not build your fires in dense
masses of pine leaves, duff and other
conbustible material, where the fire is
sure to-spread.
3-Do not build your fire against
large logs, especially rotten logs, where
it requires much more work and time
to put the fire out than you are will
ing to expend, and where you are rare
Ay quite certain that the fire is really
and completely extinguished.
Ain windy weather and in danger
Gus places dig fire hole and clear of
a place to secure your fire. You will
save wood and trouble.
5-Every camp fire should be complete
ly put out before leaving the camp.
6-Do not build fires to clear off
land and for other similar purposes
without informing. the nearest ranger
or the supervisor, so that he may assist
you.
As hunters, fishers and campers will
soon haunt the woods and streams, it
is hoped that newspapers everywhere
will circulate this warning and infor-
nation.
Coming Back.
Immigration officials of the northern
coast fines say that evidence is accum,1-
lating which, tends to show that many
of the American settlers who have gone
into the Canadian Northwest during the
last few years will return and will take
I'D farms in the Western states. A con-
siderable inquiry is developing, and ar
rangements have already been made to
bring back a number of families and
settle them on lands in Washington.
Many of the settlers that went from
the United States into Canada, the let
tiers indicate, have not Jared well. and
have been less successful than they ex-
pected. Many of them found the winter
very severe, and they are anxious to dis
pose of their holdings and seek the
n,ilder climate of the Pacific coast states.
The local commercial bodies in Washing
ton cities, an official said yesterday, have
received an even heavier inquiry from
Canadian points, and in several i'll
stances have been able to complete ar
engagements to bring back parties OF
Americans who settled in the North
west territories and locate them on
American land.
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