The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-11

F'H IN-r. July l|H.l .- SEASON
s.- forest f-. about ~ commence
The carly summer months u..n tar.'
days ~ h.at asa drough, Invariably
BRING n.'a ,a.m d..'-uctiOu % acres
and a,rr ~ timber tracts tua, 'als
country can 100 afford 90 losa DR.
49, T. Nagrn. tho g1srumeut's GRO
..ou expert 'Imnes 'he aggregate
loa from This source. taking Io all
parts ~ .aa country. a. no Jess than
million dollars day during the
dry poll lat year tho fires were
Dorss than ever Everybody can 70
raU 'h. daily reports of towns wiped
ou' lives los' and thousands 0f
.lua~. miles ~ precious woodland
wasted. o. amounted 20 nothing less
than % public calamity Tn" terri
bln visitation formed part ~ 'hr sud-
.e,' ~ President RCoa"yelts famous
message ON 'ho conservation Of nav.
urM resources II the fertility ~
American spu BE- not 20 suffer surely
something uu. bc done 90 guard
against another devastation IKE that
~ 1905. D." argued
For the loss To- NOT alou. 20 the
tracts ~ woOdcd land laid waste
side IS changed by such n conflaRra-
'Ipn MANY have passed through por.
'Ions ~ various states and s"cn the
awful effects ~ q forest flrc-thc
blackcned stumps b. leaves behind
me drcary waste of sterile. unpro.
duciiyc land
Sot only Us timber burned mp. but
the loss of foliage has destructive
effect on the atmosphere The do
y"lopmcn' Of streams. upon which
tho country relies for power and
which forms tho distinctive feature
NJ au American landscapes. is ar
rested Tho Indirect loss which ac.
cruos when forests are burned would
be- pretty hard 10 estimate
Unclc Sam of course knows this.
and u is interesting 10 see what
has already been done 10 prevent
further loss The government cXcr-
clsrs sway only over the national
forests. principally In the far west.
Her" prodigious steps are being tax
en- 10 safeguard the timber lands
from destruction Principal among
IN" prcycntiv" measures Is the use
of the telephone Already this com
, mon little instrument has succeeded
: In arr,%ting the progress Of several
serious blazcs. ana me experts Of the
. department Of agriculture are eager.
' ly watching for NOR" proofs of H.
j efficiency.
j. In IN" national forests In 1905
'lnds extending lt63S acres were
J. burned over The timber destroyed
u aggregated 32.l9l .O00 board feet
r There Is food for thought in these
u figures As much lumber as was
y utterly destroyed last year would
y build many good sized town. Cut
D. into plauks of the accepted dimon
'' sIons one inch thick and on" foot
wide. and laid end 10 end IL would
extend almost twice around th,
y. earth And this too in the uationa
B. forests alone only the thousands al
c individual mmhrrmou whose priyat,
s Interests suffered could furnish any
4, information that would involve a rca
, total
y The forest service at least fgurc'
thar In the year la0G7 for every
o. acres were destroyed by fire
~, In the preceding year tO7S acres PEE
.Ouu were burned over nut in thu
past year. with a report of ti,G3'
acres destroyed out of a total of l50
, S31 COS acres of forest land including
. alterations II can hc computed tha
27i acres ont NJ every thousand wer,
wiped out
How Forest Fires start
Fires iu the forests have their ol
. ipm IN many causes In the summc
months dry leaves and brittle stump
are prolific sources of trouble. Tn
least spark thrown into pile q
d. woodland may start q tiny flame
~, tho blaze. invisible for days. perhaps
win shoulder until suddenly 1t break
uur and scilcs tree after tree.
Il is possible To avoid one specie
q / of risk uuI h,rr \rN York has sp