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


rxp.Ddrs "a Bomb Boo tenement.
Though'Irss children ar" known 20
have been the cause of some fires
stM q larger number go uaoHplain.
CO., what 20 DO 20 check thc spread
Of the Flames is "a moro pressing
r-oblom 10 tho government than how
they s'at,1
Fighting the Flames.
IN tho national forests are about
100000 men ready 20 turn ont and
fight the flames whenever necessary.
This Includes regulars and yolun.
teors Of AL descriptions During the
forest fire season the United States
forest employs l1i3 rangers and
guards Each man has certain
beat 20 patti d. Taking into consider
~ltIon the a-ca Of the national for.
csts. g. can bc calculated that each
Of these "pai rolmon" covers 12l. SOC
square miles Quite a long beat for
man. even on horseback.
This is wh,rc the telephone comes
ir. Portable phones are made *.
prcssly for IhIs purpose. and with
their aid ca-h ranger IS kept In
touch with His entire area. Let n
fire start. and Immediately the wires
ring with the message Of warning
Strapped 10 the back Of the ranger
the telephone Is an cvcr.present and
quicker than lightning messenger. II
has worked wonders lately. and Il
for those engaged in the apparently
hopeless task OF combating the for.
est fires
In one case last year a govern
ment officer summoned help from 43
miles away with his portable instru.
ment Aid was received more than a
day sooner than If a messenger had
been dispatched
Forester Clifford Pinchot's latest re-.
port on this subject Is dated June
30 1908. During the year previous
To that day $500 miles of telephone
lines were constructed in the national
forests. This years report will show
interesting data The work has been
progressing as rapidly as appropria.
tous would permit, and the number
NJ phrnos has been greatly incrcas.
ed. Already his year 2.523 34 miles
Of telephones lines have been con.
, structcd The Western Electric Com
pany is installing the phones and
apparatus In the governments lauds
The Forest Telephone.
Government telephone lines have
been built in Arizona. California, Mon
, taua. Nebraska. New Mexico. Oklaho
, ma, Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming The need of phones has
r not been underestimate in the past
, and many miles of telephone line
: have been constructed in the nation
. ! al forests The headquarters OF many
, Of the forest officers are In isolated
I parts ~ the country and In som,
. eases IL takes three weeks for M
answer 10 letter 10 be received
although the distance may not exceed
p. sixty TO seventy miles
r To talk OF eliminating forest fire,
s is nonsense. everybody knows that
e. Hut II the success to which the,
# may be- fought shows q greater per
contago through the use ~ the teIe
Z. phone the forest service will fee
q justified in the expenditure II ha'
made. with the season coming or
NJ fast, the men in the woods will fine
It their phones moro than useful
r. One Of these portable telephone,
I, is an Interesting instrument Tn,
a case is handsomely finished in bircl
4 or mahogany and is provided with
II strap 20 facilitate handling It con
" taius q hullcr. hand generator, switcl
~ receiver cord, one dry battery Undue
4. tion coil transmittcr and re
"A coivcr
- The trnnsmitter is fastened insid
IS tho case and the receiver and tn
4. other projecting parts are mountc,
a 50 that they are no, likely 10 b.
IS caught Dos branches. The compac,
- ness ~ the set makes it easy I,
~, handle
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