The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-01

on this subject will show you that your
argument is both needless and wrong.
The camping privilege is open to all
and should be enjoyed by all Reas-
enable care will perpetuate the privi-
lege.
Then there is the man who follows
the woods for living-the lumberjack
and the trapper. You say, He could
do other work." We grant that, but
would he be happy and contented?
You know every man must have re-
creation and many seek solitude and
where can greater solitude be found
than in the woods2
When farmer clears his land he
piles the brush and very little of the
mineral substance of the soil or the
mulch, which creates the mineral sub
stance, is burned whereas, fire
sweeping through with a wind to fan II
viii burn absolutely everything in it's
path and make a rich top soil practi-
cally worthless. Hence there is a very
heavy deterioration i'm the value.
This brings us to the effect of fire
upon the people as a whole. Let us
take for example any tract of timber
land assessed upon the tax roll at $780,
100000. This is burned over i'm few
days or perhaps hours. The owner will
not be the only loser. The community
at large is affected by IL, since the
property can never again. i'm this gen
Grafton, be assessed at its former valu-
alton. Since expenditures have a tend
cncy to increase instead OF decrease,
the remaining property must stand the
added valuation, which naturally calls
for higher tax per capita. Thereby
the community loses in two ways
first. by a direct loss of the $4,000 as
sessed valuations; second, by having to
make up the deficiency.
BY others than sportsmen the effect
upon game can hardly be realized.
Even the fish in the streams and small
lakes suffer from the fires. During the
breeding season fires will kill innumer-
able young, especially partridge and
deer-our greatest asset in the game
line. While l cannot say that our fish
have suffered greatly, will cite an in
cident which occurred during the big
fires in the Adirondaclls in May and
June of 1903. This report was made
by II. NJ. Suffer of the United States
Forestry Service and reads: 1.-THE
trout suffered severely. In a number
of towns dead fish were seen floating
down streams. Along the west bank
of the AuSable river several bushels of
fish were found washed up on the
shore; on the Bouquet river two boys
waded the stream and in a single day
caught with their hands ninety two
trout that weighed seventy four
pounds. The fish seemed unable to
move. In shallow streams the heat
alone was sufficient to kill them. while
in deeper streams il seems more than
likely that I've leached from wood ashes
or finely powdered ashes had n poison
Gus effect" 10000
In conclusion / wish to say that we
earnestly solicit the cooperation of ev-
eryone. 1t is an almost impossible task
lOr us 10 protect All VI your lHttItStS
without a little help and encouragement
from you. In another month we will
probably be in great danger of forest
fires. owing largely to the fact that
our rains have been early and the
steady dry. fall winds dry everything
SO completely that, coupled with the
dead leaves and vegetation, which fur
nish food for fires, conditions are most
favorable to the rapid spread and gem
eral destruction of fires. So again we
ask your hearty cooperation which,
II we are SUCCESSFUL in keeping
the fires down. will reflect great credit
on the people of upper Michigan in the
movement of forest fire prevention.
Always remember our by-word, mo
! Forest Fires This Year"