The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-03

In New York. camp Ares are allow
I'd On the state forest preserve. but
space around must b cleared and hrss
extingutshed before leaving. For VI
olation to do this there 10 q fne Of
$1,000 or imprisonment for one year.
or both.
In Oregon, building camp ares with
out clearing the ground around or leav-
ing them without sxtinguishing, sub
tects q person to . penalty Of s7s to
$780, or Imprisonment for one day for
every e2.
In Pennsylvania. camp Ares on state
reserves must be made In q hole or pit
one foot deep and circled by the earth
removed. Violation Of these regula-
tons. or leaving hrest unextinguished.
10 punishable by . nns Of 500 to $780,
On private lands. starting nres which
in1ure other property. 10 punishable BY
. penalty of 800 or imprisonment for
one day for every dollar Of hne.
In Idaho. kindlinS camp fires in or
near forests and leaving them unex-
tinguished. penalty so to 800.
In Minnesota, = person kindling q
hre and leaving 1t unextinguished is
guilty Of = misdemeanor and subject
to nne Of S25 to 500. or 10 to 90
days In jail
In Vermont. persons building fires in
the woods must extinguish them be-
fore leaving: penalty $50 or 30 days
imprisonment or both.
In Maryland. persons starting fires
or allowing them to escape are liable
for damages and costs Of fighting the
ire; also . penalty Of $40 to 81 900 or
80 days to one year in jail.
In Wisconsin. persons starting fires
and leaving them unextinguished are
liable to a penalty of 500 or one
months imprisonment. or both.
In Wyoming, persons starting fires
and leaving them unextinguished are
liable to a penalty Of $40 to 500, or
10 to 30 days imprisonment. or both
In Nova Scotia persons must clear
the land for q distance Of 10 feet In
every direction from camp fire start
ed in tho woods. Tho place selected
must contain the least possible amount
Of debris and the fires must be extin.
guished before leaving.
The United States lew requires that
fires built on the public lands must be
extinguished before leaving them; pen
atty not to exceed $1,000 or one years
imprisonment, or both. Fines 70 to
the school fund Of the county where
ohense was committed.
Campers In the forest can be Of i'm
mense value as a protection against
hres. or they can be 4 destructive ele-
ment, depending upon the character Of
the person and his attitude, and the de-
gree Of care exercised In the Ma
tional Forests the government is anx-
oius to have as many settlers as the
limited amount Of agricultural land in
the mountains will support. Every
careful settler means additional pro-
lection against fire Campers should
constitute force Of fire wardens scat.
tered through the forest wherever they
happen to be. Instead of having to be
warned and watched and sometimes
apprehended by state federal forest Of
ncers. sportsmen and others camping
In the forest should each do all in
his power to hold in check the com
mon enemy, fire. This Is gradually
coming 10 be the attitude of every one,
but it is coming rather slowly. The
lumberman. of course, realizes what
destruction can be wrought to his prop
erty by the careless camper. The rail-
roads are beginning to realize what
they have lost and are continuing to
lose through the burning of lumber and
lumber that they should have hauled,
They know. too. of the hurry calls for
rescue trains when whole villages
and settlements have to fee before the
advancing flames.
Let every camper be forest ranger.
taking care of his own fires. warning
others or the danger, and fighting such
fires as he may encounter, whether
left by some one else, set by the pass.
ing locomotive. or pechance by light.
ming.
The following extracts from the On.
tario fire laws are well worth quoting
being virtually a manual In brief for
handling infiammables in the fAfest:
Every person, who, between the
first day of April and the first day OF