Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-08-11
Essex County Forests to be
Prote cted

Essex County has suffered 80 much IN
he past. Under the Weeks Bill, which
passed Congress March /, 1911, the
Federal anu State Governments are
in this fire protection work,
he expense being borne equally. The
Weeks Bill provides for cooperation in
fire protection on water sheds and navig- |
able streams with any state which will
appropriate an equal sum with the Fed
eral government. Organization work
has been going on for the past three or
four weeks. This organization aims
first to provide patromen for the more
dangerous parts of the country, to pre-
vent fires starting; and, second, to or
ganize a system of wardens in coopera-
ton with the lumber companies, so that
if fire gets started it may be got under
control as soon as possible.
The patrolmen are TO keep informed,
by means of the telephone, Of all the
parties who come into the woods. They
will patrol the streams and trails where
these parties are going, get the names
and addresses of the members of the
parties, fiUd out where they camped
last, where they plan to camp next and
tell them of good safe camping places.
The patrolmeu are not game wardens
aud have nothing to do with the game
laws of the State. They aim in every
way to be sociable aud to cooperate with
the people in the woods rather than to
spy on them, These patrolmen are fire
wardens for unorganized towns aud
have the power to call on anyone to
help fight fire. when one gets started,
Altho they are state wardens they are
paid by the Federal government.
In case fire gets started which they
cannot control with what help they can
find in the woods, they will notify the
lumber companies who will get men
onto the fire as soon as possible. In
case the lumber companies have to send
away for men, and so cannot get onto
the fire for a day or two, the pstrolmen
are to call on the local fire wardens tc
furnish men, until the lumber companie.
| can get them. These local warden
have the power to call on any abb,
bodied nan to fight fire. In the or
ganized towns the first selectman is fir,
warden for that town and he may hav,
some district wardens under him. Tn,
fire wardens for the unorganized town
are appointed by the State forester.
The following is list of the ward
ems for the towns covered by the patrol
Averill-J. c. Holmes, town warden
Averill, VT, telephone 90 Mr.. l.. {
Rich, Stewartstown, No. 7l-4l.
| Averill-A. P. Rich, district fir
warden, Averil, VT, telephone 71-41.
Bloomfeld-A. N. Taylor, Coos,
H., telephone North Stratford, N. Fl
H. B. Morse, district fire warder
Coos, N. H., telephone North Stratfort
N. H., % Connecticut Valley Lambe
Company office.
Lemington-George r. Ramsay, Coo
N. H., telephone Colebrook, N. Fl
No lila.
Lewis--George Z. Baldwin, Islam
Pond.
i Brunswick. B. Flanders, Coos,
H., telephone North Stratford, N. H.
, Ferdinand-Luther House, Distri
Fire Warden, Coos, N. H., telephor
Connecticut Valley Lumber Compan
, woods line.
The attitude the lumbermen of u
region are taking toward this protectio
work is very gratifying. The Connect
cut Valley Lumber Company has agree
to keep few tools at Elm Stream cam
q No. 4, and at Bay Dam Camp on Pa
Stream where the patrolmen can get
them, and to have telephones at cam
on the telephone lines where the patre
men need them. The other compani
9 of the region are ready to do what tn
can to help things along and it is e
pected that these companies will esta
\ lish two lookout stations, on which d
state will keep watchmen, who will
a hired by the federal government.