Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-08-23
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In New York. camp fires are allow
ed on the state forest preserve. but
space around must be cleared and fires
estinguished before leaving. For vi
oiation TO do this there Is a fine of
$A'oOO or imprisonment for one year.
or both
In Oregon. building camp fires with
out clearing the ground around or leav-
Ing them without extinguishing. sub
Jects person to a penalty OF s25 to
$500 or imprisonment for one day for
every 81.
In pennsylvania, camp fires on state
reserves must be made I'm a hole or pit
one foot deep and circled by the earth
removed. Violation of these regula-
lions, or leaving flrest unextinguished,
Is punishable by fine OF 500 to $500
On private lands, starting fires which
inJure other property, is punishable by
penalty of 800 or Imprisonment for
one day for every dollar of fine.
In Idaho. kindling camp fires in or
near forests and leaving them unex-
tlnguished, penalty $40 to 500
In Minnesota. person kindllng
hre and leaving it unextinguished is
guilty OF a misdemeanor and subject
to fine of $25 to 500. or 10 to 90
days in Jail.
In Vermont, persons building fires in
the woods must extinguish them be-
lore leaving; penalty $50 or 80 days
Imprisonment or both.
In Maryland, persons starting fires
or allowing them to escape are liable
for damages and costs of fighting the
fire; also a penalty of $50 to $1,000 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
liaDle TO penalty of $40 to 500. or
III 10 80 days imprisonment, or both.
In Nova Scotia persons must clear
the land for a distance of 10 feet in
every direction from a camp fire start
ed in the woods. The 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: mem
atty not to exceed $1,000 or one years
imprisonment, or both. Fines eo IN
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
fires, or they can be a destructive ele-
ment. depending upon the character Of
the person and his attitude, and the de-
gree OF care exercised. In the Ma.
uonal Forests the government Is anx-
olus TO nave as many settlers as the
limited amount OF agricultural land I'm
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
fcers, sportsmen and others camping
in the forest should each do all in
his power to hold I'm 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 IN
lose through the burning of lumber and
lumber that they should have bauled
They know, too, OF the hurry calls for
rescue trains when whole villaeas
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 fghtlng sucb
fires as he may encounter. whether
left by some one else, set by the paas.
ing locomotive. or pechance by light.
ming.
The following extracts from the On
tario fire laws are well worth quoting
being virtually a manual I'm brief for
handling infiammables in the forest.
Every person, who, between the
hrst day Of April and the first day OF
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