The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-11

| In New York, camp fires are allow
ed on the state forest preserve, but
space around must be cleared and fires
extinguished before leaving. For VI
olation to do this there is a fine Of
$1,000 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
iects person to a penalty of $25 to
$500, or imprisonment for one day for
every 50.
In Pennsylvania, camp fires on state
reserves must be made in hole or pit
one foot deep and circled by the earth
removed. Violation OF these regula-
tions. or leaving firest unextinguished
is punishable by fine Of 500 to $780,
On private lands, starting fires which
injure other property, Is punishable by
penalty Of 500 or Imprisonment for
one day for every dollar of fine.
In Idaho, kindling camp fires in or
near forests and leaving them unex-
tinguished, penalty $40 to 500.
In Minnesota, a person kindling
fire and leaving It unextinguished is
guilty Of misdemeanor and subject
to a fine of $25 to $1OO, or 10 to 80
days in jail.
In Vermont, persons building fires in
the woods must extinguish them be-
fore 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 penalty of $40 to $1,000 or
30 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 800, or
10 to so 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; pen
atty not to exceed 81 1000 or one years
imprisonment, or both. Fines go to
the school fund of the county where
offense 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
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
ficers, 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 to 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 flee before the
flames
Let every camper be a 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 forest:
Every person, who, between the
first day of April and the first day of
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