The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-10-03

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In New York. camp fires are allow
ed on the state forest preserve. but
space around must be cleared and f1res
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
1ects a person to a penalty of $25 to
$500, or Imprisonment for one day for
every $2
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-
lions, or leaving firest unextinguished.
Is punishable by fine Of 500 to $500.
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 800.
In Minnesota, person kindling a
fire and leaving 1t 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 extlnguish 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
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 penalty OF SO to 500, or
10 to 80 days Imprisonment, or both.
In Nova Scotia persons must clear
the land for 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-
suished 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
offense was committed.
Campers In the forest can be of i'm
mense value as protection against
fires, or they can be 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 a 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 1t Is coming father 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 70,
rescue trains when whole village,
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
hres as he may encounter. whethe,
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 we'll worth quoting
being virtually a manual in brief fol
handling inflammables in the forest:
Every person, who. between tn.
first day Of April and the first day o.