Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-01

he Back 10 the Country cry
be- rolling eye the distended
Iostril the galloping hoofs OF
hat wise Old aliy Of the insur
...s companies are being replaced IN
ihc ..'y streets by "a suofting. pound
iug lame belchlHg gas engine that
sends The big IRE hrhung machine
scr,ech.nr and soooting over the pave
m,nt or HU miles an hour Hut the fire
horse doosut care Nls absence from
me asrlal, may be blow 20 civic 70
nance. bat MS not an Indication that
he's usticating IN d paddock Al an
institution de IL going back 20 the
hand He's proving his sim vigorous
gs iu.uess D. taking 20 the woods
Nor De- that .lgr On his courage
h"s Drins called into active service
20 ADlp 'h. government az Washington
prevent rs $50 national forests q ~
going up in smoke. lie hikes o. q Gre
With d h.'urcated bar CONTAINING Lcaie
ly a barrel o. water. o. "a chemical ore
rKilugusher slung across his back
bone ie tords streams travels
PERCEPTIONS trails aud treads his way
among the close set trees OF the for.
CSC whose lives he Is prepared 90 save
When The water bag he carries has
been cmpiied. forest ranger STRAIT
dies mis- spine and hustles HIM bach
10 The main supply lie can show his
heels 10 an automobile fire engine any
lay. Tor no roads lead 10 the noogs
IN The woods where mysterious, iames
blaze sp
Ingenious Device.
Along with the use OF the horse tc
carry upto date equipment for FIR,
lighting In the timber lands the Cor
.st,rb OF the government service hav,
nit upon many new and ingenious de
vices for aiding In the same WORK a.,
big job that confronts these expert,
IN the care and protection OF trees OF
large scale. The national forest pre-
serves are scattered from Maine Z,
California and cover millions OF acres
lhaN must, OF course. be- cared fo
With the aim OF making them produce
The greatest number possible Q
healthy wellformed trees This in
olives protecting the rrowths again ,
Insect eucmies. clearing out uudesiI
able undcrbrush. disposing OF surplu
humber where trees have been al
,oH.i 10 grow too close together. r,
ior sting areas that have been cut OF
OF burned over. etc
iut perhaps the most lmportan
function ~ all that the national 'oi
tsters are called up to perform is IN
! protection OF these vast wooded area
| from IRE While the seriousness q
forest free Is generally known an
conceded. II ID not realized that los.
t, including those of forest prod ici
and young timber. are far In eXces
OF the annual consumption Of timbe
for commercial purposes This los
becomes more apparent with the rea
i1atou that the total FIRE damage h
clljss not only the material that
! consumed m the time OF the ConnaFr.
ton. but that which may folio
through years OF deterioration and d,
cas- of timber which was not actual
destroyed 40 the time the original IA
! jury was inflicted. This subssouer
deterioration Is practically true
hardwood species that are suscep'ibI
90 fuugous diseases and insect iniesti
ton
The Young Seeding aud connie
growth Ia a numbered forest is marke
~ susceptible to fire injury. and II II
not killed outright the lumber subs
quently manufactured from these tire,
IL materially reduced In grade A
other loss. second only TO the actu,
damage TO the timber. and in some !
oalities even greater than the timb,
loss. Is the destruction OF the fore
floor OF decaying vegetation. whis
would make humus TO protect the su
face and sustain tree growth. I; n.
been found repeatedly BY the COVER
ment rangers that even In the be
protected and most heavily wooded r
gions the loss from fires includes n
only the burned timber and the 81
face layer ~ vegetable matter. but Il
rich topsoll that has resulted from Il
decay OF litter previously Accumulate
This is left exposed and Is soon wash,
away
The timber region covered Dy q
Arkansas national forest In the sta
OF Arkansas presents conditions
most identical With those OF Il
southern Appalachians. and I IL