The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-02
URGE AUTO OWNERS
TO ND IN FIRE
PREVENTION
District Forester Sends Letter
to Motorists Urging Them to
Aid in Timber Preservation.

Pointing out what the forest SER
vice and forest conservation are do
ilg for good roads boo tho west. Dis
trict Forester A.. g. ttnHltnd has
sent O. personal letter To- all automo-
ollie owners in Arizona and New Mex
leo urgins them 60 cooperate with
tho service 100 prevention "t forest
fires. The letter follows
TO Automobile OWnors Arizona and
New Mexico.
Dear Sir-As AN automobile owner
you are Interested i'm touring. The
most scenic roads are az high elcNa-
tons-in the mountains; the noun
.t1ins Of Arizona and Now Mexico are
fuT the most part included within
national forests. Therefore. per-
force. sou are Interested in what the
federal government is doing To bet
ter mountain roads. By authority ol
congress- 20 per Ccntum of ctch
years q rccciuts from the sale
of national forest products Is turned
over 10 the state treasurer OF New
Mexico and Arizona. respectively. for
distribution mon tire various coun-
lies Tor the support aud maintenance
1f roads aud schouls. aud another IL
per ccutum exclusively for support ol
schools Finally an additional 30
per ccntum Of thc gross receipts b.
expended directly by the United
statcs forest service for the construe-
ton and maintenance ct roads eN-
ClusiVcly within the national forests
"Arizoun and New Moxico In tht
last eight years nave received from
these funds the sum of SGGl6it.HS.
Last year Arizona share was $40
7tggi. and New Mcxico's 53,l03Si.
Cooperation between the state ana
county authorities with officers oi the
forest service In the expenditure of
| these funds is gradually dcNclopil., a
net work ot good roads all over Arr
coma and Ncw Mexico.
obviously the largcr the gross re-
ccipts. the greater the amounts avail
able FOR good roads. These receipts
cuuc fruin the sale of mature timber
and forage Tor the grazing ot sheep
ana cattle. But remember that forest
fires annually destroy stock range.
young aud mature timber, and even
crops and ranches. sixty per cent OF
these LOSSES 81 the result of sheer
| curelessucss. So oJrelcssncss ever
ear materially aud unnecessarily re-
duces the % OF money available
tor good roads.
A. You travel national forest roads
7 Will you set "a good example n %
| scrupuIousg careful IA b haldlius
OF fires dig "a pit tor your ctmf
ire and clear trash from all sides.
BE sure your camp fire Is % before
leaving b.. BE AS careful with tirr IN
the national forest as you would IN
your home, BE sure your match
is out before you throw Il away.
KNOCK IA your pipe ashes and block
your cigarette and cigar stubs. II
you see a neglected forest fire kind
IS notify the nearest forest officer.
- good road IL "a road to prosper
ity-prospcrity for the lumberman.
The shcepmaa, the cowman. q the
rauchcr. when these men prosper
the banker. the lawyer, and the mer-
chant in tho city prosper. But how
can ;hc lumbcrman n the stock
man prosper when the timber ana
The ranges are burned? burned for
csts and burned ranges produce no
rccoipts-nu receipts mean no roads
Prctclt forest fires ans YOU build
good roads. Very truly yours.
ARTHUR G. RfNGLAND,
"Districj Forester.
On saturday, July ftii, store will
L.. ..Ln-lDl q a. Inn.