The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-04

san Diego. cat. Feb. L-one in
junction stands above all others in
the forestry room OF the New Mexico
building AT the pannmb-Cnlifornia
exposition. IL is Prevent forest
fires"
Signs danglr from the walls: lash
On the automatic stereopticon
screens peer at ms wherever he
turns. There aren't any forests 10
speak Of In the New Mexico buiiding,
and there rs small danger Of q forest
fire there. Still. " everyone would
boos as hard Tor r%irclcss forests as
the New Mexico commission has done
this would be a better. safer and
richer country
Thinking men acknowledge the big
outlook on things that prompted the
attention devoted 10 the national for
csts In the Ncw Mexico building. and
unthinking men receive q punch In
the gct-up portions uf their mentality
and they begin to think, Naturally,
since all men either do or do not
think. the forestry room has a mes
sage FOR all
n isn't only forest fires That are
warned against. however. There's de-
iorestatinn, FOR example. New Mex
ico shows what a dcnuded hillside
means In terms of wealth and per-
haps life. lost, putting the issue
suuarcly up To the visitor,
The life OF the Grc-nghtcr in the
national forests also Is put as yiyidly
before the sight Ger as II II possible
tu la. \ man 81 strong Imagination
may share his yigils, taste of his adj
Vcuturc-almost. in truth. taste of his
food, for bacon. beans, coffee and
other supplies. typical OF those fur-
nishcd the men are ON display They
aren't guarded. either. winch proves
that the New Mexico commission, in
these days Of he high cost uf living.
trusts the people.
First. In front OF the door. comes
q model OF the fire lookout tower
used In the national frcsts pt the
state. and near Il stands % fire fight
Ing equipment h0V. with its tools. axe
shovel hoe. lantern, rake and uthcrs
leaning agninFt Il, On the top Of thl,
box are materials for a good dinner
bacon. coffee, canned pork AND
beans, sugar. salt and pepper. corn.
meal ana The cooking utensils the
forestcrs carry; and when one sect
that tempting array of foods he de
cides that there are worse thing
than being In the service of Uncl,
sam In the forests OF New Mexico
beyond the fire lookout towcI
model stands a type Of Il full-size'
platform for the tower Person
who never had got nearer 10 IN
heliograph than "A war story ohseryl
that instrument with very great In
terest: but they are impressed NOR
hy the extremely simple method usci
tu locnte a fire. which rs explained Il
"a placard Every high school bo.
learns that two lines. not parallel
can cross In u point only. but f.,
except engineers nave found In tina
mathematical fact Il means FOR spot
ting "a fire almost Ia the inch
through observations taken from dlf
fcrcnt towers.
Effects of differentiation. from
which many eastern states AZ well r.
the world al large are suffering ar
shown Clearly. water is sprayed oi
earth directly and through "a cover
D MS hf kfffNfNh fNN'H'AhN -
In the first the soil Is washed away
/ bridges are torn ont and general ruii
commands the landscape. In tn
other the water Is held back for ar.
times. the soil rs preserved ana th'
farmer In the miniature house hv tn
stream goes 60 sleep at uirht withou
fear that he won't be there when h
awakcns.
4 farmer from an eastern state
whore def%orestatlon was r. favorii
habit ~ the folks. stock before IN
model the other day and spoke wit
la giuhe-trottcr
"if we had had something like tina
to show MS just what our slaughte
Of the trees meant my farm would h
worth ten times what e h wort
now" said the farmer. I'VE had
sort OF idea that we might not b
doing the right thing. but we didn
Nc awake at night worrying
would have heen better Tor MS n "
had Now we have ruined much
a best land, and even that whic