Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-13
FOREST SERVICE NOW INVESTIGATES WAY TO
 CREATE CREOSOTE
Forest Service Expects 10 Have United States ATiC;e SUbsti- tuted for That impUr;ed From England.

England.
 While reports from various National Forest headquarters in Arizona and New Mexico show that there was lit- He if any danger of forest fires at the close of the first two weeks in May, due To the unusual snow fall during the winter months, coupled with heavy storms in the latter part of April, the necessary arrangements have been made so that the fire plans can be put in to effect immediately upon a change of conditions. Fire Plans, as the name implies. deal spc- cihcally with the protection of the forests from fires and comprise de- tailed instructions. Among other things, they indicate the number Of men to be employed during the fire season to supplement the regular year long force, the location of these men, their duties as to patrol and ac- tion Co be taken in the event fires are discovered. To insure the highest eff ciency every man must know in ad- vance what part he must play when 1rcs gre detacted He must have suitable fire fighting equipment and know where labor for h2nting fires can be obtained and the quickest way to obta'n it lie will also Now the accurate location of tool boxes con tuiains supplies of tools, food. pack outfits. etc. SO that no dely will be caused in eQuippins the cre lighting ! camp and feeding the men
 In spite of the favorable climate conditions, eleven fires have been re- ported. These occurred for the most | part in the late March and early 1 April in the period before the spring storms set in and Were confined to tbe foothills country Of these fires. l five burned over areas over 10 acres | each while the others were confined to less than one acre each Two or l three of the larger fires burned in | open patches of dry grass smiouud cd by drifts of snow.
 A comparison oi the recorls tor -us 1914 fire season throughout Arizona and New Mexico with those of pre- ceding years indicates a line of in creasing emciecy that is very gratify ! ing Co Forest Service officials
 During the season of l913 74 per cent of the fires were located and eX inguished before they had burned over an area Of more than ten acres The percentage of the same class of fires for the season of 1914 was oyel 93 per cent. but 35 fires, or a little more than 6 per cent, covering more than ten acres or the total of 53t fires during 1914 over 73 per cent ol 384 were located and suppressed be fore they covered an area of moro than one fourth acre
 The weather conditions were per haps more favorable during the pas season than during 1sI5. put a com parison of the records shows that greater number of fires were discover ed and suppressed during their incl piency.
 Forest officials state that there ar' a number of factors contributing tD this increasing efficiency, such as tht construction of telephones, roads an,
 trails, work that is being pushed a
 rapidly as funds permit, the constan improvement of Forest fire protection plans and the growing cooperation aC
 corded by forest users. both permau ent and transient
 "Of all preventive factors" it | claimed that "one Of me most i'm
 portant is the proper care of cam 6res. Fires originating from hghtin must be expected but those of huma r agency by the use of case can be r'
 duced to almost nothing.