Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-25
IIRGE FOREST
PROTECTION
my OF MAY % TO 30 SET ASIDE
- INTERESTS OF FORESTS
OF THE. COUNTRY
IRE CAUSES GREAT LOSS
rs.rt To Be Made To Educate the
Public To Be Careful

n, nroclamation of Governor Davis
~ week beginning next Monday and
Wv Using next Saturday has been SET
.iSd,s'g .Dide As forest preservation week
ITS @ purpose is to educate the people
.anorally in the great necessity oi
so s0inq ali in their power to avoid a
ssnatition of the disastrous forest
,,ros of last and previous years." says
statement given out by T. l.. Greer
socretary of the Pend d'Oreille Tim
bar Protective association. Idaho
sands fourth in the Union in the
amount and value of its merchant
shle timber and numbering and the
manufacture of lumber and lumber
nroducts is the most important in
dustry in the state, especially in the
northern part.
This city is a lumber city and de-
nends on that industry to large ex-
tent, and it is the duty of every citi-
zen to cooperate to the fullest extent
Of his ability in every movement
which has for it's object the preven-
tion of those disastrous forest fires
which in the past have destroyed mill
lions of dollars worth of growing
timber"
Report on Timber Protection.
Mr.. Greer. as ecretary-treasure
Of the Pend d'Oreille Timber Protec-
tive association has just issued the
annual report for 1919 embodying a
rery elaborate exposition of the work
Of the association together with a
great deal of general data on the i'm
portance of protecting the forests.
There are 519, acres of timber
in the territory of the association
which contribute to the support of
the protective organization. OF this
acreage, nearly half, or 222,556
acres, belong to the state of Idaho.
This will come as a surprise to many,
as but few people realized the extent
Of the states holdings in timber. The
next largest holder is the Humbi
Lumber company with 152,206. and
the next the Northern Pacific, total
ing 64,O05, while the Panhandle
company has 27,502 acres and the
Dover Lumber company l A ,222, while
The remainder is much smaller.
The total revenue of the associa-
ton amounted to $11S,S93.S2, of
which $40, ,545.S0 was spent in fight
Ing fires, and the remainder, with
The exception of about $4,000 on hand,
expended for the maintenance of the
lire prevention system, as patrolling.
camp equipment, transportation of
men and other incidentals.
The association has equipment OF
various kinds, including horses, tools.
and camp equipment at the several
slatlons in its territory. Besides the
large warehouse at Standpoint, the
association has tools stored at Spirit
LAKE, at Priest River, Priest Lake,
5enton Ranger station, at Thomas
DOnahue's and at Albert Hagman's
ranch.
Idaho Has Much Timber.
Idaho has an estimated 9S,ooo,-
uVo,ooo board feet of timber avail
=. aule Tor lumber manufacture" says
me report, and it was to help pro
.ect tnis vast natural resource. there
Y providing permanent field for
'auor and source of revenue to the
- public for years to come, that
.ae reno dOreille Timber Protective
is'ocld.ion = was organized in 1908 by |
NC .llnoer owners of north Idaho. If !
inverted INTO lumber at the present !