The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-16
OBSERVE FOREST
PROTECTION WEEK
STATE TO COOPERATE IN PERIOD
CALLING ATTENTION TO FOREST
WELFARE OF STATE.

The state of Idaho will join the
nation in observing the third annua
:. Forest Protection Week." April 22-
%, with program designed to i'm
press upon the public the fundamen-
tai Importance of the forest resources
to the economic welfare of the state
The protection week program has
been arranged by a general commit
tee, of which Dean F. G. Miller OF
the University of Idaho school of for
estry is chairman Other members
of the general committee are w. D.
Humiston, assistant general manager
OF the Potlatch Lumber company;
H. Shellworth, land agent, Boise-Pay-
ette Lumber Co.; Ben E. Bush, state
land agent, and G. K McHarg, Jr.,
forest SUPERVISOR United States for
est service.
Since 1920 Forest Protection
Week. has been proclaimed in most
of the western states by the various
governors, who have felt that the
week was unusually significant, in.
that the western forests were the ma
tions greatest source of supply. This
year Governor c. c. Moore has issued
a proclamation requesting the CO.
operation of the citizens of Idaho IN
the program.
Issues Folder
The committee has issued an at
tractive folder for distribution to all
the schools in the state for use in
arranging suitable programs with
which the students can observe the
week. The cooperation Of the schools
which the committee believes is one
of the most important factors in the
protection work, is assured through
a communication to all superinten-
dents and teachers of the state from
the office of Miss Elizabeth Russum,
state superintendent of public in
struction. Miss Russum points out
that forestry is one of the most vital
of IdahO's industries and that any
proper and effective observance of the
protection week demands the hearty
cooperation of the public schools.
The dependence of citizens in
every walk of life upon the forests
or the products of the forests in one
form or another can hardly be over
estimated" said one of the communi-
cations from the committee. Next
to agriculture, the forest industries
rank first in community dependence !
and in this western country even agri- |
culture is in a large measure depend /
ent upon the forests because the eff
fectiveness Of the waters used in ir
r1gatiOn is related to the presence of |
forests upon the headwaters Of the
streams. The national Importance of !
the conservation of our forests is be-
coming matter Of general know /
ledge, but the average citizen fails to
see his personal responsibility in the
matter. 1t is this personal RESPONSE
bi1ity of every citizen which Forest
Protection Week aims to emphazise,
or by being careful with fires in the
woods and doing all in our power to
prevent forest fires and extinguish or
report any which we may discover,
We can all help materially to promote
he prosperity of our country and
state
Largely PreventabIe
About ee-fourths of all the for
.st fires in this state are man-caused
ind therefore preventable Unextin-
suished camp fires, cigarettes, and
and careless brush burning
ire among the more important causes.
Fhe Unled States forest service, the u
tate and the timber owners are
pending from one to eight cents per y
lcre per- year for the protection of
crest land and much greater amounts
re represented in the costs of fire !
lighting and value of the resources
destroyed, but no amount of money
expended for protective organizations
viii really be effective unless every {
itizen cO-operates intellectually in {
eeing that no fires originate through {
is carelessness" s
The subcommittee working with |
he general committee are as fol- y
Ows:
School committee: DR.. Henry !
chmitz, assistant professor of for s
st products at the University of Ida {
o, chairman; Miss Elizabeth Rus 1
um, state superintendent of public t
Instruction, and G. W. Watson, in
tructor in forestry at the university r
Speakers Bureau f
Speakers Bureau-C. E. Behre, as e
stant professor of numbering in the a
chool of forestry, chairman; I. H. t
ash, state land commissioner, and n
en- 3. Bush, state land agent IN
Press cOmmittee-C. X. McHarg, v
hairmanj Franklin Girard, United 6
tates forest service F. S. Baker a
nd Theodore Shoemaker of the office n
public relations, United States for
st service, Ogden and Missoula Of Q
ces respectively S
Advertising committee: A. D. Dec h
er, land agent, Potlatch Lumber p
ompany, chairman; Harry She'll
orth, Ben E. Bush, c. L. Billings, ts
nd agent, Edward Rutledge Lumber g
)mpany: Donald Yates. land DEPART t
ent, Potlatch Lumber company n
EEKS LETTERS OF ADMINIS-