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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1946)
Home of The Croft Lily Page Six BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS. 922 fire-fighters were used in sup pression. Who paid the cost ? Ev ery taxpayer! Carelessness most always, exacts a heavy to ll in money and property, if not in lives j —Mr. Nance pointed out. The fol lowing simple practices, if ob served. can prevent these fires: Hunters Cause Many SMOKING Fires In Pacific Area. 1 On Foot: Do not smoke Figures Reveal ’ while traveling on foot, unless it is raining or there is snow on GOLD BEACH—Hunters la s t the ground. Ocassionally stop in season started 121 fires on the a safe place and enjoy your smoke. national forests of Oregon and 2. In A Car: I f you smoke in Washington—98 in Oregon and 23 a car use your ash tray. in Washington. Marian Nance, lo 3 Matches : Be sure vour match cal ranger of the Forest Service, is out. Break it in two before revealed this week. you dispose of it. 4. Tobacco: Be sure pipe ash Smokers caused 65. campfires 30, and warming fires 26. That es and cigar and cigarette stubs record alone is enough to make! are dead before disposing of them. any true sportsman think twice L'se your foot to clear a spot of when preparing for his hunting dirt the size of your hat. Put your trip. Mr. Nance continued The smoking remains on the spot and hunter should resolve that neither rub well with dirt. Never throw he nor his companions w ill be re burning material out of a car or sponsible for any fire escaping into brush, leaves, needles, duff at any time to destroy habitat or grass. Don’t be a flipper. 5. Rules: Be sure to follow and game as well. any special local smoking rules Sixty-two hundred a c re s , in which might be in effect. cluding plantation of trees, tim FIRES AROUND CAMP ber, grass and sagebrush, were ‘ Obtain a permit if required> burned last year. To combat these 1. Making a Campfires Select a spot near water or where there is an abundance of loose dirt. Be sure to scrape away all inflamable Before Fall Rains Begin! material from the spot—five feet Fire Danger Not Past, Says Forest Service Official ing. when the wind is not blow ing. After each burning operation put out the fire in the same man ner as the campfire. L’se plenty of water and stir and turn over and over the wet ashes with a shovel until the last spark is out. WARMING FIRES IN WOODS 1. Warming: Warming fires are discouraged. However, it is realized that when a hunter be comes cold, early in the afternoon, or after a "k ill,” he is apt to want to build a warming fire, partic ularly if it ’s raining or there is a light snow. But it should be realized that a warming fire must Concluded on Next Page * v m iU J U r t I , Beat the Letter-W riting chore, do this simnlvh scribing to the Pilot for those relatives, and fo OUR M OTTO IS Clothes fo r the Mhtny 0 We just received a shipment of BLACK GABARDINE SLACKS with zipper, sizes 12 to 20— Murdock G. 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Never build it against or near' O NE C O A T CO VERS , trees, logs, or brush or under T echide com es in paste form. Car 1 mossy limbs. he m ired tn just a jiffy! 2. Puffing O,4f 4 Campfire: i Stir the coals with a stick or a shovel while soaking them with EASY T O A P P LY water Turn the stick and drench A b solu tely no me*: ! N o need t N»th sides. Wet the ground about •crape off sh ab b y old w allpaper. the tire Be sure the last spark is out Feel with your hands. Nev er leave your campfire unattended. W A S H A B LE If you leave, put it out. Several T echide walls m ay be quickly • i hunter camps art burned waahed w ith m ild soap and water tail because campfires « left • burning. Someone in cac unt ; ‘ng party should be de. ie d and responsible fo r extinj i the campfire. M ax ft* m 8 C o b r < a n d W h it e ' 3. 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