Forbids leaving any fires unextinguished.

This law, for offenses against which officers of the FOREST SERVICE
can arrest without warrant, provides as maximum punishment--

A fine of $5000, or imprisonment for two years, or both, if a fire
is set maliciously, and

A fine of $1000, or imprisonment for one years, or both, if a fire
is set carelessly,

It also provides that the money from such fines shall be paid to the
school fund of the county in which the offense is committed.

THE EXERCISE OF CARE WITH SMALL FIRES IS THE BEST PREVENTIVE OF LARGE
ONES. Therefore all persons are requested--

1. Not to drop matches or burning tobacco where there is inflammable
material.

2. Not to build larger camp fires than are necessary.

3. Not to build fires in leaves, rotten wood, or other places where
they are likely to spread.

4. In windy weather and in dangerous places, to dig holes or clear the
ground to confine camp fires.

5. To extinguish all fires completely before leaving them, even for a
short absence.

6. Not to build fires against large or hollow logs, where it is
difficult to extinguish them.

7. Not to build fires to clear land without informing the nearest
officer of the FOREST SERVICE, so that he may assist in controlling
them.

This notice is posted for your benefit and the good of every resident
of the region. You are requested to cooperate in preventing the
removal or defacement, which acts are punishable by law.

JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture
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_The above is a copy of one of a series of notices posted in forests
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, directing attention to U.
S. laws on this important subject_.

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[Illustration: Around the camp fire.]

The Camp Fire

"I cannot conceive of a camp that does not have a big fire. Our city
houses do not have it, not even a fireplace. The fireplace is one of
the greatest schools the imagination has ever had or can ever have. It
is moral, and it always has a tremendous stimulus to the imagination,
and that is why stories and fire go together. You cannot tell a good
story unless you tell it before a fire. You cannot have a complete
fire unless you have a good story-teller along!

"There is an impalpable, invisible, softly stepping delight in the
camp fire which escapes analysis. Enumerate all its charms and still
there is something